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January 30, 2005
Daniel Goldenberg exhibition
Daniel Goldenberg is the son of a friend of mine. He has an exhibition opening at Galleri Knud Grothe, Jægersborg Allé 11, 2920 Charlottenlund (close to Jægersborg station). There's an invitation only preview on Saturday 5/2 from 11am to 3pm and then the exhibition proper is open to the public Mondays to Thursdays from 1pm to 5:30pm, on Fridays from 1pm to 7pm, Saturdays 10am to 2pm and on Sundays from 1pm to 4pm, and it runs up to and including Sunday 20/2.
Posted by daen at 10:31 PM
BIOSYS : Copenhagen's biotechnology and system biology high tech network
Syv højteknologiske netværk styrker forskeres relationer til virksomheder
This network, announced back in November, launches tomorrow with 4MM DKK and the following role call of network partners:
Academic institutions
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Københavns Universitet
Århus Universitet
Syddansk Universitet
KVL
Danmarks JordbrugsForskning
Industrial
Aros Applied Biotechnology Aps
Astra Zeneca AB
Bavarian Nordic A/S
Carlsberg Biosector A/S
Chr. Hansen A/S
Danske Slagterier
IBM Denmark
Lundbeck A/S
Novo Nordisk A/S
Novozymes A/S
NsGene A/S
Nuevolution A/S
Sejet Planteforædling I/S
SGI A/S
Topotarget A/S
Posted by daen at 10:17 PM
January 28, 2005
Old window, red tiles, blue sky
The old windows probably dated from when the building went up, some time in the 1930s : the glass was of a wonderfully uneven finish, so the world outside was perpetually warped. Whatever the visual aesthetics, the fact is that those single-paned windows were bloody inefficient at keeping the heat in, plus the uninsulated wooden doors and frames let howling gales of drafts in during the winter. The new windows are somewhat more functional and utilitarian, but more than make up for that by keeping the temperature in bedroom above the level where frostbite sets in.
Posted by daen at 12:12 AM
January 27, 2005
Queen Margrethe goes to the opera
You can't really see it very well, but the tiny little black car in the very centre is parked next to a very tall woman with a black hat. She is Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and the car very nearly sent me and my bicycle off of the bridge and into the canal. I guess it's one of the perils of living in Denmark ; no neon yellow-and-orange coloured escort cars with blue flashing lights and whooping sirens, driven by RayBan-wearing sharp-shooting protection detail policemen for Queen Margrethe - she instead turns up in a gently purring and beautifully polished black Silver Wraith II, relying on the driving skills of her trusty chauffeur to keep her out of trouble. I think the other guy, in the passenger seat, was only there to get out of the car to fastidiously dislodge the remains of the more troublesome roadkilled cyclists from the car's immaculate grille and give it a restorative polish from time to time.
Posted by daen at 11:55 PM
New Royal Opera House, Copenhagen
Yup, it opened on a couple of weeks ago, so I cycled out to see it on Sunday (Jan 16). It's more impressive up close than from going over Knippelsbro bridge - it looks like a giant toaster oven from there. Bright sunshine usually improves the grossest of architectural carbuncles, and the opera house is no Paternoster Square at least.
Posted by daen at 11:46 PM
Auschwitz liberation day : 60 years on
BBC NEWS | Europe | World marks Auschwitz liberation
Posted by daen at 11:38 PM
Alberto Gonzales? No thanks.
Alberto Gonzales is Not Fit to be Attorney General
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. In this case, we, the undersigned bloggers, have decided to speak as one and collectively author a document of opposition. We oppose the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to the position of Attorney General of the United States, and we urge every United States Senator to vote against him.
As the prime legal architect for the policy of torture adopted by the Bush Administration, Gonzales's advice led directly to the abandonment of longstanding federal laws, the Geneva Conventions, and the United States Constitution itself. Our country, in following Gonzales's legal opinions, has forsaken its commitment to human rights and the rule of law and shamed itself before the world with our conduct at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. The United States, a nation founded on respect for law and human rights, should not have as its Attorney General the architect of the law's undoing.
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With this nomination, we have arrived at a crossroads as a nation. Now is the time for all citizens of conscience to stand up and take responsibility for what the world saw, and, truly, much that we have not seen, at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere. We oppose the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General of the United States, and we urge the Senate to reject him. [More]
Scarily self-referential, since I expect the link to Newsfare to reflect this link which reflects the link to Newsfare which ... you get the point.
Posted by daen at 11:30 PM
January 20, 2005
Derek Lowe : In the Pipeline
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog discusses aspects of life in the world of drug discovery. Readable, funny and very relevant for me.
Posted by daen at 11:23 PM
Objets Perdus et Trouvés
Objets Perdus et Trouvés sur Internet: La ressource en ligne d'objets perdus ou trouvés du monde.
Posted by daen at 11:21 PM