THIS WEEK AT UCAR is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.ucar.edu/ucargen/UCARnewstext.html#This Week at UCAR ************************************************************************ THIS WEEK AT UCAR -- 19 June 1997 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ------------------------------------------------- National Center for Atmospheric Research UCAR Office of Programs ************************************************************************ ANNOUNCEMENTS In brief: NCAR summer picnic Name change Commuters of the year Reminder: next week is Walk/Bike Week New books for the upcoming week +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SUBMITTING ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THIS WEEK AT UCAR | | | | Send your announcement by email to thisweek@ucar.edu, by 5:00 p.m. | | Monday of the week you want it to appear. Indicate the date of the | | issue in which you want it to be published. | | | | Write your announcement just as you want it to appear. Be sure to | | include the date, time, and location of any events being announced, | | and a name, phone number, and email address for someone to contact | | for more information. | | | | Please send announcements in electronic form only. Paste the text | | of your announcement into the body of your email message, rather | | than appended as an attachment or enclosure. | |_____________________________________________________________________| ************************************************************************ NCAR SUMMER PICNIC Saturday, July 19, 1997, 11:00am to 2:00pm North Boulder Park Mark your calendars for the NCAR Family Picnic! Food and beer will be provided. A magic show and games are planned for the kids! For further information, contact Inger Gallo, 497-8403 or gallo@ucar.edu. ************************************************************************ NAME CHANGE Liz Rothney, formerly Liz Stephens ************************************************************************ COMMUTERS OF THE YEAR A few weeks ago, TAP asked staff to submit nominations for Boulder's Commuter of the Year for Walk & BikeWeek `97. The nominees were: Graham Barnes Dennis Colarelli Robert Hueftle Joe Klemp Myron McCallum Gordon Maclean John Militzer Christine Shields Leonard Sitongia Ilana Stern Bjorn Stevens Joe Werne Although the citywide winner wasn't from UCAR/NCAR/UOP, the testimonials show that we have our share of innovative commuters. Find the full story on the STAFF NOTES MONTHLY Web site at http://www.ucar.edu/staffnotes/9706/commuter.html ************************************************************************ REMINDER: NEXT WEEK IS WALK/BIKE WEEK Don't forget to sign up as a Walk & BikeWeek '97 participant on the local Web page. It takes only a minute and can get you a free T-shirt (see below). It's also the way in which UCAR/NCAR/UOP participation will be stacked up on Walk/Bike to Work Day (Wednesday, 25 June) and in the Corporate Challenge against our arch-rivals NIST/NOAA. To sign up, go to http://www.comet.ucar.edu/bikeweek --Free breakfast for walker/bikers Monday 6/23, 7:30-9:00 a.m. Patio between FL1 and FL2; ML tree plaza. --Massage on Thursday/Friday After a week of biking and walking to work, why not tune up those sore body parts, too? Christine Guzy will be available to give massages for the face, neck, shoulders and arms. Cost: $10 for 12 minutes Thursday, 9-11 a.m.: FL cafeteria Friday, 9-11 a.m.: ML cafeteria --Last chance for TAP/BikeWeek T-shirts Short-sleeved, 100-percent cotton Color: white only Sizes: M/L/XL/XXL Cost: $5 per shirt, discounted by $1 for each day next week that you tally your participation on the BikeWeek Web page (see the URL above). To order: Use Web page or send number and size(s) to Bob Henson, bhenson@ucar.edu Deadline for ordering shirts: Monday, 23 June Shirt arrival: mid-July --Other events Check the Web site above as well as local news media for details on many other Walk/Bike week happenings, or contact Karl Hanzel, hanzel@ucar.edu. ************************************************************************ NEW BOOKS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK This is a sampling of the new books available at the NCAR library. These books and others will be on display at the Foothills library for the upcoming week. For a complete list of new titles at both the Foothills and Mesa locations please check the Information Desk on the library's on-line catalog (NOLA). Sea-level changes : the last 20,000 years / P. A. Pirazzoli GC89 .P526 1996 / location: ML Introduction to physical oceanography / J. A. Knauss GC150.5 .K6 1997 / location: ML The virtual office survival handbook : what telecommuters and entrepreneurs needs to succeed in today's nontraditional workplace / A. Bredin HD2333 .B74 1996 / location: ML The new Fowler's modern English usage / H. W. Fowler PE1628 .F65 1996 / location: ML-REF & FL-REf Programming in Mathematica / R. Maeder Q183.9 .M34 1997 / location: ML Introduction to the theory of nonlinear optimization / J. Jahn QA402.5 .J335 1996 / location: ML Ultraviolet reflections : life under a thinning ozone layer / A. Nilsson QC879.7 .N55 1996 / location: ML Vulnerability and adaptation assessments : an international handbook / R. Benioff QC981.8 .C5 V94 1996 / location: ML Theoretical ecosystem ecology : understanding element cycles / G. I. Agren QH344 .A35 1996 / location: ML IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Instability and Transition in Three- Dimensional Boundary Layers / P. W. Duck TA357.5 .T87 I89 1995 / location: FL ************************************************************************ Information on contacting THIS WEEK AT UCAR or UCARLINE is available by accessing: http://www.ucar.edu/thisweek/subscribe.html To find out how to change your subscription options for either of these newsletters, access: http://www.ucar.edu/thisweek/subscribe.html#Using majordomo