Within the station model, the temperature, dewpoint, wind isobars ( lines of equal pressure ), isallobars ( lines of equal pressure change ), isotherms ( lines of equal temperature ), and isotachs ( lines of equal wind speed ) are drawn.
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Unlike Metricom, which broke the bank covering whole cities with its signal, MobileStar and competitors such as Wayport Inc . have a more financially sustainable gas station model, allowing Internet fill-ups at key points such as hotels, airports and heavily trafficked coffee shops, Schachter said.
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Another teenager had composed a list of no fewer than 110 items, including a Hewlett-Packard flatbed scanner, Bye Bye Blemish drying lotion, a Mir space station model, multicolored hair butterflies, a hand-held color television set with a TFT Active matrix screen and a Fisher slim stereo.
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Media-reform activists in Thailand, such as Supinya Klangnarong and Jon Ungpakorn had suggested that the station model itself as a public broadcaster, similar to the BBC, PBS, NHK or the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which the activists say would allow it to better achieve its original mission as an independent public network free of political intervention and business interests.
