Authorities did not say how they determined the cell phone signal, and it was not clear whether he attempted to use it or if authorities were able to track the signal another way.
The paper said the bank is interested in buying all or part of the stricken track and signal operating company, and has been in touch with the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) and the rail regulator.
Track replacement and signal modernization would be accelerated.
"You had bus operators, track workers, signal maintainers reading the newspaper today with a better grasp of what the MTA was going to do with the negotiation than the negotiating committee of the union and the leadership of the union, " he said.
The information was gathered via radio transmitters attached to the lambs to track their movements and signal their demise rapidly after the time of death.
"Our crews will essentially be rebuilding 2, 000 feet of damaged track and overhead wires and signal system, " Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut said in a statement.
In an announcement of sorts yesterday, DARPA reportedly said that the project's goal is to use "set of handheld devices" to track down a specific "signal emitter of interest" using radio frequency geolocation, and presumably some other measures they're not about to dish the details on.
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Monitoring can be switched to listen to your recording signal against your backing track without incurring off-putting latency introduced by your music software.
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The stylus transmits a signal that easily allows users to track down its location, making this the first pen that's nearly impossible to lose.
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Because tunnels block a radar signal, trains rely largely on hard-wired equipment like the box beside the track, which helps drivers and dispatchers talk to each other and controls a machinelike traffic signal, giving the drivers basic commands to stop and go.
Cars faced off on a two-lane, aluminum track, with a little red light blinking to signal who won.
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Hawk-Eye's system uses seven cameras to track the movement of the ball and sends a signal -- within a second -- to watches worn by match officials when a goal is scored.
First of all, every commuter rail system has full time maintenance crews, and they always have plenty of work: changing lightbulbs in the tube, fixing a signal that got bumped, replacing an on-track communication cable that was vibrated out of place and smashed, etc.
But in this case the police were able to track the phones to an apartment complex nearby, thanks to the ability of the phones to signal their whereabouts.
Naturally, you'll need a data connection in order to upload media while on the trail -- something that's often hard to find -- but at least the app tells you how poor (or great) your GPS signal is at all times, which is all that's required to keep track of your actual steps.
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As the post-election coalition talks neared their end, Mr Stollmann concluded that the new government would be roaring down the Lafontaine track after all, and he would have precious little chance to change the points from his truncated signal-box.
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