The boards had also discussed an alternative option of creating a federation between the two colleges.
Mr Alston added that no viable alternative option had been presented by objectors.
And this was not playing where the alternative option was normal classroom instruction.
The alternative option is a structured bankruptcy of either or both firms.
At a time when hospitals are spending millions to digitize, open source EHR software is an alternative option to costly and proprietary systems.
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For individuals looking to buy real estate, precious metals, or make other non-traditional investments, or seeking to secure a loan from their solo 401(k), an alternative option exists.
Princess Royal to be taken over by the bigger King's College NHS Trust, although an alternative option that may be considered is running a procurement process that would allow other NHS trusts and independent sector providers to bid to run it.
That alternative option was Android.
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"Wind is arguably the best alternative energy option right now in the United States, " says Culver.
The challenge has been finding an alternative travel option by land and sea that takes them across the Middle East, while avoiding deadly conflict areas.
The company said it is looking to see if there is an alternative technical option to Magrox which would allow the station to extend its life beyond 2012.
Conservative blogger Erick Erickson, of Red State, starts mobilising against the Democrats' proposed alternative to the public option.
However, Baroness Verma confirmed the county was no longer an option and an alternative UK site was being sought.
Campaigners wanted Cornwall Council to pursue alternative plans, known as Option C, which would see a new passenger terminal in Penzance with a separate freight depot outside the town.
The town's chamber of commerce said an alternative supermarket proposal was its preferred option.
Mr Flanagan said Scottish ministers were replicating UK government "attacks on public sector pensions" despite having the option to negotiate an alternative north of the border.
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He said that his co-workers know that employers don't list these options on the income reports they send the IRS and they don't want to pay the alternative minimum tax that can hit option holders.
However, in sentencing, Sheriff Tom Hughes told Lamb that he had been given the order as an alternative to jail - so the only option was prison.
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Although the sustainability of these alternative biofuels makes it an environmentally friendly option for progressive airlines, widespread adoption of recycled cooking oil requires that usage spreads, making the fuel more affordable for budget-strapped airlines.
The firm said the option of a third turbine could still be taken up and that the two-turbine option was being offered as an alternative to the council.
Lady Ashton has tried to propose an alternative to full UN membership: the Vatican option, plus a Quartet statement setting out the terms and timetable for new talks on Palestinian statehood.
He fatally undermined the idea that moral behaviour is a matter of dispassionately calculating the likely outcomes of alternative courses of action and plumping for whichever option stands to yield the greatest utility or happiness.
Before you accuse me of calling for millions of students to drop out of school, let me make a few things clear: First, if you have viable alternative, dropping out may be the best option for you.
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You want a more centrist Republican alternative, more or less exactly like the option that John McCain offered as a candidate during the 2008 presidential election, but which you, a self-styled centre-right newspaper, rejected in favour of Barack Obama, who thus far seems to be the most left-wing American president since the second world war.
Officials decided to invest some money in trialling alternative transport systems, and electric buses seemed a perfect option.
The sticking point is the so-called public option which would provide a government-funded alternative to private health insurance.
Snowe is skeptical of the public option and has been trying to negotiate an alternative with the White House and colleagues on the Finance Committee.
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In America itself, such a system was tried in 1981 as well, for local government workers in Galveston, Texas, who still enjoyed an option under the law then to choose an alternative to the current system.
Currently, hard disk drives offer a more cost-efficient alternative to solid state drives, making them a more suitable option for developing and expanding cloud infrastructures, as capacity matters more than speed.
Valdez also discussed an innovative option his firm is pioneering to give clients an alternative to the typical operating line of credit: In these cases, Pavestone will pool the customer invoices into a fund that becomes the functional equivalent of a traditional line of credit.
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