After extensive technical delays and bureaucratic bickering, Siemens recently installed a computerized system for the L train that allows the line to operate 33 trains per hour, up from 28.
After extensive technical delays and bureaucratic bickering, Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) recently installed a computerized system for the L train that allows the line to operate 33 trains per hour, up from 28.
"We deliver the required power at a certain point, we put a meter on this particular point - that means they will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the system, " said Dr Janak L Karmacharya, head of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
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The system was developed in conjunction with defense contractor L-3 Communications Corp who foresees producing hundreds or thousands of the devices for both government agencies and private companies, but probably not for individual use -- if you know how much 125 pounds of neodymium magnets cost, you'll know why.
The city would benefit from a siren system, said Larry Meyerhofer, emergency manager at the L.A. Emergency Management Department, but the cost is high.
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The highest paid person listed was Gail L. Warden, head of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The Accord nav eventually grew on me, particularly when I compared it to the cryptic navigation system used in an Aston Martin that I also rode in during the L.A. show.
"For many patients who would have a favorable response to treatment now, it doesn't make sense to me to put their treatment off, " says Mitchell L. Shiffman, a liver specialist with Bon Secours Health System's Liver Institute of Virginia.
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Those include a pilot program to test the use of platform barrier doors on the L subway line, and a vow to explore the installation of an automated warning system that would alert train controllers when a person is on the tracks.
And in the American system of jurisprudence--as was discovered by the accused in high-profile cases involving L. Dennis Kozlowski's tenure at Tyco International (nyse: TYC - news - people ) and Samuel Waksal's leadership of ImClone Systems (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people )--the defense always gets the final shot at swaying the jury and judge.
He's a bit of a sponge, and with the efficient nature of an L.A. movie exec for whom time is money, he has created a system of outsourcing learning, arranging meetings with intellectuals in which they download their wares into his brain as one might schedule a massage or a haircut.
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