Regardless of what the source was for the activity, what you had was a collision of demand and capital that led to a critical mass, an explosion growth of innovation and production.

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Chris Messina pointed out that people seeking to create their own activity stream applications could benefit from another open source project, status.net, that has implemented a protocol called OStatus that incorporates the activity stream formats.

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The main source of the renewed weakness in economic activity seems to be related to a slowdown in international trade, as evidenced by flat export demand seen by Asia, which triggered an involuntary build-up in inventories in the manufacturing sector.

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During the Cold War, Hanford was a buzzing hive of activity, eventually becoming the main source of plutonium production for the nation's nuclear weapons program.

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Because many healthcare providers find it difficult to keep up with the newest therapies as they become available, this activity is a legitimate and sometimes valuable source of information.

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Finally, the source of the unreported assets cannot be derived from illegal activity. (For this purpose, the proceeds of a tax evasion scheme from a legitimate business are not deemed to be from an illegal activity.) If all of these elements of voluntary disclosure are met, the IRS generally will not prosecute the taxpayer for the noncompliance.

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