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Monday, May 16 8:30 a.m. EPP 2010: Elementary Particle Physics in the 21st Century, 1 West Meeting agenda THERE WILL BE NO PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS SEMINAR THIS WEEK THERE WILL BE NO DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK TODAY THERE WILL BE NO ALL EXPERIMENTERS' MEETING THIS WEEK
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Monday, May 16 Potato Au Gratin $1.90 Monte Cristo $4.75 Savory Roasted Chicken Quarters $3.75 Lasagna Bolognaise $3.75 Chicken Ranch Wrapper $4.75 Assorted Pizza Slices $2.75 Szuchuan 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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EPP 2010 Meeting on Monday The committee for the National Research Council's decadal study of particle physics, EPP 2010, will hold its third meeting at Fermilab on Monday, May 16. All Fermilab employees and users are invited to attend the open sessions of the meeting. An agenda is available online. Live streaming video will also be available online. |
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On May 7, the Soudan Underground Laboratory hosted its 15th annual Open House.
More than 500 people came to learn more about the research at the lab half a mile
underground. Scientists and technicians had set up six stations at which visitors
could learn about the MINOS and the CDMS experiments, the proposed NOvA experiment,
and U.S. plans for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL).
Every 10 minutes, guides took a group of 10 to 12 people underground. One of the
highlights of the tour this year was a demonstration with liquid nitrogen and
balloons, offered by the CDMS group.
"Bringing down a new tour every 10 minutes and staying on schedule for almost
9 straight hours was a long, hard day, but it was very rewarding," said lab
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Texas in Sights as Nelson
Winds Up Dual Lab Career
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Particle Physics Division's Charles Nelson retired last Friday, May 13,
after 29 years at Fermilab. He arrived in 1976 to work on E272 as a senior
research fellow from the University of Rochester, then was hired by the lab
two years later. Just 15 minutes into his first day he created a firestorm.
"I had the very sad duty to inform the experiment spokespeople that their
electronics would not work," said Nelson, who had found significant flaws
in a detector component. "I was under intense pressure from very important
physicists," he said. "But everyone worked through the problems."
A physicist by training, Nelson reinvented himself in later years as an electronics engineer. He explained why: "Physicists wanted detectors to do everything, and not being engineers, they would always insist that new electronics be able to do much more than was really necessary. The engineers, not being physicists, would then have a hard time understanding what the performance priorities were. I wanted to see both sides." Nelson's most gratifying project is CDF's Run II calorimeter readout. "It's still working very well," he said, adding that he always had a sense of autonomy at the lab. "I had a lot of responsibility, and I took it very seriously," said Nelson. "I will miss the people at the lab, and wish it the best. Something tells me the future of the lab will be bright."
Nelson will move to Texas to finish building his new home, where he
and his wife, Karen, will spend time before he seeks another job. He
would like to be an instructor at a community college, or maybe a
consultant. "What ever my next job is, my wife insists that I have
plenty of time to travel with her," said Nelson.
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From CERN Courier, May 2005 On 21 March, the UK's science and innovation minister announced the approval and funding of the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment, MICE, at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). MICE will use a new, dedicated muon beam line at the laboratory's pulsed neutron and muon source, ISIS. read more
From Kavli Foundation Press Release, May 11, 2005
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Safety feedback When giving someone feedback about safety performance, it's pretty easy to establish a confrontational style.
Have a great day and let's work safely all week!
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Fitness Theme: Laughter
Really Is Best Medicine
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All Fermilab employees are encouraged to enjoy Employee Health and
Fitness Day, Wednesday, May 18 from 11:30am to 1:00pm on the Tevatron
Road. "Be a kid, have fun!" says EHFD coordinator Jean Guyer of the
Recreation Office. This year's EHFD theme is "Laughter is the best medicine."
At the registration table, participants will receive yogurt and game tickets for the three hilarious game stations set up on the Tevatron Road. At each game, participants will compete for prizes like kazoos and whoopee cushions. They will also turn in their game tickets to qualify them for over 240 prizes and incentives, ranging from a barbecue tool set to a heat massager. Participants are not required to complete the entire walk, only as much as they feel comfortable doing. The department with the largest percentage of employees attending will receive a trophy. Business Services won last year, and Lab Services the previous year.
The program is part of a national effort to enhance the overall health
and productivity of any organization by getting employees out of the
office for exercise. "Fermilab really does care about the health of
its employees," said Guyer.
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May 11 - May 13 - During this 48 hour period operations established one store that combined with an existing store provided approximately 28 hours and 39 minutes of luminosity - Store 4138 sets New Luminosity Record: 126.97E30 - Lightening causes loss of store, stack, and trips many systems - MiniBooNE horn suffers cooling problem
Read the Current Accelerator Update |
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New Issue of CERN Courier The May issue of the CERN Courier is now available online.
Fermilab Arts Series Announces 2005 Summer Season
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