<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">November 7 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Disinfectant Hand Wipes for Your JLab Workspace</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">To minimize the spread of flu this season, JLab has disinfectant hand wipes for distribution to staff and Users for disinfecting hands and common-use workplace surfaces, such as phones and keyboards. They are available to the lab via Freestock, in Bldg. 90, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday. If you have any questions, call x6297, x7225 or x7233.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">JLab Veterans Day Salute Set for Monday, Nov. 12</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">In recognition of the many people at JLab who have served in the Armed Forces, the lab will have cake in the CEBAF Center lobby, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, for all veterans. Veterans are asked to sign the board and enjoy a piece of cake!</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Thanksgiving Warm-Up Buffet in the Quark Cafe</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The annual Quark Cafe Thanksgiving Feast is set for Wednesday, Nov. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. This year's buffet will feature roast turkey with cornbread sage dressing, gravy, fresh orange-cranberry sauce, Smithfield ham, carved peppercorn beef Wellington, Yukon gold garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans almandine, maple-walnut Brussels sprouts, dinner rolls and assorted pies. The buffet is $10 (plus tax) and includes a medium fountain drink. Buffet items will be available for a la carte purchase.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Quark Cafe Takes Thanksgiving Dessert Orders</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">The cafe is accepting holiday dessert orders through Friday, Nov. 16, during breakfast, lunch and Wednesday snack hours. The cafe is offering a selection of whole pies, including sweet potato, southern pecan, apple and blueberry. Pumpkin cheesecake is also available. Pre-ordered desserts will be available for pickup on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 20-21. Pick up your order form and get more information in the Quark Cafe.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Support for Windows 8</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Microsoft has recently released Windows 8, and the CNI Group is currently testing its compatibility with the CUE environment as well as core applications. This operating system is very different from Windows 7, and it will take a few months to fully test the new OS and environment. In the meantime, the group will not provide support for Windows 8 on computers in the CUE environment. The group will announce its support once testing and evaluation of this new, and vastly different, OS is complete. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the IT Division Helpdesk, x7155.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Industry Presentation & Free Lunch: Interfacing EPICS & LabView</font></b></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Many commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware options need custom driver development to interface with EPICS. The research community has used LabVIEW to interface COTS hardware to EPICS for several years. Brian Reiche, technical account manager for National Instruments, will provide a status report on his company's development work regarding different methods of interfacing EPICS with LabVIEW. The ability to directly use EPICS IOC will be covered, as well as the different supported operating systems, advantages and limitations. The presentation is on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in CEBAF Center F224/225. If you have technical questions about the presentation, contact contact Brian Reiche, <a href="mailto:brian.reiche@ni.com">brian.reiche@ni.com</a>. R.S.V.P. by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 to Christiana Grenoble, <a href="mailto:grenoble@jlab.org">grenoble@jlab.org</a>.</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 this week go to Samika Hawkins, who was the first to correctly identify the location for Oct. 31. Honorable mentions go to Narciso Gomez, Elaine Zuchowicz, Harry Fanning, Dick Owen, Michelle Shinn and Michael Haddox-Schatz. 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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><br></div></body></html>