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...weekend rebels loyal to the dissident Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, took over the last protected section of the gorilla habitat in the park, raising questions over the fate of this last known population of the great apes. "The rangers were forced to flee and have not been able to monitor the gorillas," says Samantha Newport, spokeswoman for the Congo and Kenya-based conservation group Wildlife Direct. "This is a horrendous scenario...
...Industry Association of America sending out a new wave of pre-litigation letters to students at several universities, including to MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Harvard students have not yet received any letters. Last week the U.S. Senate introduced legislation that would require colleges to actively monitor and stop student use of university bandwidth to engage in illegal file-sharing. Steve Lin ’08, who described himself as a music enthusiast “on the fringes of the debate,” said he enjoyed the event but wished that the talk had been...
...getting the ARJ21 certified to fly not just in China but in other countries as well. Before it ever carries a passenger, the jet's safety will be vetted by Chinese officials and by those from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which has an office in Shanghai to monitor the project. Beyond Asia, ACAC hopes to sell the jet in the U.S. and Europe. It's not clear if the recent spate of quality issues faced by Chinese manufacturers of low-end products, such as toys and clothing, will ultimately hurt ACACs chances. "Customers could hesitate because it's made...
Annoyed with that smidgen of rust in your car's wheel well? Then put yourself in the shoes of the nation's oil and natural gas pipeline operators, who monitor nearly 600,000 miles of high-pressure steel pipelines--every square inch susceptible to corrosion-induced failures, the kind that can lead to leaks or explosions. And very ugly ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER headlines. Not everyone's complaining, though. The industry's nightmare has been a boon to companies that prevent and repair pipeline rust, typically through a process called cathodic protection...
...that could have required universities to police student downloaders was dropped on Capitol Hill, universities are already bracing for round two. Last week, Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.) and Rep. Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.) proposed the College Access and Opportunity Act, a measure that would require universities to monitor students’ online activity for illegal file-sharing. The bill echoes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) proposal, which was withdrawn in July after vocal opposition from universities and across the country. Wendy Seltzer ’96, a fellow at Harvard Law School?...