Earth Month special lecture
From a conventional economic perspective, the incentives to recycle plastic are minimal. But, says Stephen Suess, a pioneer in this infant industry, the need to reuse plastic is absolutely compelling.
In an April 2 Earth Month talk in the Bldg. 50 auditorium, Suess discussed the dynamics that have discouraged plastics recycling and the imaginative approaches some are taking to change these dynamics.
Oil is the main feedstock used to make virgin (new) plastic. One pound of virgin plastic requires about eight cents worth of oil. Given that their feedstock costs are almost nothing, Suess said, manufacturers of plastic have very little motivation to become involved in recycling.
However, he said, consider what is involved in acquiring the eight cents worth of oil. Typically, the oil has to be pumped out of the ground, transported to an oil tanker, shipped across an ocean, moved to a refinery, and then to a plastics producer. Perhaps the plastic is then transformed into a cup, which subsequently is used by a passenger on an airplane. From there, Suess said, it goes into a dumpster, on to a garbage truck, and into a landfill.
Suess, who founded a plastics manufacturing company 19 years ago, said he was disturbed by this life cycle. In 1990, he decided to do something about it, and began manufacturing products out of recycled plastic.
Today, the Plactory, based in Live Oak, Calif., collects half of its $1 million annual revenue from recycled plastic products. It makes store display racks from 100 percent recycled plastic. The Plactory uses plastic labeled as #7, a mix of thousands of plastic types that is seldom recycled. In 1993, the Plactory was named California recycler of the year by the California Resource Recovery Association.
Suess is an advocate of recycling plastic through multiple lifetimes via a cascade effect. When plastic is recycled, its quality degrades slightly. Certain uses are appropriate and others become inappropriate. However, over time Suess said, recovered plastic can be cycled through a cascade of consecutive uses.
Take the case of old, worn-out Tupperware. It can be recycled into lawn furniture. As it wears out, it can be transformed into stepping stones. When these degenerate, they could be burned as fuel.
Before this cascade of reuses can actually take place, Suess said, the issue of chemical additives must be resolved. Additives are used in the manufacture of virgin plastic with no particular concern as to how they will affect its reuse. Some additives damage the processing equipment used to manufacture recycled plastic. Other additives would harm the environment if the plastic were burned as fuel.
"There is no reason you can't make plastic that ultimately can be burned," Suess said. "But before that can happen, the plastics industry must rethink what it is doing. Right now, the idea is just to make that plastic cup. Ultimately, they've got to learn how to make a cup that doesn't have to spend eternity in a landfill."
Program will promote native tree health, growth
By Ron Kolb
It is difficult to imagine, standing amid the woodland that is a Berkeley Lab trademark, that a significant number of Laboratory trees are in poor and failing health.
Yet that's the conclusion of a six-month analysis of the function, fire vulnerability and health of the Laboratory's trees. As a result, a major revegetation and vegetation-management project will begin this spring. The plan includes the eventual elimination of hundreds of trees, which will allow for the planting of trees more suited to the site, and permit the natural growth of native trees. This will result in more protection from wildland fire.
Another element of the program will be expansion of the Laboratory's boundaries, in cooperation with the UC Berkeley campus, to establish a buffer zone around the site in order to protect Lab buildings from fast-moving fires in the hills.
Orange markings on tree trunks around the site signify those targeted for removal. Some are diseased or failing; others are fire risks, according to Rich McClure of Berkeley Lab's Facilities Department, who has been Lab liaison to the East Bay Hills Vegetation Management Consortium.
"Trees are an important element of the natural landscape that we enjoy here at Berkeley Lab," McClure said. "They are also part of the ecology. Many trees also provide screening and contribute to the overall appearance of a natural hillside."
For this reason, the decision about which trees to remove was based on a careful analysis that included the input of professional arborists, wildland fire specialists, landscape architects, and Lab fire department and facilities personnel. Advisors also included faculty in the Environmental Science Policy and Management and Integrated Biology programs at UC Berkeley, as well as representatives of the California Native Plant Society, East Bay Regional Park District and the UC Herbarium and Botanical Gardens. Tree marking ensured that the team was able to clearly identify particular trees for analysis and discussion.
What they discovered was that nearly 40 percent of the Lab's trees have peaked in vitality or are in failure, many prematurely due to the high density at which they were planted. Most groves are not regenerating effectively and largely consist of "monocultural" trees of similar age. Many targeted trees are multi-trunked eucalyptus resprouts.
The absence of a natural fire in the area over the past 73 years has allowed coyote bush and some other shrubs to grow too old, and has inhibited biological diversity in many areas, according to Bob Berninzoni, the Lab's grounds manager. He says the the only native grove of trees on the site is the stand of oaks and bays in Blackberry Canyon, and that other tree species have had difficulty growing in the climate and soils of this area.
Trees in some areas are prime candidates for "crown" fire, in which flames travel dangerously through treetops. Also, there is so much ground "fuel" around the Lab's perimeter that a resulting fire could only be fought successfully from the air; hence the plan to extend the Lab boundaries to include some of the surrounding vegetation. Under a memorandum of understanding being prepared by Lab Director Charles Shank and UCB Chancellor Chang-lin Tien, the Lab's overall acreage within the new borders will grow by about 45 percent.
The "Maintenance Program for a Fire-Safe Sustainable Landscape" will be implemented in stages over a three-year period. This program incorporates the second phase of the French broom eradication process initiated last year. Besides tree removal, there will be mowing, pruning, replanting, removal of brush, weeds and dead wood, and ongoing grassland maintenance using goat herds.
Facilities staff members have been talking with adjacent neighborhood associations about the project, and they plan to begin a series of brown-bag meetings and field trips to discuss the proposed plan next week at the Laboratory. Noontime sessions will be held on Monday, April 15, in Bldg. 90-3148, Tuesday, April 16, in the Bldg. 66 auditorium, Wednesday, April 17, in Bldg. 2-100, and Thursday, April 18, in Bldg. 83-103.
CAPTION: Hundreds of Lab trees are slated to be removed in order to bring the landscape back to a more natural and fire safe condition.
CAPTION: This view of the (future) Lab acreage from 1897 shows the landscape in its more natural grassland state, with few trees.
Berkeley Lab program managers will be available to answer questions on topics such as environmental restoration; fire protection; regulation and compliance; and waste generation, disposal and minimization.
The effort is intended to strengthen communication between the Laboratory and the community. The Laboratory arranged the session in response to concerns voiced at public meetings by community members who said they lack sufficient information about the Lab's programs and environmental impacts.
Workshop attendees will be able to sit down and discuss issues with Laboratory personnel who will be sitting at tables identified by subject matter. No formal program will be presented. The Senior Center is located at Hearst Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
The Laboratory's Procurement Department has once again received DOE recognition for its efforts to increase the number of small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses among its subcontractors, exceeding its goals for FY 1995.
Of all Laboratory procurement for FY95, nearly $55 million went to small businesses. Almost $12 million of that went to minority-owned businesses, and more than $6 million to women-owned businesses.
"Goals are set each year to help make the Laboratory's purchasing subcontracts representative of the diversity and economic makeup of our society," said Ken Woodruff, associate chief financial officer of Business Services. This community includes growing percentages of businesses owned by women and minorities.
Woodruff said that a good faith effort to achieve goals has always been made by the Lab and recognized by DOE, whether or not all goals were met. "During the year, projects frequently change," he said, "changing purchasing patterns and sometimes requiring more large-scale, `big business' purchases."
For FY95, minority-owned and women-owned business subcontracts accounted for 12.3 percent and 6.5 percent of all procurement respectively in FY95, surpassing the goals of 12 and 6 percent. Overall, small business subcontracts reached 57.1 percent, exceeding the 56 percent goal for total small business subcontracting.
Although all contracts are competitively bid, outreach to minority- and women-owned business is emphasized through participation in several trade associations, such as InterBay NET, the Northern California Supplier Development Council, and the Industry Council for Small Business Development. The Lab also shares information and resources with the UC campuses and other DOE labs.
OFCCP compliance officer Shavonne Pryor, who is expected to be at the Laboratory for two weeks, may review files and documents and interview employees. After April 22, employees who wish to comment on the Laboratory's compliance with its affirmative action and equal opportunity obligations may contact Pryor at Bldg. 51-208A, X5032, or at her Oakland office (637-2938). Questions prior to or during the review may be directed to Work Force Diversity Office Head Harry Reed, X4130, or Human Resources Head Walter L. Blount, X7560.
In last week's Newswire, it was incorrectly reported that DOE will ask Congress for contributions to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project at CERN that could reach $750 million. The DOE request will actually be $450 million in as-spent dollars. Approximately half of these funds would be spent on the LHC accelerator and the rest would be divided between the two detectors, ATLAS and CMS. Berkeley Lab researchers are active participants in the planning and development of the accelerator as well as the ATLAS detector.
UC REGENTS NAME TWO NEW CHANCELLORS:
On April 9, the UC Regents selected Robert C. Dynes, a physicist renowned for his research in semiconductors and solid state circuits, to head UC San Diego, and M.R.C. Greenwood, dean of graduate studies at UC Davis and former associate science advisor for President Clinton, to head UC Santa Cruz. Dynes will be UCSD's sixth chancellor, succeeding current UC President Richard C. Atkinson. Greenwood will be the seventh chancellor of UC Santa Cruz, succeeding Karl S. Pister, who will retire in June. Both will assume their new posts on July 1.
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE BY ASTROPHYSICIST HUBERT REEVES:
"The First Moments of the Universe" is the title of a free public lecture to be given on Thursday, April 18, by the distinguished French astrophysicist Hubert Reeves. Sponsored by the Center for Particle Astrophysics, the lecture will start at 7 p.m. in Sibley Auditorium in the Bechtel Engineering Center on the UC Berkeley campus. Reeves is the Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and could be called the French version of Carl Sagan. He is one of the world's top experts on the origin of the light elements (helium, deuterium and lithium), appears frequently on French television, and is a bestselling author in France. He is also highly regarded for his work as an environmentalist.
HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER GALVIN REPORT ON LABS:
Members of the House Budget Committee may use the Galvin Report on the national laboratories as the basis for proposing consolidations. According to the Committee's vice chair, Rep. Robert Walker (R-Pa.), he and his colleagues are considering the Galvin Task Force's recommendation that Congress form a government corporation to manage the laboratories. This corporation, whose board members would be appointed by the President, would have authority to organize lab facilities and to allocate resources as it sees fit, with the intention of serving its "customers" at DOE and other federal agencies, and at the universities and private industry. DOE would receive blocks of funding in each of four mission areas--defense, energy, basic research, and environment--to pay for services performed by the labs. This recommendation of the Galvin report had been rejected by DOE. Instead, Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary established an internal DOE board to supervise plans for improving laboratory operations. (The draft of this "strategic mission plan" was reported in last week's Newswire.) Walker, however, said the House Budget Committee views the Galvin report's corporate approach as a possible means of consolidating or scaling back government operations. "I see some enthusiasm for using the Galvin Report as a way to proceed," Walker said. "What we follow will probably be Galvin."
This month, the Lab has arranged several activities to help us become more aware, and more prepared. These activities are listed below. In addition, the Laboratory has a new five-minute instructional video--"Emergency Preparedness Drill-LBNL," produced by Sheri Brenner of TEID--that includes information on action employees should take during and after an earthquake while at the Lab. At least one copy has been provided to each division safety coordinator. It is also being shown in the Bldg. 50 auditorium on April 23 (see list below). To obtain a copy of the video, contact Don Bell or Mark Turner at X6016 or X6554.
Finally, the Laboratory offers earthquake preparedness training to all employees. Special presentations can be made to groups of 12 or more. For more information, call X5999.
CAPTION: This home in San Francisco's Marina District suffered serious damage during the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Wednesday, April 18 * 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Bldg. 50 Auditorium. Meeting will focus on the upcoming Earthquake Exercise (scheduled for May 14).
Emergency Supplies Vendor
Tuesday, April 23 * 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cafeteria lobby. The vendor Earthquake Outlet of Albany will be selling basic disaster supplies: flashlights, radios, packaged water, earthquake kits for home or car, gas shut-off wrenches, and more.
Video Presentation
Tuesday, April 23 * noon, 12:15, 12:30 & 12:45 p.m.
Bldg. 50 Auditorium. A five-minute instructional video includes information on action employees should take during and after an earthquake while at the Lab.
Earthquake Preparedness Display
Month of April
Cafeteria lobby. Display shows information about earthquake preparedness.
Lab-Wide Emergency Exercise
Tuesday, May 14 * 10 a.m. - noon
(Rain date - May 15) Watch upcoming Currents for details.
Survival
The first episode, "The Path of Most Resistance," aired on Monday, April 8. It profiled four scientists who have faced resistance on their respective paths toward professional recognition. In the program, Castro talks about the challenge and reward of trying something completely new in science with the test being when you try it for the first time and see if it works. Castro and researchers from the University of Wisconsin are shown commissioning the then-newly constructed Paraxial-Ray-Imaging Spectromicroscope (PRISM) endstation on ALS Beamline 7.0. Castro retired from IBM last year and is now associate dean of the College of Science at San Jose State University.
The six-part "BreakThrough" series profiles 20 contemporary African-American, Latino, and Native-American scientists and engineers who are making advances in science. The series continues Monday, April 15, and Monday, April 22 on PBS (check local listings). The program's Web site includes information on the series, profiles of the scientists, and educational materials for use in the classroom (http://www.blackside.com/).
CAPTION: IBM research scientist George Castro was featured in the first episode of a special PBS program "BreakThrough: The Changing Face of Science In America."
It is also accessible via the Berkeley Lab home page (http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Research-Review/Annual-Reports/1995/).
How strong are the permanent magnets at the ALS?
To get a sense of their strength, imagine pulling a typical refrigerator magnet off your freezer door. For a pretty strong one, this takes a force of about 2.7 newtons (about half a pound, or the weight of a 0.27-kg object). By comparison, if the upper and lower magnetic structures of the wiggler being installed for beamline 5.0 were placed 14 mm apart (their minimum gap), it would take a force of almost 170,000 newtons (38,000 pounds) to separate them--more than 63,000 times as much force! ALS physicists and engineers don't even like to think about what would happen if we let the magnets touch--this could result in damage to their magnetic properties, so wigglers and undulators are engineered with sturdy structures to hold the magnets apart against extremely large forces.
Why does the ALS spend so much time vacuuming?
When we check for vacuum leaks in the ALS, we look for leaks so small that if a car tire had one, it would take 10,000 years for the tire to go flat. Why? The scattering cross-section of a high-energy particle is so high that the ALS electron beam would propagate only a few meters in atmosphere because of the number of collisions with air molecules, etc., that the beam would experience. Thus, to maximize electron beam lifetime (i.e., keep collisions to a minimum), the ALS vacuum system is designed to maintain a very low pressure inside the vacuum chamber. In fact, the ALS vacuum chamber has fewer atoms per unit volume in it than there are in outer space, i.e., the pressure is about one trillionth that of the atmosphere. The ALS vacuum is so good that improving it would have almost no effect on beam lifetime; lifetime is chiefly limited by intra-bunch scattering of electrons (the Touschek effect), not by electrons scattering from gas molecules.
To manufacture the final vacuum chamber sections, each half of the 12 full-sized vacuum-chamber sectors was cut from a single sheet of aluminum 10 cm thick, 1.5 meters wide, and 10 meters long. Each of the 24 sheets needed cost $17,500. Scraps from the sheets were used to make the vacuum chambers and magnet mounting frames for ALS insertion devices. The machining costs were $900,000 (not including welding the two halves together, cleaning in preparation for vacuum, etc.).
Netscape 2.0 allows users to build and send secure e-mail with embedded links; sort and list news messages from subscribed folders; drag and drop links from any Web page into newly enhanced bookmarks; instantaneously view multimedia content; and explore "Frames," a new feature that offers multiplaned, individually scrollable windows with distinct Internet addresses.
The Netscape license allows for multiplatform use of the software--PC Netscape Navigator client licenses can be moved to Macintosh or Unix platforms.
Copies of these new applications can be downloaded directly from the Netscape web site (http://home.netscape. com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html).
The LBNL Bowling League will hold its annual banquet on Saturday, May 11. The banquet, which is open to all Berkeley Lab employees, spouses and guests, will be held on the yacht "Jack London" of the Commodore Dining Cruises. Boarding will begin at 6:30 p.m. The boat will depart Mariner Square in Alameda at 7 p.m. and return at 11 p.m.
The cost is $55 per person, and includes a buffet dinner of Caesar salad, prime rib, champagne chicken, roasted potatoes, vegetables, sourdough rolls, and assorted cheese cakes. There will be a no-host bar, and DJ and Karaoke entertainment. Special added attractions are planned.
Reservations and a non-refundable deposit of $20 for each ticket are due by Friday, April 19. The balance is due by Friday, April 26.
For more information, contact Cynthia Long at X6672, or Ed Masuoka at X5337.
The Berkeley Lab Calendar is published biweekly here on the World Wide Web and in Currents by the Public Information Department. Employees can list a meeting, class, or event in the Calendar by using this submission form. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. on Monday in the week that Currents is published.In addition to the events listed below, Berkeley Lab's Washington, D.C. Projects office is hosting a Science and Technology Seminars series.
Scientific Conferences
Radiation Protection-Fundamentals (EHS 400), 9 a.m.-noon, Bldg. 48-109
Radiation Protection-Lab Safety (EHS 432), 2-4:30 p.m., Bldg. 48-109
DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND MINERAL ENGINEERING AND DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING JOINT COLLOQUIUM
"The Plutonium Legacy: the Problems and Solutions" will be presented by Bruce Matthews of LANL at 3:30 p.m. in 3105 Etcheverry; refreshments, 3:15 p.m.
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM
"Using Atoms to Probe the Particle Physical Physics Frontier: Precise Measurements of Parity Violation and Tests of Time Reversal Symmetry" will be presented by Norval Fortson of the University of Washington at 4:30 p.m. in 1 Le Conte Hall.
The Laboratory is sponsoring a tour of the Sutta Company recycling facility, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Sign up with Shelley Worsham, X6123.
EH&S CLASS
Laser Safety (EHS 280), 1-3:30 p.m., Bldg. 51-201
The Recycled Products Fair will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the cafeteria lawn.
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP COLLOQUIUM
"Population, Immigration, and The Environment: Environmental Justice Across Borders" will be presented by Cathi Tactaquin of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Santos Gomez of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, and Hannah Creighton of Urban Habitat at 3:30 p.m. in 160 Kroeber Hall; reception, 3 p.m. in 310 Barrows Hall.
A litter pickup will be held from noon to 1 p.m.; meet in front of the cafeteria.
DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
"The Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group" will be presented by Tammy Smecker of UCI at 4 p.m. in 1 Le Conte Hall; refreshments, 3:30 p.m. at 661 Campbell Hall.
BUILDING ENERGY SEMINAR
"Retrofitting Duct Systems: Results from a 25-House Field Study in Sacramento" will be presented by Iain Walker of LBNL at noon in Bldg. 90-3148.
SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS SEMINAR
"Strain Accommodation in Metal Epitaxy" will be presented by Robert Hwang of Sandia National Laboratories at 1:30 p.m. in Bldg. 62-203.
JOINT PHYSICS/NUCLEAR SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRESS MEETING
"Accelerator-Driven Transmutation Technology for Destruction of Nuclear Waste" will be presented by Charles Bowman of LANL at 4 p.m. in the Bldg. 50 Auditorium; refreshments, 3:40 p.m.
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., near Bldg. 77
BODYWORKS
General meeting at noon on the cafeteria patio.
SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS SEMINAR
"Nanofriction and Surface Chemical Imaging" will be presented by Nicholas Spencer of ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, at 1:30 p.m. in Bldg. 66-316.
THEORETICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR
"Superstring and M Theory Dualities" will be presented by John Schwarz of Cal Tech at 2:30 p.m. in Bldg. 50B-4205.
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM
"Photon Counting in The Visual System" will be presented by Fred Rieke of Stanford University at 4:30 p.m. in 1 Le Conte Hall; refreshments 4 p.m., 375 Le Conte.
"Parton Model Sum Rules" will be presented by Axel Kwiatkowski of LBNL at 4 p.m. in Bldg. 50A-5132; refreshments, 3:40 p.m.
General meeting at 12:10 p.m. in Bldg. 2-100
ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP COLLOQUIUM
"How to Use the Media for Environmental Victories! " will be presented by Herbert Chao Gunther of the Public Media Center at 3:30 p.m. in the Lipman Room, 8th Floor, Barrows Hall; reception, 3 p.m.
BUILDING ENERGY SEMINAR
"Introduction to The Natural Step" will be presented by David Sheppard Surrenda of The Natural Step at noon in Bldg. 90-3148.
CEB FORUM
"Novel Expression Systems for In-Situ Bioremediation" will be presented by Abdul Martin of Stanford University at noon in 338 Koshland.
SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS SEMINAR
"Molecular Dynamics Studies of the Tribology of Diamond Surfaces" will be presented by Judith Harrison of the U.S. Naval Academy at 1:30 p.m. in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium.
DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
"Weak Lensing by Clusters of Galaxies at Redshifts Greater Than 1/2" will be presented by Ger Luppino of the University of Hawaii at 4 p.m. in 1 Le Conte Hall; refreshments, 3:30 p.m. at 661 Campbell Hall.
PHYSICS DIVISION RESEARCH PROGRESS MEETING
"Numerical Evidence for the Observation of a Scalar Glueball" will be presented by Don Weingarten of IBM at 4 p.m. in Bldg. 50A-5132; refreshments, 3:40 p.m.
8 a.m.-2 p.m. in cafeteria foyer
EH&S CLASS
Adult CPR (EHS 123), 9 a.m.-noon, Bldg. 48-109
THE CENTER FOR BEAM PHYSICS SEMINAR
"Beam Dynamics in the BNL Muon G-2 Experiment" will be presented by Yuri Orlov of Cornell University at 10:30 a.m. in the Bldg. 71 conference room.
Applications are available by contacting the Chamber office at 549-7003. Completed applications are due by May 17. The scholarship recipient will be announced at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Dinner on July 25.
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'83 NISSAN Stanza, silver, 4-dr hatchbk, 5-spd stick, new alternator, brakes & clutch, 139K mi., reg. `til 12/96, AM/FM radio, sold by leaving visiting researcher, must sell, $2500/b.o. 849-0728
'84 TOYOTA p/u, 5-spd, long bed, new clutch, runs well, $3200. Margo or Deniz, X6280, (415) 871-4450
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RV AWNING, 8 ft., retractable, $175. Karl, X6129
VANPOOL
VANPOOL, looking for riders to Lab from So. Concord/Walnut Creek, 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tom, X7882
TICKETS
OAKLAND SYMPHONY, 2 tix, Fri., 5/17, w/Indonesian Gamelan music & Afro-Cuban drumming/dance, dress circle, $18 ea. (cost $22). Ken, X7739
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FUTON, queen sz. couch, $100. Ben, X6683
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MOVING SALE, futon, black steel frame, table, 2 chairs, halogen lamp, all like new, $250. Bruno, X7311, 658-6830
MOVING SALE, misc. items & junk, Sat., 4/13 & Sun., 4/14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 20 Highgate Rd., Kensington. Brian, 525-2689
REFRIGERATOR, 18 cu. ft., gd cond., easy pick up, u-haul, $60. X6876
ROTOTILLER, Troy-Bilt, 5 HP. 531-3105
SCUBA GEAR, Viking Dry Suit w/thermal underwear & built-in hard-sole boots, unisex, will fit to 5'6" tall, durable, warm, $600; Seaquest jacket BC, size sm., $100. Mary, X5270, 938-9891
THERMAL CYCLER, MJ Research, model PTC-100, make offer, $1750 min. Paul, X4417, 528-7285
WATER FILTERS, NSA, sink models 50C & 100S. Marek, X5029, 582-5867
WOMAN'S BIKES, $25, $35; Krypto U-lock, 12" & 20", $15 ea. X6878, 528-3408
HOUSING
BERKELEY, furn. 1-bdrm avail. 5/14 - 8/10, sunny, hardwd flrs, off st. parking, short walk to transit & grocery, $520/mo. + util. Robin, 848-0379
BERKELEY, 1-bdrm apt to sublet 4/25 - 6/6, nr LBNL & UCB on Oxford X Cedar, $800, can prorate if needed. Kate, 704-8236
BERKELEY, 3-bdrm, 2-bth upper unit of 6 yr. old duplex, nr downtown, refrig., dishwasher, washer/dryer, Jacuzzi bth, deck, 2 frpls, w-w carpets, 1 yr. lease, avail. 6/1, $1700/mo. David, 525-4470
NO. BERKELEY HILLS, 3-bdrm, 2-bth professor's home, 2 dens, living/dining areas, 1 garage space, avail. June thru Sept. inclusive, bay view, patio w/solar heated tub, on 67 bus line, $1600/mo. incl. garden care & water. John & Ann Reynolds, 527-0422
CASTRO VALLEY, 2 bdrms avail. in home, 1 w/pvt. bth, laundry & kitchen privs., short/long term, rent & dep. negot. Marek, X5029, 582-5867
EL CERRITO HILLS, sunny rm w/patio & yd in quite house, sep. entrance & bth, share kitchen, washer, dryer, nr bus & BART, $385/mo. & utils. Daniel, X5827, 527-8756
EMERYVILLE, 2-bdrm apt avail. for sublet from mid-June to mid-Aug., swimming pool, spa, gym, garage, free shuttle to BART, convenient loc., $750/mo., incl. utils. Joachim, X5083, Patricia, 595-7239
KENSINGTON, 3-bdrm, 1-1/2 bth house, GG view, deck, lg. yds, avail. 5/29 till 7/10, max. @ $1200/mo. 524-1641
KENSINGTON, sunny, quiet, 1-bdrm cottage, bay view, garden setting, new paint & carpets, washer/dryer share, nr shops & bus, $900/mo. 525-3697
ORINDA, spacious treetop flat, young, independent professional looking to share w/compatible housemate, great place to house skis, kayaks, bikes & other outdoor gear, $450/mo.+util. April, X6251
WALNUT CREEK, 2-bdrm, 1-bth home on cul-de-sac, woodsy setting, convenient to trans., hardwd flrs, newer appliances, no pets, no smoking, avail. 5/1, $1100/mo. incl. gardening. 895-3584 (msg.)
WANTED: housing for visiting male German postdoc, beginning 1st half of May, room(s) in home or sm. apt, nr trans. Mike, X7838, 654-0928
WANTED: 4 UCB grad students looking for rental accommodation nr campus from mid-May '96 thru to May '97. Graham, X5436
WANTED: visiting French scientist w/family of 3 children looking for a house to rent in the Bay area starting 6/20 until end of Aug., animals welcome, could exchange 4-bdrm, 2-bth apt & car (Volvo 740) in ctr. Paris. 33 1 43389440 (msg.), hagege@glvt-cnrs.fr
WANTED: furn./unfurn., 1 or 2-bdrm apt, condo or town house for postdoc, prefer No. Berkeley, Albany or Berkeley, other areas nr LBNL considered, beginning 1st or 2nd week of May. (202) 333-4173
WANTED: summer rental, July/Aug., 3-bdrm house in Berkeley, Kensington or No. Oakland for visiting prof. & family from CERN. Luanne, X5853
WANTED: house mid-June thru July for visiting French scientists. Fred, X4892
REAL ESTATE
BERKELEY, nr Grizzly Peak & Shasta Rd, 3-bdrm, 3-bth house, lg. family rm, dining rm, full basement, $385K. Stan, X6849, 845-1905
WANTED: Rockridge/Elmwood, looking to buy 2+bdrm, 1-bth house located nr College Ave., desire Craftman-style, have gd credit, but open to fixer, lease option, seller financed, etc. Matt, X4006, 654-5260
VACATION
SO. LAKE TAHOE, Tahoe Keys, 3-bdrm, 2.5-bth house, W/D, upstairs living, mountain & water views, ski. Bob, 376-2211
FOR FREE
DOG, Samoyed & Golden Retriever mix, female, spayed & current with shots, 2 yr., 6 mo., gd w/kids. Lynda, 944-9031
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