"It means if you take an area one degree by one degree, latitude by longitude, which at the equator is roughly 100km by 100km, you can take any two points in the DEM and the error between the two points is less than two metres, " he told me.
Another alternative, an idea similar to that proposed by my colleague Richard Vedder in his book Going Broke by Degree, would be to offer tenure (or enhanced job security) as one of a number of compensation options for which individual faculty choose from a menu of compensation items, including salary, health and life insurance plans, retirement contributions, and time off, etc.
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"Six Degrees", by leading environmental campaigner Mark Lynas, sounds a red alert for the health of the planet, charting degree-by-degree the likely consequences of rising temperatures up to the worst-case scenario 5.8 degrees Celsius (10 degrees Fahrenheit) rise envisaged by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2001 report.
Each Quintet speaker employs a new 90-degree by 90-degree Tractrix horn, designed to expand both placement flexibility and the main listening area without reducing overall sound clarity.
So, when observing the VIX, the "fear factor" is determined by the degree in which SPX implied volatilities, as measured by the VIX, are priced above the actual (historical) volatility of the SPX.
In about half the segments mapped by the researchers, humpbacks deviated by one degree or less.
European leaders have been agreeably surprised by the degree of consultation America has offered through the crisis.
Yet the sector is surrounded by a degree of confusion which has acted as a deterrent to saving.
Although most people consider 98.6 F (37 C) normal, your temperature may vary by a degree or more.
The situation was calmer in Georgia, where Atlanta's spring-like high of 76 topped the 1890 record by 1 degree.
But we have been struck by the degree of capacity we have administratively to at least chip away at some of these problems.
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Even the arch climate sceptic Richard Lindzen agrees it will warm by one degree or so, but maintains we can be fairly relaxed about that.
For employees, a great culture is measured by the degree of trust they have in colleagues and their employer as well as the pride they have in their work.
The message this time: To slow down the acceleration of global warming by unplugging cellphone chargers, turning down the thermostat by one degree, and shutting off computers at night and on the weekends.
The world has marveled at the derring-do of rescuers in the wake of southwestern China's killer earthquake and been heartened by the degree of official willingness to let outsiders share in the national grief.
As with the earlier paper that showed that offshore windmills will lower the air temperature around them by 1 degree or so: I assume from that same mixing increasing the evaporation rate of the sea water.
The National Bureau of Economic Research paper, updated earlier this year, categorized hospitals by the degree of payment cuts (small, moderate, or large), then tracked actual patient outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries treated at these hospitals for heart attacks over an 11-year period.
Insurance coverages: You might able to save money by accepting a higher degree of risk by increasing your deductible.
And the benefits, when estimated using a standard climate model, will reduce temperature only by an immeasurable one-tenth of a degree Fahrenheit by the end of the century.
By working towards his degree, McCreery is following the footprints left by some of his country idols.
Paralympian Sarah Storey has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Manchester.
Women are driven to a lesser degree by a mixture of testosterone and oestrogen, he explains.
I've been slightly held back by my university degree, but that's behind me now.
Between 30% and 40% of breast surgery and radiotherapy patients are affected to some degree by lymphoedema.
Or maybe they will reduce the debt overhang of a traditional college degree by getting a three-year B.
These trends will be balanced to some degree by the other significant actor in post-election Pakistan -- the Pakistani army.
It is something that I think was offset to some degree by the payroll tax cut that we initiated in December.
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Scott Thompson, CEO of Yahoo, admitted he had falsified his resume by claiming a degree he did not have.
That topped the previous record, set in 1998, by a full degree.
Edel Tully, UBS analyst said that scrap sales have risen by a marginal degree, but she is not concerned about the supply factor.
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