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Tuesday, September 6 3:30 p.m. Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Flr X-Over Note: There will be no Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar today
Wednesday, September 7 |
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Tuesday, September 6 - Chicken & Rice Soup - Mushroom Swiss Burger - Baked Meatloaf with a Roasted Tomato Demi-Glace - Parmesan Baked Fish - Peppered Beef - Ham & Pastrami Calzones - South of the Border Burritos with Chips & Queso The Wilson Hall Cafe now accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express at Cash Register #1. |
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Wednesday, September 7 Lunch - Salmon w/Ginger Scallion Mayo - Snow Peas & Carrot Salad - Poached Pears w/Vanilla Ice Cream & Chocolate Sauce
Thursday, September 8
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| Fermilab Singers Perform at Art in Your Eye Festival |
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Ever wonder why Simon and Garfunkel sang so soulfully about parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme? The answer was just one of the many treats served up by the Fermilab Singers on Sunday, August 14, when the choral group performed at the first annual Art in Your Eye Festival in Batavia. The singers introduced each song in the carefully chosen repertoire with an interesting story, or a description of the song's meaning. "We sing pieces from virtually any corner of the world, in any language, and from any of the last several centuries," said Singers' president Anne Heavey who is part of the Computing Division.
Sunday's song list included everything from the aforementioned Scarborough Fair to the Scottish folk song, Loch Lomond. The wide variety seemed fitting for a Fermilab choir. "The sort of research we do is international," said song director and Fermilab physicist Stephen Pordes, "like the music itself." The Singers usually perform on campus, in the auditorium or the atrium of Wilson Hall, but the more public performance at the Art In Your Eye festival attracted outside attention. "It was a bigger crowd than I expected," explained singer Katie Yurkewicz, who works in the Office of Public Affairs. "Quite a few people came over to watch us perform." Though rehearsal-time increased just before the big event, the Fermilab singers are a casual group who usually practice every Wednesday at lunchtime. Mostly, the group is there to have a good time. "It's a great break in the middle of the week to do something different from science and try my hand at music," said singer Mayling Wong of the Technical Division. But Pordes has a simpler motivation: "Singing is really healthy for the body and for the mind."
You don't have to audition to become a Fermilab Singer, but singing on key and being able to read music is a definite plus. The group can be found online and any employee or user can join.
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| From Science Magazine, September 2, 2005 The Quest for Dark Energy: High Road or Low? A space telescope could reveal the mysterious stuff that is blowing the universe apart—if those on the ground don't do it first. Seven years ago, astrophysicists asked a simple question: "How far?" The answer overturned our understanding of the cosmos. Since 1929, researchers had known that the universe is expanding. But they assumed the expansion is slowing as the universe's own gravity tugs against it. Two teams set out to observe the slowing by measuring the distances to exploding stars known as supernovae. To the researchers' surprise, the farthest supernovae were farther than expected. That meant the expansion of the universe is accelerating as if driven by some weird space-stretching "dark energy."
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| Pulling Together Over the last week we all have been profoundly affected by the horrifying images of Katrina and its aftermath. To the scale of
In the meantime, our hearts go out to all those affected. Many families have endured unimaginable losses. Many among our users and the families of our staff have suffered. In Fermilab Today on September 2nd, professor Lee Sawyer, a D0 collaborator from Louisiana Tech, explained the devastation and suggested that the most effective way to help is through well-established programs like the Red Cross and similar relief organizations. In addition, here at Fermilab we have established a webpage to provide information that will allow us to help not only through the auspices of relief organizations but more directly by providing aid to those who are part of the Fermilab family.
This catastrophe is of an unprecedented scale. It will require the nation's sustained effort over many years to recover and rebuild. I urge you all to find the ways in which you can contribute to this effort. |
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August 31-September 2 -Maintenance work was done on a number of machines. -PBar had some magnets moved as part of the maintenance period. This caused problems for stacking when PBar started back up. -After studies, tuning, and accesses, stacking returned to an acceptable level. -The machines were glitched and a store lost when Feeder 47 faulted again. Store 4363 was put in the Tevatron and was colliding this morning. -The experiments ran when beam was available. Read the Current Accelerator Update |
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Theater—Copenhagen TimeLine Theatre in Chicago presents the Tony-Award-winning drama Copenhagen. Set in 1941, the drama is about a mysterious trip by German physicist Werner Heisenberg to Copenhagen for a meeting with his Danish mentor, Niels Bohr. The play runs through October 9. More Information
Fermilab Health Fair
Career Night
Open Enrollment for the
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