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Tuesday, August 10 9:00 a.m. The Tevatron Connection - Auditorium 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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Tuesday, August 10 Chicken & Rice Soup Mushroom Swiss Burger $4.75 Baked Meatloaf with a Roasted Tomato Demi-Glace $3.50 Parmesan Baked Fish $3.75 Southwestern Turkey Wrap $4.75 Ham & Pastrami Calzones $3.25 South of the Border Burritos with Chips & Queso $4.75 Wilson Hall Cafe Menu Chez Leon |
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FESS Replaces Fire Hydrant Next to the Reflecting Pond this Week | ||
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As you drove into the lab on Monday morning, you probably noticed an excavation
project taking place in the Reflecting Pond in front of Wilson Hall. Steve
Shirley of FESS reported that due to a leak, FESS replaced a fire hydrant
on the west side of the Reflecting Pond. Because the base of the fire hydrant
is lower than the regular water level in the pond, FESS workers had to first drain
the pond on Saturday before excavating the area.
Eric Mieland of ES&H explained that the excavation project will not have a negative environmental impact on the pond. "Because of the cold weather this past winter, there were only a few, small fish in the Reflecting Pond," Mieland said. "The pond is fairly shallow, and the ice cover was thicker this past winter due to an extended cold snap. Thick ice reduces the volume of water in the pond and it can cause the amounts of dissolved oxygen to drop below levels at which fish can survive. This phenomenon occurs occasionally. It made the local papers this spring when some fish were also killed in the Fox River." The pond will naturally repopulate. Birds will help by dropping fish eggs in the pond.
Work is expected to continue in the Reflecting Pond
through the end of the week.
Parking will remain roped off in the areas where
work is being conducted until the project is completed.
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Online Medical Scheduler Now Available | ||
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The Medical Department is in the process of implementing an online scheduling
program for routine Health Risk Assessments. Currently, when someone is coming
due for an exam, they are sent an email reminder. The enclosed message
asks the worker to have their supervisor update their Work Activities
Analysis Form, and then schedule an appointment by calling the Medical
Department. The new process replaces the phone call with a pick list
calendar of available dates and times. The email reminder contains a
link to the pick list calendar, which only becomes active once the
WAAF has been updated.
The Medical Department asks for your cooperation and patience during
the start up phase of
this new system. Similar applications, such as blood donation, have worked
well in the past. The programming for the
HRA scheduler, however, is more complex, and it is therefore more prone
to difficulties.
If you are unable to make the online scheduler work for you, please set
up your appointment as before by calling the Medical Department at x3232.
At that time, the Medical Department would appreciate your feedback
regarding the nature of
the difficulty you encountered so that they can try to fix it.
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Fermilab was part of the route for the Chase the Moon ride. From Chicago Tribune, August 8, 2004 Moonlight ride raises $15,000 for Girl Scouts FOX VALLEY -- As it grew closer to midnight, Ed Bonifas of Geneva proudly watched about 350 bicyclists stream into the parking lot of Marmion Academy in Aurora, making his dream of a nocturnal bicycle event a reality. read more |
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From Chicago Tribune, August 9, 2004 `Walden'? The stunt that became a myth 150 years later, scholars such as Elizabeth Hall Witherell help us recognize Thoreau as a profound storyteller ....While universally hailed as a classic, "Walden" has suffered the fate of many a famous book: It's more read about than read, with more copies purchased than perused. "I've always said that `Walden' and Stephen Hawking's work are probably the most cited -- and least read -- works in the 20th Century," says Elizabeth Witherell. She may know Hawking almost as well as she knows Thoreau, because her husband, Michael Witherell, is director of Fermilab, the high-energy physics facility in Batavia, Ill. read more |
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Good Morning! | ||
The maintenance and installation work being done during the shutdown will be the foundation of the accelerator performance over the next year. Nothing that we are doing, however, is more important than getting the work done safely. Many people will be working in new areas, with new people, doing new tasks. If you are one of those people, make sure you understand the job and the hazard analysis. If you are not comfortable, ask questions. Be responsible for your own safety and the safety of those who work with you.
Your safety is important to you, your family, and all of us here at Fermilab.
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August 6 - August 9 - During this 72 hour period Operations established two store that provided approximately 50 hours and 45 minutes of luminosity to the experiments. - Booster experienced vacuum problems. - TeV had to change out a Kautzky valve.
View the current accelerator update |
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Bowlers Wanted for the 2004-2005 Bowling Season The FermiLab Wednesday Night Bowling League is looking for a few new bowlers this year. This is a sanctioned mixed league with a combination of Fermilab and NICOR employees. The league bowls at the Bowling Green Sports Center in West Chicago on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $13.00 per week, and the season starts on September 8 and ends on March 30. more information (PDF)
Recreation Office Schedule This Week
Fermilab Barnstormers Meeting Wednesday
Wilson Hall Interior Window Washing This Week |
