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Monday, March 15 2:30 p.m. Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: G. Farrar, New York University Title: Unified Explanation for Dark Matter and the Baryon Asymmetry 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II Special Topic: Proton Source Plan
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Monday, March 15 Baked Tilapia Florentine with Rice and Choice of Vegetable $4.75 Chicken Paprikash Over Egg Noodles $3.50 Chef's Choice $4.75 Arturo's Authentic Grilled Rueben on Dark Rye served with Soup or Fries $4.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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From Lewis-Burke Associates Update: Austere Budget Resolution Moves Through Congress 
The FY 2005 federal budget has now taken center stage in Congress.
In early February, the President proposed an austere federal budget
for domestic discretionary spending, modest increases for defense
spending, additional tax cuts, and a record-setting deficit
in the $500 billion range. Domestic discretionary spending is the
category of the federal budget that provides annual funding for a
wide range of important activities such as basic and applied research,
education at all levels, highways and mass transit, environmental
protection and clean up, housing, veterans' medical care, and job training –
just to mention a few. Under the President’s proposal, funding for
domestic discretionary spending would increase by
one half of one percent (.5%). Within the domestic spending category,
non-defense research (NIH, NSF, NASA, Energy, NOAA, etc.) is proposed
to grow by 2.5%.read more |
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March 10 - March 12 - During this 48-hour period Operations established one store. That store along with an existing store provided the experiments with approximately 18 hours and 1 minute of luminosity. - The TeV suffered two quenches - The Recycler loses its stash - MCenter took beam - The ten-day shutdown began on Monday at midnight
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From the Christian Science Monitor, March 11, 2004 How to turn a continent into a telescope By Peter N. Spotts HONOLULU – Ever since Galileo turned "telescopio" into a household word, tiny packets of light have helped inquisitive people unlock the mysteries of the universe. From radio frequencies to visible light to gamma rays, these photons have led to one stunning discovery after another. read more |
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From the Interactions.org News Wire, March 11, 2004 Fred Kavli, Kavli Foundation donate $7.5 million to University of Chicago for cosmological physics institute The University of Chicago will devote $7.5 million in donations from Fred Kavli and the Kavli Foundation of Oxnard, Calif., to studying some of the most puzzling scientific questions about the origin and evolution of the universe and the laws that govern it.
The funds will make permanent the Center for Cosmological Physics, established in 2001 by the National Science Foundation. The center will be renamed the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. The new institute is one of seven being established by Kavli around the country and in Europe on brain science, nanoscience and cosmology.
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When It Comes to Safety, Never Assume | ||
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Three times in the past six months, in the course of demolition projects
at DOE laboratories, employees have cut into
energized electrical circuits. In all three cases, the employees
assumed the circuits had been de-energized, but did not personally
verify that for themselves.
Last week at Fermilab we had a similar incident in a demolition project at the 15-foot bubble chamber in Lab B. A technician was assigned to remove abandoned peripheral electrical equipment that had been previously disconnected from its power supply. Regrettably, there was a misunderstanding about what was to be removed. The technician exposed some 480-volt wires in an energized segment of conduit that was not slated to be removed until a later date. Expecting the wire to be de-energized, but without verifying it first, the technician cut the wires, which resulted in an immediate flash and loud bang as the circuit breaker tripped. The technician was wearing gloves, safety shoes and safety glasses; and was using an insulated tool when he cut the wire. It was the last -- and successful -- barrier to preventing injury in this instance. Clearly, a near miss. Demolition is a dirty job and full of hazards. Experience elsewhere and here tells us that we need to plan demolition jobs very carefully and proceed cautiously as we begin to dismantle equipment. Demolition is not the time to hurry. Communication and coordination of work crews is critical to avoiding accidents and injuries in all types of work, but especially demolition. Never assume. Always verify that a wire is de-energized before beginning work.
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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Feedback on performance appraisal system: Deadline is today In February, all employees received a memo from Director Michael Witherell with a paper copy of a questionnaire, asking for feedback on the new performance appraisal system . The deadline is today. Please fill out the form and mail it to M.S. 107. You may submit the information anonymously. Alternatively, employees can fill out an online form or send an email to feedback@fnal.gov. All feedback will be kept in strictest confidence.
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