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High school, undergraduate and graduate students from the Computing, Communications and Networking (CCN) Division will showcase their research at a divisional poster session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Aug. 4 in the Nicholas C. Metropolis Center for Modeling and Simulation (SCC Building) at Technical Area 3. The poster session provides an opportunity for the CCN year-round and summer students to present their research to their peers, Laboratory mentors and managers. Staff with L or Q clearances are able to access the SCC building lobby. Lab personnel without clearances must arrange for an escort and bring escort paperwork (Post #411, 412 or 414; SCC is Building #2324, Rooms 1000 and 1014, hallways, corridors and bathroom). For more information, contact Ashley Weber of Occupational Medicine (HSR-2) at 4-0910 or write to webera@lanl.gov by electronic mail or Carina Stefaniak of Staffing (HR-S) at 7-8658 or write to carina@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 7/29/03
The first annual Los Alamos Fat Tire Festival will be held Aug. 8-10 in Los Alamos. The festival offers events for bicycling enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. Activities begin with an elite three-stage race for pro and expert racers Friday evening (Aug. 8). Saturday will host the festival feature event, the Pajarito Punishment cross-country race. This will be stage two for the pro and expert races and also includes a sport and beginner race and citizens tour. The Pajarito Punishment is a challenging 20-mile cross-country course with more than 3,000 feet of cumulative elevation gain. After a start with the Los Alamos County Fair parade, the course starts in Los Alamos off 48th Street on the perimeter trail and climbs to the ski hill via Pipeline Road then descends Pajarito canyon to the finish. The action will continue on Sunday at the Pajarito Ski Hill with stage three for the pro and expert racers, a downhill race on a new course and a kid's race. Fees for the race are Elite Stage Race: $50, Pajarito Punishment Race and Tour: $25, Downhill: $35 and Kid's Race: Free. There is a $5 late/day of race additional fee to the above fees. The Fat Tire Festival is co-sponsored by the Tuff Riders Mountain Bike Club, a Laboratory sanctioned organization. For more information, go to http://www.losalamos.com/fattirefestival/index.asp online or contact Jessica Kisiel at 5-4368. Updated 7/29/03
NetWorx Inc. and Hewlett Packard announce several new products available on the Just-In-Time. Four new DeskJet Printers; 3520, 3650, 5150 and 5650. Two new Business Inkjet printers; 1100d and 1100dtn. One new personal desktop LaserJet 1150 and a new personal desktop Color LaserJet 1500 printer. Five new Scanjet scanners; 3670, 3970, 8200, 8250 and 8290. Contact NetWorx for details at 505-346-0700 or write to hp@networxinc.com by electronic mail. Updated 7/29/03
Join TIG, Dell and others and see the newest machine models and technology from Dell from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 7 at the MSL Auditorium. A Dell road map briefing is from 1 to 2 p.m. Lunch will be catered by Garcia's Kitchen. Snacks and beverages will be served through out the day. Lunch served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come and enjoy some lunch and see what Dell has to offer for the upcoming fiscal year end. Updated 7/29/03 Volunteer opportunities Volunteers are needed
to review/score student scholarship applications for the American Indian
Science and Engineering Society from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Aug. 13 at
Canyon School, Room 165. Volunteers will be reviewing the A.T. Anderson
Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is one of five
scholarship programs administered by AISES.
This scholarship was established in 1983, in memory of Andy Anderson,
one of AISES' founders. Updated 7/28/03 Retirement Day event planned for Aug. 13 Benefits and Employment Services (HR-B) is hosting a retirement day event Aug. 13 in the Duane Smith Auditorium at Los Alamos High School on Diamond Drive. Morning and afternoon-evening sessions are planned to accommodate University of California Lab personnel and UC retirees. Fidelity Investments, HR-B and representatives from the Social Security Administration will be available to answer questions about financial and retirement issues. For more information, contact Chris Binns in HR-B at 7-8622. Updated 7/25/03 Project Management training on Aug. 5 - 7 The Otowi Bridge Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI) is sponsoring a three day workshop on project management that is open to the Northern New Mexico community. The workshop is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 5 - 7 at the Los Alamos Inn. The workshop will be taught by Erika Jones, who has been teaching PM and helping projects get off the ground for almost 20 years. She is one of the most experienced project management trainers and facilitators in the world, and regularly conducts the "PM Toolbox" course for the Laboratory. Class size is limited. To register, go to http://www.21centuryphoto.com/otowibridge-pmi online. For more information, contact Steve McKelvey at 5-7116 Updated 7/24/03 Kinderkick soccer program registration under way The Los Alamos Family YMCA is now registering children ages 4 and 5 for its kinderkick soccer program. Registration continues through Aug. 18. The program introduces children to soccer through instruction and limited competition. The program meets twice a week for six weeks beginning Aug. 25 and ending Oct. 3. The kinderkick program costs $25 for YMCA members; $35 for nonmembers. Volunteer coaches and teaching assistants also are needed. No previous coaching experience is necessary. The Los Alamos Famiily YMCA is a Laboratory sanctioned organization and is located at 1450 Iris St., downtown. For more information, contact Ericka Kidd at 662-3100. Updated 7/23/03 Project Management Overview course Aug. 28 at Canyon School Training and Developing (HR-TD) is sponsoring a one-day project management orientation for Lab personnel who supervise project managers or project team members, and for those who sponsor and fund projects. The course is Aug. 28 at the Canyon School Complex off Central Avenue. Participants will learn about the processes and necessary sequence of events that lead to successful projects as well as learn effective methods for communicating about project status, problems and adjustments to project schedules, scope and budgets. The course is customized for the Laboratory and presented by Erika Jones and Associates. For more information and registration, go to http://www.hr.lanl.gov/TIOCourses/TIOSession.asp?CourseSession=72570022 online or call Harry Thomas of HR-TD at 7-4002. Updated 7/23/03 NNSA to hold public meeting on draft environmental assessment for proposed trails management program at Laboratory The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration is hosting a public meeting July 30 regarding the pre-decisional draft Environmental Assessment (DOE/EA-1431) for the proposed Trails Management Program at the Laboratory. The meeting is at 6 p.m. in Fuller Lodge downtown. The proposed action would consist of implementing a Trails Management Program at the Lab to address Lab trails use by the public, Lab workers and officially invited guests. The trails closure alternative would result in the closing of all existing trails to the public and Laboratory workers for recreational use purposes. Lab workers and the public is invited to comment on the predecisional draft environmental assessment. Copies are available in DOE Public Reading rooms at 1619 Central Avenue in Los Alamos and in the Government Information Department of Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The public comment period ends Aug. 5. Requests for copies of the draft environmental assessment or comments regarding this action should be sent to Elizabeth Withers of DOE at 528 35th Street, Los Alamos, N.M. 87544; by fax at (505) 667-9998; by writing to ewithers@doeal.gov by electronic mail or by calling (505) 667-8690. For more information, contact Dan Pava of Ecology (RRES-ECO) at 7-7360 or write to dpava@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Updated 7/17/03 LANL Energetic Materials Review on Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 The 2003 LANL Energetic Materials Review is scheduled for Sept. 29 - Oct. 2. The objective of the review will be to present a broad perspective of the Laboratory's energetic materials related R&D activities that support tactical and strategic nuclear and conventional weapons deliverables. Eight topical sessions with associated poster sessions will be presented, each beginning with a short overview to highlight key progress in the past year and future plans. Topical sessions: HE Synthesis, Formulations & Advanced Energetics; HE Engineering, Processing & Characterization; HE Characterization & Constituent Modeling; Non-shock Initiation (Thermal, Impact, Shear & Friction); Energetic Materials Aging; Initiation Systems & Shock Initiation; Shock Chemistry & Reactive Burn; and Detonation Physics, DSD & EOS Unclassified sessions are scheduled at the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center. Only badged personnel will be allowed to attend the presentations. Some attendance restrictions may apply to UCNI and/or OUO presentations. One classified session is scheduled for the Forum on Thursday afternoon. Attendance at classified sessions by DOE and non-DOE personnel will require clearance access to SRD, Sigmas 1-10. For all Lab DOE personnel, verification of your Sigma 1-10 status by your group management (via fax or email to Janet at 5-2828/neff@lanl.gov) will be required prior at the start of the review if you wish to attend any of the presentations in the classified session. Registration for all attendees is requested by Sept. 12. For more information, contact Janet Neff-Shampine of Pulsed Power Hydrodynamics (P-22) at 7-8214. Updated 7/16/03 LabVIEW training courses Offered by National Instruments in Albuquerque and Los Alamos National Instruments is offering LabVIEW training courses. Sign up for both courses and receive a 25 percent discount on the cost of the second course.
Seating is limited. To register, download course descriptions or view additional courses go to http://digital.ni.com/express.nsf/express?openagent&code=exrxux online. Or call (888) 484-4436 to reserve your seat. Offered by Interfacing Concepts in Albuquerque Interfacing Concepts is again offering a number of courses for Laboratory technical professionals next month at the Ramada Mountainvew Hotel at Interstate 40 and Lomas Boulevard in Albuquerque. Aug. 11 – 13: LabVIEW Jump-Start with IEEE-488 and RS-232 Course: learn LabVIEW programming hands-on, learn how the IEEE-488 and RS-232 systems work and how to use them the way they were designed to be used, learn how to program LabVIEW with IEEE-488 and RS-232 devices using LabVIEW, correctly. The primary focus is how to control instruments, acquire their data, convert the data to usable numeric form, store and retrieve the data, and analyze and display the data. Cost: $1,200 per person. Aug. 14 – 15: LabVIEW Advanced Topics Jump-Start Course: learn more advanced topics such as calling Dynamic Linked Libraries and C Language routines from within LabVIEW, dynamic loading and unloading of LabVIEW routines, clusters, globals and locals, advanced programs and methods for programming LabVIEW and more. Cost: $1,000 per person. Aug. 18 – 20: LabVIEW Intermediate Level Jump-Start Course: learn more sophisticated LabVIEW methods of programming such as objects and panels that appear and disappear as needed, programming special effects in LabVIEW, choice of suitable programming architectures, improving LabVIEW operation and memory use, and special topics such as waveform acquisition, customizing LabVIEW programs, and more. Cost: $1,200 per person. Aug. 21 – 22: IEEE-488, RS-232 and the Computer Course: learn IEEE-488 and RS-232 common terms, configuration, communication with instruments from the computer keyboard, how the IEEE-488 and RS-232 actually work, and how to work them the way they were designed to work properly. This hands-on course is for people who already know a computer language and know some of the IEEE-488 and RS-232 concepts, but really need to know the correct way to use them, the way they were designed to be used with instruments. Cost: $1,000.00 per person. To register, or for more information, write to Don Jordan at interfacing.concepts@att.net, by electronic mail or call (512) 566-0003. Updated 7/22/03 FSN events
All events are at the Family Resource Center; 1990 Diamond Drive. For more information or to register, call 662-4515. Updated 7/25/03 Lower floor of Library closed The lower level of the Laboratory Research Library (STB-RL) will be closed to the public beginning July 9 for approximately six weeks while compact shelving is installed. To request research materials from this floor, use the request form on the Library home page or in the Library use the request forms at the customer service desk. For more information, contact Lou Pray of STB-RL at 5-2756. Updated 7/14/03 CalPers long-term care plan enrollment extended Open Enrollment for the CalPERS long term care plan has been extended though July 31. University of California Laboratory employees and their families are eligible for the program, which is designed to offer protection from the potentially devastating cost of long-term care. Long-term care is the extended care needed to perform activities of daily living like bathing, dressing or eating caused by accidents, chronic conditions or frailty of old age. Application packets can be obtained from the CalPERS Web site at http://www.calpers.ca.gov/longtermcare/apply/app-kit.htm online. For more information on the CalPers long-term care program, see the March 31 Daily Newsbulletin. Updated 7/3/03 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://hrcluster.lanl.gov/TIOCourses/TIOAha.asp?CourseNumber=21013 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 and found Found: watch at the Wellness Center. Call 5-8555 to claim. Found: reading glasses and a watch were turned into the registration desk at the Family Festival event on July 19. Contact Debby Thompson at 5-6457 to claim. Lost: Oakley prescription sunglasses at TA-53 on July 24. If found, contact Mike at 5-2297 or write to rjenkins@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Lost: prescription sunglasses on July 22. Blue frame in a soft leather eyeglass case. Please contact Ira Wasserman at ira@astro.cornell.edu by electronic mail or leave a message with Deb at 7-0920 or Richard at 7-9595. Lost: silver bracelet with single turqoise stone either at Wellness Center, in TAXI service van or at TA-52, Buildings 44 and 45. If found, contact Andrea at 5-5250. Lost: small square gold earring on July 21 at or in front of the Otowi building (east side). Approx. 1/2" high. Please call Florence at 7-5994. Found: religious pin with a metal of the Virgin Mary - found in the upper level of the JRO Study Center following the Ergo Expo on July 17. Call Pat at 7-5755 to claim. Found: handmade beaded choker necklace in Study Center parking lot on July 11. Call Lyn or Linda at 7-4448 to claim. Lost: key ring with two keys and two remotes in or around the Otowi Building. If found, write to chdavis@lanl.gov by electronic mail. Found: Gold wedding band ring found on the fourth floor of the Administration Building on June 12. Call Carolyn or Lucy at 7-5101 to claim. Lost: pair of wireless glasses in a small blue bag near the Otowi Building on June 13. If found, call Rebecca at 7-7436. Lost: a silver earring with three stones - top yellow, middle pink and bottom gray (the largest and a prehistoric stone) somewhere between Otowi Building and SM-28. If found, contact Mable at 5-0528. Lost: lapis tennis bracelet in the vicinity of Otowi Building on June 11. If found, call Lou at 663-5555. Found: a government key attached to a Hayworth key on a white plastic clip. To claim, contact Felix at the locksmiths office. Commuter's Corner To run an ad, contact the Newsbulletin at newsbulletin@lanl.gov or 7-6103.
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