The council is due to consider an application to extend the popular Big Wheel's stay in Belfast.

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Seventy-five percent of the employers surveyed said they would consider an application from an overqualified worker who is 50 or older.

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Consider the application UpToDate, an expensive subscription database and the go-to source for current medical information.

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The council will consider the proposals on 7 December, after which an application for planning permission could be submitted.

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Consider developing your own capabilities, using commercial building blocks to create an application that your business users can deploy effectively.

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For a more dramatic example, consider the following: An investment in Riverbed Technology (RVBD), a developer of software to accelerate application performance and data transmission speeds on WANs, would have generated a 6x return, versus an investment in Clearwire (CLWR), a provider of portable high-speed wireless broadband services, which would have generated a 0.3x return.

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To give one an idea of exactly how bizarre the application of a seemingly simple concept like sustainability has become, consider the proposed Oregon Sustainability Center in Portland.

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It said that it was legally bound to consider all planning applications in line with planning policy, unlike the county council which can take any view on an application "without consequence".

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