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Fermilab Today will be on vacation starting December 24 and will
resume on January 5. Season's Greetings!
Monday, December 22
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Monday, December 22 Fried Chicken tenders coated with herbs and spices served with wedge potatoes $3.50 Oven roasted turkey breast with munster brushed with a wild cherry mayo on herb foccacia $4.75 Half pound burger with sauteed crimini mushrooms and melted swiss cheese $4.75 Baked salmon with pineapple cilantro salsa and chipotle mashed potatoes $4.75 Eurest Dining Center Weekly Menu Chez Leon |
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Change in Security Level |
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On Sunday, the United States Government raised the national threat level
from an Elevated to High risk of terrorist attack - or from Code Yellow to
Code Orange. The Department of Energy has requested that Fermilab change
its security measures accordingly, from SECON 3 to SECON 2. Non-guided
visitor programs and recreational activities are suspended. read more |
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Science Magazine Breakthrough of the Year: Microwave mapping, SDSS data on dark energy | ||
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Science Magazine has announced its Breakthrough of the Year: the microwave mapping of the universe by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which combined with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to declare that the universe is only 4% ordinary matter; 23% is exotic matter, dark mass that astrophysicists believe is made up of an as-yet-undetected particle; and the remainder, 73%, is dark energy.
"This year," writes Charles Seife, "thanks to WMAP, the SDSS data, and new supernova observations, cosmologists finally know for sure that the universe is made of dark matter and was blown apart by dark energy."
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22 Members of FESS Receive Employee Performance Recognition Awards | ||
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Last Thursday, Mike Witherell presented Employee Performance
Recognition Awards to 22 members of the Facilities Engineering
Services Section for their hard work implementing DOE's Utilities
Incentive Program at Fermilab. UIP allows utilities companies
and DOE facilities to invest in energy-saving measures that will
pay for themselves in 10 years or less. Since FESS joined the program
in 1998, Fermilab has invested nearly $60 million in new infrastructure
and other projects.
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Seasonal Decorations Galore from the Accelerator Division | ||
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Vacuum Failure Suspends Tevatron Operations |
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A vacuum leak in one of the superconducting magnets in section B1 of the
Tevatron requires the shutdown of collider operations for approximately 12
days. The repair of the leak, which was detected after a quench on Saturday morning,
requires the warm-up of B1 to room temperature, including the warm-up of the
low beta quadrupole magnets. This adds additional time to the warm-up and cool-down.
In the days before the leak, Fermilab's accelerator complex set several
records. The Tevatron achieved a record peak luminosity, and the Recycler
and Main Injector rings, which are not affected by the
shutdown, set efficiency records. The Recycler Ring transferred
8 GeV antiprotons to the Main Injector with 100 percent efficiency, and the
MI accelerated the particles to 150 GeV with 100 percent efficiency.
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Holiday Safety Tips from the Fermilab Fire Department |
The holidays can be a wonderful time of year for
children and families alike. The following are just a
few safety tips to keep the holidays safe.
On behalf of the Fermilab Fire Department,
we wish you a safe and happy holiday.
If purchasing a live tree, cut the base at a 45-degree
angle and place in water.
The needles should be hard to pull off and should
not fall off when tapped on the ground. The branches should also bend easily.
Place the tree in a wide base that would be difficult to tip over.
Keep the tree away from all heat sources that may dry the tree
out and start a fire. Also, keep it away from doorways and traffic areas.
When the tree becomes dry, discard it immediately.
Keep the tree well watered. If using chemicals in the water,
keep pets and children away as these may cause vomiting.
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December 17 - December 19 - Operations established two stores during this period that delivered 38 hours and 5 minutes of luminosity. - Recycler shot antiprotons to the Main Injector. View the current accelerator update View the Tevatron Luminosity Charts |
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Recreation Film Developing Holiday Schedule There will be no film pickup or processed photo delivery on December 24-26 and December 31-January 2. The schedule will return to normal on Monday, January 5. During the holidays we realize many people shoot many rolls of film. If you have multiple rolls of film or cameras to develop and you do not want to write checks or have money orders for each envelope, follow the directions posted at the drop-off box or call the Recreation Office.
Recreation Discounts
Scottish Country Dancing
Recreation Adult Outing |