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Get a box of fresh vegetables and fruits once a month from a local farmer! Share with friends.

https://agriculture.sc.gov/lists/LocationByCounty.aspx?ListID=40&ShowGroupBy=False

On Lowcountry Local First and the SC Department of Agriculture Site.

Ambrose Farms has a big one, and Rita’s Roots just started one.

A table of Exam Planning Resources–including Calendars, Final Exam Schedules, Class Assessment worksheets, the Exam Study Plan, Test Preparation and other study handouts–is set up in the Center for Student Learning. Please drop by and pick up the resources you need for exams and download the Four Week Study Plan Fall 2009!

Also, Cougar Countdown is coming November 30! Cougar Countdown is a 2 week series of events and activities designed to support and assist students during Exam Week.  Offices from Academic Affairs and Student Affairs have joined forces to provide a full calendar of events—check it out in next week’s GSO!  Activities will be hosted in the Addlestone Library and the Stern Student Center.

You can also join COUGARcountdown on Facebook.

I’ve run across a few interesting things the past couple of days that may relate to some of the fieldwork projects currently going on.  I thought I would post it here.  Hope you find them useful.

Joey

• Screening of Tapped: a new documentary about bottled water.
  Alliance for Planet Earth, Cougar Activities Board, LEEP, CCL, and others have all contributed towards this event.
  • When: Sat. 11/14 5:00 (music from 5-6 screening will start at 6:00)
  • Rain Location: Physicians Auditorium 11/21
  • Why: Bottled Water is having a serious environmental effect. Please come, you will be shocked at the size
  • Price: free! CofC student Adam Taylor has done all of the legwork and fund raising required bring this recently released film to Charleston – ”not available in ANY store!”
  • Who: everyone. Free and open to the p ublic. Please help spread the word about this film.
  • for more info + film trailers:  http://www.wix.com/altaylor81/Tapped
    • The Alliance for Planet Earth Trash Audit on Cougar Mall
      • 208 lbs of plastic bottles (each bottle weighs less than 1/4 lb!)
      • 124.5 lbs of aluminum cans
      • 230.5 lbs of office paper
      • 353 lbs of glass
      • 191.5 lbs of cardboard
      • A grand total 1,107.5 lbs diverted from the landfill/incinerator
      • News story (NO VIDEO) available at CisternYard: http://cisternyard.com/article/trash-audit-2009
    • Kulture Klash Video
      • http://vimeo.com/7556461

      Kulture Klash V from Jewell&Ginnie on Vimeo.

This week the LITE series is presenting 2 workshops.  Some of the topics may be useful for you as you begin to write your research papers, begin analyzing your field data or are working towards completing your class presentations. Joey ________________________________________________________ It’s an Addlestone LITE session about collecting and organizing and managing your research!   Who knew digital technology could make this easy?  (Okay, so it is supposed to do that.  Boy, does it ever!)  Come learn about some web applications that do just that:

• Zotero to collect, manage, and cite your resources
• Delicious to organize and share your web research
• Citulike to discover, manage, store, and share scholarly references
• Flickr to share photos and create slideshows
  • Flickr Album Maker
  • picsviewer
• Wordle to create word clouds
• Mind Mapping to problem solve and promote creativity

Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 3 AND 6PM Collecting and Organizing your Work Addlestone Library Room 122 What other reason do you need to live in the early 21^st Century?  Come to learn yourself or print out the FLYER (pdf) to let your students know how to improve their research capabilities.   Please hand out the flyer in your classes.  Their research will improve.  Their papers will improve.  Your free time will increase (okay, two out of three is not bad). FEEL FREE TO DROP IN OR REGISTER AT http://tinyurl.com/Addlestone Session Description: Need help managing all your sources for your paper? Use Zotero to collect, manage, and cite your research sources. Access your bookmarks anywhere, share them with study partners and organize your web research using Delicious. Use Citulike to discover, manage, store and share scholarly references. Share photos and create slideshows with Flickr. Use Wordle to generate word clouds. Need help getting a handle on your research project? Mind Mapping promotes creativity, helps you solve problems, and helps your brain remember information. For more information about the LITE sessions visit http://blogs.cofc.edu/LITE

The Citadel Oral History Program, South Carolina Historical Society and the Lowcountry Oral History Alliance

Oral History Workshop

The Citadel Oral History Program, the South Carolina Historical Society and the Low Country Oral History Alliance invite the public to participate in an oral history workshop on Saturday, December 5th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at The Citadel in Bond Hall room 165.

Teachers, community activists, genealogists, and high school and college students are encouraged to attend. Space is limited and pre-registration is highly encouraged.

Your $5 donation will defray the cost of lunch.

This interactive workshop, led by staff from the SC Historical Society and The Citadel Oral History Program, will cover each aspect of the oral history process, including project planning, interview strategies, recording technology, and archiving. The program will be of value to those involved in family or community projects that are well underway and those in the planning stages.

The Citadel is located at 171 Moultrie Street in Charleston (near Joseph P. Riley Park).

Call Kerry Taylor at (843) 953-5357 for more information and to register.

Hey all, I was attempting to import my movies, a couple were greyed out, and I was unable to select them. After putting them into quicktime, and exporting them as .MOV files, they were able to be imported. Just thought I’d share in case anyone else encountered this problem.

A few articles on him:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aY43vBHLDM6I

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/03/world/AP-EU-Obit-France-Levi-Strauss.html

~Laura

∞      What is your job description?

∞      How did you start working with primates?

∞      Can you tell me what a primate is?

∞      How do you feel about testing on primates, medical or otherwise?

∞      What kind of people do you meet working in fundraising for primate conservation?

∞      How do you use the internet in your everyday work?

∞      What is the hardest part of working with primates?

∞      How do strangers react when they find out what kind of work you do?

∞      Tell me about Igor (The gibbon sanctuary’s oldest resident- He’s almost 60!)?

∞      Tell me about Courtney (A gibbon born accidentally at the sanctuary that had to be rescued from infanticide at her mother’s hands, and was hand raised by sanctuary staff)?

∞      Describe your relationship with the gibbons.

I, ___________________, agree to participate in a study aimed at documenting personal experiences and life histories of individuals involved in primate conservation.

I understand the purpose of this research is educational.  I am aware that interviews will be recorded and that documentation of this study may be shared and discussed in an academic setting.

I have been given the opportunity to ask questions, and informed that I may withdraw from the research at any time.

Participant:  ________________________________ Date:  _____________

- sent via Bri to Expressive Culture

“I saw this today and thought you might appreciate it…It’s really clever and fun!”

I AGREE!