<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">February 29 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">United Airlines and Continental Airlines Merge Systems</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If you are flying on either of these airlines during the next couple of weeks, hope for the best, but anticipate something less. Should a problem occur with your online check-in, or if your reservation, seat assignment or frequent flyer number is missing from your record, or other problems, contact CI Travel immediately, at 757-269-7269 during work hours or at 1-800-876-4992 after hours. Use Agent ID: VPD.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Annual T-Shirt Contest is Underway!</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The Jefferson Activities Group is seeking entries for the annual JLab T-shirt design contest. Entries due by March 12. For design requirements and rules, visit the JAG webpage: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/">http://www.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">Excess Furniture Wish List</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">With the impending movement of staffers to new office space in the Technology and Engineering Development Building, a number of furniture items will become available through Freestock. If you are looking for items for your workspace, send an email with an item description and your contact information to Lawrence Ferbee at <a href="mailto:ferbee@jlab.org">ferbee@jlab.org</a> to be placed on a "wish list" for items that become available.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Golf Car Rain Coats Available in Freestock</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Want better visibility on rainy days in your golf cart? Rain Coats, advanced water repellent coatings for the plastic windshields on golf carts, is now available in Freestock. Quantity is limited, so get some for your cart today: <a href="http://wwwold.jlab.org/intralab/stockroom/">http://wwwold.jlab.org/intralab/stockroom/</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">ORNL Announces Opening of Guest House</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Travelers to Oak Ridge National Laboratory or UT-Battelle meetings can now stay at the new Guest House located on campus near the Spallation Neutron Source office building with easy access to the SNS cafeteria. Reservations can be made at the $91 government (Fed Room) rate by contacting CI Travel or online. There is also a special academic rate for students and college faculty ($76) and an extended stay rate of $69/night. CI Travel contact info: <a href="http://wwwold.jlab.org/div_dept/cfo/travel/news.html">http://wwwold.jlab.org/div_dept/cfo/travel/news.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Travel Guidance Q&A on the JLab Website</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">As a JLab business traveler, you need to check the new updates on the Travel Guidance Q&A page. Do you have questions about getting paid if you upgrade your seat on an airline or whether you can get advance reimbursement for a registration fee you paid on your personal credit card? If so, this section of the Travel website can be valuable to you. If you have a question that is not answered there, contact Carol Kinsey, x7519. Travel Guidance Q&A: <a href="http://wwwold.jlab.org/div_dept/cfo/travel/news.html">http://wwwold.jlab.org/div_dept/cfo/travel/news.html</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JLab Cafeteria to Be Busy After 12:30 p.m., March 5-9</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Anticipate large crowds in the Quark Cafe and limited cafeteria and lobby seating space daily Monday through Friday, March 5-9 after 12:30 p.m. That is when the International ICFA Workshop on Future Light Sources will break daily for lunch. More than 150 individuals will participate in sessions in the CEBAF Center auditorium and associated CEBAF Center conference rooms.</font></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">Congratulations this week go to Katherine Myers, John Leckey, Wouter Deconinck and Joshua Magee, who were the first to correctly identify the Feb. 22 location. Honorable mentions go to Bryan Moffit, Rob Mahurin, Joshua Hoskins and David Armstrong. Check out the Tracking Thomas webpage 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://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/trackingthomas.html">http://wwwold.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://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html">http://wwwold.jlab.org/news/briefs/index.html</a></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>