Today at Berkeley Lab: May 10, 2006

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Today

8:30 to 10:15 a.m.
Human Resources
New Employee Orientation
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

9 a.m.
Travel Office
Gelco 9.0 End User Training
Bldg. 90-0026

9 a.m.
EHS 530
Fire Extinguisher Safety
Bldg. 48-109

10 a.m.
EHS 260
Basic Electrical Hazards & Mitigations
Bldg. 70A-3377

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Chris Hoskins
Bldg. 70-191

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Naomi Hartwig
Bldg. 937-302

12:15 p.m.
EETD
Benchmarking, the BEST Tool, and a Case Study in the Wine Industry
Lynn Price and Christina Galitsky
Bldg. 90-4133

3 p.m.
Advanced Light Source
Investigations of the Vapor/Ice and Vapor/Liquid Interfaces Using Ambient Pressure Photoemission Spectroscopy
David Starr
Bldg. 6-2202

Tomorrow

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Benefits Office
FITSCo Counseling Meetings
Alyssa Valladao
Bldg. 26-109
(800-642-7131 for reservations)

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Onsite Chair Massages
Bldg. 26-115

CANCELLED
10 a.m.
EHS 210
Crane/Hoist Operator (Less Than 2 Tons)
Bldg. 70A-3377

Morning Editions: Chorizo and Eggs with Hash Browns and Toast
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Corned Beef Hash with Eggs and Toast
Market Carvery: Spaghetti with Meat or Marinara Sauce, with Garlic Bread and Salad
The Fresh Grille: Sloppy Joes with Coleslaw and Onion Rings
Menutainment: Sweet and Sour Chicken over Rice

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

Office of Science Budget
Hike Urged by Senators

House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH) and his colleagues are expected to mark up their FY 2007 funding bill this week. Of great importance to the research community is the extent to which the subcommittee will be able to meet the Bush Administration's $4.1 billion request for the Office of Science. Seventy senators signed an April 26 letter to Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Ranking Member Harry Reid (D-NV) asking them "to support the President's request for the Office of Science." Full story.

Discount Tickets
For Theme Parks

The Employee Activities Association is offering tickets to Lab staff for Six Flags Waterworld (in Concord) on the weekends of May 20-21, or June 24-25, for $16 each. Tickets for Six Flags Marine World (in Vallejo) are available for May 27-29 (Memorial Day weekend) for $22 each. Purchase of tickets to either park includes a souvenir cup. Tickets can be purchased between noon and 1:15 p.m. on Friday and next Tuesday in the cafeteria. For more information, contact Anytra Henderson (x4427).

Tech-to-Marketplace
Session on Monday





Modera

Venture capitalists will discuss the types of technologies that succeed as platforms for new companies on Monday at noon in the Building 66 Auditorium. This is the final session of the Transferring Technology to the Marketplace series, co-sponsored by the Lab's Technology Transfer Department and Berkeley Lab Institute. Speakers include Milton Change (Incubic Venture Fund), Shomit Ghose (Onset Ventures), Tom Baer (Arcturus Bioscience) and Lab Environmental Energy Technologies scientist Mark Modera.

Lab to Host ACTS
Collection Workshop

Applications are now being accepted for the seventh annual workshop on the Department of Energy's Advanced CompuTational Software (ACTS) Collection for HPC Applications. The workshop will be held Aug. 22-25 at Berkeley Lab. This year's workshop theme is "Gearing Up Scientific Applications for the Petascale Era." The four day workshop — organized by Osni Marques and Tony Drummond of the Scientific Computing Group — will provide hands-on instruction in building robust scientific and engineering high-end computing applications. Information about the workshop can be found here.

Major Congestion Due To Commencement Today

As a reminder to staff, the campus is holding its commencement convocation (featuring California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez) in the Greek Theatre today at 4 p.m. Because of the theatre's proximity to the Lab's Blackberry Gate, drivers may want to consider alternate routes, such as Centennial Drive via the Strawberry Gate, during this time.

WEATHER

Partly cloudy.
High: 69° (21° C)

Extended Forecast

SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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