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News items help us learn more about our society. However, we also need to look beyond Hong Kong. The News Review, such as this story from Brazil, will help you get a glimpse of what is happening around the world.
Rainforest threatened with near-annihilation
(SCMP, January 20, 2001)
The Independent
The most detailed investigation of the fate of the world's greatest tropical rainforest estimates that as little as five per cent of the Amazon may remain in its pristine, wild state by 2020.
The pessimistic scenario is painted by a team of Brazilian and American scientists, who have analysed how the delicate Amazon ecosystem will respond to a new US$40 billion (HK$311 billion) road project.
Although the Amazon now accounts for about 40 per cent of the Earth's rainforest, the scientists believe that within 20 years this will have dwindled alarmingly as a direct result of an ambitious scheme, known as Avanca Brasil (Advance Brazil), by building roads, railways and
hydro-electric dams.
The scientists accuse the Brazilian Government of fast-tracking the project by keeping out environmental agencies - including its own Environment Ministry - thus accelerating logging and deforestation.
'Once a road or highway is built, a Pandora's box is opened which is almost impossible for a government to control,' said Dr William Laurance, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, who led the study. 'Once you build a road into a pristine forest, you start an inevitable process of illegal colonisation, logging, land-clearing and forest destruction.'
The team developed computer models to predict the course of forest destruction.
'We used the past as a guide to the future. We looked at the entire network of roads and highways in the Amazon to see how deforestation occurs in the region of a new road,' said Dr Laurance.
The study, published in the journal Science, shows two possible scenarios: 'optimistic' and 'non-optimistic' futures. Under the less optimistic scenario, more than 95 per cent of the Amazon will lose its untouched status and 42 per cent of the forest will be totally denuded or heavily degraded by 2020. Even under the more optimistic view, well over half of Amazonia will no longer be in a pristine state and about 30 per cent will be lost forever.
The Amazon is already experiencing the most rapacious destruction seen in any rainforest in the world, with the loss of almost two million hectares a year.
However, the Avanca Brasil plan will increase this rate of loss by between 14 per cent and 25 per cent each year, according to the study. 'At stake is the fate of the greatest tropical rainforest on Earth,' the scientists say.
Deforestation has so far largely occurred on the southern and eastern fringes of the Amazon, but the building of roads will allow logging deep within the rainforest.
pristine (adj) in original condition; unspoilt
pessimistic (adj) expecting the worst
dwindle (v) to decrease in size, strength or number
accelerate (v) to increase the speed of something
destruction (n) the act of ruining something and making it useless
denude (v) to make bare
rapacious (adj) greedy, grasping
Discussion points
What do you think about the threat to the Amazon rainforest?
What practical things can be done to stop its destruction?
How do Hong Kong people's actions or lifestyle affect the environment locally and worldwide?
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Peter Ludvig Panum (December 19, 1820 – May 2, 1885) was a Danish physiologist and pathologist born in Rønne. The Panum Institute in Copenhagen is named in his honor.
In 1846 he was chosen by the government to undertake research of a measles epidemic in the Faroe Islands. As a result of his investigations he published a classic treatise titled "Observations Made During the Epidemic of Measles on the Faroe Islands in the Year 1846". Later he studied with Rudolf Virchow at the University of Würzburg (1851), and with Claude Bernard in Paris (1852-53). From 1855 to 1864 he was a professor at the University of Kiel, afterwards relocating to the University of Copenhagen as professor of physiology, where he spent the remainder of his career.
Panum is acknowledged as being the first person to perform systematic and comprehensive studies of endotoxin,[1] which he referred to at the time as "putrid poison". He believed that this substance was responsible for signs and symptoms observed in patients with sepsis.
In his studies of binocular vision, the eponymous "Panum's fusional area" is derived. This term is defined as the area on the retina of one eye over which a point-sized image can range, while still being able to provide a single image with a specific point of stimulus on the retina of the other eye. Therefore, the region in visual space that we perceive "single vision" is Panum's fusional area, and objects in front and behind this region exist in physiological diplopia (double vision).
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- Danish Medical Bulletin - No. 4. November 2006 Essay on Panum's Research of Endotoxin
- Public health by Dona Schneider, David E. Lilienfeld (biographical information)
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary (definition of Panum's fusional area)
- ↑ Endotoxin in health and disease by Helmut Brade
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By Oscar Villalon
"City of Angels, or the Overcoat of Dr. Freud" has something going for it that other literary works about Los Angeles fail to take advantage. Namely, the unique satisfaction, akin to enjoying a delicious sweet and sour dish, that comes from combining the iconic scenery and gritty vibe of the country's second-largest city with the sophistication of a novel of ideas.
When L.A. serves as a character in a story, it's too often there solely as an example of an approaching apocalypse. And to be sure, Christa Wolf's novel, ostensibly about her time spent as a guest of the Getty Center in 1992, has its moments of darkness. Not only do we see the poverty and the despair that characterize the city, but the novel's unnamed narrator is steeped in a brooding anxiety, too.
She's left an incipient scandal behind her in the now-unified Germany, where a government file will soon surface implicating her as a one-time collaborator with the East German secret police.
That piece of information won't be revealed till about halfway through the novel, but the burden of that knowledge is evident from the beginning of the story. As Wolf unspools what the narrator calls the running tape recorder of her mind, the book ping pongs among what we assume are the significant times and places of Wolf's life. At one moment we're sitting in Santa Monica, taking in the luscious curve of the beach, in another we're in chaotic Germany, just before its partition between the Soviets and the West. In another scene we're driving down sunset-streaked Wilshire Boulevard in a red Geo, then we're in contemporary Germany, where the narrator is ruing the folly of the recent Gulf War. A world-weary tone of skepticism is firmly set and kept.
And then there are the familiar touches of noir, summoned by descriptions of the troubled narrator watching late night T.V. and drinking wine alone in her Santa Monica apartment, or by her routine encounters on the street with the mentally ill and the despondent under sky-blue weather.
But what stands out is how Los Angeles serves poignantly, even nobly, as the space in which the narrator tries to come to terms with her past and her beliefs, even with the very nature of love and forgiveness. Los Angeles, if we needed reminding, is a world-class center of culture, and Wolf's novel, which meditates on history and politics and philosophy, takes us to its vibrant communities-notably that of German expats and emigres. Cast against the cool ominousness and the glamorous beauty of L.A., the witty and learned conversations we witness, and the lives of intellectuals and artists we observe, radiate with a rumpled romance.
This is a cosmopolitan Los Angeles we don't see enough. Christa Wolf's last novel will leave you hungry for more of it.
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Five Things You Don't Know About Anne Hathaway
December 26, 2012
She's already received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie adaptation of Les Misérables. She snagged her first big film role in The Princess Diaries in 2001, playing a young girl who discovers she's a member of royalty. But what else do you know about Anne Hathaway?
1. The producers of The Devil Wears Prada asked her to gain 10 lbs for her role as a naive assistant to a fashion magazine diva played by Meryl Streep. She later told People magazine it took her about a month to gain the weight but two months to lose it!
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2. Has the same name as William Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway.
3. Went to Nicaragua for a week in 2006 to help vaccinate kids against Hepatitis A.
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4. Turned down the lead role in Knocked Up in 2007.
5. Named one of Teen People's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in its June 2002 issue.
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Don't book AQ on Reflection. Or at least don't pay alot more: Celebrity Reflection Cruise Review by chilliano
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Don't book AQ on Reflection. Or at least don't pay alot more
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
The Reflection must have many, many more AQ-class rooms and suites than the Eclipse. The Persian Gardens were always packed. I eventually started going at 8 am--which was good. But forget about going in the afternoon or early evening.
Blu... we went once for breakfast--and altho the menu was great, it took us nearly 90 minutes to be seated, have our order taken, get our order, and finish. (The wait staff, themselves, were great, it just that the room is too small, there are too many passengers with access to Blu, and the kitchen couldn't keep up).
Dinner... on the second night, it took us around 3 hours--40 minutes to be seated. 30 minutes for the waiter to come. The More appetizers came quickly, but everything else slowed down. The first night took nearly 2 hours and the restaurant was half full. Even with the nearly 3 hour experience, I didn't mind too much as a leisurely dinner is a perfectly nice thing and we weren't going to the shows. But when the third night also took more than two hours... it begins to wear thin.
There are simply too many AQ rooms on Reflection. Blu couldn't handle it.
Also, the menu didn't seem as good or "clean" as before. A lot of heavy foods. The appetizers and soups/salads were good/inventive. The main dishes, just so-so. Not worth the cramped dining space and the long waits. We even tried going at different times--7 pm, 8:30, 8:45.
Again, I'd like to say that the individuals did the best they could, no one was wasting time or seemed to be inefficient, all were pleasant, but....
On the Eclispse, the managers knew our name by the second night and we were always placed in the same "station." This time, we were seated in a different section each time and the managers were way too busy dealing with everything to provide the same level of service. We could have waited to be seated in a particular person's section, but given that the experience, we knew, would take a couple hours, we didn't want to add any more time to the experience (after the second night when it took us 40 minutes to be seated). The poor manager (or the assistance, not sure which, the man) was doing everything from running food to removing plates to taking drink and appetizer orders.
The difference between Blu on Reflection and on Eclipse was striking. Wondering why Blu was so different on the Reflection was a pretty common topic of conversation during dinner. e.g., one night a young woman leaned over and said, "can I ask you a question, is this your first time in AQ? is it always like this?) this sort of conversation happened several times.
In sum, we were sold on Celebrity after the Eclipse sailing. I fully intended to pre-book another cruise on board. But I didn't and I think it will be a long time before we take another cruise.
Now, if I hadn't booked AQ, I would probably have a better opinion about Celebrity and my experience. My negative view is that I paid quite a premium for "perks" that I was really looking forward to, but each was a let down and we couldn't, in some cases, take full advantage of them. The Persian Gardens were difficult to use because of the numbers. Blu took forever.
The above made the other negatives about the cruise also stand out--- a lot of "chair hogs." Saving chairs with towels but then disappearing for hours. At any one time, most seats would be "occupied" but there would be people actually sitting in about 40% or so of the chairs.
The Buffet (tried it once for breakfast after the 90 minutes at Blu experience) was difficult to manage. Lunch hours at the Buffet for the "main" lunch, weren't that long making for crowds of people. What Celebrity can't manage is people's behavior--a lot of rude people. Often I would be waiting patiently in the "line" to have people swoop in from the other direction, not paying attention to who was there and whether there was a line or flow. What Celebrity COULD do, however, is lengthen the hours to reduce the crowds.
One more thing... St Marten, 9 cruise ships in port. Do not get off the ship. Do all ships have to have the same itinerary? It took us 50 minutes in bumper to bumper traffic to get to Mullet Bay. Then more than an hour in bumper to bumper traffic to get back to the ship from Marigot. (On the plus side, the pulling away of the Orient's P&O ship was fun--thousands of Brits waving the Union Jack. It was fun)
So, I have to say this was a disappointing cruise. I had a nice time--who can not have at least a nice time on a cruise? But I'm very disappointed in the AQ experience on the Reflection. It was most definitely not worth the premium.
Would I sail again? Yes, but not on the Reflection and only if the AQ price is not much of a differential from a veranda price. And I will probably only sail on an itinerary that never has 8-10 ships at the same port at the same time. More than likely, our next several vacations will be to simply go to nice hotel on a nice beach in the Caribbean. Less
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Only One in Three Israelis Think Israel Benefited from Gaza Conflict
Three in Five Now View Obama Favorably
In the aftermath of November's round of fighting with Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip, only 36% of Israelis think that Israel is better off than it was before the escalation, while a majority feel Israel is either about the same (38%) or worse off (21%), finds a new University of Maryland poll.
Four in ten (40%) said Israel "won the combat in the Gaza Strip." A majority said either that no side won (45%) or that Hamas won (11%). "Clearly most Israelis are not feeling victorious," said Shibley Telhami one of the primary investigators of the poll.
"There are distinct warming trends toward the United States in Israeli opinion and, somewhat surprisingly, toward President Obama," said Steven Kull the other primary investigator. Sixty percent of Israelis now have a positive view of President Obama. Among Israeli Jews, positive views have risen over the past year from 54% to 62%. President Obama is identified as the most admired leaders by more Israeli Jews than any other leader.
More Israelis think that American public support for Israel's security needs is growing than think it is receding. Forty percent say such support has increased over the last few years, while only 21% say it has decreased (about the same: 36%).
On Iran, Israelis continue to believe that Iran is on its way to developing a nuclear weapon, ,but support for an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities is only at 38%, with 50% opposed. Only one in five are favor proceeding without US support. Among Israeli Jews, those ready to go ahead without US support has dropped from 22% a year ago to 18% now.
These are some of the findings of a new poll conducted by the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). The polling project was directed by Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor at the University of Maryland and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and Steven Kull, Director of PIPA.
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Tank's Bobcats/Hawks Review PHOTOS!
By Tank Spencer
Tuesday night was my first NBA (sort-of) experience in a long time... Grade? A-
Let's face it, the minus is just purely for the fact that it was a preseason game and the competition wasn't top-notch with players sitting out and limiting minutes. The US Cellular Center (Civic Center) has always - in my view - been a good venue for basketball. It's bigger than say, the Justice Center (UNC Asheville's former arena), but it is nowhere near a venue like Philips Arena in Atlanta. With the upgrades to the arena, concessions, etc., it is even better.
The Charlotte Bobcats may not be a winning team (yet), but the "spirit team" was impressive. Even though it was not a sellout crowd Tuesday, the crowd was pumped and very receptive to the attempts of the live D.J., Rufus (the mascot) and the squad of tantilizing cheerleaders to get them off their feet. The Bobcats definitely succeeded in bringing the NBA atmosphere to "little ol' Asheville."
The basketball action wasn't bad either. The Bobcats are slowly, but surely getting better by the year. Yes, they lost Tuesday, but the starters were limited with this being the first preseason game. This team should have its windows of success with young guys like point guard Kemba Walker, shooting guard Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and center Bismack Biyombo getting more experienced and better. Also the additions of center Al Jefferson and sky-is-the-limit rookie big man Cody Zeller will add star power Even former Dookies Gerald Henderson and Josh McRoberts are adding fire to this dying brushfire of a team.
The rising of the Bobcats also leads to the best possible outcome for Charlotte basketball fans... the revival of the CHARLOTTE HORNETS!!!
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6:30pm, Seating for Dinner at Centre College
Meet in Hotel Lobby for Van Pickup
Opening Dinner, Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
· Welcome from Centre College Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Dr. Stephanie Fabritius
· Presentation, Mark Dahl, Lewis and Clark College "The Gathering Storm: How Cloud Computing will Blow Away Existing Assumptions in Higher Ed Information Services"
· Dinner
· Campus Reports: A representative from each campus should present a 2-3 minute overview of the kinds of activities, challenges, and projects taking place on your campus (now and over the past year)
Saturday, April 25
Meet in Hotel Lobby for Van Pickup
8:30 - 9:00
Centre College
Vahlkamp Theater, Crounse Hall
Opening Meeting: "Building Collaborative Relationships: Collaboration and Integration"
Welcome: Keeta Holmes, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Centre College
9:00 –10:15(Choose a session)
Crounse 301
Single Sign-on with a Campus Portal
Todd Watson, Southwestern University
Small school paying for a large commercial portal, then ditching the service a year later and doing the big-school (uPortal) open-source approach. The challenge of bringing together nearly a dozen different
applications (commercial AND open-source) to all work nicely within the portal framework. Big project with small staff, but a large success.
Followed by a discussion of portal experiences and integrating services into one environment easily accessible to a campus community.
Crounse 302
Technical Implementation and Support for Real-time videoconferencing
Discussion Moderator: Jami Powell, Centre College
1. Permanent installations vs mobile solutions
2. Training issues
3. Roles for supporting the communication: Who sets up? Who assists? Who trains?
Project Topic:
Event Streaming (Athletics and other Campus Events)
Crounse 313
Projects and How Videoconferencing can be used in Instruction and Library Services
Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
1. Examples of campus projects involving videoconferencing: best practices, potential areas of problems
2. Working with faculty; support roles
3. Delivering instruction via real-time video streaming
4. Video-based Reference Chat services
· Chat and Reference Support Tools using Meebo and Jing (Lesley Jackson, Centre College)
· Free Tools: MIV, Dim Dim, Elluminate, etc
· Commercial Products: VBrick, Internet2, Polycom/Tandberg
10:15 – 10:30
Morning Break – Hallway, Crounse Hall, Third Floor
10:30 - 12:00
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Discussion Moderator: Shane Wilson, Centre College
Vendor Presentation, Jeff Propps, VMWare Practice Manager, Software Information Systems, "Virtual Desktops Leveraging VMWare View 3"
Campus Example, Todd Watson, Southwestern University, "Virtual Storage in a Mixed Platform Environment."
Lecture and Content Capture: "Course Capture as a Mechanism to Support Student Achievement"
Presentation, Michael McAlister, Tegrity
Library Computing Lab (Library Basement), Crounse Hall
Creating Instructional Materials: a Hands-on Workshop
Workshop leaders: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
Session participants will learn how to create web-based multimedia-enhanced instructional materials for training, course material preparation, and helpdesk applications. We'll explore commercial products that allow you to easily create video and flash-based instructional materials that incorporate a variety of materials.
The Online Media Center, from Dream to Reality
Discussion Moderator: Candace Bonnett, Centre College
Presentation by Joe Wack and Rose Ann Hicks, Rhodes College
Followed by a discussion about other video delivery system technologies on other campuses
1. Best practices delivering instructional materials and courses via video
2. Examples of how multimedia files are best distributed and accessed
3. Working with faculty and students
4. Best practices for release forms and copyright
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch, Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
1:00 – 1:30
Evans-Lively Room, Old Carnegie
Collaboration: Tools and Strategies for supporting collaborative environments
Focus: Online written collaboration
Presentation, Chester Andrews, Oberlin College, "Google Apps for Education: Cloudy or Partly Cloudy?"
1:30 – 2:15
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· Using Google Apps in Helpdesk Projects (Tanya Pfeffer)
· Discussion of other Helpdesk Operations
· LDAP/Authentication/User Account Setup Discussion
· Security
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· Enterprise Deployment
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· Campus examples
· Campus Roles
· Best practices (Policies and Procedures)
· Pitfalls to watch for
· Training concerns
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Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
· LMS applications vs Moodle/Blackboard tools for Written Collaboration
· Moodle Pilots and Other LMS Pilots
· Third-Party Apps for LMS systems: Highlighted Product, Wimba
· Discussion: How do Cloud Computing and Web 2.0 applications impact LMS deployment?
Applications of Saas: Library services
Discussion Moderator: Carrie Frey, Centre College
Discussion on how Google Apps are or can be used in Library services
2:15 – 2:45
Focus: Web 2.0 Technologies
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Presentation: William Anderson, Atlassian's Confluence as an Enterprise Wiki Solution
2:45 – 3:30
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Discussion Moderator: Luke Hatcher, Centre College
User Account Setup
Enterprise solutions Deployment
Training and User Support
Web 2.0 and the Library
Discussion Moderator: Lesley Jackson, Centre College
Wikis, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and other Social Networking sites
Web 2.0 in Academic Technology:
· Jason Alley and Courtney Bentley (Lafayette), "Using individual and course blogs in English and American Studies"
Followed by a discussion about project ideas, best practices, support roles, and measures for success
Classroom Technologies that support Group Collaborative Work
Annotation technologies
Interaction devices (clickers, cell phones): Shared Experiences / Comparisons of different systems
Software solutions for fostering in-class collaborations (Insight, DyKnow)
3:30– 3:40
Mid-Afternoon Break: Crounse Hall, 3rd Floor
3:40 –4:40
Network Management Tools
Discussion Moderators: Shane Wilson, Centre College, and Todd Watson, Southwestern University
· PowerShell
· Virtualization
· Other topics, as requested, by network admins attending
Mac Support
Discussion Leader: Rohit Ohri, Centre College
Campus Examples Shared by: Tanya Pfeffer, Macalester College
Best practices for supporting Macs and Mac-users campus-wide
Making Mac support effortless; group discussion on how to handle challenges and issues preventing effortless support
Presenter: Seth Thompson "MS System Center"
Followed by a discussion of methods of software deployment and remote support
· Virtualized Desktop Support
· Remote Software Deployment
· Remote desktop support
Marketing Services
Discussion Leader: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
· Best practices in marketing your services
· Digital signage and information kiosks
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How to manage a student-run service for campus constituents
Discussion Leader: Candace Bonnett, Centre College
This session will discuss how the CTL department at Centre College provides additional services to
faculty, staff and students with the assistance of student workers. We will present how this student-run service has emerged over the past 3 years. We will also show the results of a student worker survey which gave valuable information on what they liked and didn't like as a result from running this additional service.
Topics: training, creating instructional materials, testing the students on technology, motivating student workers, and marketing this service to the campus constituents.
4:45 – 6:00
Use and Support of Mobile Devices (Smartphones and Netbooks) in Library Services
Discussion Moderator: Art Moore, Centre College
Presentation: Jacob Hill and Kyle Jones, Elmhurst College
Space Design and Planning Discussion
Jami Powell, Centre College, Workshop Leader
Session participants will collectively plan for 2 types of learning spaces confined by defined parameters
Space 1: Interactive Classroom that supports active learning pedagogy
Space 2: Collaborative Group Study/Workspace in a Library
Green Initiatives in Computing
Presentation, Gerald Lukey, Lenovo
Digital Archives / DSpace Discussion
Discussion Moderator, Bob Glass, Centre College
An informal discussion of digital archive solutions, including experiences using and implementing DSpace
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Each campus group should share 1 project they would like to implement on their campus; 2 topics will be chosen to be discussed and planned the next morning in a group setting.
Sunday, April 26th
Checkout of hotel; Van pickup
9:00 – 9:45
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Two campus groups will plan to implement their project together with the help of other colleagues around the room to help guide the planning process. Each project should incorporate input from a variety of perspectives: network/infrastructure, helpdesk, library, and instructional technology
9:45 – 10:30
Integration: Support Services, Organizational Structures, and Delivering Services
Discussion Moderator: Stan Campbell, Director of the Library, Centre College
Presentation: Carrie Schulz, Rollins College
"Methodologies to build partnerships between IT and Library staff that entail Faculty projects"
Vahlkamp Theater, Crounse Hall
Centers for Teaching and Learning: Models, Best Practices, Services Discussion Moderator: Keeta Holmes, Centre College
Session participants will discuss the varying models of CTL centers that have been developed on campuses, what services they offer, and how such centers are managed and staffed
· Student support for technology-enhanced assignments
· Faculty development
· Instructional design support
· Academic Technology Support
· Writing Center, Advising Services, Tutoring
10:30 – 10:45
Mid-morning Break
10:45 – 11:30
Information Commons Center Planning: How do we get to the point of physically building the centers?
Discussion Moderator: Carrie Schulz, Rollins College
A discussion about planning for Information Commons within Libraries with an emphasis on the kinds of considerations and challenges campuses face when designing an active center
Network and Helpdesk
Tips, Tricks, and Tools
· Rohit Ohri, Centre College "GetDropbox.com"
· Todd Watson, Southwestern University, "Static IP management tool, Useradmin: menu-driven Tool, Nagios, and RRDTool/MRTG"
· Other Volunteers?
Digital Storytelling
Presentation, Hiroyo Saito, Haverford College
"Digital Storytelling using VoiceThread in Foreign Language Classes"
Followed by a discussion of other tools used on various campuses to support multimedia assignments and projects.
11:30 – 12:00
Retreat Overview and Discussion of Themes
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Friday, 5PM at Homewood Field
The fifth-ranked Jays open their 2010 campaign against a foe from the MAAC in a game that will also open ESPNU's 2010 college lacrosse coverage. The contest, which opens Johns Hopkins' 123rd season of college lacrosse, is the first between the schools.
For Johns Hopkins, big losses on defense including Schmeisser winner and Washington Bayhawks Mike Evans mean that the expertise of coach Dave Pietramala at stopping opponents will be of paramount concern as they enter their annual dance with one of the toughest schedules out there. For Manhattan, the return of MAAC offensive POY James Synowiez gives hope that last year's trip to the MAAC finals wasn't a blip on the radar.
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The two-time defending champions open their 2010 schedule with a foe that is both completely new and intimately familiar in Denver. The Pioneers and Orange only have one previous game in their history - a 2002 Syracuse win - but Bill Tierney has game planned for the Orange in some of the biggest games in recent seasons, including last year's Princeton victory at the Big City Classic.
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Despite the proximity and the consistant success of these Maryland programs, Saturday's contest is only the seventh time in their history, with Navy holding a 5-1 advantage in the games.
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Celebrate Friday Sept 20 #GrenacheDay With the Rhone Rangers in Healdsburg, 2-7pm Tasting
The members of the North Coast Chapter of the Rhone Rangers are riding into Healdsburg Friday Sept 20th in celebration of International #GrenacheDay, as events all over the world are being held to recognize this wonderful grape variety, now becoming very popular in the US.
Join us to taste Rhone wines made from Grenache no prescription online pharmacy Noir, Grenache Blanc, Grenache based blends, and Grenache Rosé from 11 wineries.
The event is from 3-7 p.m. at the Stark Tasting room in downtown Healdsburg, one block off the square.
NOTE! This event will be small, intimate, with limited space. Tickets WILL sell out based on the last two years and tickets at the door will be subject to capacity and not guaranteed.
Purchase tickets here: https://grenacheday2013.eventbrite.com/
Taste Through Grenache wines, Red, White, Blends & Rosé
This is your chance to taste wines from a wide range of wineries, from veteran icons to new and emerging wineries that make small productions and 100 case lots.
Wineries include: Anaba, Donelan Family Wines, Frick Winery, Mounts Family Winery, Quivira, Stark Wines, Steele Wines, Skylark Wine Company, Two Shepherds, AND special guests from the Sierra Foothills Baiocchi Wines (one of the winners of the 2010 tasting) and SF Chronicle touted Skinner Vineyards.
Taste multiple wines from 11 producers for less than price of one tasting room fee, $15 in advance. ($20 at the door, IF available.)
Have Fun, Compare, & Vote For Your Favorite
Similar to our smash hit Grenache Day, Rosé, and Napa tastings – attendees get a clipboard of information with detailed notes on each wine, and walk around to interact with each winery.
Attendees will have a chance to vote for their favorite wines. Help pick the top wine of the day!
Celebrate Anywhere & Look For These Global Events
Can't join us in Healdsburg? #GrenacheDay is an International and virtual event. Open your favorite bottle of Grenache and share it virtually on Twitter with hashtag #GrenacheDay. Also, look on the Grenache Symposium website for an event or tasting near you. You can also find daily updates on their Facebook page.
Participating Wineries Include:
- Anaba
- Donelan Family Wines
- Frick Winery
- Mounts Family Winery
- Quivira
- Stark Wines
- Steele Wines
- Skylark Wine Company
- Two Shepherds
- Baiocchi Wines
- Skinner Vineyards.
Many Thanks to Our Host – Stark Wines, and Sponsor, The Wine Road.
Join The Rhone Rangers and The Grenache Symposium, Friday Sept 21st for #GrenacheDay
Can you name the second most widely planted varietal in the world? Yes, it's Grenache. A grape beloved in France and Spain, under appreciated in the US, but growing in popularity.
Indeed, San Francisco wine writer Jon Bonné has been emphasizing for sometime now that Grenache represents everything American consumers are looking for in wine.
Rhone icon Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon waxes poetic about Grenache regularly on Twitter. The Twitter hashtag has been active for weeks with enthusiasts eager to gush about their passion.
Grenache is also my persona favorite varietal family. Family? Yes, when we celebrate Grenache Day its not just the red grape Grenache (Noir) but also Grenache Blanc (yes thats actually a white grape, not a pressed version of Grenache) and Grenache Gris, which is almost non existent in the US, sadly.
Grenache Blanc should be celebrated indeed- with less than 300 acres planted in California, we are fortunate to have it here, thanks to the efforts of Tablas Creek, ten years ago.
What is Grenache Day aka #GrenacheDay
The International Grenache Symposium, led by Marlene Angelloz, an energetic passionate lady I had the pleasure of meeting in Avignon earlier this year, is group dedicated to celebrating Grenache. The Symposium holds a number of events in Europe during the year. The culmination and global celebration is the third Friday in September, which co-incidentally is mid harvest for most Rhone vintners, self included.
The '#" sign in front of Grenache Day is reflective of the Twitter "hashtag" a mechanism that allows users on Twitter to sort the stream of "Tweets" 140 character posts, into one useful feed.
Varietal Days have
become quite popular on Twitter the last few years, and with a little practice is a great way to interact and share with other Grenache lovers.
This is a non commercial, non sponsored event. No monies are collected to participate, advertise, or be a part of. All that is required is a bit of passion, which you will find abound amongst Grenache lovers.
You can follow their website or Facebook page for more information and updates, and global event listings.
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The Rhone Rangers are the leading US non profit organization dedicated to the education of American Rhone wines – that is Rhone style wines made from domestic grapes. With Hospice du Rhone seemingly muted and in transition, our organization is more committed than ever to this cause, and have rallied in a big way to support Grenache Day.
I say 'our' because I am a steadfast, contributing member. Originally as a 'Sidekick', then on the Marketing committee running Social Media. Ultimately that led to a Board of Directors position, and involvement in multiple committees. In 2011 I proudly also joined as a Vintner.
Not stopping there, most recently, I lead the re-forming of the North Coast chapter, consisting of 32 wineries, mostly in Sonoma county, but spanning Napa, Mendocino, and Lake Counties. If you tapped a vein right now, Grenache might indeed flow.
US Grenache Tastings & Events
Many Rhone Ranger wineries and Grenache producers are doing a number of special tastings, verticals, sales to celebrate.
Highlighted Rhone Rangers events include:
- Four walk around tastings held in Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Paso Robles, on Friday Sept 21st. These events are being held at no charge, and are an excellent way for you to experience Grenache Noir, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Rosé, as well as blends based on Grenache, and intereact with the winemakers. A listing of times and locations can be found here. (You can also RVSP for the Santa Rosa event here, come visit, I will be pouring.)
- As a special warm up for our palates, the Rhone Rangers will lead a two hour Twitter Grenache seminar and tasting, the day before, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Each 30 minutes a special guest winery will lead the tasting and questions:
Ridge Vineyards(5:30 PM)
Bonny Doon, Randall Grahm (6 PM)
Two Shepherds (6:30 PM)
Tablas Creek & Tercero (7 PM).
Any winery can join in with the consumers and bloggers. The more the merrier. Bring a glass of Grenache (we'd prefer domestic for the tasting, but there are no rules) your questions, and be a part of the celebration.
I recommend the use of a tool like Hootsuite for Hashtag sorting, but you can also use the Twitter page via web browser, simply put #grenacheday in the search window.
For more information, and to RSVP, please go to: http://grenacheday12.eventbrite.com/
A Special Day, Amidst Our Most Special (and busy) Time of Year
Harvest comes only once a year, and is a joy filled, sleepless, rewarding time of the year for any passionate winemaker. We get one shot a year to express ourselves in our artisanal craft, factoring in a wealth of moving parts and things we have no real control over. (The largest being Mother Nature.)
Thus it is an extra special gift that wineries are taking precious time away to celebrate this beloved varietal with you. I hope you will by a bottle (or two)
and toast with friends and loved ones, in the spirit of appreciation, and celebration that is intended.
Cheers and Happy #GrenacheDay!
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Wine of the Week, Winery of the Month – Tablas Creek 2010 Patelin de Tablas Blanc
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March 24-25th in SF: "A Weekend Celebration of American Rhônes" or "Palate Enlightenment". Read, Learn, Share and Win Grand Tasting Tickets
A Memo to All Domestic Rhone Producers – Friday September 23rd is #GrenacheDay – Rally To The World's 2nd Most Planted Varietal
To: All those domestic producers of Grenache, Grenache Rosé, and Grenache Based Blends
From: William Allen; Editor, Simple Hedonisms, Board Member, Rhone Rangers
September 19th, 2011
RE: Call to Action for #GrenacheDay
Overview: The Grenache Symposium has declared Sept 23rd as Grenache Day. Details and how to list even can be found here. You can also follow the Grenache Symposium on Facebook. The International Grenache Day Google Map is here and you may find a help document on how to post your event here.
Based on postings on the official map, domestic support is light, especially in comparison with recent social media #CabernetDay and #Chardonnay day. Yes I know more wineries produce those varietals, but nonetheless some senior players are absent.
It's possible many wineries do have plans, but haven't posted them. Lets change that, I am happy to help. You can also post it on the Grenache Symposium Facebook page, and ask them for help. I know it's a busy time – I myself am amid harvest and launching a tiny Rhone label, Two Shepherds. Nonetheless, anything you can do helps and shows the love. As vintners, writers, consumers and aficionados its time we gave the world's second most widely planted varietal its due.
Grenache has become my most beloved of red varietals. Wrest it from the hands of New World and Cabernet vintners who want to oak and over ripen it, and it makes a beautiful, feminine wine – elegant like Pinot Noir (minus the Syrah additions) but with a different complexity, nuance, and spice. This was my epiphany Rhone grape, not Syrah. (Which I love and have many cases of.)
Personally I am holding a walk around tasting for 8 wineries and 80 people. Vintners Quivira, Ridge, Mounts, Sheldon, Wind Gap Wines, El Dorado vintner Baiocchi Wine, and R2 Wine Co. It couldn't be a worse week for me, but if there is ONE social media wine day I WILL support, its this one, and I challenge every single Rhone Ranger member winery, grower, and Sidekick, and of course anyone else who produces Grenache and Grenache based blends, to celebrate in some way. Yes that includes those who fancy themselves Spanish producers of Garnacha as well!
What is Grenache Day (or #GrenacheDay)
It has become increasingly popular for a Varietal to be picked in advance on a predetermined, and then celebrated over Social Media, as well as live events.
While much of the activity and measurement will be based on Twitter, one need not be on Twitter to celebrate. As a winery, simply spreading the word, holding a tasting, special sales incentives, special bottles, all are valid participation.
On Twitter we use 'hashtags' or words that start with a # symbol – this signifies a sorting mechanism, and allows a user in a Twitter platform like Hootsuite or Tweetdeck to see all posts grouped together that use this hashtag. You can also see basics by clicking: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23grenacheday
Why have these become popular? The May 26th #Chardonnay day reached over 4 million people, 29 MILLION impressions, and 12,000 related tweets. That's just ONE medium, add in Facebook, live interactions, and the impact is impressive. Grenache deserves some love, lets show it.
What Can I Do?
Anything is better than nothing.
If you are a Winery:
- If nothing else, post a simple 8.5 x11 sign in an acrylic stand up on your counter of tasting room and let everyone know its #grenacheday and make sure you pour one.
- Encourage them to check in on FourSquare, Facebook & Twitter, and enter #GrenacheDay when they do – your brand then joins the mix.
- Offer a special price on single bottles, 3 packs, cases.
- Hold a special Grenache vertical or library wine tasting.
- Contact your local restaurant and encourage a pairing, special wine by the glass, or go youself and do a pouring.
- Make sure you post whatever you decide on the Grenache Day Map here
Encourage participants to mention #grenacheday and your winery bran on Facebook and Twitter.
My blog has 4500 Twitter followers, and 2500 Facebook Fans. The Rhone Rangers, 1500 & 2000. All of these will be used to share your event if I know about it. Also feel free to post it on either or both walls on Facebook and cc both on Twitter.
http://www.facebook.com/RhoneRangers and http://www.facebook.com/SimpleHedonisms
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You may email me at SimpleHedonisms @ gmail.com for help. Please note mid week I am out of pocket during the day judging a wine competition, so response maybe after hours.
Break open a bottle and share your tasting notes with your followers. If you know Grenache producers whom you have a relationship with have sent you samples before, email them tomorrow to get one by Friday.
(Notice I said trusted relationship. This is not an excuse for the sample ho's to come out of the woodwork, and I will help wineries validate requests if needed. I do PR for several wineries, and some of the correspondence is shameful. Thats terrrific you have a Snooth login -that doesn't merit you samples because you are too lazy to create a blog, or your last post was 9 months ago about a Cabernet that wasn't 'too sweet'. )
Grab a bottle (or three) and some friends and have a great time. Perhaps compare several producers, foreign and domestic. Wine is about exploration, and fun – make it so.
Thanks for your support and Happy #GrenacheDay!
William Allen
- Simple Hedonisms – Wine Country Lifestyle & Educational Wine Reviews
- Board Member – The Rhone Rangers


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§14-1623. Frankford Special Services District Controls.
Legislative Findings.
The Council finds that:
(a) Major public and private investments have been made and continue to be made in and around this area of the City to preserve and protect the economic development potential, prevent declining property values, encourage investment, promote residential development adjacent to this area of the City, and protect and promote the economic vitality of this area of Philadelphia;
(b) Substantial private investment within and immediately adjacent to this area includes the restoration, adaptive reuse, and reconstruction of numerous structures as well as new construction, thereby creating many employment opportunities and new housing units within the area;
(c) A joint public and private investment effort has created the Frankford Special Services District to provide additional private funds for the maintenance and enhancement of this area;
(d) The Frankford Special Services District is important to the economic vitality and diverse character of Center City Philadelphia in that it serves as a neighborhood shopping destination within walking distance or a short commute of the residential community;
(e) Therefore, special land use and zoning controls are required to protect the commercial, residential and cultural uses which are within and which surround this district and which are critical to the vitality of this section of the City.
District Boundaries.
For the purposes of this Section, the Frankford Special Services District Controls shall apply to all commercially zoned properties within the Frankford Special Services District as depicted on the accompanying map.
Prohibited Uses.
Within the area subject to the Frankford Special Services District Controls and notwithstanding any other Chapter of this Title, the following uses shall be prohibited:
(a) Any regulated use as listed under Zoning Code §14-1605;
(b) Automobile repair shop;
(c) Automobile sales, if sales of pre-owned or used automobiles;
(d) Automobile sales lot, if for sales of pre-owned or used automobiles;
(e) Bowling alley;
(f) Car wash;
(g) Fortune teller establishment;
(h) Hand laundry;
(i) Installations of auto, motorcycle or truck parts;
(j) Outdoor sales or storage, including outdoor use of coin operated machines that dispense food or drink;
(k) Restaurant which serves patrons who remain in their automobiles; restaurant, cafe or soda and ice cream fountain which dispenses food at retail through a window or aperture which opens onto the sidewalk or public arcade area; take-out restaurant;
(l) Retail sale of variety store merchandise;
(m) The following sales, separately or in any combination: automobile parts, truck parts, motorcycles and motorcycle parts.
Uses Prohibited on the Ground Floor.
Within the area subject to the Frankford Special Services District Controls, and notwithstanding any other Chapter of this Title, the following uses shall be prohibited from occupying the ground floor:
(a) Central heating plant;
(b) Dwelling units;
(c) Water booster or sewer sub-stations.
Signs accessory to the permitted use on the premises shall be permitted in the Frankford Special Services District only under the following conditions:
(a) All signs must be attached flat against the wall of the building.
Conflicting Regulations.
When the provisions of this Section conflict with other provisions of this Title, the more restrictive provisions shall control.
Sunset Provision.
The provision of this section shall expire on the later of December 31, 2005 or the end of the term of the Frankford Special Services District of Philadelphia ("the Authority"), as such term may be extended by ordinance and amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority.