That would require a change in the government's instructions to the Bank of England, which is told to set interest rates to meet an inflation target, not track an exchange rate.
"We track the target, we watch it and we make sure we know exactly what we're taking out, " says Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick.
Its defining characteristic is the low-observable, or stealth, features that make it nearly impossible to track or target using conventional radar or heat-seeking missiles.
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But Sam Barnett, whose advertising technology firm Struq helps to track and target consumers according to their habits, told us that personalisation was a positive force.
The different instruments were needed to track down the target galaxies, measure star formation and identify mergers, and, crucially, with Chandra, see the X-ray emissions that come from heated material as it is sucked into a black hole.
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It can circle in the sky for hours, using sensors to track even a moving target.
Conventional defence systems use one rotating radar unit to find a target and a second to subsequently track it for risk assessment.
Gillian Easson, Chaiman of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, said the hospital was intent on achieving the target to get "back on track".
The letter said that Tesla was on track to meet its target of manufacturing 5, 000 Model S sedans by the end of 2012.
It was on track to meet its target of 75% of all pupils participating in two hours of PE and school sport each week by 2006, rising to 85% by 2008.
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Although councils are generally on track to meet the target of recycling 40% waste by 2010, she wants to go considerably further, with up to 70% recycling by the year 2025.
For Labour Maria Eagle, shadow transport secretary, said the government was on track to miss their target of 8, 500 charging points for electric vehicles by 2013 and "local councils across the country are already struggling after the Government slashed local transport funding".
This will take away one way to track Apple product users and target ads accordingly, but the policy in the war over identity and privacy is one of escalation.
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But health minister Lord Howe maintained the NHS was "on track" to achieve its savings target.
The episode spotlights the controversial subject of online profiling, whereby Internet ad server companies, such as DoubleClick and Engage, track Web surfers in order to strategically target banner ads and site content, as well as to help sites keep a running count of visitors.
Despite significant advances, the world is not on track to achieve the goals by their 2015 target date.
They have data infrastructure advantages, target audiences that are digital dwellers (and thus highly track-able) and plenty of analytic chops.
Late last year, the EU said its emissions have fallen 17.5% since 1990 and were "on track" to meet its 20% reduction target under the Kyoto agreement by 2020.
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They allegedly focused on a celebrity they saw on television or in a magazine, using the Internet to target their movements, Goodkin said, including websites that track celebrity movements.
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Japan is on track to meet its own medium-term target of halving the primary deficit by FY2015 from its FY2010 level, but more action is needed to reach its long-term target to reduce its debt-to-GDP ratio from FY2021 onwards.
Essentially, she accuses these four of conspiring with Interclick to create consumer profiles and track unwitting Big Mac buyers and fantasy football fans and then target them with ads.
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Zone: Set a target for pace or heart-rate (with optional heart-rate monitor) and track progress in a simple full-screen graph throughout a workout.
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General Musharraf has become a prime target for al-Qaeda terrorists and their Pakistani allies since the government began helping American agents to track them down.
The rise in passenger numbers fell short of Ryanair's target of 25% expansion a year, but the firm is confident of getting growth back on track.
The action plan will also target working adults, through schemes such as the development of interactive tools which can help employees keep track of what they eat and what calories they burn.
The Commerce Department recently called for a privacy bill of rights for Internet users, while the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a do-not-track tool that would let users stop or restrict advertisers from studying their online behavior to target ads.
The Register's Lew Page further extrapolates that could mean that a group of undercover operatives or special-forces troops would be able to be dispersed near a target and hone in on a particular cellphone, or other electronic device for that matter, and then proceed to track it with no one the wiser.
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