<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">August 10 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JSA Initiatives Fund Program Proposal Submissions Notice and Deadline Extension</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Principal investigators who have already submitted proposals for the FY2012 JSA Initiatives Fund Program should have received an acknowledgement of receipt from the Program Manager (SURA Chief Governance Office). If you have made a submission and have not received an acknowledgement, you should resubmit your proposal. The submission date for proposals has been extended to COB, Friday, Aug. 12. Proposals will not be accepted after that date. JSA Initiatives Fund website: <a href="http://www.jsallc.org/IF/CP12.html">http://www.jsallc.org/IF/CP12.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JAG Luau Set for Wednesday, Aug. 17</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The JAG Luau is open to all lab employees and their families, users and students, and will be 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, on the lawn behind the Residence Facility. Refreshments will include summer favorites: hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, cold beverages and special treats. For more information, visit the JAG website: <a href="http://wwwold.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/">http://wwwold.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Volunteers Needed for JAG Luau</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Lots of volunteer opportunities in nearly every category are still open for the Luau. Volunteers make this event a success and fun for everyone. If you are logged on to the internal network onsite, you may visit the JAG Luau link above to see the volunteer signup option. Click the "sign up" link to get your choice of volunteer assignments and help everyone have a fun, safe and entertaining event. If you are offsite and wish to volunteer, sign up by contacting Betty Beeler, x6999.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">United Way School Tools Drive</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The United Way School Tools Drive is now underway. Collection boxes for donations of school supplies are located in the VARC, MCC, CEBAF Center and ARC lobbies through Aug. 25. New school supplies for students of any grade level may be placed in the boxes. Appropriate items include pens, pencils, student scissors, crayons, spiral notebooks, 3-ring binders, binder paper, pocket folders, rulers, protractor/compass sets, etc. For more information, contact Joshua Cameron, x7628.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">2011 Day of Caring Will 'Rock the Block'</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The 2011 annual United Way Day of Caring will be Friday, Sept. 9. Volunteers will help provide much-needed help for senior citizens in multiple communities to remain safe and secure in their homes. No prior experience is required. Volunteers are asked to fill out the 2011 United Way Day of Caring volunteer participation form and send or deliver it to Joshua Cameron (Mail Stop MS 12B, CEBAF Center room B214) by 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22. Before turning in the form, each volunteer must have their supervisor's signature (in any open area) on form. For more information about the 2011 Rock the Block Day of Caring, visit the website: <a href="http://www.volunteerpeninsula.org/">http://www.volunteerpeninsula.org/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Fed Travelers and Smartphone Apps</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Love your smartphone and using apps to make your life a little easier? Federal travelers and others who use GSA's per diem rates can now look up rates while on the go with just a few taps or clicks, as GSA announces the new per diem rate app for the iPhone and BlackBerry platforms. The app is free of charge. The new app allows travelers to look up per diem reimbursement rates for lodging and meals and incidentals rates by location or ZIP code. Travelers can look up rates for the federal government fiscal years 2010 and 2011, with 2012 rates available later this summer. Visit GSA's per diem website for more information and a link to download the apps: <a href="http://www.gsa.gov/perdiem">www.gsa.gov/perdiem</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Engineering Offers Cryo Seminar</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">One more cryogenics seminar, part of the Engineering Division's Professional Development Program, will take place Aug. 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the CEBAF Center auditorium. The talk is titled: JLab's 12 GeV Compressor System and Development Work. General inquiries about this seminar or the Engineering Division's Professional Development Program may be directed to Gayle Coleman, x7712.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Tracking Thomas at JLab</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Congratulations to Stephen Smith and Marie Ivanco, who were the first to correctly identify the Aug. 3 location. Honorable mentions go to Michael Spata, Percy Harrell, Lori Zukerman, Dana Cochran, Michael Haddox-Schatz, Karen Bartek, Lawrence Ferbee, Jason Willoughby, Kevin Jordan, DeAnn Maddox, Dave Fazenbaker, Gina Dixon, Narciso Gomez, Sharon Hay, Janet Prater, Jodi Patient, Dianne Napier, Evelyn Akers, Russell Mammei, Linda Ceraul, Luci Collins, John Kelly, Tonya Evans, Judy Hill, Cela Callaghan, Chandra Gilchrist, Connie Adams, Sebastien Procureur, Debra Brand, Casey Heck, Marie Powers, Mike Koch, Andre Newman, Mike Martin, Ron Bartek, Michelle Shinn, Andy Kowalski, Doug Higinbotham and Dick Owen. Check out the Tracking Thomas webpage (onsite access only) for a better view of his last location and this week's new mystery photo and email Kandice Carter if you think you know where he is: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/trackingthomas.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/trackingthomas.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><br></div></body></html>