Archive for 8 月, 2006
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Visa information of US Consulate
One part of the email I have received:
“Please do NOT arrive more than 15 minutes prior to your appointment at the Consulate.
No cell phones, cameras or electronic devices, including laptops, games or I-Pods are permitted. The Consulates will not store your items. Large bags and suitcases are not permitted, but a purse or briefcase is acceptable. Please anticipate spending up to 3-4 hours at the Consulate for processing. Please bring all application documents with you, including your valid passport, one photo, application fee payment confirmation --> http://www.roskosmeier.de, application form DS-156 completed on the Internet --> http://evisaforms.state.gov/ (this will shorten the application procedure on the day of your appointment), and other required forms. You must also bring a 1.45 Euro stamped return envelope large enough for your passport - A5 is large enough.”
US are afraid of terrorists.
If naked applicants are legal, the Consulate would probably say so…
Petten, Netherlands, September 6-8, 2006
The CBBI-14 workshop (the 14th International Workshop on Ceramic Breeder Blanket Interactions) will be held in Petten on September 6-8, 2006.
NRG (Nuclear Research and consultancy Group)
We will give a presentation on the title of “Thermo-mechanical Modelling of Ceramics Breeder Pebble Beds in Fusion Blankets and its Application in HELICA Mock-up”. It will be the first time for me to visit Netherlands… I have just discussed the results with my boss who will be absent of the meeting, and he seems satisfying with the outputs of the analysis. The generalized plane strain elements (GPE), instead of 3-d elements are used in the current model. For numerical analysis, the GPE models are sufficient for these kinds of problems, while, maybe, the experimental guys would have many arguments on this. But I prepared many convincing reasons to “fight-back”.
Still, I have much work to do in the next coming weeks.
It will take more than 6 hours to reach Petten form Karlsruhe, and with changing 3-4 times of different trains. Hope nothing will be out of schedule, otherwise…
A blog a day keeps the readers away…