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Season's Greetings: Happy holidays from Fermilab
From the Scientific Computing Division: Computing matters at CMS
From the Director Search Committee: Thanks and appreciation
University Profile: California Institute of Technology
Photos of the Day: In a reindeer-drawn sleigh, Santa wishes Fermilab happy holidays
Photos of the Day: Wish upon a shooting star
Photos of the Day: Fermilab holiday celebration
Safety Update: ESH&Q weekly report, Dec. 18
From The Economist, Nov. 21, 2012: Know your neutrinos
From CERN, Dec. 17, 2012: The first LHC protons run ends with new milestone

Profile: One minute with Mari Mendez, administrative associate in the Business Services Section
Director's Corner: Happy holidays!
Milestone: Linac beam now turned on
Photo of the Day: Liquid scintillator beginning to fill NOvA far-detector blocks
Construction Update: IARC Office, Technical and Education Building takes shape
Video of the Day: Dan Hooper TEDx talk online
Correction: Electron gun and ASTA
From Brookhaven National Laboratory, Dec. 13, 2012: Doon Gibbs named interim lab director
From Nature, Dec. 14, 2012: Japan in pole position to host particle smasher

Preparing to provide NML's electron beam in 2013
Tip of the Week: Health: Save your sole from plantar fasciitis
Photo of the Day: Red-tailed hawk assumes post
Milestone: New employees - December
From Northern Star, Dec. 9, 2012: Hultgren forms new Congressional science caucus

From symmetry: Explain it in 60 seconds: decay channel
CMS Result: Hidden valleys in our own backyard
In Brief: Higgs boson discovery, MINERvA make Physics World's top-10 breakthrough list of 2012
Wellness Feature of the Month: January wellness offerings, fitness classes and discounts
From New Scientist, Dec. 13, 2012: Higgs boson having an identity crisis
From BBC News, Dec. 12, 2012: Hubble Space Telescope achieves deepest cosmic view yet

Special Announcement: Holiday Celebration - today at 4 in Wilson Hall atrium
Result of the Week: Another charm revolution?
Insulation installation at test beam facility
Photo of the Day: Sally Field at CMS meeting
From symmetry: Zombies invade the LHC in student-made horror film
From the Daily Herald, Dec. 8, 2012: Bird-watching program at Fermilab accesses normally off-limits areas

Special Announcement: Physics for Everyone - today at 12:30; Holiday Celebration - tomorrow at 4
From the Particle Physics Division: Going deep for detector R&D
Bob Wilson elected co-spokesperson for LBNE
Photo of the Day: A dash of red
University Profile: Texas A&M University
From symmetry: Fundamental Physics Prize recognizes Higgs hunters
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Dec. 11
From Information Week, Dec. 10, 2012: DOE, national labs reveal sweeping cloud strategy

Special Announcement: Director Search Committee town hall meeting - today
Director's Corner: Master planning
DOE grants CD-1 approval to LBNE project
Construction Update: LArTF brickwork, stairways completed
Photo of the Day: Great Nebula in Orion as seen by the Dark Energy Camera
From Science News, Dec. 5, 2012: LHC sees odd behavior in superhot particle soup

Fermilab scientists selected as APS fellows
Tip of the Week: Quality Assurance: Work process controls
From ESH&Q: Updated suspect/counterfeit training
Photo of the Day: Great Nebula in Orion
Correction: LBNE beamline
From Kavli IPMU, Dec. 7, 2012: Strict limit on CPT violation from gamma-ray bursts
From Nature, Dec. 4, 2012: U.S. advisers seek research overhaul

From symmetry: Complex simulations: a driving force for LSST
Physics in a Nutshell: A mixed bag of neutrinos
Special Announcement: Main Ring Road closed Monday
From Physics World, Dec. 5, 2012: Ancient gas sheds light on universe's first billion years
From Computer Weekly, Dec. 6, 2012: Case study: CERN adopts OpenStack private cloud to solve big data challenges

In Brief: Revised "Procedures for Researchers" document available online
From WDRS: Annual enrollment for benefits
University Profile: University of California, Santa Barbara
Photo of the Day: Keeping its head above water
Good Lovelies perform "Under the Mistletoe" on Saturday
Safety Update: ES&H weekly report, Dec. 4
From Berkeley Lab News Center, Dec. 4, 2012: Foundation gives a big boost to BigBOSS
From The Washington Post, Dec. 3, 2012: DNA may help scientists find 'dark matter,' the glue that binds galaxies

Handler encourages young scientists to make research accessible to government
Director's Corner: Organization changes
Construction Update: PXIE cave construction begins
Photo of the Day: Arrangement in gray
From WDRS: Learn how to reduce clearance through customs from hours to minutes
From FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Nov. 30, 2012: New chairman for House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
From The New York Times, Nov. 30, 2012: Higgs matters

Special Announcement: Director Search Committee seeks your input
Tip of the Week: Ecology: Recycling to reduce waste
From symmetry: Physics education program QuarkNet develops global reach
Photo of the Day: Bold strokes
From Reuters, Nov. 29, 2012: Physicists seek animated answers to dark secrets of the universe
From University of Chicago News, Nov. 28, 2012: National labs, UChicago scientists and scholars engage in 'Playing with Time'