From 1980-1993 the finals were played to a maximum of 31 frames and even now, with the winner only needing to reach 10, the format has created few shock results over the years.

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The new Nikon 1 J2 features a 10.1-megapixel CX-format CMOS sensor and the EXPEED 3 image processing engine to give users images and HD video with amazing fidelity and color, along with the ability to capture images in challenging lighting situations.

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Click on the format button and you'll find 10 font styles and sizes to choose from and various options for line and margin spacing.

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That would mean that the agreed Celtic League format of 11 teams playing 10 home and 10 away games over a 22-week period will be retained for next season.

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For those of you on the ultra-portable tip, the U500 is a 13.3-inch (16:10 format, 1280 x 800) ultraportable that weighs in at just under 4.5 pounds.

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In 2004, Dow Jones switched the format of the magazine to a monthly from a weekly and cut 80 jobs, or 10% of its staff in Asia at the time.

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In Australia, 68% of competitions use Stableford and 10% use an even faster format called Par, in which a tally is kept of the number of holes played over net par, under net par or net par.

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