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One full shift was lost because of power supply repairs necessitated by the power outage that affected the western United States on Saturday, August 10. All other problems were repaired and were of short duration. The five students and their coach, from Venice High School in Los Angeles, spent the week of August 5 at the ALS learning everything from how a synchrotron works to the ins and outs of photoemission spectroscopy. Their responses were surprisingly uniform-a scientist is a white male, with a beard and a British accent who can be found working madly away, alone, wearing a white lab coat. A highlight of the students' week at the ALS was the chance to join beamline research teams on Thursday evening.