From fc76535ac10521d316c836e774ffae4440a5d147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bernie Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:41:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page NovemberBlog --- NovemberBlog | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NovemberBlog b/NovemberBlog index cf50726..072bc28 100644 --- a/NovemberBlog +++ b/NovemberBlog @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ a second Christmas, but without the inconvenience of presents :-) http://www.bigoven.com/images/blog/tgiv/tradmenu.jpg +//(stock photo)// === Sat 17th === @@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ I really had urgent business at work, so I left my friend alone sightseeing Bost http://www.radisson.com/rad/images/hotels/MABOSTON/loc3_450.jpg +//(stock photo)// + === Mon 12th to Tue 13th === ==== Back to NYC ==== @@ -43,8 +46,13 @@ Flought Went to NewYorkCity with DaSnake. Finally got to visit the AmericanMuseumOfNaturalHistory. Pretty impressive! http://www.iesny.org/images/OCEANLIFE.jpg + +//(stock photo)// + http://www.rdominis.net/newyork/dinasaur01.jpg +//(stock photo)// + === Fri 9th to Sun 11th === ==== An old friend ==== @@ -66,6 +74,8 @@ animals. Indeed, a very pretty natural park. http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/94-0470-09.jpg +//(stock photo)// + On Saturday, I took a bike and rode on the bike path to the main laboratory buildings. I took a guided site tour, starting from the museum. They have lots of real-scale models of the accelerator parts @@ -75,7 +85,12 @@ Then we visited the Wilson Hall, a 16 floors building shaped like Goldrake's and Mazinger's atomic base. http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/99-0005-04.jpg -ma cos'è tutta questa neve:è una cartolina? E tutti questi uccelli? + +//(stock photo)// + + Q: ma cos'è tutta questa neve:è una cartolina? E tutti questi uccelli? + A: e' una foto presa a caso dagli archivi del FNAL :-) + Then... WAH! They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]! The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration that produces protons for the MainInjector. It was like entering an old @@ -86,6 +101,8 @@ this long corridor next to me. http://www-bd.fnal.gov/wao/fermipics/93-0073.jpg +//(stock photo)// + Finally, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they run the whole thing. The room looks like the bridge of an old starship, surrounded by monitors, with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain. @@ -107,6 +124,8 @@ magnificent, but the real thing exceeded all my expectations. http://allthingsgo.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/images-chicago-2005-chicago-by-night-2-700x700.jpg +//(stock photo)// + We walked around a little, then went up the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Center | John Hancock Center]], the third tallest skyscraper, for a breathtaking view of the whole city by night. -- 2.25.1