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Thursday, August 21 2:30 pm Theoretical Physics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: R. Hill, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Title: New Directions in the Soft Collinear Effective Field Theory 3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Floor Crossover THERE WILL BE NO ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR TODAY
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Thursday, August 21 Garden vegetable soup Shrimp fajitas w/rice and beans $4.75 Salisbury steak $3.50 Muffaletta sandwich $4.75 Grilled turkey reuben $4.75 Sushi Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
 Chance T-Storms 92º/65º
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Fermilab Defends Against Computer Virus Attacks |
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On Tuesday, Fermilab, like much of the world, had to deal with two
simultaneous Windows worms, "Sobig.F" and "Nachi/Welchia". We continue to be
attacked and it is urgent that all Windows users update their virus scanning
signatures and apply Microsoft's critical security patches.
The "Sobig.F" worm spreads via email attachment, and requires a user to open the attachment to activate it. It was responsible for a flood of recent spam before updated virus signatures were available for our email gateways. The best defense is never to open unexpected email attachments, even if they appear to be from someone you know, and to run current virus scanning software. "From:" addresses on these spam messages are almost always forged. The "Nachi/Welchia" worm spreads via direct attacks on Microsoft Windows network vulnerabilities. To protect your computer, install Microsoft's critical security patch MS03-26 (including rebooting). While our network perimeter filters help protect us from infection from the general internet, worms may be brought inside the lab via travelers' laptops or other methods. Attacks are so rapid that we are seeing cases of vulnerable machines being infected during bootup.
Machines infected by either of these viruses will be disconnected from the
network until proper repairs are made. Contact your support person or the CD
HelpDesk for further information. CD has posted
information
for removing "Nachi/Welchia" for admins and expert users.
Microsoft posts general
security information.
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Last Chance to Help Keep Fermilab Clean It all started four years ago when Bob Lootens of Roads & Grounds received calls from Fermilab employees saying that they would volunteer to clean up the trash on the lab's site. And then the lunchtime volunteer clean-ups started. "We have cleaned up a lot of trash in the last four years," Lootens said. "It may not be a glorified kind of job, but it helps people appreciate the place that they work in more."
Today is the last of the five lunchtime volunteer clean-ups for this year. A
bus will pick up volunteers from Wilson Hall's ground floor east lobby at
11:45 a.m. Volunteers will collect trash around Wilson Hall and
Pine Street. After the cleanup, volunteers will be rewarded with a light lunch at the
picnic area by the Lederman Science Center. The bus will bring all of the volunteers
back to Wilson Hall around 1.30 p.m. Lootens said an average of 18 people
volunteered for each of the cleanups so far this year.
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Tuesday Night Fox Valley Golf League Crowns Tournament Champion |
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On August 19, the Tuesday Night Fox Valley Golf League
crowned its Tournament Champion at the Fox Valley Golf Club in North Aurora.
Team 2 defeated Team 3 by a score of 16-4. Martin McCrory, who shot a par 36,
and Court Bohn, who shot one over par 37, led Team 2. David Seifert
and Elliott McCrory, Team 2 Captain, contributed solid rounds of 52 and
50, respectively, for Team 2.
Brad Tryger, who shot 39, led Team 3. Ted Thorson, Team 3 Captain, won all four of his team's points. Jerry Lin shot 47, and Mike Kaiser shot 55 for Team 3.
Martin McCrory, son of Elliot McCrory, carded three birdies and
three pars in his par round. Bohn had two birdies and five pars.
Martin McCrory
was substituting for the vacationing John Voirin.
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News
August 20, 2003 Praise, Support Expressed for DOE's Office of Science DOE's Office of Science received a publicity boost on July 29. Calling the office "arguably the brightest star in the Department of Energy," Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) chaired a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy that highlighted the past achievements and future promise of research funded by the office, while noting that it has been overlooked in congressional efforts to increase the federal investment in science. read more |
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- Operations established three stores during this period. Those
stores provided six hours and forty-nine minutes of luminosity to the experiments. - Quenches troubled the Tevatron - A TeV RF station's new power amplifier tube failed and was replaced View the current accelerator update View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts |
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NALWO Coffee Hour Today The housing office cordially invites Fermilab women, guests and visitors to a Coffee Morning on the Aspen East Patio on Thursday, August 21 at 10:30 a.m. Please join us for casual conversation and light refreshments! Children are most welcome. RSVP 630-840-3082
International Folk Dancing
Butterfly Walk - August 22
Wednesday Night Bowling League
Fermilab International Film Series - 8/22
Fermilab Dart League |
