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   Yes! The time finally comes, that I will go to the interaction point (P5) of CMS experiment on December 14, after being a member for four years. The excitement was quickly diminished after knowing there are several requirements in order to get "down" there. In addition to obtain the film badges, helmet etc, there are several safety tests to be taken online and two training courses to take.

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   The earliest memory of Boston -- the name -- come from my middle school English text book, which was a story of Titanic. The lady who was going to Bostong gave her seat on the lifeboat to another person. Later on, from the story of the American history, the name of Boston was again connected with the first gun shot of independence. So, Boston gave me an impression of humanity and a sense of

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   Recently Yunxia and I played quite a few San Juan - which is a simplified version of the board-game Puerto Rico. Since it is a simplified version, the playing time is much shorter. Because I have used to the minimal randomness in the Puerto Rico, I felt not confortable with the relatively higher randomness in San Juan, especially the card "Chapel". As long as the player build the chapel, he/

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   The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment led by Samuel Ting finally flew to space with shuttle Endeavour (CERN Courier). I had chances to meet Ting in person for three times when I was in Beijing, and I was impressed by his style of determination. In fact, one of the major motivation for me to pursue for Particle Physics is from his discovery of J/psi particle. As I had followed the

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A picture is worth more than a thousand words.

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   As a fan of the Transformers since childhood, I watched the two series of the Transformers film. For a sense of completeness, Yunxia and I went to the Regal cinema for the third one Dark of the Moon in 3D.    Maybe I had too much expectation in this, it is not quite overwhelming compared with the first strike even viewed in 3D. I think to make the story rich and interesting is appeal to me.

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The deadline of submitting the dissertation this year is before Friday noon, July 29. Otherwise, the conferral date would be next January. There are two major steps to get approval: the first one is the formatting approval from grad school, the second one is the approval of committee members. Wednesday, July 20: I submitted the dissertation to the grad school for general approval. Thinking

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   With the Mac OS X Lion came out this Wednesday and Linux Kernel 3.0 on Thursday, I went through the history of both pieces of software. I have been using the Linux and GNU software ten years ago and switched to Mac last year, but still using some GNU software such as GNU Emacs, Inkscape, GIMP, etc... At one hand, Mac OS X has been there for 10 years, when it first released at 2001, some people

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To celebrate my PhD defense and thank my friends, Yunxia and I held a small party in the Hasbrouck Community Center during the Saturday evening. It is my pleasure to see so many people showed up as well as their family members. Seven years time looks to me just like a flick of a second with the care of so many great friends around here. It would be hard to imagine what my life looks like

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   Be ammeter in other things, but be professional in the real profession.       After I turned in my B-Exam results to grad school, I took a second look at the front-door of the Caldwell Hall. It might be my last time to be here cause the submission of the thesis is all done online now-days. The ivy leaves are so green on the wall and they are never looks so beautiful before.    My friend

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    1. Chinese new year in China       Usually the Chinese new year is around late January or early February, at that time, the spring semester had already started in US. Since I came to US in 2004, I haven't had the Chinese new year in China.       This year is different that it is the first Chinese New Year for Yunxia and me. According to our local tradition, new couples should visit their

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   In order to meet my bride, I have to overcome two obstacles -- two doors in her home both of which  were "defended" by their friends and relatives. To get through, my groomsmen (there were more than one groomsman in my hometown) tried all sorts of method. Apparently, they used the brutal forced way first, but the steel gate looked very sturdy. Later, they gave the protectors some tips (the "

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   To get the marriage certificate, we first consulted the local Civil Affairs Bureau for what kind of documentation we need.  Back in 2007, there was a change for the ID card in China, i.e. the second generation issued throughout the country. However, neither Yunxia nor I changed it, we were concerned whether the 'old' ID card can be used or not.  Another concern was that neither of our

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It has been a month since I got married. The procedure was so exciting that I won't forget in my life. I felt in stead of enjoying this happiness by myself or a few close friends, I would rather share this experience to more people who cares about me. So, let me begin this story chronically.My wife Yunxia and I grew up in the same city in China. Even closer, we lived in the same university.

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Thanks for all my friends' wishes for my birthday either through telephone or email or on facebook! New web technology makes it easier to receive more happiness than ever! :)Looking back to the past five years at Cornell, I could remember nothing but the warm support from my professors, classmates, friends … It was fascinating to spend the most important five years in my life with all of you!

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On the National Graphic channel, I watched a documentary about the longest bridge between Denmark and Sweden. The motivation was that people in Copenhagen need place to live, while people in the Malmo need job opportunities. So, both government agreed to build a bridge to connect them within five years.  Surrounding the water with tons of rocks and soil had not surprised me that much, however the

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Although I encountered so many trouble to get to Geneva, the stay at CERN was very pleasant. Thanks to my friend Souvik for hosting me, living to a place where five minutes walk to CERN apparently saved me lot of time. On Sunday afternoon, Souvik invited Anders, Will, and Andres to have dinner with us. The spicy chicken and juice vegetables are really tasty. For Andres, I haven't seen him for

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CVSOnline Manual Creating a repository cvs -d /usr/local/cvsroot init Creating a directory tree from a number of files$ cd wdir $ cvs im -m "Imported sources" yoyodyne/wdir yoyo start $ cd .. $ rm -r wdir $ cvs co -d wdir yoyodyne/wdir Removing files$ cd test $ cvs remove -f *.c cvs remove: scheduling a.c for removal cvs remove: scheduling b.c for removal cvs remove: use 'cvs commit' to

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The flight from Paris to Zurich was quite smooth, I took several photos along the way. There was no problem to get out of the custom in the Zurich airport. Before I leave there, I had to make sure my back trip will be OK. So, I asked the staff at the Air France, they said it was not their fault so they had no obligation to arrange for the returning flight. Then they send me to the ticketing

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My flight from JFK New York to CDG Paris was 9:10pm on Friday evening, I checked with the bus service at Ithaca, they said there are buses leaves at 12:40pm and will arrive at NYC around 6pm. I thought 3 hours should be enough to board. Before the day to come, I talked this with one of my officemate, he recommended me to get there earlier since you never know what's going to happen in the airport

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I got up very early on Sunday morning and drove to the parking lot located at the east campus. As there was few cars there, that's a wonderful place to practice start and stop. On the top two sections, there were three STOP signs in a row, all of them with some slope on it, especially the third one. I started on the flat surface first, it went on well. As soon as I got stop at the uphill stop

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After my friend told me some basics of how to drive a manual car on our way for the inspection. I thought I had enough to get going. I got up early on Saturday morning, hoping that there were fewer traffic at that time. Anticipating something will happen, I sticked a piece of paper says" New Driver In Manual Car, Thank you". I sat in the car, pushed the clutch all the way down this time, and

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In order to learn how to drive the manual transmission car, I got a 1994 Honda Accord. I thought it would not be too hard for me since I had driven automatic car for 3 years. It should be just a matter of using another foot to press additional paddle - the clutch.The first day when I got the car in front of my apartment, I wanted to move the car a little bit. I hesitated for a moment, wondering

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There were about 30 high school students visited Wilson Lab today. I showed them the accelerator and the detector. During the tour, they asked some questions, I could answer most of them. Then, after coming to the meeting room, a girl asked how much energy need to the study. I answered the center of mass energy was roughly 3.1 GeV.  This unit apparently confused most of them. Not surprisingly,

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I watched the gentalmen's single match of 2008 Wimbledon on TV from 9pm till 4:30pm Sunday. At 4 hours 48 minutes, the game was the longest singles final in Wimbledon's 131-year history. Both Federer and  Nadal played so well that this match looks even better than the classical match in 2001.  To be a good player, one need to be not only physically strong, but mentally strong as well. Although it

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