British police say the device -- the ADE standing for "Advanced Detection Equipment" -- is really a novelty golf-ball finder with the label removed.

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Saskia Sassen, co-chair on the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University and a leading expert on smart cities, draws parallels with the office buildings of the sixties, which she describes as "low-ceiling places now standing sad and empty as advanced technologies render them useless".

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In the tables, we are also offering the option of seeing which institutions have performed best in Advanced GNVQs, to reflect the long-standing concern that ranking institutions by A level results automatically disadvantages further education colleges, which tend to have a more vocational, less academic focus.

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We are standing on a site which we expect to become a basis for an advanced manufacturing technology and research location.

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Standing behind him as he made the remarks were the leaders of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the American Medical Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the American Hospital Association and the Service Employees International Union--trade groups representing medical technology companies, doctors, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and labor.

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