Happy New Chinese Year!!!

Nihau-ma Chen,

On behalf of all your European colleagues and friends, allow me to wish you a happy new doggy year! May you have lots of 'bones' and no 'barks' at all this year!

Cheers to Beijing!

v

Congratulations to Dominik!

with his new job! we need to celebrate that, ha?

For Rob: Being British...so true?

One of the British national daily newspapers is asking readers "what it means to be British" Some of the emails are hilarious but this is one from a chap in Switzerland...

"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, and then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

And the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign."

A little help from my friends

Holas chicos/as!!
First, happy new year!
Second, I need some help (work-related) from you, my dear european experts!
There is a grup of researches here in Lombardy (in the field of spinal cord research) that are trying to create the European Spinal Cord Research Institute (ESCRI). They have become a limited company and have contacts already with reasearches from Spain, Germany and Lithuania. They also have the support of an european center in Rome (can't remember what for) and the collaboration of a nobel prize in medicine. Of course, they want some financing from the EU, but the idea doesn't fit in the FP6 or the coming FP7 (Framework Programmes for research). Does any of you have an idea of what procedure can they follow to get it, or to have some contacts in brussels? I am loooking to all the ERA initiatives but I have no clue of how can the European dimension be recognised and so on.. Maybe someone know who can I contact in Brussels to ask at least...
Thank you!!
and have a lot of fun in Antwerp! I will be green of envy!

Silly news...

Puppy Boom in Wake of Katrina
AP
Animal welfare officials working in the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast have noted an alarming spike in the number of puppies being born. When residents fled the region, many were forced to leave their pets behind, and many surviving pets that weren’t rescued have been breeding rapidly. The puppy boom is straining already overstretched resources, and new animals arrive daily. Says one animal control officer, “I’ve never seen so many puppies in my life.” (for more follow the link below)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_us/katrina_puppy_boom_1

Happy New Year, peeps!!!

Sorry for the late posting - just wanted to wish you very successful new year, professionally and personally, lots of health and strength to deal with the day-to-day issues!

I hope to see most of you this upcoming year. Cheers to all and best of luck!

Val