And ad hoc contests can encourage unhealthy dieting, says Becky Hand, a dietitian with SparkPeople, of Cincinnati, a nutrition-and-fitness website.
Membership of most Public Bill Committees and ad hoc committees of this kind is normally decided by an outfit called the Committee of Selection, which is essentially a clearing house for lists drawn up by the various whips offices.
For years, a game ensued in which the U.S. called for reform and Arab leaders resorted to cosmetic and ad hoc changes to placate Washington, which accepted the meager gestures in the hopes they would lead to further changes.
Both Obama and, to a lesser extent, Ryan missed an opportunity to establish some principles that would guide the ongoing budget work, which has been characterized on both sides of the aisle by disorganized and ad hoc, nearly random, cuts or enhancements to various programs.
He is too much of an historian not to chronicle honestly the failures, missteps and cynical calculations which led up to Nuremberg, and which also played their role in the creation of the Yugoslav and Rwandan ad hoc tribunals currently holding trials in The Hague and Arusha.
The compensation proposal is examined by the committee and its ad hoc outside advisers, in this case Towers Perrin, a consultancy.
Unfortunately, many attacks are handled outside this forum and ad-hoc crime fighting groups seem to pop up like a game of whack-a-mole.
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Earlier this year a report by analysts Laing and Buisson had also criticised training in care homes, saying it was "fragmented and ad-hoc".
If enterprise software makes collaboration too difficult, users will simply go around the system and use ad hoc applications over which IT has no control.
Adil and his wife, Umm Zainab (who is along for the trip as Adil's temper pacifier and ad-hoc sound girl) -- would head for Makkah, as they were doing the Hajj themselves as pilgrims and wanted to perform their "umrah" in the city before the crowds got in.
Creators and audiences congregate ad hoc in meandering conversations, a common space of shared imagination and interests.
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Yet it doesn't go far enough for us to feel much of anything as Algren goes through all sorts of hell on a mission most improbable, first as Katsumoto's captive (he learns to speak Japanese in a matter of months), and later as his acolyte, ad hoc strategist and joyous -- except not joyous enough -- companion in arms, if need be to the death.
There also appears to be some giant ogre or monster that accompanies and aids the boys, who climb vine-covered walls, and walk over ad hoc ogre bridges.
It was here that the unelected, largely unknown and unaccountable nabobs of central banking actually began to fix the global monetary system in a series of ad hoc and highly irregular deals with each other.
In pursuit of ever closer union, Mr Delors and his staff set up ad hoc groups, bypassed chains of command and outsourced tasks to whoever could get them done.
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In Tabriz and nearby Ardabil, the two major cities near the earthquake area, several local businesses, teachers and college professors had created ad hoc relief teams, separate from the government, and were sending truckloads of food, water and blankets to the area.
Afterward it ran evacuations for Forbes 500 companies and governments on an ad hoc basis.
The studios that survived coped with a loss of income by shedding overhead and talent and shifting to ad-hoc creative teams.
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Network Computing gave the KR1 a try, and found it to be an easy, reliable way to create a quick-and-dirty ad-hoc network.
In an effort to help displaced hurricane victims and their families, ad hoc communities of Internet users are using mapping technologies from Google to track storm damage, analyze aerial photos and try to make sense of what little information is available.
Additional money for the IMF can be provided in an ad hoc and bilateral manner, but the deeper problem remains--the IMF's resources are now too small and probably need to be increased about 10 times for the organization to play a proper stabilizing role.
"We continue to seek to streamline the early stages of work of potential future IEEE 802.3 Ethernet wireline standards-development activities, " said John D'Ambrosia, chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc and IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus group and chief Ethernet evangelist, CTO office, Dell.
In an effort to help displaced hurricane victims and their families, ad hoc communities of Internet users are using mapping technologies from Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) to track storm damage, analyze aerial photos and try to make sense of what little information is available.
Professor Martin Price, Chair of the UK MAB Committee and UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development at the University of the Highlands and Islands, played a key role in the development of the strategy, acting as Rapporteur of the ICC Session and participating in an ad hoc working group comprised of representatives from 20 countries.
With the internet, that experimentation can be shared and dissected across a huge ad hoc network of educators.
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Buried under regional insurance monopolies, supply-side cartels, and a vast web of ad hoc government intrusions is something remotely resembling an actual market.
To capitalize on the buzz, Garan developed a Web site, thisisblythe.com, and became Blythe's ad hoc spokesperson, moderating discussion groups for people interested in buying.
For years, the museum survived from ad hoc grants and donations.
Those remaining are struggling to cover the fuel rods with water, using sea water and fire hoses, an ad hoc battle that seems less likely to succeed as each day goes by.
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