The ministry said local municipalities will be responsible for carrying out testing and that any item measuring above the set standard will not be permitted to be sold.

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If life in these United States were a role playing game, the lowest difficulty setting would probably be a straight white male who is one standard deviation above mean height. (Unless you are a good enough athlete to get into the NBA being much taller than that is not so good) Tall people have never been denied the right to vote.

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Even cooler is that fact that all of these properties can be applied to a scene as complex as the galaxy image above with physical properties that can be manipulated by touch on a standard issue iPad or any fairly modern mobile device.

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The Nikkei opened the following day at 31, 834, so a stop 0.5% above the prior high of 33, 186 (33, 352) would be standard.

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The air pressure is also now closer to what is normal in Denver, Colorado -- the mile-high city at 5, 280ft -- than the traditionally higher, and more mountaintop-like standard of 8, 000ft above sea level, sparing fliers from the mild altitude sickness that can be experienced when flying a long distance.

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