Sentences with phrase «road systems as»

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Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

One explanation offered by officials suggests that Russia could just be infiltrating systems as leverage in a coordinated attack down the road — that is, theft may not be the main goal, according to the Times.

The company, based in Fullerton, California, retrofits large diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage trucks and off - road construction equipment with a system that cuts smog - causing emissions by as much as 90 percent.

The limits on the system include factors such as Tesla (tsla) being unable to ensure driver attention even when the car is traveling at high speeds, ensuring Autopilot is used only on certain roads and monitoring driver engagement, NTSB said.

Tesla did not ensure that the system was used only on highways and limited - access roads, as recommended in the owner's manual, a fact that Sumwalt noted.

On - board computers and cruise - control technology already present in most cars on the road today could ping the traffic system as you approach an intersection with information about whether you plan to go straight, turn right, or turn left.

Earlier this week, Georgia Representative Hank Johnson introduced two bills that he believes will help improve voting security a few years down the road: the Election Infrastructure and Security Promotion Act, which, if passed, would classify voting systems as critical infrastructure to be protected by the Department of Homeland Security; and the Election Integrity Act, which will map out a planned response for voting system failures and control the types of voting machines states are allowed to buy.

As a level 2 system, Nissan designed ProPilot to handle stop - and - go traffic on highways, even in situations where it approaches a curve in the road.

Even though the Volvo XC90 comes equipped with a range of sensors and driver assist systems — including pedestrian and cyclist detection with auto brake (above)-- and the Uber vehicle was outfitted with more sophisticated sensors such as lidar, the vehicle inexplicably never detected Herzberg as she crossed a darkened road.

Many of the highest return infrastructure investments — such as improving roads, repairing 60,000 structurally deficient bridges, upgrading schools or modernising the air traffic control system — do not generate a commercial return and so are excluded from his plan.

His decision to invoke a rarely used national security clause to justify the new tariffs will further undermine the multilateral economic system — already challenged by protectionism, state capitalism and by Chinese initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative.

So the aim was not only to provide basic infrastructure needs freely or at subsidized prices, but to prevent private owners from erecting tollbooths on roads and charging monopoly prices for power, phone systems (as in Telmex in Mexico or similar phone monopolies in the post-Soviet kleptocracies).

Ride - hailing offers a new option for the movement of people around the province and Lower Mainland and could serve as an integral tool in the management of road congestion and a complementary element to a public transit system that is nearing capacity in many communities.

I have used a fall in exports to show how constrained Beijing's policy choices are, but I could just have easily done the same using as an example any change in the currency regime, the reform of the hukou system, the de-industrialization of the bankrupt northeast provinces, the development of the OBOR and Silk Road projects, changes in interest rates or minimum reserves, protecting the stock market from crashing, the provincial bond swaps, changes in the tax regime, improving energy and environmental policies, and so on.

In the months since these top engineers have left, the 43 self - driving cars Uber had on the roads as of March 8 saw little progress when it came to decreasing the frequency of disengagements — or how many times a safety driver would have to take back control of the system.

Musk replied by pointing out that the detection system «tunes out» objects that it labels as road signs, underlining that this helps the car running at optimal speed and away from «false braking events.»

Yet even a purely laissez - faire system requires government to enforce contracts, protect private property, prevent fraud, produce public goods such as defense and roads, and protect third parties from «externalities» such as pollution and public hazards.

In my new book, We Make the Road by Walking, I read the Bible not as a static revelation of God in a system, but as a dynamic narrative of human discovery as old conceptions of God die and new conceptions are born in the vacuum.

The claim that the UN resolutions suffice to assure «just authority» is belied by destruction in Iraq unrelated to freeing Kuwait (bridges, roads, municipal water and sewage systems) and by restatements of war aims (asking Iraqis to replace Saddam Hussein, demanding unconditional surrender and a war crimes trial) which go far beyond the UN objective (note as well the elements of bad faith in the UN appeal to which Geyer pointed).

If one asks, what are the possible roads to a world without war, that essential way - station on the way to freedom of information in anecologically organized world, Arthur Waskow answers that there are five: (a) Control of the nation - state system through stabilizing the balance of power and reducing international tensions but keeping the weapons; (b) Reform of the system through total disarmament without abandoning national sovereignty or the pursuit of national interest; (c) Extension of the system through the creation of a federal world government; (d) Fragmentation of the system through increases in the power of extra-national associations and Institutions across national boundaries, and corresponding decreases in state power as these occupational, industrial, scientific, and other groups gradually expropriate from the national governments the power to make decisions within their own fields; and (e) Abolition of the system through substituting love f or coercion.20.»

One of the biggest hassles for the homeless on the road as well as those on city streets is struggling with an inequitable, irrational welfare system.

As you can see from the screenshot below, road teams are also undervalued on the moneyline although the -2.3 % ROI was worse than the -0.4 % ROI in our spread system.

Nevermind my last post, I meant to ask whether CHICAGO would qualify as a play for this system... I believe BKN qualifies for another one of your systems (road dog with < 35 % of ATS bets, total under 200, in - conference game)

Thursday and Friday will serve as practice and qualifying days and all three steps of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder system will compete at the track that weekend.

Unfortunately, using a simple favorite versus underdog filter provided no additional value, and betting against road teams playing in their second game in as many nights actually produced a win rate above 50 %, but failed to cover the necessary vig needed to produce a winning system.

It's also worth noting that these systems improve dramatically if they lost their previous game as a road favorite.

Meanwhile our betting system — which focused on well rested road teams against ranked opponents — improved to 85 - 51 ATS as Miami (+9) lost to Florida State by just 5 - points to cover the spread.

As a digital partner you'll achieve incredible brand impact — with the unique 360 ° digital perimeter advertising system providing a platform to reach the millions watching at home, plus through the wider stadium communications network, reach over 30,000 fans inside Elland Road every matchday.

Next time I go to Vicarage Road, as I negotiate the outstanding curves of the Inner Ring Road and the circular nature of the one - way system, even as I seek to nizzle my battered old car amongst the Ferraris and BMWs of the local population, my mind will be turned towards those poor unfortunate Watford supporters.

These are said to be a good system for traveling as you can use the cloth inserts at home but while on the road use the disposable inserts and have less to wash (and pack!).

, and her aura was not one which installed colempte confidence in me of her competence.Eventually, we reached a stage where the lead midwife announced that upon another examination (that we had been told was advisable due to the amount of time my partner had been in labour) that she would be calling in an ambulance as the baby was apparently taking longer to recover it «s heart rate between contractions than it had been previously which was a concern, and that my partner needed to be dealt with in hospital.The reassurance of the surroundings of home was soon replaced by a period of comparative chaos and strange faces which then developed into me travelling with my now scared and distressed partner in a speeding ambulance across a busy city road system amidst late afternoon traffic.

The excellent suspension system of coil spring, adjustable shock absorbers and large wheels made of durable composite polymer with inflated tires gives the Bob Revolution Jogging Stroller high shock resistance off - road as well as on - road.

Some campaigns also use Facebook essentially as email - replacement tools, particularly when working with younger audiences, but I suspect that email and social - network messaging will merge to a great extent down the road — ultimately, integrated campaign communications systems may not necessarily need to distinguish between the two.

As New York considers congestion pricing, the systems used in London, Singapore and Stockholm could provide a valuable road map.

It also would not necessarily benefit Trump's home state of New York as much as one expect — despite the state's dire need of investment in repairing crumbling roads and a sclerotic subway system.

Road data also shows, thought, that removing or leaving lanes «as they are», without providing any alternative system of transportation, leads to bigger jams, the best examples coming to any city near you without a responsible infrastructure design ®

Fewer than 10 percent of the projects on the initial SMFP list appear to involve core infrastructure improvements such as road, bridge, sewer or water system repairs.

I'll focus mainly on this, since it eliminates many other variables such as road quality, driver license system, car type / age / quality, driver culture, etc..

The report, «Governing and Paying for England's Roads», concluded that some form of «pay as you go» system was «inevitable».

B'TSelem, an Israeli human rights group in a report have pointed out that Israel has constructed a parallel system of roads in the West Bank for Palestinians who are barred from using many existing ones and have described the system as bearing

«Instead of being treated as unfortunate yet unavoidable road kill from the Top Two, we should be seen as canaries in the coal mine, warning of the deeply unrepresentative and undemocratic nature of our electoral system.»

Five thousand new staff at our borders, new agencies for customs and immigration, new IT systems (and all the government procurement problems that entails) as well as the road capacity to deal with parked lorries on the way to Dover and the Channel Tunnel.

In India, the caste system is a center of identity at least as important (and longer lived) than the national government, in which your kinship and community ties to members of your jati a hundred miles away may be stronger and more relevant than your ties to people half a mile down the road.

Life during the next few years should get a bit easier for people in the Adirondacks and Catskills with the passage of a measure that should eventually clear the way for road and bridge improvements as well as new utility lines, municipal water systems and even bike paths, without requiring a constitutional amendment.

«As chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, he fought to ensure New York's roads, bridges and mass transit systems are safe and reliable.»

«Upstate motorists and their families deserve safe and reliable roads and bridges just as New York City commuters deserve a transit system that is second to none,» Flanagan said.

It says the existing use of GPS satellite systems as a tool to avoid traffic build - ups will be extended to automatically debit the motorist's bank account for the cost of a road or mileage toll, and to allow police to monitor the speed of all cars.

While supporting the need for those caught driving or riding without insurance to be prosecuted, the BMF would like to see this being done through road policing and not through an error - prone «blind» system such as the proposed CIE.»

In fact, Busunu where she used as a reference point has 11 boreholes and a small town water system which is under repairs after some pipes were damaged in the course of the construction of the Fufulso - Damongo - Sawla road.

Upstate elected officials, as well as construction - oriented organizations, have in recent months pushed state officials to back a boost in upstate infrastructure spending aimed at repairing and maintaining aging roads, bridges and sewer systems.