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Wednesday, July 21 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West Speaker: J. Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group Title: Bringing "True" Broadband to America
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Wednesday, July 21 Vegetable Beef Soup Quarter Pound Hot Dog in a Soft Pretzel Roll $4.75 Burgundy Beef Tips $4.25 Baked Fish Creole over Rice $3.75 Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap $4.75 Pepperoni Lover's Calzones $2.75 Rio Grande Taco Salads $4.75 Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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Happy Birthday, Fermilab Today! | ||
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Fermilab Today turns one today. Last night more than 20 Fermilab
employees who regularly contribute to the daily online publication
met in the Users' Center to celebrate over cocktails and birthday cake.
"Fermilab Today has improved communication between experimental programs, the user community, and the government," said former CDF spokesperson Nigel Lockyer. "It is a quick and efficient way of getting up to speed on the lab's happenings, and on what's going on in high-energy physics in general." Written and published by the Office of Public Affairs, Fermilab Today also includes regular columns from other departments, such as ES&H's "Safety Tip of the Week," and the scientific "Result of the Week," which usually alternates between CDF and DZero. "What you are eating tonight is a Fermilab potluck, which is pretty much what Fermilab Today is anyway," said head of Public Affairs Judy Jackson as she toasted everyone at the party last night. "In one sitting you can read about a major discovery regarding dark matter, then find out who won the Fermilab-Argonne ultimate frisbee tournament."
The party provided a great opportunity to thank everyone for
their contributions and support during the last year.
"A lot of people have been vital to Fermilab Today's success,"
said Elizabeth Clements, editor of Fermilab Today. "We're grateful
to VMS for providing photos, especially the last-minute requests, the
safety folks for keeping us up to date on proper procedures,
our interns, and all the other people who have helped, but
don't necessarily get recognized on a daily basis. We couldn't
do it without you."
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From The Statesman, July 20, 2004 Uniting Dark Matter and Ditto Energy Of late, scientists have discovered that the cosmos appears to be filled with not just one but two invisible constituents — dark matter and dark energy — whose existence has been proposed based solely on their gravitational effects on ordinary matter and energy. Now physicist Robert J. Scherrer of Vanderbilt University has proposed a model that could cut the mystery in half by explaining dark matter and dark energy as two aspects of a single unknown force. The model is described in his paper, “Purely Kinetic k Essence as Unified Dark Matter”, published by the Physical Review Letters. read more |
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What's up with the Linear Collider? The third in a series of Fermilab Today stories on the International Linear Collider. The entire series is available online. The Global Design Initiative | ||
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Before the end of the year - perhaps as early as August -
the International Technology Recommendation Panel will
recommend the use of either 'cold' or 'warm' technology
for the International Linear Collider. The recommendation
will allow the International Linear Collider Steering Committee,
which appointed the ITRP, to take the next steps to advance the ILC project.
According to chairman Maury Tigner, the ILCSC committee is in the process
of setting up a Global Design Initiative.
The initial GDI goal is to produce a Conceptual Design Report that defines
the ILC at the highest scientific and technical level. In the second phase,
the GDI will create the equivalent of a Technical Design Report to support
a solid cost estimate.
To take advantage of the wealth of linear accelerator R&D that has taken place in Asia, Europe and North America, the ILCSC will establish a GDI Central Team, which will closely interact with Regional Teams that represent
"It seems probable that after the Technology Recommendation the next choice will be the Central Team Director and then the Central Team site," said Tigner. "The schedule calls for the Conceptual Design Report to be finished about a year after the Central Team is formed."
The ILCSC is currently devising a Morandum of Understanding,
to be signed by participating institutions, under which the GDI will
operate while an international governance structure is being set up. "A
draft of the MOU is now out for comment," said Tigner. For the second GDI
phase, which will lead to the Technical Design Report, a new and more formal
oversight mechanism will be
introduced with the combined efforts of government agencies.
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New Books in the Fermilab Library New books in the Fermilab Library for the week of July 19 are now on display in the Library near the front desk. A list is 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.
New Book Purchase Suggestion Lists
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