He digs like a dog to learn his subject, particularly if the subject is narrow and peculiar, such as opto-electronic switches, P-N junctions or a hailstorm's effect on spread spectrum wireless video transmission.

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Depending on how broadly transmission costs are spread, the coalition worries its customers may have to pay for grid upgrades that will have the effect of reducing power prices for others.

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Midwest ISO, which supervises 94, 000 miles of high-voltage lines, is considering ways to spread the costs of new transmission beyond local ratepayers and taking part in preparing a broad plan for the eastern interconnection.

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To better understand the virus's spread and potential for human-to-human transmission, Chinese and World Health Organization officials said Wednesday in Beijing that they plan to boost surveillance and research on H7N9.

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Chinese and World Health Organization officials said Wednesday in Beijing that they plan to boost surveillance and research on the H7N9 virus to understand its spread and potential for human-to-human transmission.

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Person-to-person transmission is believed to occur in a manner similar to the spread of the influenza virus: through infected people coughing and sneezing, the CDC said.

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Turning to China's bird flu outbreak, the government says there is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 virus but does not rule out a further spread of outbreaks.

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Here are two credible threats to global systems: a massive cyber attack that could spread to the rest of world and interfere with SCADA systems everywhere and carbon whiskers that could short out power transmission systems.

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