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Few other countries that depend heavily on hydro-electric power, which in turn depends on unpredictable rainfall, have so far dared to liberalise.
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When the housing market became truly chaotic in 2004--06, and bankers were doing things they had never done before, the Fed--as road cop--had the power to turn on its siren and pull those bankers over.
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Because the wind blows inconsistently, power companies would have to turn fossil-fuel plants on when windmills fall still.
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The effect of the current scandal has been to turn an existing stand-off on power-sharing into a full-blown crisis.
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In my tough battery tests, where I set the screen to 75% brightness, turn off power-saving features, leave the Wi-Fi on and play locally stored videos until the machine dies, the Surface Pro did pathetically.
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The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.
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It will include a cord to connect the unit to the cigarette lighter for power and on that cord is a speaker that will play the voice prompts for turn-by-turn directions.
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Leape did turn up extensive safety literature from cognitive psychology, aviation and nuclear power, gleaning lessons--reducing reliance on memory, standardizing processes, promoting teamwork--that might apply well to medicine.
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In my tough laptop test, where I turn off power-savings software, crank up the screen to 100%, leave the Wi-Fi on to collect email, and play a continuous loop of music, the XPS 12 lasted just 3 hours and 31 minutes.
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In my battery tests, where I turn off all power-saving features, crank the screen brightness up all the way, leave the Wi-Fi on, and play a continuous loop of music, they fell well short of that.
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