Rover sure was locally connected, though apparently not with the wider world of finance.

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That is according to the health and enterprise ministers who are in Brussels to raise awareness among European leaders of the innovative collaborations taking place locally in "connected health".

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This new, connected lifestyle will allow businesses to compete not just locally, but globally.

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The action was taken by the country's Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC), known locally as TTVK, which contacted the father after it discovered his ISP account had connected with The Pirate Bay.

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The society is also concerned because it says there are no details available on how the scheme will be connected to the grid and they fear extra pylons may have to be constructed locally.

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Smart Previews enables you to edit images even when you're not connected to your archive -- smaller representations of selected RAW shots will be saved locally, and any changes you make to them will be automatically applied to the original image once the source comes back online.

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When, as in the Mid-Central part of the state, you have 13 school districts with fewer than 450 students apiece, anything connected to the Internet is going to offer a richer range of information than anything likely available locally.

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