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Today Reg and I are both giving papers at the conference. The sessions are held in the classrooms of the University of Leipzig. The rooms I was in earlier this week had recently updated chairs and tables in a room with concrete walls and no air-conditioning. It's an odd combination of old world and new world. The temperature is predicted to hit 82 today, so it may be pretty warm when we present this afternoon.

Our hotel lacks air con, too. We got a fan from the front desk and that--together with open windows and cool weather--has done a great job keeping us cool so far.