ALICE2 celebrates the discovery of America, also known as Columbus Day, with a screen saver which commemorates the entrance in America of a Spanish force that, representing the Catholic kings of Spain and commanded by Christopher Columbus, arrived on Friday October 12th, 1492 to an island called Guanahani in what is now San Salvador (Bahamas). This is a memorable date because since then initiated the contact between Europe and America, which culminated in the so-called "meeting of two worlds."

The new material is part of the disseminating work of the project, is available in GIF and JPG format in sizes ranging from 800 x 600 1024 x 768 and can be downloaded from the 'Visibility' section.

You can access to the material HERE.

The new edition of the DeCLARA bulletin is now on-line. We highlight: ALICE2 celebrated its first official meeting in Costa Rica, Marketing and services: A new management in CLARA, Ida Holz received the LACNIC Outstanding Achievement Award 2009, EELA-2: New Possibilities for research in Uruguay, APAN delegates witness solar eclipse of the century thanks to TEIN3. Download the Nº 20 DeCLARA bulletin in PDF format here.

ALICE2 - CLARA will fund the participation of two persons in the LANOMS 2009 event.

Download the postulation rules to apply to these two grants HERE (only in Spanish, PDF). Receipt of nominations until October 7th at 24:00 GMT.

In September 22 at 21:18 GMT, the Southern Hemisphere will whiteness the Spring Equinox, while the North part of the world will be saluting the arrival of Autumn. ALICE2 celebrates this particular occasion with a new screensaver publication available in GIF and JPG in six different sizes.

The material is part of the disseminating work of the project and can be downloaded from the section 'Visibility'.