Today at Berkeley Lab: September 26, 2005

Monday, September 26, 2005

Today

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Inna Belogolovsky
Bldg. 70-191

1:30 p.m.
Human Resources
Understanding and Preventing Workplace Violence
Bldg. 50A-5132

4:30 p.m.
Physics Department
Applications of Photonics to the Life Sciences and Medicine-Biophotonics
Dennis Matthew, UC Davis
1 LeConte Hall

Tomorrow

8 a.m.
Human Resources
New Employee Orientation
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

12:30 p.m.
CXRO
NI LabVIEW and Signal Express Product Demo
Ash Razdon, National Instruments
Perseverance Hall

4 p.m.
Life Sciences
Comparative Function Genomic Approaches to Stress Responses of Environmental Microbes
Adam Arkin
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

Morning Editions: Breakfast Quesadillas with Home Fries
Tomorrow's Breakfast:
Corned Beef Hash with Eggs
Market Carvery: Chicken Teriyaki over Rice
The Fresh Grille: Tuna Melt with Cheddar and Fries
Menutainment: Pasta Primavera with Side Salad

B'fast:	6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Lunch:	11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Full menu

Bones, X-Ray Slicing,
China's Energy in SABL

The latest edition of the webzine SABL (Science at Berkeley Lab) is hot off the cyber press, full of stories on current research taking place here. Among the topics covered are why older people suffer more bone fractures, slicing x-rays by the millionths of a billionth of a second, and taking measure of China's energy strategy. The final installment in a series on breast cancer is also included. Go here to read these and other stories.

Electronics Engineers
Invited to Workshop





Razdon

Berkeley Lab electronics engineers who design computer generated models are invited to attend a workshop on "Using SPICE with LabVIEW and Signal Express," tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in Perseverance Hall. The workshop will be led by Ash Razdon of National Instruments, who will show attendees how they can reduce the number of design iterations and increase measurement productivity. Free pizza will be served.

Plan Afoot to Keep Staff Salaries Competitive

A University of California Board of Regents committee has recommended that a system be developed that would bring the salaries of all UC employees up to market rate within 10 years. The committee also suggested Regents have more control in the setting of leadership salaries. Full story.

Former EETD Employee
Polansky Passes Away





Polansky

Cindy Polansky, who began work at the Lab in 1979 for what was then called the Environment and Energy Division, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 14. Polansky worked in the Division's California Institute for Energy & Environment unit as an administrator. In 2000, the unit became a part of the University of California Office of the President, although Polansky retained guest-employee status at Berkeley Lab. A memorial service is being planned. For details, contact Joyce Cordell.

WEATHER

Chance of thunder storms.
High: 77° (25° C)

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SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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