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    Jan  1
    Jan  2
    Jan  3:  10a/Taft  
    Jan  4-  MHvK departs           6p/Prince
    Jan  5-                                                          
    Jan  6*       12n/lunch    1p/JLC 2p/PMA 
    Jan  7         11a/Richard      3p/Eric 4p/Farley        
    Jan  8    9a/Ay20      11a/TILU         2p/Tony
    Jan  9
    Jan 10:                   3p/Ay30 4p/Taft 
    Jan 11-   DCM Wedding, Pasadena  9:50/IST Infosys
    Jan 12-          
    Jan 13* [e] 9a/Fender-TLC; lv:10a              CARA Board Meeting 
    Jan 14     9:15/lv to JPL       2:30p/LAH   4p/PS 
    Jan 15  9a/Ay20 10a/Pavan  10:30/astroph 11a/TILU  1p/Jacob  2p/TMT 3p/Blake 4p/Colloq
    Jan 16 [e]  Kavli Meeting, Santa Monica                     
    Jan 17:[e]  "                                               
    Jan 18-                            {Anju departs}
    Jan 19-
    Jan 20*  8a/Israel  11a/NGAO             MLK holiday 
    Jan 21       10a/RGD                     4p/PS           7p/AY30
    Jan 22  9a/Ay20  11a/TILU   1p/Yi                4p/Mawet Colloq
    Jan 23  [e] LCOGT visit               7:30p/Lazio    [Yossi arrives]
    Jan 24:        12n/FacultyMtg  1p-3p/Cao Exam   3p/Ay30
    
    Jan 25-        12n/Becky      
    Jan 26-                                8:30p/IUCAA 
    Jan 27* [e] WMKO, Hawaii               [Yossi departs]
    Jan 28  [e] "
    Jan 29  [e] Hilo
    Jan 30  [e] "
    Jan 31:      2p/PMA  3p/Ay20        6p/Lilly Dinner
    
    Feb  1-      12n/Io-lunch
    Feb  2-[e] lv to India
    Feb  3*[e] 
    Feb  4 [e] reach am
    Feb  5 [e]            3:30p/IIA
    Feb  6 [e] 
    Feb  7:[e]     11a/RRI            10p/ZTF 
    Feb  8-[e] Infosys Prize Ceremony, Bangalore, India
    Feb  9-[e] lv to US
    Feb 10*
    Feb 11
    Feb 12      TMT Board, Pasadena   11a/TILU     Colloq cleanup
    Feb 13      "
    Feb 14:    8a/Natalie 10a/Ram  11:15/Taft  12n/lunch  1-3p/Robo-AO  4p/JClub
    Feb 15-
    Feb 16-                                         7p/Clarmemont
    Feb 17*  9a/WWS                                  
    Feb 18 9:30/Bellm 10a/Penprase 10:30/Listani 11a/NRAO  1p/JLC 3p/Neill  4p/Foley  6p/Matlab 
    Feb 19     9a/Ay20   11a/TILU  4p/AYcolloq         6p/colloq dinner
    Feb 20          12n/COO-Lunch  2-4p/Ay20Exams        4p/PMAcolloq
    Feb 21:   11a/Carnegie 12n/AYlunch 1p/Taft 2p/Steve  3p/Ay20  5p/Ana-Exam 
    Feb 22-
    Feb 23-[e] lv to Hawaii
    Feb 24*[e] Keck SSC, Waimea
    Feb 25 [e] 7a/Skype        Keck SSC (all day)
    Feb 26 [e] 6a/Skype 0830  CARA Board, Waimea 
    Feb 27 [e] IfA Colloquium, Manoa 
    Feb 28:[e] return 
    
    Mar  1- 
    Mar  2- 
    Mar  3*            12n/lunch 2p/Ay20  3:15p/Boden              Evan arrives
    Mar  4             12n/lunch  1p/Tapir     3:30/JPL      6:30p/Party-Kirby
    Mar  5  9a/Ay20               3p/Boden       Colloq cleanup   4:30p/TMT 
    Mar  6                                                         Kirby departs
    Mar  7:               2p/Taft  3p/Ay30  5p/Party   
    Mar  8-
    Mar  9-               Ravi arriving 
    Mar 10*  10a/Japanese UG 12n/lunch 2p/Ay30  5:30p/Japanese students
    Mar 11
    Mar 12   9a/Ay30 (last class)       3:30p/setup 4p/colloq  5:45p/Doi  MSIP deadline (Ira)
    Mar 13  8a/PTF14yb-Workhour(TLC) 2:30p/Coulter  3p/Taft    Marcus arrives
    Mar 14: Bfast/Marcus            lunch/Marcus          Avinash arrives (Ira)
    Mar 15-             lv to Palomar 
    Mar 16-             Palomar run 
    Mar 17*                    
    Mar 18                                             eran arrives
    Mar 19   9a/Eisenstein
    Mar 20 [e]    NASA  Ames 
    Mar 21:             1p/Taft                       eran departs
    Mar 22-[e] lv to Japan
    Mar 23-[e]
    Mar 24*[e]     Aizu, Japan
    Mar 25 [e]     Aizu
    Mar 26 [e]     Aizu    Castleman visit (Palomar)
    Mar 27 [e]     
    Mar 28:[e]
    Mar 29-[e]
    Mar 30-[e]                         4p/Ultrasat(TLC)
    Mar 31*[e]    Colloquium, UTokyo   (start of term)
    
    Apr  1[e]                         3p/Hilton (PST)
    Apr  2[e]  return
    Apr  3        1p/McIntosh
    Apr  4:  9a/Boden  11a/Eric      2pm/PMA 
    Apr  5-      11a/KYM    4:30p/Party
    Apr  6-[e] lv to Kona
    Apr  7*[e]  Segment CDR, Hawaii
    Apr  8 [e]  "         
    Apr  9 [e]  8a/TLC    1235 return 
    Apr 10     TMT Board Meeting, Pasadena
    Apr 11:    "                              HST deadline
    Apr 12-   
    Apr 13-
    Apr 14*         lunch          2p/JLC-meeting 
    Apr 15      9a/Villadsen(211-Cahill)   11a/ARC 
    Apr 16   SSC, UCLA 10a/start 
    Apr 17        TAC meeting              (Hilton, dinner) Radio meeting? 
    Apr 18: [e] Visit to ARC
    Apr 19-
    Apr 20-
    Apr 21*     10a/Israel lunch  1-2p/PTF-Demo
    Apr 22      UCLA (all day)
    Apr 23  [e] lv to Hawaii
    Apr 24  [e] 9a/Hilton     Taft Farewell 
    Apr 25: [e] Hilo 
    Apr 26- [e] 
    Apr 27- [e] visit Mauna Kea
    Apr 28*  Rebecca/pre-dinner talk    Keck Observing
    Apr 29  [e] lv to Maryland 
    Apr 30  [e] 2p/TILU   UMd 4p/Colloquium  
    May  1  [m] lv am         2p/PMA Meeting 
    May  2:      11a/Boden    1p/JLC           6p/Aditya
    May  3-
    May  4-                                (Alicia arrives)
    May  5*
    May  6   10:30/Faber   12p/GPS  Alicia/Party
    May  7   10a/Avi 11a/TILU
    May  8           Lunch/Heather         3p/Johnson   4:30p/Steve
    May  9:                        2:30p/Bicay   4p/JClub                
    May 10-                                              (Alicia departs)
    May 11-                                
    May 12* [e] head to Bay Area
    May 13  [e] Stanford
    May 14  [e] Stanford               {Maya final exam}
    May 15  [e] Berkeley          
    May 16: [e] Paso Robles (Keck Dir telecon)
    May 17- [e] retrn
    May 18-                                                Bronagh out
    May 19* [e] dep to Baltimore          Williams/Dinner
    May 20  [e]
    May 21  [e] STScI Colloquium
    May 22      TMT Intl Observatory meeting (Pasadena)
    May 23:      11a/ElaineTLC  1p/TDF 2p/Varoujian    3p/Gary  4p/JClub  5:30p/Shude
    May 24-
    May 25-   
    May 26*[e] Memorial Day lv to Chicago
    May 27 [e] Chicago  University            3:30p/Talk 
    May 28 [e] "                    4p/Colloquium 
    May 29 [e] " rt to LAX          UCI 3:30p/Colloquium
    May 30:[e]                UCR 11a/talk   (last day of classes)
    May 31-[e] lv to Stockholm   
    
    Jun  1-[e]
    Jun  2*[e]    Stockholm iPTF/ZTF
    Jun  3 [e]  "                                        Bronagh back
    Jun  4 [e]  "                          9:30p/GreggTLC 
    Jun  5 [e]  "
    Jun  6:[e] return  
    Jun  7-
    Jun  8-
    Jun  9*    11a/KeckSearch 12n/lunch    3:30p/Boden 
    Jun 10                      Jean Muller lunch        
    Jun 11           11a/TILU
    Jun 12        11a/Gene  12n/Lin 1p/Ultrast     2:30p/Boden
    Jun 13:             1p/lunch      4-5:30p/SED 
    Jun 14- [e]  Helin ceremony; depart to Russia
    Jun 15- [e]
    Jun 16* [e]                        Zeldovich conference, Russia  
    Jun 17  [e]
    Jun 18  [e]
    Jun 19  [e]    lv to Zurich
    Jun 20: [e]    ETH-Zurich        Report due team X
    Jun 21- [e]    return 
    Jun 22-                          3p/Pool party 
    Jun 23*          9a/Team X
    Jun 24  6a/iPTF  9a/Team X
    Jun 25    9:30/Kleinman 11a/Becky 1:30/NSF 4:30p/KISS reception 
    Jun 26  [a] 3:15/Kalirai    lv to  Hungary             
    Jun 27: [e] ar London       9pm/KeckSearch 
    Jun 28- [e] lv to Hungary, Budapest 
    Jun 29- [e]   Budapest, Keynote talk 
    Jun 30* [e]   "  
    
    Jul  1  [e]   "
    Jul  2  [e]   Lake Balaton 
    Jul  3  [e]   "
    Jul  4: [e]   Budapest     lv to UK
    Jul  5- [e]   Southampton, UK
    Jul  6- [e]   Southampton, UK
    Jul  7* [e] lv to USA    4:30p/J.Booth
    Jul  8  [e] lv to UCSC (am)
    Jul  9  [e] Keck SSC, UCSC
    Jul 10  [e] Keck SSC (morning)
    Jul 11: [e] CARA Board, UCSC
    Jul 12-                                 {Samaya Wedding, France}
    Jul 13-                                 Bing arrives 
    Jul 14*            12n/lunch       2p/Kavli      4p/talk   Bing departs
    Jul 15  10a/CSAC                  
    Jul 16  9:30a-12n Ultrasat JPL
    Jul 17       11:30/Ulrasat 12:30/firstyrs  2p/Surace     {TMT Forum, Tucson}
    Jul 18- 9a/ZTF-mtg    11a/CSAC  12n/RadioTalk             "
    Jul 19:                                                   "    
    Jul 20:                                       {Eran arrives; Shude arrives}
    Jul 21*    Shude  12n/Lunch  3-5p/Soifer   {Cheng (Aizu) visits}
    Jul 22    TMT Board Mtg, Pasadena
    Jul 23    8a/Fender  TMT Board mtg (cont)          5p/N.White 
    Jul 24    NSF ZTF Site Visit                     5p/Bottom
    Jul 25: 10:30/Robo-AO Kao/lunch 1p/Gregory 3p/Steve 4:30p/Becky 6p/Piro Party
    Jul 26-            12n-2p/Mawet
    Jul 27-[e] lv to Waimea, Hawaii
    Jul 28*[e] WMKO, Waimea
    Jul 29 [e] WMKO, Waimea lunch/Matsuda   4p/Hilton  {move to Aaah Views}
    Jul 30 [e] WMKO, Waimea lunch/Peter   3p/Tea         LRIS run 
    Jul 31 [e] WMKO   1:30p/Hilton 3p/SA Tea 3:30p/BarbaraS  5p/Pouhana 
    
    Aug  1:[e] WMKO  8a/YaleTLC 12n/Talk  1:30p/Peggi 2p/Goodrich  3p/Tea
    Aug  2-[e] WMKO, Waimea    A-Bay Picnic, 10a-2p
    Aug  3-[e] WMKO, Waimea
    Aug  4*[e] WMKO, Waimea 8a/Alkalai  11a/Varoujian    3p/Tea
    Aug  5 [e] WMKO           12:30/Simons       3p/Tea   9p/Groot
    Aug  6 [e] WMKO  8a/TILU 9a-11a/KeckS        3p/Tea
    Aug  7 [e] WMKO  8:30/USAT                   3p/Tea      {Shude arrives}
    Aug  8:[e] WMKO                      3p/Tea
    Aug  9-[e] WMKO                        Baranec potluck (Hilo)
    Aug 10-[e] WMKO                             5:30/Markus
    Aug 11*[e] WMKO 8:30a/Alkalai  1-3p/OxnardPlanning 3p/Tea    
    Aug 12 [e] WMKO        11:30a/Hiromi pickup    3p/Tea    6p/dinner
    Aug 13 [e] WMKO 8a/TILU                 3p/Tea  7:45p/Dale pickup 
    Aug 14 [e] WMKO 8:30/USAT   12n/Salmon Talk         3p/Tea 
    Aug 15:[e] WMKO              
    Aug 16-[e] WMKO                                6p/Leslie {Shude leaves}
    Aug 17-[e] WMKO
    Aug 18*[e] WMKO 7a/lv to summit; 8:30-a/Alkalai  3p/Tea {Jan vR arrives}
    Aug 19 [e] WMKO      1:30p/Gemini-Hilo visit  3p/Tea   {Dale departs}
    Aug 20 [e] WMKO, 8a/TILU    11a/CHFT                  3p/Tea
    Aug 21 [e] WMKO 9a/EO  12n/SEDClass 1p/Boden 3p/Tea
    Aug 22:[e] WMKO  10:30/Starbucks  1p/Boden     4:30p/W+C
    Aug 23-[e] return to Pasadena
    Aug 24-
    Aug 25*  .iPTF Summer School, Caltech   11:30a/Alkalai
    Aug 26   ."                             5p/Soifer 
    Aug 27   ." 7a/Goobar
    Aug 28   ."                             JapaneseFriends/Dinner
    Aug 29:  ."         EMS/lunch    2:30/Fiona  Farley Dinner       {Eran Departs}
    Aug 30-                                                {SvWB arrives}
    Aug 31-
    
    Sep  1* Labor day
    Sep  2  Visit to Palomar                              
    Sep  3     11a/TILU       1:30-2p/Boden   5p/BTS
    Sep  4    Keck meeting, Caltech  {1130/ULTRASAT} 
    Sep  5:   Keck meeting, Caltech; dep to Indian Wells
    Sep  6-[e] 10a-12n/CARA telecon;  OIR Retreat {SvWB dep}
    Sep  7-[e] OIR Retreat                                   
    Sep  8*   11:30a/Alkalai                      
    Sep  9           2p/JLC                    
    Sep 10 [e] Mountain View/White
    Sep 11 [e] 4p/Joint colloq, Tucson
    Sep 12:[e] Tucson
    Sep 13-    
    Sep 14-           2pm/GLAO workshop, Caltech     Dinner
    Sep 15* 11:30a/Alkalai   GLAO, Caltech    2p                   BSF due 
    Sep 16 [e]       CARA Board meeting, Oakland    
    Sep 17  9a-12n/Wong GPS     2p/Boden  3p/Mansi  Chandra     
    Sep 18     1130/ULTRASAT        GPS Picnic (4p)   5p/Booth(Ath)
    Sep 19: 9a-5p (RMS; 370 Cahill)  
    Sep 20-                                   {Jan vR leaves}
    Sep 21-  
    Sep 22*[e] 1130PDT/Alkalai   lv to Germany                       
    Sep 23 [e] Heidelberg 
    Sep 24 [e] German Astronomical Society, Bamberg
    Sep 25 [e] "                                          {Swift due}
    Sep 26 [e] "   Plenary talk
    Sep 27 [e] return 
    Sep 28 [e] 10a/lv to Oxnard                  
    Sep 29*[e] Keck Strategy, Oxnard 1p/Judy Ashbury   {First day of classes}
    Sep 30 [e] "
    
    Oct  1     9a/P  10a/Laskar        3p/Waszczak      N. Law colloquium 
    Oct  2     11:30/ULTRSAT Keck Science Meeting (KSM)[all day]   7:30p/dinner 
    Oct  3:    KSM [all day]                          lv to SB
    Oct  4-[e] TDA Meeting, UCSB
    Oct  5-   8a/Infosys
    Oct  6*   7:30a/Infosys 11:30/Ultrasat                        {Hilo
    Oct  7 [e] lv to Belgium                                      {Waikaloa
    Oct  8 [e]                                                    {TMT Board Mtg, ??
    Oct  9 [e]  SOLWAY CONFERENCE, Brussels                       {"
    Oct 10:[e]  "                  
    Oct 11-[e]  "                  
    Oct 12-[e]  return      
    Oct 13*     NRC meeting,  Irvine  (most of the day)
    Oct 14   9a/White   10a/Glazebrook 11a/Konidaris 4:30/BTS 6p/Prince
    Oct 15 6a/Infosys  8a/TAC    (all day)       
    Oct 16 [e] 5:30a lv to NYC
    Oct 17:[e] Columbia U
    Oct 18-[e] lv to Isarel
    Oct 19-[e] bus to Eilat 
    Oct 20*[e] Eilat                      Sumin/KeckNight
    Oct 21 [e] Eilat 
    Oct 22 [e] Eilat                      {EO meeting}
    Oct 23 [e] Eilat 
    Oct 24:[e] Golan Heights 
    Oct 25-[e] Rehovat
    Oct 26-[e] Return
    Oct 27*  Baseline Commitment Review (BCR), JPL   1:30-4:30p/Bldg180
    Oct 28   ULTRASAT Meeting (all day)
    Oct 29         1p-1:30p/Kunal Mooley  2p/Mansi 
    Oct 30      11:30/USAT 2pm/PMA meeting           
    Oct 31:     9a/Boden   12n/EO meeting   
    
    Nov  1-     Sabbath           
    Nov  2-     10a/Interstellar           
    Nov  3*     11:30/USAT 12n/lunch
    Nov  4                                {Section D due}
    Nov  5      10a/Hilton  11/TILU       4p/colloq    lv to Oakland 
    Nov  6[e]  UC Review, Oakland                      return
    Nov  7     8a/US-USAT 9:30a/PTF-Dewar 12n/EO    2p/Tapir(Tremaine)  4p/Fiona
    Nov  8-
    Nov  9-
    Nov 10* 7a/Infosys  9/Palca 10a/Krakens  11:30/USAT 12n/lunch
    Nov 11  11a/US-USAT
    Nov 12  7a/Infy  8:30-day Keck SSC, Caltech 4p/colloq  dinner  
    Nov 13  8:30-11a Keck SSC 1130/USAT         4p/colloq  {STMC draft, JPL}
    Nov 14: 8a/USAT 9a-5p CARA Board   12n/EO
    Nov 15-[e] Palomar Fall Party  3p/               {NSF Proposal is due}
    Nov 16-
    Nov 17*          11:30/USAT                             4p/GPSColloq
    Nov 18  8:30/AGN   11a/USAT LRIS (Keck interview)  3p/Shude
    Nov 19  9:30/Mishra exam  11a/TILU  12n/EO     4-5p/Colloq 8p/WatsonLecture {STMC due}
    Nov 20           11:30/USAT     12:30/lunch      5:30p/Evan
    Nov 21: 8a/USAT           12n/COOlunch 1p/Geha 2p/Metzger
    Nov 22-
    Nov 23-
    Nov 24*    11:30/USAT     1p-4p/SingerPhD          7p/Lazio
    Nov 25     11a/USAT       1p-5p/AY Retreat Dinner 
    Nov 26     11a/TILU 
    Nov 27       Thanksgiving 
    Nov 28:
    Nov 29-
    Nov 30-                                          Bailes arrives
    
    Dec  1*    8a/Telecon 11:30/USAT         2:30/Steve    
    Dec  2     11a/USAT                              Bailes departs
    Dec  3     10a/Ay111a 11a/TILU 12n/Gina 1p/Gemini 1:30/Hilton  {Review, JPL} 
    Dec  4           11:30/USAT     3-5p/Debrief 
    Dec  5: 8a/USAT  9:30a/Fiona 10:40/ 1p/TDF 2p/TAPIR 5pZTF PARTY! {LastDayClasses}
    Dec  6-  
    Dec  7-                                  Sudha arrives 
    Dec  8*                                                         Marten arrives 
    Dec  9    11a/USAT  1:45-2:30p/JPL  4p/MartenColloq   Prochaska
    Dec 10              11a/TILU                          
    Dec 11                         2-4p/Carnegie Party 
    Dec 12:                                 2p/TAPIR  3:30p/Hilton Marten departs
    Dec 13-
    Dec 14-
    Dec 15*                                                 Nathan Smith
    Dec 16                                         KeckLRIS
    Dec 17       Submit NASA PMO                               7:30/Dinner   
    Dec 18       NASA MOO DUE  12n/COO Luncheon   LIGO party   5:30/Dinner
    Dec 19:      lv to Palomar                              Nathan departs
    Dec 20-      return                            Keck Deimos
    Dec 21-                                        P200   Anju arrives 
    Dec 22*                            
    Dec 23                         Sudha departs          6p/Don Neill's party
    Dec 24     
    Dec 25     
    Dec 26                                         P200 
    Dec 27    
    Dec 28    
    Dec 29* 9a/Eli             4p/Moe                 
    Dec 30  11a/TILU                        C. Martin's party
    Dec 31  10:30a/Davenport  12n/Lunnan 
    
    Jan  1 [e] lv to India
    Jan  2:[e]
    Jan  3-[e]
    Jan  4-[e]
    Jan  5*[e]Infosys Prize Ceremony (Kolkata)  First day of classes
    Jan  6 [e]
    Jan  7 [e] lv to US
    Jan  8 8a/Goobar 
    Jan  9:7-8a/Kupfer                1p/Reitze
    Jan 10-
    Jan 11-
    Jan 12* 7-8a/Williams       lunch/    2p/RCorp   4p/TeaTalk 6p/Dinner-TFR
    Jan 13  7-9a/Blagorodnova     lunch/Becky          5p/AdamMiller 
    Jan 14                                    3p/Ay3       4p/colloq(cleanup)
    Jan 15
    Jan 16:
    Jan 17-
    Jan 18-   Anju departs                       7p/Sagi
    Jan 19* MLK holiday
    Jan 20           11a/ZTF meeting
    Jan 21 9a/iPTF    11a/TILU         3p/Ay3   LRIS(Sumin)
    Jan 22
    Jan 23:       	      2p/PTF 3p/Lin             observing P200(remote)
    Jan 24-
    Jan 25-
    Jan 26*  9a/Ay3  10a/Bildsten  11a/Lin  lunch  3p/Ay3   4:15/Talk  P200/Eng
    Jan 27   10a-12n/Yi                                     
    Jan 28             11a/TILU       3p/Ay3  4p/colloq-cleanup 
    Jan 29 [e] Kahn Symposium, Stanford University
    Jan 30:[e] "              2p/iPTF 3p/Lin
    Jan 31-[e]                return                  
    
    Feb  1-