<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest">https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">November 20 Briefs Excerpts:</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Extra Hands Needed For Tunnel Housekeeping</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Accelerator Operations is preparing for the end of the Long Shutdown and is getting ready for CEBAF accelerator commissioning activities. One of the last things to do before commissioning is general housekeeping in the tunnel. Extra (volunteer) help is still needed for the rest of this week. Tunnel housekeeping is planned for Thursday and Friday, 8:30-11:45 a.m. Anyone that can spare this block of time is asked to contact Harry Fanning, <a href="mailto:fanning@jlab.org">fanning@jlab.org</a> or x7619.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Thanksgiving Warm-Up Buffet in the Quark Cafe</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">The annual Quark Cafe Thanksgiving Feast is set for Thursday, Nov. 21, 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, wild mushroom ravioli in a lobster Boursin® cream sauce, carved prime rib of beef, Yukon gold garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans almandine, maple-walnut Brussels sprouts, dinner rolls and assorted pies. The buffet is $10.13 (plus tax) and includes a medium fountain drink. Buffet items will be available for a la carte purchase.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><b>
Order Thanksgiving Desserts from Quark Cafe by Nov. 22
</b></font></div><div><font face="Arial">The cafe is accepting holiday dessert orders through Friday, Nov. 22 (date corrected), during breakfast, lunch and Wednesday snack hours. The cafe is offering a selection of whole pies, including pumpkin, southern pecan and fruits of the forest. Pumpkin cheesecake is also available. Pre-ordered desserts will be available for pickup on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26-27. Pick up your order form and get more information in the Quark Cafe.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">JAG Dog Club Collects Food Donations through Friday, Nov. 22</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Members of the JAG Dog Club, in coordination with Dan Young, Physics Division, are collecting nonperishable food items for the Peninsula Foodbank through 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. Donation collection boxes are located in the CEBAF Center lobby, the Support Service Center, the TEDF lobby, and Building 89. Bring only items packaged in cans, plastic or cardboard; items packaged in glass cannot be accepted. For more information, see the full announcement on We Hear That.</font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Colloquium and Public Lecture Scheduled for Nov. 26</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Lisa J. Kaufman, Indiana University's Center for Exploration of Energy & Matter, will discuss recent results from an experiment to measure neutrinos. While neutrinos are all around us, many of their properties remain a mystery. The study of a theorized process called neutrinoless double beta decay can shed light on the properties of neutrino mass, whether the neutrino is its own anti-particle and a potential discovery of physics beyond the Standard Model. The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) program is aimed at searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in Xenon-136. In this talk, titled "Back to the Salt Mines: The Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in Xe-136," Kaufman will discuss the current status of double beta decay, with special emphasis on recent results from EXO-200, which has made the most precise measurement of the two-neutrino double beta decay of any isotope and has placed one of the most stringent limits on the absolute neutrino mass to date. </font>The colloquium will take place in the CEBAF Center auditorium on Nov. 26 at 3 p.m. <span style="font-family: Arial; ">Cookies and coffee will be served in the lobby beginning at 2:30 p.m.</span></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">JAG Holiday Events Scheduled</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">The JAG Holiday Party is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the CEBAF Center lobby. All employees, contractors, users and their children are invited. Volunteers are needed to help with the event. In addition, the lab will again participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's annual Toys for Tots toy drive; collection boxes will soon be placed. Finally, decorating for the Holiday Office Door/Cubicle Decorating Contest may begin Dec. 2, with prizes for Best Decorated, Most Original and Silliest. You can find more details about all of these events in the full Briefs and on the JAG webpage: <a href="http://www.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/">http://www.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="Arial">Tracking Thomas at Jefferson Lab</font></b></div><div><font face="Arial">Richard Owen and Silvia Noccolai correctly guessed the location for Nov. 13. Honorable mentions go to Ron Bartek, Doug Higinbotham and Marcy Stutzman. For this week's new mystery photo, visit Tracking Thomas on Jefferson Lab's flickr site (and email Kandice Carter if you think you know where he is): <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffersonlab/10963434796/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffersonlab/10963434796/</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial">A better view of his last location is also available on flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffersonlab/10963354635/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffersonlab/10963354635/</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial">To access the full version of the JLab Weekly Briefs, visit: <a href="https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest">https://www.jlab.org/news/briefs/latest</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>