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| Yesterday |
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
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Editor: Chris Redmond credmond@uwaterloo.ca |
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On this week's list from the human resources department:
Longer descriptions are available on the HR web site. |
Advance warning is out from the information systems and technology department: many of its services will be shut down on the last weekend of August, as the transformer that provides power to the main computer room in Math and Computer is replaced. Says IST: "Some of the critical infrastructure services will remain operational to support the campus network and some email and web services. Most other services will not be available during the outage including applications such as QUEST, myHRinfo, UW-ACE, JobMine, TRELLIS." The shutdown starts Friday, August 27, at 6 p.m., and services will be back after midday on the Sunday, "if all goes well". Details are on the IST web site.
A 23-year-old man has been fined $1,500 and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service as the result of an incident at Ron Eydt Village in the early morning on April 24. It was late in the winter exam season and hardly any students were in the Village when [names deleted 2006 Nov 30] climbed through a window into a lounge, started a fire and brought a propane tank inside. UW police spotted the men, who got away in their car and were eventually arrested on King Street. "Lots of people get intoxicated, but they don't set fires," the crown prosecutor told a Kitchener court last week, stressing the seriousness of the incident even though damage was minor. Name pleaded guilty to mischief. Name has pleaded guilty to mischief, drunk driving and failure to stop for police, and will be sentenced in September. Arson charges were dropped against both men.
About fifty 17-year-olds arrived at the Village conference centre on the weekend to take part in the two-week-long International Summer School for Young Physicists, sponsored by the Waterloo-based Perimeter Institute. . . . Balloons are lavished inside and outside the grounds maintenance room on the first floor of Needles Hall today, as the group celebrates a special day for one of the students on the summer work crew. . . . It doesn't seem to be mentioned in any of her biographies, but Susan Nattrass, star trap-shooter for the Canadian Olympic team, was a graduate student at UW in the 1970s before going to the University of Alberta for her PhD. . . .
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Musicians often develop a loyal following of local fans who regularly attend shows. Cooper is hoping to capitalize on those loyal audiences and bring other Ontario folk performers to Waterloo, exposing his K-W audience to other talented musicians. In return, Cooper will travel to other cities and play before the other musicians' fans. This inter-city concert series will provide music-lovers with the chance to hear their favourite local performer and discover a new singer-songwriter.
The Folk League concept is based on a sports analogy: home and away "teams" will play "games" before an eager audience, with each local and visiting musician sharing the stage. A coin toss decides who plays first.
Each performer will be required to write and perform a new song for the series, based on a particular story line. In an effort to engage the audience, at the series' final gig, all the songs will be performed and the audience will decide which new song they prefer. Cooper hopes that the songs can be recorded and released as a compilation in 2005.
Cooper was recently awarded a grant from the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund to coordinate, promote and perform two such "games" in Waterloo. He's still finalizing all the details, but says six performers from Ottawa, Sudbury, Peterborough, Hamilton and Guelph will be playing with him as part of this fall's Folk League circuit. Planned concert dates will be listed on his web site.
Richard Bodell of the economics department goes on sabbatical September 1 for six months: "I plan to pursue research related to the impact of information technology on the health care system (SSHRC grant pending). Additionally I will revise my earlier study comparing the macroeconomic performances of Australia and Canada."
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Michel Fich of physics has a one-year sabbatical about to begin: "I plan to spend this sabbatical visiting institutions (probably UBC, Harvard, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leiden and Paris) where I have significant research partnerships already underway. I will visit each institution for one month, alternating each with one month at Waterloo. As I have major project management responsibilities at U of W I am unable to spend all of this sabbatical away from campus."
David Wilton of economics will be on sabbatical for six months: "I plan on conducting an econometric study of the effects of the 9/11 terrorism attack on the demand for Canadian tourism commodities using National Tourism Indicator data for passenger air transport, vehicle rentals, vehicle fuel, accommodation, food and beverage services, travel agency services, recreation and entertainment, by both Canadians and foreigners who visited Canada."
Maria Liston of anthropology and classical studies is beginning a twelve-month sabbatical: "I will spend my leave at the Malcolm Weiner laboratory of the American School for Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. I will analyze the human skeletons from 103 tombs excavated from the prehistoric cemetery at Liatovouni in northern Greece. I also will edit manuscripts of catalogues from two cemeteries in Athens and Crete that I have previously analyzed."
Alfred Menezes of combinatorics and optimization is taking twelve months: "The primary reason for taking a sabbatical is to strengthen my research program. I will be based in Waterloo for the period of my sabbatical, and only plan on taking a few short trips (1-2 weeks each). I will continue to supervise my graduate students, and continue with my duties as a member of the managing board for the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research."
CAR