Visits
Ömer Dinçer, Turkish minister of labour and social security, right, was welcomed to CERN on 9 June by director-general, Rolf Heuer (seen here demonstrating a gift of CERN's special temperature-sensitive coffee mug that illustrates the history of the universe). The minister also toured the ATLAS underground experimental area and spoke to Turkish scientists at CERN in the ATLAS 3D visitor centre.
Prince Albert II of Monaco came to CERN on 2 September and visited the CMS experiment. Although it was closed for testing at the time, the prince was able to see the scale of the detector and learn about the electromagnetic calorimeter. He also toured the CERN Control Centre.
On 4 September, Danilo Türk, president of the Republic of Slovenia, left, visited CERN. He toured the ATLAS experiment with Rolf Heuer, centre, and Fabiola Gianotti, ATLAS spokesperson. He also saw the ATLAS visitor centre and met Slovenian scientists at CERN.
Spotted
Spotted recently at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK: a noticeboard celebrating the 50th anniversary of the CERN Courier, with a selection of covers going back to the first edition (CERN Courier July/August 2009 p31). Many thanks to the library staff at RAL.