Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of serial ATA (SATA[tm]) technology, announced it is developing a specification for a mini-SATA (mSATA[tm]) interface connector. This new low-profile connector will enable more effective SATA integration in small form factor applications. mSATA will support 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s transfer rates.
mSATA leverages the speed and reliability of the popular SATA interface to provide a high-performance, cost-effective storage solution for smaller devices like notebooks and netbooks. The specification maps SATA signals onto an existing small …

The Clermont County Transportation Improvement District (CCTID), in cooperation with the Clermont County Engineer’s Office, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Union Township, will host an open house meeting to obtain public input for the Aicholtz Connector Project. The open house will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Union Township Civic Center, located at 4350 Aicholtz Road.
The Aicholtz Connector Project will evaluate the corridor between Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road at Old SR 74 and Eastgate Boulevard; recommendations will then be made for …

Power lines don’t scare me, but people who say they should are pretty scary.
I think they are raising unjustified fears, triggering undue stress and causing the spending of public funds that could be much more usefully allocated.
I have no expertise in electricity, but I have a good handle who does and on appraising the scientific literature. I’m also well aware that views expressed on the effects of power lines, on both sides of the debate, may be motivated by factors other than the pursuit of pure science.
The current controversy, so …

Having crossed through anxious times with the slump in the real estate activities, laminate manufacturers in Chandigarh are once again bullish.
Reason with the surge in real estate activities in the last few months the laminate manufacturers in the region maintain that business is moving back on track. There are around six to seven laminate manufacturers in the region.
The slump in the real estate activities coupled with the global turmoil had affected the business of laminate manufacturers in the region by 20-25 per cent. Satish Gupta, executive director, Golden Laminates Ltd, …

We can not think that small kitchen appliances must be thought so, when it’s time to buy again because they are smaller and generally inexpensive compared to major appliances, which are usually larger and more static to the extent that not all can be moved easily as refrigerator-freezers and cookers.
But small appliances are very important because they provide the finishing touch to your kitchen and the things that probably use more. And not all small kitchen appliances are the same. With the birth of such intelligent technology in the last …