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                All,<br>
                Please join us for EcoLunch, Thursday @ 12:15<br>
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                  Jennifer Balch, NCEAS<br>
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                For more information on Dr. Balch's research on fire and
                ecosystem dynamics please visit her website:<br>
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                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">GENERAL
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      <small><small><small><small><small><small><span
                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">EcoLunch
                    is Thursday, at 12:15 pm (brown bag lunch) National
                    Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735
                    State 
St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
                    Phone: (805) 892-2500  <o:p></o:p></span></small></small></small></small></small></small>
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                    schedule of upcoming EcoLunch seminars is available
                    on the web at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecolunch"><span
                        style="color:#0000EE">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ecolunch</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></small></small></small></small></small></small>
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      <small><small><small><small><small><small><span
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                    FROM UCSB BY BUS: You can get to NCEAS by taking the
                    11:40 a.m. bus (#24x) from campus. From the transit
                    center, walk one block east to State Street and two
                    blocks south to the Balboa Building at 735 State
                    Street. To return to campus, you can take the 1:30
                    p.m. bus (#24x) from the transit station and be back
                    on campus by 1:49 p.m. Or you can take the 2:20 p.m.
                    bus and arrive on campus at 2:39. <o:p></o:p></span></small></small></small></small></small></small>
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                    style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial">BY CAR:
                    take Highway 101 South. Once in Santa Barbara, exit
                    on Carrillo Street. Turn left onto Carrillo. Drive 5
                    blocks and turn right on State Street. NCEAS is
                    located on the right side at 735 State St., Suite
                    300. To park: Drive past NCEAS on State Street and
                    make your first right on Ortega Street. Drive 1
                    block and turn right on Chapala Street. Park in the
                    underground Mall parking lot on your right. (First
                    75 minutes free). Once you are at the Balboa
                    Building: We are on the third floor in the lounge
                    area.</span></small></small></small></small></small></small></font><br>
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Dr Catherine Longo
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Telephone: (805) 882-9218

Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:longo@nceas.ucsb.edu">longo@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/postdocs">http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/postdocs</a> </pre>
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