None of those reports identified a quantifiable net benefit from relocating existing power lines systemwide.
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Such disagreements are another argument for congressional approval rather than agency net benefit analysis.
So selfish elements should be welcomed in such lineages if evolvability is a net benefit.
The net benefit was marginal, and given the huge costs associated with culling, was not economically viable.
Given the immense scale of the immigration we receive, it seems incredible that immigration yields so small a net benefit.
In other words, there should be a net benefit to the global environment and slow the course of global warming.
Their work supported the low-end estimate of a net benefit from immigration of about one quarter of 1% of national income.
The net benefit to seniors who retire in 2020 is roughly double the amount received by seniors who retired three decades before.
So obviously to implement some of these technologies will have some additional cost, but the net benefit to consumers will be enormous.
Although elders today represent a net benefit to the female career professional in BRIC markets, demographic projections a huge leap in the percentage of the population over 60.
The "net benefit figure" was "fanciful and misleading", it said.
Although I will note, even within the 50-year projection, they projected for 13 years, an amnesty program for undocumented workers would be a net benefit for the U.S. economy.
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Increasing CO2 levels will be a net benefit because cultivated plants grow better and are more resistant to drought at higher CO2 levels, and because warming and other supposedly harmful effects of CO2 have been greatly exaggerated.
In the months leading up to the vote, the RAND Corporation released two independent studies that examined the theory that California would realize a net benefit from legalization and see reductions in the illicit proceeds and violence associated with drug trafficking.
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At the end of the day, when it comes to video games and the systems they run on, I say the more the merrier (within reason.) There are downsides to exclusive content, and to the expense developers and publishers face making games across platforms, but I still believe that the competition drives better games, more innovation, and is an overall net benefit for gamers.
Although these products are taxed, neither produces a net economic benefit to society.
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Agency net-benefit estimates also are notoriously wide-ranging, making it difficult to conclude anything about the effectiveness of the regulatory state on the whole.
Prohibiting creditors from refinancing residential mortgages unless the creditor determines the refinancing provides a "net tangible benefit" to the borrower, but makes it difficult to know whether lenders are in compliance.
Food exporters, and countries where farmers are self-sufficient, or net sellers, benefit.
The recommender patents from Net Perceptions could benefit Ebay as an Intellectual Ventures investor, yet they could also be aimed at any Web site that gives shoppers tips on what they may like.
"I can't imagine a situation, given what we know now, other than a screening mechanism followed by some sort of trial for the net risk and benefit versus risk, " Califf said.
The net result was no benefit in survival.
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The first thing you need to do is talk to your loan officer and accountant to determine your total interest cost, net of the tax benefit, which will tell you how much your investment portfolio needs to earn in order to pay off the interest-rate charges of your mortgage.
Handheld computers and wireless net-phones would also benefit from a less chatty protocol, more efficient use of their limited battery power, the ability to cope in noisy environments, and an easier way to send files while on the move (from, say, digital cameras).
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This should help select individuals who will be net economic contributors, which should be a big benefit to those who are worried that low-skilled immigrants are a net economic drain.
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