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Tuesday, April 12 2:30 p.m. Special Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speaker: U.-K. Yang, University of Chicago Title: Top Quark Mass Measurement at CDF 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, April 12 Creamy Turkey Vegetable soup Popcorn Shrimp Hoagie $4.75 Salisbury Steaks w/ Mushroom au Jus $3.75 Chicken Cacciatore $3.75 Smoked Turkey Breast on Homemade Fococcia $4.75 Philly Cheese Stromboli $3.25 Chipotle Chili & Queso Nachos Supreme $4.75 The Wilson Hall Cafe now accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1.
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Barletta of Berkeley Lab Named Director of USPAS William Barletta, the head of Berkeley Lab's Accelerators and Fusion Division, was announced as the new director of the U.S. Particle Accelerator School on March 1, 2005 . The USPAS is a consortium of nine national laboratories and two universities, administered and headquartered at Fermilab that holds
Barletta hopes to establish 20 new summer internships at various DOE laboratories. Barletta views these new positions as a good thing for both students and labs. "Students will get a chance to spend a lot of time and gain valuable experience on actual accelerators," he said, "while this would be a reward for the laboratories that help pay for the school." Barletta also hopes to add classes in laser technology. "I feel the USPAS is a successful model of instruction, as well as an important link to the academic community," he said.
Barletta received his Ph. D. in high energy physics from the University of
Chicago in 1972. He has taught at Yale and UCLA, and conducted research at
Berkeley and Livermore laboratories.
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CDF Tips DZero For Title In Fermilab NCAA Bracket The University of Illinois Fighting Illini carried the dreams of their fans and CDF to the NCAA Men's National Championship game in St. Louis last Monday, April 4, where they were defeated by the University of North Carolina, 75-70. CDF, with tournament representation from Illinois, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Penn. State, UCLA, Duke, Michigan State, and Florida, came in with a combined record of 16-8 (.667). DZero had a final record of 11-6 (.647) with Arizona, Washington, Michigan State, Kansas, Iowa State and Oklahoma. When Texas, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Stanford all lost in the first round, MINOS
Fermilab's Education Office has tabulated the results on the success of
QuarkNet and non-QuarkNet schools from the past seven tournaments.
For the men's division, the stats show that QuarkNet schools are less
likely than other schools to lose in the first round, and are more likely
than other schools to win three or more games (chi2 = 7.05, df = 3,
p = 0.0704). QuarkNet schools in the women's national tournament are
less likely than other schools to lose in the first round and are more
likely than other schools to win exactly two games, reaching the Sweet Sixteen
and then losing (chi2 = 15.2, df = 3, p = 0.00169).
Spencer Pasero and fellow Education Office statisticians are now working
hard to improve the correlation between QuarkNet schools and tournament success.
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From the Washington Post, April 10, 2005 Our Incredible Shrinking Curiosity By Rick Weiss "Bones, there's a -- thing -- out there," Captain James T. Kirk says to starship physician Leonard McCoy in the 1979 film, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." That "thing," it turns out, is a huge cloud of intelligence with some kind of object at its core -- an object that calls itself "Veeger."
"Veeger" -- actually "V . . . ger" -- proves to be the spacecraft Voyager, launched from Earth some 300 years earlier. The letters "oya" have been obscured by space grime so that the computerized device has long ago forgotten its full name. But like the ultimate Timex watch, it is still ticking.
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Good Morning!
A new feature this spring compared to the last three is the larger number of weekend visitors on our site. About three and a half years ago, we tightened the security for the entire Fermilab site. One of the most dramatic changes was the reduction in the number people taking advantage of Fermilab's natural attractions, especially in good weather. Over time we made some changes to accommodate certain classes of visitors. This changed for the better on January 24, when we started to operate under a new security plan. People can now drive to the most popular recreational locations without the need for visitors' passes. Certain specific workplaces are identified as property protection areas, where ID badges are required.
Establishing separate rules for these different parts of the site makes
it possible for many more visitors to enjoy Fermilab. This reestablishes
a connection that is important for the surrounding community and
for Fermilab.
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April 8 - April 11 - During this 72 hour period Operation established two stores that provided the experiments with approximately 42 hours and 22 minutes of luminosity - A Recycler-only store quenched before it was established - Booster had East Anode power supply problems
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Spring Book Fair - April 27-28 Fermilab Recreation will sponsor the Spring Book Fair, hosted by Books are Fun, in the Atrium on Wednesday, April 27 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM and on Thursday, April 28 from 7:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Books are Fun will be offering a new selection of hard cover books with savings of up to 70%. The Book Fair features in excess of 200 titles — Cookbooks, General Information Books, Inspirational Books, Children's Books, Bestsellers and more. They also offer a special section of photo albums, cards and gift items. The Book Fair will accept cash, personal check, MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover card. A portion of the proceeds from the Book Fair subsidizes some of our Recreation Programs. more information Children's Swim Lessons; Registration Begins in May The YMCA will again be conducting Children's Swim Lessons at Fermilab. Lessons are open to children of employees, users, and approved contractors ages 4 yrs. to 12 yrs. Lessons will be taught in two-week sessions, Monday through Thursday, with Fridays reserved for make-up classes. Preschool classes (age 4 & 5) will be 30 minutes in length and cost $40.00 per child/per session. The cost for all other classes is $45.00 per child/per session. Registration must be made through the Recreation Office by completing a registration form and returning the completed form with the appropriate payment to the Recreation Office, WH15W, M.S. 126. Payment may be made by cash, check, or credit card (Visa or Mastercard). There is a STRICT registration deadline for each session at noon the Thursday prior to the start of the session. More information and dates of the sessions can be found on the Recreation web page.
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