Today at Berkeley Lab: May 16, 2006

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Today

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Red Cross
Blood Drive
Cafeteria Parking Lot

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Earth Sciences
TOUGH Symposium 2006
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Benefits Office
FITSCo One-on-One Counseling
Alyssa Valladao
Bldg. 937-547
(Reservations 800-642-7131)

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

10 a.m.
EHS 26
EH&S for Managers, Supervisors & PI's
Bldg. 70A-3377

3 p.m.
EETD
Review on Ventilation Rate Measuring and Modeling Techniques in Naturally Ventilated Buildings
Sezin Eren Ozcan, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Bldg. 90-2063

4 p.m.
Life Sciences
Linking Genomics to Therapeutics: Identification of New Prognostic Markers and Targets for Therapy in Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Gordon Mills, Anderson Cancer Center
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

Tomorrow

7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Red Cross
Blood Drive
Cafeteria Parking Lot

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Earth Sciences
TOUGH Symposium
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

9 a.m.
Berkeley Lab Institute
Seven Habits Workshop
Bldg. 2-100B

10 a.m.
EHS 256
LockOut/TagOut Verification
Bldg. 70A-3377

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

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

3:30 p.m.
Advanced Light Source
Iron Supply and Biological Productivity in the Ocean
Phoebe Lam, WHOI
Bldg. 6-2202

Morning Editions: Chili and Cheese Omelet
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Breakfast Panini with Fruit and Potatoes
Market Carvery: Turkey Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes
The Fresh Grille: Beef Brisket Stacker with Provolone
Menutainment: Fiesta Taco Salad

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

Biggest 3-D Map
Of Cosmos Created





Schlegel

A team of astronomers led by Berkeley Lab physicist David Schlegel and Nikhil Padmanabhan (coming to the Lab from Princeton in September) has published the largest three- dimensional map of the universe ever constructed, a wedge-shaped slice of the cosmos that spans a tenth of the northern sky, encompasses 600,000 uniquely luminous red galaxies, and extends 5.6 billion light-years deep into space, equivalent to 40 percent of the way back in time to the Big Bang. The principal motive for creating large-scale 3-D maps is to understand how matter is distributed in the universe, says Padmanabhan. Full story.

Vehicle Mileage
Reports Due Friday

Fleet Operations requests that all vehicle custodians report their monthly mileage immediately. Custodians are asked to report their mileage even if they have gone to the pumps, since the computer system that usually provides this information is currently unavailable. Include the vehicle license number and the current mileage on the odometer. E-mail your report no later than Friday.





Nordman

EETD's Nordman Part
Of Server Metrics Team

Bruce Nordman, a researcher in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, is a supporting member of the committee that has been established to develop standard methods and metrics for comparing energy use of server-class computers. Nordman, of Berkeley Lab's Energy Analysis Department, will also be liaison to the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program for the committee, formed by the non-profit Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). The first SPEC energy and performance benchmark is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2007. Full story.

Goldhabers Win
'Ippy' Book Award

"Sonnets From Aesop," a collection of poems by former Lab employee Judith Goldhaber, with illustrations by Lab physicist Gerson Goldhaber, has been honored with an IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) as one of the ten "Outstanding Books of the Year" published by an independent press in 2005. This year's IPPY winners will be honored in Washington D.C. on Friday. Go here to read a book review that ran in The View.

Nominations Sought for Various NAS Awards

The National Academy of Sciences presents a number of awards to recognize outstanding achievements in science. Nominations will be accepted through Sept. 11. Awards will be given in oceanography, plant science, biophysics, medical sciences, chemistry, neuroscience, astronomy, pre-Cambrian or Cambrian research, microbiology, and astronomy. Awards for young investigators will be given in molecular biology, biology and medicine, and optical science. Go here to learn more about the nomination process.

WEATHER

Clear.
High: 70° (21° C)

Extended Forecast

SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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