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Tuesday, Aug. 31
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  • U.S. industry developing SRF cavity expertise
  • Director's Corner: Director's Corner to appear Wednesday
  • Special Announcement: Pine Street closures scheduled this week
  • Accelerator Update
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - Aug. 30
  • From Science News, Aug. 27, 2010: Very tiny, very cool

Monday, Aug. 30
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  • First African School of Physics empowers students
  • ES&H Tips of the Week - Health: Mosquitoes – sometimes more than an annoyance
  • Accelerator Update
  • Photo of the Day: Korean ambassador to the United States visits Fermilab
  • From symmetry breaking, Aug. 23, 2010: The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

Friday, Aug. 27
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  • Ask the Ethicist: Honorarium acceptance
  • Recovery Act: Progress at NOvA
  • Milestone: Death of Bradley F. Bennett
  • Photo of the Day: Eager egret
  • From Science Insider, Aug. 25, 2010: European particle physics lab tightens belt but cancels no projects
  • From symmetry breaking, Aug. 26, 2010: LHC lawsuit dismissed by US court
  • From symmetry breaking, Aug. 26, 2010: The Particle Physics Song

Thursday, Aug. 26
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  • Holmes passes baton, welcomes Henderson
  • Result of the Week: When SUSY is all about beauty
  • Special PAC meeting Friday
  • From Nature News, Aug. 24, 2010: Big science feels the pinch in Europe

Wednesday, Aug. 25
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  • Fine-tuning the instruments of acceleration
  • From the Computing Division: Service Desk redesigns automatic e-mails
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - Aug. 23
  • From DOE's Energy blog, Aug. 23, 2010: A look inside the labs
  • From 13.7 Cosmos and Culture, an NPR blog, Aug. 23, 2010: Einstein, Bohr, and ultimate reality

Tuesday, Aug. 24
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  • Every little bit counts: recycle
  • Director's Corner: Destination Fermilab
  • Milestone: Tevatron start up success
  • Photo of the Day: Glenzinski takes home Jargon-Free contest prize
  • Photo of the Day: Congressional staffer Leland Cogliani visits Fermilab
  • From Sky and Telescope, Aug. 19, 2010: A new twist on dark energy

Monday, Aug. 23
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  • DOE Deputy Secretary Poneman visits Fermilab
  • ES&H Tips of the Week - Computer Security: The dark side of file sharing
  • Photos of the Day: A visit from the Chinese Consul General in Chicago
  • From UPI.com, Aug. 19, 2010: Hubble helps in search for dark energy
  • From symmetry breaking, Aug. 20, 2010: Math’s highest honor given for work in mathematical physics

Friday, Aug. 20
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  • Recreation Feature of the Month: Classes, events and discounts for September
  • Recovery Act funds new projects, new opportunities
  • From College of DuPage, Aug. 2010: First COD students participate in summer internship at Fermilab
  • From New Scientist, Aug. 19, 2010: Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe

Thursday, Aug. 19
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  • All-hands meeting at 11:15 a.m. today in Auditorium
  • Result of the Week: Looking for new physics
  • Fermilab’s first Particle Physics Photowalk a success
  • Thursday's volunteer cleanup rescheduled for Aug. 26
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - Aug. 9
  • From New Scientist, Aug. 17, 2010: Lasers could make virtual particles real

Wednesday, Aug. 18
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  • In the News: Nicola Cabibbo: 1935–2010
  • From the Finance Section: Waiting for our budget
  • All-hands meeting at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in Auditorium
  • Thursday's volunteer cleanup rescheduled for Aug. 26
  • Florencia Canelli awarded IUPAP Young Scientist Prize
  • From Spaceman, a BBC News blog, Aug. 16, 2010: The 'dark science' and poker of space telescopes

Tuesday, Aug. 17
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  • Photos of the Day: Employees enjoy Fermilab's Club and League Fair
  • Director's Corner: Once in a decade
  • EAP offers August webinar
  • From The Independent, Aug. 16, 2010: In their element: The science of science
  • From the University of Chicago News Office, Aug. 6, 2010: UChicago becomes founding partner of Giant Magellan Telescope

Monday, Aug. 16
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  • From symmetry breaking: Dark energy studies top astronomy and astrophysics priorities
  • ES&H Tips of the Week - Safety: The dangers of laser pointers
  • New FAQ about Fermilab's performance review process
  • Save the date: All hands meeting Thursday
  • Photo of the Day: Up a tree
  • From Science News, Aug. 13, 2010: The people’s pulsar

Friday, Aug. 13
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  • Fermilab hosts hadron physics school Aug. 16-27
  • CMS Result of the Month: CMS’s debut
  • Air quality action day
  • Photo of the Day:Spotlight on summer interns
  • Win a free lunch for two: take Chez Leon’s survey
  • From 13.7 Cosmos and Culture, an NPR blog, Aug. 11, 2010: Death of the Big Bang, or the problem of time's beginning

Thursday, Aug. 12
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  • DOE counterintelligence personnel here Thursday
  • Result of the Week: It's the top
  • Photo of the Day: Taking the natural log
  • From the University of Chicago News Office, Aug. 11, 2010: Dark-matter search plunges physicists to new depths
  • From the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 7, 2010: Gerson Goldhaber dies at 86; particle physicist discovered 'dark energy'

Wednesday, Aug. 11
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  • Former Fermilab intern Rodríguez gives back
  • From Center for Particle Astrophysics: New horizons on the Cosmic Frontier
  • Club and League Fair today in Wilson Hall atrium
  • Wilson Hall west side road closed Thursday-Monday
  • Photo of the Day: New employees - July 26
  • From Universe Today, Aug. 7, 2010: Astronomy without a telescope – strange stars

Tuesday, Aug. 10
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  • Fermilab Arts Series releases 2010-2011 season schedule
  • Director's Corner: Administrative review
  • Wilson Hall west side road closed Thursday-Monday
  • Users Executive Committee elections now open
  • From National Public Radio, Aug. 8, 2010: Playing with dark matter
  • From The Minnesota Daily, Aug. 6, 2010: Detecting the unseen

Monday, Aug. 9
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  • University of Chicago awards seed grants
  • ES&H Tips of the Week - Health: Top off your fluid level to beat the heat
  • From Monterey County Herald, Aug. 5, 2010: Scientists have ambitious plans for colliders

Friday, Aug. 6
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  • Constructing the camera: building DECam at Fermilab
  • Recovery Act: ARRA funds improvements to west side of Wilson Hall
  • Removal of H1N1 Temporary Sick Leave policy
  • Win a free lunch for two: take Chez Leon’s survey
  • From The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, Aug. 5, 2010: Senate COMPETES bill passed by committee

Thursday, Aug. 5
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  • Fermilab-designed beam position monitors go to KEK
  • Result of the Week: Higgs hunting: What’s next?
  • From Nature News, Aug. 3, 2010: Citizen science: People power

Wednesday, Aug. 4
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  • In Memoriam: Jim Griffin
  • From the Computing Division: Software collaborations help physics
  • ES&H weekly report, Aug. 3
  • Photo of the Day: Seeking shade
  • From the New York Times, Aug. 2, 2010: Rumors in astrophysics spread at light speed

Tuesday, Aug. 3
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  • From symmetry: Science road trip
  • Director's Corner: CD-4 and my daughter’s wedding
  • Photos of the Day: Summer picnics
  • Special Announcement: No warning system test today
  • What's Happening Here?: Repairs to staircase on northwest side of Wilson Hall
  • From LiveScience, July 26, 2010: Antarctica experiment discovers puzzling space ray pattern

Monday, Aug. 2
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  • Labwide database to capture lessons learned
  • ES&H Tips of the Week - Environment: Join the fight for nature
  • Shutdown-related power outage Tuesday morning
  • From New Scientist, July 29, 2010: Spinning black holes could expose exotic particles
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