It also makes the steering more responsive by sending power to the outside front wheel when turning.
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In fact, a battery system can perform more than a dozen tasks, from sending short bursts of power to stabilize the electric grid to releasing a steady supply of electricity over a longer period of time when there is a lot of demand for power.
This idle listening often consumes as much power as actively sending and receiving messages all day.
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Utility executives made commitments in the late 1990s to what was supposed to be cheap natural gas, only to see prices spike as supplies tightened, contributing to the California power crisis and sending some companies into bankruptcy.
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But China's growing power and confidence are sending ripples across the region.
The radio also deploys advanced power management techniques that can save up to 25 percent of the power typically used when sending data to the network.
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The good news was that the wind was blowing from the northwest and sending the smoke from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant over the Pacific Ocean.
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The disaster caused billions of dollars worth of damage to residential and commercial property and also damaged a nuclear reactor that was operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), sending dangerous levels of radiation out into the atmosphere.
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Even when smartphones are in power-saving modes and not actively sending or receiving messages, they are still on alert for incoming information and they're searching for a clear communication channel.
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Instead of sending their nuclear waste to France and Britain, the power stations will have to build local storage facilities.
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These range from power attacks for warriors (such as slamming the earth and sending huge pillars of rock into your foes) or more traditional spells like fireballs and lightning.
In an analogous sense, when millions of people are generating their own green electricity and sending some of it back to an energy Internet, the question facing power and utility companies is: What is the expertise they have that will allow them to stay in business?
Giant, centralized distribution facilities that use nuclear or fossil fuels, then sending electricity over massive distances losing upwards of 70-80% of the power in transmission, is the historical utility industry approach.
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Then as now, the party in power was pushing a politically popular issue, eager to score an electoral victory before sending members home for their month-long summer break.
The possibilities are limitless, as more and more application developers understand the power of the pen and multi-touch combination - for example, picture a unique way of sending personalized handwritten notes on Facebook, or even the fun of playing Farmville by drawing in your own crops or scarecrows.
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