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Airlines weigh costs, revenue in picking planes

Airlines have been cutting passenger-carrying capacity by reducing the number of flights and using smaller planes instead of bigger ones on some routes.

Teen lit alive with positive characters of size

Like never before, teen lit is alive with plus-size characters who take on their school tormenters and get the guy, soaking up self-esteem as football heroes and big-girl models.

Plus-size women take TV; fans see mixed blessing

Ask model and fashion designer Emme whether television and other media are more accepting of plus-size people, and she quickly corrects you.

Surprise: Fish in acidic waters grow bigger ears

Listen up! Carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans is having a puzzling effect on fish — their ears get bigger. Now, that doesn't mean you're going to reel in the Mr. Spock of the sea. Fish ears are inside their bodies. But, as in humans, their ears perform a major role in sensing movement and whether the animal is upright — abilities that are important for survival.

Mass. May Expand Discrimination Law

Ellen Frankel stands just 4-foot-8 1/2 inches tall, a size that allowed larger co-workers to playfully scoop her up at the office and make remarks about her height. Some even patted her on the head.

Size: Inconsistent, but Never Irrelevant

The sight of all those size-0 models on the Fashion Week runways recalls an oft-quoted line from the film "The Devil Wears Prada." Happy to be a size 6, the impressionable young fashion assistant Andy Sachs is soon brought down to size: Six, her mentor declares, "is the new 14."

Texas Students Learn About Portion Sizes

With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks helped her class understand the correct portion sizes for vegetables.

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Does Penis Size Matter?
Source: AskMen.com

In a world of supersize cars, jobs, meals, and just about everything else, it's hard to stop thinking about whether bigger is actually better for everything.

Why Breasts are so Fascinating and What Makes Them Beautiful

"Men are mollified by tits, we don't know why, we just are. It's how we could end war; paint the Goodyear blimp like a tit, put a nipple on it and fly over the Middle East during a confrontation". -Denis Leary

Climate Change Triggered Dwarfism In Soil-dwelling Creatures Of The Past
Source: Science Daily

Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Uses Base-10 File Sizes
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Apple have changed Finder from base-2 to base-10 file size calculations. The change was made in a boneheaded and idiotic way. They have ONLY changed Finder to base-10. This means that all other applications are reporting transfer speed and sizes in base-2.

When is Government too big?
Source: msnbc.com

Brief economics review – The REAL difference between Socialist and Free Market economies Economists have noticed a close relationship between economic growth and the amount of government spending (as a % of Gross Domestic Product - GDP), which is represented by the Rahn Curve. …

Never thought I'd say this but…
Source: Shameless Magazine

Post about Glamour's article about size in the fashion industry, body image, etc.

Penis length is determined early in fetal development
Source: mrc.ac.uk

Research in rats has found that penis length is pre-determined by the action of hormones during a limited time frame early in fetal development. Exposure to hormones after this time can speed-up penis growth, but ultimately cannot increase the size reached in adulthood.

Climate change is shrinking sheep
Source: BBC News

Climate change is causing a breed of wild sheep in Scotland to shrink, according to research. Scientists say milder winters help smaller sheep to survive, resulting in this "paradoxical decrease in size".

Tumour op to let lad smile again
Source: The Sun Newspaper Online

A YOUNG Iraqi boy is set to smile for the first time in a year today as British surgeons remove a tumour the size of a MELON from his face in a life-saving op.

Big boobs chest got to go, says tennis smasher
Source: croatiantimes.com

Stunning Wimbledon hopeful Simona Halep has told how she's going to have a boob job to reduce the size of her massive mixed double DDs. Smasher Simona, 17, has been way out in front in junior internationals where her amazing form has won her an army of goggle-eyed fans.

Gates Foundation: Teachers trump class size
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After investing billions of dollars in U.S. education, the foundation's new CEo says better teachers, not smaller class sizes, are key...

Storm in a DD cup; M&S Tits-up; Big Boob Supporters Won't Cost More
Source: Death To Glamour

Hmmm – thanks then. You've given M & S the ad campaign and free PR they've been dreaming of and ensured that either the quality/style range of bras will suffer across the board or that you'll be forever compensated by your smaller busted counterparts.

How Fat or Fit Were Dinosaurs? Scientists Use Laser Imaging
Source: Science Daily

Karl Bates and his colleagues in the palaeontology and biomechanics research group have reconstructed the bodies of five dinosaurs, two T.

Doctors don't know why my baby daughter isn't getting any bigger
Source: Mirror.co.uk

Meet Suraya Brown – the little girl who is baffling doctors by refusing to grow. The brown-eyed youngster is now 14-months-old and should weigh at least 20lb. Yet she is still the size of a newborn baby, tipping the scales at just over 7lb and a mere 19in.

In the animal world, bigger isn't necessarily better
Source: e! Science News

Shocking new research shows size isn't always an advantage in the animal world, shattering a widely-held belief that bigger is better.

Coffee can make women's breasts smaller: Swedish study
Source: thelocal.se

Women who drink a lot of coffee may see their breasts become more petite, according to the results of a new Swedish study.

Giant prehistoric geese the size of small plane
Source: Telegraph

Giant prehistoric geese the size of small aircraft once flew over Britain, scientists have discovered.

Pub toilet todger tiff ends in bloodbath
Source: The Register (UK)

Three men were last week shot dead in a south Durban tavern after a "remark about a patron's penis size" turned seriously nasty

Obama v McCain: who has the bigger imaginary penis? AMERICA DECIDES
Source: theridiculant.metro.co.uk

As a public service to our American cousins, we've identified a key issue which could be the ultimate deciding factor in this election.

Bigger is better, until you go extinct
Source: msnbc.com

Evolution favors larger species, although extinction risk is greater for them More Articles and Seeds From blinkin

Revamping Education in U.S. Schools Is Badly Needed
Source: Business Week

Concerns about the lack of U.S. competitiveness are often dismissed as fear-mongering designed to promote an unpatriotic agenda.

Penis Size Preference Chart
Source: The Huffington Post

The size is measured according to length and circumference (both in inches), and scaled from Ideal to Not Satisfying (too small in length and girth, or too big in length and girth, or any freaky combination of small and big) - with stops at Very Satisfying But Not Ideal, Satisfyi …

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Size is all for Syrian restaurant
Source: BBC News

The scale and decor are reminiscent of a Hollywood epic film set Syria may already boast some of the world's best food, but now it can also claim the world's largest restaurant.

Doughnut-shaped Universe bites back
Source: News at Nature

The doughnut is making a comeback – at least as a possible shape for our Universe.

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