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Blemishes and all, the Stanley Cup is a beauty. What other trophy may show up at your local tavern for a shot or two? But if you happen to see the Cup this summer, please keep it clean. And do yourself a favor: no matter how psyched you are to see the trophy, keep your lips off Stanley...
...when it comes to using research and technology to measure risk and plan emergency response. Professor Giulio Zuccaro leads the Plinius Institute at the University of Naples Federico II, which has developed complex models for calculating the effects of a natural disaster on individual cities in Italy according to local conditions, including the quality of building construction and viability of roads and other infrastructure. Within minutes of the L'Aquila quake, Plinius had reached what turned out to be a very accurate estimate of the location and severity of damage, which helped guide the Civil Protection authorities' response. "You have...
...bride’s and groom’s disparate cultural backgrounds. Because Lopez’s family is Catholic and primarily Spanish-speaking and DeCoste-Lopez’s family is Protestant and English-speaking, the wedding alternated between Spanish and English with the aid of both a local Spanish-speaking priest and DeCoste-Lopez’s pastor. “People seemed to like it,” she said with a laugh. “At least that’s what they told us.” Lopez, a chemical and physical biology concentrator from...
...back from a party, when he ran into someone he knew, he introduced Owings as his girlfriend. Downer and Owings had met earlier that semester at the activities fair held each year, where Owings was tabling for STAGE, a student organization that promotes theater in local public schools. He ended up joining the group and they started dating shortly afterward. “I was walking around looking for new extracurricular activities and found one for the rest of my life, I guess you could say,” Downer said. Girlfriend became fiancée while the two were...
...France Flight 447, a twin-engine A330, took off from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro at 7:30 p.m. local time and was last heard from three hours later, when the cockpit crew radioed to tell Brazilian air controllers that the plane would enter Senegalese airspace at 11:20 p.m., according to a statement from Aeronautica, the body in charge of Brazilian airspace. (No message from Senegalese airspace was ever received.) Speaking at a press conference, Air France CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said the plane encountered stormy weather and strong turbulence at 11 p.m. and shortly...