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Dinner anyone? To maintain the personal touch, we go out for dinner as part of our group meeting. Here we are at Marino's where we celebrated our advisor's belated birthday. From left to right:  Chuanyi Wang, Yashen Xia, Nkeng Asong, Irene Li, Prof. Mary Shultz, Henning Groenzin, Margaret Kuo

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them."
-Albert Einstein

 "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself--and you are the easiest person to fool.
So you have to be very careful about that. After you've not fooled yourself, it's easy not
to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that."
-Richard Feynman, Cargo Cult Science
From a Caltech commencement address given in 1974.
Also in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Words We Live By 

"Make hay while the sun shines."
-Mary Shultz

Chuanyi: "That should be possible."
Henning: "It's possible. It's difficult but possible."
Chuanyi: "That's grrreat!"

Irene: "You want me to take over the laser now??"
M. Shultz: "I think you can do it."
Irene: "That's a huge responsibility. Are you sure?" 
M. Shultz: " Well, you can either look at it as a responsibility or as a great opportunity."
 

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an
international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
-George Bernard Shaw

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are
omnipotent.(...) No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor
has been the reward for what he gave."
- (John) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
30th US President, Republican