Strong earthquake jolts Assam
A strong earthquake rocked the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Wednesday morning at 7:51 am local time. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS), India’s agency responsible for monitoring earthquakes via a regional network of seismic stations, determined that the magnitude-6.4 event struck 4.8 miles (7.7 kilometers) northwest of the town of Dhekiajuli and 26.7 miles (43 kilometers) west of Tezpur, a city on the banks of the Brahmaputra River. The NCS reports that the quake ruptured at a depth of 10.5 miles (17 kilometers). The United States Geological Survey and European Mediterranean Seismological Centre both report that the event registered as a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. They calculated this magnitude using teleseismic data collected from stations located more than approximately 620 miles (1000 kilometers) from the quake.
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NASA’s rover team celebrate the successful landing of Mars rover Perseverance on Feb. 18 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. (NASA via Associated Press)
NASA successfully landed its Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars on Feb. 18 after a 203-day journey.
The successful landing was confirmed in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California at 3:55 p.m. EST. The rover is equipped with the most cameras ever sent to space along with caching systems that are the first of its kind.
BYU professors from various areas of study who research planetary science weighed in on the significance of NASA’s achievements with Perseverance on Mars.
Bard Music Festival Presents a Program of French Piano Music
Both the recital and scholar talk will be available to stream on-demand through UPSTREAMING, the Fisher Center at Bard’s virtual stage, February 19–25.by BWW News Desk
This February, the Bard Music Festival presents A Program of French Piano Music, Inspired by the World of Nadia Boulanger, a recital of French music performed by pianists Danny Driver and Piers Lane recorded at The Menuhin Hall, Sussex, England in fall 2020. Commissioned by the Bard Music Festival, the concert features works by César Franck, Lili Boulanger, Gabriel Fauré, and Camille Saint-Saëns. The program includes a talk by renowned scholars Byron Adams and Kimberly Francis introducing the work of these four composers and of the person who connects them, Nadia Boulanger.
Walter Keith Nihart, age 74, of Edgerton, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in his home. Mr. Nihart was a 1964 graduate and class valedictorian of Edgerton High School. He was a member of the first wrestling team at Edgerton High School. He then graduated from Adrian College, where he was a member of the wrestling team. Following graduation, he worked at Kroger in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and also taught junior high school math in Edgerton for a number of years. He retired from Kroger with 40 years of service and returned to Edgerton to be around family. At one time he was an avid Detroit Tigers fan; however, his brothers helped him see that the right team to support was for him to join the family in cheering on the Cleveland Indians. He never missed a game, whether on TV or radio. He was a fan of The Ohio State Buckeyes and enjoyed watching sports of all kinds on TV. Keith enjoyed his family and talked to his brothers daily and kept up on the sporting events of his nephews a
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