Avoid extraneous spending (spending an extra few hundred to keep up with a vintage theme that no one will remember is not worth it).

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It's not worth the risk to life and it's not worth the money, because there is absolutely no benefit to getting on that people-smuggler's boat.

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But, as the Big Easy prepares to host the party-slash-national holiday it does like no other, Super Bowl Sunday, it's worth remembering that life has not yet returned to normal for everyone here.

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No matter how remote the risk, is it not worth paying almost anything not to fry?

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No, screening everyone in the herd is often not worth it, we are now finding out across multiple disease prevention spheres.

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But if it results in extra offspring (or, at least, if not competing guarantees no offspring), then it is worth it, evolutionarily speaking.

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In other words, it's like coming home, turning on your computer, checking your savings account, and finding out that the 10, 000 bucks you thought you had in savings was not worth anywhere near 10, 000 and worse, you have absolutely no idea what it's worth.

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His often-contradictory nine points aside, the key to the success or failure of 3D will obviously be whether or not audiences think the difference is consistently worth the money, no matter what anyone says about it -- or how awesome it makes sports look.

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The answer is no and it has little to do with the economic dimension that shares in Liverpool may not be worth more than the debt.

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