BOULDER LABS WEEKLY BULLETIN
June 26-July, 17, 2009
Reminder: No Bulletin July 3 or July 10
 
Deadline, noon on Wednesday, July 15
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Contents

Technical Talks

Reminder: Anyone outside DOC wishing to attend on-site talks must be sponsored by an employee and receive a visitor badge.

On Site:

            Heat Capacities of Fluids: Key Properties in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, July 7
Off Site:
            H1N1: The Virus Formerly Known as Swine! June 30
Announcements           
            Another Grand Success! Bike to Work Day Business Challenge
            Luis Romero Retirement Lunch, June 29
            NIST-wide Shelter-in-Place Drill, Tuesday, June 30 (Note: Date Change)
            NOAA Gift Shop Monthly Special
            NIST Gift Shop
Library
            New Books
Site Health and Fitness Items
            Employee Assistance Program Counseling
            Judo Club News
            New Yoga Class
            Fitness Center News
EMSS News
            Planned Projects
Cafe News
            NIST Café
            NOAA Cafeteria
BLEA
            Colorado Renaissance Festival Tickets
            Maharaja Indian Cuisine
            Tandoori Grill Discount
            Taj Restaurant Discount
            Haircuts on Site
            Employee Association Info
Vacancies
            Supervisory Meteorologist
            http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/

Technical Talks

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

H1N1: The Virus Formerly Known as Swine!
            Colorado Café Scientifique

            Ann-Christine Nyquist, , Medical Director of Infection Prevention at The Children's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCD
            6:30p.m., Wynkoop Brewing Company, 18th and Wynkoop, Denver

            For more information, contact: http://CafeSciColorado.org

Tuesday July 7, 2009

Heat Capacities of Fluids: Key Properties in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
            Thermophysical Properties Division Seminar
            Emmerich Wilhelm, University of Vienna
            10 a.m., 2-0113, DOC Boulder

 

Announcements

ANOTHER GRAND SUCCESS!
BIKE TO WORK DAY BUSINESS CHALLENGE, June 24

Congratulations to all the DOC people who made the effort to walk, bike, bus, or use alternative transportation to get themselves to work on Bike to Work Day this past Wednesday, June 24! Thanks to the 203 people who registered on the NIST Team (including NTIA, ITS, EMSS, and CCC) in the Business Challenge. NIST placed 3rd overall the 323 competing businesses in Boulder. And thanks to the 203 people who registered on the NOAA team, they placed 6th overall. (Official final results will be available later this week.)

6,325 people registered for the Boulder Business Challenge. The longest DOC bike commuters were Matt Wagers from NOAA rode 52 miles, one-way from Ft. Collins and Lenson Pellouchoud from NIST rode 22.1 miles, one-way from Longmont. NIST logged 1581 miles and NOAA logged 1582 miles using alternate transportation. According to the Native Energy website calculations, we created a combined carbon savings of 1.55 tons of carbon dioxide (assuming medium vehicle fuel efficiency.)

http://www.nativeenergy.com/pages/offset_travel/451.php

Special thanks to this year's BTWD organizers, Alex Hsia, Gaby Petron, Minna Win, Daniel Ziskin, Chuck Brock, and Mary Gorman. Extra thanks to the many volunteers who helped put on the Free Bike Tune-ups, the CCC Kid's Bike Parade, and the BLEA sponsored "ZERO WASTE 2nd Breakfast." (Will von Dauster, Mona Faber, John Lehman, Hannah Lehman, Dan Tomlin, John Gabriel, Scot Colburn, Paul Fuller, Tasshi Dennis, Dave Walker, Lenson Pellouchoud, Mona Tell, Andy Newman, Michael Rhodes, Brian Lerner, and Erika Winter.) Eco thanks to the NOAA Green Team for providing the reusable plates for the event. Final thanks to Connie and staff at the NIST Cafe, EMSS, and Wendy McBride for their generous donations and cooperative efforts!

June 24 BTWD Statistics:

1st place - Boulder County Employees (597 out of 1800) Effort = 9.95
2nd place - Rally Software (103 out of 150) Effort = 5.95
3rd place - NIST (203 registered out of 650) Effort = 5.63
4th place - E Source (68 registered out of 80) Effort = 5.38
5th place - Amgen (231 registered out of 1000) Effort = 5.17
6th place - NOAA (203 registered out of 850) Effort = 4.92
9th place - NCAR/UCAR (234 registered out of 1250) Effort = 4.68

LUIS ROMERO RETIREMENT LUNCH, June 29

The time has come to say so long and honor Luis Romero for his 47 years of Federal service.  Luis has been a valuable member of the EMSS team since 1982 and is currently working in the Inventory Management Office of EMSS.  Luis’ last day at NIST will be Thursday, July 2.  We are going to have a luncheon in his honor on Monday, June 29, at The Egg and I, at 11:30 am.  The cost is $13/person (includes meal, beverage, tax and tip).  Contact Eileen Hinkle, ext. 3955, or Vickie Grulke, ext.5654, to make a reservation, select meal, and pay by Thursday, June 25. 

We are really going to miss Luis and hope everyone gets a chance to come up and sign the card we have for him at the Building 4 Service Desk (and/or contribute towards a gift).

NIST-WIDE SHELTER-IN-PLACE DRILL, Tuesday, June 30 (Note: Date Change)

The Department of Commerce and NIST Emergency Services require each of its sites to carry out a Shelter-in-Place (SIP) exercise at least once a year.  OSHE has scheduled our drill on Tuesday, June 30 at 10 a.m. throughout all NIST Buildings.  Everyone, including guest researchers and contractors, is expected to cooperate. 

The scenario for this year’s exercise is a follows:

The exercise involves a fictional major chlorine spill in the vicinity of NIST. In this type of scenario, the Boulder Department of Emergency Services will put out a reverse 911 call instructing everyone to shelter until it can be declared safe.  Listen for further instructions given by your area’s Evacuation/SIP Coordinator as well as over the PA system in each building at the time of the drill. The length of the drill should be no longer than 15-20 minutes from the time of the PA system alert to shelter until the all-clear is given. Be sure to sign-in on your Evacuation/SIP Coordinators’ rosters. Your Evacuation Coordinator’s names can be located on the NIST/Boulder Safety Website.  Please call Jane at ext. 4402 if you have any questions. 

NOAA GIFT SHOP MONTHLY SPECIAL

The NOAA Gift Shop’s monthly special for June: $1 off for every $10 spent on toys. Normal hours are 12-1 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday. The shop is located in DSRC 1C307.

NIST GIFT SHOP

The NIST store is located under the lobby stairs near the Building 1 cafeteria.  If you would like to purchase any NIST merchandise, please call ext. 5453, 3832, 3988, or 3378. See pictures of their NIST t-shirts, hats, post cards, and more at the BLEA web site by clicking "sales" - http://blea.doc.gov/

SITE HEALTH AND FITNESS ITEMS

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COUNSELING

Free counseling is available to all Boulder/DOC employees and their immediate families who are experiencing personal and/or work problems. 

Our new EAP counselor, Kristen Mackiewicz, is available every Friday by appointment. The Employee Assistance Program is voluntary and confidential and there is no leave charge for appointments on site. Please call ext. 3801 to schedule an appointment.

Feel as though you have too much stress in your life?  Have a problem that you want to discuss?  

 WORK............MONEY...........FAMILY.............MENTAL

HEALTH............ADDICTION..........RELATIONSHIPS............

Get free,  confidential, help for the stress in your life.  Call ext. 3801 for information and to set up an appointment.

JUDO NEWS

 

*Katarina Cicak hosted a video party for the Judo club on June 8.  The group got to see some old movie footage of several demonstrations performed by several old Judo masters including Jigoro Kano the founder of the sport.

    

* Sensei Barry Hoffman was a guest instructor at the DoC Judo class on June 15. Barry Hoffman is one of the nation’s top competitors and teachers in several of the most difficult Katas in the martial art of Judo. His honors include four gold medals in the Nage No Kata competition at the U.S. National Judo Championships as well as two international gold medals in the Katame No Kata competition in Canada. Barry possesses an A-level certification from the National Teachers Institute, has also been named to the U.S. National Kata Judges Certification Board. For more information on Judo at DOC, contact Wayde Allen, ext. 5871 or wallen@its.bldrdoc.gov.

 

NEW YOGA CLASS

There is a new Yoga class at the DOC Boulder campus every Friday from 4-5 p.m. in the DSRC Fitness Center, Minna Win will be teaching "Power Vinyasa Yoga".  For more information on this class, contact Minna Win, ext. 4739 or minna.win@noaa.gov.

 

FITNESS CENTER NEWS

If you want to receive information on activities going on in the Fitness Centers, if you want to find someone to work out with, if you have questions about the equipment, or if you want to talk to others about fitness in general, you should subscribe to the DoC Boulder Laboratories FitCenter mailing list located on the web at: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/mailman/listinfo/fitcenter

EMSS NEWS
Questions?  Please call the below listed contacts, call ext. 3191, or email: svcdesk@boulder.nist.gov

NIST EXCESS: The NIST Property Office has excess items available in Building 4, if you are interested; please contact Dale Devoe, ext. 7598, or Eva Baca, ext. 5083.

GSA EXCESS: If we do not have what you are looking for, go to the GSA’s website: http://gsaxcess.gov/. You will need to register; once that is complete; you will have access to excess property from other Federal Government agencies.

PLANNED PROJECTS

Building 1

1.  EMSS is continuing the office remodel in 1-2244, 2245, and 2246.  This includes a new door, flooring, and wall coverings.  1-2244 will available by July 6 and 1-2245 & 2246 by September 8.  Contact: Fred Smith, ext 4459.

2. The elevator in Building 1 malfunctioned. An elevator contractor is being called and will be here as soon as possible. If you have any questions or required special accommodations, please call the Service Desk, x3191.

Building 1 Extension (B1E)

1. Excavation & construction between Building 1 and 2 is continuing.  Contact: Bryan Faktor, ext. 7841.

Building 24

1.  EMSS had a contractor come out to do a preliminary survey of the Building 24 air handling systems.  This week the contractor will begin performing an HVAC air balance to ensure the heating and cooling system provides the quantity of air originally designed for the systems. Contact: John Delight, ext. 5776.

Building 26

1. EMSS/Diamond Hills continued mold remediation in the Child Care Center, with work scheduled to be complete July 24.  This work is being done at night, weekends & holidays. The evening work hours are 5:30 p.m.-6:00 a.m. Contact: Dale Thoele, ext. 4009.

Site Wide

1. Exit signs have been replaced throughout Building 1 and 3 with LED signs. Work will continue to replace other incandescent signage in the near future. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

2. EMSS began operation of the new chillers in the Central Utility Plant (CUP) last weekend and served Building 1, Wings 3 and 4 and the 3rd floor Center Spine East of the Wing 3 and 4 intersection, and all of 2. They were turned off and all local chillers re-energized on June 18.  On June 22, the CUP chillers will be put back into operation while the chillers have final commissioning done throughout the week. While these chillers are operating, the local systems are turned off. There may be some variations to the chilled water temperature and flow in those areas during this changeover, though we do not anticipate any long-term swings. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

3. EMSS will continue the preventative maintenance work on the exhaust fans throughout the site.  Non-critical exhaust fans are being done first. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

4. EMSS and Saint Andrews will continue to work on the Site Fire Alarm & Fire Sprinkler systems for approximately 6 weeks. Start time is from 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. This work may also be done on the weekends. There should be no disruption to any site functions. Contact: Raymond Farber, ext. 4191 or John Grosvenor, ext. 5533.

5. On June 27, the B1E contractor will be launching a lower site power outage. The outage will take place from 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and will affect the following buildings:

            (a) Building 1 (with exclusion of the computer room in Wing 5)

            MH1-B-switch LS4-1 (Y) will be opened.
            MH7-switch LS3-7-2 (Y) will be opened.

This will de-energize downrange feeders to MH 15, 14 etc. while leaving Building 1, Wing 5 transformer #026 energized (which is the computer facility panel #2573).

            (b) Building 2
            (c) Visitor Center
            (d) Guard Shack

This lower site power outage is needed in order to pull true tapes through existing MV ductbank conduits. Pulling true tapes gives the contractor the correct measurement for the future electrical lines to be installed. Contact:  Bryan Faktor, ext. 7841.

6. On June 22, the CUP will begin providing steam to Building 1, 2, and 3 and the local systems turned off.  No interruptions are anticipated. Contact: Bill Seader, ext. 6314.

7. EMSS and Air Right Inc. are going to air balance Building 24 on June 23-24.  The technician will need to access all labs and offices to perform this service. Contact: John Delight, ext. 5776.

CAFE NEWS

NIST CAFETERIA - Building 1
303-497-5938,  http://www.nistcafe.com/page/page/5591285.htm

Don’t forget Happy Hour! Free 8 oz coffee from 9-10 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.

Delivery available to NIST, Building 2, Building 4 and the DSRC with no delivery charge!

Menu for NIST Café, June 29-July2 (Closed July 3)
Monday-Enchiladas
Tuesday-Thai Curry Chicken or Beef with Veggies
Wednesday-Penne Pasta with Lemon Ricotta Cream Sauce and Grilled Chicken
Thursday-BBQ Day: Grilled Trip Tip Steak or Chicken, or Veggie Burgers
Friday-Closed for Fourth of July Holiday

Menu for NIST Café, July 6-10

Monday-Tacos: Chicken or Beef, Tamales, or Carnitas
Tuesday: Curry!: Chicken or Veggie over Brown Rice
Wednesday: Lasagna, Meat or Grilled Veggie
Thursday: BBQ Day:  Beef or Chicken Burgers, or Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Friday: Chef’s Choice

NOAA DELI - DSRC
Info: ext. 5771

Stop by to see our daily specials!

Closed July 3 for Fourth of July Holiday

 

BLEA - BOULDER LABS EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE COLORADO RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 2009 

Tickets are valid for any weekend June 13-August 2.  Adults tickets are $15.45 (a $2.50 savings off the gate admission price), children 5-12 tickets are $7.00 (save $1.00 off the gate admission price), and children under 5 are free.  Affordable fun for the whole family!  Please see Trudi Peppler, ext. 3338, or the BLEA website to purchase tickets.

MAHARAJA INDIAN CUISINE DISCOUNT FOR BOULDER LABS STAFF

Maharaja Indian Cuisine is offering Boulder Labs employees 15% discount for lunch & dinner.  Just show us your Government ID.  Lunch hours: 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., Dinner hours: 5-9:30 p.m. There is a lunch & dinner buffet or you can choose to order from our menu. Location: 1915 28th St., Boulder, 80301 (Next to Office Depot & Ultimate Electronics). Phone: 303-442-2770. Offer valid until 09/01/09.

TANDOORI GRILL DISCOUNT FOR BOULDER LABS STAFF
     
The Tandoori Grill is offering Boulder Labs staff a 15% discount on their lunch buffet. Please print and present a copy of this announcement to receive the discount. Lunch Hours:  11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday-Saturday. Location: 619 S. Broadway, 80305 (N.E. side, Table Mesa Shopping Center, Ground Floor). Phone: 303-543-7339. 

TAJ RESTAURANT DISCOUNT FOR BOULDER LABS STAFF

The Taj Restaurant in the Basemar Center is offering Boulder Labs staff a 10% discount for lunch or dinner.  Take-out orders of $20 or more receive a free order of samosas or pakoras.  Just show your DOC ID.   Frequent customers get their 9th lunch free with a Taj punch card.  Fresh and healthy Indian food is within walking distance at 2630 Baseline.  Lunch hours: 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.  Phone:  720-232-8169.

HAIRCUTS ON SITE

We specialize in Haircuts and Styling - Fun, Funky, or Traditional, we've got you covered! Please stop in and see us! Walk-ins always welcome!  We are located on the bottom floor of Building One, Wing 5 (bomb shelter) around the corner from the gym. Hours are Thursdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Relax, Unwind, get a haircut and feel fresh and rejuvenated!  Haircut for men and women are $18.00. Paul Mitchell products15% off retail. Schedule your appointment at http://www.haironwheels.net or call us at the last minute at 303-667-0656.

EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION INFO

Find out more about BLEA's special deals and activities at http://blea.doc.gov. If you work here, you're already a member of the Boulder Labs Employees' Association. See what it has to offer!

 

LIBRARY NEWS

Library News: http://library.bldrdoc.gov/news.html
RSS / XML: http://library.bldrdoc.gov/rss.html

NEW LIBRARY BOOKS, 6/12
Online: http://library.bldrdoc.gov/libnote.html

 - BRANCH G 70.212 .I577 2007. Advances in 3D geoinformation systems / Pater van Oosterom... et al., eds.

 - BRANCH GC 296.8 .E4 .C52 2008. Introduction to the dynamics of El Nino and the southern oscillation / Allan J. Clarke. 1st ed.

 - BRANCH QC 912.3 .P47 2006. First course in atmospheric radiation / Grant W. Petty. 2nd ed.

 - TA 418.9 .N35 .R83 2008. Basics of nanotechnology / Horst-Gunter Rubahn. 3rd ed.

 - TA 1706 .T85 2009. Tunable laser applications / edited by F.J. Duarte.

 - TD 892 .H352 2007. Handbook of noise and vibration control / edited by Malcolm J. Crocker.

 - TK 6565 .A6 .A59 2008. High-altitude platforms for wireless communications / Alejandro Aragon-Zavala, Jose Luis Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Antonio Delgado-Penin

 - TK 7867.8 .K35 2006. Electromagnetic shielding / Kenneth L. Kaiser. 

New acquisitions are announced each Friday and displayed at the Main and Branch Libraries for one week. You can reserve item(s) by completing the online form (library.bldrdoc.gov/libnote.html) and then you’ll be notified when they're available for pick up or office delivery.

The library encourages your recommendations for books or journals. The recommendation form is available online at: http://library.bldrdoc.gov/forms/bookrec.html

 

 

VACANCIES

Supervisory Meteorologist, ZP-1340-V
OAR-ESRL-2009-0058
NOAA, Boulder
Closes: 7/6/2009

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