Thankfully, the power button on the remote puts the player in a standby mode so it will play nicely in a remote location via IR extenders.

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If a robot is in a remote location they need to be able to use their energy effectively in order to complete their mission or perform a task, so they also need to take energy from their surrounding environment.

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Right now those with private insurance have to endure a labyrinth of approvals and preapprovals from a behavioral health "specialist, " who sits behind a desk in a remote location deciding on who gets coverage for how long and for what on a "case-by-case" basis.

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"Living in such a remote location isn't for everyone, " said Stewart Connor, who moved to Canna in August to manage the island for the National Trust for Scotland.

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With it, performance monitoring is often possible even if the person is in a remote physical location.

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But a positive effect of globalisation is that you can have a language that is spoken by only five or 50 people in one remote location, and now through digital technology that language can achieve a global voice and a global audience.

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Tavdy was asked to leave Assent in 2005 for reasons the SEC didn't specify, but Glass recruited him to Jasper Capital and let him trade at a remote location using accounts in other names.

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With the Panasonic mobile HDVC system, emergency medical technicians can transmit essential visual patient data from a remote location to awaiting teams in the ER so those teams can prepare.

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Shows Kinect in use with SkyPlayer, British service where you can watch television in a virtual environment with your friends, commenting and emoting from remote location.

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