The commission's independence from the Council is at the heart of the current balance of powers.

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Largely absent in all of this discussion, but on the minds of many, is fixing the balance sheet of the households who are at the heart of the mortgage crisis.

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Gene Smith, the OSU director of athletics, bless his heart, said he will endeavor to help you achieve that balance as a personal part of his job.

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While there are many heart rate apps available, Inner Balance is monitoring heart rate variability (HRV) - a measurement of beat-to-beat changes that occur within heart rhythms and a sophisticated and highly sensitive observation of emotional fluctuations.

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But that could mean thousands of extra heart attacks if the risks don't balance out.

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Yet however heart-warming, this optimism depends crucially on the balance of incentives on offer to those who are brave (or foolhardy) enough to blow the whistle.

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But at the heart of the scandal lay vital questions about how London strikes the balance between its ambition to be a global financial centre and its duty of care to ordinary investors.

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Heart attacks caused 42 percent of the deaths and strokes 41 percent, with the balance resulting from other types of cardiovascular disease.

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But this may be less encouraging than it seems, because if vorapaxar increased the number of strokes due to bleeding, that could balance out any benefit from reducing heart attacks and strokes.

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In any case, the time when whatever is on one side of the balance is weighed against whatever is on the other side -- whether it's your heart, your soul or your debts -- and the final reckoning is made.

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