Results also show that the odds of a locality joining the CCP are predictable by the landscape characteristics of spatial neighbors.
Under threat of being scrubbed away with disinfectant, individual bacteria can improve their odds of survival by joining together to form colonies, called biofilms.
But if the message contained the names of four people who had no direct Facebook friendships between them, the odds of the recipient joining the site more than doubled.
With Perry having slumped in the polls, however, and Romney the more likely nominee, the odds tilt slightly toward Obama joining the list of one-termers.
In "Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices, Feldmann focuses on four men with remarkably diverse resumes, who, despite shared links to Roosevelt, often found themselves at odds once they joined the Court.
Still, he will face daunting odds if he joins the fray.
How about an increase in the odds of receiving a future invitation to join a more lucrative conference?
Bookies are currently offering odds of 16-1 that David Cameron will soon join his friend in the waiting room at Chipping Norton's local Jobcentre Plus.
Once there, joining a harem may reduce their odds of injury or death at the flippers of amorous males.
Undaunted by the slim odds of last night's draw, people in several states rushed to join a ticket-buying frenzy for the largest potential jackpot in the history of lotteries: $350 million.
Whether or not she is or was a Blairite, she was an early supporter of Ed Miliband, joining his leadership campaign in 2010 when bookmakers were quoting odds of 33-1 against him.
