Word: blockings
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...California Assemblyman Marty Block has also sought government intervention, and in January considered proposing legislation to establish a statewide egg-donor registry. But realizing that such a costly endeavor would have little chance for success given the state's budget woes, Block settled on a more recession-friendly action. In late February, he presented a bill that would require all advertisements promising thousands of dollars to egg donors to carry some fine print. It would inform women that there's not much information on the long-term risks of donating...
...recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research provides promising data to back up such a policy change. Conducted by economists at the University of California and Columbia University, the decade-long study found that high-school freshmen who attended school within a block of fast-food restaurants were markedly more likely to be obese than those whose schools were farther away when adjusted for variables like income and race. Similar results applied when researchers tracked obesity rates before and after the opening of a new fast-food outlet in the area...
...Five minutes later, the Bulldogs rebutted with the help of Jessica Sturgill and Jenna Block, tying the game at one. As the rest of the period wore on, both teams found themselves chasing the ball and each other for a total of 13 minutes without any goals scored...
...lead over its counterpart after a kill by Weissbourd and consecutive attack errors by NYU. Just moments later, however, NYU junior hitter Michael Ferragonio carried his team right back with two consecutive kills to give NYU a slim 16-15 advantage. The two teams would trade points until a block by freshman Luke Hamlet gave the Violets another close victory. Facing a 2-0 deficit, the Crimson changed its strategy going into the third set. “We went back to focusing on fundamental things we needed to do such as defense and our transition game...
...added that his company agreed to participate in the trial only to demonstrate that the policy was "fundamentally flawed, a waste of taxpayers' money and would not work." Critics of mandatory Internet filtering point out that in some countries, including China and Thailand, it's used to block not only morally objectionable content but also those that are critical of the government. More to the point, many Internet providers say blacklists don't work anyway: most illegal activity online happens via peer-to-peer networking, which Web filters can't block. "It's almost trivial to get around the filters...