In terms of design, this is indeed made of mag-alloy, with a total weight of three pounds, and it was tested in accordance with the military's MIL-STD 810G standards.
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The RBS group wants to break up the lender into three parts, so that Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis would get ABN's Dutch operations, Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (nyse: STD - news - people ), acquires ABN's Brazilian and Italian arms, and RBS getting Chicago-based LaSalle.
She noted that Spain's Banco Santander (nyse: STD - news - people ) might also be planning to do something with its 25.0% stake in Sovereign Bancorp (nyse: SOV - news - people ), which has just gone on the hunt for fresh capital, but it was not clear what.
There's even a model that meets MIL-STD-461F standards for electromagnetic protection -- useful if your day job involves battling superheroes.
Comfortably fitting in an adult's hand, the computer fully meets MIL-STD 810G specifications for ruggedness.
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They're also tech-savvy, and that's driving the development of new high-tech STD prevention tools geared toward them.
In accordance with Casio's own standard with reference to the US MIL-STD-810F Method 516.5-Shock, the camera passed a test in which it was dropped from a height of 2.13 meters (7 feet) onto lauan plywood at 26 different angles.
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Panasonic has also tweaked the hardware's polycarbonate-encased magnesium alloy chassis, with MIL-STD-810G1 ensuring that the gear will survive drops from six-feet, as well as IP651 weather-proofing.
Both are rated to pass the MIL-STD-810F standards, which are a suite of tests encompassing the device's ability to operate under high temperatures, low temperatures, and resist dust -- even how susceptible its circuitry is to cause an explosions in a flammable environment.
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"California is experiencing a near public health crisis with STD rates among teens rising to alarming levels, " said Julie Rabinovitz, the council's president.
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