Startup propels MEMS oscillators into mainstream Nov 20, 2009
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) have for the first time matched the performance of their high-end rivals, temperature compensated quartz crystals (TCXO), allowing them to compete in mainstream markets for 3G/4G handsets, GPS navigators and WiFi, according to startup Sand 9 Inc., which unveiled the new company today at the Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.. (Boston) revealed its high-precision MEMS technology after spending the last... (EETimes)
Scientists unearthing secrets of the ancient Cascades Nov 16, 2009
"You can get precise time control because you have these volcanic events that you can date," he said. "They create a timeline from which you can gauge finds.". (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Smart Grid Ready Framework, Part I Nov 12, 2009
Just-in-time events must be handled and current data must be available at the precise time required by each process. If billing is based on stale data, or today's service logistics are executed on yesterday's status, the process will be inefficient and invariably generate complaints from customers. (Energy Pulse, CO)
The Buying Opportunity You Won't Want to Miss Nov 9, 2009
When that happens, we've reached the point of maximum pessimism -- the precise time that master international investor Sir John Templeton would have told you to invest. And you should consider that. (MSNBC -- Business)
Passan: The Beat Goes On Nov 3, 2009
Why at that precise time. Was he expecting a couple of 14-point touchdowns. (BerniesInsiders.com)
Athens village examining court elimination Nov 1, 2009
During the meeting, Smallwood read a letter from the state Comptroller s Office announcing an upcoming audit, though the precise time frame has not been determined. In 2003, the audit reported that village court-related expenses were approximately $14,000, while revenues fell short of $8,000. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
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Placing a camera over an annually used scrape (with the flash turned off) will also reveal the precise time this activity begins and ends. When bucks stop or greatly decrease tending scrapes it means the chasing phase has begun and it's time to start watching open rutting areas more closely. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Deputies: Someone stole Harris Co. Sheriff Adrian Garcia's tires Oct 24, 2009
We re not sure of the precise time but know it was sometime between midnight and early today, said Christina Garza, the Public Information Officer for the Harris County Sheriff s Office. Garza said officials were seeking the public s help in tracking down the thieves. (KHOU.com, TX)
State Street sued by Calif. Oct 21, 2009
State Street, based in Boston, charged the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest US defined-benefit public pension fund, and the California State Teachers' Retirement System rates that were at or near the highest interbank rate for the day instead of the rate at the precise time of the trades, according to the lawsuit ... State Street, based in Boston, charged the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest US defined-benefit public pension fund, and the... (New York Post -- Business)
Brown Sues State Street Bank For Massive Fraud Oct 21, 2009
Despite being contractually obligated to charge the interbank rate at the precise time of the trade, State Street consistently charged at or near the highest rate of the day, even if the interbank rate was lower at the time of trade. Additionally, State Street concealed the fraud by deliberately failing to include time stamp data in its reports, so that the pension funds could not determine the true execution costs by verifying when State Street actually executed the trades. (KERO 23, CA)
Leading energy consultant partners with Somerville's Second Wind Oct 2, 2009
It combines weather data with precise time and location stamps, using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. About DNV Global Energy Concepts. (Somerville Journal, MA)
NASA Goddard Shoots The Moon To Track Lunar Spacecraft Sep 30, 2009
Another challenge is precise time measurement. Since the range to LRO is calculated by measuring how long it took the laser to reach the spacecraft, any variations in the time measurements will produce variations in the range estimates. (Science Daily)
Publication on wet corn available Sep 17, 2009
A new publication from the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service highlights the importance of harvesting corn at the precise time. SDSU Extension Extra 5056, "The Cost of Wet Corn at Harvest," is available at this link: http://agbiopubs. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Trichet: Crisis Not Over Yet; Recovery to Be Uneven Sep 5, 2009
"The exit strategy, in the end, will need to be invoked at the precise time in which the traditional link between broad money and our provision of liquidity to the banking system will reestablish itself," Trichet said. Growth in M3 broad money in the euro zone slowed to a record low of 3. (SmartMoney)
Disappearance Before Dawn Sep 1, 2009
They and every other passenger were issued a card called a Seapass or an A-Pass:an electronic key embedded with your photo that not only opens your cabin, but records the precise time of day you entered and left. The same goes for boarding and leaving the ship. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Alaska Airlines tests fuel-saving landing procedure Aug 31, 2009
Using flight management computers, pilots can plan to arrive at a specific spot or waypoint at a precise time. Adams said typically the computer manages to fly the plane to that specific spot with an error of less than five seconds. (Anchorage Daily News)
If only I kept a log of my logins Aug 27, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. Illustration: Greg Bakes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Some things shouldn't change Aug 23, 2009
Jerome R. Kinderman wrote on Aug 22, 2009 10:48 AM:" No, Jeff - repeating a lie is not necessarily a lie; if the person actually believes that what you might believe to be an untruth to actually be true. This is why I wrote, "Such a claim would need to place the accuser into the mind of the person writing the piece at the precise time he/she wrote it to make such a lofty determination ... " Such a claim would need to place the accuser into the mind of the person writing the piece at the precise... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Brett Favre's debut Aug 21, 2009
If only someone could have told me the precise time it took off or what type of plane it was. Oh wait, someone did. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
'New' human remains found by dog Aug 11, 2009
Superintendant Foscholo said that the owner was "surprised and immediately alerted police. The owner had also reported finding bones in the dense scrub about one kilometre from his house on the Hume Highway, police said. "We do know that they are definitely human remains," Superintendent Foscholo said. "It is difficult to put a precise time on it but we believe [the remains] are only a couple of days old. "The first piece of tissue was retrieved by a dog and brought back to the owners... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
It's not discrimination Jul 31, 2009
Symmetricom , Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader of precise time, synchronization and video quality management technologies that optimize next generation networks, today announced that Dr. Stefan Winkler, principal technologist for QoE Solutions, is participating on the panel, Quality of Experience: Tools, Targets and Trends at the First International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 09) on Thursday, July 30, 2009 in San Diego, Calif. At the conference, Dr.... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
NPL and University of Surrey sign 10m deal Jul 29, 2009
This prestigious knowledge transfer deal will bring together NPL's world-class expertise in generating precise time signals which can then be used at the core of new satellite systems such as Galileo. The University of Surrey is intimately involved with this project, which aims to generate a new generation of exceedingly accurate, extremely reliable position and tracking systems. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Nations join forces to deliver justice Jul 21, 2009
Australian experts were also able to use seismic records to match the precise time of one of the Bali blasts to the phone call that was used to trigger the bomb. The Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, said the Indonesian police had the world's best record for tracking down and prosecuting terrorists. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Faber: Ultimate Crisis On the Way Jul 18, 2009
Faber didn't forecast a precise time for that crisis, but he told CNBC that firing half the government workers in the world would be one way of dealing with the crisis ... Faber, who did not forecast a precise time for that crisis, told CNBC that firing half the government workers in the world would be one way of dealing with the crisis. (Newsmax)
Ingredients for success Jul 11, 2009
So we need to observe which methods the orang asli use to prepare the herbs, for instance, or the precise time they take to brew something. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Sun stands still during the summer solstice Jun 22, 2009
Solstice is the precise time when the top of the world nods deepest toward the sun. Here's what it's like when solstice (a word derived from Latin words meaning "sun standing still") arrives in Alaska. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Exceed 100 Years of Combined On-Orbit Service Jun 17, 2009
Based on the navigation user range error, which measures GPS accuracy, the Block IIR and IIR-M satellites enable properly equipped users to determine precise time and velocity, and worldwide latitude, longitude and altitude to within one meter. Air Force Space Command's 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS) at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. (PR Newswire)
The stripper and the steelworker May 26, 2009
The precise time of Kent "TT" Leppink's death could never be determined, but prosecutors say that Leppink drove 90 miles from Anchorage to Hope and shot him three times. Dateline NBC. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Two things unclear in probe May 16, 2009
Officials could have examined stomach contents and made other observations to get a more precise time of death, Baden said, but thoroughness is more important when investigators need to know when a victim died in order to begin looking for suspects and pinning down times in their alibis. "That all becomes less significant in a situation where he killed himself," Baden said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Genetic marker may predict early onset of prostate cancer May 16, 2009
"We need longer follow-up to know the precise time frame for cancer development, but we have learned some information on the difference in time to diagnosis from this study," Giri says. According to Giri, a similar association between the T allele and disease may exist in African American men with a family history of prostate cancer, however, there were not enough of these men in the study to test the possibility. (EurekAlert!)
No charges filed in case of mummified mother May 9, 2009
But both mother and daughter had access to the account, and without a precise time of death, Alameda County prosecutors could not prove which woman made withdrawals at any given time, Hunt said. Investigators also determined that Nancy Bostrom was entitled to everything once her mother died, "so it wouldn't have made any sense for her to hide the fact that her mom died," Hunt said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Mystery Continues Over Murdered D.C. Lawyer's BlackBerry May 8, 2009
Grimm, Schertler and Connolly -- who represent former Arent Fox partner Joseph Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky, respectively -- argue the BlackBerry and its contents are critical in establishing a precise time line for the night of Aug. 2, 2006, when prosecutors say Wone was incapacitated, sexually assaulted and fatally stabbed. Price, Ward and Zaborsky are accused of evidence tampering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. (Law.com)
Downturn in construction industry forces power plant to haul byproduct ash to landfill May 5, 2009
The proposed amendment calls the situation "temporary," but also notes that "it is impossible to provide a precise time frame when the cement production and synthetic gypsum needs will return to normal." In other business, the City Council will also consider. -- authorization to purchase two new pump control panels from Graybar Electric Co. of Fresno for water wells for 158,900. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
China successfully launched its second navigation satellite early Wednesday as part of the country's independent global satellite navigation system.• Backgrounder: Global Navigation Satellite System Apr 15, 2009
Receivers on the ground with a fixed position can also be used to calculate the precise time as a reference for scientific experiments. China's Compass. (Xinhuanet, China)
China launches second "Compass" satellite Apr 15, 2009
Receivers on the ground with a fixed position can also be used to calculate the precise time as a reference for scientific experiments. 2009-01-19 BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- China plans to complete its independent global satellite navigation system by launching about 30 more orbiters before 2015, a space technology official said Sunday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Atomic Fountain Clocks Are Becoming Still More Stable Mar 26, 2009
25, 2009) Caesium fountains are more accurate than "normal atomic caesium clocks, because in fountains the caesium atoms are cooled down with the aid of laser beams and come ever slower from a rapid velocity at room temperature to a slow "creep pace of a few centimetres per second at a temperature close to the absolute zero point (Science Daily)
Book Your Hotel for Less Mar 12, 2009
Unless you re heading to Boston for the marathon or New Orleans for Mardi Gras or are otherwise inflexible with your dates, investigate what s happening in your destination: a little-known local festival, convention, or seasonal event might be driving room availability down and prices up at the precise time you re hoping to travel. Explore all options before pulling the trigger. (Fox News)
Caltech biologists find optimistic worms are ready for rapid recovery Mar 10, 2009
At precise time intervals (3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 hours after hatching), subsets of both populations were killed en masse and ground up. Their messenger RNA--the genetic material that is produced upon the activation of genes and then translated to produce proteins--was harvested and analyzed at Caltech's Jacobs Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, a specialized facility designed to conduct large-scale genetic analyses. (EurekAlert!)
Fayed slates police over sex assault inquiry Feb 18, 2009
Mr Fayed, who had vigorously protested his innocence, said he was watching a match at Fulham Football Club, which he owns, at the "precise time" of the alleged offence. He claimed the first he knew of the allegation was when a story appeared on the front page of a national newspaper he was shocked that details about the allegation were "leaked" to the media. (Scotsman)
Total recall - it's all in the mind Feb 12, 2009
Despite Thomson insisting that at the precise time of the rape he had been on live television - along with the assistant police commissioner - the arresting sergeant favoured the witness's identification over Thomson's alibi. "I s'pose Jesus Christ was there as well," was the cop's droll response. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'Time Stamp' in Brain Cells Encodes Memories Feb 7, 2009
But this neuronal time code provides only relative time, not a precise time stamp like the type found on digital photographs, the researchers explained. For this study, the Salk team developed a computer model designed to simulate the neuronal circuits in a part of the brain called the dentate gyrus, which spawns new brain cells in adult brains. (MEDLINEplus)
