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Clear Water Revival Inventor: Vestergaard Frandsen Group Availability: Early 2006; $3 and up To Learn More: lifestraw.com The price of a caffe latte - about $3 - really can save a life. The LifeStraw, a beefed-up drinking straw designed by the Swiss-based company Vestergaard Frandsen, uses seven types of filters, including mesh, active carbon and iodine, to make 185 gal. of water clean enough to drink. It can prevent waterborne illnesses, such as typhoid and diarrhea, that kill at least 2 million people every year in the developing world. It can also create safe drinking water for victims of hurricanes...
...three-year study was sponsored by insurer Swiss Re and the United Nations Development Programme. The results were released on Nov. 1 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and are posted online at www.climatechangefutures.com...
...Bulldogs feature two of the most electrifying scorers in the country on their top line in Jessica Koizumi and Noemie Marin. Sharing the ice with these two juniors is standout freshman Michaela Lanzl, rounding out perhaps the most potent unit in the land. Between the pipes for Duluth is Swiss giant Riita Schaublin, who sported a .942 save percentage a year ago. Both offense and defense were clicking in a 6-0 drubbing of Minnesota on Oct. 29 that showed the Bulldogs can be unbeatable when atop their game.NEW HAMPSHIRENow patrolling the large ice surface at the Whittemore Center...
...usually think of buildings as things made of concrete, glass and steel, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron would like to remind you that buildings are also made of shadows, glimmerings, textures and smells. This is, after all, probably the only architectural team ever to have formulated its own perfume. Called Rotterdam--O.K., these guys have no future in retail--it was produced in a tiny edition of just 1,000 bottles to accompany a museum show of their work in that Dutch city last year. Herzog, the more talkative of the pair, is quick to explain that...
...latter towards more traditional Indian designs. Accompanied by a series of lectures and gallery talks by curators throughout the semester. Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Free. (KAK)Stratification: An Installation of Works Since 1960. Through Feb. 26, 2006. Curatorial intern M. Celka Straughn organized this exhibit of German and Swiss painters and sculptors highlighting seven key pieces from the museum’s collection. Several undergraduates were also involved in the project and will be giving gallery talks. The Busch-Reisinger Museum. Free. (DJH & LRC)—Happening was compiled by Lois E. Beckett, Lindsay R. Canant, Ben B. Chung...