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...getting closer to our peak," Picarsic said. "We're not there yet but we are coming along. We are building up for the end. There are minor setbacks but the ultimate goal is still the same...
...astronomers, such events signal an approaching solar maximum, a period of great turbulence that roils the sun every 11 years or so. The last solar max occurred in 1989. Now the sun, right on schedule, seems headed toward a peak of activity later this year...
...years since, we have become increasingly dependent on satellite-based communications, and even off-peak solar outbursts have caused trouble. They are suspected in damage to at least a dozen satellites, and the failure of the Galaxy IV satellite during a 1998 solar storm that silenced 80% of North America's pagers. In the past four years alone, says Chris Kunstadter, of U.S. Aviation Underwriters, space losses may have exceeded $550 million...
With increasing demand for Internet access, streaming video, music and other media, peak traffic can hit the upper bounds of Harvard's connection...
This winter, relations between the University and its community have reached their highest peak in years after a multi-million dollar settlement between Harvard and the city of Boston in lieu of property taxes and renewed efforts to connect with local city officials...