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Lamont Weekly Report
– August 22, 2003
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964
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– Letter from the Director –
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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
As you know, Chris Small and his committee,
along with the Observatory's webmaster Carmen Alex, have been
working hard for several months on the reinvention of our
web site - in fact not only reinvention and redesign, but
also the establishment of rigorous procedures that will facilitate
its maintenance as a topical and up-to-date source of information
and data for ourselves, our colleagues in research, students
and the general public. I am very happy to announce that significant
progress has been made and the 'revision' phase (Phase I)
of the new web site is almost completed. The site revision
includes a new look and feel, as well as improved functionality
and usability.
The beta version is now available for
viewing and testing at http://satchmo.ldeo.columbia.edu.
Please take a look and send comments and bug reports to webmaster@ldeo.columbia.edu.
Your input is essential. Phase I will end on October 3rd,
in time for Open House, when we plan to go live with the new
web site. Until then, testing will continue.
Starting October 6th, Phase II will begin
with content revisions and additions. New content will be
solicited and created. There will be an online form to help
facilitate new web site requests.
I cannot stress too much the importance
of this activity - please give your unreserved support to
all those involved in working on this.
Our research vessel Maurice Ewing arrived
in Bergen, Norway a few days ago, and we hope she will sail
late next week, under the leadership of our good colleague
Steve Holbrook, to study the Storegga slide - the subject
of the lead story in the most recent Eos. This was a major
submarine landslide that occurred 8000 years ago generating
a 10-20m high tsunami that impacted Norway, Scotland and the
Shetlands. Steve will be leading a detailed seismic reflection
study of the area off Norway's margin where it is estimated
3500 cubic kilometers of material slid down the continental
slope.
Ewing will work her way south after this,
ending up in Bermuda and even perhaps New York towards the
end of the year.
We submitted a total of 32 proposals
to NSF's August 15th target date. Good luck to everyone. I
understand the magnitude of the effort associated with preparing
these 32 documents. It is the engine that allows this place
to run.
Tim Harwood and I hosted Barbara Noseworthy,
the newly arrived Development Officer for the Earth Institute,
this afternoon. Several folks had the opportunity to meet
with her and I hope that she will be a regular visitor to
our campus over the next several years as we work together
closely to raise the capital needed for our ambitious plans
for campus development.
I suppose this is the last week of summer
- enjoy.
– Mike
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