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Wednesday, November 19 3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over 4:00 p.m. Fermilab Colloquium - 1 West Speaker: C. de Duve, Rockefeller University/ Christian de Duve Institute, Brussels Title: Singularities in the Origin and Evolution of Life
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Wednesday, November 19 Beef barley soup Seasoned and slow roasted beef w/pan dripped au jus $4.75 Roasted chicken tossed w/a vegetable cream sauce and rice baked en casserole $3.50 Tuna Catalina stacker w/smoked applewood bacon $4.75 Half pound burger topped w/Wisconsin Swiss and smoked ham on a toasted onion roll $4.75 Wild greens w/roasted veggies, wild cherries and almonds $3.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Former Fermilab Employee Helps Education Go Virtual Matt Wicks, who once managed the Fermilab Computing Division's Operating System Support Department, now expands educational opportunities through the Illinois Virtual High School, where students across
Through IVHS, students can take classes that scheduling problems,
insufficient funding, or a lack of qualified teachers would have
prevented them from attending at their public or private high schools.
Home-schooled students, those pursuing a GED, and students who aren't
succeeding in a traditional high school have another choice for learning.
"Personally, those types of situations are the most rewarding, when we can
turn someone from a high school dropout to a high school graduate,"
says Wicks. Since January 2001, some 5,500 students have used the IVHS.
Technology, foreign language and AP review classes are in high demand,
with Web page design the most popular semester-long course.
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From Daily Herald November 18, 2003 Nobel winner talks to teachers Lisa Smith, Daily Herald Staff Writer
Sucking a bottle teaches us about pressure; learning to walk teaches us about gravity. Yet physics often is the last high school science course students take - of those students who opt to take it at all.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman is leading a grass-roots campaign to change that, one school district at a time. He spoke to St. Charles school district science teachers at St. Charles East High School Monday afternoon.
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From BBC News, November 18, 2003 Scientists find mystery particle By Dr David Whitehouse, BBC News Online science editor Scientists have found a sub-atomic particle they cannot explain using current theories of energy and matter.
The discovery was made by researchers based at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation in Tsukuba.
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Nobel Prize Winner Christian de Duve Speaks at Fermilab's Colloquium Today
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Unix Users Meeting There will be a Unix Users Meeting, Wednesday November 19, 2003 at 1:00pm. It will be at Curia II. The agenda: - Hepix Report - Fermi Linux Support: Fermi Linux 7.1.x Fermi Linux 7.3.x Fermi Linux 9.0.x Fermi Linux LTS 3.0.x - First rolling release of Fermi Linux LTS 30 rolling - Tips and Tricks: Upgrading from 7.1.x to 7.3.x via yum more information
International Folk Dancing
Bible Exploration for Lunch
Fermilab Association of Rocketry
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