It was a precedent-setting case in the right to own higher lifeforms, where the Canadian ruling went against findings in the US and Europe, where the patent was upheld.

The influence of these policies, along with the US invasion of Panama, was instrumental in drawing Panama into the Central American model of neoliberalism.

By the early 2000s, the CD largely replaced the audio cassette player as standard equipment in new automobiles, with 2010 being the final model year for any car in the US to have a factory-equipped cassette player.

( As of 2001 ) the BGM-109 Tomahawk missile model has become a significant part of the US naval arsenal.

Active development of the model by the US Department of Defense Software Engineering Institute ( SEI ) began in 1986 when Humphrey joined the Software Engineering Institute located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after retiring from IBM.

The cost of developing all the packages included in Debian 5. 0 lenny ( 323 million lines of code ), using the COCOMO model, has been estimated to be about US $ 8 billion.

Ohloh estimates that the codebase ( 54 million lines of code ), using the COCOMO model, would cost about US $ 1 billion to develop.

Ayres and Warr ( 2009 ) present time series of the efficiency of primary energy ( exergy ) conversion into useful work for the US, UK, Austria and Japan revealing dramatic improvements in model accuracy.

It formed the basis for some early merchandise in the US in the 1960s, such as a popular model kit by Aurora Plastics Corporation, and a popular board game by Ideal Toys.

A 2008 article in the journal Health Affairs suggested that the Dutch health system, which combines mandatory universal coverage with competing private health plans, could serve as a model for reform in the US.

* MODE Magazine, a now out-of-print US women's fashion magazine created specifically to feature fashions over a US size 14 with a Vogue magazine-like creative aesthetic ; see plus-size model

The ease of transportation and the low cost of the bikes ( they are priced from approximately US $ 200 for a basic model built in China to around US $ 7, 000 for a top of the line Italian model, making them an affordable way for children ( some as young as six ) to learn about motorcycle racing and for adults to race without the high costs and risks associated with full-sized motorcycle racing.

The " Weissach Edition " option was also available for the US market 911 in 1980 model year and 924 in 1981 model year.

** 205 " Weissach Edition " model for US market.

** US " Competition Package " option dropped from production at end of 1982 model year.

** Torque tube shortened like on US model in previous year.

** At 146 mph ( 235 km / h ) US model top speed, Porsche boldly claims the 928S to be " the fastest street legal production car sold in the US ".

** Top speed ( US model ) is now in excess of 250 km / h ( 155 mph ).

** US model with lowered 9. 3: 1 compression ratio.

** First 19 US models were made already in spring of 1993, months before when normal model year change occurs in July / August.

Firstly, the forthcoming 500th anniversary of US Independence which is bringing in colonists from the entire Solar System, obviously needs a suitable representative from Titan.

Measurements from the Spectral Irradiance Monitor on NASA's Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment show that solar UV output is more variable over the course of the solar cycle than scientists had previously thought, resulting in, for example, colder winters in the US and southern Europe and warmer winters in Canada and northern Europe during solar minima.

" In July 2010, Dr. Chapman presented slides to the US Air Force on the topic of Tactical and Strategic Implications of Space Based Solar Power ( SBSP ).

Solar water heating systems have become popular in China, where basic models start at around 1, 500 yuan ( US $ 235 ), much cheaper than in Western countries ( around 80 % cheaper for a given size of collector ).

Kyocera Solar has said that it will begin manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, California, to meet the US market's demand for clean energy.

( a ) Develop a strategy for the installation of solar technology throughout Boston including mapping feasible locations, preparing a project-labor agreement, and planning the city-wide bulk purchase, financing, and installation of solar technology, ( b ) Work with local organizations to maximize Boston's participation in state incentive programs and innovative financing initiatives ( c ) Create a successor non-profit organization to implement the long-term goals of the partnership, ( d ) Solar Boston partners include the U. S. Department of Energy, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, local utilities and unions, an anonymous foundation, and a broad range of local, regional, and national clean energy stakeholders including the US Department of Energy.

In 1990, Trueblood moved to Tucson, Arizona to assume a position with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory ( NOAO, which serves as the US national observatory ) at the National Solar Observatory.

Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, SES is a manufacturer of Concentrating Solar Power ( CSP ) electricity generating equipment, and through its sister company, Tessera Solar, is a developer of utility scale solar powered generating projects in the US and internationally.

* Exelon and SunPower together In US Largest Solar Power Plant

Mauna Loa Solar Observatory ( MLSO ) is a solar observatory located on the slopes of Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii in the US state of Hawaii.

In addition, St. Petersburg College ’ s Corporate Training department has partnerships with Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the US Green Building Council to offer online LEED examination training courses and with Solar Source Institute to provide online and face to face solar energy generation, installation and inspection training.

On March 27, 2003, Fernando lost his son, Jesus Suarez del Solar, when he stepped on a US cluster bomb while fighting in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

On August 1 2006, Mobilab Technologies inc. filed a US patent for its invention entitled ' Protein-coupled Bioelectric Solar Cell ' and the device is now classified as ' patent-pending '.

After two failed Soviet attempts to return lunar soil to Earth through unmanned robotic Luna missions in June and July 1969, the manned US Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 achieved the first successful sample return from another Solar System body.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that " Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs " in Afghanistan, under the Human Terrain System ( HTS ) program ; in addition, HTS teams are working with the US military in Iraq.

The heaviest armored cars, such as the German, World War II era SdKfz 234 or the modern, US M1128 Mobile Gun System, mount the same guns that arm medium tanks.

* U. S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System a 1950s reorganisation of the regiments of the US Army

: International: Landing points for the MAYA-1, Eastern Caribbean Fiber System, and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of Central and South America.

In February 2007, the US started formal negotiations with Czech Republic and Poland concerning construction of missile shield installations in those countries for a Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System.

* Fall protection: Carabiners use for fall protection in US industry are classified as " connectors " and are required to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard 1910. 66 App C Personal Fall Arrest System which specifies " drop forged, pressed or formed steel " construction and a minimum breaking strength of.

In 2001 the Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System recommended to the European Parliament that citizens of member states routinely use cryptography in their communications to protect their privacy, because economic espionage with ECHELON has been conducted by the US intelligence agences.

* Keene State College, a US college that is part of the University System of New Hampshire

* US Naval Space Command Space Surveillance System at the FAS website

Today, the village has two exits on I-94, which replaced US 12 as the primary route from Detroit to Chicago when the Interstate Highway System was built.

The segment of I-94 that services Parma was originally part of the US 12 bypass, a freeway built prior to the Interstate System that allowed motorists to bypass Jackson and Parma.

* Pacific Organized Track System, airways between Japan / Southeast Asia and the US mainland

In 2007, the US Navy renovated and restored to full use the only ramp at the coast guard base in São Tomé, which had been out of service. São Tomé and Príncipe has the Automatic Identification System ( AIS ) receivers and in January 2008 became the first African country to have Regional Maritime Awareness Capability ( RMAC ) installed and integrated into

A 102-key Personal computer | PC United States | US English language | English keyboard layout with System request circled.

Systems using non-obvious approaches might be able to blind the radars in a sneak attack ; the Soviets developed the R-36 with a system called Fractional Orbital Bombardment System to allow attacks on US missile fields from low altitudes and / or from the south, while the US relied on manned bombers for the same role.

In the US, Part 91 ( specifically 91. 119 ) of the Federal Aviation Regulations controls the minimum safe altitudes by which aircraft can be operated in the National Airspace System.

After a period of instability, in 1949, the value of the yen was fixed at ¥ 360 per US $ 1 through a United States plan, which was part of the Bretton Woods System, to stabilize prices in the Japanese economy.

** US Bell System is broken up.

The M1128 Mobile Gun System variation of the Stryker armoured fighting vehicle is the nearest analogue in the modern US Army force structure.

Avant garde composer George Antheil and Golden Age actress Hedy Lamarr were granted US Patent 2, 292, 387 on August 11, 1942 for their Secret Communication System that details an early version of Frequency Hopping.

Hundreds more were abandoned when the US Highway System replaced the railroads as the United States ' favorite mode of travel.

CSRS provided retirement, disability and survivor benefits for most civilian employees in the US Federal government, until the creation of a new Federal agency, the Federal Employees Retirement System ( FERS ), in 1987.

* Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System, US National Park Service