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    <title><![CDATA[The Big Bang Theory's actors salary]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 21:40:36 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I just read that the actors of the TV show The Big Bang Theory are getting a pay-rise. They will earn around 1 million euros per episode. This is over 20 years of my current salary as researcher. The actors have definitively great talent and the show... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Personal website]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Paradoxically my registration to social networks have been motivated by my professional life. I registered in Facebook because I was organizing a public talk. A recent grant application form asks about a website. I decided to buy the domain name www.astrowing.eu.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Writing nonfictions]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:57:43 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A major aspect of my work as astrophysicists and leisure involves reading and writing. Reading and writing reports, scientific articles, press releases, emails, blogs. Like many I was struggling in putting in words my thoughts, especially in English,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Do we need to have a knowledge of philosophy of science to be a good scientist?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:35:53 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Things are never completely settled. I thought that after a PhD and a few articles I would be a seasoned researcher until I discussed with someone with a dual degree in astrophysics and philosophy. That troubled me. Did I miss something essential during... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Loneliness]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:16:10 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The skeleton of an old woman has been found 7 years after her death, not in an isolated house in a small village. No, she was found in an apartment block in town. She died alone and isolated. Studies show that more and more people suffer from loneliness... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ABCD de l'égalité]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:25:56 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Education of children is one of the most sensitive issues in our societies. Every parent is concerned and every parent has his or her own view. That makes consensus difficult. Debates on education also reflect the state of the society in a country. Divides... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Moving]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:27:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One stressful human activity is definitively moving since our societies are mostly sedentary. Moving to the same country is already complicated, moving abroad to a town and country where we have never lived before is almost an adventure. What is the best... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Open peer review]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:04:51 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I do not usually read The Economist magazine. One may agree or not with the editorial standpoint of the magazine but it provides weekly international news contrary to national publications except the Courier international in France. The science section... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[“The structure of scientific revolution” by Thomas S. Kuhn, a hard-to-read essential book]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:52:14 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I am an academic researcher and as anyone who belongs to a small community with all his unspoken rules, customs, and idiosyncrasies, I am curious but also a bit scared to read about how we, as a community, behave. When I met someone who is much more inclined... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Height: feeling short, average, or tall]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://astrowing.over-blog.com/2014/05/height-feeling-short-average-or-tall.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 14:15:11 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I have been travelling these last few weeks and found out that it would a good idea to spend my waiting time at airports to write something for the blog. While travelling one thing you notice immediately is how different you are and look compared to people... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Route maps in flight magazines]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:07:40 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today I travelled with Lufthansa. This has been a long time I have not flown with this airline. When I picked up the flight magazine and started looking at the company’s routes, an old story came to my mind. A few years ago I was travelling to Mauritius... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[My first amateur astronomy photos]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I have attended many workshops and conferences. But the one I am attending in Santiago at the moment is the first one where I have the opportunity to practice astrophotography. Although I have been observing with many telescopes in the world (and in space)... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Science and non-science project funding]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:10:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[As mentioned already in a previous blog, being in an academic environment opens up the possibility to meet new people from different backgrounds and experience. A few month ago, a new researcher arrived at my institute in Grenoble. She has a dual philosophy-science... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Berlin?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:17:15 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Traveling to Santiago from Grenoble is not as tedious than travelling to Hawaii or Australia. On my way to Santiago, I had a stop-over in Berlin. If you do not believe me, I have photographic evidence. I shot a statue of the bear, the symbol of Berlin,... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rehearsal, critics, and presence]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:32:14 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When we rehearse, either in preparation of an important scientific presentation or for a play, we have to leave our pride at home. Most critics are advices to get the best out of us. At our play rehearsal, a few fellow actors or actresses seem to have... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lab's Days]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:57:55 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I was recently attending a retreat of my current institute at a very nice location in Annecy. The aim of the retreat was to summarize the main results obtained the last five years but also the successes and problems that occurred. Each team showed their... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Foreign language and living abroad]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:32:12 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the keys for an enjoyable life in a foreign country is the mastery of the language. Many complain that economic migrants tend to stay within their community, do not interact much with the local population, or do not speak well the language of the... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Thinking outside the box]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:26:34 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Thinking inside the box is easy and brings a sense of security. Thinking outside the box is more challenging but it is the essence of progress. We praise innovations in technology, science, design, or art, but at the same time our societies tend to be... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Learning to watch and to speak]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:12:27 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I would have never predicted that I would like so much my creative hobbies. By devoting the same focus and determination that I had to learn mathematics, physics, chemistry, or doing research I endeavor to master creative photography or acting. I like... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deadlines and procrastination]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:11:15 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I recently changed my email signature with a quote from one of my favorite philosophers, Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The quote says “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”. Having... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[International Woman's Day]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[https://astrowing.over-blog.com/2014/03/international-woman-s-day.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:09:28 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Last Saturday was the International Woman's Day. Having such a day is symptomatic that something has to change in our societies but that at the same time it means that we are aware of the problem. Everyday should be the day of the woman. Everyday we (the... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Improvisation]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:21:26 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Among the most stressful but gratifying exercises at an acting course are the improvisations. One of the aims is to learn to be in the moment, forgetting the past mistakes, and not be thinking about the next line. Good actors have presence. Real life... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Positive discrimination]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:01:53 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The French government is currently debating about introducing positive discrimination (a great oxymoron and also- called affirmative action) measures in France. Like most other Western European countries, France has a sizeable fraction of his population... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Wing-Fai Thi]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[YouTube movies on disks and planet formation]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:42:56 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I am a member of a modelling team of objects called protoplanetary disks where planets can form. We have produced a couple of Public Outreach movies on YouTube. Our reviewers think that we should advertise better our movies and get more hits. So do not... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Scottish Astrophysics Departments]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 18:08:34 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A rare coincidence occurs between two major astrophysical institutes in Scotland. The Royal Observatory Edinburgh (ROE) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at St-Andrews University are located in the close vicinity of world-famous old Golf course... ]]></description>
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