Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Follow My Flickr
Because China had to be the bad guy, most to all blogs are blocked in China. Basically, if China can't control it.. you can't have it. So follow my flickr photos of China. I'll update everyday if I can.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40806750@N02/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40806750@N02/
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Less than 48 hours!
It is less than 48 hours until I leave for Chongqing, China!!!! Can you believe it! Next time I see this blog post, I will probably be in China!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sometimes...
Sometimes it's sad having friends that aren't Christians or even relatives for that matter. People you love with all your heart and you might not see them ever again unless they have a change at heart. It's a sad feeling. One of my best friends has been torn way from God and another one is on their way. I hope they don't stray too far and I've done all I can do for now. Pray for them and all the people you know that aren't Christians and you wish them to be so badly.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Happy Birthday and New Material
Happy Birthday Leah! You're 14 years old now! Wow, I can't believe it. We all love you!
---I go this article off of Yahoo.com---
WASHINGTON — Imagine a carbon sheet that's only one atom thick but is stronger than diamond and conducts electricity 100 times faster than the silicon in computer chips.
That's graphene, the latest wonder material coming out of science laboratories around the world. It's creating tremendous buzz among physicists, chemists and electronic engineers.
"It is the thinnest known material in the universe, and the strongest ever measured," Andre Geim , a physicist at the University of Manchester, England , wrote in the June 19 issue of the journal Science.
"A few grams could cover a football field," said Rod Ruoff , a graphene researcher at the University of Texas, Austin , in an e-mail. A gram is about 1/30th of an ounce.
Like diamond, graphene is pure carbon. It forms a six-sided mesh of atoms that, through an electron microscope, looks like a honeycomb or piece of chicken wire. Despite its strength, it's as flexible as plastic wrap and can be bent, folded or rolled up like a scroll.
Graphite, the lead in a pencil, is made of stacks of graphene layers. Although each individual layer is tough, the bonds between them are weak, so they slip off easily and leave a dark mark when you write.
Potential graphene applications include touch screens, solar cells, energy storage devices, cell phones and, eventually, high-speed computer chips.
Replacing silicon, the basic electronic material in computer chips, however, "is a long way off . . . far beyond the horizon," said Geim, who first discovered how to produce graphene five years ago.
"In the near and medium term, it's going to be extremely difficult for graphene to displace silicon as the main material in computer electronics," said Tomas Palacios , a graphene researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . "Silicon is a multi-billion dollar industry that has been perfecting silicon processing for 40 years."
Government and university laboratories, long-established companies such as IBM , and small start-ups are working to solve difficult problems in making graphene and turning it into useful products.
Ruoff founded a company in Austin called Graphene Energy, which is seeking ways to store renewable energy from solar cells or the energy captured from braking in autos.
The Pentagon is also interested in this new high-tech material. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spending $22 million on research to make computer chips and transistors out of graphene.
Graphene was the leading topic at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society — a leading organization of physicists — in Pittsburgh in April. Researchers packed 23 panel sessions on the topic. About 1,500 scientific papers on graphene were published in 2008 alone.
Until last year, the only way to make graphene was to mount flakes of graphite on sticky tape and separate a single layer by carefully peeling away the tape. They called it the "Scotch Tape technique."
Recently, however, scientists have discovered a more efficient way to produce graphene on an underlying base of copper, nickel or silicon, which subsequently is etched away.
"There has been spectacular progress in the last two or three months," Geim reported in the journal Science. "Challenges that looked so daunting just two years ago have suddenly shrunk, if not evaporated."
"I'm confident there will be many commercial applications," Ruoff said. "We will begin to see hybrid devices — mostly made from silicon, but with a critical part of the device being graphene — in niche applications."
---I go this article off of Yahoo.com---
WASHINGTON — Imagine a carbon sheet that's only one atom thick but is stronger than diamond and conducts electricity 100 times faster than the silicon in computer chips.
That's graphene, the latest wonder material coming out of science laboratories around the world. It's creating tremendous buzz among physicists, chemists and electronic engineers.
"It is the thinnest known material in the universe, and the strongest ever measured," Andre Geim , a physicist at the University of Manchester, England , wrote in the June 19 issue of the journal Science.
"A few grams could cover a football field," said Rod Ruoff , a graphene researcher at the University of Texas, Austin , in an e-mail. A gram is about 1/30th of an ounce.
Like diamond, graphene is pure carbon. It forms a six-sided mesh of atoms that, through an electron microscope, looks like a honeycomb or piece of chicken wire. Despite its strength, it's as flexible as plastic wrap and can be bent, folded or rolled up like a scroll.
Graphite, the lead in a pencil, is made of stacks of graphene layers. Although each individual layer is tough, the bonds between them are weak, so they slip off easily and leave a dark mark when you write.
Potential graphene applications include touch screens, solar cells, energy storage devices, cell phones and, eventually, high-speed computer chips.
Replacing silicon, the basic electronic material in computer chips, however, "is a long way off . . . far beyond the horizon," said Geim, who first discovered how to produce graphene five years ago.
"In the near and medium term, it's going to be extremely difficult for graphene to displace silicon as the main material in computer electronics," said Tomas Palacios , a graphene researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . "Silicon is a multi-billion dollar industry that has been perfecting silicon processing for 40 years."
Government and university laboratories, long-established companies such as IBM , and small start-ups are working to solve difficult problems in making graphene and turning it into useful products.
Ruoff founded a company in Austin called Graphene Energy, which is seeking ways to store renewable energy from solar cells or the energy captured from braking in autos.
The Pentagon is also interested in this new high-tech material. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spending $22 million on research to make computer chips and transistors out of graphene.
Graphene was the leading topic at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society — a leading organization of physicists — in Pittsburgh in April. Researchers packed 23 panel sessions on the topic. About 1,500 scientific papers on graphene were published in 2008 alone.
Until last year, the only way to make graphene was to mount flakes of graphite on sticky tape and separate a single layer by carefully peeling away the tape. They called it the "Scotch Tape technique."
Recently, however, scientists have discovered a more efficient way to produce graphene on an underlying base of copper, nickel or silicon, which subsequently is etched away.
"There has been spectacular progress in the last two or three months," Geim reported in the journal Science. "Challenges that looked so daunting just two years ago have suddenly shrunk, if not evaporated."
"I'm confident there will be many commercial applications," Ruoff said. "We will begin to see hybrid devices — mostly made from silicon, but with a critical part of the device being graphene — in niche applications."
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Big "Chinese" Brother
This is a picture of my Chinese brother. His name is 周渝 or Zhou Yu. Zhou is his last name and Yu is his first. Yu is the ancient name for Chongqing, its a cool name! He speaks a little English too. Just simple phrases. He will be picking me up from the airport in Chongqing. :)
MSN CONVO:
Zhou Bin says:
在
Matt says:
OK
Zhou Bin wants to start a Video Call with you.
Accept (Alt+C) Decline (Alt+D)
Matt says:
没有。
You declined the Video Call from Zhou Bin.
Zhou Bin says:
刚刚我已经和李正云联系了 他说你是从上海过来
Matt says:
Ok, 谢谢
他叫什么名字？
Zhou Bin says:
不用谢谢 呵呵
我叫周渝 是李正云的弟弟 到时候我到机场来接你
Matt says:
Zhou YU
Zhou Bin says:
YES
Matt says:
english?
周瑜，你收英文吗？
Zhou Bin says:
I can speak a little
Matt says:
Good, My Chinese is bad.
Zhou Bin says:
Do you give me your picture?
Matt says:
Yes, 等一下
Zhou Bin says:
OK
Matt says:
that is me and my aunt from thailand
Zhou Bin says:
it`s beautiful
Matt says:
Zhou Bin says:
你一个人来?
Matt says:
What?
Zhou Bin says:
come to chongqing only you?
Matt says:
Oh, yes.
只有 我。
Zhou Bin says:
HOHO WELCOME!
Matt says:
HOHO？
Zhou Bin says:
HOHO =
Matt says:
ah
Zhou Bin says:
YOU KNOW?
Matt says:
yes
Zhou Bin says:
You stopped sharing photos
Matt says:
I am 182.8 cm.
You?
Zhou Bin says:
stature?
Matt says:
yes
Zhou Bin says:
182.5
Matt says:
tall for Chinese
Zhou Bin says:
我身高182.5cm
Matt says:
OK.
对不去。 我的中文是不好。 hehe
Zhou Bin says:
没什么
不用客气
你向我学中文 我向你学英文
Matt says:
号的。
Zhou Bin says:
白满智 说:
号的 =好的 呵呵
Matt says:
呵呵。
Ok 谢谢
Zhou Bin says:
没什么 不用客气
Matt says:
好的。
你喜欢中国吗？
和重庆？
Zhou Bin says:
我不喜欢中国这个国家 但是我喜欢重庆
Matt says:
I see.
你要在美国？
Zhou Bin says:
我不喜欢中国这个国家 但是我喜欢重庆
I DON`T LIKE CHINA! BUT I LIKE CHONGQING
Matt says:
Yes, I understand.
hehe
Zhou Bin says:
你要在美国？ 我在美国什么?? 不明白
Matt says:
我懂。
你想赴美？
Zhou Bin says:
YES!I LIKE U.S.A !
Matt says:
I live USA too.
Zhou Bin says:
hehe
Matt says:
Your English is okay.
Zhou Bin says:
oh it`s bad
Matt writes:
Matt says:
我叫白满智和Matt。
Zhou Bin says:
OK`NICE TO MEET YOU!
我叫周渝 我还没有英文名字
Matt says:
You too!
yu means chongqing?
Zhou Bin says:
YES
你很聪明 一看就懂
Matt says:
very cool.
hehe
Zhou Bin says:
对不起 妈妈叫我去吃饭了 不好意思
Matt says:
you have no English name
Zhou Bin says:
恩 还没有英文名字 你帮我取一个 好吗 谢谢
Matt says:
我I帮取
bye bye
Chinese Medicine
When the news of the Swine flu spread, the Chinese will put vinegar in a bowl or some thing in their house because apparently it kills viruses. They will still see a doctor but this is done to prevent it.. Hmm, I wonder where they get this information. Its probably very old!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Hit the Spot...
This email from some family friends who visited 3 years ago emailed me to wish me safe travel to China and it hit the spot. God is so good!
"Hey Matt.
It is wonderful to hear from you.
Its funny how time flies right all away.
Only the other day we were together and nearly three years are gone.
We are well and Rose passes special regards to you.
I am sure we will meet some day on this side of heaven.
We will be praying for you but we trust you will stay in touch.
Am sure you will miss your family a lot, but, it is prudent to fly away from the nest once we are matured up.
Rose, myself and the boys wish you God speed in all that you do.
We love you Matt.
Rose and Alphonse"
"Hey Matt.
It is wonderful to hear from you.
Its funny how time flies right all away.
Only the other day we were together and nearly three years are gone.
We are well and Rose passes special regards to you.
I am sure we will meet some day on this side of heaven.
We will be praying for you but we trust you will stay in touch.
Am sure you will miss your family a lot, but, it is prudent to fly away from the nest once we are matured up.
Rose, myself and the boys wish you God speed in all that you do.
We love you Matt.
Rose and Alphonse"
Friday, July 3, 2009
My favorite new TV show quote.
"Boys are pushed harder and what do girls do? Eat and wait for death!?", from the Chinese drama, Brown Sugar Macchiato.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Plane Ticket Purchased
Here is my plane ticket information!
So, I leave the 22nd! Who cares!? OMG, I'm soooo excited and a little nervous but super amazing. God is too good to me.
Delta DL 6434
Depart Wed, Jul 22 2:17pm BNA - Nashville TN
Arrive Wed, Jul 22 6:15pm JFK - New York Kennedy NY
China Eastern MU 588
Depart Thu, Jul 23 1:45am JFK - New York Kennedy NY
Arrive Fri, Jul 24 5:00am PVG - Shanghai Pudong China
China Eastern MU 5419
Depart Fri, Jul 24 8:45am PVG - Shanghai Pudong China
Arrive Fri, Jul 24 11:35am CKG - Chongqing China
Total duration: 32hr 18min
So, I leave the 22nd! Who cares!? OMG, I'm soooo excited and a little nervous but super amazing. God is too good to me.
The Plan
Have a goodbye party on July 18, 2009 from 2-6pm at my house. Leave for China on July 21st, 2009. Wow, I can't believe its actually happening! AMAZING!
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