Many thanks Paul for those words of comfort. Indeed you will have seen that Maureen was very thoughtful and did write to me also. I appreciate this is not a formum for airing personal feelings but the little bit of the personal from time to time is no harm either. Best wishes to everyone. Eleanor in loving memory of Pedro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul J. Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:38 AM Subject: [vip_students] Sincere sympathies Eleanor! > Hi Eleanor, > > I am sure I speak for all here on the list when I say how much we > sympathise with you over the death of Pedro. I have been through this twice > myself and know another member of this list, Maureen Murray suffered it > recently and it is not easy. It might be a little hard for people who never > had such a relationship as this to fully understand but it can be a real > heartbreak to say the least. > > Just know our thoughts are with you at this time. > > Paul. > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 961 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > ******************************************************************** > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments > is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of > the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify > the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to > delete it and any attachments from your system. > > NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated > by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, > it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are > transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email > and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily > represent the views of NCBI > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > >