Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

Mum missing along with five daughters in UK

A mother has gone missing in the UK, and a nationwide search has been launched for her. It may not take too long to find her, considering she is on the run with her five daughters, and she has a German accent. The mother reportedly went on the run when she found out her...

Ford Motor Company & Nazi Slave Labor

Something a lot of folks aren't aware of nowadays is the relationship of mutual admiration Henry Ford shared with Adolph Hitler. All this went on during the 1930's I guess. This fact did not come to my attention...

Transformers shirt gets jet ban

" Brad Jayakody, 30, was shocked when he was told to change his top if he wanted to catch his flight from Heathrow’s Terminal 5. IT consultant Brad — on a British Airways trip with four colleagues to...

Digital Printers Pursuing more of World's Pages

N.YCommercial printing could be transformed with the introduction of bevy of a versatile high speed digital presses.one of the premium model was unveiled Thusday at Drupa 2008.It can print more than 2500 pages-or 500 feet of customized catalogue.......

Artist Gregor Schneider plans to put dying person on show

German artist Gregor Schneider, is again starting controversy with his latest art exhibit, in which he plans to showcase a dying person."The artist, whose previous works have included a disturbing recreation of...

Protected Paws: German Police Dogs Get Boots

If you want the job done right, a workin' dog's gotta have his workin' boots. Maybe they can get them  doggie pistols and doggie police uniforms next."They're big, strong, and fierce -- and they wear little...

ADT significantly cuts retail RFID deployment costs

"In a typical medium sized retail store, an item-level RFID system would normally require around 100 readers to be installed and an initial hardware investment of around euro 300,000 (USD 435,000). With the iREAD platform, the system would only require around 10 readers to be...

Breakthrough in high sensitivity Tuberculosis and Malaria diagnostics

"By combining the worldwide first battery-operated and mobile fluorescence microscope "CyScope," developed by Partec, with dedicated test kits, for the first time diagnostic services are being offered in high burden countries also to those patients living far from the few...

Germany hosts world leading medical industry fair

"Germany's strengths in medical devices go beyond possessing Europe's largest market and a legacy of great scientific discovery. Rather, the German government is working to enhance research and development (R&D) and therefore ensure the industry's staying power. As part...

Clinsys announces appointment of Hartmut Schmied MD as VP

Berkeley Heights, N.J., (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Clinsys Clinical Research, Inc., a therapeutically focused clinical research organization, today announced the appointment of Hartmut Schmied, MD as Vice President, European Operations based in the company's...

German Eco-Politicking

When it comes to balancing ecologically sound driving against industrial clientelism, German politics just doesn't get it right. This video report tries to explain, why.

The best cities in the world: survey

The only thing that prevented my beautiful home city (with all its brightness and darkness) from cracking the top two was the crime rate. But considering that the rates are based on a "base city," in this case New...

Helau! Helau! or Kölle alaaf! Karneval

Germany has started its Carnival party, and oh what a party. The festivities are different depending on which region or which city you end up in, but I think it is safe to say it is a big party. "The...

100 Biggest Cities in the World

Measured by population. Tokyo comes out top. But news stories about Tokyo are not the most popular. At least not outside Japan.

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