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13th Annual Fall Crafts Fair -- Register Today!

GEWA's Fall Crafts Fair will be held on October 15 from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. in the Bldg. 8 Auditorium. Registration is $15 per space (10'x10' area with one 3'x5' table + 2 chairs) and is open to all GSFC government and contractor employees, retirees, family members and friends. Items must be handmade. Registration forms and checks are due by COB October 3. Contact Catherine Simkins (csimkins@pop400.gsfc.nasa.gov) for an electronic copy of the registration form.

ODIN's Newsletter for July Now Available

The July issue of the ODIN Interchange Newsletter is available at http://www.acs-odin.com/gsfc/newsletters/GSFCJul03.pdf . This issue features the Updated IP Registration System, Provance Tool Survey, Desktop Services Notes, NT Admin Group Status, and more.

Call for Papers - 6th MAPLD International Conference

Abstracts are being accepted for the 6th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) International Conference. Programmable devices, technologies and related aspects of digital engineering will comprise the major emphasis of this conference.

This year, there will be a special emphasis on papers with the following themes:

• Reliability of Hardware and Designs; Fault Tolerance
• Reconfigurable/Adaptive Computing Systems
• Long-term Space Missions: > 15 Years
• Hardware and Software: The line is blurring
• Radiation Hardening by Design
• Digital Signal Processing with Programmable Devices
• Design Security
• "War Stories" and Lessons Learned

The event will occur on September 9-11, 2003 at the Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

For more info, visit: http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon03/admin/mapldcon03_cfp.html

NASA Day at Six Flags (Largo)

Tickets are on sale now at the GEWA Store for this special offer to all Goddard employees (government and contractor), retirees, and their families: All-day park admission on Sunday, August 31, and an all-you-can-eat classic picnic lunch (1:30-3:30 p.m.) of fried chicken, hot dogs, pasta salad, tossed salad, plus sodas/iced tea and ice cream. BUY YOUR TICKETS EARLY -- Cost until August 19: $30 (ages 4 & up). Prices go up $3/ticket on August 20. FREE ages 3 & under. For season pass holders, meal cost is $12. Parking costs $6/vehicle.