Die Gegner der deutschen Vereine im Überblick:

• FC Bayern München trifft in der Gruppe F der Champions League auf Olympique Lyon, Steaua Bukarest und den AC Florenz - definitiv eine der leichteren Gruppen der Champions League.
  Härtester Konkurrent wird wohl Olympique sein: Die Mittelfeldachse mit Juninho, Ederson, Jean Makoun und Kim Källström ist bemerkenswert, im Sturm ist der französische Torschützenkönig und EM-Teilnehmer Karim Benzema eine Gefahr. Auch die Abwehr präsentiert sich wohl sortiert: Fabio Grosso und Cris, der mehrfach zum besten Spieler Frankreichs gewählt wurde, agieren in der Abwehr. Es wird interessant zu sehen sein, wie Bayern Lyon über die Flügel zu knacken versuchen wird.
  Zu Steaua Bukarest muss man nicht viele Worte verlieren. Glaubt man den Statistiken von Transfermarkt.de, dann ist der gesamte Steaua-Kader (etwa 27,4 Mio. €) weniger wert als Franck Ribéry (30 Mio. €) oder Luca Toni (28,5 Mio. €) alleine. Eine Niederlage ist nicht zu erwarten.
  Bei AC Florenz sieht es in dieser Beziehung anders aus. Mit Adrian Mutu gibt es einen Mittelfeldspieler vom Kaliber eines Ribéry, mit Giampaolo Pazzini (wurde mehrfach mit Auszeichnungen im Junioren-Bereich bedacht) und vor allem Nationalstürmer Alberto Gilardino, der vor der Saison vom AC Mailand in die Toskana wechselte und in 25 Länderspielen neun Tore erzielte, existiert auch Qualität im Sturm. Die Bayern-Defensive wird hier wohl am meisten gefordert werden, um diese drei Offensiven aus dem Spiel zu nehmen.
• Werder Bremen wurde gemeinsam mit Inter Mailand, Panathinaikos Athen und Anorthosis Famagusta in Gruppe B gelost. Auch für die Mannschaft von der Weser ist ein Weiterkommen eigentlich Pflicht.
  Gegen Inter Mailand wird es die Elf von Thomas Schaaf extrem schwer haben. Eine exzellente Defensive, ein stark besetztes Mittelfeld um Esteban Cambiasso und ein herausragender Sturm mit Persönlichkeiten wie Adriano, Zlatan Ibrahimovic und Hérnan Crespo - dazu José Mourinho auf der Bank. Die Bremen werden es wohl schon als Erfolg feiern, dem amtierenden italienischen Meister ein Unentschieden abzutrotzen.
  Panathinaikos könnte unter Umständen zu einem Stolperstein für Werder werden. Vor allem der Stürmer Dimitrios Salpingidis ist hier zu nennen, in der Champions-League-Qualifikation war er in drei Spielen an drei Toren beteiligt (zwei selbst erzielt, eines vorbereitet), in der letzten Spielzeit erzielte er in Griechenland 15 Tore in 29 Spielen, außerdem noch vier Treffer in sieben UEFA-Cup-Spielen. Bemerkenswert ist auch der Österreicher Andreas Ivanschitz im Mittelfeld, der bei der EM durchaus auf sich aufmerksam machte und einer der besten Österreicher des Turniers war. Auch Georgios Karagounis, der in der Vergangenheit für Inter Mailand und Benfica Lissabon spielte, ist einer der besseren Spieler des Panathinaikos-Mittelfelds. Auch Gilberto Silva, vor der Saison vom FC Arsenal gewechselt, gibt der Mittelfeldachse von Athen Stabilität und sichert vor allem defensiv ab. Der große Brasilianer wird mit seiner enormen internationalen Erfahrung Diego aus dem Spiel zu nehmen versuchen - und es scheint nicht ganz unrealistisch zu sein, wenn man davon ausgeht, dass der Bremer dabei nicht vollkommen befreit wird aufspielen können.
  Anorthosis Famagusta hat etwa die Qualität eines deutschen Zweitligisten. Der bekannteste Name im Team der Zyprer dürfte neben Abwehrspieler Traianos Dellas, der bei der EM für Griechenland spielte und auch schon vier Jahre zuvor beim Titelgewinn für die Rehhagel-Elf spielte, der Ex-Aachener Jeffrey Leiwakabessy sein. Allerdings sind die Zypern-Teams auch für ihre Heimstärke bekannt, einen Auswärtssieg im Schongang sollte Bremen keinesfalls einkalkulieren.
• Schalke 04 ist nach dem Aus in der Champions-League-Qualifikation nun gegen Apoel Nikosia gefordert. Bekannte Namen sind auch hier Mangelware, hervorzuheben ist allenfalls Nuno Morais (Ex-FC-Chelsea) und Kamil Kosowski, der bei der WM 2006 für Polen spielte. Ein eher leichter Gegner für die Königsblauen.
• Beim HSV-Gegner Unirea Urziceni mach ich's kurz: Ich kenne die Rumänen nicht, keiner der Spieler hat einen Marktwert in annähernder Millionenhöhe. Würde der HSV rausfliegen, wäre es eine unglaubliche Blamage.
• Auch der VfB Stuttgart muss in den Ostblock, genauer gesagt zu Cherno More Varna. Keine bekannten Namen, ein eher belangloser Gegner, der mit Milen Petkov einen ehemaligen bulgarischen Nationalspieler in seinen Reihen hat. Wie beim HSV gilt auch hier: Eine Niederlage wird peinlich.
• Hertha BSC zieht es nach Irland, der Gegner heißt St. Patrick's Athletic. Im europäischen Fußball sicherlich ein kleines Licht, aber dennoch sehr kampfstark. Spielerisch wird man von den Iren wenig erwarten, aber sie werden sich sehr lange wehren und immer auf die Sensation hoffen: Ein Konter und alles ist möglich.
• Der VfL Wolfsburg hat zumindest einen nicht gänzlich unbekannten Gegner zugelost bekommen: Rapid Bukarest. Die Rumänen sind regelmäßig im UEFA-Cup vertreten und haben auch durchaus Spieler mit Qualität in ihren Reihen: Der brasilianische Stürmer Júlio César spielte bereits sechs Partien in der Champions League und erzielte dort zwei Tore, der Montenegriner Radomir Dalovic spielte vor einigen Jahren für Arminia Bielefeld in der Bundesliga und konnte in der Nationalmannschaft drei Treffer in vier Partien feiern - und 18 Tore in 31 Spielen in der vergangenen Spielzeit der kroatischen Liga (für NK Rijeka) sprechen für sich.
• Den bekanntesten Gegner hat sicherlich Borussia Dortmund. Udinese Calcio hat laut Transfermarkt.de einen Kader mit höherem Marktwert als der Ruhrpott-Verein. Für Qualität stehen unter anderem der Schweizer EM-Teilnehmer Gökhan Inler, der vor der Saison ein Angebot des FC Arsenal über 25 Mio. € ablehnte, und die beiden italienischen EM-Teilnehmer Antonio di Natale und Fabio Quagliarella (beide im Sturm). Sicherlich einer der schwierigeren Gegner, aber keinesfalls eine unlösbare Aufgabe.
• INSGESAMT haben also alle deutschen Klubs sehr gute bis ausgezeichnete Chancen, die erste Runde der internationalen Wettbewerbe zu überstehen. Hoffen wir mal, dass der deutsche Fußball sich heuer auf dem europäischen Parkett wieder etwas besser aufgelegt präsentiert als es die Champions-League-Qualifikation mit Schalke und die nicht immer souveränen UEFA-Cup-Quali-Auftritte der deutschen Vereine befürchten lassen.

First things first, Jimmy0010 has uploaded a new video, so you better go watch it NOW.

Anyways, after finding out there's a new inhabitant that uses our kitchen and then wasting my time arguing with some fucktard on YouTube, I feel like it's RANT TIME!

I've actually been thinking about this since I came to London... I'm so so so so SO tired of your typical souvenir shop that everytime I see one, I just want to murder people. Why do us tourists have to either buy something really tacky, stupid and overpriced in order to remember the places we have visited or buy nothing and then feel bad for not having anything from that city you loved so much? Souvenirs are fucking retarded, I'm telling you!
What if you want something pretty and long-lasting from London / Madrid / New York / whatever? Well you can't have it. You're a tourist so you're stupid and you'll get stupid things sold to you for prices that yell "Stupid bastard" at you.

The worst thing is that everybody wants to join the "let's rip off some tourists" fashion. So that's when you find out that everything in Camden Lock / Camden Market is overpriced and can actually get it for much less anywhere else in London. Underground market my ass.

So here's my pledge: tourists around the world, don't buy those things you're supposed to buy just because you're tourists. Go find something pretty and if you can't find it, don't buy anything at all then! You won't feel stupid afterwards.

Yeah... end of rant.

The other day I heard something that really sums up the weather here... "If you don't like the weather, just wait 10 min." Haha, brilliant.

Hmmm I want to punch that bastard on YouTube sooo bad. Not because he's a prick, it's just that he's made me waste like 20 min. of my life I'm never getting back. I learnt a lesson today.

And yeah, as you can see the place I'm in is slightly modifying my vocabulary... I just keep on saying "brilliant", "bloody whatever", "mate", "prick", "proper", "rubbish" etc. You get the idea.

You know brainstorming? I'm getting that right now so I feel I need to tell you I have an idea for another tattoo for me. It's fucking sweet but I'm keeping it just a little longer for it needs to get a bit more of a shape. But yeah I'm stoked on it! :D

Ok, enough of that, it's QUESTIONS TIME!

Luli asked What do you like most to do when you´re really really sad? - I cry my heart out but I cover it by listening to music and watching films. They don't really need to be sad by themselves but I'll cry anyway cause when I'm depressed everything looks like shit and makes me want to cry. It wouldn't be the first time I cried at some comedy film in such a hopeless fashion thinking "It's so fake I just want to vomit all over the place!".
Hmmm, I buy things on the internet as well. And if I'm really really depressed you'll most probably find me re-reading my favorite book. That means I really need help and only my favorite book is there to help...

Lucía asked What are some (about 5 or so) simple things that make you happy?

-I like it when I get home and nobody's there yet.
-I absolutely love the feeling of getting a position in the first row at a show after being nervous out of my brain thinking about it.
-I love it when during an exam I know everything and I'm writing fast as fuck. I feel like I'm completely showing off and I'm good at something.
-I'm completely happy and fulfilled when my favorite band at the moment releases a new record/song. That one's unbeatable.
-I love taking naps during autumn or spring on the sofa and covering myself with a fresh sheet. Oh god, that's the best smell everrrrrr.
-I adore the wind hitting my face on summer mornings and waking me up to find out there's actually a moment during the dreadful summer when I don't want to die.

Hahaha, you can tell I loved that question, Lucía! :D I want you to answer it as well if you don't mind ^^

So my question for Luli is... Can you pick a very significant moment of your childhood that may explain something that affects you now?

Have fun both!
Montréal or Madrid, it doesn't matter where! You're the ones taking the fun and good vibrations inside yourselves :)
...That sounded cheesy xD

Bye bye byeeeee

Aujourd'hui j'étais de retour au boulot, plus vite que prévu. J'étais censé avoir une semaine de vacance avant ma grande entrée, mais la direction avait besoin que je sois la pour les réunions de la semaine pour faire un peu de planification.

Alors, bébé O à commencer la garderie à matin. Quand je suis arrivée à la garderie la puce n'a pas pleuré et est allée tout de suite dans les bras de l'éducatrice, ce qui m’a rassurée et surprise. Habituellement bébé O ne veux pas vraiment se laisser prendre par beaucoup de monde.

 J'ai parlé un bout avec la dame pour qu'elle m'explique la routine et que moi je lui dise la routine de la petite. Quand venu le temps de quitté  oui j'ai pleuré avec retenue  quand même pour pas que la puce me voie ainsi. Par contre dans la voiture les larmes se faisaient aller. (Une chance que j'ai des lunettes soleil assez grosses)

Lorsque la petite ne me voyait plus c'est la que les larmes, les cris et tout sont venu.  D'environ 8:40 jusqu'a mon arrivé a 12 h 45. Elle n'a pas voulu faire sa petite sieste du matin.

Quand elle m'a vue arrivée dans le local et bien sourire et tout était là. Elle faisait de belles façons aux dames et leur jasait.

Mon avant- midi c'est passé assez vite et bien. Il me reste à voir comment mon groupe et moi allons nous entendent. Il faut aussi que j'apprenne leur prénom correctement, car certains ont un prénom particulier.

Estas zapatillas me las regalo una compañera del gimansio, un besito cris.

So yeah, Luli left yesterday (it feels like ages since I said goodbye at Victoria Station) and now I'm pretty much visiting the last places I want to see in London and preparing myself for looooong walks.
Lucía, I'm not actually by myself, Pimen stays here until August 31st but it's just weird and different not having Luli around. We have too much fun together.

But don't worry, I'm enjoying the time left here and now I have the chance to do something I've been longing to do since I visited London for the first time three years ago: having long and varied walks all over my favorite places by myself. It's just going to be perfect. And inspiring. I'll definitely get poetic, Lucía, haha.

I don't have much to tell you about so I'll go straight to the questions now!

Luli asked What would you do if you had a whole day with your favorite band or singer, only for you. -Ok so my favorite band is Gallows. Why? I love Gallows because they make amazing music, put up the best shows ever and are truly nice and caring with their fans. So, based on this, I'd make them play. Honestly, that's what makes me crazy about them! Hahaha. The rest of the day I would talk to them since they're the nicest guys ever; you know, just to get to know them a bit. Oh and I'd probably get a tattoo from Frank Carter's skillful hands and mind. Actually the day would go like this: tattoo + hanging out with the boys + show.

Lucía asked Have you ever met someone with such a strong personality that they influenced you (and if so, in what), or made you see things differently, or simply someone you admired for their strong personality? -Yes, I have. That person would easily be my dad since he's who has influenced me the most. But to be honest, many people have influenced me and have made me change my mind about stuff all the time. I can't put my finger on one significant moment or one significant person (except when I became a vegetarian because I heard Justin Sane was a vegetarian and needed to know why). Ok wait, now that I see the second part of the question I have to say that I was fascinated by John Lydon for years because I thought he was the most amazing person ever -I really admired his personality and listened to what he had said. I'm still fascinated by Sylvia Path as well -I have been for years. And yeah, because of her I see the world differently now; that was a huge change in my life.
This answer has turned out too long so if any of you want to know more about this, just ask but I'll stop now.

Ok, here's my question.

Do you regret anything from the past? If so, what is it? What would you do if you had the option to go back and change it?

Have a great week :)

Take care

La cadena de fast-food Quick ha desembarcado por fin en España (que europea me siento!). La primera tienda la han abierto en Barcelona, en la plaza Urquinaona (metro Linea 1 y para los menos técnicos, la linea roja). No es mal sitio (aunque no me gustan el concepto del fast-food y todo lo que conlleva) y es de las pocas cadenas belgas que se atreven a expandir fronteras en un momento de crisis como el que vivimos (si, crisis, aunque a ZP le cueste pronunciar la palabrita). No creo que vaya a probarlo pero espero que continuen vendiendo una salsa de mostaza y miel..ays aquellos tiempos en los que mi vida se centraba en Benelux...

Ok so the day was more than a crappy day. If it wasn't because Luli was getting a tattoo at Frith Street and we were going to a show afterwards, I would have stayed the whole day in bed trying not to communicate with any human being. So I kept on thinking "The show is gonna fix this. Just resist there, it's only 4 hours left..." Etc.

So everything started to look better right when Luli was getting tattooed; the owner of the shop was funny haha The tattoo looked great and it was so fast!

Then we headed to the University of London because that was the venue for the show, which sounds weird to us but now Luli and I know that a full-equiped venue can be placed in a building full of classrooms. Fuck off, everybody is talking around me and I can't concentrate... ¬¬

Anyways, we waited for an hour and a half and we got a position at the barrier right in the middle! Fucking awesome, I know. But which is more awesome is that the bands playing were Black Lungs, Cancer Bats and Anti-Flag, but Cancer Bats lost their flight and couldn't make it so... the band taking their place was Alexisonfire, who played the day before and who we wanted to see but the tickets sold out in 30 minutes. HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT?

Despite the fangirls, the Alexisonfire show was great, but nothing compared to Anti-Flag. They did an amazingly long and tiring show for them (not making any stops between most of the songs) but incredibly perfect (they played really old songs like Fuck Police Brutality and Die For The Government) and hilarious, they were as witty and smart as always.

Chris #2 crowd-surfed and he and Justin came down to shake hands with everybody, at which point I went "Hey, Justin!!!!!" and Justin looked and me and I said "We're from Spain!" and he said "Ohhh, I love Spain!!" with a huge smile. Then I half-hugged him, which was a fucking stupid thing to do since he was sweating a lot and I got the smell on my hands for two hours... Afterwards I got wet and licked my hand forgetting it was all dirty so yeah... Salty. The disgusting moment of the evening xD

Ok... questions time!

What is you biggest fear?

My biggest fear would probably be seeing how years go by and I'm not doing what I should be doing; what I know I want to do in order to be happy. Another one that scares the fuck out of me is getting old and realizing I don't really have anybody to rely on. That comes from my complete lack of affective and useful family.

What’s the  most daring thing you’ve ever said to someone?

Probably I love you. It used to be (and still is) a fucking difficult thing to do for me if I really mean it.

Are you a pirate or a ninja?

Arrrrrr, pirate! haha

My question is... What are you most fascinated about right now?

Oh oh, I forgot to say that I saw Steve Jones, the Sex Pistols' guitar player on the subway early in the morning as well. That was fucking weird xDD

Have fun, kiddos!

At 10:30 a.m. Luli and I were at the Tower of London ready to get our tickets to get into that creepy, funny and expensive place all at once. The visit has been great since we've followed one of the Beefeaters that set up guided tours and the man was hilarious; it was jokes when we were asked to "boo" or cheer.

It felt like a completely medieval day. That was until we went shopping in the afternoon.

We first got into Burberry -needless to say we didn't buy anything but it was fun peeing in Burberry then leaving xD
The real deal started when we got in H&M, but the amazingness didn't come until we decided to go into Topshop; just for laughs. That place is AWESOME. It has to be my favorite store in the world. It's 4 floors of accesories, make-up, wigs, socks and stockings, cute little things with Hello Kitty and pandas and cookies, a spot for getting your nails done, a hair saloon, an Eat spot (smoothies and whatnot), a huge lingerie section, and clothes and clothes and clothes!

More interesting things about these days...

-Luli and I almost got run over by a taxi today
-Yesterday someone jumped under a train when we were about to take that train
-Our residence almost got on fire yesterday due to some retarded italians who can't cook pasta to save their lives
-Camden market annoys me because it's not underground at all; it stopped being so when half of it decided it was fun to rip off tourists.
-The Oyster Card annoys me as well for its one-week existence costs the same as a one-month equivalent in Madrid.
-I think I'll eventually go to Mass at Wesminster Abbey -it's gonna be jokes.
-Next Monday we're going to the Cancer Bats + Anti-Flag show.
-Next Tuesday we're going to the Gallows show.
-Buffets annoy me as well.

Questions and whatnot:

-Luli asked Would you girls move to any other country(you don´t really like) if you were offered a good job there? - Hmmm, I don't really think so. I'm not that greedy. Money can't make you happy, or so they say, so I know I'll be unhappy there and even thinking "This huge ammount of money will sure make me happy" wouldn't work. Maybe if it was enough money to take a private plane everyday... but then again I would never do that since I love my beautifully blue planet.

-Lucía asked nothing at all as she was excited about going into the wild with the bugs and God knows what other devilish creatures. And I'm too tired to think of a punishment because of that so I'll just let it go.

And my question is... what is your favorite era? -I'm borrowing this question xD

Have fun everybodyyyyyyy

Today I've been thinking how cool the neighborhood where we live in London actually is.
Everyday when I step out on the street I get to see plenty of things that catch my attention: rows and rows of Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Mercedes, herds of buses going up and down King's Road leaving its countless shops behind or annoyingly posh restaurants, pubs and stores full of annoyingly posh people who talk about either clothes or business.
The magnificent Victorian houses take you to the beautiful building of the Natural History Museum, which is at a ten-minute walk away from here.

However, all these stately and lordly places and people don't keep the area from having several take-aways: indian cuisine, japanese food, the good old sandwiches or cookies can be found beside the French embassy and a Lamborghini retailer.

I needed to write this. Sometimes we complain way too much about things that aren't really bad themselves but beatable, but everthing's beatable anyways, so being annoyed by everything all the time is useless.

Luli wanted to know What has been the best gig I´ve ever been at?

Well, that was probably the Gallows show at Underage Festival last Friday, but I really loved My Chem's at Metrorock as well.

Lucía would like to know what you rooms look like and what hangs on your walls.

Well I have two rooms that I adore for different reasons so I'll describe both

Room #1: this one has a pretty good size, which I love because I have plenty of space for storing crap and decorating the walls. What I love the most about this one is probably the bed. A good old bed made out of the highest quality wood (not that IKEA shit) with its headboard and all. I've spent many hours on that bed reading, writing and listening to cds for the first time (you know that ritual of ripping off the celophane and reading everything on the booklet). On the walls I have three My Chem posters, one Trainspotting poster (another one on the door), an Arsenal scarf and one of these boards where you pin stuff -that's full of useless things, btw.

Room #2: This one is a fairly new room, again with good wood (that sound's funny) all over the place but half of it is blue. The bed is a tall one, which I actually hate because there's like a psychological barrier between my bed and me that makes me use it only when I want to sleep and not for other purposes. The walls on this one are fewer but look beautiful with a huge mirror, a lovely giant picture of Manhattan that cost a fortune because of the frame and the glass over it, and yes, you guessed it, another My Chem poster that I bought in NYC. There's also a miniposter of Ghost World and a Route 66-themed clock with blue neon around it! haha

Annnnd my question is... would you ever get someone's name tattoed on you?

Now that was a long update! hahah
By the way, two days ago I run into a kid from YouTube, Dan (/dan3417), Jimmy0010's friend, in Wagamama and I told him I knew him from YouTube and he was like "WOW! :D". His friends laughed. xD

Have fun!

Ok, so now it's been exactly a week since we arrived in London and I just can say that it's wonderful to be here. I've always said that London is my favorite city in the entire world and that feeling hasn't changed for a minute. Now I understand my three-yeats-ago self when I left this city with tears in my eyes (that hasn't happeed again).

It's good to know that I'll be spending three more weeks here and I have tons of more exciting things to do yet! For instance, tomorrow Luli and I are going to the Underage festival (yay for being exactly 18 and being able to get in all shows!), where many bands will be playing but we're going just to see Gallows! That's gonna be bloody brilliant, as they say here :P And then there are many other shows to go: Alexisonfire, Avenged Sevenfold, ANTI-FLAG, and Gallows again. Mental xD

Right now I'm in the TV room with the second season of Heroes playing on the background and I'm way too tired due to sleeping for few hours (you damned messeger...) and spending the whole day out in the Science Museum, Oxford St. and Hyde Park. So this means it's questions time!

Luli asked: What song would perfectly show your mood right now? - Hmm, that's actually a hard question, you know, because when I relate moments of my life to a song in paticular is because I've spent a huge ammount of time listening to it, and I'm not actually listening to as much music as I'd like so I couldn't put my finger on a song right now... I suppose that Gabrielle by The Nipple Erectors would be one because I remember some lines of it everytime I take a bus. And if I think about things not related to London, Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus would be one as well.

Lucía... ok, I pick my "Who's your favorite person right now?" question. But I'm expanding it. My all-time favorite person is my dad (just like you, Lucía ^^) and I really miss him but I like it this way because I don't realize how importanthe is to me until I'm away from him. And, you know, I really like seeing him after a long time of him not being around.
However, my favorite person at the moment has to be Xavi. He's awesome with me and apparently he's coming to Madrid for my birthday, which is gonna be the best present ever.

So, my questio for you is Do you remember your hardest farewell? (I dedicate this one to Lucía 'cause she's leaving and she's sad about it).

Have fun, girls.
Readers, leave comments and participate, please! haha

I believe that the current Repository concept is flawed... actually, lots of people now realise that the current concept is flawed, and people are trying to decide what the correct model should be.

We know that the binary-object-centric view does not work, and we know that we need to involve the user much much earlier in the aquisition process

Here is my model:

Researchers have Interests: a general topic/area/subject that interests them; that they want to investigate; to understand.

Researchers apply for funds to Research aspects of that Interest: to look at particular facets; to search for significance; to find reasons or rules of behaviour.

Researchers produce things: they write articles; they produce data; they have significant emails; they go to conferences.... and all of these relate to specific pieces of Research, or to general Interests.

Articles go through iterations: a lengthy final draft; a pre-submission version tailored to a specific journal; a post-review version; a publishers final-copy version... and each of these link to the previous version, or directly to a specific Research thing or Interest thing

The idea is that when someone puts a thing into their workspace, they describe it:

• An Interest will have a Description, and inherit the primary "author" from the user profile.
• A piece of Research will have a Title, a Description, a Funder (and "grant number" or other code), will default the Principle Investigator to be Interest.Author^[1].
• The various Article/Conference/Email/Data things will have their appropriate meta-data, and inherit from the item above them..

The idea, therefore, is that the researcher deposits often, and rarely has to provide much supportive metadata... which could easily fit into their normal working flow... and if we could promise to back up their data, they will probably be happy.

Look at http://www.myexperiment.org/ as an example of something heading in this direction.

[1] If we are clever, then we can link into the organisations MIS databases, and pull the "principle investigator" from there, and get a list of assocciated researchers (those paid from the grant), who are likely to be co-authors.

It feels like it's been ages since I updated last Thursday from my safe house. These last five days look more like five weeks since it has happened so much!

I'll sum up what we've been up to on these days:

-Thursday: arriving and meeting up with Ana C.
-Friday: going to the YouTube gathering, spending the whole day with Ana and doing botellón by the Thames.
-Saturday: walking around London and going shopping for important stuff.
-Sunday: going to the Camden Lock market.
-Monday: going to a the tattoo parlour where Frank Carter works/worked, going shopping for cds, books and other cool stuff.

So in these five days we've pretty much learned that if you buy enough cheap food to feed yourself for one week at breakfasts and dinners for the affordable ammount of 20 pounds, you can go out and buy 15-pound belts, 20-pound cardigans, and a whole bunch of 8-pound cds and 2-pound books to make yourself happy and fulfilled.

That means that we'll have tons of 8-pence-noodle dinners but that's the way it is when you are about to cross the thin line that separates poverty from you. Yes, we'll live in one of the most expensive neighborhoods of London for a month but we are poor.

Ok, now to the questions...

Luli asked: What do you hate the most from a person?

I suppose that'd be lack of respect and trustness. Well, I hate many things about people but there's not a way to measure which one annoys me most.

Lucía asked: If you had one week left before the end of the world, what would you do?

I know I'd kill myself before the world ended. The pressure would be so massive that I couldn't concentrate on anything else but it and therefore enjoy it. So as a last, independent action from everything, I'm pretty sure I'd commit suicide.

My question for both of you is: Do you have anything to which you're very attached to in an emotional way (that is not for necesity since I'm completely attached to my pads but for different reasons xD)?

Have fun!!

Byeeeee

So this is a quick update since I'm going to the airport in 40 min. 
I'm more than excited about going to London and the trip will have a really good start because our friend Ana C. is already there so we're meeting her this afternoon. Yay! I'm so happy to see London and her again... ^^ And I think tomorrow we're going to the YouTube gathering in Leicester Sq.! Everything is so exciting xD 

However, I'm a bit (only a little bit) sad about leaving Madrid because that means not seeing my friends for a month. It feels like it's a weird summer due to the fact that I'm always by myself in this city in August while ALL my friends are away but that's not the situation this year. I'm the one running away this time xD 

Plus, I'm a little frustrated since I wanted to have one last night of fun in Madrid with everybody but apparently everyone was too busy and it didn't happen. Pity. 

Anyways, I'll answer your questions now. I'm running out of time!! 

Luli asked What is the worst/stupid present you’ve ever got? - I think the worst and most stupid present I ever got was when my grandma gave me this doll that had a light inside its head to make kids fall asleep without turning the lights on. Ok, first off, it is STILL a light so you're not making kids used to sleeping with the lights turned off. And the doll was so scarily ugly (it was like a mixture of a giant worm, a kid and an alien that wore pyjamas) that my intelligent four-year-old self was more afraid of the toy than the darkness. 

Lucía asked what your horoscope is, what kind of sign you are (like, I’m Aries so I’m fire), and whether or not you think this element reflects your personality. And finally, do you believe in any sort of horoscope or way to predict the future? - I'm a Virgo, which I've always disliked as a horoscope since everybody has a cool animal as a horoscope and I have a plain naked girl that's supposed to be a virgin; just put some clothes on, will you? I have no idea about what my sign is and I don't really care about the horoscope at all. I remember this Natural Science teacher that I had in high school saying "The position of the stars over your head doesn't affect your birth. Mainly because you were born under a ceiling in a hospital and not in the freaking countryside surrounded by cows and trees" and I agree with him xD. However I find it ironic, if you like, that since I was a kid I've been "obsessed" with the greek godess Atenea, which happens to be Virgo and Virgin Mary at the same time (we've always been the same people giving different names to the same old stuff). And no, obviously I don't think the horoscope can predict the future. 

My question for you two is: Do you have any favorite person? If so, why? Don't feel uncomfortable about this question, you can say anybody that at this moment can be your favorite person in the whole world but that doesn't mean you don't love other people just the same. :)

Take care!!

Luli, I'll see you in an hour.

Lucía, next time I update, I'll tell you cool things about London Town ^^ Btw, I love the presents!! haha They're so cool *_* 

In mod evident nu eram noi cei din poza, noi eram prea ocupati sa supravietuim. Una dintre activitati a fost raftng-ul, activitate care a decurs foarte fain pana cand am urcat intr-o barca mai mica decat credeam noi si pana cand crisul a crescut atat in adancime cat si in viteza. Oricum a fost o experienta plina de adrenalina, dar si plina de emotii.

Am fost 6 protagonisti implicati in aceasta aventura: George, Ioana, Sorin, Daria, Georgiana si eu. Partea funny a incepput de cand eu cu Soso am observat ca nu avem loc sa vaslim. Crisul mare si murdar din cauza ploii parea foarte funny pana in moentul in care am dat intr-o stanca care ne-as rasturnat barca.

De atunci lucrurile s-au complicat, am cazut toti sub apa, barca era intoarsa, iar eu pluteam pe undeva pe sub apa, ma gandeam ca is sanse s nu ies afara, dar daca nu pot eu, oare cum se descurca fetele...Apa murdara stanci, vazand ca apa este ft mare si nu am sanse sa ies am mai stat sub apa, iar cand am vrut sa ies cineva m-a apasat pe cap sa iasa. Atunci m-am gandit, ce misto eu ma chinui sa ies si tu ma apesi pe cap.

Cand am iesit afara nu mai era nimeni pe afara si am trecut pe partea cealalta a barcii sa-i caut si eram toti pana la urma. Ne-am tnut de barca, am ajutat fetele fiecare cum am putut si la apa mica ne-am urcat in barca. Singura problema era ca ne-am pierdut papucii si vaslele, am ramas doar cu o vasla. Ne-a dus crisul, ca vasla nu era foarte folositoare, dar pana la urma am reusit sa ajungem la mal, toti am fost k pana la urma.

Tinand cont ca asta e a 2-a oara cand am fost foarte aproape de moarte in apa, nu pot sa nu ma gandesc:"oarce incearca Dumnezeu sa-mi spuna ceva?" Cred ca voi vedea cu timpul.

However I don't know why I'm apologizing for the delay since Lucia completely ignored my punishment. I gave you a week but then you had some trouble with your computer so I said nothing but it's been three weeks now since then and you haven't even mentioned it! Yes, I'm annoyed. 

So I'm on strike.

Rome was good.

In two days I'll go to London and I'm really excited.

What would you do if something you thought would come true does NOT come true? I mean something which was totally clear that was gonna come true, and something that you really want. - If I wanted it to happen I'd try to get it to do happen but if that's not the case I wouldn't do anything, I suppose. I'd be surprised as well but that's not something that can be controlled xD

do you have the soul of a fugitive, too? - Yes, I do. 

My question: What's your favorite video off YouTube? 

bye!

It's a pipebomb! YAAAAAAY! :D

I'll be trying to make this as understandable as possible, but I promise nothing, my written English sucks. So be nice to me, and don't dare you to insult me or anything, fucking whores sweeties :D.

Ok, ok, I know you don't care about me ¬_¬, Today is Cris' day so I should be saying something about her , shouldn't I? Well, as you both know, she is in Rome at the moment, but I have been able to chat with her for a while because she had some problems with her university sign up or whatever , and she logged in the msn.

She's been to the Vatican today, mainly staring at people crying in front of John Paul II grave while eating pizza and penne :D. Hope she is enjoying her trip and not missing us much :P, although I know she misses the way I touch her and the way I do all the things I do :D:D.

And about the questions....

Luli, I have been thinking about it for a while, and I guess that the only thing I actually can't stand , is that most people lack resolve. I mean, lots of people say they would like to do many things in their lifes , but whenever they find a problem in their ways, they stop fighting for it. Everyone wants a good life, but instead of thinking about how to get it and go for it, they waste their lives complaining . Impossible is nothing :).

About Lucia's question, well, My father has always told me he had expected that I would be a footballer , or at least , that I would exceed at some sport, as he has always liked it and none of his older sons was particularly interested in sports.

My question for the three of you : If you could get the answer for any question in the world, Which one would it be?

Hope you're having great holidays.

See you , Space cowboys :P.

What animal would you be in your next life? (can’t choose panda or rackoon). And of course, why?
Lucía , I feel so patriotic today that I think that I would be a lynx, so I could befriend the (two or three) remaining lynxes in Spain. Poor them.

Andddddd now to my question for you. Since I'm Rome I think it'd be good to know what you two would tell the pope if you had the chance to talk to him for two minutes.
There you go xD


By the way, Luli, I've got you're slice of cheese pizza already. It's properly heating out in the window so that you get roquefort pizza when I come back home xD

Expect tons of plastic rosaries and images of Virgin Mary xDDDD

Have fun both of you! ^^
Love you.

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As you can see, a mysterious person is turning a decent blog in something obscene and inmoral. And he is planning to anwser the questions again on Thursday.  Bear this in mind when you're asking.

:D

So Thursday was pretty normal. We tried to see the guard change at Buckingham Palace but we failed miserably... Long story that basically has to do with someone not getting up early... ¬¬ Haha.

After that we went to St. James' Park to look at some squirrels and ducks because we can't be bothered to buy food for them xD So we just watch.

And yeah, we spent the rest of the day buying stuff. Benefit Cosmetics, MAC, Fred Perry, Cyber Candy... You get the idea.

Soooo Luli wanted to know what would I do if somebody hurt you by telling me something I didn´t expect to hear from that person Well, I'd basically tell that person to fuck off. No one's gonna hurt me and expect I'm not gonna react. Plain and simple. I don't care who that is, the thing is they're hurting me. Not interested, thank you very much.

And Lucía asked if I forgive easily. Not really, to be honest. You know that "I forgive but I do not forget" thing? I'm one of those. Someone would say that's not forgiving but I do forgive, it's just good to remember stuff from the past to get to know who you're dealing with. But I tend to make a mental list of "Things you did to fuck me up" and it gets to a point where forgiving is not an option anymore.

Now those were sincere answers haha.

My question for you is... Do you think you have hurt someone really bad during this year? (I'm saying a year because I know you're good people and a month would get a no-no as an answer lol).

Lucía, have fun in Quebec! I expect pics ;)

Luli, DON'T LEAVE LONDOOOOOOOOON!

Ok, bye!