And the pipeline is improving so that we may see this number shift further upward.
That is because they do not merely shift the same number of inmates with the same problems and costs from one level of government to another.
Even with Obama's pro-immigration shift and the growing number of Latinos in competitive states, their actual turnout may flag from their record numbers in 2008.
Thanks to Shift Your Shopping and a number of other national and local initiatives aimed at raising consumer awareness to shop at independent retailers, those surveyed by national nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) outperformed the industry, reporting an average increase in holiday sales of 6.7% in 2011.
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The government says it is worried about the number of bureaucrats who shift into business without getting permission, and aims to end the practice.
This trend, according to Christopher Leinberger, an urban planning professor at the University of Michigan and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, stems not only from changing demographics but also from a major shift in the way an increasing number of Americans -- especially younger generations -- want to live and work.
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Even if Amazon and Red Shift become the industry platform, a number of things can still go wrong.
Even taking SARS into account, the number of containers needed to shift goods from one place to another is likely to continue growing fast.
The study was conducted by a 13, 000 employee NASDAQ-listed Chinese firm over a nine month period and found within the performance boost was an 8.5 percent increase in the number of minutes worked per shift and a 3.5 percent increase in the performance they squeezed out per the minutes they worked.
If however, the company announces a bold shift in strategy and a higher than expected number of initial shipments, Wall Street analysts may need to adjust their models accordingly and that could result in massive short squeeze.
The main reason for the resulting rise in the number of mini-countries is the shift from empire or dictatorship to self-determination, especially in the past quarter-century.
"The number of options available to him to shift towards UKIP are limited if he's to keep faith with his own commitment to modernizing the Conservative Party, " Travers said.
The rapid shift to non-employment should concern us for a number of reasons.
Besides stocks, a number of independent investment advisers are recommending that investors shift their assets overseas in 2006.
Over the weekend, Volkswagen and its Chinese joint ventures said they would voluntarily recall cars suspected of having substandard direct-shift gearbox systems, though they didn't specify the number.
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Effective leaders apply focus to a limited number of highest and best use activities rather than to continually shift gears between multiple initiatives.
In a program held late Friday in honor of World Consumer Rights Day, CCTV accused Volkswagen of selling cars with substandard direct-shift gearbox systems, causing acceleration problems and car accidents for an unspecified number of consumers.
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Part of the attraction for investors is a long-term demographic shift toward more families with two working parents, as well as a greater number of working mothers with young children, Mr. Lissy said.
The rise is partly explained by a jump in the number of people needing non-emergency treatments as well as reflecting a shift towards more people choosing to use private providers - something they are entitled to do under patient choice.
The lower sales number can also, in part, be attributed to the company's shift in product groups to high-end products, away from low-quality printers.
Most benefits firms continue to see their costs rise 8 to 10 percent a year and shift more onto their workers, particularly in the bad economy where companies have reduced the number of their employees and therefore have fewer premium dollars to spread risk and pay claims.
However, as PC growth slows and more users adopt smartphones to stay connected on the move, an increasing number of Internet searches will be performed on mobile phones and online ad dollars will shift to mobile advertising.
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Big releases by acts such as Jay-Z or Lil' Wayne can expect to shift somewhere between 600, 000 and 900, 000 copies in their first week, but the number one album often sells less than 200, 000 copies.
Disney also laid off about the same number at the movie studio in April to cope with the decline in DVD sales as consumer habits shift to digital forms of home entertainment.
In part, this is why we are likely to start seeing a shift from long-term and highly capital-intensive investments like coal plants and nuclear power to an increasing number of bets on smaller, modular, and more flexible technologies.
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