The bottom line is that the cylinders have now passed their useful shelf life as the ultimate reference for the kilogram and as a result, scientists around the world have been working on new ways to define the kilogram.
Amazon and eBay remain the default shopping engines, and Wikipedia is on the browser bar as the sole reference link.
When mechanical problems occur, pilots rely on what's known as the Quick Reference Handbook -- an electronic checklist for troubleshooting.
It has over-invested in ideas such as the FlexPod reference architecture, which ultimately is not an integrated solution (such as those offered by Dell, EMC, HP, IBM and Oracle).
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Now, officials at the Swiss National Bank are considering what currency or basket of currencies would replace the euro as its reference point for the currency ceiling, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Addressing MPs on 28 June 2012, the chancellor described the Libor and the European Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor) as "the benchmark reference rates which are fundamental to the workings of the UK, European and international financial markets".
Others will read the comment as a simple reference to the effect that any poor-performing franchise in a top media market has on its respective league.
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Mr Conroy was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the terms of reference were under discussion with the Greens, a key partner in Julia Gillard's minority coalition government.
Mr Robb said the laurel leaf was chosen as a basis for the design to reference Falkirk's rich Roman heritage, he also said the leaf's role as a victory symbol was particularly apt, given the local community's success in regenerating the area's woodland.
They are believed to use the position of the sun as a reference point and can compensate for its movement across the sky when calculating the route they need to return home.
People like Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence and became the third president of the United States, had to rely on Xenophon's Cyropaedia as a reference for the life and leadership of the Persian king.
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In Switzerland, which like the U.K. isn't part of the euro zone, the central bank has used the euro as its external reference point in its efforts to keep the Swiss franc's value stable.
According to the report, since mid-2010, the RMB has made dramatic strides as a reference currency compared with the dollar and euro.
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This information is rampant in the information security community, but not so much in the vendor community, as evidenced by your reference to the PC Magazine article.
See, the hard copy tax return uses the national insurance number as "tax reference", while the online form ignores this number.
The history of past activities, information about the concept of citizen security, as well as about the participant territories, and reference documents are all available at website, which will be launched on the 21 September 2012 as part of the celebrations for the Internacional Day of Peace.
The book also serves as a reference tool that can inform and stimulate the current debate on the global trends that have shaped freedom of expression on the Internet.
The company behind the kit has chosen the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust as a "reference site" for the equipment.
Currency traders in Eastern Europe use the euro as their main reference currency, and will typically choose their trades based on what the European currency is doing relative to the dollar.
The comment was no more specific than that, but could be taken as an oblique reference to the fact that Giaka still has family within the reach of the Libyan authorities.
The woman, later identified as Amanda Berry, apparently was making reference to the owner of the house, whom police have identified as Ariel Castro, and who has been charged in the case.
And that geometrical prediction was confirmed directly by the Sloan survey, using the known distances of 500m light years to the density peak and 13 billion light years to the region where the microwave background originates as reference points to look for geometrical distortion, in the way that a more traditional land survey might use triangulation points.
Many saw it as a reference to the 1993 race when, despite the PM's misgivings, Anwar's "Vision Team" swept the polls.
That's only because Fisher hates using the Dow as a reference.
The term "foreigners" was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled reference to the chairman of Premier League side Mathare United, Bob Munro, who is a Canadian national.
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The whole device, together with a second electrode (known as a reference) to complete the circuit, is then mounted on a stick.
It is still known there as Hindustan Unilever, a reference to the decades its local subsidiary spent as an essentially independent company before its fuller integration into the global firm in recent years.
Opponents of the reform, known as "chained CPI" in reference to the Consumer Price Index it involves, argue it hurts senior citizens and others who most need their benefits.
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