When operating properly, the monitors constantly sample the air and send data to EPA headquarters, where computers monitor the data and alert officials to unusual readings.

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Since this elaborate electronic hoax is an embarrassment to the university at a level, will athletic departments create red flag words and phrases that alert the school of illicit conversations and then monitor player electronic communications like cell phone and computer data?

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In the wake of Sunday's waves, there have been calls to set up a system that would monitor the Indian Ocean for undersea quakes and alert the countries around its rim.

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