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...means to reliably detect tunnels. The Department of Homeland Security started spending research money on detection technologies two years ago. But even the most promising ones - primarily adapted from mining and petroleum exploration industries - are several years from proving reliable. "We see this as one of those frontier threat areas that have to be mitigated but it is a very, very difficult problem area," says Rick Miller, a leading expert at the Kansas Geological Survey...
...Space Adventure” follows mischievous aliens who go off on interplanetary adventures, encountering many comical characters along the way, only to discover that there’s no place like home. While HSTP typically performs shows to entertain and cheer up children in Boston area hospitals, “A Space Adventure” is being presented on campus as lighter theatrical fare for any one wishing to revisit a small part of his childhood. “The show is more for sheer entertainment than our usual public service function,” says HSTP president Hunter...
...Though Pecci is not yet sure about what his future will hold, his zeal for theater shows no signs of flagging. He plans to continue working with his theater company, One Night Only, performing and devising more shows. Pecci further hopes to be able to remain in the Boston area. “I’d like to try to help my hometown become a theatrical destination,” he says. —Staff writer Madeleine M. Schwartz can be reached at mschwart@fas.harvard.edu...
...characterization to new heights with his thesis, an original composition spanning many genres and lasting nearly an hour. Schachter undoubtedly has the artistic chops to pull off such an ambitious undertaking. He started playing the piano at age five and began to improvise and compose shortly afterward. The Boston-area native soon became interested in performing jazz, and he took composition lessons at the New England Conservatory throughout high school. When college rolled around, Schachter chose a liberal arts education at Harvard over the conservatory experience: “I never really wanted to go to a conservatory because...
...Hungarian National Police High Commissioner Jozsef Bencze says he has 100 investigators working the case, and has set up a response network so police can lock down any area in Hungary within five minutes of receiving word of a new attack. Police have also announced a reward worth $231,000 for information resulting in an arrest in any of the murders. "The noose is tightening around these perpetrators," he told TIME...