<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://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://wwwold.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">December 21 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><div><br></div><b>Quark Cafe Holds Annual Holiday Bake Sale!</b></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Quark Cafe staff invites the JLab community to its annual Holiday Bake Sale on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The bake sale will be in the CEBAF Center lobby and include a variety of breads, holiday cakes and pies by Gerry Fortin, owner of Lucille's Bakery in Richmond. The bakery items will be available in a range of prices.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Today's Colloquium: Potential "Sputnik Moments" for U.S. Energy Challenges</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Victor H. Reis, Senior Adviser for DOE's Under Secretary for Science, will discuss some "Sputnik Moments" for U.S. energy challenges in a colloquium and public lecture today at 4 p.m. Reis will review the Sputnik and Apollo programs, stockpile stewardship, the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and current DOE efforts in exascale computing and small modular reactors from a strategic planning perspective. He will raise the issue of nuclear power and climate in light of the Fukushima disaster. Lively discussion is encouraged.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Rad Workers: Read, Sign 2012 General Access RWP by Dec. 31</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If you are a radiation worker, to retain your accelerator site access, you must sign the new RWP no later than Dec. 31. To access the RWP, visit the web-based training page and open document SAF801kd General Access RWP (under the subhead "ES&H"). You may access/sign this document from offsite, but it won't be accessible on Friday, Dec. 23. If you have any questions about the permit, contact Radiation Control at 269-7236.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Holiday Break Housekeeping and Electronics Instructions</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JLab will close at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, and reopen the morning of Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Everyone at JLab is asked to do the following before leaving the lab for the holiday break: Turn off all your computing systems and peripherals and individual UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems. Unplug from the wall and turn off your UPS as outlined in your UPS manufacturer's instruction booklet; Turn off all printers and copiers; Turn off, and if possible, unplug all appliances from their wall outlets.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Occupants of buildings and areas that will be affected by the power outage over the holiday break are asked to empty all refrigerators/freezers in these areas by 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22. Janitorial staff will dispose of any items left in refrigerators/freezers in those areas after that time. Don't put decomposable or wet waste into any waste receptacles after they have been emptied on Thursday. The last waste containers to be emptied will be those in restrooms and kitchenettes. Refer questions, as soon as feasible, to Rusty Sprouse, x7589.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Lab Energy Savings Over the Holiday Break</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">During the shutdown, facility and infrastructure maintenance and energy-saving measures will be in effect in the remaining buildings, including the VARC and ARC. This means that building temperatures will be reduced and certain equipment will be turned off to save energy.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Quark Cafe Dining Schedule</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Quark Cafe will close after lunch on Thursday, Dec. 22; it will reopen for breakfast on Monday, Jan. 2.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Section of CEBAF Blvd. Will Be Closed Jan. 3-5, 2012</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">A section of CEBAF Blvd - the two-lane road through the middle of the Accelerator Site - is scheduled to be closed Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 3-5, for the delivery and installation of equipment to CEBAF's Central Helium Liquefier (CHL), Building 8. The section of road and sidewalk -- from about the southwest corner of Building 87 to about the front door of Building 89 -- will be closed. For more information, see the announcement: <a href="http://wwwold.jlab.org/memo/2011CEBAF_Blvd_Closed.html">http://wwwold.jlab.org/memo/2011CEBAF_Blvd_Closed.html</a></font></div></div><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">Little Thomas is out visiting family and friends for the holidays. He'll continue his jaunts around the JLab campus in January. May everyone have a happy holidays and a joyous new year!</font></div></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://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>