Superconducting RF Test Facility: Getting ready

Crew welding the pipes at the far upstream end of the cryostat (TESLA-type cavity part).

An important prerequisite for building the ILC is to estalish the design and manufacturing of major and vital components, such as cryomodules for the main linacs, through realistic operating conditions. The Tesla Test Facility (FLASH) at DESY and Fermilab's ILC Test Area have been pursued to play critical roles in the European and American regions to this end. KEK also aims to serve as an Asian regional center for the main linac technology, and their STF (Superconducting RF Test Facility) and R&D programs are a manifestation of its endeavour. Many members of STF from KEK are active members in the GDE and in close collaborative relationships with colleagues from DESY, INFN, Orsay, FNAL, JLab, Cornell and SLAC. Major laboratories from China, Korea, and India, have expressed their interests or have already begun interactions with the program at STF in various forms also.

Nego Gato: Music and dance of Brazil this Saturday night

Performance troupe Nego Gato combines Afro-Brazilian costumes, drumming and dance.

The Afro-Brazilian drum and dance company Nego Gato will perform this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Auditorium. The group infuses elements of samba, reggae and Afro-Jazz into their music, and their dance is inspired by Capoeira, a martial art once practiced by enslaved Africans in Brazil. Before the performance, Carol Chappell, historian for Nego Gato, will offer a lecture at 7 p.m. entitled "From Africa to Brazil: 500 Years of History."

Batavia bridge repairs extended
Construction on the Wilson Street Bridge in Batavia, which was originally scheduled to end this Sunday, March 4, has been extended. The bridge will now reopen in the evening on Wednesday, March 7.

NALWO Cooking Demonstration
NALWO will host a German cooking demonstration, presented by Selitha Raja and Angela Jostlein on Monday, March 12 from 10:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Chez Leon in the Users' Center. Come to learn traditional techniques and recipes and stay for lunch to taste the results! Please RSVP to SelithaR@hotmail.com or call Selitha Raja at 630-305-7769.

Children's Summer Day Camp
Registration for the Fermilab Summer Day Camp for children, ages 7 through 12 years of age, will begin March 1. Deadline to register is 5:00 p.m. on March 29. Entrance into the camp is made by lottery drawing on March 30. Session I is June 11 to June 29; Session II is July 2 to July 20; Session III is July 23 to August 10. The fee for each three-week session is $285.00. A $125.00 per child, per session deposit is required at the time of registration. More information regarding the camp and registration forms can be found in the Recreation Office, Housing Office, Users Office and on the Recreation web page or call the Recreation Office at x5427 or x2548.

Open Science Grid Education Workshop
Deadline to register, March 2
The 2007 Midwest Grid Workshop will be held from March 24 to 25 at the National Center for Data Mining and the Laboratory for Advanced Computing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and co-hosted at the International Center for Advanced Internet Research at Northwestern University. The workshop introduces essential skills to conduct and support large-scale scientific analysis in emerging grid and distributed computing environments for researchers in many disciplines. Participants will learn to use grids of thousands of processors and will be able to continue to use these resources for their research after the workshop. Students, researchers, educators and professionals in any scientific, data or computing-intensive disciplines may apply. The deadline is March 2 (notification by March 9). For more information and application, please visit the web site.

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