Phillip Laesch Jun 14, 2007
He attended the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1959; Sprachinstitut at the city of Cologne, Germany in 1963; Sprachschule Lerch, Innsbruck, Austria in 1972; and the University of Vienna in 1976. He also attended Middlebury School of Language in 1976. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Kilimanjaro shrinks, but is it warming? Jun 13, 2007
Kilimanjaro's icy top, which provided the title for an iconic short story by Ernest Hemingway, has been waning for more than a century, according to Philip Mote of the University of Washington and Georg Kaser of the University of Innsbruck in Austria. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Salty oceans provide early warning for climate change Jun 9, 2007
The work was presented at the Ocean Controls in Abrupt Climate Change conference, held at the University of Innsbruck Conference Centre in Obergurgl, tz Valley, Austria on 19-24 May 2007. The conference, which was attended by an international consortium of over 70 marine scientists and climate experts, was one of the series of research conferences organised by the ESF Research Conferences Scheme. (EurekAlert!)
WSU Student-Athletes Record Another Successful Semester In The Classroom Jun 5, 2007
"The classroom achievement underscores a shared determination to be the best both academically and athletically - two department objectives that are the foundation of our mission. Listed by: Name, Yr., Major, Hometown Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) were: Baseball , r-Fr., Liberal Arts ces, Brampton, Ont. #, Sr., Management, Grand Ledge, Mich. , Fr., Secondary Education, Allen Park, Mich. , r-Jr., Public Relations, Gregory, Mich. , Sr., English, Mississauga, Ont. ,... (Wsuathletics.com)
Infant bodies found in cellar bags Jun 3, 2007
Police told Austria Press Agency (APA) the remains were discovered on Friday by a resident excavating the cellar of a multi-family dwelling in the Alpine city of Innsbruck. "The remains were badly decomposed. We don't know at this point whether these remains are male or female. An autopsy will have to determine that and this could take a few days," police investigator Walter Pupp said. (CNN -- International)
Police: Bodies of 3 Babies Found in Austrian Home During Construction Jun 3, 2007
INNSBRUCK, Austria Workers remodeling a house in western Austria found the bodies of two infants, and police discovered a third set of remains after a search, authorities said Saturday. Officials said the discovery was made Friday at an apartment building in the alpine city of Innsbruck. (Fox News)
Remains of babies found in Austria house Jun 2, 2007
Officials said the gruesome discovery happened on Friday at a multi-family dwelling in the alpine city of Innsbruck. Construction workers were excavating the building's cellar when they came upon the bodies, police said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Surviving a night in a damp tepee May 28, 2007
And then my brother put his foot through a metal tent peg and spent the rest of the week in Innsbruck General. But booking a tepee in Hay had seemed such a wonderfully bohemian choice of accommodation at the time even for someone who inquired would there be somewhere to plug in hair straighteners. (ic Wales)
Rolla resident looks back on her path to freedom May 26, 2007
Alfred Hitchcock would be proud to write this story as we were illegallly crossing the borders between Austria and West Germany, through the river Inn by Innsbruck, in the middle of the night with thunderstorm and lightning while dodging search lights which kept coming every few minutes. Later on that year, living near Nuremberg and working in an American commissary, I met a soldier named Terry, whose name I took the following year, thus becoming Ivana Harris; 1967 was a very good year--tough,... (Rolla Daily News, MO)
PSA Test Still Important to Detect Prostate Cancer May 22, 2007
"Patients should be screened," said lead researcher Dr. Alexandre E. Pelzer, from the Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. "Screening reduces mortality from prostate cancer by 50 percent in our part of Austria, where screening is done, compared with other parts of the country where it isn't," he said. (MEDLINEplus)
Stem cells used to treat incontinence May 22, 2007
Doctors from Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria harvested blood and muscle cells, taken from patients' arms, says Hannes Strasser, an associate professor of urology. They isolated two types of stem cells: fibroblasts, which make connective tissue, and myoblasts, which form muscle. (USA Today)
PSA Test Still Important to Detect Prostate Cancer, Studies Find May 21, 2007
D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City; Robert J. Hamilton, M.D., M.P.H., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Teemu J. Murtola, M.D., University of Tampere, Finland; Alexandre E. Pelzer, M.D., Medical University Innsbruck, Austria; Marc A. Dall'Era, M.D., University of California, San Francisco; Bradley A. Erickson, M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago; Janet Colli, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham; May 20, 2007, teleconference, American Urological... (Health-Finder)
J. Saubert, Olympic skier May 17, 2007
She shared a silver medal in the giant slalom and won a bronze in the slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. She was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1976. (Newsday -- Nation)
Sport briefs May 16, 2007
Jean Saubert, who earned a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria in 1964, died Monday of breast cancer in Bigfork, Mont. She was 65. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
High style in the Alps May 13, 2007
Bergisel Ski JumpInnsbruck, Austria. Iraqi-born, London-based superarchitect Zaha Hadid is making her mark on Innsbruck, capital of the Austrian Tirol. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Baha's Superfund Pitch Grabs Ranieri, Annoys Hedge Funds by Wooing Masses Apr 27, 2007
Merrill pioneered the retailing of stocks; Fidelity did the same thing with mutual funds,'' says Baha, during a stop at Superfund's offices in Innsbruck, Austria, before he heads out for some late-December skiing. One day, Superfund will be a household name. (Bloomberg)
The truth of Iraq; Yeltsin's legacy; Ethanol production; Keep the cork Apr 25, 2007
The truth of Iraq; Yeltsin's legacy; Ethanol production; Keep the cork - International Herald Tribune (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Zany Conch Republic turns 25 Apr 23, 2007
It has had embassies in Berlin and Paris and ''Conch-sulates'' in places such as Innsbruck, Austria and Cleveland. An hour-long Discovery Channel program about the Conch Republic has been shown in 70 countries in 32 languages, according to Peter Anderson, the republic's secretary general. (The Miami Herald)
Other Olympics at a glance Apr 15, 2007
Salzburg, Austria: The third-place finalist for the 2010 Games was chosen over onetime host Innsbruck in January 2005. Innsbruck hosted in 1964 and again in 1976 after Denver was forced to back out when a bid for public funding failed at the polls. (USA Today -- Sports)
Spring ski deals at home & abroad Mar 31, 2007
There are a few places left on a week-long jaunt in the scenic Tyrolean town of Innsbruck for only $700 ... Did we forget to mention Innsbrucks 200 trails that spread over 310 miles of top-rated ski terrain. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Vienna Choir Boys ~ St. Margaret's to host world-famous musicians Mar 15, 2007
In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I of Austria moved his court and his court musicians from Innsbruck to Vienna. He gave specific instructions that there were to be six boys among his musicians. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Open-source Replicator? Home-built 3-D Printer Could Launch A Revolution, Engineers Say Feb 28, 2007
So far, Lipson says, about a dozen people have said they are building one, and he knows of three that are actually up and running -- two at the University of Washington and one in Innsbruck, Austria. Lipson's group has built several and lent a couple to other researchers. (Science Daily)
Alpine Skiing Feb 15, 2007
Hudec's post-race comments seemed intended to rile up Innsbruck and Salzburg: "I learned to ski in Austria where all the good skiers well, what used to be all the good skiers come from.". The empire struck back Tuesday night, when Nicole Hosp brought the Austrians their first gold medal in this 15-day event, and ended Anja Paerson's gold-medal streak. (International Herald Tribune)
Burton Snowboards Tells Employees to Skip Work and Ride After Blizzard Blankets Vermont in Several Feet of Snow Feb 15, 2007
Privately held and owned by Jake, Burton's headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with international offices in Innsbruck, Austria and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Alpine Skiing: Hosp wins as Paerson tumbles Feb 14, 2007
The ski-crazed fans back in Salzburg and Innsbruck were getting pretty nervous, especially after no Austrian man appeared on the men's downhill podium. "For the whole team it's easier now with a gold medal," said Hans Pum, the Alpine director for the Austrian team. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
World Briefings: Church exodus slows in Austria Feb 11, 2007
"You have massive suburban developments where churches physically aren't being built, and communities have no priests to serve them. So the decline in Mass attendance has further to run, because our culture is becoming less and less Catholic." In Austria, even if the rate of withdrawals keeps slowing, parishes will conduct far more funerals than baptisms because of changing demographics, said Elizabeth Rathgeb, who works with the Diocese of Innsbruck. "People today are more individualistic. They... (Washington Times, DC)
Lake Placid celebrates 75th anniversary of 1932 Winter Olympics Feb 11, 2007
The only other cities are St. Moritz and Innsbruck, Austria. The 1980 Olympics re-established Lake Placid, Caligiore said, but the 1932 Games established Lake Placid. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Brighter spotlight Feb 7, 2007
Thirty-one years ago this month, Dorothy Hamill felt the weight of Olympic gold around her neck as she stood on the podium in Innsbruck, Austria ... " Hamill is as modest as her career was dazzling, especially in 1976, when everything she touched turned to gold. She won the last of her three U.S. titles in Colorado Springs, Colo., where Four Continents is being held. Weeks later, she earned a perfect 6.0 mark for artistic presentation during her short program in Innsbruck and then scooped up... (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Melt that cold, cold heart Feb 6, 2007
Only 45 minutes from Innsbruck, it is an easy place to visit ... Jamie Doward travelled to Kaltenbach with , which has five flights to Innsbruck a week during winter costing from 79 return. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Alpine Hiking: Vorarlberg Austria Feb 3, 2007
The Tyrol region around Innsbruck is better known internationally, but Vorarlberg has an insider s charm and being away from the throngs of international tourists makes it a more enjoyable hiking experience, catastrophic flooding aside. We decide upon a circular hiking route, starting from Schruns up to the Wormser Hoehenweg, detouring through the recently flooded town of Galtuer to the glaciers above Bielerhoehe, staying in the mountain huts along the way and ending up at Vandans. (Suite101.com)
Shannon Farrell's European Diary Feb 1, 2007
Our final stop of the trip was Innsbruck, Austria, where we met up with some girls who had been signed to play from the previous trip. Innsbruck was the site of the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics, so one can imagine the picturesque mountains that provided the backdrop for the city. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Another Stellar Semester For WSU Student-Athletes Jan 29, 2007
Journalism, Innsbruck, Austria , r-Jr. Linguistics, Carleton, Mich. (Wsuathletics.com)
Disorderly protein brings order to cell division Jan 27, 2007
The secret to the ability of a molecule critical for cell division to throw off the protein yoke that restrains its activity is the yoke itselfa disorderly molecule that seems to have a mind of its own, say investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Innsbruck Medical University (Austria) and Max Planck Institute (Martinsried, Germany) ... Jude); Matthias Grimmler, Thomas Mund, Zoran Cilensek, Eva-Maria Keidel, Ludger Hengst (Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried,... (EurekAlert!)
Austrian police question Deicide drummer Jan 27, 2007
U.S. drummer Steve Asheim of Deicide was detained on suspicion of bank robbery, then released in Innsbruck, Austria. The member of the Florida death metal band was making a bank deposit from merchandise sales when bank staff became suspicious and called police, Blabbermouth. (Washington Times, DC)
China breaks S Korea's domination in short track Jan 26, 2007
South Korea swept all the 10 gold medals of the short track at the last version of the Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Cho won the silver while Italy's Marta Capurso took the bronze. (Xinhuanet, China)
Skiing: Bad weather comes at worst time for World Cup Jan 25, 2007
Huber has heard from elderly townsfolk here that this warm winter reminds them of 1964, when the Olympic Winter Games took place in nearby Innsbruck. But Alpine ski racing, back then, was still climbing toward its peak in popularity; with Jean-Claude Killy and Franz Klammer yet to come, the sport could afford some rainy days. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Scientists: Glaciers could vanish Jan 23, 2007
In western Austria's Alpine province of Tyrol, glaciers have been shrinking by about 3 percent a year, meaning their mass decreases annually by about 3 feet, said Roland Psenner, of the University of Innsbruck's Institute for Ecology ... Marc Olefs (left) and Andrea Fischer, researchers from Innsbruck University, check a field covered with white polyethylene against the backdrop of jagged peaks, at Eisgrat (Ice Spine) skiing station on Austria;s Stubai glacier near the village of... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Alps glaciers gone by 2050, experts fear Jan 23, 2007
Innsbruck University researchers check part of the glacier at Austria's Stubai resort in this July 4, 2005, file photo ... In western Austria's Alpine province of Tyrol, glaciers have been shrinking by about 3 percent a year, meaning their mass decreases annually by roughly 3 feet, said Roland Psenner, of the University of Innsbruck's Institute for Ecology. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Former ski great Franz Klammer to oversee Salzburg 2014 bid Jan 22, 2007
Klammer dominated downhill racing throughout the 1970s, winning gold at the 1976 Games in Innsbruck the last Olympics held in Austria. "He'll be a charming ambassador," Salzburg deputy governor Wilfried Haslauer said. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Science hopes to change events that have already occurred Jan 22, 2007
The experiment builds on work done in the late 1990s in Anton Zeilinger's lab, when he was at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Researcher Birgit Dopfer found that photons that were "entangled", or linked by their properties such as momentum, showed the same wave-or-particle behavior as one another. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cole Wins Bronze at Winter World University Games Jan 19, 2007
Ghedina won the silver medal in the giant slalom at the 2005 Winter World University Games in Innsbruck, Austria. "Being in fifth and seeing the times, I thought third was a pretty reasonable goal. My second run was the second fastest, so it was a good day," Cole said after his second run. (Denverpioneers.com)
Number of Austrians leaving church drops Jan 12, 2007
In Austria, even if the rate of withdrawals keeps slowing, parishes will conduct far more funerals than baptisms because of changing demographics, said Elizabeth Rathgeb, who works with the Diocese of Innsbruck. "People today are more individualistic. They don't want to be part of a big organization that tells them what to think and believe," said Georg Plank, a Catholic lay leader in the southern city of Graz. (Yahoo News -- Religion)
IOC receives documents from 3 bid cities before deadline Jan 11, 2007
Austria last held the Winter Olympics in 1976 at Innsbruck. Pyeongchang wants to become the first Asian city outside Japan (Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998) to hold the Winter Olympics. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Three Cities Complete Bids for 2014 Olympics Jan 9, 2007
Austria last had the Winter Games in 1976 when Innsbruck hosted its second Olympics in a dozen years. Pyeongchang wants to become the third Asian city to hold the Winter Games since 1972 when Sapporo, Japan, staged it. (Newsmax)
Mourning murders, Chelios gets leave Jan 5, 2007
Andreas Jacobsen captured his second career World Cup ski jumping title, upsetting hometown favorite Thomas Morgenstern to win the third event of the Four Hills tournament at Innsbruck, Austria. Kris Freeman of Andover, N.H., captured his eighth national gold medal by winning the 15-kilometer freestyle race at the US Cross-Country Championships in Houghton, Mich. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Sights to see this winter Jan 4, 2007
Innsbruck railway Something special for those who enjoy mountain scenery, skiing, surfboarding, unusual forms of transport and the wilder side of contemporary architecture - Zaha Hadid has designed four new stations for the dramatic slopes of the Nordpark mountain railway, Innsbruck, Austria. Opens March. (Guardian Unlimited)
Valley man named to University of Maine Hall of Fame Jan 2, 2007
That year, he traveled to Innsbruck, Austria with the rest of the team to compete in his first Olympics. Akers placed 16th at the Games, the top finish for an American. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)