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The world's weirdest places to scuba dive
By Susannah Palk, CNN • Updated 9th September 2011
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Bored of diving among the usual coral reefs and tropical fish? Looking for something a little out of the ordinary?
Ever thought about diving in a crack between two continents in some of the clearest water on Earth? Or what about swimming up to an active volcano? Perhaps underwater art is more your thing?
If so, take a look at some of the most unusual, mysterious and awe-inspiring underwater landscapes from around the world.
Continental rift in Iceland
The only place in the world where you can swim between two continents, the Silfra fissure in Iceland's Thingvellier National Park is where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.
Dive the North
Not only can you dive in a crack in the earth caused by the two continental plates slowly moving away from each other (at an average of 2 cm a year), the waters are so clear that many divers are said to lose all sense of depth and even experience vertigo.
The water's extreme clarity is thanks to year-round cold temperatures of around two to four degrees Celsius and the water's purity. The water originates from a glacier high on Iceland's Hofsjokull Mountain and is filtered through layers of porous lava rock before reaching the national park. Not only is it cold and clear, the water is so pure it is safe enough to drink.
The three sections of the dive include Silfra Hall, the Cathedral and Silfra lagoon.
Mysterious ruins in Japan
A long-lost civilization, the work of aliens or simply a natural wonder? The mysterious underwater ruins of Yonaguni continue to lure the most intrepid of divers.
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Located in the Yaeyama Islands off the westernmost point of Japan, the tiny island of Yonaguni is remote and difficult to reach. But it remains popular thanks to the archaeological riddle submerged off its southern coast.
Exactly how the underwater pyramid structure, known as the Yonaguni monument, was formed is still under debate. Some claim the ruins to be evidence of a long lost city, while others are convinced it is a geological phenomenon. There are even a few who believe the site to be the work of architecturally-ambitious aliens.
Whatever its origin, it's an impressive site. Estimated to be between 5,000 and 8,000 years old, the stepped structures -- with smooth platform steps and right angles -- appear as though they were carved out of the rock.
This is not a diving site for beginners, with the ruins located in open waters with high waves and strong currents.
Volcanic action in Indonesia
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Located beside the island of Mahangetan, part of the volcanic island chain of Sangihe in Indonesia, Banua Wuha rises more than 400 meters from the sea floor and is less than five meters below the water's surface.
There is no risk from lava -- instead, the underwater volcano releases ribbons of silver bubbles -- sulfur gas -- escaping deep from inside the earth's crust.
"The bubbles can burn your fingers if you're not careful," said Roman Szalay, managing director of
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, which charters one of the few boats that makes the journey to the volcano.
"If you bring (the gas) up in a bottle to the surface it smells horrible, but if the bubbles come up to the surface it smells like nothing," he added.
The further you descend, the volcano's barren sulfur-covered rocks give way to coral reefs and an extraordinary display of marine life, including huge barrel sponges, black tipped reef sharks and schools of neon fusiliers.
"If the sky is cloudy and the sun is not bright, the atmosphere is quite mystic" said Szalay, "Sometime you can also hear the roaring of the volcano."
Underwater art in Mexico
Want a bit of culture on your next dive? Then try the tropical blue waters of Cancun, Mexico where you will find the
Museum of Underwater Modern Art.
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Consisting of more than 403 permanent life-sized sculptures, the art-filled sea-bed is one of the largest artificial reef attractions in the world.
The work of British sculptor and scuba diver Jason deCaires Taylor, each sculpture is individually cast and made using a special cement mix to encourage coral growth.
"It's incredibly interesting working underwater," said deCaires Taylor. "The colors are different, the light patterns are very different, the atmosphere and mood is otherworldly.
"The piece takes on a very different tone underwater -- it has a lost feel to it and brings up all these questions that you wouldn't have on land," he continued.
Underwater cemetery in the U.S.
A little over five kilometers off the coast of Miami, Florida, is an altogether different, and slightly creepy, diving experience -- an artificial reef that doubles as a cemetery.
The Neptune Memorial Reef
The Neptune Memorial Reef,
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The first phase of the memorial has been built in the style of a "classical re-creation of the Lost City." Relatives of the deceased, curious scuba-divers and marine biologists are among those who dive among the coral-encrusted arches and statues of lions that line the sea floor.
When completed, the memorial will cover have the capacity to hold the cremated remains of around 100,000 people.
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European astronaut charter
The decision in 1998 to form one single European Astronaut Corps was a milestone for Human Spaceflight within ESA and for Europe. It was clear to all of us that a new era of human spaceflight in Europe had just begun and we were a part of it. We realised that it was our task to shape this new era in a truly European spirit and share it with the people of Europe.
This is no minor undertaking. We come from different countries and bring a variety of backgrounds into the European Astronaut Corps, educated as engineers, scientists, medical doctors, or test pilots. We acknowledged that our diversity was a strength in the pursuit of our common goal: peaceful human space exploration for the benefit of humankind at large and for the European people in particular.
Although we cherish our origin and our diverse cultural and national backgrounds, we like to see ourselves as true Europeans, who share common European values. And we know that we will be successful only if we work together as a team, a group of people inspired by the same dream about peaceful human exploration of space.
We want to share this dream and our experiences with the people of Europe.
This is why we decided to write a Charter of the European Astronaut Corps: to express and share our vision, our mission and our values with you!
The European Astronaut Corps
The text of the Charter is as follows:
Charter of the European Astronaut Corps
Our Vision
Shaping and Sharing Human Space Exploration
Our Mission
We Shape Space by bringing our European values to the preparation, support, and operation of the space flights that advance peaceful human exploration.
We Share Space with the people of Europe by communicating our vision, goals, experiences, and the results of our missions.
Our Values
Sapientia: We believe that Human Space Exploration is a wise choice by and for humankind. Sapientia reflects our commitment to pursue our goals for the advancement of humanity.
Populus: We put people first, in two ways: First, the purpose of our mission is to contribute to a better future for people on Earth. Second: Populus serves as a reflection of our repect for the people with whom we work: that we value their opinions, praise their work and compliment them for their support.
Audacia: We acknowledge that Spaceflight is a dangerous endeavour. While accepting the risks inherently involved in space travel we work to minimise these risks whenever we can. Audacia reminds us that the rewards will be unparalleled if we succeed.
Cultura: We continue the exploration started by our ancestors. Conscious of our history and traditions, we expand exploration into space, passing on our cultural heritage to future generations.
Exploratio: We value exploration as an opportunity to discover, to learn and, ultimately, to grow. We are convinced that humankind must embrace the challenge of peaceful human space exploration. We, the European Astronauts, are willing to take the next step.
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Luke Nguyen: I enjoy the simplicity and texture of this dish—it's like a vegetarian's version of salt and pepper squid.
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- 1 teaspoon ground garlic
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- Cut the tofu into 1 1/2 by 3/4-inch pieces and place on a cloth to dry. Put enough oil in a wok to deep-fry the tofu and heat to 350°F, or until a cube of bread dropped in the oil browns in 15 seconds. Deep-fry the tofu for about 5 minutes, or until it is golden and very crisp. Once all of the tofu is cooked, remove the oil from the wok and reserve for later use.
- Place 2 teaspoons of oil back into the wok and place over high heat. Add the scallions, chile, and garlic, stir-fry for 30 seconds, then return the tofu to the wok. Toss to combine the flavors and season with the salt and pepper seasoning mix. Serve with salt, pepper, and lemon dipping sauce or vegetarian dipping sauce .
From Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart by Pauline Nguyen with recipes by Luke Nguyen and Mark Jensen. Text copyright © 2007 by Pauline Nguyen; recipes © 2007 by Luke Nguyen and Mark Jensen. This edition published in 2008 by Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC.


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(AP) NEW YORK - Brad Richards and Michael Del Zotto scored, Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves, and the New York Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-1 victory in Game 7 over the Washington Capitals.
Richards scored less than two minutes in, and Del Zotto doubled the lead in the third period to help the top-seeded Rangers improve to 5-0 in Game 7s at Madison Square Garden. That set up a matchup with the New Jersey Devils, the team the Rangers beat in the 1994 conference finals en route to their first Stanley Cup title in 54 years.
That series will open Monday in New York.
New York and Washington alternated wins and losses from Game 1 on, and this one didn't come easy for the Rangers, who missed a chance to eliminate the Capitals in Game 6 on the road.
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I'm embarrassed for bloggers like Eric Kleefeld who murmur appreciation for Yarrow:
Folk singer Peter Yarrow -- of "Peter, Paul and Mary" fame -- played some politically themed tunes such as "If I Had A Hammer," "Which Side Are You On," "Blowin' In The Wind" and more, and spoke of his hopes that the current crisis in Madison would reawaken in people the urge to achieve social justice that animated people during the civil rights movement. And like his audience, Yarrow often worked "Kill The Bill" and other slogans into the lyrics. (Nostalgia for my childhood made me wish for "Puff The Magic Dragon," but I suppose it wasn't germane.)Oh, yeah, it's so sweet that he entertained children with his magic dragon. If you know what I mean. And I think you do. As Meade wrote over there in the comments:
Imagine the outcry in major media and the lefty blogosphere if the Tea Party invited to sing at one of their rallies someone who had committed and was convicted of [making sexual advances toward] a 14 year-old and got a light sentence of 3 months because he had friends in high places who used their influence on his behalf.I wanted to dig up the old NYT report of Jimmy
Shrum relates the campaign's collective sigh of relief when the networks declined to show footage of Kerry at an Iowa party jokingly miming a toke while Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary sang ''Puff the Magic Dragon''....How nice — how typical — of the reporters to help the Democratic candidate. Here's something about Yarrow. Anyway, why wasn't there someone more impressive who wanted to be seen at yesterday's rally? Why Yarrow? And why not some better celebrities from the entertainment and political worlds?
Yarrow followed 13-year-old Sam Frederick of Wauwatosa, who wrote an anti-Walker protest song for the occasion and led the crowd in singing it. In between, organizers shoveled snow off the outdoor stage.Man, that's small time! And look at how lame it was. Meade recorded this half a block from the stage:
The "not official UW Marching Band" — tuba and trumpet blaring — played standards like "If You Want to Be a Badger" and the chicken song...
In another part of the recording, when I first hear it, I say: "Is Cat Stevens here? This guy needs to project a little more."
Why weren't there better celebrities? Perhaps there are inside polls on how this protest is playing out around the country and people don't want their names dragged into it.


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Is Computational Linguistics the New Computer Science for the Humanities?
A few months ago, Harvard's J.B. Michel and Erez Lieberman-Aiden, along with colleagues from Google and elsewhere, made quite a splash with their cover article in Science on "Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books." Along with the article, they released a new tool called the Google N-gram Viewer, that plotted word occurrences from the Google Books corpus. Suddenly, humanities scholars around the world were talking about n-gram this and n-gram that. N-gram graphs were used to trace everything from the rise and fall of political philosophies to the popularity of TV and movie stars.
Before that article came out, how many people outside the fields of linguistics or natural language processing knew what an "n-gram" was? I'm guessing that linguists and computer scientists working in Natural Language Processing/Computational Linguistics (NLP/CL) must be quite amused to see what was previously a fairly technical term in their discipline suddenly become a trending topic on social networks. N-gram t-shirts anyone?
But I think all this talk about n-grams is a good thing. Increasingly, the terminologies and techniques of NLP/CL are infiltrating the humanities in a big way and will become an important part of humanities research. Just as applied methods from computer science have become an integral part of research in biology, physics, and practically every other science, I believe we will see applied NLP/CL become a major driver for text-based humanities research. And just as today's scientists must have a reasonably good understanding of these computer science-driven methods used in their home discipline, tomorrow's humanists working with large bodies of text will need a firm grasp on methods that are currently within NLP/CL's domain.
In his essay "A Whirlwind Tour of Automated Language Processing for the Humanities and Social Sciences," part of an CLIR/NEH report that we funded in 2008, the University of Maryland's Douglas Oard does a terrific job laying out the various "tribes" of the NLP/CL world. The tribes include experts in document recognition and retrieval, speech processing, summarization, machine translation, and information retrieval. Many of these experts combine this work with probability theory, which is necessary for getting results at the very large scale. As the digital mountain of books, newspapers, and journals that humanists study continues to grow, research will become more reliant on these computational language processing techniques. As Doug notes, "…humanities scholars are going to need to learn a bit of probability theory." (Or, as Doug recently noted to me by e-mail, at least their grad students will.)
NEH co-sponsors a major international grant competition, the Digging into Data Challenge which is designed to investigate new research methods for the humanities and social sciences that use very large data sources. When the first round of applications came in back in 2009, it was quite eye-opening to see the importance of NLP/CL. Even though the research topics ranged across the humanities and social sciences (including history, literature, philosophy, economics, political science, etc), in a high percentage of the projects, techniques from NLP/CL were being harnessed for the research. Collaborators from the NLP/CL community were on many of the research teams, bringing their own expertise in language processing to attack problems in other domains.
I think Doug is right. Humanities scholars will need to learn a bit about probability theory – and n-grams and many other bits borrowed from the NLP/CL world. I don't think every humanist needs to be a computational linguist – there is a role here for interdisciplinary teams (or as Doug succinctly puts it, we need to "make friends."). There is also a role – actually I'd argue a huge opportunity – for professional digital humanists who can help lead these interdisciplinary teams and be the "glue people" (to borrow a great term from Francine Berman), between disciplines. These digital humanities scholars will be the ones who have training in both a humanities or social science discipline, as well as in natural language processing or computational linguistics domains. By being a "double threat," they will be able to work across fields and bring the right people together to tackle the right problems.
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I wanted to share a short story out of my book Shirley's Short's and Flashes. It is a fantasy/mystery story. It's not long and I hope you enjoy it. Shirley
"I swear it's true, every single word."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Giorgio, I'm unable to accept your statement. What made you think a story so far-fetched, would be believed?"
"Why would I lie about something that could cost me my life, Detective Johnson? That man died just as I said he did. I'm an honest man, and I do not lie."
Detective Johnson got up from the table and walked from one corner of the room to the other. He couldn't get his brain around the story that Mr. Giorgio was telling. "Do you care if I smoke, Mr. Giorgio?"
"No, I don't care, Detective."
"Thank you. Now let's stop the formality. I've known you all of my life. You call me Peter, and I'll call you, um, um. I don't know your first name. I've never called you anything but Mr. Giorgio."
Mr. Giorgio smiled as he listened to Peter. "Peter, my first name is Tony. Actually, it's Antonio, but everyone calls me Tony. I guess it's easier to remember."
"May I call you, Tony? I'm sure I will fall back into old habits and call you Mr. Giorgio, but I'll do my best to call you by your name. Ok, let's start from the beginning, once again. Don't leave anything out."
"I haven't left out anything, yet. Peter, there is more to this world than what's here in Summerton. Things people have no idea is happening in this world. Have you ever heard of Darius Figgaro?"
"No, I can't say I have. Is that the guy's name we found in your shop?"
"No, I don't know who that man was. Darius was from the third century BC and a shoemaker as I am. He lived in a small village, in Armenia. He was known everywhere for his excellent shoes. In fact, he was so talented he was chosen to make shoes for the God's as an offering, when the festival happened, in a few months. Aramazd, and his attendant, Grogh were made boots. For Aramzd's son, Mehr, he made the softest, kid, leather shoes, and finally for the Goddess Anahit, he made slippers from a new shiny material from China created by worms. Nothing was finer in the entire world."
"If anything was going to bring the town prosperity, it would be Darius Figgaro's shoes. The God's would certainly think of Artashavian as their favorite place. The village leaders were so confident in their plan, they already had a sign made for outside of town. In large red letters, it read: Artasavian, home of the God's shoes."
"You're kidding, towns back in the third century BC didn't put up signs."
"How do you know, Peter? Were you there? People are remarkably resourceful, no matter when or where they lived. Think about the pyramids in Egypt, or the great lighthouse in Alexandria. All through the ages, people have accomplished exciting and beautiful things. Now back to my story. Are you going to interrupt me anymore?"
"I'm not planning to," remarked Peter.
"The time for the great festival of the gods arrived in Artashavian. You could palpate the excitement in the air. Everyone was happier and looking forward to the three days of fun and homage to their gods. Darius's excitement ended abruptly when he went to gather his offering and found the shoe cupboard empty. I know I put those shoes in this cupboard. What am I going to do now? Darius sat on his cobbler's bench and prayed to the gods to help him find his offering. A loud booming voice sounded in Darius's head.
"Darius sweep the floor using your new broomstick."
Darius stood as he thought a moment where his new broom was located. Once he thought of the location, he walked to his back porch and grabbed the broom. "Ok, god, I have the broom, and I am obeying you even though I don't know what good sweeping the floor will do."
Sweeping the dirt floor was not an easy thing to do. You had to sweep but not stir up the dust and yet sweep aggressively enough to remove the debris on the floor. Sometimes Darius would place a course woven material down on the floor is he could buy the yardage at a cheap enough price. It's been awhile since he purchased any, so his floor was bare.
He swept the center out of the floor but then decided he'd best do the corners. There's a box here. I don't remember this. When Darius looked inside the box, he yelled aloud, "Thank You, thank you." There were all of the god's boots and shoes. Tomorrow I will present them as my offering to the gods.
Before sunrise, the next morning, Darius gathered his box of shoes and headed to the temple. He felt fantastic and had extra energy. It was a glorious day. There were other people gathered at the temple also. Sunrise was the appointed time for giving of gifts. If your gift was accepted by the gods, you received a special blessing. Darius was hoping they would give him continued good health so he could continue to make his shoes.
Just as the sun was coming over the horizon, Darius placed his offering on the altar. The ground shook and lightning streaked the sky. Woman were screaming and running away, but Darius stood his ground. He looked at the altar, and his offering was gone. Everyone else's was still there. What does this mean? Have I displeased them with my offering?"
"You have not displeased us, Darius. You have used your talents to make a personal offering to us. Because you have pleased us so much, we are going to bless you for each pair of shoes you made. Kneel Darius facing the sun."
Darius was on his knees with the sun shining brightly on his face. He heard a female voice call his name. "Darius, my slippers are magnificent and feel glorious on my feet. For this, you shall have eternal life. You will continue to share your shoes with all you meet. Everyone will want a pair of your shoes. My child's feet are protected with the soft leather of his shoes. Because you have given him protection, I shall keep you safe."
"Thank you, Goddess, for your blessing. I could not ask anything more. I will continue to work and make my shoes", Darius said.
"You shall prosper through your work," Grogh commanded. "You shall never go without food or beautiful housing."
Aramazd asked Darius if there was anything else he desired. Darius declined. "Then go, Darius, knowing you will be protected, have a long life and will be sharing your shoes with the world for all time."
Darius bowed his head as the bright light was removed from his face. He stood, not quite believing what occurred. "I've been blessed. What more could I want in this world."
When Tony finished his story, he looked at Peter and asked, "Do you understand now?"
"Understand what? You told me a fairy tale that has nothing to do with the man's body in your shop."
"You are no different than the thousands of other people I have told my story to. You go through this life thinking you know everything, and you actually don't know anything at all. I can't explain it any further than what I already have. You have to open your mind, and actually listen to what I said."
"I don't have enough evidence to hold you for the man's murder. I'm going to let you return home but do not try to leave town."
"I'm not going anywhere, Peter. I will be at my shop working on some shoes. I have a particular order from the Pope. He likes his kid, soft leather shoes." Tony left the room, heading back to his shop.
Peter kept running Tony's story around in his mind. Maybe when I hear from the Coroner's office everything will fall into place. Returning to his office, Peter pulled out the evidence folder on the dead man. It was empty, not one thing to go on so far.
"Peter, the Coroner's Office is on line 1."
"Thanks, Sam. Hello, Doc, what do you have for me? You are kidding me, not one thing. What was the cause of death? Heart failure, so it's natural causes. Sure, I'll let the prosecutor know about the findings. Thanks, Doc, for the info." Shaking his head, Peter couldn't believe it all meant nothing. He knew he wanted to talk to Tony again about the Legend of the shoemaker and to tell him about the findings.
When Peter opened the door to go into the shop, he couldn't believe his eyes. The room was empty. Not one shoe or even a sign anyone had been in the building. Cobwebs hung from the ceiling corners, with thick dust on the windowsill. A desk sat up against the wall. It was polished to a brilliant shine and had a paper lying on top. When Peter walked over to the desk and looked down at the paper, it made him take in a deep breath, before reaching down to pick it up. His name was printed on the folded paper. He opened the document, and he knew his world would never be the same. It read I am Darius.


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The mini-tablet seems to be the new hot form factor for mobile device manufacturers. And Asus, a company that is most well known for notebook computers and PC motherboards, is no exception. The company just announced the release of MeMO Pad, an Android tablet with a 7-inch display.
The MeMO's 1GHz VIA WM8950 processor and 1G of memory is more than up to the task of running the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It comes natively with only 8G or 16G of hard drive space, but with the use of a microSD card it can hold up to 32G more. And, as with many Asus computer products, the MeMO comes with 5G of online storage space free with Asus WebStorage.
What may appeal to many users is the fact that the MeMO is only 4.69 inches wide, which is about a half-inch narrower than many other mini tablets. This might not seem like much, but it could make all the difference for people with small hands. However, it does weigh 13.1 ounces, which is a few ounces heavier that some of those slightly wider units, which means that although can be more easily gripped, users may have to put it down after a shorter period of time.
Regardless of weight, narrow mini-tablets could prove useful for public-sector agencies with employees in the field, where having a free hand while, for example, taking surveys can be essential.
The MeMO should be available later this month, and Asus will be selling it starting at $149.
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Voters in Guinea-Bissau head to the polls this Sunday, in a presidential and parliamentary election many hope will bring stability to the tiny West African nation.
Postponed several times, the elections will be the first to take place since the 2012 military coup which ousted interim President Raimundo Pereira. They are widely seen as essential to restoring constitutional order, economic growth and development.
"This is the first time I am going to vote. My aim is to choose a Government that can solve the problems of the country and provide education for youth. With the elections, all these things might happen," says Diamantino Barai an 18-year-old, student, residing in Bissau who will be voting for the first time.
Like many women and men in Guinea-Bissau, Barai is anxious about the future. More than two-thirds of the population is living on less than two US dollars a day and the country's development indicators are among the lowest on the continent. For instance, life expectancy only totals 48.6 years.
"I'd like to call on all Guineans to not only go out and vote in peace, but to commit to accepting the results. What Guinea-Bissau needs is a return to constitutional normalcy. Only then will the country be able to get back on a more robust development pathway," said Gana Fofang, United Nations Deputy Special Representative and Resident Coordinator in Guinea-Bissau.
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Clinical Microbiology Fellowship
The Postdoctoral Training Program in Medical and Public Health Microbiology at UNC Hospitals
Program Description
The major objective of the training program in Medical and Public Health Laboratory Microbiology at University of North Carolina Hospitals is to train individuals who are well qualified to direct clinical and public health microbiology laboratories. When the fellows completes his/her training, he/she should have broad-based knowledge in the field of clinical microbiology and should be developing expertise in diagnostics, laboratory administration, and research. We want to train individuals who will be leaders in the field of diagnostic microbiology with an ultimate commitment to improvement of patient care. The program began in 1976 and 34 fellows from throughout the United States, Mexico, Malawi, Germany, and Thailand have completed the program. Of these 34 graduates, 19 are diplomates of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Many currently hold leadership roles in the field of clinical microbiology both in academia as well as government service. Program graduates serve on the editorial board of several journals including the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, and Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Program graduates are also editors or past editors of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology Reviews, mBio, and Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. Program graduates are authors of chapters in the Manual of Clinical Microbiology and Handbook of Clinical Microbiology, as well as Mandell's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Long's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Disease, section editor of the Manual of Clinical Microbiology, the senior editor of Manual of Clinical Virology, and authors of Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of the University of North Carolina Hospitals is where the fellows will do the bulk of their training. Combined, the microbiology, molecular microbiology, and immunology/serology laboratories occupy approximately 5,500 square feet, are centrally located on the first floor of UNCH, and are in close proximity to other clinical laboratories, the in-patient population, clinics, pharmacy, radiographic and anatomical pathology diagnostic services. In 2017, we installed total laboratory automation in bacteriology, and we continue to grow our robust molecular diagnostic capabilities. We emphasize the use of both molecular and proteomic (MALDI-TOF MS) techniques in the detection of microorganisms and their antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. The fellows are provided their own office on site.
The UNC Hospitals have more than 900 beds and are the primary teaching hospitals for the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. There are five on-campus hospitals, the Memorial Hospital (opened in 1952), Neurosciences Hospital (opened in 1995), the Women's Hospital (opened in 2001), the Children's Hospital (opened in 2001), and the Cancer Hospital (opened in 2009). UNC Health Care is actively growing with affiliated hospitals throughout the State of North Carolina for which our laboratory provides either primary or reference laboratory services. The laboratory supports training programs in Clinical Laboratory Science, Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Pathology, and Clinical Laboratory Immunology. Three adult infectious disease consult teams begin their rounds each day in our laboratory which allows for significant and purposeful interaction with this service. In addition, the laboratory has an open door policy which encourages medical students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians to freely use the laboratory facilities and personnel to assist them in evaluating their patients. The laboratory directors hold academic appointments in the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The fellows work closely with clinical pathology residents, who will assist them in learning about the histopathologic diagnosis of infectious diseases. In addition, other faculty in the School of Medicine actively participate in the training of the fellows in clinical microbiology.
The fellows may freely use the Health Affairs Library which is located adjacent to the hospital. The fellows have free access to electronic journals and have their own computer work station in the fellows' office. The internationally recognized UNC School of Public Health is located across the street from the UNC Hospitals. The fellows are encouraged to attend conferences and seminars of interest there.
The program will be flexible to insure complete education of the fellow. Bench training is gained by spending time in each laboratory section with the technical staff. As the fellow's experiences and base of knowledge increases, the fellows are asked to assume more responsibilities in the section. This includes on-call responsibilities. On-call responsibilities require that the fellow be able to perform specialized procedures which may be needed on a stat basis or advise physicians on the use of laboratory resources to establish a specific diagnosis. Upon completion of the fellow's training in a laboratory section, the fellow's competency is assessed by both the training staff and program faculty to determine that the fellow is able to conduct all but the most specialized tests in that section as well as to be able to advise the clinical staff on problems dealing with each section.
During the first year of training the fellow along with the clinical pathology residents meet routinely with faculty for didactic and case-based discussions. Work rounds are conducted daily with the fellow, residents, supervisors, and directors. Work rounds involve technical/scientific or managerial problem solving. The fellow has full access to the program faculty and often consults with them on a daily basis regarding clinical issues and questions encountered during their training.
Technical Training
Training in each of the laboratory's section will consist of bench training by the technologists and supervisors as well as didactic instruction from program faculty to insure that the fellow is technically proficient at performing laboratory procedures offered in each laboratory section. Importantly, this training will enable the fellow to interpret the clinical significance of laboratory results. The fellow must also be well versed in specific safety and quality assurance issues in laboratory section through which he/she rotates. The rotation timeline is given below and serves as a guideline. Actual rotation schedules may be somewhat modified depending upon the level of experience of the fellow.
Length of Study
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Infectious disease serology
2–4 weeks
Molecular Microbiology (includes virology training)
12 weeks
Infection Prevention/Hospital Epidemiology
2 weeks
Clinical Infectious Diseases
4 weeks
Public Health
2-4 weeks
The majority of the technical training will occur during the first year of fellowship. After the technical training is completed, the fellow will be expected to begin to assume significant administrative and consultative responsibilities in the laboratory. In addition to on-call responsibilities, the fellow will be expected to lead laboratory discussions and provide didactic teaching for the Infectious Diseases Consultation Teams. He/She is also encouraged to act as a resource for other trainees in the medical center.
Several clinical conferences are available to the fellow to supplement and expand his/her technical training. These include a weekly Adult Infectious Diseases Conference (Wednesday, 8:00–9:00 AM) and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference (Wednesday, 1:30–2:30 PM) in which the management of clinical cases are discussed. Fellows may present pertinent laboratory findings at these conferences and may also supply images for the presenting fellow.
The Department of Hospital Laboratories sponsors two educational conferences. Clinical Pathology Conference, in which a pathology resident or hospital laboratories fellow (including the Microbiology fellow) presents an instructive sub-specialty clinical pathology lecture (Chemistry, Blood Bank, Hematology, Coagulation, and Microbiology) and Molecular Pathology Case Conference in which the fellow is expected to present one case/year. In addition, the fellow will present annually at the Molecular Journal Club.
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine has Grand Rounds most Thursdays from 8:30–9:30 AM. The fellow is encouraged to attend conferences of interest. The fellows are also encouraged to attend grand rounds and seminars in other departments (Pediatrics, Microbiology-Immunology, School of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases) when the topics are appropriate to their training needs.
The Department also sponsors a molecular pathology course every other year. The fellows are expected to attend selected lectures as assigned by the Program Director. If the fellow has completed his/her rotation in Molecular Microbiology, he/she will present the Molecular Microbiology Workshop given during this course.
In addition to intramural educational opportunities, the fellows also participate in the biannual meeting of the NC Laboratory Response group that brings together microbiology laboratory directors from the state's major medical centers and the regional and state public health labs to discuss infectious disease/clinical microbiology topics of public health significance.
The fellows are provided with funds to yearly attend one national meeting such as the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology or the Clinical Virology Symposium. The fellow is also encouraged to attend meetings of our regional microbiology organizations, the North Carolina branch of ASM and SEACM.
Administrative Training
The fellow will be expected to become well versed in various aspects of laboratory management and administration. The McLendon Clinical Laboratories faculty offers an intensive course on laboratory management once during the fellow's two years of training. This course will include learning basic principles of management and specific aspects of budgeting, personnel hiring and evaluation, principles of quality control, quality assurance (including test utilization),and continuous quality improvement, new test implementation and cost analysis, protocol preparation, safety regulations, and CLIA and OSHA requirements . The fellow also participates as an inspector in our CAP self-inspection and may accompany a CAP inspection team if the opportunity exists. The fellow will become knowledgeable about both the state and federal select agent rules. The fellow participates in the preparation of the annual budget and attends the monthly management meeting. The fellow is also expected to attend the monthly McLendon Clinical Laboratories Management Conference. S/he will also be given the opportunity to prepare quality assurance reports, cost analysis worksheets and verification summaries and protocols for new procedures. In addition, the fellow will conduct at least one root-cause analysis and one risk assessment during the fellowship.
Clinical Training
Clinical training is an on-going process in our program. The fellow is expected to participate in the laboratory portion of daily Infectious Disease rounds. S/he will be responsible for teaching basic principles of clinical microbiology to the ID team during the second year of training. In addition during the second year, the fellow will spend one month with the adult and pediatric Infectious Diseases services and function as a member of those teams.
All fellows are expected to perform research. Research opportunities are made available to the fellow upon entering the program. The fellow should learn to integrate research into his/her other commitments. Research can be applied, clinical, or basic. Research opportunities are available with the program faculty as well as other University of North Carolina School of Medicine faculty. It is understood that the fellow's primary responsibility in the first year is to become technically proficient in each laboratory area and that the major time commitment and effort of the fellow is to training. During the second year, a three to six month block of time will be made available for the fellow to pursue various research interests. It is expected that this research will be presented at national meetings, and publications in refereed journals are also expected.
External Rotation
One required external rotation is scheduled during the second year of fellowship, a 2-4 week rotation at the NC State Laboratory of Public Health. This rotation will include training for detection of agents of bioterrorism. Additional external rotations at other laboratories are at the discretion of the Program Director and fellow (examples: WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh and Atrium Health in Charlotte). Previous fellows have also rotated at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the and the UNC Center for Infectious Disease Laboratory at Lilongwe Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Program Graduates 1987 to 2020
|Richard Schwalbe, PhD
|Deceased; formerly Director, Microbiology Laboratory, Univ. of Maryland Hospital
|Arturo Lisker, MD
|Infectious Disease Specialist, Mexico City
|Richard Hodinka, PhD
|Clinical Professor and Chair, Department of Basic Medical Science,
Univ. of South Carolina–Greenville School of Medicine
|Margaret Johnson, MD
|LabCorp, Research Triangle Park, NC
|Mary George, PhD*
|Chief, Microbiology Laboratory, Albany VA Hospital
|William Kelly, MD
|Pathologist, Onslow Medical Center, Jacksonville, NC
|P. Susan Whittier, PhD*
|Microbiologist, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
|Daniel S. Shapiro, MD
|Infection Prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases, St Louis Univeristy School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
|Jace Hougland, PhD
|Ute Schwab, PhD
|Research Scientist, Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY
|Holli Hamilton, MD
|Director Clinical Research, DMID, NIH, Bethesda, MD
|Deanna Kiska, PhD*
|President, U.S. Micro-Solutions, Inc. , Greenburg, PA
|Scott Riddell PhD*
|Director, Microbiology Laboratory, SUNY-Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
|Lawal Garba MBBS
|Private Practice, Charlotte, NC
|David W. Craft PhD*
|Microbiology Laboratory Director, Hershey Medical Center;
Acting Chair, Department of Pathology, Hershey, PA
|Charles Jere, MBBS
|Private Practice, Wilson, NC
|David Heath, PhD
|Retired; formerly at USAMRIID, Fredericksburg, MD
|Melissa B. Miller, PhD*
|Director, Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology Laboratories, UNC Medical Center
|Jennifer S. Goodrich, PhD
|Deputy Director, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Frederick, MD
|Mwai Makoka, MBBS
|Executive Director, Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)
|Karissa Culbreath, PhD*
|Medical Director, Infectious Disease Division Chief, TriCore Laboratories; Associate Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
|Edward Ager, PhD*
|Deputy Chief, Department of Clinical Investigations, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
|Kevin Alby, PhD*
|Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and Director, Bacteriology/AST, UNC Medical Center
|Anthony Tran, DrPH*
|Director, Washington DC Public Health Laboratory
|RongPong Plongla MD, MDc*
|Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand
|Kara Levinson, PhD*
|Deputy Director, Tennessee State Public Health Laboratory
|Sheila Johnson, PhD*
|Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Multidrug-Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Silver Spring, MD
|Cecilia Thompson, PhD
|Medical Director, Infectious Disease TriCore Reference Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
|* Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology
Professional Staff of Training Program
- Melissa B. Miller, PhD (Program Director) — Director, Clinical Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology Laboratories, UNC Medical Center; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology.
- Kevin Alby, PhD — Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory; Director, Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology.
- John Schmitz, PhD — Director, Clinical Immunology Laboratory, UNC Health Care; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Microbiology–Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology.
- Eric Weimer, PhD — Associate Director of Clinical Immunology Laboratory, UNC Health Care; Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology.
- David Weber, MD, MPH — Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, UNC Health Care; Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
- Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS — Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Occupational Health Services, UNC Health Care; Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), UNC School of Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.
- William A. Glover II, Ph.D. — Assistant Director, Infectious Diseases, Division of Public Health, State Laboratory of Public Health, Raleigh, NC.
- Denise Pettit, PhD — Assistant Director, Technical Services, State Laboratory of Public Health, Raleigh, NC; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology.
- Scott Shone, PhD – Director, NC State Laboratory of Public Health, Raleigh, NC.
- Gerald Capraro, PhD – Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Carolinas Pathology Group, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC; and Diplomate, American Board of Medical Microbiology.
- Myron Cohen, MD — Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases; and Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology and Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Program Director
Melissa B. Miller, PhD
The next available fellowship opening is July 2021. The application period is open and will close October 15, 2020. The electronic application can be found at https://www.asm.org/Fellowships/CPEP.
The following material should only be submitted if you are contacted by us to come for an interview.
- A completed UNC Hospitals Residency application form.
- Proof of receipt of doctoral level degree. Acceptable degrees include Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D., D.O., and Dr.P.H. An official transcript from the school granting your degree is usually sufficient.
- Three letters of recommendation.
- A one-page statement of why you want to participate in this training program.
- Your curriculum vitae.
Applications from US citizens and permanent residents (green-card holders) are given preference. Foreign applicants may be considered if they have support from their national government or a non-governmental organization.
For additional information, please contact…
Janice Badstein
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101 Manning Drive
1106 East Wing
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Telephone: 984-974-1504
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Book of Saints – Benedict – 21 March
(Saint) Abbot (March 21) (6th century) The Patriarch of the Western monks, born at Norcia in Central Italy (A.D. 480), of the noble family of the Anicii. In early youth he retired into a cave in the mountains of Subiaco near Rome, where, clothed with the religious habit, fed and instructed by Saint Romanus, a Solitary of the vicinity, he led a hermit's life. After three years of solitude, he built at Subiaco twelve monasteries for the numerous disciples that had gathered round him. In the year 529 he left Subiaco for Monte Cassino, on the road to Naples, and there founded the great Abbey of that name, an event which marked in some sense a landmark in the history of religious life in Europe. Saint Gregory the Great, who wrote the Life of Saint Benedict, mentions also a monastery of nuns presided over by the Saint's sister, Saint Scholastica. The Rule written by Saint Benedict, in the course of a hundred years or so, was accepted by all the Western monks. It shows the way to religious perfection by the practice of humility, obedience, prayer, silence and retirement from the concerns of the world. Saint Benedict died (A.D. 543), standing before the Altar, immediately after having received Holy Communion. In art he is represented holding a book on which Is a serpent, In allusion to one of the miracles he wrought, or with a raven at his feet.
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The Humble THQ Bundle packs Company of Heroes (and its expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor), Darksiders, Metro 2033, and Red Faction: Armageddon. If you pay above the average price, you'll also unlock Saints Row: The Third. Unlike other bundles, the THQ bundle is not DRM-free, Windows only and you get keys for the games which can be activated in Steam. Besides the games, the bundle also packs in soundtracks for each of the games. The amount can be split to be paid to THQ, Charity(Child's Play/American Red Cross) or the Humble Bundle site maintainers.
Though the lack of cross-platform support and DRM-free games slightly deviates from the Humble Bundle branding, the games included are fantastically awesome and is well worth the purchase. Head over to the site, play what you want and buy the games!
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Is go to sleep!
I'm so tired! Which is fine, but it's so weird! I got a fair amount of sleep today, and had a great workout this morning! Alas, here I am at 8:39pm and I am nodding off! I had dinner with Megan and Kathryn which was really fun, and am now debating about whether to go meet them at D&D to do some work... though I really just want to go to bed. heh.
It was been a good day, but my job on Friday afternoons is going to be less of the whole "3 hours of homework and getting paid for it" and more of "watch as Claire does the worst of the menial and lame manual labor!" Which is fine, cause again, I'm getting paid. But on a day when I haven't been feeling great and am exhausted, it was just one of those... oh gosh, can I just go home? days. So oh well. Oh well. I am alive still, and it was actually quite a good day. Just funny that in the end both of my jobs are currently the height of minimum-wage expectation.
Well I'm going to go do SOMETHING. I'm already looking forward to brunch tomorrow... does that make me pathetic? No.. cause if you've had FOAF then you know it sho' ain't. Nuh-uh!
I's out, yizzles.
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- melissa o said...
So I got on at 10:00PM to see if you had updated for the winner.
Then I got on at 10:30 - you know - gave you some time.
Then I got on at 11:00 - practically sleep walking.
So now I'm thinking you MUST have gone to bed (and if you did - good for you!) Who won?
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The Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) is a specification that defines inputs other than and beyond the keyboard and mouse. This includes, for example, handwriting, natural language, and gestures. EMMA also addresses outputs such as synthesized speech. As part of the spec, EMMA also defines the Extensible MultiModal Annotation Markup Language which promotes the development of rich Web applications. The document, published by the Multimodal Interaction Working Group, is part of a set of specifications for multimodal systems, and provides details of an XML markup language for containing and annotating the interpretation of user input.
At the same time, the Web Applications Working Group has published the first public working draft of Widgets 1.0: APIs and Events. This specification defines a set of APIs and events for the Widgets 1.0 Family of Specifications that enable baseline functionality for widgets. Widgets are full-fledged client-side applications that are authored using Web standards. They are typically downloaded and installed on a client machine or device where they typically run as stand-alone applications outside of a Web browser. Examples range from simple clocks, stock tickers, news casters, games and weather forecasters, to complex applications that pull data from multiple sources to be "mashed-up" and presented to a user in some interesting and useful way. The runtime environment in which a widget runs is referred to as a widget user agent.
This specification is part of the Widgets 1.0 family of specifications, which together standardize widgets as a whole. The Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration standardizes a Zip-based packaging format, an XML-based configuration document format and a series of steps that user agents follow when processing and verifying various aspects of widgets. The Widgets 1.0: Digital Signature specification defines a means for widgets to be digitally signed using a custom profile of the XML-Signature Syntax and Processing Specification. The Widgets: 1.0: Automatic Updates specification defines a version control model that allows widgets to be kept up-to-date over.
The APIs and Events defined by this specification include:
- Access the metadata declared in a widget's configuration document,
- Receive events related to changes in the view state of a widget,
- Determine the locale under which a widget is currently running,
- Be notified of events relating to the widget being updated,
- Invoke a widget to open a URL on the system's default browser,
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Milford flex building changes hands
Investment company 100 Washington Street LLC, has bought the 49,625-square-foot flex building at 100 Washington Street in Milford, from KC Cubed for $3.9 million. Jon Angel, president of Angel Commercial in Fairfield, represented both the seller and purchaser. Built in 2000 as a single-tenant building, it had multiple tenants until recently when Thinklogical, which had occupied half of the building, expanded to absorb the entire space. Thinklogical, which has its headquarters in the building, is a privately owned, global manufacturer of secure, high-performance signal extension and switching systems. The building features a raised-floor computer suite, under-floor radiant heating, humidifiers and high efficiency lighting.
Offices at Greens Farms welcomes three tenants
Three new leases have been executed at The Offices at Greens Farms, 55-57 Greens Farms Road in Westport, a property acquired by the Silverman Group in February 2013. Newly signed tenants include Daversa Partners, an executive search firm, which is leasing 10,000 square feet; Synergy Corporate Technologies, an information technology services and training provider, 5,100 square feet; and Broder & Orland, a divorce and family law firm, 5,000 square feet. These new leases, added to the three new tenant leases and one renewal previously announced in July 2013, brings the total leasing activity at The Offices to 57,283 square feet in less than a year. Cushman & Wakefield is the property's leasing agent, and its team includes Steve Baker, senior director; Tom O'Leary, senior director; and Adam Klimek, director. Daversa Partners was represented by Penny Wickey, principal of Saugatuck Commercial. Kevin Foley, executive director, and Torey Walsh, director, of Cushman & Wakefield, represented Synergy. Broder & Orland was represented by Ken Edwards, vice president of John Hastings Real Estate.
M&T Bank opens regional office at Merritt 7
M&T Bank has signed a 10-year lease to locate a commercial banking office in Building 501 at Merritt 7 Corporate Park, the six-building, 1.4-million-square-foot Class A office park in Norwalk, leasing 15,500 square feet. Real estate investment management firms Clarion Partners and Marcus Partners, operators of Merritt 7, were represented by JoAnn Brennan-McGrath of Marcus Partners, as well as Tom Pajolek, Ned Burns, Steve Greenbush, and Bob Caruso of CBRE. M&T was represented by Steve Baker of Cushman & Wakefield. The office will provide middle market, business and professional banking, commercial real estate lending, treasury management, leasing services, health care and not-for-profit banking, along with wealth services from M&T's Wilmington Trust division.
Nuovo Pasta buys Stratford building
Nuovo Pasta Productions of Stratford has expanded its production operation with the purchase of a 38,000-square-foot industrial facility at 1330 Honeyspot Road Extension in Stratford. The purchase price and seller were not disclosed. The company has a production and warehouse facility on Bruce Avenue and had outgrown the building, limiting its expansion capability. Nuovo, started in 1989, has grown into a family of culinary trained associates who produce pasta and sauces. The company ships its products across America and beyond to chefs, restaurateurs and caterers. Dave Gorbach, partner with Colonial Realty in Fairfield was the listing broker. Bruce Wettenstein, partner with Vidal Wettenstein in Westport, represented the purchaser.
SL Green upgrades lighting at office buildings
SL Green Realty is expanding its portfolio LED lighting retrofit program, installing more than 8,000 LED lamps across 10 commercial office properties, including Landmark Square in Stamford, to save $300,000 annually. The lighting is also being installed at SL Green buildings in New York City and Valhalla, N.Y. In 2012, SL Green completed one of the nation's largest LED lighting retrofits at 22 commercial office properties, totaling more than 7 million square feet. This first phase installed more than 16,000 units, replacing antiquated lighting technologies including incandescent, halogen and fluorescent to save $625,000 annually.


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Inside Chevrolet Performance
2013 Camaro 1LE: 426 hp, 1g cornering, and under $40,000
The road-racing inspired Camaro 1LE performance package returns for 2013 with unique gearing, suspension tuning, and tires that make the model capable of more than 1 g of lateral acceleration and a sub-3-minute lap time at Virginia International Raceway's (VIR) Grand Course. It is offered on Camaro SS coupes with manual transmissions.
"The Camaro 1LE combines the best elements of the SS and ZL1 to take road-racing performance to a whole new level," Al Oppenheiser, Camaro chief engineer, says. "That the 1LE breaks the 3-minute lap at VIR puts it in the upper echelon of performance cars. That it starts under $40,000 makes the Camaro 1LE one of the most affordable, most capable track-day cars offered by any manufacturer."
In anticipation of consumers entering the 1LE in amateur-racing events, Chevrolet is pursuing SCCA approval of the 1LE package for Touring Class competition.
For 2013, all Camaro SS models, including the 1LE, will feature standard variable-effort electric power steering and an available dual-mode exhaust system. Both features were introduced on the ZL1. Additionally, '13 Camaro LT, SS, and ZL1 models are available with Chevrolet's color touch radio with MyLink infotainment system.
"With the 2013 model year, Camaro offers something for almost every driver, including the 323hp, 30-mpg 2LS; the all-new, 580hp supercharged ZL1 convertible; the COPO Camaro for drag racing; and the new 1LE for amateur track days," John Fitzpatrick, Camaro's marketing manager, says. "We expect the range of choices and enhancements for 2013 will help Camaro remain America's most-popular sports car."
Camaro sales were up nearly 20 percent for the first two months of the year, building on an 8.5 percent gain for all of 2011. The 1LE package goes on sale this fall with the 2013 Camaro line. Pricing will be released later this year.
A Heritage of Handling
The Camaro 1LE package was introduced in 1988, inspired by Camaro's involvement in Pro-Am road racing.
For 2013, the 1LE package is offered only on 1SS and 2SS coupe models, featuring a 6.2L LS3 V-8, which is rated at 426 hp (318 kW) and 420 lb-ft of torque (569 Nm). In addition, 1LE is only available with a six-speed manual transmission.
While the Camaro SS features a Tremec TR6060-M10 for all-around performance, the Camaro 1LE features an exclusive Tremec TR6060-MM6. Paired with a numerically higher 3.91 final-drive ratio, the close-ratio gearing of the transmission is tuned for road-racing performance. As with the ZL1, the 1LE transmission features a standard air-to-liquid cooling system for track use.
The 1LE also features exclusive, mono-tube rear dampers instead of the twin-tube dampers on SS models. The new hardware allowed engineers to tune the 1LE suspension to focus on optimal body motion control while preserving much of the ride quality and wheel-motion control of the Camaro SS.
Visually, the 1LE package for 2013 is distinguished by its matte black hood, front splitter, and rear spoiler, as well as the 10-spoke ZL1-based wheels, which are finished in black. The functional front splitter and rear spoiler contribute to the car's on-track performance by helping reduce aerodynamic lift at high speeds.
Inside, the 1LE package incorporates the ZL1's flat-bottom steering wheel, trimmed in sueded microfiber and designed for easier heel-and-toe driving on the racetrack. The quick-acting, short-throw shifter from the ZL1 is also trimmed in sueded microfiber.
Electric power steering and dual-mode exhaust bring ZL1 technology to SS models.
All '13 Camaro SS models, including the 1LE, will benefit from performance technologies that debuted on the 580hp Camaro ZL1.
The improvements began in 2012, when all SS coupes incorporated the ZL1-derived chassis element: Stabilizer bars with drop links repositioned outboard of the control arms. This made the stabilizer bars four times more effective than in previous models, for improved control of body roll and crisper response to steering input.
New for 2013, the electric power steering system developed for the ZL1 will be standard on all '13 SS models. The variable ratio, variable effort system provides light efforts for easy maneuverability at parking lot speeds, as well as increased resistance at higher speeds. This provides more feedback and a more direct steering feel to the driver.
Also new for 2013 is an available dual-mode exhaust system, available on Camaro SS models with the LS3 V-8 engine and six-speed manual transmissions. Similar to the systems found on the ZL1 and Corvette models, this vacuum-actuated system provides a quieter driving experience at low engine speeds and a more aggressive sound at high engine speeds.
Other changes to optimize the 1LE for track-day use:
Larger, 27mm solid front stabilizer bar, and 28mm solid rear stabilizer bar for improved body control
Higher-capacity rear-axle halfshafts to cope with increased levels of traction
Strut tower brace for improved steering feel and response
ZL1-based 20x10 front and 20x11 aluminum wheels
285/35ZR20 Goodyear Eagle Supercar G:2 tires front and rear (identical to the front tires for ZL1)
ZL1 wheel bearings, toe links, and rear shock mounts for improved on-track performance
ZL1 high-capacity fuel pump and additional fuel pickups for improved fuel delivery during high cornering
Chevy High Performance Nationals
Our inaugural Chevy High Performance Nationals is just around the corner—will you be there? If this is news to you, then head over to CHPnationals.com, where you can see the detailed list of heads-up drag racing classes. This is also one of the stops for the LSX Challenge Series!
There's more: You can also expect to see side-by-side doorslammer action, jet cars, the latest Pro Touring cars duking it out on the autocross, including a giant manufacturers' midway. There's something for everyone, so be sure to save the weekend of June 1 and head out to Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia!
MyLink Connects You
Chevrolet's color touch radio with MyLink infotainment is available on all '13 Camaro LT, SS, and ZL1 models. The color touch radio, with a 7-inch touch screen, also can be paired with an available in-dash GPS navigation system—a first for the Camaro.
The color touch radio with MyLink gives customers a higher level of in-vehicle wireless connectivity and customized infotainment options, while building on the safety and security of OnStar. It seamlessly integrates online services, such as Pandora Internet radio and Stitcher SmartRadio, using hands-free voice and touch-screen controls via Bluetooth-enabled phones.
MyLink adds stereo audio streaming and wireless control of smartphones, building on the voice-activated Bluetooth hands-free calling capability already offered in most Chevy vehicles. The high-resolution, full-color touch screen display makes media selection easy to navigate.
MyLink also retains all the capabilities of today's entertainment functions, including AM/FM/Sirius XM tuners, auxiliary, and USB inputs.
Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world's largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4 million cars and trucks per year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design, and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com. CHP


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Meteorites could be worth big bucks
As Russia assesses the damage from the meteorite shower that rained down Friday on the central region of the country, experts in the US said the fragments of space rock could bring a small fortune in hidden treasure to those quick enough to find and scoop them up.
"A relatively small piece is worth maybe a few hundred dollars, but a large chunk can be up to $100,000 or even more," said Joseph Gutheinz, a specialist on meteorites and a former senior special agent with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"We literally have meteor shows here in the US on a regular basis," he added.
As for the meteorite fragments that landed in central Russia Friday morning injuring hundreds of people and damaging thousands of buildings, Gutheinz said: "I expect people to be out there with metal detectors all over the place. They might even come in from Moscow to search."
The catch is to find the right chunk of rock.
Size matters, but the value of a meteorite is also based on its rarity, where it came from and what it's made of.
"The most common is called a stony-iron, and it's made up of minerals that are pretty common on Earth, so a small piece might be worth 20 bucks," said Chris Palma, a professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State University, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"But the composition can tell you something about where it came from, so if it has a composition that suggests it likely came from Mars the value goes through the roof," he added.
One of the largest sales on record came from a 1.9 kg moon rock called the Dar al Gani 1058, found in Libya in 1998 and sold last year at an auction in the US for $330,000.
A 161 kg meteorite found in Argentina and believed to have come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter sold for $93,000 on eBay in 2006.
Anyone who finds what they think is a meteorite should have it assessed by an expert, said Gutheinz, and in order to sell it, they should first get a certificate that documents the authenticity.
"Most of the time, eBay would be a good place to sell, but if you have a large rock you'd want to go to an auction house, and they're going to want to know where it was, and they would require independent analysis," he said.
For rocks that are larger than a baseball, he added, "people find they get more money by carving it up and selling it in smaller pieces".
Meteorite fragments are not radioactive or dangerous, said Palma, unless they have just landed, when they might be blistering hot.
The lucrative price for meteorites - and the fact that rocks collected from national parks and other public land in the US are supposed to belong to the federal government - has created a thriving black market worldwide.
In 1998, as a special agent with NASA, Gutheinz led an undercover sting operation that was designed to catch people selling phony moon rocks. Instead, Operation Lunar Eclipse led him to a man who had a real moon rock and an asking price of $5 million.
It was traced to the Apollo 17 mission to the moon, and was given as a goodwill gift from then-US president Richard Nixon to Honduras. It was eventually returned to the government of Honduras.
Before someone buys a meteorite, Gutheinz said, a geologist should make a very definitive assessment based on evidence of extreme heat, weight, composition and other factors.
In the US, Gutheinz added, "most meteorites are found in plowed fields or desert environments, all across the farm belt and the prairies in plowed land, and in Death Valley they're found a lot because it's dry so you don't have the decay factor and they stand out against the background".
As for how amateurs can tell if an odd-looking rock is a valuable find from outer space, Palma said there's a simple test that will give a quick clue.
"If you see a streak of light, and hear the sonic boom, it's a good giveaway that it landed someplace close to you and it's worth checking out," he said. "The first thing to do is check to see if it's magnetic. It's not a guarantee, but most of them are." --IANS/RIA Novosti