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Your muscles are warmed up, but what about your metabolic machinery? In this special summer class, Food for Sport, you'll receive nutrition tips to get the most out of your workout or recreational activity. Review and tasting of energy bars included. 5 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, Wellness Center Room 106. Health Promotion classes are open to the entire Laboratory work force. No fee, but pre-registration is required. For related classes and online registration, go to http://drambuie.lanl.gov/~wellness/svc/classes/hp/hp_sch.htm online. For more information, contact the Wellness Center at 7-7166. Updated 7/10/02
The Los Alamos Family YMCA, a Laboratory sanctioned organization, is hosting a wrestling camp for youths Aug. 5 through 9. Former Santa Fe High School and national AAU coach Mike Lujan will conduct the camp, which will be divided by age and grade categories. The camp for kindergarten through sixth grade youths runs from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Pueblo Complex wrestling room on Diamond Drive. The camp for seventh through 12th grade youths runs from 3 to 5 p.m. in the same location. There is a $40 registration fee, $30 for the second family member and the last day to registger is Aug. 2. Lujan coached 28 state champion wrestlers, 10 AAU All-Americans and 10 national champions. He also is a former state high school wrestling coach of the year. The Los Alamos Family YMCA is located at 1450 Iris St. For more information, contact Ericka Kidd at 662-3100. Updated 7/10/02
Compaq Servers, Notebooks, Desktops, Workstations, Hand-held Computers, Storage Systems, Monitors and more all available on Computer Corner's JIT. Fast delivery with prices below GSA. For a Compaq product update and roadmap of future products, please join us from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, at the MSL Auditorium. For more information, contact Dennis Barnes at 228-2005, write to dbarnes@compcorner.com by electronic mail or visit the Computer Corner Web site at www.compcorner.com online. Updated 7/10/02 University of California Regents meeting July 17-18 at UC, San Francisco The University of California Board of Regents will hold a regular business meeting on Wednesday, July 17, and Thursday, July 18, at the UC, San Francisco-Laurel Heights campus, 3333 California St., in San Francisco. Wednesday's meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comment, followed by an open session of the board's health services committee at 8:55 a.m. Agenda items for the Wednesday morning open sessions include discussion of the report on the review of the state Master Plan for Higher Education and action on the proposed UC, Davis School of Education and Sixth College on the UC, San Diego campus. The Wednesday afternoon agenda will be held in closed session for the purpose of discussing personnel, legal and investment matters. Thursday's meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. with public comment, followed at 8:55 a.m. by an open session of the grounds and buildings committee. The Thursday sessions will include adoption of UC's final budget for 2002-03 and action on the indemnification of campus foundation trustees. There are no afternoon sessions scheduled for Thursday. The agenda for the meeting is available at http://www.ucop.edu/regents/regmeet/july02.html online. You may need the latest version of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html online to view the agenda. Updated 7/9/02 Hewlett Packard Blanket Purchase Agreements Two Blanket Purchase Agreements are currently available on an interim basis for customers requiring Hewlett Packard printers, plotters, scanners, related hardware and accessories. These agreements will be available until the award of the new Just-In-Time subcontract. The agreements are set-up with Networx, Inc. and Holman's, Inc. To place a release with Networx, Inc. contact Lisa Vigil or Niel Jasperson at (505) 753-4562. To place a release with Holman's, Inc. contact Mike Rahmer at (505) 343-3512. JCNNM employees should contact Elsie Rendon at 7-7919 for their requirements. Updated 7/9/02 Retirement reception for Dave Post on July 25 Please join us in bidding farewell to Dave from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, at the Otowi Cafeteria Siderooms. For more information, contact Maggie Vigil at 5-5550. Updated 7/9/02 Volunteer opportunities The Los Alamos Lunch Buddy Foundation is recruiting volunteers for the Lunch Buddy program from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, at the Otowi Cafeteria. This very satisfying volunteer opportunity can begin shortly after school starts...however, if an interested person signs up now, you can be trained and guaranteed ready to go in Sept. A carefully screened, trained volunteer is paired with an elementary student who needs extra adult attention. Once a week for two semesters, they eat lunch together and then spend the remaining time playing games, doing arts/crafts projects together or just talking. This can be such an enjoyable experience that many adult volunteers have said they don't know who benefits more......the student Lunch Buddy or themselves. To download an application go to www.losalamos.com/lunchbuddies/ online. Complete the application and mail it to the Los Alamos address shown on the application, fax it to 753-8144 or call 470-3046 if you have any questions. Los Alamos County Boards and Commissions current vacancies:
Please call 662-8080 for a Boards/Commission application or stop by the County Administrator's Office on the 2nd floor of the main County building. Or write to LacBoards@lac.losalamos.nm.us by electronic mail. Applications may also be printed from the County Web site at www.lac-nm.us online under the link for Boards & Commissions. LA Cares needs volunteers who are willing to help with the pick-up of food at the food depot in Santa Fe on the second Wednesday's (sometimes Thursday's) of each month. The volunteer would have to be available for about four hours during the day (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) on the second Wednesday's of each month to travel to and from the Food Depot in Santa Fe. They would, of course, have a shadow to teach them the routine and, if enough people are interested, have another person at all times to help out. The person would need to have a large car, preferably a truck, and be able to pick up boxes of food (that is, they cannot have a back problem). They would shadow a present member of LA Cares and then do the pick-up when the current person is out of town or unavailable. They would either receive a gas voucher or a tax deduction for driving costs. Anyone who is interested can contact Amanda Sandoval by writing to lash@qwest.net by electronic mail or call 662-4666. Updated 7/10/02 Networx news Networx Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Lisa Vigil to their sales staff. Lisa will be assisting with the current Hewlett Packard BPA contract. Please contact Lisa at 346-0700 or write to lvigil@networxinc.com by electronic mail, regarding any Hewlett Packard printer, scanner or cartridge needs you may have. Ask her about pricing and availability on the new HP Color LaserJet 4600. Print color as fast as black-and-white - documents prints at speeds up to 17 pages per minute with the first page out in 17.5 seconds or less from "ready" state. Fast file processing - 400 MHz RISC processor, up to 512 MB RAM, and firmware optimization quickly process large files and print them at actual engine speed. Flexible media options add to productivity and cost savings - save media and document storage space with automatic two-sided printing and get greater media flexibility and less user intervention with up to three paper trays and 1,100-sheet capacity. Updated 7/3/02 Wellness Center classes Beat the heat by staying hydrated this summer. The Wellness Center is offering a 45 minute class, Fluid is more than water, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, Wellness Center room 106. Includes a review and tasting of sports beverages, along with recipes for your own sports drinks. Health promotion classes are open to the entire Laboratory work force. No fee, but pre-registration is required. For related classes and online registration, go to http://drambuie.lanl.gov/~wellness/svc/classes/hp/hp_sch.htm online. For more information, contact the Wellness Center at 7-7166. The Wellness Center is offering a three week course, Muscle Basics, for people interested in a stress reducing workout. The class will be held from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 9 - 25. The class is designed to provide a rejuvenating end to the workday and includes light muscle toning, gentle stretching and progressive relaxation. Head home feeling refreshed. The cost is $13.50. There is also a Fibromyalgia Self Help Group starting at the Wellness Center. It will be held from noon to 1 p.m. the third Thursday of each month starting July 18. There is no charge for this support group. Past participants in the Firbromyalgia Self Help course are encouraged to attend. Other people with Fibromyalgia who would like to participate in the Self Help Group are welcome to join. This Fibromyalgia Self Help Group is available to the entire Laboratory workforce - spouses are welcome. Please call Gail Fox at 7-7166 for more information. Updated 7/3/02 CDC public meeting this evening The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project leaders will provide a report on progress made to date from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening at Northern New Mexico Community College, Joseph Montoya (Administration) Building, Rooms 207 and 208 in Española. Agenda items include a discussion of the documents the project team is allowed to review. While the primary focus of the project is off-site environmental releases from the Laboratory, some historical documents may contain information related to illness compensation issues for Lab workers and their families. Public input will be invited throughout the meeting. The college campus in Española is located off of US Highway 84/285
(Paseo de Onate). To see a map, click
here. Updated 7/10/02 Walking Month at the Lab a success The Wellness Center (HSR-2) recently completed a very successful Walking Month program. The goal of 600 participants was exceeded during the first two weeks of registration. Eight hundred and forty-eight Lab workers participated in the program and another 107 people bought pedometers but did not participate in the program or report their steps. During week number five, 629 people reported their steps that averaged 76,616 step per person for the week. Accumulating 10,000 steps a day is goal that is easier to reach for some than for others; and, you know what goals you have to set to reach a higher level of fitness. The Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building had the most walkers, 145; they also had the most combined steps: 38,433,639. The Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) Division Office had six people walking and they had 100 percent reporting each week. The total number of steps walked and reported for the four week program were 253,467,335. Updated 7/1/02 Fidelity Investments at Lab on July 9 - 11 Greg Finch of Fidelity Investments will be at the Laboratory on July 9, 10 and 11 to meet with employees about their 403 (b) and Defined Contribution Plans. To schedule an individual appointment call 1-800-642-7131. Appointments are held at the Benefits Office. Updated 7/1/02 Long-Term Care Program application deadline extended The application kit for California Public Employees Retirement System’s Long-Term Care Program in which siblings can now be enrolled must be postmarked by July 31. Before this year, only spouses, parents and parent-in-laws were eligible to apply for the CalPERS Long-Term Care Program. Long-term care includes a wide variety of services for people with prolonged physical illnesses, disabilities or cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Long-term care may include home health care, adult day care, care in a nursing home, or help with daily activities at home, such as bathing and dressing. To request a Long-Term Care application kit or for more information, call 1-800-266-1050 or go to www.calpers.ca.gov/longtermcare online. Updated 7/1/02 Full text links via PubMed now available from Research
Library Access to the Research Library's full text and other links has been added to PubMed via the Library's LinkSeeker icon when you use this address, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?otool=lanlrlib online, to connect to PubMed. If you have previously bookmarked PubMed, please update your bookmark. The LinkSeeker button is available via the abstract or citation views. It is not presented in the summary display. "Click here to read" is the alt text for the button if the gif is missing. The presentation of the gif is in the control of PubMed not LANL. What does this mean for you? Using LinkSeeker in Pubmed, you have access to all of the full text resources provided by the LANL Research Library. You can easily see if a PubMed article has been cited in SciSearch @ LANL. If full text is not available, the document request form is populated for you, leaving just a few fields to fill out. For more information, contact Lou Pray of STB-RL at 5-2756. Updated 6/27/02 Fire claims completion workshops offer assistance Updated 6/27/02 RRES-SA looking to match Lab work and Hanford projects Science Applications (RRES-SA) in the Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship (RRES) Division has received information concerning alternatives projects at Hanford. Based on the changes in DOE-EM, a list of alternatives projects have been developed based on end-user requirements. Needs include proposed projects at Hanford:
RRES-SA is looking for opportunities to see if there is a match between your work and the Hanford projects. If you think your work may be related to these environmental needs, contact Dianne Wilburn at dwwilburn@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/26/02 Fiscal year 2002 cut-off approaching for interior
furnishings Many organizations wait until late in the year before committing funds toward office furniture and refurbishment. However, if you want fiscal year 2002 costing, then the procurement and/or projects must be completed and invoiced by Sept. 25. This means that time is of the essence if you intend to bill these services this fiscal year. To assist you in your FY 2002 budget planning, any interior furnishing Interior Planning Service Requests (IPSRs) that are received before July 15 will be worked diligently to help ensure completion and billing. However, the closer we come to this date, the higher the level of uncertainty. After July 15 there is a high probability your job/purchases will not be invoiced this year. The IPSR form can be located at http://dynamic.lanl.gov/orgs/fwo/ipsr/ online. Should you have questions or need assistance, call Dru Price at 7-4380 or write to dru@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/26/02 JIT subcontract awarded to ABBA Techologies A new just-in-time subcontract has been awarded to ABBA Technologies Inc. providing the Laboratory with Silicon Graphics Inc.-manufactured computers, workstations, servers and related hardware and accessories. The new subcontract was implemented July 1. Just-in-time stock orders will be delivered in 30 work days and nonstock orders will be delivered in 45 work days. Customers can place orders online at http://jit.lanl.gov/ or purchase direct from ABBA Technologies Inc. by calling 662-6706. For more information, call Joann Sandoval at 5-4024 or Melissa Beery at 662-6706. Updated 6/26/02 Monte Carlo variance reduction class A three day class on variance reduction techniques with the Monte Carlo code MCNP will be taught by Tom Booth July 30 - Aug. 1. Detailed information can be found at http://laws.lanl.gov/x5/MCNP/varianceclass.html online. Tom Booth has been a variance reduction expert in the Diagnostics Methods (X-5) group MCNP code team for over 25 years. The class will be a combination of lectures and computer practice time. Registration space is still available. Updated 6/19/02 Training and Development (HR-TD) offers new classes HR-TD is offering two new classes to present helpful behavior-based interviewing and retention techniques. "Behavior Interviewing for Employees" helps employees learn how to profile their skills based on career experience and enhances successful matching of potential employees with job requirements. Participants learn how to assess and communicate their skills in a positive, organized manner and how to develop skill-based career goals. The training is highly interactive with participant exercises, video reviews and class discussion. The five-hour "Behavior Interviewing for Employees" course is free and will be held on July 10, Aug. 7 and Sept. 25. To enroll, go to the Virtual Training Center from the Laboratory's home page by choosing Training/Learning in the lower left-hand corner. Then, select Workforce Development and then Career Builders. For managers and supervisors who want to interview for behaviors as well as technical skills and retain their employees, HR-TD is offering two workforce issues classes, "Talent Selection" and "Love 'em Or Lose 'em." The classes are open to anyone who supervises the work of others. This two-day class is offered on Aug. 6-7, Sept. 10-11 and Oct. 9 and 10. The price for the combined classes is $600; however, one may take either class as a standalone option for just $300. Dani Fake of B.T. Novations teaches "Talent Selection," the first day of the course. The class focuses on the belief that it is easier for supervisors to identify technical excellence in potential job candidates than it is to quantify and identify excellence in the non-technical behaviors and characteristics necessary to ensure overall high performance. Managers and supervisors are coached to recognize and quantify traits within a behavior-based interview. Mindy Zaslov of Vengel-Lash Association is the instructor for "Love' Em or Lose 'Em," which provides supervisors with retention strategies they can implement. Supervisors participate in self-assessment and group activities to understand how their actions influence their employees' decisions to stay or leave. In the workshop, supervisors formulate strategies for retaining their key people and develop an action plan to implement their strategies. To register for either class or the combined class, go to the Virtual Training Center from the Laboratory's home page by selecting Training/Learning in the lower left-hand corner. Next, select Leadership and then About People. Updated 6/17/02 Laboratory organizations can set up information booths at County Fair Los Alamos County is inviting Laboratory organizations to set up an information booth at its annual fair and festival Aug. 9 and 10. The Los Alamos County Fair, Festival and Rodeo is a Laboratory sanctioned event. The information booths are approximately 10 square feet in size and will be set up around Ashley Pond. The county fair and festival is an opportunity for Laboratory organizations to meet with and talk to the public about their programs and projects. The deadline to sign up for booth space is Aug. 7. To obtain a registration form and for more information about fees and booth electrical requirements, contact Mike Kolb of the Community Relations (CRO) Office at 7-2076 or Laura Valdez of the Los Alamos County Recreation Department at 662-8173. Updated 6/6/02 Latest Management Institute session scheduled Training and Development's (HR-TD) Management Institute No. 10 is scheduled to begin Aug. 14. The Management Institute is a series of two-day workshops that provide current management information from leading experts, practical and Laboratory-tested tools and techniques to help participants apply new knowledge, and the opportunity to share lessons learned and develop a network of support. Managers can nominate any employee who supervises the work of others. Topics scheduled to be covered in this institute include:
More information on the Management Institute, including the application form and schedule, can be found on the Leadership Center Web page at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/Leadership/ online. To submit applications and for more information, contact Sue Bargeloh of the Leadership Center at 7-8036 or write to bargeloh@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 6/6/02 Golf Course Pool memberships available Golf Course Pool memberships are available for the summer. For more information contact Lou at 661-2568 or 7-1458. The Golf Course Pool is a Laboratory sanctioned organization. Updated 04/10/02 Employees leaving Lab must attend termination presentation Employees who are leaving the Laboratory or changing to casual status must attend a benefits termination presentation held by Compensation and Benefits (HR-1). The termination presentations are held every Laboratory pay day for University of California Lab employees. Employees who are retiring aren't required to attend a presentation, but rather, they should schedule a meeting with their designated benefits specialist. The presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. in room P280 on the second floor of the Otowi Building at Technical Area 3. Pre-registration is required. Employees should register on line at http://www.lanl.gov/internal/training/training.html one to two weeks prior to their last scheduled work day to sign up for a benefits termination presentation. Employees also must obtain a departure processing form from HR-Staffing (HR-5) before the presentation. This form is available at http://www.hr.lanl.gov/hrstaffing/Terminations/index.stm online. At the presentation, employees will receive a packet of information about their benefits and savings balances. They will learn about options to continue or convert insurance plans and distribution options for savings funds. Employees who require a sign language interpreter should write to benefits@lanl.gov by e-mail three days in advance of the presentation they plan to attend. Or call the benefits office at 5-3842 (TDD). Because of limited parking, employees should plan to arrive early and/or make alternative transportation arrangements, such as using Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico's ride service. Updated 05/02/02 Found: silver earring in back parking lot of Administration Building. To claim, contact Donna at 7-8524. Found: pair of prescription eye glasses in the parking lot in front of TA-3, SM-410. To claim, call 7-4696. Lost: men's gold wedding band in the TA-55 Area. If found, call Margie at 7-1976. Found: necklace, silver chain, near the Wellness Center. To claim, call Lynn at 5-1408. Lost: prescription eye glasses on June 12 in the TA-3 area. If found, please call Dave at 5-5297. Lost: pager. If found, call Dave at 7-8791. Found: set of keys on a silver ring in the intersection of Diamond Drive and Jemez Road. Identify by calling 7-7057. Lost: blue enameled earring, vaguely feather-shaped, with natural pearl hanging in center. Lost possibly in Admin Building back parking lot or vicinity of A-wing, maybe Otowi area. Has sentimental value. If found, please call Nancy at 7-0471. Lost prescription glasses with sunglass clip-ons, green case. Contact Gabriela at 5-7352. Lost: short coral bead necklace in TA-3, Diamond, Trinity, Sandia, Ridgecrest areas on May 22. If found, please contact Ronaele (Ronalee) at 5-2712. Found: pair of prescription glasses were found on May 17 in the
Tapa Conference Room. Please call EES-11 at 7-6384 to claim.
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