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Wednesday, May 3 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West Speaker: J. Tarter, SETI Institute Title: The Allen Telescope Array: 42 is More than the Answer to “Life, the Universe, and Everything” THERE WILL BE NO FERMILAB ILC R&D MEETING THIS WEEK
Thursday, May 4 Click here for links to descriptions of each event. |
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Wednesday, May 3 -Creamy Mushroom Chicken Soup -Texas Style Meatloaf Sandwich -Chicken Walintons -Italian Sausage with Peppers -Smoked Turkey Panini Pesto Mayo -Sausage & Pepperoni Combo -Chicken Alfredo Fettucine The Wilson Hall Cafe accepts Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express. |
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Wednesday, May 3 Lunch -Closed
Thursday, May 4
Chez Leon Menu |
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Most of the occupants of the pioneer cemetery have long been forgotten. But 16-year-old boy scout Adam Rea will try to recover those lost histories this summer by restoring the cemetery for his Eagle Scout Award. "I thought it was a good project for the lab, and I thought it was something interesting--atypical--for a scout to do [for his Eagle Award project]," said Bob Lootens of Roads and Grounds. Lootens is Rea's advisor for the project.
Fewer than 20 stones remain since the cemetery was rediscovered in 1907, hidden under a thicket of raspberry bushes. After a century and a half of weathering, most of the inscriptions are barely legible, but one can still make out a few-such as a stone dedicated to Alfred Benedict, son of Isaac and Mary Benedict, died Jan. 19, 1854, aged 21, and another to Henrietta Mead, died September 15, 1851, aged 2. Among the faded names on the stones are two clearly marked graves: that of General Thompson Mead, who served as a lieutenant in the war of 1812, and, by far the newest addition, that of Fermilab's founding director Robert Wilson, who was buried there in 2000.
Rea's restoration will include resetting the grave markers, repainting the "Pioneer Cemetery" sign, and collecting any information that can be gleaned from the ravaged stones. He may make rubbings of the existing markers, or sift through newspaper articles that cite epitaphs that have long since been erased. He will then display what he has learned about the buried individuals next to their graves.
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| Hadron Collider Physics Symposium 2006: May 22-26 |
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This year's Hadron Collider Physics Symposium will be hosted by Duke
University in Durham, North Carolina, from May 22-26. This symposium has
been a major forum for the presentation of Tevatron Collider
measurements. It is the 17th conference of a series, the last two having
been held at Michigan State (2004) and Les Diablerets (2005). The meeting
has recently been merged with the LHC Symposium, and this meeting will
mark the transition to the LHC era.
At the Duke meeting, Tevatron results based upon about 1 inverse femtobarn of data will be presented, along with recent measurements made at RHIC, HERA and B factories. The status and plans for all LHC experiments will also be presented, showing the expected physics reach beyond the CDF and DZero experiments. Included in the conference will be theoretical reviews relevant to the full range of hadron collider research. Information about the conference including registration, scientific program, hotel accomodation and travel is available at the conference website. |
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The Christian Science Monitor,
May 1, 2006:
Physicists hope to win support for new subatomic smasher For decades, United States high-energy physics labs have been at the forefront of high profile - and expensive - efforts to probe the nature of matter. Now, as labs overseas begin to overshadow facilities here, researchers are trying to find ways to keep the US program free of cobwebs.
A panel of scientists from inside and outside the field says the US should make the next major particle collider on the horizon - the International Linear Collider - the centerpiece of its high-energy physics efforts. Washington should announce its desire to host the collider, if it's built. It should support a robust, related research and development program so if the machine finds a home elsewhere, US scientists will still have ready entree.
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| ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source makes first neutrons | ||
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| One of the largest and most anticipated U.S. science construction
projects of the past several decades has passed its most
significant performance test. DOE's Spallation Neutron Source,
located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has generated its first
neutrons. Just after 2 p.m., Friday, April 28, a pulse of protons
from the SNS's accelerator complex, traveling at nearly the speed
of light, struck its mercury target. The protons "spalled" neutrons
from the nuclei of mercury circulating inside the target. "We are
now officially a neutron source," said SNS Director Thom Mason.
--Bill Cabage, ORNL |
| In yesterday's edition of Fermilab Today, the Run II anniversary story stated that the Tevatron has reached 160 times the peak luminosity of Run I. Actually, the peak luminosity is 160 times greater than the first 36x36 store of Run II--and about 7 times greater than the peak luminosity reached by the end of Run I. |
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D Road tentatively scheduled to close tomorrow Fundraiser for John LaFleur
Batavia Road entrance to close for cars and bicycles
International Folk Dancing
Children's Swim Lessons
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