Easy does it

It has been a week since my last post, so time for an update! Next week will be a very relaxed week compared to the past couple of weeks. There won't be any special activities or things to attend. This gives me enough time to start writing some reports about the inorganic structures I've made last weeks.

Last week I've been to Utrecht for USS Proton's Dies and I accompanied some parents into the wonderful world of chemistry their children are going to make their living in. Their task was to synthesise the aspirin pain killer. And most of them actually had some very nice products.

First South African farm takeover

A farm, which was owned and kept running by a Lutheran Church in the South African Republic, has been taken by the state and will be given back to the original inhabitants of the region on march 15th. With this action the government of the South African Republic seems to do the same as it's northern neighbour has already done with all the farms in it's country. Zimbabwe is now one of the poorest countries in the world with the highest inflation rate.

Just now seems to be a good moment to withdraw all your financial support to South Africa, because soon there will be nothing that they could return to you. To show you what has happend to a farm which was bought from the anglo-dutch farmers I would like to point you to this movie. Let's just see how this new action turns out, I haven't got any faith in these efforts.

Anti Cancer complex

Today I'm going to make a complex consisting of platinum, chloride and ammonia which is know to kill cancer cells by making it impossible for the cell to copy it's own DNA. Healthy cells affected by this cis-platinum are still able to copy their DNA.

Lunar Eclipse

Tonight there will be a lunar eclipse. The sun, earth and moon will all be in line, this causes the moon to only reflect light which has already passed the earth's atmosphere and to get a slight red glow. The eclipse will be seen the best between 23.45 and 01.00. Astronomers say this will be one of the best lunar eclipses seen in the last decade.

PAC Symposium

Last post I wrote about the PAC Symposium. Well, I went there and the whole conference exceeded my expectations. After an introduction speech it was time for the first lecture. For this lecture the organisation had arranged a chemist from Hungary. He gave a very good lecture about Boiling Points in science and in Hungarian life. And the fact that he was often seen as a horrible man for doing chemistry, while his wife, a dentist, was loved by the whole society.

After some more lectures about un-boiling eggs, ancient roman chemistry and scent, it was time to have dinner in a restaurant near Neude in Utrecht. This restaurant was able to serve 60 great dinners. After dinner the organisation also planned a party. This party went on for some hours, and around 23.00 the only two CDL members left decided they went home.