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Monday, September 8 2:30 pm Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar - Curia II Speaker: J. Khoury, Columbia University Title: Chameleons and Awaiting Surprises for Tests of Gravity in Space 3:30 pm Director's Coffee Break - 2nd Floor Crossover 4:00 pm All Experimenters' Meeting - Curia II
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Monday, September 8 Southern black eyed pea soup Fried Chicken $4.75 Chef's Choice $3.50 Roast Beef and Carmelized Onions $4.75 Mexican Burger $4.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Countdown to Shutdown Today begins the ten-week shutdown of Fermilab's accelerator complex. Supported by technicians from throughout the laboratory, the Beams Division will carry out a number of crucial projects: improving the vacuum of the Recycler storage ring by baking the beam pipe; installing the first stretch of the new NuMI beam line in the Main Injector tunnel and the NuMI carrier tunnel; adjusting the position of superconducting coils inside 106 Tevatron magnets by inserting tiny shims about 100 microns thick; installing a new precision alignment network in the Tevatron tunnel; and upgrading the Booster accelerator so that it can handle higher proton intensities. Accelerator experts will also use the access to the accelerator tunnels to carry out regular maintenance and a variety of smaller projects such as the installation of beam position monitors. |
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And the winners are... Fermilab Softball League Champions |
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The softball season is over and the champions are Final Force who
eliminated all challengers in the playoffs with a final of 4
wins and 0 losses. The final standings for the other teams are: Second place Springfield Isotopes Third place Boomers Fourth place The D Zero Nuts Fifth Place Euro Trash |
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Second Annual Fermilab GSA Triathlon |
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On August 23, the GSA hosted their second annual Fermilab triathlon. The overall winners
are: First Place Male: Mark Mattson (1:15:17) First Place Female: Lauren Tompkins (1:15:47) The champions were awarded $25 gift certificates for a dinner out on the town for their speedy performance. More information about the triathlon is available on the GSA webpage. |
FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, September 5, 2003Uncertain Fate: Office of Science Authorization Legislation Despite much attention that has been given to the relatively flat funding profile for the Department of Energy's Office of Science, and physical sciences in general, the outlook on a legislative initiative to increase the Office of Science budget is clouded. Whether this initiative, a rather small portion of the massive and hugely controversial energy policy bill, will ever get to President Bush's desk is a large unknown. read more
From Physics World, September 2003
Q: Why won't Heisenberg's operators live in the suburbs?
Q: What do you get if you cross a pig with a rat?
So this neutron walks into a bar, orders a pint of lager and begins to open his wallet when the barman says, "For you, no charge!".
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September 3 - September 5 - During this 48-hour period, Operations established two stores. They delivered approximately 28 hours and 14 minutes of luminosity to the experiments. - The TeV suffered a quench due to a problem with dampers. - A Pbar Debuncher device (D:ISEPV) temporarily halted stacking. View the current accelerator update View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts |
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Interior Window Cleaning for Wilson Hall Starts Today The cleaning crew will start today at 8:00 a.m. Please remove any papers that are taped to your window. Please move any papers or other items on your desk that are near the windows. For questions, contact Enixe Castro at x2798. The windows will be cleaned according to the schedule below: September 8: 15th, 14th, 13th floors September 9: 12th, 11th, 10th floors September 10: 9th, 8th, 7th floors September 11: 6th, 5th, 4th floors September 12: 3rd, 2nd, 1st floors September 15: Ground floor and mezzanine
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