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View and demo some of the latest IT products and services on the market today. For a partial list of exhibitors and to pre-register go to http://www.fedpage.com/Event.asp?EventID=1515 online. Pre-registration is not required, but all pre-registered attendees will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a free Palm Pilot. Print your parking pass at http://PCUsers.lanl.gov
online. Updated 2/18/03 Volunteer opportunities
Updated 2/14/03 2003 Dog Jog Logo contest Logo contest entry deadline is Feb. 21. For more information, contact Jeff at 670-2427. The Dog Jog is a fundraising event for the Friends of the Shelter, a Laboratory sanctioned organization. Updated 1/29/03 Prescribed burns start this week above Santa Fe watershed area The Santa Fe National Forest plans a series of prescribed burns starting this week in the area above the Santa Fe watershed east of downtown. Weather permitting, some 250 piles of thinning slash created from fuel breaks and other thinning efforts will be burned. The burns may last through the end of the month and will take place between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. A prescribed burn crew of 20 people will be on-site to manage the burning and monitoring the piles, said Rick Miera, district ranger for the Santa Fe National Forest. "Thinning followed by burning will reduce the number of trees per acre, thus reducing the risk of high severity fire in the watershed," said Miera. Smoke created from the prescribed burns will be visible in a wide area. Smoke monitors will be in place to ensure that air quality standards are not exceeded. People who are sensitive to smoke or have respiratory problems should take proper precautions including closing doors and windows. For more information, call 438-7877 or 438-7840 or go to http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/ online. Updated 2/18/03 Science in a connected age subject of February Santa Fe Institute lecture The science of networks and its relevance to a range of problems is the subject of the next Santa Fe Institute lecture Feb. 26. Duncan Watts, associate professor of sociology at Columbia University, will speak on "Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age," at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Francis Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts on Santa Fe's Palace Avenue on the downtown plaza. The talk is part of the 2003 Santa Fe Institute Lecture Series for the nonscientist. The talk is free and open to the public. Watts will discuss how networks bind everything from computers to economies to organizations large and small. He will discuss how networks address a range of problems, from epidemics of disease to business firms surviving crisis and change to individuals searching for information. For more information, call 984-8800 or go to www.santafe.edu online. Updated 2/13/03
Just-In-Time for all COMPAQ products and miscellaneous brands of parts, monitors, drives, memory, software, accessories and more - over 20,000 items, from Computer Corner. Palm M515 Handheld Organizer - $314.28, new Palm Tungsten T Handheld - $450, NEC/Mitsubishi Monitors - LCD2010X, 20" LCD Pivot Display - $1302, NEC 20" 1600x1200 - $1415. Sony, Epson, Polycom, Iomega, Symantec and many other brands, all on the JIT contract. For more products and information go to www.compcorner.com online or call Dennis Barnes at 228-2005 or write to dbarnes@compcorner.com by electronic mail. Updated 2/12/03 Wellness Center offers diabetes management class The Wellness Center will be offering a new diabetes management class, Diabetes: Food and Fitness, class #2477. This class will meet from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. each Thursday beginning Feb. 20 through March 27 (six weeks) at the Wellness Center. Share fresh ideas for managing your diabetes with food and fitness strategies - all in just a half hour lunch-time session. No class fee. For more information, contact Phyllis Webb at 7-7166 or write to wellness@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 2/11/03 Elevator in Otowi Building out of service The Otowi Building at Technical Area 3 will be without elevator service for up to six weeks because of mechanical failure. Repairs have begun on the elevator. Facility management personnel in the Otowi Building will work with groups in the building to develop accommodations for all occupants during this period. Lab personnel who don't work in the Otowi Building but use the building for official business, to dine in the cafeteria and other matters are asked to remain cognizant of this situation and plan accordingly. Individuals who are handicapped can access the Otowi Building's third floor through the west side entrance, while access to the middle floor is available through the east side entrance. The basement level isn't accessible to mobility impaired individuals, however, such individuals can write to otowi@lanl.gov by electronic mail and facility management personnel will attempt to accommodate them. Updated 1/16/03 Clearance Processing has new electronic address for questions Clearance Processing (S-6) has a new electronic address to assist with questions on clearance processing. The address is Clearan@lanl.gov. The e-mail should be used to ask about clearance processing status, for questions about completing the QNSP, for processing questions, etc. The address will be monitored daily and responses will be sent the same day unless further research is required. This replaces telephone calls made to 7-7253, although the phone number will continue to be monitored as well. The new address allows all clearance processing personnel to monitor and respond to questions rather than limiting responses to one person. Inquiries should not be duplicated by sending both a telephone and electronic mail message. For more information contact, Paula Dransfield of S-6 at 7-0662. Updated 2/6/03 Project Management Toolbox scheduled for March 11-13 This three-day workshop focuses on individual skill building and addresses the essential elements of project management:
Learning is reinforced by application case studies throughout the workshop. The course is customized for Los Alamos and presented by Erika Jones and Associates, who have a history of successful project facilitations throughout the Laboratory. For additional information and registration, go to http://www.hr.lanl.gov/TIOCourses/TIOSession.asp?CourseSession=196920014 online or call Harry Thomas of Training and Development (HR-TD) at 7-4002. Updated 1/30/03 Program Development: Marketing workshop scheduled for March 19-20 This workshop is designed to deal with the unique marketing environment, perspectives and politics of the government arena. This two-day session addresses key marketing issues: budget trends, identifying opportunities, establishing credibility, finding champions and reducing the risk of unexpected negative reactions from within the bureaucracy. The course provides a simple and efficient, step-by-step process to minimize the time and effort of developing proposals. There is a six-hour segment on creating winning marketing plans. For additional information and registration, go to http://www.hr.lanl.gov/TIOCourses/TIOSession.asp?CourseSession=250190002 online or call Harry Thomas of Training and Development (HR-TD) at 7-4002. Updated 1/30/03 Wellness Center class Metabolic Rate Revealed - That elusive metabolic rage - calories burned - can now be individually measured and better understood for weight management, fitness goals and more. Includes interpretation of Resting Metabolic Rate using indirect calorimetry equipment, along with diet and exercise techniques that boost metabolic rate. Noon to 1 p.m., Feb. 26 and March 5. Registration by Jan. 23 is required for completing metabolic test prior to class. Fee: $18, to cover the cost of the individual testing equipment. Classes are held in Wellness Center Room 106. For related classes and online registration, go to http://www.wellness.lanl.gov/svc/classes/hp/hp_sch.htm online. For more information, contact the Wellness Center at 7-7166. Updated 2/7/03 Laboratory Records Management sessions on March 4 Two sessions for Laboratory Records Management point of contacts have been set for March 4 at Canyon School, Room 172. These sessions are the same sessions offered last fiscal year and are meant for those POCs who did not take the prior training. The mandatory training will be held from 8 to 9:30 a.m. This session concentrates on the POC responsibilities as listed in LIR 308-00-02.0, Laboratory Records Management and is a mandatory requirement for all POCs. The Expanded POC training will be held from 9:45 a.m. to noon. This session will cover topics presented in the Basic Records Management course being offered on Feb. 26 and is not mandatory. There is no cost for these sessions and registration can be done through Virtual Training on the Lab's home page. The sessions will provide interested employees with the basic tools needed to continue to implement this LIR and answers to questions regarding its requirements. For more information regarding these sessions, contact Dolores Salazar at dolores@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 1/28/03
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Women’s Diversity Working Group or any of its predecessor women’s organization at the Laboratorty? If so, the WDWG would like to hear from you. The working group has begun planning events and activities for Women’s History Month in March, and one idea contemplated is recognizing the women at the Laboratory who have participated in the WDWG through the years. Women who previously served on the Women’s Diversity Working Group are asked to write to Maryrose Montalvo of the Nuclear Materials Technology (NMT) Division at mmontalvo@lanl.gov by electronic mail or call 7-4988 to help the WDWG firm up its plans. For more information about current HDWG activities, go to http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/dvo/wdwg/women.html online. Updated 1/24/03 Physics in Collision 2004 conference The 24th International Conference on Physics in Collision (PIC 2004) is from June 27-29. The conference will be in Boston, Mass. For more information, contact Ulrich Heintz at pic2004@physics.bu.edu by electronic mail or go to http://physics.bu.edu/pic2004 online. Updated 1/13/03 Plutonium Futures conference in July Registration costs $350 if received before June 5. After June 5, the cost is $450. For American Nuclear Society members, the cost is $300 for early registration and $400 after June 5. A call for papers brochure is available at the conference Web site at www.lanl.gov/pu2003 online. For more information, contact Kathy DeLucas of Communication Arts and Services (IM-1) at 5-3618 or write to duke@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 1/9/03 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 Benefits (HR-B). 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 Staffing (HR-S) 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 10/25/02 Lost: prescription sun glasses on Feb 12 at the Otowi Cafeteria. Medium gold tint, and a brownish frame. If found, please contact Angie Aragon at 5-7249 or write to aparagon@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Found: gold earring near T-Division/Engineering Building parking lot. Please call 5-1855 to claim. Lost: Kyocera cell phone, in front of Otowi building. If found, call 7-8315 or write to sds@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Found: computer lock at Canyon Complex. Please contact Connie at 7-3408. Found: single silver earring with pale amethysts on the sidewalk in front of the Study Center. To claim, call Eileen at 5-8377. Lost: Nokia cell phone in Physics Analytical Center (TA-3, SM-215) on Feb 5. If found, please contact patrick@lanl.gov by electronic mail or call 5-1203. Found: binoculars on shoulder of West Jemez Road in front of the Wellness Center. To claim, call 5-5431. Lost: 1/2" gold earring embossed with fleur de leis in or around the Ad Building. If found, please write to lorriel@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Lost: small amount of cash in/around/between Ad Building and Study Center on Jan. 22. Call Valerie at 7-3901 if found. Lost: Motorola cell phone in Ad Building Auditorium. If found, please call 5-7175. Lost: silver necklace with coral stones in the vicinity of TA-3 on Jan. 16. If found, please call 5-0486. Sentimental value. Found: pink baby blanket north of the Study Center on Jan. 14. To claim, call 5-5550. Lost: cell phone at Otowi parking lot on Jan. 12. If found, please call 7-0650. Lost: sterling silver bear on black cord necklace Jan. 11. Contact Margie at 7-7896. Lost: one silver, wide-looped pierced earring with inlaid turquoise and blue stone on Jan. 3. Call the HSR Division Office at 667-4218 if found. Found: key ring with all government keys near Pajarito School. Call 7-0842 to identify and claim. Lost: six-inch, Figaro link, 14k gold bracelet between SM-410
and the Otowi Building. Call Michelle at 7-1737.
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