2007 Nov 26 to Dec 02

Mon Nov 26 - 6:45 PM
CMU
Baker Hall 136A
Cuban scholar Juan Antonio Alvarado Ramos will give a lecture titled “One Journal, Many Voices: Racism and Race Relations in Contemporary Cuba and Beyond.” He is the editor-in-chief of ISLAS, the official publication of the Afro-Cuban Alliance Inc, a Florida nonprofit that works to bring together African Americans and black Cubans. Ramos is a native of Matanzas, Cuba, and he earned a doctorate in historical sciences from the University of Havana and the Cuban Academy of the Sciences. He oversaw the creation of the digital Ethnographic Atlas of Cuba, and he was the principal investigator of a Cuban national project to study contemporary racism on the island.
Ramos appears courtesy of the International Relations Program. His talk will be preceded by a reception at 6 p.m. in the Adamson Wing.

Tue Nov 27 - 4:30 PM
CMU
Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall A14
Nicholas P. Sullivan, Author of "You Can Hear Me Now"
The cell phone revolution in the developing world is a story of transformation on par with the Industrial Revolution in the West. In poor countries where five or 10 years ago only the rich had phones and bank accounts, hundreds of millions now have phones—and are using them to transfer money (locally and internationally), buy and sell goods, track agricultural prices and connect to doctors. The stories of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh, CelTel in Africa and Smart Communications in The Philippines, among others, show how the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) at the grassroots, and particularly in rural areas, is creating a whole new class of indigenous entrepreneurs, increasing incomes in the informal sector, and driving national economic growth. At the same time, the cell phone stories show the power of private investment over development aid as an economic tool, as new capital markets incubate and evolve to spark long-term growth. This is a win-win story of inclusive capitalism that creates wealth as it spreads wealth. Nicholas P. Sullivan has written widely about technology and entrepreneurship, for the most part tracking the impact of the information communications technology revolution in the United States. For the past five years he has focused on global development and investment, a path he followed after hosting international Internet conferences and radio programs for entrepreneurs while he served as editor in chief of Inc.com (a sister company to Inc. magazine). He was thereafter a United Nations–accredited business interlocutor to the International Financing for Development Conference (Monterrey, Mexico, 2002), and participated in several follow-on dialogues at the United Nations.
Sullivan is author of the upcoming You Can Hear Me Now: Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy (Jossey-Bass, January 2007). For 15 years, he wrote the Workstyles column (“life and work in the information age”) for Home Office Computing. He is publisher of Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization (an MIT Press journal), and a partner in the Global Horizon Fund, a private-equity fund-of-local funds in emerging markets, for whom he compiles the annual Wealth of Nations Index, a ranking of 70 developing countries.
Sullivan is a graduate of Harvard University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at M.I.T. (www.lcde.org).

Wed Nov 28 - 8:00 PM
CMU
School of Fine Arts, Alumni Hall
The School of Music presents a Solo & Ensemble Guitar concert with Director James Ferla.

Wed Nov 28 - 7:30 PM
Univ of Pittsburgh
Grotto (Spelunkers) monthly meeting
Video shown of rappels on Bridge Day (the New river in West Virginia)

Thu Nov 29 - 4:30 PM
CMU
Baker Hall 136A
The University Lecture Series presents Martin Davis of New York University and UC Berkeley. Davis' talk is titied "Alan Turing's Computers and our Computers."
In 1999, Time magazine proposed their list of the 20 greatest “scientists and thinkers'” of the 20th century. Explaining their choice of Alan Turing as one of the 20, they wrote: “everyone who taps at a keyboard, opening a spreadsheet or a word-processing program, is working on an incarnation of a Turing machine.” Although these “machines” were only mathematical abstractions that Turing had introduced in a technical paper published in 1936, they implied a whole new way of thinking about computation and revealed the goal of an all-purpose machine that could be “programmed” to carry out arbitrary computations. In this talk Davis will tell the story of Turing’s rich, eventful, and ultimately tragic life, and explain some of his ideas.

Fri Nov 30
Sat Dec 01
Sun Dec 02
Univ of Pittsburgh
Women in War Film Festval

Saturday 11 AM - 3 PM
HOLIDAY CRAWL
Whether they crawl, walk or run, Kids Holiday Crawl is looking like a fun time for the young ones on Saturday in the Cultural District.
There will be Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa activities, including cookie decorating, crafts, a visit with Santa, caroling, live entertainment and more along the Kids Holiday Crawl in the Cultural District, Downtown, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The events and activities, provided by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, are free and at a variety of spaces throughout the district; patrons may start at any location. Details: 412-456-6666 or pgharts.org.
Here are the events:
• 803 Liberty Ave.: Visit with Santa, free First Night buttons to all children 5 and under. Eat'n Park cookies while supplies last.
• 808 Liberty Ave.: Decorate holiday cookies or enjoy a warm food or beverage with the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute.
• 812 Liberty, SPACE: Create a craft with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; El Coro Latinamericano performance noon-12:20; 1-1:30
• 820 Liberty Ave.: Celebrate Hanukkah with games & activities.
• 937 Liberty 1st Floor: Create a holiday craft.
• 937 Liberty 3rd Floor: Decorate Max & Ruby bunny ears with the Pittsburgh International Children's Theater.
• 625 Liberty Ave.: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Pittsburgh Pirates Cannonball Crew; 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Steelers mascot Steely McBeam; noon-1 p.m. Pirates Parrot; 2-3 p.m. Penguins mascot Iceburgh.
• August Wilson Center for African American Culture @ 209 9th Street: Celebrate Kwanzaa. Create a drum; Afrika Yetu performance 12:30 p.m.
• Scott Place, 655 Penn Ave.: Chalk artists with Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
• 655 Penn Ave., Cabaret Theater: Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars perform 11 a.m.; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. additional activities in the lobby.
• 655 Penn Ave., Cabaret Theater lobby: Holiday cookies compliments of Chef Toni Pais and Cafe Zao.
• Sonar @ 707 Penn Ave.: Works by Christopher Lisowski & Tullis Johnson including a 23-foot baby whale.
• Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Gallery @ 800 Penn Ave.: Make your own photo weaving.
• Northside Urban Pathways Charter School @ 914 Penn Ave.: Make a star ornament
• Byham Theater lobby: Zany Umbrella Circus at noon, 1, 2 p.m.
• Fifth Avenue Place: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, "The Nutcracker" vignettes 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 p.m.; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1-2 p.m., bring your camera and take a family photo with Fiddlesticks; Carnegie Science Center: Create holiday souvenirs and receive a face painting and caricature!

Sat Dec 01 6-9 PM
Point Breeze Light Up night
Reynolds and Gettysburg
Event site


Annual Mountain Bike Dorseyville Punk Bike Enduro
That time of year again. The big news is that this years PUNK will be
self-supported. Stuff was getting out of hand, so… NO MOTORS! No
support vans, no dirt bikes, just bikes, so you better be ready. In
fact we’ve brought back the old PPG loop so the course will be longer
and harder. Of course we will do our best to provide some beverages
on trail but you’d be wise to bring something like a backpack with a
mug in it, plenty of liquids, some warm clothing and FOOD. Yes, we
are bringing back the old days. So here’s the official announcement
just like it was written back in 1990 when we had 26 people
participating…
OUTLAWS
COME TO THE
18TH ANNUAL
PUNK BIKE ENDURO
SUNDAY DECEMBER 2nd, 2007
11 AM SHARP
DORSEYVILLE FIRE HALL
100 Charles St
Blawnox, PA 15238
AN 11 STAGE STAGE RACE FOR FUN AND POINTS
MOST POINTS WINS
NO FEES, NO NORBA, NO RULES
EATS & PARTY AFTER IT'S OVER
WE'LL BUY SOME BEER
YOU BRING THE REST (OR GO HUNGRY)
KITCHEN AVAILABLE
COURSE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
DRESS FOR COLD, WET WEATHER
YOU MIGHT WEAR A HELMET AS THERE IS NO INSURANCE
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25TH
SATURDAY DECEMBER 1ST
TRAIL MAINTENACE PRE-RIDES
CALL MOE’S CELL 412.302.9070
BE READY FOR ANYTHING

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