Type C facilities charge more for residents who move into assisted-living or skilled-nursing units, but also charge smaller or no entrance fees and lower monthly rates for independent living.

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If an investor wants to move his or her account, the units of the in-house funds will have to be sold.

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"We've been asked by service providers to see what we could do with a box in the home--ways to move music around the house, set up mobile units, or establish virtual private networks between home and business, " said Dan Sheinman , Cisco's senior vice president for corporate development.

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The system can keep track of both friendly forces and the enemy, and allows troops to communicate by e-mail -- a feature that could come in handy if units have radio failures or move out of transmission range.

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Panetta said the move is a bow to reality on the battlefield, where women in what are technically non-combat units already find themselves fighting alongside their male comrades.

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