1. Workshop Friction in Physics and Society (12.12.12 @ 12.12)
American Physical Society
Racah Institute of Physics
Workshop 
Friction in Physics and Society
December 12, Danciger B
Seminar room, Noon )

2. Program 12.12 -12.24 Prof. M. Ya. Amusia, Introduction
12.24 – Prof. J. Fineberg, “How things slide: Rapid Dynamics at the onset of friction”,
13.12 – Prof. S. Solomon, “A Physicist View at Economic and Social Crisis Dynamics: Negative Friction Amplifies Local Random Events to Systemic Complex Changes”,
General discussion

3. Choice of Date - problem of symbols
Translation symmetry …
Reflection and Translation symmetry
Last news: End of the World
Year 2112 Day Time 21.12
Be aware
We have extra 100 years! Hurrah!

4. Coincidence or not? (Very last news)
Russian president V. Putin has delivered the annual address to the Federal Assembly of Russia
at 12.00

5. Chag Hanukah Sameach!

6. Special congratulations are going to Professor Jay Fineberg and Professor Baruch Meerson, who were recently elected APS Fellows
Why this is an important honor? Because
Only 0.1% of membership becomes Fellows,
Scientific VIPs include this fact in their CV and biography

7. Some recollections about own approach to friction
Jay’s abstract stimulated recollecting of some ideas on friction that excited me at first as a schoolboy: energy of such motion determines the friction coefficient

8. Thirty years later, but still naive
Bending and oscillation of a structure.
Radiation while moving parallel to a surface