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Monday, February 21 Potato Au Gratin Monte Cristo $4.75 Savory Roasted Chicken Quarters $3.75 Lasagna Bolognaise $3.75 Chicken Ranch Wrapper $4.75 Assorted Pizza Slices $2.75 Szechuan Style Pork Lo Mein $4.75 The Wilson Hall Cafe now accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1.
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Today marks the kickoff of Fermilab's recognition of National Engineers week. The official kickoff will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wilson Hall 5th floor crossover with opening remarks by Dave Nevin of Fermilab Engineering Services. At noon each day of the week in One West, a featured speaker will present various topics. Today's featured presentation will be by Vic Kuchler of Fermilab Engineering Services, called
"International Linear Collider - Conventional Facilities Overview." The talk will describe the current status of the conventional facilities efforts, progress in the formation of the Global Design Initiative and outlook for the future.
Check out the Fermilab E-week Website (onsite access only) for a complete agenda including other presentations, activities, and tours at the Technical Division and DZero (both require reservations from Website link). A Food Drive to benefit The Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry will be held throughout the week of February 21 - 25. Collection boxes will be outside One West at noon for each talk, on WH 5E at the elevator and at the Comitium on February 25. Any monetary contributions can be given to Connie Crome, WH 5E, MS 214. All monetary donations are tax-deductible and you will receive a receipt. The Director's talk to all engineers will occur at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday in One West and be followed by an all-engineers picture in the Atrium. The Finale luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday on the 2nd floor crossover (reservations and $5 payment required by Wednesday, Feb. 23) and will feature a presentation on "Engineers of NuMI" by Elaine McCluskey of Fermilab Engineering Services. The activities are designed to be of interest to all lab employees and not just engineers.
National Engineers week is an official recognition for all engineers and contributions to society from all engineering disciplines. This week is specifically intended as a visible outreach to promote the engineering profession to students of all age groups across the nation. Visit the national E-Week Website to learn more about this week's activities around the nation and throughout the year.
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From Interactions.org, February 17, 2005 Unique Global Light Source Website Launched Washington, D.C. -- Today the international light source community launched the first website dedicated to providing the media, general public and scientific community with the latest news and information on the world’s accelerator-driven light sources (synchrotrons and free-electron lasers) and the science they produce.
The Web site was developed and is jointly maintained by the Light Source Communicators Group, whose members represent the world's light source facilities in Europe, North America and Asia. Funding for the project is provided by science funding agencies of many nations.
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Although significant progress has been made in preventing accidents at Fermilab, we should always be thinking about novel approaches to meet the demands of new work practices and ever-increasing expectations. Three interesting ideas that have emerged in recent years are zero-accident vision, generalization of safety, and globalization.
Zero-accident vision - People often tolerate accidents simply because they believe them to be non-preventable. Establishing difficult-to-achieve safety goals is one approach to help inspire a zero-accident vision. This can be a useful measure to counteract fatalism. Generalization of safety - People use different safety efforts depending on their life functions: work, leisure, home and travel. Many people enjoy participation in risk-taking behaviors with their personal time. This is one reason that workers are far more likely to suffer an injury at home, on the road or during leisure activities than on the job. If people combine the best safety practices from their various life functions, they stand to garner the most benefit. Besides, traditional boundaries among life segments can become blurred in activities, such as with "telecommuting." Globalization - Large particle accelerator facilities, such as Fermilab, are good examples of international cooperation. People generally expect higher levels of safety and environmental standards from international activities than they do from local enterprises. In fact, multinational companies often work to improve their accident statistics, conscious of the need to preserve their global brand reputations. In addition, the Internet has made it easier than ever before to rapidly disseminate and update standards over an ever-widening population.
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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Budker Seminar Series The next Budker Seminar will be on Tuesday, February 22. Xiaobiao Huang will present "Fitting the Fully-Coupled ORM for the Booster" at 6:00 p.m. in the Users' Center Music Room. Beverages & pizza will be served.
Upcoming Classes:
February PC Manager Meeting
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