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Today
10:30 a.m.
Phase Retrieval for Image Reconstruction
James Fienup, U. of Rochester
100B-2
11 a.m.
EETD Seminar
Economic and Environmental Horizons for China to 2020
David Roland-Holst, UC Berkeley
Bldg. 90-3075
Earth Sciences Division
Natural Gas Hydrates: Fundamental Principles and Applications
E. Dendy Sloan, Colorado School of Mines
Bldg. 50 Auditorium
1:30 p.m.
Material Sciences
The Double Layer Approach to Promotion, Electrocatalysis,
Electrochemical Promotion and Metal-Support Interactions
Costantinos Vayenas, U. of Patras
Bldg. 66 Auditorium
Monday
2 p.m.
Center for Beam Physics
Building a Non-Linear Map for an RF Gap
Dan Abell, Tech-X Corp.
Bldg. 71-264
4:30 p.m.
Physics Department
Fossil Fuels in a Greenhouse-constrained World
Robert Socolow, Princeton U.
1 LeConte Hall
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Market Carvery: Southwestern Chicken
Casserole
Fresh Grille: Fried Fish with Cajun
Tartar Sauce & Fries
Menutainment: Viva La Burrito! Chicken
or Pork
Dinner: Choice of Roasted Lemon Chicken; Southwestern Chicken
Casserole; or Fried Fish with Cajun Tartar Sauce & Fries
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6:30
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11
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5
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Full
Menu
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An
Energetic Visit by
Marin High Schoolers
Thirty
juniors and teachers Mary Carabell and Sue Fox
from Sir Francis Drake High School's SEA-DISC
program trekked to Berkeley Lab from San Rafael
yesterday to learn about energy efficiency and
environmental research here. SEA-DISC is the school's
"Studies of the Environment Academy-Drake
Integrated Studies Curriculum," which offers
specialized classes for upper division high school
students in environmental studies. The field trip
has become an annual event, and this is the fifth
year the class has come to Berkeley. Roland
Otto, head of the Center for Science and Engineering
Education, taught a seminar on energy efficiency
in the home using the Energized
Learning website, and the students took tours
of the energy-efficient lighting lab and the Advanced
Light Source.
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Report
on Foreign-Born
Science Workers Issued
The
National Science Board recently released a report
on the U.S. science and engineering workforce, saying
new figures on foreign-born workers in science and
technology make it crucial for the government to
"act now" to meet future needs in these
fields. A sampling from 2000 Census figures indicates
a larger than previously known percentage of degree-holding,
foreign-born professionals working in the United
States. Go here
to read the National Science Foundation press release,
and here
to view a copy of the report.
GAO
Defers Call
for Open Access
By
Eugene Russo
U.S.
government agencies funding research should work
toward a uniform conflict of interest policy, according
to a recently-released US Government Accounting
Office (GAO) report. The GAO studied but did not
offer any recommendations on making government-funded
research data freely available to the public. GAO
study author Richard Cheston said it was “premature”
to make recommendations on data release, given that
it would involve “carefully walking through
a minefield of concerns.” However, the GAO
did call for more immediate release of research
results from the Department of Education. Full
story.
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A
Chemical Reaction
To the Next Big Game
Who
says science and football don’t mix? As
part of the preparation for this year’s
Big Game, the campus’s chemistry department
recently conducted a very special titration, which
magically turns a red (Stanford’s color)
solution to a beauteous blue and gold. Lab employees
who have followed the Bears' season know tomorrow’s
match-up is more than just a continuation of a
106-year tradition. A bowl berth — the first
since 1996 — is on the line. Go here
to read UC Berkeley’s complete coverage
of the Battle for the Axe, including a webcast
of the titration.
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Golfing Club is
Looking for Linksters
Interested
in playing golf with your colleagues at work?
Then consider joining the Berkeley Lab Golf Club.
The group hosts regular tournaments played by
USGA rules at courses throughout the Bay Area,
Reno and Monterey! Dues are $65 for returning
members, and $75 for new members. The deadline
for payment is Monday, Dec. 8. The cost includes
membership in the NCGA. For more information,
contact Dave Plate at x7232 or [email protected].
Or go here
to visit the club’s website.
‘Tis
the Season for
Holiday Happenings With
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas
just around the corner, many workplaces begin
organizing various holiday-related activities,
such as toy and food drives for those less fortunate,
as well as craft fairs, concerts and plays. “Today
at Berkeley Lab” would be happy to help
publicize events that employees are sponsoring
at the Lab. Send information via e-mail to the
editors, and
they will make every effort to post these announcements.
Power
Outages Will
Occur This Weekend
Power
will be turned off to the Building 51 Complex and
Building 64 from approximately 6 a.m. tomorrow until
about 4 p.m. on Sunday, to allow switchgear modifications.
A public address announcement will be made prior
to switching. Employees are asked to take all necessary
precautions. For more information, contact Glen
Skipper at x6125 or Jim Murphy at x4175.
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SHARES
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Throughout the month of November, employees can go here
to donate to their favorite charity, through the Lab’s
SHARES program.
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