Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal keep their thoughts thickly buried in wit and sarcasm, but they snapshot the situation effectively, and then they move on to celebrity gossip, inside jokes, and betting lines.
Results of such surveillance often provide a snapshot of the situation in a specific place or time, which can also be tracked over time to assess the longitudinal pattern.
Nan Sloane, director of the Centre for Women and Democracy, acknowledges that the Sex and Power report offers only a snapshot of the situation around women in power in the arts.
Germany's attempt to get its own permanent membership of the Security Council is being opposed by Spain and Italy in the name of Europe, naturally.George Bush, recruiting sergeantYet taking a snapshot of the situation in 2004 and assuming it will remain forever unchanged could be misleading.
Meanwhile, a "snapshot" of the situation at the moment you departed is saved on the fob itself, alerting you, for instance, if the garage door was left open.
The data used in this paper represent a snapshot of the situation in the Pacific around the start of the 21st century.
The first is a 90-day task force looking to obtain a "quick snapshot" of the situation, said Executive Director for Operations Bill Borchardt, with a preliminary report to be released in 60 days.
It is a worrying drop in the effectiveness of the artemisinin-based drugs, and with 40% of the patients coming from Burma, a worrying snapshot of the situation there.
"Perhaps the research wasn't as scientific as some would like but it certainly gives us a snapshot of the situation at the coalface and it's clear the system isn't working as it should," he said.
This analysis provides, however, a snapshot of the situation of the Radiology Division at a particular moment in time, so the data cannot be extrapolated uncritically, as in different settings the costs may differ greatly as a result of both the equipment and materials available and organisational decisions affecting the cost of personnel.
Even if the FBI says it is not investigating defense lawyers now, said Connell, the commission should take "a realistic approach that takes history into account" and not a one-time snapshot of the situation.
