global positioning system
global positioning system (GPS) Navigation system based on a network of Earth-orbiting
satellites. There are six satellites, each with a 24-hour orbit and its own identification signal. The satellites transmit continuous time signals. A user needs to be within range of four satellites to fix a position. One satellite sends out a reference signal and the other three give bearings indicating direction. A computer uses the minute time differences in receiving the signals from each satellite to calculate the position. Ordinary users can find their position to within 100m, although the military can pinpoint position to within 10m.
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Proposal to Acquire Canaan Energy Corporation for $12.00 Per Share in Cash.
PR Newswire; 3/11/2002; 700+ words
; OKLAHOMA CITY -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced...company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Canaan's Internet...www.canaanenergy.com/ . ABOUT CHESAPEAKE Chesapeake is among the 10 largest independent...
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Chesapeake General's boss pleased with progress.
Newspaper article from: Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 3/6/2007; 700+ words
; ...long it would be before Chesapeake General Hospital followed...not financed by the city, Chesapeake Health is run by a public...Adams, a Chesapeake City Council member and former...stayed in Norfolk, Chesapeake stayed in Chesapeake...
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CHESAPEAKE TRIES TO TAKE SUFFOLK LAND FOR PIPELINE CITIES FAILED TO AGREE ON EASEMENT TO CARRY LAKE GASTON WATER.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...also interested in getting Chesapeake to join a regional water authority...can condemn land in other cities if it can be proven that it...said Ronald S. Hallman, Chesapeake city attorney. Virginia's State...said. The only other time Chesapeake has condemned another city...
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Chesapeake Corporation Board Nominates Fowden.
PR Newswire; 2/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...Marketing and a Freeman of the City of London. Chesapeake's Board of Directors today...corporation. Mr. Rogers joined Chesapeake's board in 1999. He resigned...business competition between Chesapeake and other companies on whose...
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Agreement to Participate in the Oil and Gas Activities of Greystone Oil & Gas LLP.
PR Newswire; 10/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...regard this agreement with Chesapeake as an extraordinary opportunity. Chesapeake is the country's most active...projects we like to develop." Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the...Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company's operations...
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Acquisition of Kerr-McGee Tower from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Subsequent Sale of Tower to SandRidge Energy, Inc.
Business Wire; 7/12/2007; 700+ words
; OKLAHOMA CITY -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation...cost to Oklahoma City for at least the...K. McClendon, Chesapeake's Chairman and...transaction with Chesapeake whereby SandRidge...one of Oklahoma City's largest and...
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Chesapeake, Va., Conference Center Seeks to Attract Visitors from Afar.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 9/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...Va.--When the Chesapeake Conference Center opened...doors five years ago, city leaders hoped it would...which almost every city is involved in." But...convention bureau -- as Chesapeake has done -- is far more profitable for cities than building new facilities...said she doesn't see ...
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[ Chesapeake to acquire Oneok unit ]
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 12/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Basins that are significant to Chesapeake. The fields include South...Chickasha, Carpenter, Strong City, Clinton, Arapaho, Morewood...within townships in which Chesapeake already owns properties. Chesapeake officials believe the consolidation...
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Midstream Joint Venture.
Business Wire; 9/24/2009; 700+ words
; OKLAHOMA CITY -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK...fund. As part of the transaction, Chesapeake will contribute certain natural gas...processing assets into a new entity, Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.L.C...
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Chesapeake Issues Statement Regarding Shorewood.
Business Wire; 2/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Chesapeake Corporation (NYSE: CSK...expire at midnight, New York City time, on February 18, 2000 in accordance with its terms. Chesapeake has advised Shorewood that...Shorewood's stockholders. Chesapeake also noted that it reserves...
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Chesapeake Bay
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay is North America...addition to Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin includes...District of Columbia. The cities of Richmond, Virginia...imported through the Chesapeake Bay since the Jamestown...
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Chesapeake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chesapeake , city (1990 pop. 151,976), formed independently by the merging of the city of South Norfolk and Norfolk co., SE...of Great Bridge was fought (1775) in Chesapeake. The Dismal Swamp Canal was completed...
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Maryland
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...Continental Congress in two cities, Baltimore and Annapolis...wheat economy. The city of Baltimore was founded in 1729. The city prospered because of...years. The Delaware and Chesapeake Canal opened in 1829, linking Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware...service to northern cities in the ...
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Yorktown Campaign
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...operations against New York City; and the alliance with France...French incursions into the Chesapeake, and draw support from its...fleet appeared to sail for the Chesapeake, Clinton directed Cornwallis...s French squadron in the Chesapeake on 29 August proved key to...
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Southern Slavery
Book article from: American Eras
...The slave population in the Chesapeake grew rapidly in the 1760s...impact on free blacks in the Chesapeake region. They became increasingly...slaves. Many moved to Northern cities for work and community life...brought great changes to the Chesapeake, especially in Virginia...
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