Wednesday, May 19
2:30 p.m. Research Techniques Seminar - 1 West
Speaker: J. Miyamoto, Purdue University
Title: Micro-Patterned Gas Detectors
3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West
Speaker: M. Strikman, Pennsylvania State University
Title: Looking Forward in QCD
Thursday, May 20
THERE WILL BE NO THEORETICAL PHYSICS SEMINAR TODAY
3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
THERE WILL BE NO ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
SEMINAR TODAY
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Wednesday, May 19
Portabello Harvest Grain soup
Santa Fe Chicken Quesadilla $4.75
Garlic Herb Roasted Pork $3.75
Chicken and Smoked Sasuage Creole $3.50
Roast Beef on Ciabatta $4.75
Double Stuffed Meatlover's Pizza $2.75
Pesto Shrimp Linguini with Leeks & Tomatoes $4.75
Wilson Hall Cafe Menu
Chez Leon
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National Employee Health & Fitness Event Today
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Participants at National Health and Fitness Day 2002 (Click on image for larger version.) |
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Today Fermilab joins thousands of organizations
across the country to celebrate National Employee Health &
Fitness Day 2004. Last year over 200 Fermilab employees participated in this event.
Millions of employees in corporate settings, schools, and hospitals are
expected to observe the annual event this year.
Fermilab's Recreation Office and Wellness Works will once again
sponsor this year's event from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today on the Ring Road beginning at A1.
Employees are welcome to walk, run, rollerblade, or bike around the four-mile ring.
A table will be set up at A1 where participants may
sign-in, pick up their game ticket and a bottle of water. Stations
will be set up around the ring with games and prizes.
Once you have made your way around the ring, stop at
the prize table and pick a ticket to see if you are a winner.
Over 95 prizes will be given away during the event.
And for an extra incentive, the largest percentage of participation
from Divisions and Sections will win the traveling trophy. Please join us today
for a day of fun on May 19.
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From the Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2004
The Hole in Our Science
by Herman Wouk
Back in 1993, Congress abuptly killed the largest basic science project of
all time, the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas. With three billion
dollars already spent, and the project pretty much on time and on budget, our
lawmakers cut off all funding, and voted another billion just to shut the
project down. This bizarre abort sent a shock wave through the scientific world which has
never entirely subsided. The event remains in controversy, but one undeniable outcome
has been the diminished international repute of American science.
This article is not available online, but a complete copy is available in
the Fermilab Library and on the bulletin board outside the Office of Public Affairs.
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Fermilab Colloquium Today
Mark Strikman of Penn State University will present "Looking Forward
in QCD" today at 4:00 p.m. in One West. The colloquium will focus on
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the interest in studying QCD outside the domain of CDF and DZero.
Strikman's presentation kicks off
the Future of QCD at the Tevatron workshop, taking place this Thursday through
Saturday in One West. The workshop will consider what QCD studies will or will not
be done in the next five years. All are welcome to attend the workshop, but please
register in advance. Registration is free.
more information
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Fermilab Public Lecture Series
The Search for Extra Dimensions - Joseph Lykken, Fermilab and U. Chicago
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Are there extra dimensions of space? Only a few years ago physicists considered
this a question better left to philosophers and mystics. All has changed
with the development of string theory, a bold realization of Einstein's dream
of an ultimate theory that explains everything from the tiniest quanta to
particle physics to the cosmos itself. String theory predicts the existence
of extra dimensions of space, and suggests a number of physical mechanisms
to hide them from our everyday experience. Some of these mechanisms are
so efficient that even extra dimensions of macroscopic size could have
eluded detection. Experiments are already underway, using a variety of
techniques, aimed at the direct or indirect discovery of extra dimensions.
For the latest information on these experiments, join us on Friday,
May 21, 2004 for The Search for Extra Dimensions, a lecture by Fermilab
theorist and University of Chicago professor, Dr. Joseph Lykken.
more information
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Recreation Office Closed Today
The Recreation Office will be closed Wednesday from
11:00 am to 5:00 p.m. in order to work at the Employee Health & Fitness
Day event.
Electrical Town Hall Meeting
The Electrical Safety Subcommittee is offering an Electrical Town Hall Meeting
on May 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in One West. Drop in any time to have
your questions answered. Topics can range from Fermilab's Electrical Safety Policies
to power feeders to woodpecker worries. For more information, contact Bob Ducar.
New Book Purchase Suggestion Lists
New book purchase suggestion lists for the week of May 18
are now available online.
These include Majors book lists in four subject areas.
There is also an Amazon suggestion list in the form of a shopping cart,
viewable by entering the password "library."
International Folk Dancing
International Folk Dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 20, at the Geneva American Legion Post.
Newcomers are always welcome.
Info at 630-584-0825 or 630-840-8194 or folkdance@fnal.gov.
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