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Tuesday, January 6 Split Pea soup w/ham Beef fajita w/flavored tortillas and refried beans $3.50 Turkey w/applewood smoked bacon and Swiss cheese on a bed of wild greens $4.75 Grilled chicken sandwich w/green chiles and peppejack served w/homemade salsa $4.75 Traditional chicken mole w/sesame rice $4.75 Chicken Ceasar salad $3.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Roads & Grounds Ready for Fermilab's First Snow of the Season On Sunday, Fermilab and the rest of the Chicago area received its first significant snowfall of the season. Just as quickly as the snow appeared, it disappeared from the roads, thanks to Fermilab's Roads & Grounds. As early as 8:30 Sunday morning, members of the Roads and Grounds crew were busy plowing the way for safe travel by Fermilab users. Later the full crew came in and worked late into the night. "We can't leave until we feel the conditions are safe enough for car traffic," Dave Schemanske, of R&G, said.
The 17-member R&G team commands three salt trucks, 12 pickups with plows,
five 16-foot-wide Sno-Pushers mounted on construction vehicles,
several little plowing buggies, and, yes, a mess of shovels.
Schemanske and fellow R&G member Bob Lootens consult radar and
four or five weather services before planning their attack.
On Sunday, for example, the ground was warm enough to melt
the first flakes, creating a layer of ice under five inches of powder.
"Our strategy changes with each storm depending on what's going to happen,"
Schemanske said.
"It takes a lot of teamwork. That's what it is."
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SDSS Press Release Could giant clump of stars be Andromeda's food? | ||
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An international team of astronomers from the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey collaboration has discovered a giant clump of stars
near the Andromeda Galaxy that could be a previously unknown
satellite galaxy of Andromeda or could be the last remnants
of a galaxy torn apart by Andromeda's tidal forces.
The clump of stars, named Andromeda NE by the researchers for
its location to the northeast of the Andromeda Galaxy, is enormous.
It covers a larger area on the sky than the full Moon. If added
together the total light from the stars in Andromeda NE would rival
many nearby galaxies in brightness. Yet because these stars are so
spread out, Andromeda NE appears 10 times dimmer than the faintest
known galaxy.
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From Nature Magazine, January 1, 2004 Fusion reactor to stay homeless until New Year The decision on where to host ITER - a US$5-billion experimental fusion reactor - has been postponed until February. Some physicists expected a final site to be selected at a conference on December 20 near Washington DC. But it became apparent at the meeting that the two candidate sites, in France and Japan, were in for a close fight.The United States supported the Japanese site in the northern province of Rokkasho, whereas Russia and China supported the European Union's proposed venue in Cadarache, France. South Korea eventually gave its support to the Japanese site, leaving the six project members equally split. Negotiators said that they will continue to work towards an agreement that will satisfy all partners. One proposed solution is to construct the reactor at one site, while building a computer-modeling center, an advanced materials laboratory and a remote control-room for the project at the other. |
Good Morning!
The neutrino beam for MiniBooNE also operated very well during the last week. On January 1, for example, a record 1E18 protons were delivered to the MiniBooNE target.
Thanks to the people who worked through the holiday period to get
the New Year off to a terrific start.
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December 29 - January 5 - During this period of time Operations established six stores, which delivered luminosity for approximately 95 hours and 40 minutes. - The integrated luminosity was 6.9 pb-1, and the highest peak luminosity was 44.7E30. - Booster accessed twice, first to repair a small LCW leak, and second to repair a RF cavity. - Pbar accessed to repair a Septa. View the current accelerator update View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts |
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On December 22, Fermilab Today reported that 22 FESS employees received
Employee Performance Recognition Awards. One of the recipients, Robert
Huite, actually works in the Business Service Section. Fermilab Today
regrets the error.
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New books in the Fermilab Library New acquisitions of the Fermilab Library for the week of January 5 are now on display in the Library near the front desk. An online list of the of new books is now available online. New books may be reserved by using the online Library catalog, or by calling the library at x3401, or by filling out the reserve card in the book.
Three-ring Binders
Correction to Upcoming Training and Development Classes
Women's Personal Protection and Self Defense Class
Mileage Reimbursement Rate
January Issue of Ferminews Online
Bible Exploration for Lunch |
