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Friday, August 8 3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Floor Crossover 4:00 pm Joint Experimental Theoretical Physics Seminar - 1 West Speakers: A. Dominguez, Berkeley Lab, R. Kehoe, Michigan State Title: New Run II Results
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Friday, August 8 Clam chowder Chef's choice $3.50 Lemon pepper baked fish $4.75 Gourmet sandwiches $4.75 The works burger $4.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Secon Level 3 |
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Digging Antiprotons |
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Construction is on its way for a building adjacent to the Main Injector at MI-30. The new building, designated MI-31, will be a 4,000-square-foot, metal-sided structure with a height of 35 feet. The project began in March 2003 and is slated for completion in March 2004, at an expected cost of $3.8 million. The building will house the electron cooling equipment for the Recycler's antiproton beam. According to Jeff Sims, FESS, the construction is on schedule and on budget. Electron cooling, currently under development at Fermilab's Wideband Lab, will reduce the size of the antiproton beam and increase the Tevatron luminosity.
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Technical Division Picnic |
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"Teamwork" was the theme of this year's TD picnic, and more than 200 employees gathered in front of the Kuhn barn to enjoy a beautiful summer day over hot dogs, burgers, and cold salads. Division Head Bob Kephart addressed the group thanking them for a safe and productive year, highlighting major projects in the last year. "I am proud of having accomplished all this working safely. Keep up the good work," he said.
The organizing committee had prepared a number of games, including a water balloon tossing contest. In keeping with the picnic's theme, a team of TD employees sneaked up on Kephart and pelted him with some extra balloons. Kephart laughed off the friendly assault, setting the tone for a fun time with games, raffles, handouts and plenty of wet shirts. |
Teachers tune their skills Thirteen teachers from the Chicago region spent this week at Fermilab to learn more about plant identification and other activities that will engage their students, grades 6-8, as they study the prairie this fall. Teachers must complete this workshop, called Particles and Prairies, before they can bring students on a field trip to the Fermilab prairie. |
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From an announcement by the British PPARC: World's largest robotic telescope ready for action! |
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The Liverpool Telescope, the world's largest fully robotic telescope, has snapped its first images of the heavens this week. The 2 meter optical telescope is located on La Palma in the Canary Islands. "This enables us to study such phenomena as supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts - the biggest explosions in space," said Professor David Carter of the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) of Liverpool John Moores University.
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Rod Walton, ecologist at Fermilab, on our July 25 "Mosquito Magnets" story: Ecologists are fond of the saying, "You can't do just one thing," and it's true. We all know about unintended consequences, even in our everyday lives. So it is with the "mosquito magnets." These contraptions may work (although one should remain skeptical) but there is a cost. For one thing, the machines have a pretty hefty price tag -- anywhere from $100 to $1500.
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Elaine Phillips is department head of PPD Support Services.
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Extreme Computing, Aug. 14 Listen to six experts who've pioneered the computing revolution happening right now: Grid computing. Free public lecture on Thursday, 8/14, at 7:30 p.m. For ticket reservations call 630-840-8720.
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DOE on the Web
Illinois Renewable Energy Fair,
Golf Outing on Aug. 21
Dance Performance on Aug. 10
Fermilab Tuesday Fox Valley Golf League |
