Geostrophic
Wind
A steady horizontal motion of air along straight, parallel
isobars or contours in an unchanging pressure or contour field. It
is assumed that there is no friction, that the flow is straight
with no curvature and there is no divergence or convergence with no
vertical acceleration.
Aero-Linx: Google Lunar
XPrize
The Google Lunar X PRIZE is a $30 million competition for the
first privately funded team to send a robot to the moon, travel 500
meters and transmit video, images and data back to the Earth.
"Fleet service workers at Continental have made several
attempts in the past to form a union, but their efforts have come
up short... That's not going to happen this time. Continental
fleet service workers are going to win this organizing campaign
because they have the strength and power of the Teamsters union
behind them."
Source: Robert Rasch, President of
Teamsters Local 19 in Houston, on the prospect of union
organization among fleet service personnel at Continental
Airlines.
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