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Friday, January 23 3:30 p.m. Wine & Cheese - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speaker: M. Mangano, CERN Title: The 15-Year Saga of the b Cross-Section
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Friday, January 23 Clam chowder Spicy pork and cashew stir fry over rice w/an eggroll $4.75 Shrimp fried rice $3.50 Turkey, bacon and aged cheddar w/wild greens $4.75 Arturo's authentic grilled reuben on dark rye $4.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Current Events: New Electric Wheels For FESS | ||
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Have you ever wondered about that space-age golf cart that often parks
in Wilson Hall's western lot, plugged into a lamp post? Wonder no further.
It's a GEM, or Global Electric Motorcar, made by DaimlerChrysler, and it
belongs to the engineering group in the Facilities Engineering Services
Section.
Most divisions get around the Fermilab site with pickups, but the FESS engineering group hoped to save some money and reduce pollution. Project coordinator Steve Dixon said, "Rod Walton, our environmental scientist, is always nudging us to be environmentally conscious." The $13,000 NEV--neighborhood electric vehicle-- plugs into any 110-volt outlet and can silently whisk four passengers around at 25 mph for 30 miles on an 8-hour charge.
The GEM definitely turns heads when it passes, and it has become popular
within FESS. Since its arrival in November, it has clocked 130 miles.
"We have a lot of vehicles," said Dixon, "but this car is usually
one of the first ones out." Just wait until summer; the doors
are removable.
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How Many Visitors Can an Employee Host on Site? Fermilab's Security Chief Bill Flaherty Has the Answers The national terrorism alert level is at yellow (elevated), and Fermilab's corresponding security status is Secon Level 3. So what does that mean for Fermilab employees who wish to bring visitors to the laboratory? If an employee wishes to act as an escort for visitors, the rule is "one escort per vehicle, with a maximum of 25 guests per escort," explains Bill Flaherty, Fermilab's Security Chief. No visitors' passes are necessary and escorts must stay with visitors at all times.
If visitors will be traveling within the laboratory unescorted, they will need passes.
Employees can request visitors'
passes by calling 840-3414. One pass may be valid for up to five
consecutive business days. Guests must enter at the Pine St.
entrance and pick up their passes at the new drive-up location
in the Lederman Science Center's parking lot. Rules for visitors
with passes and employee-escorted visitors do not change if the
national alert level is raised to orange.
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Meson Power Update | ||
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Work continues on the repair of electrical feeders to bring full power back
to the Meson area. Operations Chief Bob Mau estimates that power should return
to most of the Meson area by Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, generators
will continue to supply critical power to keep temperatures above freezing.
Watch for more information in Fermilab Today
about a three-hour outage in the Meson area early next week,
required in order to make further repairs.
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From the Daily Herald, January 22, 2004 Fermilab Physicist Discovers Phony Degrees By Gala M. Pierce
With an Internet search, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor discovered a bogus Parkwood University and dozens of nonaccredited schools that offer fake diplomas for the right price.
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From FYI: The Bulletin of Science Policy News, January 22, 2004 Strengthening NSF's Prioritization Process for Large Facilities In order to strengthen the National Science Foundation's procedures for prioritizing, approving, funding, and constructing major research facilities and equipment, a committee of the National Research Council recommends that NSF should seek greater involvement of the science community to develop a clearer, more transparent set of criteria for large facility projects, prepare a 10-20 year roadmap to guide the funding and construction of such facilities, and implement external as well as internal oversight of projects. "Large-research-facility projects have become too complex, expensive, and numerous to handle with procedures that may have sufficed in the past," the Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects says in its report. read more |
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New Classified Ads on Fermilab Today New classified ads have been posted on Fermilab Today. A permanent link to the classifieds is located in the bottom left corner of Fermilab Today.
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