Earth observation satellite (i.e. biddee) receives observation request from the ground station by communication satellite. The biddee publishes these tasks to DSS and selects winner satellite (successful bidder) for job through bidding process. Successful bidder executes the observation task. Observation result is conveyed to the biddee.

There are also lots of ricers. By two weeks into ricing season, Native Harvest bought from 30 or 40 ricers.

Not that my wife is an inveterate gambler; as a matter of fact the poor kid hasn't any card sense at all and doesn't even care for it. She only piked along because I—I compelled her to.

A word that expresses precisely the essence of lizardness, for he lies listlessly in the sand and then, suddenly, he zips onward to some unknown spot