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...Police questioned Britain's Prince Harry as part of an investigation into the killing of two rare hen harriers last week at the royal family's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England a spokesperson at Clarence House confirmed Wednesday. The prince, an avid outdoorsman, and an unidentified friend were nearby when the birds were shot, and press reports have suggested the two were the only hunters on the estate at the time...
...Fewer than 20 breeding pairs of hen harriers, a legally protected bird of prey, are left in England. Hen harriers are one of two birds on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' "red list" - a designation reserved for species facing the greatest peril. Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is a patron of the RSPB...
...networking programs for a nonprofit called Educause, said universities should be able to craft their own anti-piracy policies, rather than using blanket legislation. Tim R. Hwang ’08, member of Harvard Free Culture, said the bill compromised the role of educators. “[W]hen universities violate the privacy of students...they’re complicit in a kind of legalized thuggery that poisons their role as educational institutions,” he wrote in an e-mail...
...number of niche companies swooping in to take care of the mundane tasks of parenting, all in the name of helping moms and dads attain a better work-life balance. Other lunchmakers include Brown Bag Naturals in Los Angeles and Kid Chow in San Francisco. Shuttle services like Mother Hen's Helpers in suburban New York and Kids in Motion in Pennsylvania will ferry your child to soccer practice or a doctor's appointment. And there are companies that will even come to your house and comb the lice out of your children's hair...
...refer to advanced research as ‘obscurantist’ is a screen for ignorance. And it is an odd sort of “hen house” that has so many roosters. Most research projects at the Institute have nothing to do with gender. After having read this opinion piece, that is perhaps a shame...