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Monday, January 10 2:30 p.m. Particle Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: K. Sigurdson, California Institute of Technology Title: How Dark is Dark? Electromagnetic Interactions in the Dark Sector 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II Special Topics: Site Access; Snow Removal
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Monday, January 10 Minestrone Chicken & Mushroom Cheese Steak $4.75 Baked Chicken Enchiladas $3.75 Pasta Primavera $3.75 Smoked Turkey Panini Pesto Mayo $4.75 Assorted Sliced Pizza $2.75 Pacific Rim Rice Bowl $4.75
Wilson Hall Cafe Menu |
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Six Fermilab Physicists Receive APS Fellow Award | ||
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Fewer than one-half of one percent
of the members of the American Physical Society receive recognition as a
Fellow, but Fermilab scientists Mike Syphers of the Accelerator Division,
Bob Tschirhart of the Computing Division, Arlene Lennox of the Accelerator
Division, Bob Bernstein of the Particle Physics Division, Peter Cooper of
the Computing Division and Victor Yarba of the Technical Division have earned
that honor for 2004.
Currently, the APS has about 40,000 members overall, of which 205 have received the Fellow award this past year. However, Fermilab employees were 3 of the 17 new Fellows associated with the APS Division of Particles and Fields, 2 of the 7 with the Division of Physics of Beams, and 1 of the 3 in the APS General category. "The APS Fellowship is a mark of prestige in our field that's recognized across all the fields of physics, not just high energy physics," said Fermilab Director Mike Witherell, who was in charge of Fermilab's nominations. "Fermilab physicists receive a good fraction of the Fellowships in the areas of particle physics and accelerator physics. This shows that Fermilab is competing well and attracting some of the best physicists in these areas, and we need that talent to stay at the top of our field." "After Fermilab's nominations, the physicists must be approved by a series of APS committees in order to receive the Fellow award," said Roy Rubinstein, Fermilab Assistant Director and Chair of the Fermilab Awards Committee (which makes recommendations to the Director). In determining who receives the award, the APS considers scientists' contributions to original research, or the application of physics to science and technology in their respective fields over the past year.
Witherell said that it was not difficult to find excellent candidates here.
"We look at the people who don't already have APS Fellowships, and find
several names that lead us to ask, 'how could they not have an APS
Fellowship already?' We nominate these, and although not everyone we
nominate receives one the first year, the rest are very likely to get
it the next year."
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January 5-January 7 - Operations established one store during this 48 hour period. It provided approximately 26 hours and 39 minutes of luminosity to the experiments. - LAM42 caused problems - MBEX was also a source of problems
Read the Current Accelerator Update |
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, January 7, 2004 Looking Back: Major Science Budget and Policy Developments in 2004 Before turning to 2005, here is a final review of major science budget and policy developments in 2004. Readers interested in reading the full FYI from which these items were taken can do so by consulting the "FYI This Month" for the month cited, which is available online. read more |
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From Japan Today, January 7, 2004 Team boosts particle accelerator performance TOKYO — A Japanese research team has developed the world's first technology to dramatically boost the performance of synchrotrons, circular particle accelerators used in experiments to find out more about subatomic particles, a team member said Friday. read more |
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Teamwork | ||
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Inattentiveness is a major factor in most accidents. As noted in a
previous article, this is due to the mental shortcuts that we all use
to selectively block out normally unneeded information. What can we do
to deal with inattentiveness? We can encourage workers to watch
out for each other. This approach is often applied in structured or
high hazard situations. However, it can also be used wherever two or
more people work in proximity to each other.
Fermilab Fire Captain Chuck Kuhn notes that continuous communication and teamwork are essential to the safety of people involved in emergency responses. For example, it's common practice for one firefighter to carry a ladder while another watches for slip/trip hazards and overhead wiring. Chuck adds that firefighters share results from their inspections so there will be fewer surprises in an emergency. Fermilab Legal Counsel Gary Leonard is a Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He credits teamwork, including the wingman system, as a key ingredient to military aviation safety. Gary adds that it's important for everyone on a team to understand each other's jobs. That way all members can recognize errors or perform as substitutes. Fermilab Associate Director Jed Brown was a General in the Army Corps of Engineers. He points out that good troop leaders will often pair soldiers into teams so they can watch out for each other. They are responsible for checking the proper use of equipment and procedures, as well as generally protecting each other from harm. To prevent accidents, Jed encourages greater reliance on the buddy system at Fermilab.
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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Upcoming Classes January 19 - Editing HTML for Admin. Profs. January 25 & 26 - Behavioral Interviewing (Talent Selection) two half-days more information
URA Scholarship Applications Now Available
Weekly Fermilab Proton Driver Meeting
Scottish Country Dancing
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Tommy Gun's Garage St. Valentine's Day Massacre Adult Outing
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