Fall 2011 - A Quarterly Publication

www.nasa.gov

President Barack Obama’s 

arrival onboard Air Force One on 

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Moffett 

Federal Airfield marked his first landing at NASA Ames. Center Director 

Pete Worden met President Barack 

Obama upon his arrival. 

"I had the honor to meet 

President Obama when he arrived 

at Moffett Federal Airfield," said 

Worden, who along with San Jose 

Mayor Chuck Reed and Mountain 

View Mayor Jac Siegel, greeted 

the president. "It was fitting that the 

president came to Silicon Valley 

to talk about his job creation plan, 

given how critical Silicon Valley is 

to the future of the U.S. economy," 

Worden said.

NASA Ames is an integral component of the world-renowned innovation economy and actively participates in the valley’s technological 

and scientific evolution. The center 

plays a key role in the success of the 

local economy, specifically by investing in research and development, 

President lands at Moffett Field during Silicon Valley visit

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by Huong Nguyen and Jessica Cull

NASA Ames Research Center Director Pete Worden greets President Barack Obama during the 

president’s visit in late September.

Photo credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Thousands turn out to tour airborne observatory at Ames

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) visited NASA 

Ames and provided a rare opportunity to 

tour the airborne observatory in October. 

News media and Ames employees were 

invited to tour on Friday, Oct. 14 and the 

public on Saturday, Oct. 15. On Friday, 

an estimated 2,500 people, including 

representatives from CNET, Fox News, 

KQED (PBS), New Scientist, Space.

com, Mountain View Patch and the San 

Mateo Daily Journal attended the event. 

On Saturday, an estimated 5,500 people 

visited Ames to tour SOFIA. See page 6 

for a feature about the SOFIA visit.

NASA photo by Doiminic Hart
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NASA scientists are creating 

technology that can detect hazardous 

chemical compounds in the air with a 

smart phone.

Jing Li, a physical scientist at 

NASA Ames, demonstrated this innovative technology called Cell-All in a 

training exercise on Sept. 28, 2011, at 

the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The technology was used to detect 

carbon monoxide in a response and 

rescue training exercise for Los Angeles fire and police departments. The 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology (S&T) 

Directorate, in partnership with the Los 

Angeles Fire Department, Los Angeles 

Police Department and the California 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

sponsored the training exercise.

"This new technology can enhance 

both personal and public safety by utilizing a common device, such as a cell 

phone, to detect hazardous chemicals," said Stephen Dennis, technical 

director of S&T’s Homeland Security 

Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

"Our goal is to create a lightweight, 

cost-effective, power-efficient resource 

for widespread public use."

The Cell-All technology, consisting of an energy-efficient sensor and 

cell phone application, detects toxic 

chemicals and alerts individuals and 

public safety authorities. Users have 

by Cathy Wesel

NASA scientist unveils new chemical detection technology

the option of using the sensor in a 

personal mode, which provides personal alerts, or opting-in to a network 

service, providing anonymous reports 

of the environmental condition to local 

responder networks.

Two different prototypes of Cell-All 

were demonstrated: one developed by 

NASA’s Center for Nanotechnology at 

by Michele Johns

NASA’s Kepler Discovery confirms first planet orbiting two stars

Ames and a prototype developed in 

partnership between Qualcomm Inc., 

San Diego, Calif., and Synkera Technologies Inc., Longmont, Colo.

To see images of the cell phone 

sensors, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/

centers/ames/news/features/2009/

cell_phone_sensors.html

The existence of a world with a 

double sunset, as portrayed in the film 

Star Wars more than 30 years ago, 

is now scientific fact. NASA’s Kepler 

mission made the first unambiguous 

detection of a circumbinary planet -- a 

planet orbiting two stars -- 200 lightyears from Earth.

Unlike Star Wars’ Tatooine, the 

planet is cold, gaseous and not 

thought to harbor life, but its discovery 

demonstrates the diversity of planets 

in our galaxy. Previous research has 

hinted at the existence of circumbinary 

planets, but clear confirmation proved 

elusive. Kepler detected such a planet, 

known as Kepler-16b, by observing 

transits, where the brightness of a par- ent star dims from the planet crossing 

in front of it.

“This discovery confirms a new 

class of planetary systems that could 

harbor life,” Kepler principal investiga- tor William Borucki said. “Given that 

most stars in our galaxy are part of a 

binary system, this means the op- portunities for life are much broader 

than if planets form only around single 

stars. This milestone discovery con- firms a theory that scientists have had 

for decades but could not prove until 

now.”

A research team led by Laurance 

Doyle of the SETI Institute in Mountain 

View, Calif., used data from the Kepler 

space telescope, which measures 

dips in the brightness of more than 

150,000 stars, to search for transit- ing planets. Kepler is the first NASA 

mission capable of finding Earth-size 

planets in or near the “habitable zone,” 

the region in a planetary system where 

liquid water can exist on the surface of 

the orbiting planet.

Scientists detected the new planet 

in the Kepler-16 system, a pair of orbiting stars that eclipse each other from 

our vantage point on Earth. When the 

smaller star partially blocks the larger 

star, a primary eclipse occurs, and a 

secondary eclipse occurs when the 

smaller star is occulted, or completely 

blocked, by the larger star.

Astronomers further observed that 

the brightness of the system dipped 

even when the stars were not eclipsing one another, hinting at a third body. 

The additional dimming in brightness 

events, called the tertiary and quaternary eclipses, reappeared at irregular 

intervals of time, indicating the stars 

were in different positions in their orbit 

each time the third body passed. This 

showed the third body was circling, 

not just one, but both stars, in a wide 

circumbinary orbit.

The gravitational tug on the stars, 

measured by changes in their eclipse 

times, was a good indicator of the 

mass of the third body. Only a very 

slight gravitational pull was detected, 

one that only could be caused by 

a small mass. The findings are described in a new study published Friday, Sept. 16, in the journal Science.

“Most of what we know about the 

sizes of stars comes from such eclipsing binary systems, and most of what 

we know about the size of planets 

comes from transits,” said Doyle, who 

also is the lead author and a Kepler 

participating scientist. “Kepler-16 

combines the best of both worlds, with 

stellar eclipses and planetary transits 

in one system.”

This discovery confirms that Ke- pler-16b is an inhospitable, cold world 

about the size of Saturn and thought 

to be made up of about half rock and 

half gas. The parent stars are smaller 

than our sun. One is 69 percent the 

mass of the sun and the other only 

20 percent. Kepler-16b orbits around 

both stars every 229 days, similar to 

Venus’ 225-day orbit, but lies outside 

the system’s habitable zone, where 

liquid water could exist on the surface, 

because the stars are cooler than our 

sun.

“Working in film, we often are 

tasked with creating something never 

before seen,” said visual effects supervisor John Knoll of Industrial Light & 

Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., in 

San Francisco. 

“However, more often than not, 

scientific discoveries prove to be 

more spectacular than anything we 

dare imagine. There is no doubt these 

discoveries influence and inspire sto- rytellers. Their very existence serves 

as cause to dream bigger and open 

our minds to new possibilities beyond 

what we think we ‘know.’”

NASA photo by Dominic Hart

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars 

-- what's called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was 

discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. The two orbiting stars regularly eclipse each other, 

as seen from our point of view on Earth. The planet also eclipses, or transits, each star, and 

Kepler data from these planetary transits allowed the size, density and mass of the planet to 

be extremely well determined. The fact that the orbits of the stars and the planet align within 

a degree of each other indicate that the planet formed within the same circumbinary disk that 

the stars formed within, rather than being captured later by the two stars.

The latest-generation of the multiple-channel silicon-based sensing chip, which consists of 64 

nanosensors, and measures less than one square centimeter. Each side has 16 nanosensors 

– all that is needed for cell phone use.

NASA Ames is supporting the 

efforts of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) to bring 

together a national network of talented students and science professionals committed to increasing diverse 

individuals’ participation in science.

The 2011 SACNAS National 

Conference, titled “Empowering 

Innovation and Synergy through 

Diversity,” was held at the San Jose 

McEnery Convention Center Oct. 

27 - 30, 2011. SACNAS is a national 

nonprofit organization of individuals 

National Science Conference focuses on diversity

by Ruth Dasso Marla

and organizations dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics (STEM) and research, 

teaching and leadership. SACNAS 

fosters the success of Hispanic/

Chicano and Native American scientists—from college students to 

professionals—to attain advanced 

degrees, careers, and positions of 

leadership in science.

The conference included workshops, scientific symposia, networking and mentoring events, keynote 

speakers, and professional development and leadership sessions. Also 

available were exhibits and field trips 

to NASA Ames and local universities. 

On Saturday, Oct. 29, SACNAS 

hosted its local Community Day, 

designed to serve 500 local high 

school students. NASA astronaut 

and Navy Commander John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw 

tribe, delivered a keynote address to 

the Community Day audience.
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NASA's space shuttle Atlantis 

astronauts visited Ames Research 

Center on Aug. 22, 2011, for interviews and discussed their mission to 

the International Space Station -- the 

flight that brought the illustrious space 

shuttle program to a close. Chris 

Ferguson commanded the STS-135 

mission and was joined by fellow veteran astronauts Pilot Doug Hurley and 

Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus 

and Rex Walheim.

The STS-135 mission launched 

July 8, 2011, and landed July 21, 

2011. It was the 33rd and final flight 

for Atlantis, which spent 307 days in 

space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and 

traveled 125,935,769 miles. In addition to carrying supplies to the space 

station, space shuttle Atlantis flew a 

system to study robotic spacecraft refueling and returned a failed ammonia 

pump module to help NASA improve 

pump designs for future systems.

This was Ferguson, Magnus 

and Walheim's third spaceflight and 

Hurley's second. Ferguson has logged 

more than 28 days in space; Magnus 

has logged more than four months 

NASA has awarded the largest 

prize in aviation history, created to 

inspire the development of more fuelefficient aircraft and spark the start of 

a new electric airplane industry. The 

technologies demonstrated by the 

CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, competitors may end 

up in general aviation aircraft, spawning new jobs and new industries for 

the 21st century.

The first place prize of $1.35 million was awarded to team PipistrelUSA.com of State College, Pa. The 

second place prize of $120,000 went 

to team eGenius, of Ramona, Calif.

Fourteen teams originally registered for the competition. Three teams 

successfully met all requirements 

and competed in the skies over the 

Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County 

Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. The competition was managed by the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) 

Foundation under an agreement with 

NASA.

"NASA congratulates PipistrelUSA.com for proving that ultra-efficient 

aviation is within our grasp," said Joe 

Parrish, NASA's acting chief tech- nologist at NASA Headquarters in 

Washington. "Today we've shown that 

electric aircraft have moved beyond 

science fiction and are now in the 

realm of practice."

by Karen Jenvey

NASA awards largest prize in aviation history

The winning aircraft had to fly 

200 miles in less than two hours and 

use less than one gallon of fuel per 

occupant, or the equivalent in electric- ity. The first and second place teams, 

which were both electric-powered, 

achieved twice the fuel efficiency re- quirement of the competition, meaning 

they flew 200 miles using just over a 

half-gallon of fuel equivalent per pas- senger.

"Two years ago the thought of fly- ing 200 miles at 100 mph in an electric 

aircraft was pure science fiction," said 

Jack W. Langelaan, team leader of 

Team Pipistrel-USA.com. "Now, we 

are all looking forward to the future of 

electric aviation."

The competition marks the culmi- nation of more than two years of air- craft design, development and testing 

for the teams. It represents the dawn 

of a new era in efficient flight and is 

the first time that full-scale electric 

aircraft have performed in competition. 

NASA uses prize competitions to 

increase the number and diversity 

of the individuals, organizations and 

teams that are addressing a particular 

problem or challenge. Prize competi- tions stimulate private sector invest- ment that is many times greater than 

the cash value of the prize and further 

NASA's mission by attracting interest 

and attention to a defined technical 

objective. 

This prize competition is part of 

the NASA Centennial Challenges 

program, part of the Space Technol- ogy Program, managed by the NASA 

Office of the Chief Technologist.

For more information, visit: http://

www.cafefoundation.org

by Rachel Hoov

in space and Walheim has logged 

more than 24 days in space including 

five spacewalks; Hurley has logged 

more than 4,000 hours in 25 different 

aircraft.

For more information about the 

STS-135 crew members and their 

mission, visit: http://go.usa.gov/KMk

The STS-135 crew during their recent visit to Ames, left to right, NASA astronauts Chris 

Ferguson, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and 

Rex Walheim. 

NASA photo by Dominic Hart

Historic and interesting sounds 

and sound bites from NASA space 

missions are available for download 

as ringtones or on your computer for 

events, errors, alarms and notifications. 

The public now can hear the roar 

of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong's, "One small step for (a) man, 

one giant leap for mankind," every 

time they get a phone call. A new 

NASA web page now has a collection of more than 35 different sounds, 

each approximately 20 seconds. 

Examples include:

- Apollo 13's John "Jack" Swigert 

commenting "Houston, we've had a 

problem"

- Crackle of the historic last 

launch of the space shuttle, STS-135

- Segments from President John 

F. Kennedy's historic moon speech

- Sound wave conversions of the 

light curve waves created by stars 

discovered by NASA's Kepler mission 

Unique NASA sounds available

and other sounds of planets and stars

"NASA has been making historic 

sounds for over 50 years," said Jerry 

Colen, NASA App project manager at 

NASA Ames Research Center. "Now 

we're making some of these memo- rable sounds easy to find and use." 

Historic and interesting sounds 

and sound bites from NASA space 

missions are available for download 

as ringtones or on your computer for 

events, errors, alarms and notifications 

thanks to an Ames-developed website. 

The NASA sounds are available 

in both MP3 and M4R (iPhone) files. 

NASA will update the collection as new 

sounds become available. To listen to 

and download the sounds, visit: http://

www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds

The NASA App for Android allows 

users to easily preview and set the 

sounds as ringtones. To download 

the most recent version of the NASA 

App for Android, visit: https://market.

android.com/details?id=gov.nasa

by Karen Jenvey

NASA photo by Bill Ingalls

Team lead Jack Langelaan poses for a photograph next to the Pipistrel-USA, Taurus G4, aircraft 

prior to winning the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, on Monday, Oct. 3, 

2011 at NASA Ames. The all electric Taurus G4 aircraft achieved the equivalency of more than 

400 miles per gallon. NASA and CAFE held the challenge to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft. 

STS-135 astronauts discuss last space shuttle mission

by Cathy Wesel

Ames celebrates International Observe the Moon Night

NASA’s Ames hosted a free 

event celebrating the moon from 

noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 

8, 2011, to celebrate the 2011 International Observe the Moon Night. 

More than 450 people from the 

local community visited Ames for a 

series of day and night-time activities focused on the moon. Students 

guided the Exploration Uplink rover 

over the eight-ton Ames lunar simulant test bed, Ames scientists spoke 

to the public about science returns 

from the LCROSS and LRO missions, the newly launched GRAIL 

mission, and the future NASA 

LADEE mission. 

Local astronomy clubs brought 

dozens of telescopes and families 

lined up to see the wonders of our 

moon. A guided tour of the moon 

was given by Ames’ Brian Day as 

his telescope view was fed to a giant screen visible to all the spectators. The NASA Lunar Science 

Institute supports the International 

Observe the Moon Night in association with several NASA centers 

and public astronomy groups, and 

this year more than 500 events were 

scheduled in 30 countries.

NASA photo by Dominic Hart

Amateur astronomers of all ages attended NASA Ames’ Observe the Moon Night on Oct. 8, 

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NASA recently invited high school 

students and the general public to 

Ames to tour NASA’s next generation airborne observatory, called the 

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared 

Astronomy (SOFIA), and talk with its 

science team.

SOFIA is a highly modified Boeing 

747SP aircraft that carries a telescope 

with a 100-inch (2.5 meter)-diameter 

reflecting mirror that conducts astronomy research not possible for even the 

largest and highest of ground-based 

telescopes. It uses an infrared telescope to detect the invisible energy of 

many astronomical objects that cannot 

be seen with the human eye, or ordinary telescopes.

SOFIA began science flights in 

December 2010. In May 2011, NASA 

announced the selection of six teachers from across the U.S. to share flight 

experiences with astronomers. Marita 

Beard, a science teacher from Branham High School, San Jose, Calif., 

participated in a flight during the night 

of June 3-4 that lasted 10 hours and 

flew at altitudes up to 43,000 feet 

above Earth. As part of the astronomy 

experience, Beard’s high school students recently were given an opportunity to tour the airborne facility that 

they had heard so much about from 

their teacher.

“It was a wonderful experience 

for me as a teacher. I now have real, 

personal experience to help teach science. I can better explain the science 

and have seen how science experiments are done,” said Beard.

In addition to making a contribution to science, NASA is helping young 

scientists and teachers learn infrared 

astronomy. Teachers, like Beard, are 

being given a unique opportunity to 

partner with SOFIA’s science team. 

“I had pre-conceived ideas about the 

experience. I thought I’d be looking 

over the scientists’ shoulders. But they 

actually took time to explain things to 

me,” Beard said.

SOFIA will be used to study many 

different kinds of astronomical objects 

and phenomena, but some of the most 

interesting are: the birth and death 

of stars, the formation of new solar 

systems, identification of complex 

More than a thousand visitors 

turned out for the Kepler Missionthemed corn maze on Oct. 1, 2011, 

hosted by NASA and the Dell’Osso 

Family Farm of Lathrop, Calif. 

The public explored and got “lost in 

space” inside the 20-acre corn maze 

which grew to approximately 10-feet 

tall. The maze was intricately cropped 

to display discoveries and images 

from the Kepler mission. 

Kepler is the first NASA mission 

capable of finding Earth-size planets 

in or near the "habitable zone," the 

region in a planetary system where 

liquid water can exist on the surface of 

the orbiting planet. The Kepler mission 

is managed by NASA’s Ames.

“It is important for NASA to participate in nontraditional outreach efforts 

that closely interact and engage the 

public with NASA’s missions,” said 

Deborah Feng, acting deputy center 

director of NASA Ames. “Through this 

special outreach effort, NASA was 

able to highlight a new era of postshuttle spaceflight by showcasing current and future programs, such as the 

Kepler mission, and reach geographically dispersed communities.” 

Opening day featured a special 

guest appearance by NASA Astronaut 

Yvonne Cagle, who signed autographs 

for ecstatic space fans. Shortly after 

opening remarks from NASA Ames’ 

acting deputy center director, visitors 

to the agritourism farm were treated 

to interactive presentations by NASA 

Ames’ scientists. Other engaging 

activities included an aerial ropes 

course, zip lines, train rides, pony 

rides, a giant pumpkin patch and a 

scary haunted house. 

John Hogan, an environmental 

scientist in the Bioengineering Branch 

at NASA Ames, kicked-off the NASA 

presentations with a rousing discussion about sustainable life support 

systems in space.

In order to leave Earth and explore 

space, we need to bring life support 

systems that perform functions similar 

to what Earth normally provides for 

us. Hogan introduced attendees to 

the concept of 'Spaceship Earth.' This 

is the idea that we live on the largest 

known spacecraft, flying around the 

sun in the vastness of space. 

The planet-finding mission also 

was a topic of the NASA talks. Steve 

Howell and Steve Bryson, Kepler scientists at NASA Ames, led interactive 

skits engaging space fans of all ages. 

Audience participation helped demonstrate how the spacecraft detects planets more than 1,000-light years away 

by measuring the change in brightness 

of distant stars. 

Kepler Mission-themed corn maze attracts more than a thousand visitors

by Michele Johnson and Huong Ngu

NASA’s Airborne Observatory reaches new heights teaching science

by Ruth Dasso Marla

molecules in space, evolution of gas 

and dust in the interstellar medium (or, 

ecosystems of galaxies), composition 

of planets, comets and asteroids in our 

solar system, and supermassive black 

holes at the center of galaxies. 

“The most exciting thing I saw was 

the center of the galaxy,” said Beard. 

“Dr. Terry Herter, Cornell University’s 

principal investigator for the Faint 

Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA 

Telescope (FORCAST), showed me 

the highest resolution and clearest 

picture of the center of the Milky Way 

ever seen.”

As a science teacher, Beard was 

given hands-on experience and shown 

how the astronomy research process 

works. “I learned what ‘chopping’ is. 

It’s how scientists get rid of background radiation in an image, so they 

look at only the infrared light coming 

from the galaxy,” explained Beard.

The learning experience wasn’t 

just about science though; career 

development also was part it. There 

were videographers, pilots, safety and 

avionics officers, flight engineers and 

planners, and others on board; each 

playing a role in the science experiment process.

“I was surprised by the number of 

people on board. You don’t have to 

be a scientist to be a member of the 

NASA SOFIA team,” she said.

Once the students arrived at 

Ames, they visited SOFIA exhibits, 

saw demonstrations and heard talks 

by SOPHIA experts.

“This is an infrared camera, and 

you are seeing yourselves on this 

screen. The darker colors are the 

cooler temperatures, and the lighter 

colors are the warmer temperatures. 

Your hair is darker than your skin 

because it’s cooler,” said Dana Backman, SOFIA’s education and public 

outreach manager, who demonstrated 

to students the temperature variations 

of infrared images.

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NASA photo by Eric James

Maze-goers of all ages wound their way through 

the Kepler mission-themed corn maze.

San Jose teacher 

Marita Beard, who 

flew on SOFIA 

explains the airborne 

observatory’s mission 

to her students. At 

right is Eddie Zavala, 

SOFIA deputy program manager.

Ames employees, students and news media toured the huge airborne observatory on Oct. 14, 2011.

NASA photos by Dominic Hart

Overhead view of the Kepler Mission maze.
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Since 1990, NASA Ames has 

been implementing a predator control 

program in concert with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service Don Edwards 

National Wildlife Refuge to protect the 

threatened and endangered species on 

the center and in the refuge property. 

As part of that program, Ames recently 

signed a new agreement with the Palo 

Alto Humane Society (PAHS) to help 

find homes for feral cats. 

Many of us are aware that threatened and endangered species, including birds and the salt marsh harvest 

mouse, live in the outfields of NASA 

Ames. Almost 20 years ago, Ames was 

notified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, a part of the U.S. Department 

of the Interior (DOI), that it was at risk 

of violating the Federal Endangered 

Species Act if it did not implement a 

predator control program to protect the 

endangered species. 

To start the process, Ames contracted with DOI biologists who identified feral cats as a major predator 

at Ames. Over the years, Ames and 

the Don Edwards San Francisco 

Bay National Wildlife Refuge have 

contracted with the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture Wildlife Services Program 

to humanely catch feral and abandoned cats.

Although the number of captured 

cats has fluctuated from year to year, 

in 2010, 50 cats were caught and 

transported to a local veterinarian, 

where they were spayed or neutered 

and made available for fostering. 

Ames can no longer afford the cost 

of spaying and neutering, which was 

approximately $100 per cat. Because 

of the number of cats and the risk of 

violating state law prohibiting abandoning animals at a veterinarian, Ames 

has formalized an agreement with the 

PAHS. The society now will take custody of the cats, after they have been 

transported to the veterinarian.

“Ames will be working with the Palo 

Alto Humane Society, where the cats 

will be given a second chance through 

fostering and adoption, rather than 

being released back at Ames,” said 

Ann Clarke, chief of the Environmental 

Division at Ames.

To reduce the number of abandoned cats, Ames also has a feral cat 

management policy, which includes: 

no artificial feeding of feral or abandoned cats and wildlife, dumpsters and 

garbage cans must be covered at all 

times, and no pets are allowed on the 

Ames campus, except registered guide 

NASA and Palo Alto Humane Society Partner for Animal Protection

animals. 

The Ames Cat Network has been 

active in discouraging personnel 

from abandoning cats at the center, 

and has been recognized for its work 

with the military, encouraging military 

personnel transferring from Ames to 

obtain information from the services 

about pet relocation options. 

by Ruth Dasso Marla

“The agreement will help abandoned cats, protect and preserve wild 

animals living at Ames, and it will lift 

the financial burden for animal control 

off the taxpayer,” said Carole Hyde, 

executive director at PAHS. “Charitable organizations play a crucial role 

to such vital work.”

Scientists have generated the 

largest and most realistic cosmological simulations of the evolving 

universe to-date, thanks to NASA’s 

powerful Pleiades supercomputer. 

Using the “Bolshoi” simulation code, 

researchers hope to explain how galaxies and other very large structures 

in the universe changed since the Big 

Bang.

To complete the enormous Bolshoi 

simulation, which traces how the 

largest galaxies and galaxy structures 

in the universe were formed billions 

of years ago, astrophysicists at New 

Mexico State University Las Cruces, 

New Mexico, and the University of 

California High-Performance Astrocomputing Center (UC-HIPACC), 

Santa Cruz, Calif., ran their code 

on Pleiades for 18 days, consumed 

millions of hours of computer time 

and generating enormous amounts 

of data. Pleiades is the seventh most 

powerful supercomputer in the world.

NASA supercomputer enables 

largest cosmological simulations

by Karen Jenvey

“NASA installs systems like Pleiades, which are able to run single jobs 

that span tens of thousands of processors, to facilitate scientific discovery,” 

said William Thigpen, systems and 

engineering branch chief in the NASA 

Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) 

Division at NASA Ames.

“The Bolshoi simulation is an excellent example of work done in support of NASA’s science goal to understand how stars, galaxies and planets 

are formed in order to get a picture of 

how the universe has changed over 

billions of years,” Thigpen added.

The Bolshoi simulation models the 

distribution of dark matter across a 

span of one billion light years to better 

understand how structures like galaxies formed in the early universe. Dark 

matter -- a mysterious substance with 

immense gravity that does not interact with normal matter and cannot be 

directly observed – makes up roughly 

25 percent of the universe.

Threatened and endangered species, including birds and the salt marsh harvest mouse, live in 

the outfields of NASA Ames.

Ames employees savor chili during annual cook-off

Hundreds of hungry 

Ames employees recently 

sampled 20 participating 

team’s chili recipes. To 

complement the chili tasting, hot dogs, turkey legs, 

Dippin Dots and cookies 

were served for dessert.

NASA photos by Dominic Hart
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“An infrared camera has terrestrial 

uses also. For instance, it can be used 

for “search and rescue” campaigns, 

since a person’s warmth could be 

detected at night in the wilderness,” 

Backman said.

The Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program is an outstanding opportunity for NASA to reach out to both 

new and veteran teachers of science, 

technology, engineering and math to 

bring the excitement of real science 

research into the classroom and the 

community at large.

For more information about applying for the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors Cycle 1 (2012-2103) team, 

visit: http://www.seti.org/epo/SOFIA

For more information about NASA 

SOFIA program, visit: http://www.nasa.

gov/mission_pages/SOFIA 

For more information about NASA 

SOFIA education program, visit: 

hyyp://sofia.usra.edu

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Airborne Observatory

promoting innovation, and advancing 

research in green and clean technologies.

NASA Ames also supports science, technology, engineering and 

math (STEM) education and workforce 

development. In addition, NASA Ames’ 

efforts include developing partnerships 

with the private sector and facilitating 

commercialization of space.

On the second day of his overnight 

visit, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, President Obama visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., 

to participate in a discussion about 

putting America back to work. LinkedIn, the world's largest professional 

network with more than 120 million 

users worldwide, hosted the town hall 

meeting.

The core topics of the President’s 

trip to Silicon Valley focused on job 

creation and the economy. In remarks 

at the town hall meeting, President 

Obama referred to Silicon Valley as 

the part of the country that represents 

the essence of America, “because 

what you see here is entrepreneurship 

and dynamism, a forward-orientation 

and optimism.”

According to an economic benefits 

study prepared for Ames in March 

2010, Ames generated $1.3 billion in 

annual economic output and supported more than 8,400 jobs nationally, with 70 percent of these jobs 

located in California. Regionally, more 

than 5,300 jobs and $877 million in 

annual economic output were reported 

in the San Francisco Bay Area. NASA 

Research Park (NRP), a collaborative 

community sponsored by NASA Ames, 

now has 80 on-site partners, including Bloom Energy, Apprion, Tibion, 

Nanostellar and Benetech.

“As Ames explores space and 

our planet, it stimulates economic 

growth by employing scientists and 

engineering professionals, promoting 

technology innovation, and preparing the workforce in the future – all to 

enhance the health, growth, and longterm competitiveness of the Bay Area 

and the nation,” said Worden.

After 70 years of innovation, Ames 

continues to pursue new breakthrough 

technologies and strengthen partnerships with local Silicon Valley organizations, companies, and academic 

institutions through the NRP.

Ames supports the local and 

regional economy, not only through 

its direct jobs and purchases, also by 

maintaining its specialized research 

facilities for use by external organizations actively-seeking commercial 

partnerships. Ames also continues to 

operate Moffett Federal Airfield and 

sponsor forums, public events and 

seminars.

Although President Obama’s 

schedule did not permit a longer visit, 

Worden invited the president to return 

to NASA Ames for an extended visit.

"We look forward to the possibility 

of a future visit, so that we can show 

him first-hand some of the technologies that we are developing that both 

serve NASA missions and benefit the 

quality of life on Earth for all Americans," said Worden. 

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President lands at Moffett Field during Silicon Valley visit

Seven "Space Farms" around the 

country were chosen to honor NASA 

and the 50th anniversary of human 

spaceflight with their 2011 corn maze 

designs. With a unique Kepler theme 

to highlight space exploration, the 

Dell’Osso Family Farm corn maze is 

one of the nation’s top seven agritourism farms selected for the Space Farm 

7 outreach program. 

The Space Farm 7 maze project 

enables generations to enjoy NASA’s 

numerous contributions to space exploration in a distinct setting, combining the thrill of space with a search for 

a way out of the maze. With crossagency participation from six NASA 

field centers, an estimated one million 

people are expected to visit the corn 

mazes. 

“We are truly honored to work with 

NASA and participate in the Space 

Farm 7 outreach program,” said Susan 

Dell’Osso, co-owner of the Dell’Osso 

Family Farm. “Space exploration is 

a critical part of our American history 

and we hope to educate thousands of 

children about the importance of space 

to our future. The entire population of 

Lathrop is proud to have been part of 

this venture.” 

The Kepler corn maze remained 

open to the public daily throughout the 

month of October. 

Kepler Mission-themed corn maze 

attracts more than a thousand visitors

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The Ames Contractor Council 

(ACC) hosted its eighth annual fundraising golf tournament on Aug. 12, 

2011, at the Moffett Field Golf Course.

The ACC is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit 

organization, and proceeds from this 

annual event support both the Ames 

community and various educational 

outreach programs. This year’s Golf 

Tournament Planning Committee was 

chaired by Steve Perry and co-chaired 

by Chris Buchanan. Staffing was 

provided by numerous volunteers from 

the Ames contractor community.

 Eighty-eight players participated in 

the tournament. The winning foursome 

was a team sponsored by the International Association of Machinists and 

included players Thomas Brandon, 

Arthur Gonzalez, Pedro Mendez and 

Robert Skellen. 

 In addition to the best-ball tournament, the event featured putting and 

pitching contests, raffles for exciting 

prizes and a BBQ dinner hosted by 

Contractor Council hosts 8th Annual Golf Tournament

by Kathleen Star

ACC treasurer and Golf Committee chair Steve Perry displays some of the raffle prizes at 

the 2011 ACC Golf Tournament.

Tee Minus One.

 This event raised more than 

$6,000 for the ACC’s upcoming philanthropic activities. ACC President Terry 

Reichert deemed the 2011 golf tournament the Council’s most successful 

fundraising effort to-date and said the 

council looks forward to supporting 

the Ames community and local educational efforts with the proceeds.

NASA photo by Dominic Hart

NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called 

NetworKing that depicts how the 

Space Communication and Navigation 

(SCaN) network operates. The release 

of the video game coincided with the 

close of World Space Week, Oct. 4-10, 

2011.

Developed by the Information 

Technology Office at NASA Ames 

Research Center, NetworKing gives 

players an insider's perspective into 

how astronauts, mission controllers 

and scientists communicate during 

space missions.

"For any young person who ever 

dreamed of one day contributing to 

space missions, NetworKing lets 

players develop a kingdom of multiple space communication networks 

working together to support space 

missions," said Barbara Adde, policy 

and strategic communications director 

for SCaN at NASA Headquarters in 

Washington.

To successfully construct fast and 

efficient communication networks, 

NASA releases new interactive space communications game

by Jessica Culler players must first establish command

stations around the world and accept clients conducting space missions, such as satellites and space 

telescopes. Resources are earned 

throughout the game as players continue to acquire more clients. Players 

can strategically use accumulated 

resources to enhance and increase 

their networks' capabilities.

Players with the most integrated 

communications networks will have 

the ability to acquire more complex clients, such as the International Space 

Station, Hubble Space Telescope and 

the Kepler mission.

"As a simple and fun introduction 

to the complex world of space communications, NetworKing gives players 

the opportunity to enjoy a challenging 

game while absorbing the basic concepts of space communication," said 

Daniel Laughlin, games researcher at 

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 

in Greenbelt, Md. 

"It's an engaging way to increase 

interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics areas of 

study and open minds to potential careers in those fields, Laughlin added"

NetworKing is available to the public for play on the NASA 3D Resources 

website. Players can access the game 

using an Internet browser. It can be 

downloaded and run on both a PC 

and Macintosh operating system. To 

play the NetworKing game, visit: http://

www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/scan.html

In conjunction with NetworKing, 

the 3D Resources website also links 

visitors to the Station Spacewalk Interactive Game and the SCaN Interactive 

Demo that demonstrate the interaction 

between SCaN's ground-and-space 

facilities and NASA spacecraft.

Declared by the United Nations 

General Assembly, World Space Week 

is an annual international celebration 

of science and technology commemorating the launch Sputnik 1, the first 

human-made Earth satellite, and the 

signing of the Outer Space Treaty. The 

theme for World Space Week 2011 is 

"50 Years of Human Spaceflight."
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The Ames Cat Network needs help finding 

homes for cats trapped at Moffett. They 

range from feral to abandoned/lost pets. 

Tested, altered and inoculated. Call Iris at 

ext. 4-5824 if you or someone you know are 

interested in fostering or adopting a cat.

Ames Cat Network

NASA Ames hosted its 2011 Honor 

Awards at a ceremony on Nov. 2, 

2011 in the Syvertson Auditorium, 

N-201. Thanks to every employee 

who submitted a nomination this year, 

and congratulations to these deserv- ing employees. A list of those honored 

follows:

2011 AMES HONOR AWARDEES

Administrative Assistant Support/ 

Secretary

Deborah C. Nagy

Kay L. Twitchell

Administrative Professional 

Dennis R. Cauterucio

Kevin F. Kouba

Beverly M. Norris

Commercialization/Technology 

Transfer Award

David F. Blake

Diversity and Opportunity

William G. Warmbrodt

Contractor Employee

Dennis W. Acosta, Jacobs 

Technology Inc.

Christopher R. Boshuizen, Stinger 

Ghaffarian Technologies Inc.

Robert W. Craun, Stinger Ghaffarian 

Technologies Inc.

Paula M. Dumars, Lockheed Martin 

Space OPNS

William E. Eshagh, PEROT Systems

Edward A. Figueira, Tessada

Lynette I. Forsman, Delta-Critique

Chok Fung Lai, University Affiliated 

Research Center

Ronald D. Lehmer, SAIC

Michael W. Leonard, SAIC

Juan A. Magana, Ames Exchange

Walter E. Miller, Lockheed Martin 

Space OPNS

Kevin Y. Sato, Lockheed Martin Space 

OPNS

Education and Outreach

Larry A. Young

Engineer 

Nathan J. Burnside

Miles T. Cote

Shon R. Grabbe

Environmental and Sustainability

Rose A. Grymes

Group/Team 

ACFS Simulation Model Upgrade 

Team

Ames’ Inaugural Diversity and Inclu- sion Day Team

Ames Railroad Valley (RRV) Experi- ment 2011 Team

Ames Shuttle Orbiter Aerothermal 

Analysis Team

ARCLAN Engineering & Operations 

Team

Commercial Biomedical Test Module-3 

(CBTM-3) Payload Team

Fusion Imaging Team

Kepler Anomaly Resolution Team

MI2 Team

NASA ARC International Visits Coordination (IVC) Team 

Operational Based Vision Assessment 

Team

SOFIA Outreach Group

STL2 Team

Ultrasound 2 Project Team

Mentor

James E. Kennon

David R. Morse

Special Appreciation

David F. Downing, Kennedy Space 

Center

Stephen C. Jensen, Dryden Flight 

Research Center

Project Management

Deborah S. Ballinger

Gelsomina Cappuccio

David L. Pletcher

Scientist or Researcher

William J. Borucki

Jessica Koehne

Student

Cherise L. Cunha

Lynnette C. Jacome

Lubna M. Shirazi

Supervisor/Manager

Rabindra D. Mehta

Technical Support/Professional

Susan P. Suffel

Technician

Shawn A. Meszaros

Robert L. Walker

Maurice D. White, 94, of Palo 

Alto, Calif., died peacefully Sept. 30, 

2011. Maurie was born in Lawrence, 

Ma., in 1916. He graduated with a 

B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering from MIT in 1938 and began what 

would become a distinguished 37 year 

career at NACA and NASA at Langley 

Research Center. 

Maurie had spent the war years 

learning the ropes of flight research 

and airplane flying qualities technology. A highlight of this early phase of 

his career was the coauthorship with 

Gilruth of NACA Report No. 711, an 

analysis and prediction of the longitudinal stability of airplanes. This report 

was important in the design of all 

World War II aircraft.

After transferring to Ames after 

WWII, Maurie embarked on a threedecade period of increasingly productive and noteworthy research in aeronautics in the Flight Research Branch. 

An important contribution in the mid50s came with the effort to determine 

airplane stability and control characteristics that influenced the choice of 

minimum acceptable approach speed 

for landing on an aircraft carrier. 

His experience gained with a rudi- mentary simulator led to his lead roll 

in setting the requirements for several 

Ames flight simulators: the Height 

Control Apparatus, Five Degree Centrifuge, Flight Simulator for Advanced 

Aircraft, and the Vertical Motion Simulator.

Starting in 1970, as chief of the 

Flight Dynamics and Controls Branch, 

he managed technical specialists 

working on the latest developments in 

aircraft dynamics and control techologies for aircraft ranging from commer- cial transports to an array of fixed wing 

and rotary wing vertical flight concepts. 

After his retirement from NASA, 

he and George Cooper, old friends 

and colleagues, consulted with Ames 

on a program to improve coordina- tion among aircraft crew members in 

the cockpit. They were the principals 

who organized the first international 

conference on Cockpit Resource Man- agement that launched this important 

program for NASA. 

Maurice’s legacy stands with other 

Ames alumni whose work continues 

to influence current events in U.S. 

aviation. He is survived by Miriam 

L. White, his loving wife of 35 years, 

two children from his first marriage to 

Evelyn M. White, four step-children,13 

grandchildren and one great grandchild. 

For anyone wishing to make a donation in Maurie’s memory, the family 

requests that you donate to a charity 

of your choice.

In memorium 

Ames Ongoing Monthly Events Calendar

African American Advisory Group (AAAG) 

Mtg., every last Tuesday of each month, 12 - 1 

p.m., Bldg. N241, Rm 237. POC: Chair - Jim 

Busby, ext. 4-2792. 

Ames Amateur Radio Club, third Thurs., of 

ea. month, 12 noon, N-T28 (across from 

N-255). POC: Michael Wright, KG6BFK, at 

ext. 4-6262. 

Ames Ballroom Dance Club, Classes on 

Tuesdays. Beginning classes meet at 5:15 

p.m. Higher-level class meets at 5:50 p.m. 

Held in Bldg. 944, the Rec. Center. POC: 

Helen Hwang at helen.hwang@nasa.gov, ext. 

4-1368.

Ames Bicycling Club, every third Wednesday 

of each month, 12 noon - 1 p.m., Bldg. N-245 

Auditorium. For information on the club go 

to the website https://ames.clubexpress.com. 

POC: Julie Nottage at jnottage@mail.arc.

nasa.gov, ext. 4-3711. 

Ames Bowling League, Homestead Lanes 

Thursdays at 6:20 p.m. Need substitute bowlers. Sign up questions: Steve Howard at ext. 

4-4884.

Ames Child Care Center Board of Directors Mtg., every other Monday, 1 - 2:30 p.m., 

Bldg. N-262/Rm 180. POC: Sally Miller, ext. 

4-5411.

Ames Contractor Council Mtg., first Weds. of 

ea. month, 11 a.m., Bldg. N-200, Committee 

Room. POC: Elisa Taube (408) 541-2838.

Ames Federal Employees Union (AFEU) 

Mtg, third Wednesday ea. month, noon. Bldg. 

N-247, Rm. 109.. Guests welcome. Info at: 

http://www.afeu.org. POC: Paul K. Davis, ext. 

4-5916. 

The Hispanic Advisory Committee for 

Excellence (HACE) Mtg., first Thursday of 

each month, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., Bldg. 

N-255, Rm. 101C. POC: Eric Kristich, ext. 

4-5137 and Mark Leon, ext. 4-6498.

Jetstream Toastmasters, Mondays, 12 p.m. 

- 1 p.m., Bldg. N-269/Rm.179. POC: Tim 

Steiger, ext. 4-0195, tim.steiger@nasa.gov. 

Web: http://jetstream.freetoasthost.com

Ames Mac Support Group Mtg., third Tuesday 

of each month, 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., Bldg. 

N-262, Rm 180. POC: Tony ext. 4-0340.

Ames Model Aircraft Club, flying radio-controlled aircraft at the north end of Parsons Ave. 

on weekend mornings. POC: Mark Sumich, 

ext. 4-6193.

Moffett Aikido Club, Monday and Wednesday 

evenings, 6:30 p.m., Bldg. 944, across from 

former McDonalds. Aikido is a non-competitive, defensive martial art known as the “Way 

of Harmony.” POC: Diane Pereda (650) 575-

9070 or Robert Dean (650) 787-1007, email: 

mfaikido@aol.com

Native American Advisory Committee Mtg., 

fourth Tuesday each month, 12 noon - 1 

p.m., Bldg. 19, Rm 1096. POC: Mike Liu, ext. 

4-1132.

Ames Nimble Knitters Club, every Tuesday 

at 11:30 a.m., Bldg. N210/Rm 141. POC: 

Rosalyn Jung, knitfan2@yahoo.com or Diane 

Alexander at ext. 4-3140. URL: http://knit.arc.

nasa.gov

Ames Green Team (formerly the Green Ames 

Working Group) meetings are held the first 

Thursday of each month in N237, Room

101, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. For information, 

call Roger Ashbaugh, Ames Environmental 

Management Division, ext. 4-5602.

http://environmentalmanagement.arc.nasa.

gov/reports/eo-13514.html

Ames Sailing Club Mtg., second Thursday of 

each month (March through November), from 

12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Bldg. N-260, Rm. 113. URL: 

http://sail.arc.nasa.gov/. POC: Clif Horne, ext. 

4-4571.

Ames Safety Committee, third Thursday of 

each month, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Bldg. N-237, 

Rm. 201. POC: John Livacich, jlivacich@

mail.arc.nasa.gov, ext. 4-3243 or Terry Reichert, treichert@mail.arc.nasa.gov, ext.-4-0375.

Ames emergency announcements

To hear the centerwide status recording, call (650) 604-9999 for information 

announcements and emergency instructions for Ames employees. You can 

also listen to 1700 KHz AM radio for the same information.

Exchange Information

Beyond Galileo Gift Shop N-235 in the 

cafeteria , 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., ext. 4-6873

Mega Bites Cafeteria N-235, 6 a.m. to 

2 p.m., ext. 4-5969/Catering ext. 4-2161

Barcelona Café Bldg. 3, 6:30 a.m. to 

2 p.m., ext. 4-4948/Catering ext. 4-4948

See daily menus at: http://exchange.arc.

nasa.gov/cafe/menu.html 

Visitor Center Gift Shop (White Tent 

N-943-A, Tues-Fri, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat. 

- Sun, 12 - 4 p.m., ext. 4--5412

Remember to purchase your baby shower, birthday, 

holiday gifts at Ames’ two gift shops!

Information about products, services and opportunities provided to the employee and contractor community by the Ames Exchange Council. Visit the 

web site at: http://exchange.arc.nasa.gov

NASA Lodge (N-19) 603-7100

Closed for repairs, for updates visit http://amesexchange.arc.nasa.gov/swim/index.html

The pool is heated year round! The pool is currently 

available for lap swim, pool parties and special 

events. POC: Ryan Storms, Pool Manager (650) 

603-8025. Memberships: single memberships: 

$60/yr. Family memberships: $80/yr. After purchasing a membership, there is an entrance fee: daily 

entrance fee - $3/day or lap pass fee - $50 for 20 

uses. Platinum membership - $380/yr. (no daily 

fee). Special events: include military training, swim 

team events, kayak role practice, etc. The cost for 

special events is $75/hr, or $50/hr for military.

Ames Swim Center (N-109) 603-8025

RV Lots Available Call to reserve a space 

at (650) 603-7100/01.

Where to stay when you’re too tired to drive home? 

What about the lodge?! Two types of rooms: Bldg. 

19 (43 rooms), rate: $55/night ($5 ea add’l adult); 

Bldg. 583 (150 rooms), rate: $45/night ($5 ea. add’l 

adult) 

Moffett Field Golf Club with ‘Tee minus 1’ 

Grill and Sports Bar. Catering available. 

Call (650) 603-8026. Extended Happy Hour 

Thursdays, $5 and $6 pitchers of beer starting 

at 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Civilian/Contractors, $50/mo; military $25/mo

Reservations for Chase Park call ext. 4-4948

Reservations for ARC Park call ext. 4-5969

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Rose King was the first place winner 

for the Ames Diversity and Inclusion 

Event Poetry Contest. Here is her 

poem:

Black, white, red, brown, & yellow

- A Kaleidoscope of dazzling colors.

Crystal clear multicultural hues of 

brilliant ideas

- boundless, infinite, forever.

Cerebral threads woven from humanity’s landscape

- soaring through time and space.

Transcending vertical boundaries of 

complacency

- a world of possibilities.

Each unique yet familiar voice

Seeking a path less traveled,

An unknown place to journey.

As footprints leave, memory whispers

- Isa world, Isa Ames - Hitotsu world, 

Hitotsu Ames - Uno world, Uno 

Ames, Yī world, Yī Ames

- Nitokska world, Nitokska Ames

One World, One Ames

Poem by Rose Ki

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Protective Services monthly activity

A statistical summary of activities of the Protective Services Division’s 

Security/Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Services units for the month 

of September 2011 is shown below.

Security/Law Enforcement Activity

Fire Protection Activity

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