News about Munich Germany as of August 28
08/29
I AM an engineer working for an energy and strategy consultant in Munich, Germany. During my recent holiday in this lovely country, I noticed the ongoing debate on whether Malaysia should build nuclear energy plants or not, and read the stories in StarMag with great interest (Green or black?, Insight, Aug 16). I have the feeling that most important points are reflected correctly (maybe except Mr Robinson – Berol Robinson, president of the American branch of Environmentalist for Nuclear Energy – who obviously thinks that one part of nuclear waste which is fatal within minutes of exposure might be less harmful than one million parts of inert coal ash).
08/28
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and delivered this speech to more than 250,000. Dr. King had prepared a short talk and was about to sit down when gospel singer Mahalia Jackson called out, “Tell them about your dream, Martin! Tell them about the dream!” What followed was his amazing speech. Dr.
08/28
Extreme climbing is not a sport the majority can stomach, but for Heinz Zak it's all in a day's work. 51-year-old Zak has spent the last eight years touring the globe and trying out his terrifying high-altitude wire-walking wherever he can find the right spot. Zak, pictured here walking across a chasm in Yosemite National Park on a 173-metre rope, thrives on walking across chasms, over tiny inch-wide strips of material.
08/28
netEX: calls & deadlines –>September 2009 ————————————- [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne newsletter contents calls & deadlines 05 Calls: 2009 deadlines internal 21 Calls: September 2009 deadlines external 9 Calls: ongoing external/internal ———————————————— Calls & deadlines —> ———————————————— 2009: deadlines internal **Deadline: 1 September CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival is looking for film and video submissions for its 5th festival edition
08/28
–October 2009 Europe– Galway, Ireland The Yoga Shala/ Oct. 2-4 www.theyogashala.net Utrecht, Netherlands Yoga Moves/ Oct. 8 & 9 http://www.yogamoves.nl Berlin, Germany Spirit Yoga/ Oct. 10 & 11 http://www.spirityoga.de/ Munich, Germany Air Yoga/ Oct. 16-18 http://www.airyoga.com/ Zurich, Switzerland Air Yoga/ Oct.
08/27
The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders. A frog swims in a pond in Munich, Germany, in June. A coalition of organizations established the Amphibian Survival Alliance this month to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and climate change. The scientists said amphibians are the world’s most threatened group of animals.
08/27
Fantasmagorie (1908) by Émile Cohl " width="250" height="195" /> Fantasmagorie (1908) by Émile Cohl 100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films: Background This list of 100 important directors of animated short films was assembled in late 2008 to serve as a complement to “Brief Encounters,” a proposed list of 250 great short films (both animated and live-action) which was to be developed by the folks at the They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? website. Unfortunately, that 250-film list is in limbo, leaving our list without a home.
08/27
Universities Utilize Definiens Software in Earth Sciences Research Munich, Germany / Morristown, NJ – August 27, 2009 – Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence® company, today welcomed the Spatial Analysis Laboratory at the University of Vermont and the Centre for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science of the University of Queensland to its Academic Center of Excellence ( ACE ) program.
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