A clockwise current, say, might then be used to represent a "one" in the binary code, with an anticlockwise one representing a zero.
If the charger is not earthed, or if the person taking the call provides a better path for current – say from a damaged wire – then the effect could be lethal.
Although L.A. is a denim capital, Current says it was initially challenging to gain entree into the city's often-male-run production facilities.
Driving this business is the need that retailers feel to keep their inventory current, said Barry G. Hibbard, a ranch vice president.
Roundfield, 59, got his wife safely to some rocks, but he was swept away in the current, said John Larmonie, a police spokesman.
"It's very, very current," said Jimmy Paul, a New York hairstylist who works exclusively on fashion shoots and who until recently did not take a beard trimmer to work.
It is 10 times more efficient than zinc oxide at converting mechanical stress into electric current, says Michael McAlpine, a mechanical engineering professor at Princeton University.
"The objective was to make the beam smaller while increasing the current," says Kazunori Akai, a KEK physicist.
Current said in a statement that market conditions and the recession forced the company to abandon the IPO.
Current said in a release that the new show would be her "platform to discuss the latest headlines, pop culture events and anything else that comes to mind".
"She has a good eye for keeping current," said Erinn Berkson, owner of the Firefly boutique on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, who carries Dollar's pillows and postcards.
