At the company's operations center, employees keep constant tabs on coordinating operations across the globe, including everything from world events to weather.
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Or the way our cell phones keep constant tabs on our locations, what texts we send and what phone calls we make and receive.
"To help support the economic recovery in a context of price stability, the Committee will keep constant the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities at their current level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in longer-term Treasury securities, " the FOMC says, adding it will continue to roll over the Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities as they mature.
The implication is that game companies need to keep a constant eye on their customers to keep them in line.
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To keep answers constant, a FORBES writer played the role of David Ernest and punched the data into the Quicken programs.
That has made it easier for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, a quango that tries to keep standards constant, to compare different papers.
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Cold cots lower the temperature and keep it constant so the baby's body does not need to be sent to the mortuary straight away.
Honore also said he was trying to keep up constant communication with his troops, who are worried about their own families in the affected region.
Firstly, I appreciated the Password Lock feature that enables you to carry files with you without having to keep a constant eye on where the hard drive is.
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Long term, if corporations want to keep demand constant, and growing at a robust pace, they will pay more attention to the side effects of deserting perfectly good labor sources in one country for those of another.
Of course, leaving a smartphone's display on for multiple hours as you traverse Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and California isn't wise without a power source to sustain that type of abuse, so it's worth mentioning that I traveled with an AC inverter in order to keep a constant power connection to the Lumia 900.
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Even for owners who cannot keep a constant eye on their pets, by monitoring and recording the number of steps they take, as well as signs of shivering and external temperature information, the new device enables owners to stay informed about the dog's regular activity levels, making it easy to detect any changes in their pet's health.
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The ratings, required every 15 seconds, were covertly used to keep pain levels constant.
The fluid is constantly agitated to stop the cream from separating and to keep the temperature constant.
It does keep one anchor constant (you are still an employee) while you shift other things (your industry or functional focus).
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The accepted wisdom is for governments to be open and honest, without denial or premature reassurance, to own up to risks and uncertainties, and to keep up a constant flow of consistent information while giving people clear instructions and something to do.
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Keep your core portfolio constant but be prepared to actively trade the growth funds as conditions change.
She kept the Commonwealth gold firmly in her sights by having a special cast made which allowed her to keep her fitness by constant swimming.
You're just a piece of aluminium coated in some sort of magnetic substance in a server farm located in a country where the climate makes it economically viable to keep the machines at constant temperature.
The soundtrack is almost all nature sounds, just constant enough to keep the player lulled.
For stores big and small, the constant battle to keep inventory at optimal levels is as old shopping itself.
"I've gone through some rough times but constant networking to keep up my business connections kept me alive financially with work, " says Mr. Deitch.
The tools and strategies to keep employees engaged is under constant scrutiny, but are they evolving at the required pace to retain talent with the desirable Emotional Intelligence, instead of burning them out?
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Most institutions keep tuition and fees at a constant percentage of total income, including income from endowment.
The Warbeast uses two LEGO Technic motors to keep the gun firing at a constant rate, but the other guns in the book are powered by nothing but rubber bands and physics.
He is following a simple rule: Keep the angle of the falling ball constant in your vision and adjust your running speed accordingly.
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However, he said, the creators of bitcoins had foreseen these changes and built in controls to keep the numbers of blocks completed relatively constant.
Keep in mind that balance in life requires constant adjustment.
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After all there is much anxiety in financial capitols about the future of the Euro as well as the feeling that the almost constant printing of new dollars to keep America running portends a terrible crisis down the road.
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The Kardashians need a constant influx of juicy story lines to keep their show, Keeping up with the Kardashians, popular.
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