Hippie apes make war as well as love Oct 15, 2008
"We always have this view that hunting is a male business," said Gottfried Hohmann of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. "What our study shows is this is not necessarily the case. "This has implications for models on early humans that people have proposed how humans have evolved," said Hohmann, whose findings are published in Current Biology. Bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans are collectively known as the great apes. They are the closest genetic... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Despite 'peacenik' reputation, bonobos hunt and eat other primates too Oct 14, 2008
The researchers include Martin Surbeck and Gottfried Hohmann, of Department of Primatology, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. . (EurekAlert!)
Germany's Car Industry Crashes Oct 12, 2008
BMW is also struggling with the downturn, especially the massive decline in car leasing contracts in the U.S. It says that its plant in Leipzig will close for a week later this month and its Regensburg plant will shut from Nov 3 to 7, during the Bavarian Fall holidays. Union officials say the company's main plant in Munich may also shut for a few days. (Time.com)
BMW, Daimler, GM's Opel, Ford curb production Oct 8, 2008
Spokesman Albrecht Bamler said there were no plans to curb production and that at the moment the plants at Stuttgart and Leipzig were running at full capacity ... Porsche produces its 911 model in Stuttgart and its Cayenne in Leipzig. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Depeche Mode Re-Ups With Mute, Unveils Tour Oct 7, 2008
May 10: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ramat Gan Stadium)May 12: Athens (Terra Vibe Park)May 14: Istanbul (Santral Istanbul)May 16: Bucharest, Romania (Parc Izvor)May 18: Sofia, Bulgaria (Vasil Levski Stadium)May 20: Belgrade, Serbia (USCE Park)May 21: Zagreb, Croatia (Arena)May 23: Warsaw (Gwardia Stadium)May 25: Riga, Latvia (Skonto Stadium)May 27: Vilnius, Lithuania (Zalgirio Stadionas)May 30: London (02 Arena)June 2: Hamburg (HSH Nordbank Arena)June 4: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)June 7: Leipzig,... (Billboard.com)
UNESCO begins debate on endangered languages Oct 6, 2008
Apart from being professor emeritus for Linguistics and African Languages at UI, Bamgbose has been visiting professor in several universities in the United States (U.S.) and Europe, including the Institut fr Afrikanistik in Leipzig, Germany. His contributions to African linguistics cover, among others, Yoruba Language and Literature as well as the role and varieties of English Language in Africa. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
European Christmas market tours, from $969 Oct 4, 2008
Frankfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Annaberg, Schneeberg, Plauen, Bamburg: 5 nights, from $969 per personThe Real Deal: Five nights' accommodations, breakfast daily, sightseeing tours by bus, entrance fees, the services of a tour guide, and all taxes. Hotels include the , in Leipzig, , and the in Plauen ... At the market: The Leipzig Christmas market has trees strung with lights and a huge freestanding Advent calendar. (MSNBC -- Politics)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke Sep 25, 2008
t Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (D.S.); the Department of Neuroradiology, Technische Universit. t Dresden, Dresden, Germany (R.K.); the Department of Neurology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (N.W.); and the Department of Neurological Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome (D.T.). (New England Journal of Medicine)
Porsche maneuvers to take control of Volkswagen Sep 17, 2008
The new Porsche Panamera, a luxury sedan expected to be out in 2009, will feature a body built by VW in Hannover and assembled by Porsche in Leipzig. Wiedeking and the Porsche company itself are known for highly efficient production - which frightens some VW unions - but the analyst Arndt Ellinghorst of Credit Suisse is skeptical that big job cuts are in store. (International Herald Tribune)
EA and Crytek Launch Crysis Warhead in North America and Europe Sep 17, 2008
Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creators of the multi-award winning first person shooter Far Cry, and the recent blockbuster hit Crysis, awarded best PC Game of both E3 2007 and the 2007 Leipzig Games Convention, and awarded Best Technology at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards, is an interactive entertainment development company with its headquarters located in Frankfurt Main, Germany and additional studios in Kiev (Ukraine), Budapest (Hungary) and Sofia (Bulgaria). Crytek is dedicated to creating... (IGN PC Games)
Leipzig has long, proud history Sep 12, 2008
LOADING Sep 09, 2008 - 04:05:18 CDT LEIPZIG - It's been a long day in Leipzig, a city with more than 800 years of history based in commerce, trade, education, music, repression and peaceful protests ... Hollitzer works at the Stasi Museum, a pieced-together exhibit about the Stasis - the former secret police of East Germany, from the word Staatssicherheit - set in a single hallway on the first floor of the former Stasi headquarters in Leipzig ... "That's what they call the wonder of Leipzig,"... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
A precocious talent steps to national stage Sep 11, 2008
On the Web site for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, where Moses' "Bach at Leipzig" played this summer, director Art Manke called him "the kind of guy that did the New York Times crossword puzzle - in ink - before he learned to walk." ... First was "Bach at Leipzig," a farce about several pipe organists who in 1772 competed against Johann Sebastian Bach for the job of organ master at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read Indepth Article Sep 9, 2008
Christiane Baumgartner was born in Leipzig, Germany and studied there at the Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst before completing her Masters in Printmaking at the Royal College Art in London in 1999. She now lives and works in Leipzig ... She has had recent solo exhibitions at the Museum fr moderne Kunst, Goslar, the Kunstverein Ulm, Johan Deumens, Heemstede and the Museum der bildenden Knste, Leipzig. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Germany's excess corpses Sep 6, 2008
In other cities including Leipzig, Frankfurt or Halle, volunteers must live within 100 kilometres of the institute ... Sabine Loeffler at the University of Leipzig admitted the new rules were a bit harsh. (iAfrica.com)
Frankfurt Book Fair 2008 in Germany Aug 30, 2008
Well into the 17th century Frankfurt remained the most important location for book sales in Europe, until it was eventually replaced by Leipzig. Only after the Second World War it took its leading position again and reopened its gates in 1949. (Suite101.com)
NVIDIA PhysX Technology to Power New Game from Futuremark Games Studio Aug 27, 2008
August 26, 2008 - NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Futuremark Games Studio has selected NVIDIA PhysX technology for its upcoming first-person shooter game, , which was officially unveiled last week at the Leipzig Games Convention in 000005AC Germany. "Shattered Horizon has a real space setting that offers gameplay, tactics, and freedom of movement that cannot be found in any other shooter," said Jukka Mkinen, Head of Futuremark Games Studio. (IGN PC Games)
PSP-3000 Redesign Compared, Pictured. Aug 26, 2008
August 25, 2008 - After the hype surrounding the PSP Slim fizzled out, it quickly became apparent that Sony had no interest in committing to any sizable overhaul of the PSP. When news of broke at GC in Leipzig, Germany last week, our initial response was that of mild intrigue. The new iteration, it was announced, would feature a built-in microphone, enhanced LCD screen, and a revised plastic casing to reduce reflectivity. (IGN Gear)
East German spy swap fixer dies Aug 23, 2008
Born in Lower Silesia on 30 October 1925, Vogel studied law in Jena and Leipzig after World War II and graduated as a lawyer. The Powers-Abel swap made world headlines in 1962. (BBC News)
GC: Sony Booth Aug 23, 2008
In case you couldn't make it out to Leipzig, Germany we're here to give you a tour of the biggest booth of the show. Jessica Chobot checks out Sony's biggest games including the incredibly popular Little Big Planet display. (IGN Dreamcast)
Medal win a family triumph Aug 23, 2008
Then, after his third capture, he was shipped to Italy and put on a train destined for the famed high-security prison Colditz in Leipzig, Germany. Warr never arrived. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
GC 2008: Leipzig PC Wrap-up Aug 23, 2008
August 22, 2008 - With the massive Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, wrapping up this weekend, we here at IGN PC thought it'd be good to wrap up some of the biggest games of the show ... Leipzig was a far stronger show for PC games than this year's E3 Business and Media Summit in Los Angeles ... It did, however, show up for Leipzig. (IGN PC Games)
Spatial View Launches New Wazabee(TM) Gaming Solution Bringing 3D Realism to Hardcore Gamers Aug 23, 2008
LEIPZIG, Germany, August 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Spatial View Inc., a leading developer of 3D image processing and display technologies, today announced the availability of its Wazabee 3D glasses-free Gaming solution through Media Markt, a key European electrical goods retailer ... The new Wazabee bundle will be showcased at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany (August 20th through 24th at Hall 4, booth A04). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Leipzig Games Convention: Roundup Aug 23, 2008
Once in this mode, you can slide your finger on this area to move the cursor on the screen and tap to enter. There will be two shortcut buttons on the Keypad that will enable users to jump directly to the XMB's "Friends" icon and the "Message Box" during gameplay. (Techtree.com)
Al Qaeda Aliens Aug 22, 2008
Kotaku's photo of 'Space Invaders,' 9/11 edition, at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. Kotaku's photo of 'Space Invaders,' 9/11 edition, at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany ... Attendees at the Leipzig Games Convention in eastern Germany were startled this week to come across a modification of the classic "Space Invaders" video game one in which the relentless crab-like aliens are blowing holes in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. (Fox News)
On with the show Aug 22, 2008
A record crowd of tens of thousands of eager gamers clambered to get their hands on games like Fable II, LittleBigPlanet, Street Fighter IV and Guitar Hero: World Tour at the first public day of the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany today ... Screen Play spent the day in Leipzig enjoying behind-closed-doors sessions with developers of games like Heavy Rain, The Godfather II, Infamous, StarCraft II and Mirror's Edge, as well as scouring the crowded stands for the best upcoming titles ...... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
GCDC 08: 'Space Invaders' Pummel World Trade Center Aug 22, 2008
No, it's not some deranged homage to terrorism, but it is an actual game premised on Taito's classic Space Invaders, playable as I type this at the occurring this week in Leipzig, Germany. I'm describing an art project designed by French-American self-described "artist, theoretician, and researcher" Douglas Edric Stanley, Professor of Digital Arts at the in Paris. (PC World)
EA sets February launch date for 'Sims 3' Aug 22, 2008
LEIPZIG, Germany - Video games publisher Electronic Arts set a launch date of February 20, 2009 for the latest installment of its biggest-selling franchise, the Sims, on Wednesday ... In a news conference at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Electronic Arts said the new version of the Sims would allow players greater control over the personality of the characters whose lives they control. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Sony Conference Aug 21, 2008
August 20, 2008 - The time has come once again for videogame enthusiasts and their sweaty auras to overwhelm the otherwise charming streets of Leipzig, Germany ... Sony's press conference begins at 5:00 pm here in Leipzig, which is 8:00 am PST. ... "After being silent for a while, we're proud to be in Leipzig." He references Nomad Soul, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) and then The Casting, that sweet technical demo that we all saw a while ago. (IGN PS2)
Space Invaders turns 30 Aug 21, 2008
The hugely popular game, released a year after the Star Wars movie, was "revolutionary," according to organisers of the Leipzig GC Games Convention in Germany starting on Wednesday, and changed the nature of video games for ever ... Space Invaders though is not the main reason why some 200,000 people are expected to make the journey to the convention in the east German city of Leipzig between August 21 and August 24 ... Held for the seventh time in Leipzig, 200 kilometres southwest of Berlin,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Sony says to launch new version of PSP handheld Aug 21, 2008
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Consumer electronics giant Sony (6758 ... The Playstation Portable 3000, which has been the subject of speculation on technology websites, will have a built-in microphone and a new screen which has more colors and is better suited for use outdoors, Sony said at a video games convention in Leipzig, Germany on Wednesday. (Reuters)
GC 2008: Play Sacred 2: Fallen Angel in Leipzig Aug 21, 2008
August 20, 2008 - Visitors to the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention in Germany should prepare to enter a world of fantasy and magic as Ascaron Entertainment will be allowing the first public hands-on time in Europe with their action-RPG, on the show floor. The Sacred 2-Dell Arena, located in Hall 3 ; Booth A02, is hosting multiplayer sessions of the upcoming action-RPG on 26 high-end Dell 00000D22 PCs, 20 PlayStation 3 systems and 20 Xbox 360 systems. (IGN PC Games)
Wrath 00004000of the Lich King Progress Report Aug 21, 2008
We had an opportunity at GC 2008 in Leipzig, Germany to sit down with Brack and lead designer, Tom Chilton, to find out how the current Wrath of the Lich King beta is going and what to expect in World of Warcraft in the years to come. So how much longer might Blizzard run the Wrath beta. (IGN PC Games)
Dawn of War II Aug 21, 2008
THQ gave us a sneak preview shortly before the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany to show off the Tyranids in ac 00000B68 tion, as well as a bit more of the Space Marine campaign that is at the heart of the real-time strategy game. The Tyranids are an insect-like alien race unlike any other in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. (IGN PC Games)
GC 2008: id Software and Rage Updates Aug 21, 2008
We stopped by Electronic Arts' booth at GC 2008 in Leipzig, Germany to talk with id CEO Todd Hollenshead and lead designer Tim Willits about , Tech 5, and to get some perspective on where the company might be heading. id announced at this past E3 id's decision to link up with EA for Rage, which caused a bit of a stir in the gaming community. (IGN PC Games)
GC 2008: Dragon Age Origins Aug 21, 2008
August 20, 2008 - Today in Leipzig we were given our second look at since it was announced at E3 in June. We witnessed the same quest along with the same pause-and-play style of combat. (IGN PC Games)
Sony introduces wireless keypad for PS3 Aug 21, 2008
Visitors test the game 'Big Little Planet' at the booth of the Sony Computer Entertainment at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany ... Sony's gaming arm also said Wednesday at a gaming convention in Leipzig, Germany, that it has updated its PlayStation Portable system. (USA Today -- Tech)
Electronic Arts sets February launch date for Sims 3 Aug 20, 2008
LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Video games publisher Electronic Arts (ERTS.O) set a launch date of February 20, 2009 for the latest installment of its biggest-selling franchise, the Sims, on Wednesday ... In a news conference at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Electronic Arts said the new version of the Sims would allow players greater control over the personality of the characters whose lives they control. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Big sale of Deutsche Bahn shares coming soon Aug 19, 2008
A passenger walking to board his Deutsche Bahn train at the main train station in Leipzig, Germany in March. (Adam Berry/Bloomberg News). (International Herald Tribune)
GC 2008: Crysis Cost 22 Million to Make Aug 19, 2008
August 19, 2008 - CEO and President of game developer Crytek said cost 15 million Euros (22 million USD) to develop during a panel about the future of gaming graphics at the Games Convention Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany. Yet despite the cost, Yerli maintained the game was profitable, adding, "if it wasn't profitable I wouldn't be able to stand here.". (IGN PC Games)
Now German mobile gamers are to get the Zeemote JS1 Aug 18, 2008
Zeemote says the JS1 will be on show next week at the Games Convention show in Leipzig on Nokia's N-Gage Bus, and also in mobile N-Gage Gaming Lounges. Now, N-Gage isn't mentioned specifically in the deal announcement, but it'll be interesting to see whether Nokia plans to integrate the controller into its N-Gage platform. (Pocket Gamer)
* Business Quick Take Aug 17, 2008
Sony Corp does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europes biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany this week, a company spokesman said on Friday. Its not going to happen. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sony plans no PS3 price cuts at Leipzig games fair Aug 16, 2008
T: , , , ) does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company spokesman said on Friday ... The Leipzig games fair runs from August 20-22. (Reuters)
PC Gaming Alliance Q&A Aug 16, 2008
The organization has subcommittees dedicated to research on game piracy, marketing, and data and is currently scheduled to give a revealing talk on August 19 at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. IGN: With no single entity running the PC gaming platform and catalog, how do you encourage and ensure the cooperation of companies that are often competing directly with each other, particularly in the PC-centric genres of FPS and RTS. (IGN PC Games)
Two large solar plants planned in California Aug 15, 2008
A German company, Juwi, has a 40-megawatt installation east of Leipzig. Florida Power and Light recently ordered a 25-megawatt plant. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Auf Wiedersehen - Burke realizes pro basketball dream in Germany Aug 15, 2008
Burke left late Saturday afternoon to fly to Frankfurt Airport, before boarding a train to Leipzig, where she arrived Sunday night for the trip to Halle. The season begins the end of September and ends at the end of April with the playoffs in May. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
DirectX10 Features in Age of Conan Exclusively Revealed at Games Convention Aug 15, 2008
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conan is invading this years Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. Funcom and Eidos invite everyone to come join the festivities at his majestys outpost located at stand B10 in Hall 5. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Drinking water in Gaza Strip contaminated with high levels of nitrate Aug 15, 2008
The UFZ employs 900 people at its sites in Leipzig, Halle and Magdeburg. It is funded by the German government and by the states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (EurekAlert!)
BioWare to Bring Dragon Age: Origins to the World's Marquee Game Conventions Aug 14, 2008
EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: - ), will be presenting their upcoming dark heroic fantasy Dragon Age: Origins publicly for the first time ever to fans at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana, the GC Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany and the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington ... Dragon Age: Origins will then cross the ocean to Leipzig, Germany, to reveal itself to eagerly awaiting European fans... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Digital River to Participate at the Games Convention Developers Conference Aug 13, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: - ), a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, announced that the company will sponsor, speak and exhibit at the GCDC. The event is being held Aug. 18-20, 2008, at the Leipzig Exhibition Center in Leipzig, Germany. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SplitFish/Living Picture to Exhibit at GC 2008 Aug 12, 2008
August 11, 2008 - SplitFish AG (SplitFish), the world's premiere designer of PlayStation 3 first-person-shooter (FPS) console controllers, announced that it will be showing off its award-winning FragFX controller at Games Convention August 20-24, 2008 at the Leipziger Messe exhibition halls in Leipzig, Germany. Some of Europe's best first person shooter gamers will be on hand at the booth offering tips and demonstrations of top PlayStation 3 games. (IGN Gear)
Neanderthals, modern humans share ancestor, scientists say Aug 9, 2008
In the process, they collected enough maternal DNA to sequence that genome with a high degree of certainty, said lead author Ed Green, a postdoctoral scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Comparison of the Neanderthal sequence to 10 human sequences suggests that the species diverged 520,000 to 800,000 years ago -- earlier than the 400,000 years scientists had previously estimated using fossil finds. (Los Angeles Times)
Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced Aug 8, 2008
The researchers include Richard E. Green, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Johannes Krause, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Adrian W. Briggs, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Philip L.F. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Caroline Uhler, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Matthias Meyer, Max-Planck... (Science Daily)
'Bach' A Joy Aug 6, 2008
Bach at Leipzig: Comedy ... The conflicted lovers of Lanford Wilson's "Burn This" share the indoor stage with the competing musicians of Itamar Moses' "Bach at Leipzig," making good on Barricelli's pledge to add more contemporary American voices to the summer festival mix ... In a construct so cleverly worked out it can't help evoking comparisons to Tom Stoppard, "Bach" is set during the 1722 competition for the prestigious post of organ master at Leipzig, which Bach would occupy for most of the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Avian Cooperation: Rooks Work Together to Solve Puzzle for Food Aug 1, 2008
We were amazed that the rooks performed so well, says lead author Amanda Seed, now at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. It s really hard to coordinate your actions. (Scientific American)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Siemens finds investor for networking business Jul 30, 2008
Production facilities in Leipzig (Germany), Curitiba (Brazil) and Thessaloniki (Greece) will be transferred to the joint venture. For the Leipzig facility, production load is guaranteed by contractual agreements until 2011. (EETimes)
Iran, N. Korea still in Bush 'axis of evil' Jul 22, 2008
Starting Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the text worldwide. High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on as a step toward publishing the manuscript online by next July. (Boston Globe)
One of world's oldest Bibles to be put online Jul 22, 2008
BERLIN (AFP) - One of the world's oldest Bibles, the Codex Sinaiticus, which was discovered in Egypt in the 19th century, is to be made available online this week, the Leipzig University library said Monday ... Some 40 pages also ended up going to Leipzig University, while yet more pages were found in the 1970s in a walled-up room at St Catherine's monastery ... The project, sponsored by the British Museum and Leipzig University, aims to put the Bible back together in digital form -- scanning... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible - online Jul 22, 2008
Forty-three pages are at the University Library in Leipzig, Germany, and six fragments are at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. And in 1975, monks stumbled on 12 more pages and 40 fragments stashed in a hidden room at the monastery. (AZCentral -- News)
AncientBible goes online Jul 22, 2008
Florian Eisele / AFP - Getty Images fileA leaflet on the so-called Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest bibles, laying on a showcase displaying an original page of the manuscript at the university library in Leipzig, eastern Germany ... From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide ... Ulrich Johannes Schneider, director of... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Scholars will piece together oldest copy of New Testament online Jul 22, 2008
A leaflet on and original page of the Codex Sinaiticus at the university library in Leipzig, Germany ... Forty-three pages are at the University Library in Leipzig, Germany, and six fragments are at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. (USA Today -- Tech)
E3: Nothing to see here Jul 19, 2008
IGN suggests that Nintendo could be waiting for larger events, such as The Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany or the Tokyo Game Show, to make its most important announcements. Meanwhile, some companies have completely abandoned E3. (Globe and Mail)
Low-fat Diets May Not Be Best For Weight Loss, Study Suggests Jul 18, 2008
The study was conducted by BGU and the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona, Israel, in collaboration with Harvard University, The University of Leipzig, Germany and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. In the two-year study, 322 moderately obese people were intensively monitored and were randomly assigned one of three diets: a low-fat, calorie-restricted diet; a Mediterranean calorie-restricted diet with the highest level of dietary fiber and monounsaturated/saturated fat; or a... (Science Daily)
Skyward oil stokes a coal-fired future Jul 18, 2008
The Germans are now operating a showcase 40-megawatt solar power plant near Leipzig (which, in its experimental startup phase, will operate as a 24-megawatt plant). But 40 megawatts are a long way from 12,000 megawatts. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
