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Last November 21, at an awards luncheon held at the Brookhaven Center andattended by Interim BNL Director Peter Paul, Deputy Director for Operations

Tom Sheridan, and Interim Associate Laboratory Director for Environment, Safety, Health& Quality Ken Brog, 22 BNL authors of 18 Lessons Learned (LL) communications re-ceived special recognition for their contributions to the LL program during 2002.

Six of the authors, who were responsible for drafting five of the LL communica-tions, were presented with monetary awards for their contributions. They are: EdLessard, Collider Accelerator (C-A) Department; Dave Passarello, C-A; MichaelGaffney, Magnet Division; Bob Colichio, Radiological Controls Division (RCD); TomRoza, Plant Engineering Division; and Patrick Sullivan, RCD. The award-winningLL communications can be read on SBMS at https://sbms.bnl.gov/lessons/ll00t011.htm.

BNL’s LL Program Coordinator, Ed Sierra of the Quality Programs & ServicesOffice, explains that the LL program systematically reviews positive and negativeoperating experiences at the Lab and across DOE and industry. BNL’s LL programidentifies sources of information relevant to work or operations, analyzes that in-formation for both good as well as adverse work practices, and then takes appropri-ate actions in response to these improvement opportunities.

“Everyone who submitted LL communications this past year helped to shareknowledge derived from experience,” comments Sierra. “Through this program,lessons that are learned at the Collider-Accelerator Department, for example, canbe shared with the rest of the Laboratory. This will promote desirable future out-comes and minimize the occurrence of undesirable ones.”

Sierra emphasizes that it is important to share positive experience. “A job that isgoing particularly well is often not reported by employees,” says Sierra. “But bydocumenting cases where outcomes are desirable, we can retrace our steps whenfaced with similar tasks in the future.”

‘Lessons Learned’ Contributors Recognized, Awarded

On January 30 in Berkner Hall, five BNLers were honored with the Science &Technology Award, a $5,000 prize that may be won in any scientific or tech-

nical discipline other than engineering and computing. They are: Yu-Shin Ding,Chemistry Department; John Dunn, Biology Department; Yannis Semertzidis, PhysicsDepartment; Bo Yu, Instrumentation Division; and Yimei Zhu, Materials ScienceDepartment. Their accomplishments are described below. — Marsha Belford

BSA Distinguished LectureScientist-Author Carl Safina Talks on World Fisheries, 2/20

Prize-winning author and scientist Carl Safina will give a BSA Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, February20, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. The title of his lecture is “History and Destiny of World Fisheries.” Theauthor will also sign copies of his two recently published books after the lecture. (continued on page 2)

Yu-Shin DingDiagnosis and treatment im-

provements within the field ofnuclear medicine are driven byadvances in radiotracer chemis-try, and Yu-Shin Ding, a seniorchemist who joined the Chem-istry Department in June 1987,is being cited for five pioneer-ing achievements that havemoved the field of radiotracerchemistry and BNL's positronemission tomography (PET) im-aging program forward. In ad-dition to being one of the mostaccomplished chemists in herfield, Ding is known as a men-tor of the next generation of ra-diochemists.

Recently, Ding developed aradiotracer for imaging thebinding sites within the brainfor nicotine, a chemical in ciga-rette smoke thought to be re-sponsible for addictiveness ofsmoking. In a study proposed tothe U.S. Food and Drug Admin-istration (FDA), this new ra-diotracer will make it possible toinvestigate how these bindingsites function to make the nico-tine in cigarette smoke addictive.

John DunnAs the first member of the

BNL scientific staff to earn a sec-ond Science & TechnologyAward, John Dunn, a senior mi-crobiologist in the Biology De-partment who joined BNL inJuly 1972, is being cited forthree different but related ac-complishments all made withinthe last three years.

First, Dunn and his collabo-rators developed a safer, morebroadly effective vaccine forLyme disease, the tick-borne ill-nesses pandemic on Long Is-land. Now licensed to theBaxter Healthcare Corporation,this vaccine is one of the firstto have been created bybioengineering. To make the re-combinant vaccine antigen,Dunn and his colleagues firstdetermined the sequence ofOspA, an outer surface protein;then crystallized it and deter-mined its structure at the Na-tional Synchrotron LightSource; next identified theparts of the protein that gener-ate protective antibodies; and,finally, engineered a novel pro-tein that elicits an immune re-action against several of theLyme disease bacteria.

Yannis SemertzidisCited for his work on Experi-

ment 821 at the AlternatingGradient Synchrotron, YannisSemertzidis, a physicist whojoined the Physics Departmentin 1992, is being honored forbeing a leader and innovator inhelping to carry out the precisemeasurement of the anomalousmagnetic moment of the muonto ~0.5 parts per million (ppm).As a result of his contributionsand others, this experiment isvery sensitive to new physicsand, in fact, has yielded resultsthat differ from the predictionsof the Standard Model, a dis-crepancy that cannot be testedwith more resolution until theLarge Hadron Collider at CERNcomes on line later this decade.

As the experiment was beingconstructed, Semertzidis firstserved as the electrostatic qua-drupole team leader. As such, heand his team introduced a newdesign that quenched the lowenergy electron trapping, thuseliminating spurious back-ground effects and making theoperation of the quadrupoles re-liable. They also succeeded inmeasuring the quadrupole elec-tric field to better than 1 percent

Bo YuFor developing detectors to

perform charged-particle track-ing and neutron and x-ray scat-tering, Bo Yu, a physicist in theInstrumentation Division, iscited for using his fundamentalunderstanding and intuitivegrasp of the physics underlyingthese devices to develop state-of-the-art detectors with unsur-passed position resolution. Yu,who came to BNL in January1992, is particularly well recog-nized for his high position-reso-lution gas-based radiation de-tectors.

At BNL, Yu’s detectors havebeen and are used, respectively,in heavy-ion experiments firstat the Alternating Gradient Syn-chrotron (AGS) and now at theRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider(RHIC). Building on his experi-ence with fixed-target heavy-ion experiments at the AGS, Yumade significant contributions

Yimei ZhuAlthough the transmission

electron microscope (TEM) hasexisted for generations, it hadprovided mostly qualitative in-formation about the arrange-ment of atoms and defects in asample, until Yimei Zhu, a se-nior scientist in the MaterialsScience Department, advancedTEM techniques to providequantitative information. Zhu iscited for not only advancingtransmission electron micros-copy, but also applying themicroscope’s new capabilities tothe study of high-temperaturesuperconductors (HTS), mag-netic materials and other chal-lenges in materials science.

Zhu, who joined BNL in Sep-tember 1988, spent his firstyears at the Lab in studying mi-crostructural and electronic de-fects that are important to HTS.Acknowledging Zhu’s accom-plishments and potential in the

5 Employees RecognizedFor Sustained ContributionsTo BNL Science, Technology

With Interim BNL Director Peter Paul (back, right) are the recipients ofBNL’s 2002 Science & Technology Award: back, from left, YannisSemertzidis, Physics Department; Bo Yu, Instrumentation Division; (front,from left) Yu-Shin Ding, Chemistry Department; Yimei Zhu, MaterialsScience Department; and John Dunn, Biology Department.

Pictured at the ‘Lessons Learned” awards luncheon were: (front, from left) Mike Gaffney,Safety & Health Services Division (SHSD); Dave Passarello, Collider-Accelerator (C-A) De-partment; Lessons Learned (LL) Coordinator Ed Sierra, Quality Management (QM) Office;Derek Lownstein, C-A Chair; Peter Paul, Interim BNL Director; LL Administrator JoyceMortimer, QM; and Nick Gmur, National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) Department; (back,from left) Bob Casey, NSLS; Joe Levesque, Emergency Services Division; Mike Buckley,NSLS; Tom Dilgen, Magnet Division; Ken Sullivan, Energy Sciences & Technology Department;Steve Coleman, Waste Management Division; Bill Gunther, Life Sciences (LS) Directorate; TomRoza, Plant Engineering Division; Robert McNair, Office of Independent Oversight (IO); JohnUsher, IO; Steve Layendecker, Radiological Control Division; Otto White, SHSD; Robert Colichio,(LS); Lori Cunniff, Environmental Services Division; and Stasia Scocca, QM.

Sierra initiated the incentive program in March 2001 to encourage participationin the LL program. To choose the awardees, a panel of independent judges, them-selves previous award recipients, evaluated each lesson against criteria to deter-mine which of the 18 communications had the most potential impact on BNLoperations. This year’s LL incentive program period commenced on January 1. Formore information about the LL program, contact Ed Sierra, Ext. 4080.

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Calendarof Laboratory Events

• The BERA Sales Office is located inBerkner Hall and is open weekdays from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information onBERA events, contact Andrea Dehler, Ext.3347; or Chris Carter, Ext. 2873.

• Additional information for HospitalityCommittee events can be found at the LollipopHouse and the laundry in the apartment area.

• The Recreation Building (Rec. Bldg.) islocated in the apartment area.

• Contact names are provided for mostevents for more information.

• Calendar events flagged with an asterisk(*) have an accompanying story in thisweek’s Bulletin.

Arrivals & DeparturesArrivals

Yong Cai ......................... Env. Sci.Hong Wang ....................... Biology

DeparturesJohn Carter ................. Ctrl. ShopsNorman Cernyar ................. NSLS

Carl Safina will discuss worldfisheries at the BSA Distin-guished Lecture on February 20.Meantime, a BNL microfisherywas spotted on site by photogra-pher Roger Stoutenburgh, whosnapped this blue heron lookingfor lunch one freezing day twoweeks ago.

Scientist-Author Carl Safina Talks on World Fisheries (cont’d.)

In his talk, Safina will discussfish as wildlife and explore therole of overfishing, fishery dis-cards, fish farming, and human-altered habitats in the world’soceans, which are continuouslychanging. Safina will discuss theimplications of these changesfor both sea life and humancommunities. He will also dis-cuss how people’s seafoodchoices can add momentum toa new movement of consumer-led efforts to improve fisheriesand restore abundant marinelife.

Carl Safina has been close tothe sea all his life, growing upon Long Island and fishing sincechildhood. He started his scien-tific career studying at-sea feed-ing ecology of seabirds. Since1990, he has worked to putocean fish conservation issuesinto the wildlife conservationmainstream.

Safina is author of more thana hundred publications, includ-ing Song for the Blue Ocean(Henry Holt Co., 1998) and Eyeof the Albatross: Visions of Hope

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and Survival (Henry Holt Co.,2002), books that the authorwill sign after his talk. He is alsoa coauthor of the Seafood Lover’sAlmanac (Audubon, 2000).

Safina received a Ph.D. inecology from Rutgers Universityin 1987, and he has been vicepresident for marine conserva-tion at Audubon, a visiting fel-low at Yale, and a member ofThe Explorers Club®. He ispresident of Blue Ocean Insti-

tute, a new, nonprofit organiza-tion dedicated to ocean conser-vation. Safina is a recipient ofthe 1991 Pew Scholars Award inConservation and the Environ-

ment, the 2000 Lannan LiteraryAward, and the 2000 MacArthurFoundation Fellowship, popu-larly known as the Genius Prize.

— Diane Greenberg

— EACH WEEK —Weekdays: Free English for Speakersof Other Languages ClassesBeginner, Intermediate, and Advanced classes.Various times. All are welcome. Learn English,make friends. See www.bnl.gov/esol/schedule.html for schedule. Jen Lynch, Ext. 4894.Mondays: BNL Gospel Choir5:15-7 p.m. Berkner Hall. All faiths are welcome.www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/choir/.Mon., Tues., & Thurs.: Kickboxing$5 per class. Mon. & Thurs. noon-1 p.m. inthe gym; Tues., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in the gym;Thurs., 5:15-6:15 p.m. in Brookhaven Ctr.Registration is required. Mary Wood, Ext.5923, or wood2@bnl.gov.Mon., Thurs., & Fri.: Tai ChiNoon- 12:45 p.m., Brookhaven Center NorthRoom. Adam Rusek, Ext. 5830 or rusek@bnl.gov.Mondays: BNL Dance Club Ballroom,Latin & Swing Practice5:30-7 p.m. North Ballroom, Brookhaven Cen-ter, except Lab holidays. Jean Logan,jlogan@bnl.gov or Ext. 4391.Tuesdays: Welcome Coffee10-11:30 a.m. Rec. Bldg. Hospitality event. Comeand meet friends. The first Tuesday of every monthis special for Lab newcomers and leaving guests.Hospitality Chair Monique de la Beij, 399-7656.Tuesdays: BNL Music ClubNoon, North Room, Brookhaven Center. Comehear live music. Joe Vignola, Ext. 3846.Tuesdays: BNL Dance Club Individual& Couples instruction5-11 p.m. North Ballroom, Brookhaven Center. RonOndrovic, ondrovic@bnl.gov or Ext. 4553.Tuesdays: Toastmasters1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month , 5:30p.m., Bldg. 463, room 160. Guests, visitorsalways welcome. www.bnl.gov/bera/activi-ties/toastmstrs/default.htm.Tuesdays & Thursdays: Aerobics5:15-6:30 p.m., $4 per class. Rec. Bldg. PatFlood, Ext 7886.Tuesdays & Thursdays: Aqua Aerobics5:15-6:15 p.m. Mary Wood, Ext 5923.Wednesdays: On-Site Play Group10 a.m.-noon. Rec. Bldg. A infant/toddler drop-in event. Parents meet while children play. Svet-lana Agafonova, 205-5065.Wednesdays: Weight WatchersNoon-1 p.m., Brookhaven Center South Room.Mary Wood, Ext. 5923, wood2@bnl.gov.Wednesdays: Yoga PracticeNoon-1 p.m., Brookhaven Ctr. Free. Ila Camp-bell, Ext. 2206.Wednesdays: Open Chess Night5-8 p.m., Rec. Hall. Christine Carter,Ext. 5090.Wednesdays: Exercise 1015:15-6 p.m., Rec. Bldg. $4 per class or $35 for10 classes. Stretching, low-impact aerobics,and other exercises. Pat Flood, Ext 7886.Wednesdays: Dance Club Group Lessons5-9 p.m. North Ballroom, Brookhaven Center.Marsha Belford, belford@bnl. gov or Ext. 5053.Fridays: Family Swim Night5-8 p.m. at the BNL Pool. $5 per family.Fridays: BNL Social & Cultural Club8-11:30 p.m., Brookhaven Ctr., social. RudyAlforque, Ext. 4733, rudy@bnl.gov.Saturdays: BNL Dance Club MonthlyBallroom Dance Social8-11:30 p.m. Ballroom, Latin & swing danc-ing, North Ballroom, Brookhaven Center.3/15, 4/12, 5/17. Marsha Belford,belford@bnl. gov or Ext. 5053.February Is Black History MonthSee the Black History Month posterexhibit on display during the monthof February in Berkner Hall lobby.

— THIS WEEKEND —

Friday, 2/14Valentine’s Day Blood Drive9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Brookhaven Center.BNLers from 17 to 75 years of age, ingood health, and weighing over 110 lbs.are welcome. All donors should havephoto ID and know their social secu-rity number. Susan Foster, Ext. 2888,donateblood@bnl.gov.Valentine’s Day TeaNoon-2 p.m., Rec. Bldg. Cookies, snacks,tea, and coffee will be provided by BNL’sEnglish for Speakers of Other Languagesprogram. Bring your own lunch. Paperwill be supplied for Valentine’s Day card-making. Jen Lynch, Ext. 4894.Valentine Dinner6 p.m., Recreation Hall. Offered by theHospitality Committee. See notice onpage 4. Monique de la Beij, Ext. 7656.

Yu-Shin Ding (cont’d.)

John Dunn (cont’d.)

Yimei Zhu (cont’d.)

Bo Yu (cont’d.)

Another re-cent success isDing's develop-ment of a com-pletely newroute to synthe-

size the anti-seizure drug gamma-vinyl-GABA (GVG), which willsoon be employed in clinical tri-als for treating cocaine addiction.Applying this new method, Dingwas able to label GVG with car-bon-11. Because it has only a20.4-minute half-life, carbon-11labeled GVG will be useful inimaging the effectiveness of thisaddiction treatment.

Catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT) is an enzyme that isfound in elevated levels in breast-cancer patients, and Ding wasthe first to develop a radiotracerfor imaging COMT. Recently ap-proved imaging studies of breastcancer patients will get under-way presently, to help under-stand the disease at the molecu-lar level, including the role ofthis enzyme. Ding has also de-veloped a rapid way to synthe-size carbon-11 labeled BPA, sothat it can be imaged in brain-cancer and melanoma patients.

Dunn is alsonoted for per-forming the firstsemi-compre-hensive, quant-ative analysis of

the messenger RNAs (mRNAs) ofhuman blood platelets, whichhelp blood clot. Dunn and histeam perfected methods tohandle and amplify small quan-tities of platelet mRNA, whichwill enable the molecular analy-sis of human diseases involvingplatelets.

Third, Dunn and companyextended what is called theSAGE method for analyzing eu-karyotic mRNA to performquantative analysis of microbialgenomes. To do this, Dunn wasthe first to use a newly discov-ered restriction enzyme that in-creased nucleotide tag specific-ity more than a thousandfold.This genome signature-tagmethodology is a new technol-ogy that can be used to addressDOE’s interests in bioremedi-ation and carbon management.

accuracy, whichpermitted verifi-cation of the cal-culated value.

Helping thekicker magnet

team with one challenging as-pect of the design of the kickermagnet used for the direct in-jection of the muon beam intothe E821 storage ring, Semer-tzidis achieved the design goalof 0.1 ppm for the effect of themagnetic field generated by re-sidual eddy currents 20 to 700microseconds after injection.

Next, he designed a laser sys-tem to measure the 0.1 ppmvariation in the magnetic field,and his measurements of themagnetic field due to the eddycurrents showed a systematicerror well below 0.1 ppm.

Selected to be the analysiscoordinator for muon decaydata taken in 1997 and 1998,Semertzidis overcame one ofthe largest systematic errors bydeveloping an ingenious ap-proach. For the analysis of datataken in 2000, he was deeplyinvolved, especially in over-coming one form of systematicerror. Expanding on the E821experiment, he has proposed anew, very sensitive method tosearch for electric dipole mo-ments in storage rings.

to high-accu-racy positionreadout of de-tector sub-systems inRHIC’s PHENIX

experiment and is a key con-tributor to the PHENIX andSTAR upgrades.

Outside the Lab, for ex-ample, his devices are em-ployed in neutron scatteringstudies of protein crystal struc-ture at Los Alamos NationalLaboratory, and his neutron-detector concepts will be em-ployed in instrumentationplanned for the SpallationNeutron Source, now underconstruction at Oak Ridge Na-tional Laboratory. By advanc-ing concepts that he originallyemployed in x-ray scatteringdetectors, Yu has developedconceptual designs of muon-

TEM field, DOE’sOffice of Sciencesignificantly ex-panded his re-search programand awarded

BNL funding in new microscopes.Zhu made outstanding con-

tributions in two areas. First, hedeveloped a new convergent-beam electron diffraction tech-nique, which he and his collegesapplied to produce the firstquantitative valence-electroncharge distributions in compli-cated crystals, and to improvethe resolution when imagingdefects in crystals. Second, Zhudeveloped new analytical meth-ods for retrieving phase of theelectron-wave in electron ho-lography and Lorentz micros-copy, which were applied toproduce reliable quantitativemeasurements of parameters infunctional materials.

In establishing and operat-ing its new Center for Func-tional Nanomaterials, BNL willemploy Zhu’s expertise and ex-perience with TEM in thestudy of materials on thenanoscale. To advance nano-scale structural analysis, Zhu isworking as part of a team as-sembled by DOE to proposethe development of new gen-eration microscopes havingeven higher spatial resolution.

Semertzidis (cont’d.) tracking chambers for the AT-LAS particle physics experi-ment at the Large Hadron Col-lider, now under constructionat CERN in Switzerland.

In addition to developing de-tectors for physics, his expertiseand experience has been soughtby other fields. Most recently,for example, his help has beenenlisted for developing devicesfor positron emission tomogra-phy imaging of small animals,and gamma-ray spectroscopyfor homeland security.

Money Matters HealthlineLecture Series, 2/25

‘When IllnessStrikes: A Legal

Update’

On Tuesday, February 25,at noon in Berkner Hall, aHealthline Lecture on“Money Matters — When Ill-ness Strikes: A Legal Update”will be facilitated by GeorgeRoach, Esq. Topics coveredwill include the most up-to-date changes in the Medic-aid law, the financial im-pact of catastrophic illnessin caring for elderly parentsand loved ones, and basicestate planning.

Roach, the attorney incharge of the Legal Aid So-ciety of Suffolk County's Se-nior Division, has beenwith the Legal Aid Societyfor the past 24 years, deal-ing exclusively with theproblems of the elderly andthe elderly poor.

Defensive DrivingA six-hour defensive driving

course will be offered on Satur-day, March 22, 2003, 9 a.m.-3:30p.m., in Berkner Hall, Room B. Toregister, send a check for $26 perperson, made out to EmpireSafety Council, care of ScottZambelli, P.O. Box 670, MountSinai, NY 11766. Include yourtelephone number in case youneed to be contacted. No checkswill be refunded after March 14.

Get to Know Your Lab!

Tour MRI FacilityThe next employee tour “at-

traction” will be the MagneticResonance Facility (MRI) facility.The group will meet at BerknerHall Lobby at noon on Friday,February 21. William Rooney ofthe Chemistry Department willtake visitors to see the MRI facil-ity with its 4-Tesla magnet anddiscuss the experimental pro-gram. The group will return toBerkner Hall by 1 p.m. It is sug-gested for safety reasons that any-one with a pacemaker or artifi-cial metal implants should not at-tend the tour. Transportation willbe by BNL van.

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Calendar(continued)

Note: This calendar is updated continuouslyand will appear in the Bulletin wheneverspace permits. Submissions must be receivedby the preceding Friday at noon to appearin the following week’s Bulletin. Enterinformation for each event in the order listedabove (date, event name, description, andcost) and send it to bulletin@bnl.gov. Write“Bulletin Calendar” in the subject line.

BNL’s Conference & MeetingsServices is set to introduce

new software that will help pro-vide faster and more efficientservices to those who reservemeeting space. Called a meetingroom viewer and schedulingtool, the new software will beavailable from the BNL and theStaff Services’ Division homepages and will be available start-ing late February.

“This software is fast andeasy to use, and it will be a verypositive change,” says RuthComas, Conference SupportSupervisor. “For example, us-ers will be able to see the res-ervations of all conferencerooms in one view, and thusfind and reserve availablerooms very quickly. The per-son reserving the room will

Saturday, 2/15*Songwriters Make Music8 p.m., Berkner Hall. The BNL MusicClub and The East End Songwriters Guildpresent “Songwriters Series,” open to thepublic. Admission: $10 . See notice onpage 3 or www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/music/ for more information.

Sunday, 2/16GLOBE MeetingThe Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual EmployeeClub at BNL will hold its monthly meet-ing . For the meeting’s time and location,contact Debbie Bauer, Ext. 5664, or MikeLoftus, Ext. 2960. For more informationabout the GLOBE club, see www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe..

— WEEK OF 2/17 —

Wednesday, 2/19Science Education ForumNoon-1 p.m., Bldg. 438. All are welcometo join a discussion on interesting andtimely issues in science education. Re-freshments will be provided. Bring yourown lunch. Brian Murfin, Ext. 7171.380th Brookhaven Lecture4 p.m. Berkner Hall. Elan Ben-Zvi, Na-tional Synchrotron Light Source, willgive the lecture on the cooling of theRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider.

Thursday, 2/20BAC Meeting12:30-1 p.m., Berkner Hall, Room D.Brookhaven Advocacy Council Meet-ing, Open Session. www.bnl.gov/bac.*BSA Distinguished Lecture4 p.m., Berkner Hall. Author CarlSafina, Blue Ocean Institute President,will talk on “History and Destiny ofWorld Fisheries.” All are welcome to at-tend this free public lecture.

— WEEK OF 2/24 —

Monday, 2/24IBEW Meeting6 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, Rail-road Ave., Patchogue. A meeting forshift workers will be held at 3 p.m. inthe union office. The agenda includesregular business, committee reports,and the president’s report.

TUESDAY, 2/25Healthline LectureNoon, Berkner Hall. Join GeorgeRoach, an attorney working with theSuffolk County Legal Aid Society forthe past 24 years, when he presents theHealthline Lecture “Money Matters -When Illness Strikes: A Legal Update.”He will cover the most recent changesin the Medicaid Law, explore the finan-cial impact of catastrophic illness incaring for elderly parents and lovedones, and discuss basic estate planning.Check your mailbox for registrationforms. Mary Wood, Ext. 5923.

Wednesday, 2/26BERA Ski Trip to Camelback$50 per person. See notice, below, left.Sign up at the BERA Sales Office inBerkner Hall. Andrea Dehler, Ext.3347; Bob Marascia, Ext. 7779; orChristine Carter, Ext. 2873.

Saturday, 3/1Kerry Kearney Band, Guests in ‘TheGathering of the Slides’8 p.m., Berkner Hall. The BNL MusicClub and the Long Island Blues Society.See notice at left.

— WEEK OF 3/3 —

Wednesday, 3/5WIENER and CAEN Product Demo10 a.m.-2 p.m., Berkner Hall. “Tools fordiscovery,” including low- and high-voltage power supplies, modular pre-amps, and more, will be presented toBNLers. Andreas, (937)324-2420.BSA Noon RecitalNoon, Berkner Hall. Konevets Quartet,on tour from Leningrad, sing Russianorthodox liturgical, folk, and popularmusic. http://music.bnl.gov.

Reserving Rooms Just Got EasierLearn all about it, Wednesday, 2/26

then receive an e-mail confir-mation of the reservation.”

Comas and her colleagues,Patricia Carollo, Bryan Hanlon,and Brenda Ward, provide ser-vices for conferences and meet-ings held at Berkner Hall, theBrookhaven Center, the MedicalLarge Conference Room, and theHamilton Seminar Room in theChemistry Department. Servicesinclude scheduling conferencerooms, setting up and breakingdown meeting equipment andfurniture, providing audio/visualequipment, and delivering coffeebreaks and cold lunches on site.

On Monday, February 26, at10:30 a.m., Comas will introducethe new software to BNL custom-ers at Berkner. The software pre-sentation will be followed by apresentation by representatives of

Flik International Corp., BNL’sfood service contractor, of sea-sonal catering specialties.

“I look forward to the transi-

tion to the new software, and Iam confident that the users willagree that it has many benefits,”Comas says. — Patrice Pages

Preparing to unveil new software this month that will allow users to seethe reservations for all conference rooms in one view, are (from left)Staff Services Division’s Patricia Carollo, Conference Support Assis-tant; Ruth Comas, Conference Support Supervisor; Brenda Ward, Spe-cial Service Attendant; and Bryan Hanlon, Special Services Assistant.

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Beautiful!” That’s how meteo-rologist Victor Cassella of

the Environmental Sciences De-partment described last year’sLong Island weather. In fact,2002 was a warm year, with anaverage annual temperature of52.7ο Fahrenheit (F), almostthree degrees above average.The winter was particularly mild,with four days reaching above60οF in January and February. Theentire winter of 2001-2002brought only 5.5 inches of snow,the second lowest seasonal snow-fall since the Lab started record-ing weather statistics in 1949.

The summer brought sunnyskies, with rainfall well belowaverage. Precipitation for theentire year, however, was 52.07inches, above the average of48.5 inches. “Higher than aver-age rainfall came late in theyear, in September through De-cember,” Cassella explained.“Also, while several hurricanescame up the coast, none af-fected Long Island in 2002.”

Two monthly weatherrecords were broken in 2002.February was the driest monthon record, with only 1.16 inchesof precipitation. The previousrecord was 1.18 inches of rain-

Long Island Weather of 2002 — Mild and Warm, No Hurricanes, Light Snowfallfall for that month in 1980.April was the warmest monthon record, with an averagetemperature of 51.4οF, beatingthe 1991 record of 51οF.

One record-low daily tem-perature and fifteen record-high daily temperatures wererecorded in 2002. Those whoplanted their tomato plantsearly were worried about frostas the temperature dipped tothe freezing point — 32οF — onMay 19, beating the previouslow temperature of 32.5οF forthe date set in 1956. Recordhighs were recorded in January,

February, April, July and August.The most dramatic high tempera-tures occurred on January 29,when the thermometer hit 69.5οF,11.5οF higher than the previousrecord set in 1974, and on April16, when the temperaturereached 89.5οF, also 11.5οF higherthan the record set in 1976. SomeLong Islanders who were viewinga parade or lounging on thebeach on the Fourth of July mightrecall the heat of that holiday.The temperature reached 96.5οFthat day, the highest maximumtemperature for the year.

In contrast to last year’s pal-

try snowfall, the 18 inches ofsnow recorded in late 2002 isslightly above average.

Cassella predicted in Janu-ary 2002 that the spring of thatyear would be wetter thanusual, and he was right on tar-get, since March through Junewere wetter than normal. Alsoa year ago, he predictedheavier than usual snowfall forthe winter of 2002-2003, aforecast that, so far, has cometrue. He now predicts a wetterand cooler spring than usual,so BNL should brace itself!

— Diane Greenberg

Music Club Music Coming Soon!Tomorrow, February 15, 8 p.m.

Songwriters Make MusicThe BNL Music Club and the East End Songwriters Guild presentthe first of a “Songwriters Series,” open to the public. This eventwill begin with a “Songwriters-in-the-Round” followed by a con-cert featuring singer-songwriters Cathy Kreger and Terry Winchell.Tickets cost $8 in advance and $10 at the door. For more informa-tion, see www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/music/.

March 1, 8 p.m.

Kerry Kearney Band, GuestsThe BNL Music Club and the Long Island

Blues Society will present Kerry Kearney’s Bandin “The Gathering of the Slides.” MichaelFalzarano, Kane Daly, Little Toby Walker, andAmy Helm will be featured as special guests.

Showstopper Kearney is known as a mas-ter of open tuning slide guitar, and he willperform with hisfour-piece band:Eileen “LittleSteamroller” Mur-

phy on drums, Frank Celenza on bass,Tony Campo on keyboards, andCharlie Wolf on harp. Admission: $10in advance, $12 at the door. For moreinformation, go to www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/music/.

Little Toby Walker

Black History Month EventsTo honor Black History Month, BNL’s Afro-American Club sponsors:

Talk by Rashad Robinson, Tuesday, 2/18, noonOrganizer and advocate Rashad Robinson, the Field Director of

the Center for Voting and Democracy, will talk on “CelebratingOur Past and Fighting for Our Future,” in Berkner Hall, Room B.

Talk by Maurice DuBois, Friday, 2/21, noonTwo-time Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter Maurice

DuBois of News Channel 4, co-anchor for “Today in New York,”which airs on weekdays, 5-7 a.m., will talk about his life experi-ence, noon-1 p.m., in Berkner Hall.

Talk by Queen Afua, Thursday, 2/27, noonHerbalist and holistic health specialist Queen Afua, author of

bestsellers Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity and Sacred Woman:A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit, will talk on“An Afrocentric Approach to Healthy Eating and the Attributes ofHolistic Lifestyle,” noon-1 p.m., in Berkner Hall, Room B.

Kerry Kearney

Weight Watchers Registration for the next

Weight Watchers at Work ses-sion will take place on Wednes-day, February 26, at noon in theBrookhaven Center SouthRoom. The first class starts onMarch 5. The cost will be $99for 10 or more weeks depend-ing on the number of partici-pants. Contact Mary Wood,Ext. 5923 or wood2@bnl.gov

Daffodil DaysBERA will again be sell-

ing daffodils to benefit theAmerican Cancer Society. Abunch of ten fresh-cut flow-ers is $7. These beautifulspring bouquets may bepicked up on Tuesday,March 25. Paid reservationsare being taken at the BERASales Office in Berkner Hall.

On the World Wide Web, the Bulletin islocated at www.pubaf.bnl.gov/bulletin.html.A Weekly Calendar listing scientific and tech-nical seminars and lectures is found atwww.pubaf.bnl.gov/calendar.html.

Bldg. 134, P.O. Box 5000Upton NY 11973-5000phone (631)344-2345, fax (631) 344-3368e-mail: bulletin@bnl.gov

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Placement NoticesThe Lab’s placement policy is to select the

best-qualified candidate for an available posi-tion. Candidates are considered in the follow-ing order: (1) present employees within thedepartment/division and/or appropriate bargain-ing unit, with preference for those within the im-mediate work group; (2) present employeeswithin the Laboratory; and (3) outside applicants.In keeping with the Affirmative Action Plan, se-lections are made without regard to age, race,color, religion, national origin, sex, disability orveteran status. Each week, the Human Re-sources Division lists new placement notices,first, so employees may request considerationfor themselves, and, second, for open recruit-ment. Because of the priority policy statedabove, each listing does not necessarily repre-sent an opportunity for all people. Except whenoperational needs require otherwise, positionswill be open for one week after publication. Formore information, contact the EmploymentManager, Ext. 2882; call the JOBLINE, Ext.7744 (344-7744), for a list of all job openings;use a TDD system to access job informationby calling (631) 344-6018; or access currentjob openings on the World Wide Web atwww.bnl.gov/HR/jobs/default.htm.

LABORATORY RECRUITMENT - Opportu-nities for Laboratory Employees

NS8091. TELEPHONE OPERATOR – Un-der general supervision, places incoming andoutgoing local, toll, and long distance com-mercial and FTS calls in the operation ofmultiple position switchboard. Must be famil-iar with Laboratory organization, personnel,and methods of locating individuals not listedand of contacting emergency personnel atall times. Maintains necessary records of tollcharges and performs related telephone cleri-cal duties. Information Technology Division.

OPEN RECRUITMENT – Opportunities forLaboratory employees and outside candidates.

NS2637. PROCUREMENT OPERATIONSMANAGER (M-1, ERAP Eligible $1K) – Re-quires a BA in business administration or arelated field (MBA and/or professional acqui-sition certification strongly preferred), exten-sive management experience in the Federalcontracts environment, and detailed knowledgeof the Federal Acquisition Regulations (orequivalent in DEAR or DFAR). Demonstratedmanagement track record in procurement or-ganizations, exceptional communication and in-terpersonal relationship skills and high degreeof customer orientation required, as is an ex-ceptionally high degree of personal integrity and

accountability. Experience with and under-standing of automated procurement systemsis very desirable; management, and particu-larly procurement experience in a large tech-nical/scientific organization is also desirableas is experience within the DOE complex.Will be responsible for management of theLaboratory’s procurement operations, subcon-tract administration, credit-card program, andthe small business programs. Procurement &Property Management Division.

NS2794. MANAGER, CLINICAL RE-SEARCH CENTER (A-8) – Requires a BSin a health-related field, with strong adminis-trative skills and clinical research experience.Strong organizational skills, the ability to workindependently and demonstrated ability tointerpret and apply Federal and other appli-cable regulations to the BNL clinical researchprogram is necessary. Minimum of five years’relevant work experience in one or more ofthe following areas is required: clinical re-search, hospital administration, pharmaceu-ticals, and infectious diseases. Reporting tothe Medical Department chair or designeefor day-to-day operational issues, will pro-vide line management and technical supportfor the successful coordination and comple-tion of clinical research activities at the Clini-cal Research Center (CRC). This consistsof the direct supervision of administrative,technical, and medical staff responsible forthe day-to-day operations of the CRC, andcommunicating with the clinical researchteams to ensure the protection of humansubjects who participate in clinical researchat BNL. Will be responsible for maintainingthe CRC policy and procedures, conductingand documenting self-assessments and re-views, and participating in committee activi-ties and special projects. Employment is con-tingent upon successful completion of a back-ground check by the Drug EnforcementAgency. Medical Department.

NS2607. ASSISTANT STAFF SPECIALIST(A-4, ERAP Eligible $1K) – Requires an AASin database management, computer technol-ogy or business, at least 5 years’ relevantexperience, ability to create and maintaindatabases, strong analytical, communication,interpersonal and customer services skills.In addition, proficiency in MS Word and Ac-cess is required. Knowledge of Outlook andLaboratory policies and procedures is highlydesirable. Responsibilities will include exten-sive interaction with the NSLS user communityand staff, responding to inquiries, coordinatingmeetings including the annual user’s meeting,retention of records and beam-line renewaldocumentation, and collecting and analyzingdata. Will maintain several databases and meet-ing-reporting requirements as directed by theNSLS User Administrator, will act as back-upfor proposal submissions, user appointmentsand terminations, will monitor user training anddirect the work of other staff. National Synchro-tron Light Source Department.

TB2608. TECHNICAL SPECIALIST (T-2) -Requires a BS in electrical technology or me-chanical technology, or a BS in computer sci-ence, or an AAS degree or equivalent inthese fields plus at least one year of relevantexperience. Primary responsibility will beNSLS experimental safety operations. Du-ties will include safety systems checkoutsand monitoring user safety and conduct ofexperiments at the beam lines, including thehydrogen target system. Shift work is required.National Synchrotron Light Source Department.

BEAR - I genuinely love you, and I like youtoo! xos, buska herself!!!

MR. RAIN - I’ll always cherish the timeswe shared. My heart belongs to you. I missyou. Love, Sunshine.

DEAR PRETTY LADY - Never doubt howmuch I care. I dream of you often. Missyou. Love always, your buddy.

BUDDY - You are the joy in my heart...themeaning in my life. You are my world, mylove. Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, #1Buddy.

PEELY and Weely together forever.

POOKIE BOY - Almost 35 and we’re stillalive! I love you to pieces. Keep hangin’ inthere. Stinky.

STINKY - I always knew it had to be youbecause you are electrifying. Love, Bumpy.

DEAR NL - I hope you will be my Valentineagain this year. Love, BL.

DEAREST JACKIE - I love you for so manyreasons, both great and small, but most ofall, I love you just because you’re you.Love, Bruce.

JOE VB - LIFESGR8 even after 25 yearsgoing steady with you. Love, DJ

LOVER - A rose of my love,A wind of my style,An evergreen tree of my seasons,Darling, Lily.

SVELTZ - The past 24 years have beenthe best blessing. I love you. You are ex-quisite. Love, Bobby Rocknbuck

BETH, NANCI, MONICA, RUTH - You addsunshine to Bldg. 703. Happy Valentine’sDay from a secret admirer.

EVERYONE knows that BNL stands for Buzz‘n’ Linda. “Always a Passion for Discovery.”

I WISH for everyone the love, trust & respectthat I have with my Connie. Artie Mango

MG - 2 years and getting better all the time.May we always enjoy each other’s friend-ship. SL.

BABE - I love the things you do for me ev-eryday. How about a romantic dinner?Can’t wait to see Mickey Mouse. Love, me.

COUNTRYMAN - The best things in life areto hug you, kiss you, and love you. HappyValentine’s Day. Your Blue Ribbon Gal.

SPONGE PAINTER - The color of my lovegrows brighter by the brush strokes of youramazing talents. With all my love, Fisherman.

DEAR MY CHILDREN - Rena & Nao: I loveboth of you forever. From Mom.

CECIL - Roses were white, Candles sparkling bright, In blueberry delight, Airlifted to Pleasure Island.Happy Valentine’s Day! oxox, Babydoll.

ALEX RADULESCU - Your wife Marianaloves you with all her heart. Kisses &hugs forever.

DEAR MIKE - I’m missing your warmth andcloseness. Love, you know who.

NEIL & LIAM - You boys are growing upso fast. Slow down! We love you bothvery much. Always keep smiling. HappyValentine’s Day! xoxo, Love, Mommy &Daddy.

MY FOUR BOYS - You’re the bestest boysin the whole wide world. I love you. HappyValentine’s Day! Hugs & Kisses, Mommy.

PPYNE - Wishing “only you” a better ‘03.Remember, I’m on your side. Love Al-ways, Me.

SARA - thanks for 29!/2 fantastic years!Love Bill.

B.B. - go out and blow the stink off of you! Isprobation up yet? Hugs & kisses. Guess who.

BOOMBAH - thanks for making my heart“sing” these past 5+ years . I love you somuch - Boombah.

DUCK - times have been tough but my lovefor you will never ever end. Love Mike.

DEAR JEANNE - loving you has been themost gratifying part of my life. Have a greatValentine’s Day. Love Tim.

MY MAIN MAN - you’re my husband, mybest friend, my one & only. You are alwaysin my heart so we are never apart! I loveyou so much!! Love Vern.

JUN - to my loving husband, who is alwaysright on time, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”Love Always, Sha.

DONNA MARIE - with each passing yearyou become dearer to me. HappyValentine’s Day. Love Stevie.

STUD MUFFIN - Happy “V” day from redhot, brown sugar, trampoline queen, purplepassion, puppy cuddles, coco, silentscreamer, cinnamon.

TO OUR DANCING ROMEO - you madeus proud. Love from all the girls.

HONEY - let’s go dancing every Friday. Ienjoy learning new dances with you.

ERIC - congratulations on your upcominghigh school graduation and I wish you aregoing to your dream university. Love Dad.

WEEBLE - you may wooble, bump intowalls and even fall down occasionally, butI still love you just the way you are. A-

KIDDO - thanks for always being therefor me! Love your mom!

MOMMY - thanks for feeding & walkingme. Love Maggie.

TO MY SM - there’s just no rhyme or rea-son, only a sense of completion. HappyValentine’s Day! Love always, your Snook.

ILYA - ILYC, ILYG, YTBF! LMTWGR! LL.

HI HON - all these years and it’s still gettingbetter. Are we havin’ fun or what? Luv, wm.

DEAR HONEY - I found a thrill when Ifound you - at last!! All my love, me.

JEFF - 12 years and it keeps getting bet-ter! Can’t wait to sail into our future. Allmy love, Jessie.

LISA - Valentine’s day is made for loversSo I’m writing you this poem,To let you know how much I careAnd tell you that the love we shareHas filled my life, my heart, my soulAnd hope we will never let go. Love, Tony T.

TO GR8GAL - I’m so lucky.....lucky, lucky,lucky,lucky, lucky....

10396 - Thank you for making every dayspecial. You will always be my one andonly “Sea of Love”. BTW, I’m so im-pressed by your skiing! I can’t wait forthis weekend! Forever Yours, 709.

RONNIE 2-SHOES & JIMMY WOOBOOS- you have made my l i fe complete.Couldn’t ask for more! Happy Valentine’sDay! Love, Bun.

KELLY - You really are “my better half” Youare my heart, my conscience, and my an-chor to what is truly important in life. Howyou do everything you do in spite of whatyou have to deal with never ceases toamaze me. Happy Valentine’s Day, Rick.

MUFFIN - In good times & in bad, in sick-ness & in health. Patience, forgiveness,and love. Just me & you. Muffin Lover.

DJ - Sharing your love life and family withme has been a blessing from God. Thanks!Love, Joseph. Remember to CAV.

JG - What a rough year for you, espe-cially finding out who really cares. To-gether, we got through it. Love does con-quer all!! NG

SNOOK - Thanks for being a friend, alover, and my backbone. You are lovedso much. Love you, no hair.

BUNZER - 1/5 to Hayden, 1/5 to Mason. 1/5to you, 1/5 to me. and 1/5 to us. Love, me

TO A GREAT WIFE & GRANDMA - HappyValentine’s Day and Happy Birthday,Chau-Chai. Love, Min

SWEETIE - I just want to say thank youfor your patience, understanding, butmostly for the love we share everyday.

SNOOKIE LUMPS - You make me wantto be a better man. I love you more ev-ery day, Slick.

RIB - I love you for everything that youdo. You are my wife, my lover, the motherof two beautiful boys, & my best friend.Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, Fred.

Motor Vehicles & Supplies02 YAMAHA YZF R6 - blue & white, excel.cond., 7,500 mi., $7,000. Shannon, 516-456-5838.

01 HYUNDAI TIBRON - black, loaded w/extras, spoiler, 19K tran. warr., $13,000 firm.Barbara, 732-7186.

95 KAWASAKI KX125 - dirt bike, runs verywell, fast, must sell, $600. Charles, Ext. 5462.

95 MAZDA PICKUP - red, extra cab, 4-cyl.,115K mi., $3,200. Dennis, 878-9592.

98 DODGE CARAVAN - all power, V6, 7/8pass., 4-dr., excel. cond., 69K mi., $8,000.281-5565.

96 FORD EXPLORER - dark green, 92K mi.,all power, leather int., very clean, $7,500.John, 473-9114.

95 MERCURY VILLAGER GS - all power, ex-cel. cond., garaged, front & rear a/c, roof rack,$4,900 neg. Joe, Ext. 4826 or 821-3762.

94 FORD ASPIRE - 5-spd., 105K mi., $900.Charles, 924-5638.

94 HONDA CIVIC - black, 2-dr., 5-spd.,141K mi., runs well, needs alignment &some body work, $1,450 neg. Henry, Ext.3413 or 399-6947.

94 MAZDA PICKUP - 5-spd., p/s, 4-cyl., 180Kmi., runs, body in good shape, needs headgasket, $1,500 neg. 774-5616.

93 NISSAN NX2000 - black, 5-spd., allpower, 82K mi., T-roof, new tires, rebuilttran., new clutch, excel. cond., $3,000. Ext.2391 or 653-6694.

92 NISSAN SENTRA - 5-spd., 2-dr., 136Kmi., a/c, good cond., new brake system &ignition system, $1,400. Ext. 2362.

91 FORD TAURUS - 6 cyl., 4-dr., a/t, 95Kmi., runs well, $750. 689-5985.

90 TOYOTA CAMRY - a/t, a/c, p/w, 166K mi.,cruise, sunroof, orig. own., $900. P.K., Ext. 5648.

89 TOYOTA COROLLA LE - 5-spd., a/c, p/s, p/b, 166K mi., runs well, $1,300. Steven,Ext. 7862.

87 CHEVY SILVERADO BLAZER - newtranny, rear end & throttle body, black,$4,500. John, 929-6403.

86 FORD MUSTANG - white, a/t, p/s, 91K mi.,4-cyl., good cond.. Joe, Ext. 5353 or 475-8183.

84 VOLVO 240DL - 5-spd., p/s, p/b, 375Kmi., $750. John, 878-3152.

83 HONDA WAGON - 67K orig. mi., auto.,a/c, great on gas, $1,100. Chas, Ext. 5462or 288-2080.

TRAILER - 24 ft., sleeps 8, gas stove, oven,shower, toilet, $1,500. 286-8304.

TRUCK LINER - for mid-90’s, 6' Toyota, $50.Pat, 331-4336.

Furnishings & AppliancesBEDROOM FURNITURE - oak, queen sizeheadboard w/frame, 2 night tables, triple dresserw/mirror, armoire, $450. Peter, Ext. 2460.

BEDROOM SET - Colonial oak, queen-sizebed, 2-drawer nightstands, men’s 6-drawerbureau, lady’s 7-drawer bureau, $750.Mary, Ext. 6344.

COUCH - 3-pc., l/r sectional, white &seafoam, green, $275, lighthouse picture,blues & pinks, peach frame, $50. Vicky,724-8200.

DINETTE - contemp., oval table, 60" x 42",mica finish, 4 chairs, good cond., $300.Mark, Ext. 2238.DINING ROOM SET - Broyhill, 40-yr.-oldtable, 2 leaves, buffet, china cabinet, 6 chairs,table pads, $600. Victor, 585-2084.FREEZER - Kenmore, 11.7 cu. ft., 3 yrs. old,excel. cond., $150. 369-2716.FURNITURE - Jennifer Convertible, queensize sofa bed & matching chair, $600. Lanedouble recliner, $300. Donna, Ext. 2826.GAME TABLE - solid pine, 36" dia., 4 cap-tains chairs, good cond., $100; small recliner,walnut w/black cushions, good cond., $30.Robert, 928-1806.HOME AIR PURIFIER - Honeywell HEPA fil-tration floor standing air purifier, suitable fora large room, removes pollen & odors, ex-cel. cond., $65. Arthur, Ext. 7934.KITCHEN SINK - double, cast iron, topmounted, white, kitchen sink w/single lever fau-cet, excel. cond., $150. Ext. 5070 or 874-4460.VACUUM CLEANER - Fantom uprightbagless, onboard attachments, HEPA filter,$75 neg. Kelly, Ext. 7746 or 580-2940.VACUUM CLEANER - canister type w/allcontrols on handle, micron filtration bag,many more features, excel. cond., $75.Arthur, Ext. 7934.

Sports, Hobbies & PetsBABY JOGGER COMPANY TWINNER II -top-line dbl.-jogger athletic stroller, canopy,basket, grape color, holds 100 lbs. max, orig.$520, $260 firm. Gail, Ext. 2874.FISH TANK - 30 gal., assorted tropical fish,heater, Aqua Clear filter, Python Cleaner, rockformations, supplies, etc., $65. Linda, Ext.2733 or 395-6784.PIANO - small baby grand, mahogany, excel.cond., $1,800. Tom, Ext. 2391 or 653-6694.TREADMILL - Sears Proform, fold-up spacesaver, 3 yrs. old, excel. cond., $350. 369-2716.WETSUITS - excel. cond., bodyglove &quicksilver, a #/2 and a %/4 winter suit. Zeb,516-807-6896.

Audio, Video & ComputersCD PLAYER - NEC single disk CD player w/remote, excel. cond., $25. Arthur, Ext. 7934.

KEYBOARD - Yamaha DX-7, good cond., 61keys plus RAM cartridge, industry classic ,$400. Tom, Ext. 4396.

LAPTOP CASE - Targus, excel. cond., black,$40. Camelia, Ext. 7771.

YAMAHA A/V RECEIVER - Yamaha naturalsound RXV492 enhanced Dolby pro-logicreceiver, 75 watts/channel, multiple soundfields, incl. multibrand remote, excel. cond.& sound quality, $125. Arthur, Ext. 7934.

MiscellaneousTUITION WAIVER - Dowling College, goodfor three undergrad credits, $850. Ext. 5899.

Lost & FoundRHINESTONE EARRINGS & BRACELET- lost on 1/27/03, near Bldg. 134. Pleasecall Sue, Ext. 2483.

FreeHAMSTERS - great for children. Costas,Ext. 6235.

SAILBOAT - 30 ft., wooden double-ended,sleeps 4, sails, winches, galley, head, needswork, moving to West coast. Stuart, 286-8304.

WantedAPARTMENT - 2-3 bdrm. apt., w/proximityto LIE, 1 year, starting in July. Burt, Ext. 8362.

BERA LIFEGUARDS - part time, needed foryear round or summer only employment, 18yrs. or older, life guard certification required,teaching certificate a plus. Ext. 5090 or 8481.

For RentYAPHANK - Lg. 1 bdrm., full bath, l/r, kitch-enette, ground-level, very bright, sep. frontent., util. incl., $1,000/mo. Phil, 345-0930.

HappeningsART SHOW -Nick Weih’s paintings (boats,trees, etc.) in 2-man show, Pt. Jeff. Art Gal-lery, 116 E. Main St., Feb. 1-28, Wed., Fri.eves. 6-9 p.m.; Sats., Suns., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

CONCERT - Sat., March 1, 4 p.m.,Southampton College, Sam Carr, PhysicsDepartment, will play the Beethoven ChoralFantasy with the Peconic Youth SymphonyOrchestra. Tickets by donation.

In AppreciationThank you to everyone for their kind wordsfollowing the passing of my mother.

— Richard Casella

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At this time of year, male turkeys often display their magnificent tailfeathers to attract females before the nesting season — perhaps asa way to say, “Will you be my valentine?”

Nutrition WorkshopsThe Occupational Medicine

Clinic (OMC) and the Health Pro-motion Program offer two work-shops, each with four sessions, onthe following Mondays: 2/24, 3/24,4/28, and 5/19. These workshopsare limited to 15 people each. To reg-ister, contact Mary Wood, Ext. 5923or wood2@bnl.gov, by February 17.