For some races, the combination of water flowing west and wind blowing east creates a series of choppy five-foot waves.

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Seven schools and one elderly day care centre have been closed because of a combination of problems caused by the wind and power cuts.

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The captain can also call on the assistance of an electronic positioning system that uses a combination of data from satellites, gyrocompasses, and wind and motion sensors to operate the thrusters automatically.

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Indeed, various companies, including GE, are investing heavily in ways to come up with cost-effective systems to store the wind and solar energy that their wind turbines and solar technologies capture in combination with other means of generating electricity and power.

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The idea is to foster a combination of Linux (for large-scale software projects) and Wind River (for small, quick devices).

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