And healthy trading profits during the first half of the year mean bonus pools are growing, not shrinking.
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
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Either way, holding out until next year could mean a quicker and more profitable sale.
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Latitude was set up last year by Mean Fiddler, the firm behind the Reading and Leeds festivals.
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She raised concerns about supervision levels after teams were re-organised in the last year to mean some wards share sergeants.
The assets accrued during its 800-year existence mean that it relies on the state for only about two-fifths of its funding.
All these birds can live decades and take years to mature, so adult birds killed by oil this year will mean populations reduced for years to come.
The bright start to the year might mean that the current quarter is no worse than the previous one, but much will depend on whether financial markets remain calm.
Mr Havel is still the only serious candidate, but doctors' recent worries about his health (he had a bit of lung removed last year) mean it is not yet certain he will run, though he thinks, rightly, that the country needs a man of his standing and decency against the backdrop of sleaze.
The fact that there is an election this year does not mean that people sent to Washington by their constituents across the country can take the year off.
Failure to reach agreement on the seven-year budget would mean the EU rolling over annual budgets - a method that would be more expensive and would complicate long-term projects.
But there are two large-scale tent poles dropping this year that frankly mean much more to their respective studios than merely whether or not money is made or franchises continue.
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And does the overall prospect of this, do you fear that this is going to go on every year, I mean do you see any signs of progress in this particular area?
Specifically, the months of May, June, July, September and October have shown trends of increasing sea ice that are just slightly above the mean year-to-year average, the Center said on their website.
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The catchment area is being increased by the creation of a pair of reservoirs, the first of which, due to be finished next year, will mean the rainfall-catchment acreage will extend to two-thirds of the island's total land area.
More immediately, Vickery's absence will mean 38 year-old Andy Deacon will continue at tight-head for Gloucester for the rest of the season.
By "this time of year, " I mean something that starts no later than Thanksgiving (and often sooner) and pervades the entire atmosphere until Dec. 25.
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If I could be cured of this once and for all and freed from the debilitating allergies that plague me throughout the year, it would mean the world to me.
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So although there are plenty of supplies on the orbiting platform right now to sustain a crew all the way through to June next year, the regulations mean the astronauts have narrow windows in which to make their return to Planet Earth.
But the outpouring of support that we have seen over this last year -- I mean, the hours logged, the services donated, the love and devotion and offers to help that have poured in from every corner of the country -- all of that has far surpassed even our wildest expectations.
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Failure to ratify the treaty this year not only would mean losing our nuclear inspectors in Russia, but also it would undermine the international coalition pressuring Iran, put to risk the transit routes used to equip our troops in Afghanistan, and undo decades of American leadership and bipartisanship on nuclear security.
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That is not without consequence, as it will mean slower growth in the short term (less than one year), but cutting deficits year after year, even gradually, will mean a very slow-growth, muddle through economy for a sustained period.
Despite average rates of obesity and smoking, their life expectancy outpaces the national mean by a year.
Which should mean a big year, as well, for ARM and Warren East.
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Nine World Series champions--the first nine clubs on our list--have registered less than a full standard deviation above the mean in the year they won.
The bad economy hasn't stopped companies from advertising during the Super Bowl this year, but it does mean they're looking to get far more for their money.
The business will become even more attractive to commercial banks next year when new capital standards mean banks can set aside less capital against margin loans to hedge funds.
Degree courses are supposed to last five years, but strikes by unpaid teaching staff and riots by angry students mean the academic year often runs late, sometimes a whole year late.
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