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...author, comedian, active alumnus, and inventor of his own board games, Strauss “packed several lifetimes into one life,” said Elaina Newport, who co-founded the Capitol Steps, a singing satirical troupe, with Strauss...
...successfully to realize his particular vision, gets famous, gets laid, gets in trouble with the whole celebrity thing, tries to escape the demands of his exigent fans (wow, do they hate it when he turns from the acoustic to the electric guitar at the movie's version of the Newport Jazz Festival shocker), ends up sort of beloved, sort of intact, but sort of unfulfilled...
...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...
Gunshots were heard this week from the key patrol post Bukima, where government troops are trying to push the rebels out of the park. Says Newport: "The gorillas are confused and could get caught in the crossfire. They are not a target, but happen to live in a part of the world with a lot of human conflict." The larger problem, of course, is one of stability. The gorillas have weathered conflict before, with nearly 150 shot dead by either gunmen or poachers in the last ten years alone...
...rebels will soon lose their advantage. That may be of limited consolation to gorilla conservationists, however. For example, a siege aimed at starving out the rebels may compel them to target wildlife and the gorillas - as food. "In any normal situation, it's hard to protect the gorillas," Newport says, citing threats from armed militias, poachers and people chopping trees down for charcoal and space to grow crops. "They're kind...