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Snorting?
Just a coincidence or someone snorting yellow chalk at work….. it is MIT.
K9
K9 checks at O’Hare…. security even for low class basic economy was lightning fast. Chicago works.
Last defense?
Last defense at building 24 ….. der hat schon einige Federn gelassen …. as we say in German.
Two of MIT’s finest
Aram
He does not usually graduate, but if he does, it is at MIT. ~ the most interesting man in the world.
Board
From our grad student office.
Geneva first CMS Week in 2017
To get to Geneva I had to use TAP again, even with the unpleasant first flight with them they were so much cheaper that I had no choice. I picked a longer connection in Lisbon which turned out to be a mistake, this time I could have made it on the tight one but they did not let me hopp on, claimed it was full. I am sure it was not.
I arrived in Geneva, later afternoon and will take it easy. I still have to figure out what is important this week. One important item for the week will be my tax declaration 🙂 Another one will be the analysis of the differential cross section of Z production using the new Panda data format.
Palmtrees
On my way to work this morning….
On my way to Orange County
Flying into Denver.
Flying into Orange County.
Driving into work.
DOE has invited me to the operations review for the ATLAS experiment. It is going to be at UCI Irvine. Best location to fly to is Orange County (SNA – SaNta Ana) going through Denver.
After a short stop with a BLT it went on to Orange County. One of those flights with a very tall and broad shouldered seat neighbor, but he was very nice and offered some fudgy chocolate which I of course accepted. Finally we made our way into Orange County airport. What a nice view and how densely populated the area is.
California turns out to be pretty wet (it had been raining a lot before I came) but as I walk across Mac Arthur Bd to my hotel (Atrium Hotel at John Wayne airport) it was dry and the walk was very short.
The hotel turns out to be one of those standard decent hotels with an outside pool under palm trees that I did not use, but it made me regret not having brought my swim suite. The temperature reminds of a nice spring day and this is how it stayed for the next two days. We had a nice dinner in ‘Toni’ Bahamas restaurant, helped by some gas heaters (it is called Tommy, but we liked Toni better).
The review ended around 3pm on Wednesday and my flight back will begin in a few hours (9pm). The notorious red-eye flight to Newark and then on to Boston, right in time at 9am to start a full day of work which will end with a squash match at 7pm in Concord-Acton. Good stuff!