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...problem originated in a closed-off area under the conveyor belt that transports students’ trays back into the kitchen, said Gary D. Alpert, Harvard’s chief pest-control official...
Alpert said he was confident the fruit flies are a result of the environment under the conveyor belt and are not due to anything in the food preparation itself...
...back in 1998. "If I'd returned it on time," he says, "we wouldn't be here today." Now Jupiter Media Metrix rates Netflix.com as one of the 10 busiest e-commerce sites, a list that also includes eBay and Amazon. Every day 82,000 DVDs roll through the conveyor belts of Netflix's headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif., and its hubs in Boston and Los Angeles. Last week, as Hastings filed with the sec to take his company public and dreamed of raising a cool $115 million, there was only one thing that could spoil his party: the possibility...
...produced chart-topping singles and sold millions. In 2000 she co-starred with Jet Li in the film Romeo Must Die and was slated to appear in the next two installments of The Matrix. DIED. YOSHIAKI SHIRAISHI, 87, a former sushi chef and inventor of kaiten-zushi, a clever conveyor-belt system for serving sushi in restaurants that uses color-coded plates to inform customers of the prices; in Osaka. In 1958, Shiraishi opened the first restaurant using his method, which quickly gained popularity throughout Japan and overseas. DIED. GOVAN MBEKI, 91, father of South African President Thabo Mbeki...
...even longer. For 12 full minutes the line barely moves. There are seven ticket agents, but three are devoted to first-class flyers. Freni is growing as irritated as the customers. Later, he's down at baggage claim, watching in disbelief as arriving passengers are directed to a luggage conveyor belt that is clearly out of order. In fact, it's roped...