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I began by noticing the sunsets, and I had the time to stop and really wonder, at the beauty and the magnitude of it all.

Now I was nervous. I bet it would be the same feeling of somebody to meet Hillary Clinton or to that magnitude.

But let me also profile the magnitude of the challenge with just a few statistics.

In the light of the magnitude of these losses, it would be prudent to act as if [global warming] is correct.

To be the cause of an accident of this magnitude is so irresponsible that it defies the imagination.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average's 46% surge was one of just six of that magnitude in the last 100 years.

When axial loads are incidental and of small magnitude, the members are kept from sliding along the shaft by means of a set screw.

Many doctors question the magnitude of harm from combining these medicines, and a second, smaller study suggests it may not be very large.

Earthquakes of similar magnitude have struck bigger cities in richer countries and claimed just a few dozen lives.

Then quakes will increase to the point of being considered magnitude 6-7 along the long New Madrid fault line and its attendant splinters.

As the woman's rage subsided, she realized the magnitude of what she had done and began to cry.

If you want the surveillance society to become a reality, you're going to have to increase budgets by an order of magnitude.

He wasn't someone who would easily be troubled or indecisive in facing problems, at least not when it is of any important magnitude.

There is a question of magnitude here that they seem to have missed.

Politicians and average people alike reproved Bush for his aloofness in the face of a tragedy of such a magnitude.

Then, for days on end there does not seem to be a wobble (as per LISS) and earthquakes sharply decrease in number and magnitude.

Looking at it thus he found that life was to be seen of the same magnitude here as elsewhere.

"We may quite literally see turnout of a magnitude that we have not seen in a century of American politics, " he said.

The faintest star you can see with a telescope (under excellent seeing conditions) is referred to as the limiting magnitude.

It was the very same feeling, he said later, as when he had first seen carpet tiles, but orders of magnitude larger.

It now compels those in the minority to make sacrifices of a magnitude they are not necessarily ready to make.

Preliminary findings show that this cluster is not similar to Amoy Gardens in terms of magnitude and case pattern.

Two offences of a very different nature, and by no means of equal magnitude, you last night laid to my charge.

"This [date] is not just a little bit wrong, but far out ofany order of magnitude, " he said.

Hargreaves recalled: "After my first season, I had a bit of a tendon problem, which I did not realise the magnitude of. "

But Terry, who understands the magnitude of the challenge, is still intent on winning, or at least beating Manchester United!

A capacity increase of that magnitude would be extraordinary for a country that has never produced more than 11 million barrels a day.

Force is not the only physical quantity which requires the specification of a direction in space as well as a magnitude.

Physics tells us that the magnitude of this force is going to be, well, G is just a constant.

"We were surprised that this was happening so soon, and we were surprised at the magnitude of the report, " he said.

Here, then, is a list of every known individual who has staked a claim to a weight of 900 pounds or more, in descending order of magnitude.

It may not have been precisely accurate, but it had a sort of "order of magnitude" ring of truth to it.

The processing time of kinematics could be reduced by over two orders of magnitude and processing speed of the system was also improved.

The gravimetric hydrogen production rate exceeds that of other solar-driven thermochemical processes by more than an order of magnitude.

Wind measurement differs from that of temperature in that the magnitude and direction must be observed.

Astute people have noted that the magnitude of a quake does not seem to have relevance to the destruction that ensures.

The magnitude of his expectations and naive faith in her financial prowess struck Inna like a splash of cold water.

It would be irresponsible for me to downplay the magnitude of this crisis or assure you that everything is under control.

If accretion takes place in eccentric orbits as well, the rotation will be prograde and of the right order of magnitude.

In the next two hours, took place in two low-magnitude earthquakes.

What was the duration of the earthquake? Why don't you report the duration of each earthquake? How does the duration affect the magnitude?

A spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission said the fraud was of shocking magnitude and that has spread around the world.

The last time China had a quake of that magnitude it took them three months to admit that it had happened.

Society is not set up to deal with rapid sea level rise. It would be a catastrophe of a magnitude we've never experienced.

There is usually no clear correlation between the magnitude of a shock and the number of killed people or other destruction.

All Web sites should be ready to handle traffic several orders of magnitude greater than normal load.

Surpluses of this magnitude have usually been recorded only by smaller nations growing out of a crisis, or by significant oil exporters.

The magnitude of WR depends on the rate of spontaneous imbibition and the total volume of the imbibition liquid.

Like the rest of the world, President Obama must have been surprised by the magnitude of the protests in Iran.

I assume that it is actually going to take something of the 10 magnitude to get their attention or You wouldn't be doing this?

' Current economic woes weren't of that magnitude, he said.

The results of calculation indicate that the blade frictional torques have a magnitude equal to that of the driving torques.

The quake was one of the world's five strongest in more than a century of record-keeping , with a magnitude of 8. 9 .

Making a decision of that magnitude cannot be reduced to a formula.

By 2030 you'll be able to see them on the highway, with a driving reliability(10) that will exceed humans by orders of magnitude(11).

It used to be customary, in a book of this magnitude, to explain unanswered questions and tie up loose ends.

"It will be weeks at least before the true magnitude of these clouds are known, " Nasa said in an alert message.

The Wenchuan earthquake registered 8 on the Richter magnitude scale, making it a major earthquake.

The limiting magnitude is directly related to aperture, where larger apertures allow you to see fainter stars.

The magnitude of difference between the price of a house and a toaster would skew the "total spend" numbers in favor of your argument.

The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe.

But given that the US economy is more than three times the size of China's, the magnitude of such an adjustment is likely to be beyond it.

It's just a different consumption model, and I don't think it changes the price point by orders of magnitude.

Now, after 40 years of less powerful seismic activity, there have been a dozen earthquakes of 8. 0 magnitude or greater.

So needless to say, the United States is in a financial mess of unprecedented magnitude.

This Truth is resonating in every Heart Flame, and people everywhere are beginning to sense the magnitude of the hour.

We now see that no logic except bio-logic can assemble a thinking device, or even a workable system of any magnitude.

The experiment demonstrates that this method can improve the measurement precision by one order of magnitude.

The grinding process is a complex. The magnitude of the grinding force affects the surface quality of the components.

And then, just a few days ago, an 7. 8 magnitude earthquake shook China, the tremors reaching as far as Thailand and Vietnam.

Exports are expected to slow down in 2001, but the magnitude is unlikely to be substantial as toys are not luxury items.

So, the stability analysis of its risk is also taken an important place in the investment besides the magnitude analysis of risk.

To understand how unwise it is to have the Federal Reserve, one must first understand the magnitude of the privileges they have.

'A fall in the number of poor of this magnitude over such a short period is without historical precedent, ' the authors write.

Royal New Zealand Geological and Nuclear Science said the last earthquake occurred in Canterbury magnitude 7. 1 earthquake aftershocks.

"I'm not sure the full magnitude of this mammoth South American feed grain crop is dialed into here, " he said.

At least five people have been killed in a 6. 0 magnitude earthquake that hit the northern parts of Italy on early Sunday.

The significance of the story though, is not so much in the magnitude of the shift but rather in the direction of travel.

This will be a profound transition for each and every form identity, a transition of a magnitude you can only begin to suspect.

"The ferris wheel will withstand an earthquake of up to magnitude 8, owing to its quake-resistant design, " the China Daily said.

From this point on, as the promised rewards or threatened punishment become larger, the magnitude of dissonance becomes smaller.

Both seemed to be common reactions to today's East Coast quake, which had a magnitude of 5. 9.

Seismograms are the records (paper copy) produced by seismographs used to calculate the location and magnitude of an earthquake.

Shopping for clothes can be a small matter for some, but a problem of the greatest magnitude for others.

In a crisis of this magnitude, no one should be surprised if China acts in its own interests.

The main factor affecting the stability of MAP recordings was the magnitude of the negative pressure exerted by the suction electrode.

But there was no difference in the magnitude of symptom score improvement between placebo and saw palmetto.

Technically, Dr. Applegate said, the magnitude 8. 9 quake was an aftershock.

When someone pitched an idea, Page would invariably counter with a variation that was an order of magnitude more ambitious.

Although significant, magnitude of mothers' limitations did not solely explain commitment, either instrumental or affective.

A pair of forces of equal magnitude acting in parallel but opposite directions, capable of causing rotation but not translation.

Obama did not really bring "change" ; he only increased the magnitude and speed of the policy responses.

So how do you train for something of this magnitude? And why would you pay money months in advance to do this to yourself?

The magnitude of the damage and that of the cosmic ray's effect on soil formation are calculated preliminarily.

Those earthquakes were of a smaller magnitude but had a similar impact in terms of deaths.

And, you know, the Japanese, they have more earthquakes greater than magnitude six or seven than probably any other country in the world.

An explanation of the magnitude of such a dipole moment must seal explicity with two contributing factors.

The lowest magnitude of completely located earthquakes characterizes the detection ability for a region with a seismic recording system.

First, a collapse of that magnitude in the Japanese growth rate would create an enormous drag for the rest of the world.

I say this not to sow fear, but to state a fact: The magnitude of our challenges has yet to be met by the measure of our actions.

As we want the new system to last for several years, the goal was to support at least an order of magnitude more load.

Its most noticeable star pattern is the Great Square of Pegasus: four second magnitude stars marking the body of the horse.

A magnitude of a third harmonic distortion of the waveform sequence can be used to measure distortion in the output.

In geographical regions where the burden of Hib disease is unclear, efforts should be made to evaluate the magnitude of this problem.

The Darfield earthquake in September 2010 caused no casualties, even though it had a higher magnitude.

The objectives of Phase I were to confirm whether the risk of VTE is increased by air travel and to determine the magnitude of risk.

With velocities of this magnitude at the outer edge of galaxies, the stars should be flung out of their orbits.

'Given the magnitude of this crime, it's the only punishment that should even be considered, ' the officer said.

In Aristotle's famous definition, drama is an imitation of an action that is whole, complete, and of a certain magnitude or scope.

The magnitude of the expansion of the money supply is reduced by the portion of securities proceeds and bank loans that are held in cash.

The last time China's economy recorded a decline anywhere close to that magnitude was after the Lehman bankruptcy.

But a bombing raid of that magnitude would likely kill innocent neighbors in nearby homes.

You have yet to understand the magnitude of the Godhead, as your finite minds cannot be expected to grasp the concepts involved.

Its surprising to me that more disasters of this magnitude haven't occurred yet.

While light wood frame structure in western developed countries would not or slightly be destroyed even in a larger magnitude earthquake.

The magnitude of both out-of-pocket and catastrophic spending on health is affected by the choice of recall period and the number of items.

Empirical observations however, indicate that the magnitude of this decline is not the same for both genders .

The aim of the current study is to assess whether time perception can be influenced by magnitude information, as well as how they affect.

During the past quarter century this power has not only increased to one of disturbing magnitude but it has changed in character.

The US geological survey said the quake had a magnitude of 8. 9, with an epicentre about 130 kilometres off Japan's east coast.

The results show that the numbers, stations and item-percentages of these anomalies increase with the growth of the magnitude.

It was found that the first order soliton's band magnitude and pulse width were both essentially unchanged in the long propagation process.

Earthquakes of that magnitude are capable of causing major damage, especially when they are relatively shallow.

As for his capital, only two persons were in a position to make even a rough estimate of its magnitude.

Output is always inverted from the input (note capacitor polarity), but can be of less or greater magnitude.

The only way resources of such magnitude can be raised is to involve the private sector.

The latest troubles came as Japan continued to suffer ripple effects from Friday's massive 9-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.

The first is of a supermarket, caught at the moment the 9. 0 magnitude earthquake unleashed its destructive force.

Why? An optimistic explanation is that this is just a short-term phenomenon which reflects the magnitude of issues at stake.

The magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded on a seismogram at a certain period.

And have no doubt about the magnitude of this crisis.

In the case of illumination, the relationship between magnitude and the sun angle was studied.

However, the magnitude of the absorbance does not correlate well with the degree of oxidation EXCEPT in the early stages.

Due to the magnitude of the displacement, overcrowding is another issue that needs to be addressed urgently, " he added. "

A FORce can be shown by a straight line, the length of which stands FOR the magnitude of the FORce.

Magnitude and fluctuation of wall shear stress were reduced, and the distribution of wall shear stress was more balanced.

We were able to speed the collection of data by more than three orders of magnitude, attaining video-rate imaging.

These numbers may only be an indication of the presence of the disease but do not reveal the magnitude of the problem.

Due to the memory storage technology used in SSDs, the performance is an order of magnitude higher than regular hard disk drives.

The magnitude of risk, however, has not been investigated on a population level in the United States.

The incentive to save money while working would have a strong negative correlation with the magnitude of the social security system.

If rainfall is variant then the mixture of species increases by two or three orders of magnitude.

The magnitude of the current depends on the resistivity near the bit, and is measured by another toroid.

A vector that denotes the magnitude and direction of lattice distortion associated with a dislocation .

In most low-income countries, especially in Africa, the magnitude of the problem is unknown, as this form of TB is so difficult to diagnose.

A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.

The 7. 9-magnitude quake reduced much of Tokyo to rubble, and as refugees tried to leave, firestorms swept through the city.

Given the magnitude of the fiasco and its possible ramifications, those who were responsible should have been punished.

that somehow you grew. And of course it is simply a shifting awareness of the magnitude of your field.

You could say that without this element of their personage, they may not have been driven to create in the magnitude and splendor they did.

Now, with Chinese and Indian workers undercutting them by an order of magnitude, southerners must produce more or starve.

The 8. 9 magnitude quake triggered a huge tsunami which has swept across the sea threatening countries all around the Pacific Ocean.

The magnitude of the hazard from fallout will then be far less than if the explosion were a surface burst.

Sales are easy to measure, and some salesmen make orders of magnitude more money than others.

The proposed grand alliance now in prospect would be a challenge of an utterly different magnitude.

That improvement in health related quality of life is actually related to the magnitude of the heart rate reduction.

It is one thing to take on a task of this magnitude; it is quite another to continue to live an ordered life while doing so.

The magnitude will still be considered high, perhaps an 8, but the shaking will not last as long, and the damage therefore not as great.

An alternating quantity is called symmetrical when all values separated by a half period have thje same magnitude but opposite sign.

They reported that there was an 8. 5 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra , which triggered the massive tsunami .

An increase in the magnitude of the angular momentum simply means that the body rotates more rapidly.

Now, however, the focus is as much on the quality of earnings as on the timing and magnitude of a recovery.

The fatigue life of welded tubular joints in offshore platforms is determined by the magnitude and the distribution of the hot spot stress.

Most software projects have requirements backlogs that are too big -- often by an order of magnitude.

Be prepared to deal with groups and organizations of greater magnitude.

Sorting the derived dataset can easily accelerate the overall operation by an order of magnitude or more.

With modern instrumentation, energy can be measured directly from velocity seismograms and converted to a magnitude.

The creep mechanisms of the argillaceous soft rock and the metal materials are different in terms of magnitude of objects and the mechanism.

The magnitude of the conductor current necessary for this compensation is a measure for the amount of nano-particles present at the sensor.

The direction and its eventual reversal are predictable; the magnitude and duration of the various phases is not.

In other Southern Cone countries the magnitude of the outbreak has been less dramatic, at least thus far.

A vector quantity is an entity with a magnitude and a direction in space.

The magnitude of blood pressure responses to work was a significant predictor of pregnancy hypertension, ' Walker and colleagues report.

It then follows that the inclination of the principal planes as well as the magnitude of the principal stresses will also vary.

GPS data can determine a large quake's true magnitude within 15 minutes, the team reports, much faster than is possible with other methods.

Once people power is recognised as able to achieve changes of great magnitude, no government will feel safe.

Jones said a quake of this magnitude will instantly turn a brick building into a rubble.

The unusually high magnitude of Tuesday's quake for this region is part of the reason it has likely caused enormous damage to Haiti.

Against wealth destruction of that magnitude, cheaper gasoline offers some help but can't kick-start the economy.

It is rich firstly, it forms by two parts: Of the absolute magnitude of rich and rich make a state.

Geological Survey, which said there was a 53% chance that a magnitude 5. 0 aftershock could hit the area within a week.

The magnitude is one, of course and the momentum, if I leave this off we would call that minus one because it's a one-dimensional problem.

'A decline of that magnitude would suggest that global investors are pulling away from U. S. stocks, bonds and other assets. '

In our small profession it is unlikely we shall see a man of such magnitude again.

And though the magnitude of any future warming remains unclear, human activity seems the most likely cause.

Due to the depth and magnitude of the World of Warcraft beta, we expect the beta test to last at least this long.

Its magnitude increases with voltage and varies inversely with the thickness of the insulation and directly with the length of the cable1.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reports a 70 percent probability of a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake occurring in the next few days.

Likewise, 'a further rise in the yuan by a very small magnitude might cause fundamental changes' to exporters in China, he said.

The magnitude of the induced thermo-acoustic signal has been estimated in theory and the system's safety has been evaluated as well. 2.

And in proportion to the magnitude of the subject, ought to be the freedom of the debate.

To determine the leakage current at a particular voltage, apply a step voltage of this magnitude to the circuit.

"The magnitude of the tragedy is so immense that it is hard to assess, " said Gilani during a visit to the central Pakistani city of Multan.

Analysis VIII: Paper machine during the first half of the import quantity and value of a certain magnitude of decline.

The U. S. Geological Survey said the 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit about 90 miles southeast of Lima at a depth of about 25 miles.

To add to the misery of devastating fires , a strong earthquake could magnitude of five struck southern Greece Tuesday.

The magnitude-6. 2 quake caused no damage or disruptions to any of the power plants in northeastern Japan, and didn't result in a tsunami.

Dr. Applegate said the magnitude 8. 9 earthquake released about 30 times as much energy as the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Driving a truck of this magnitude into the disaster area will be very difficult.

What would be the magnitude of any such benefit?

When auxiliary heaters are turned on the chamber pressure may rise by an order of magnitude or more.

Different MRI findings were associated with one another, but the magnitude of association varied by level.

The proportional magnitude of each contribution is displayed through the width of the respective arrow.

For conservation of momentum, the atom must recoil with a momentum of this magnitude in the opposite direction.

"In the past recessions, when claims have been at these levels, we have not seen job gains of that magnitude, " he added.

At least 25 aftershocks have been reported so far, with the biggest being 6. 3 magnitude.

Answer: Keeping the tub sufficiently full means advancing policies in content and magnitude never contemplated since the days of FDR.

With only a tiny amount of extra programming, Psyco can often be used to increase the speed of Python code by orders of magnitude.

North Korea said the underground test, which triggered a tremor of magnitude 4. 7, represented an important technical advance.

Dependable production is just as important as the magnitude of output.

The types of switch cards and the techniques used in these applications will depend on the magnitude and impedance of the voltages switched.

Of particular importance is the magnitude of the rate of population growth relative to the interest rate.

The damage caused by an earthquake is related to its magnitude and how close it is to densely populated areas.

On average, we record an earthquake with a magnitude over 6 every three days or so, and over 7 at least once a month.

Overall process of estimating the magnitude of risk and deciding whether or not the risk is tolerable .

The stunning magnitude of recent declines cannot be dismissed as a one-day anomaly caused by a technical trading glitch.

Already, the number and magnitude of natural hazards are increasing in the face of a warming climate system.

A rise of that magnitude would entail catastrophic and irreversible climate changes, according to scientific modelling.

The magnitude of the zone of acceptance depends upon the various sanctions which authority has available to enforce its commands.

Objective To investigate the correlation between the magnitude of the tongue and the obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

"Just recently there was a magnitude-seven earthquake in Sumatra ; that knocked us offline, " Raab says.

The magnitude and length of the potential ozone destruction are still being debated.

Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7. 9 earthquake.

Even after considering these factors, a decision obviously will have to be made about their magnitude.

When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, our impulse is to help in some way.

But we arrive at a more adequate idea of the magnitude of sin by the greatness of the remedy provided.

I live in Sichuan province. As you know, a 7. 8 magnitude earthquake hit there and.

A crisis of this magnitude calls for an energetic and coordinated response from all relevant institutions.

This third edition is the result of a rewrite of even larger magnitude.

Joe Kinahan, chief derivatives strategist at Thinkorswim, said: "The magnitude of the move has surprised a lot of people. "

Deferring to historical custom, astronomers, measure the apparent brightness of stars through the magnitude scale, a very confusing way.

I'm not sure the magnitude of the eruption was the same all along. But it's really, really tough to predict.

I HAD not realized the magnitude of the problem.

Since the stars never fail to attract crazy fans, the 2009 Orange Isle Music Festival appeals to a magnitude of fans from far and near.

The earthquake's magnitude was not enough to trigger a tsunami warning, the country's Central Weather Bureau said.

To lessen or attempt to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses.

A vector or the magnitude of a vector from the initial position to a subsequent position assumed by a body .

More importantly, we note that the electrostatic forces of our devices are many orders of magnitude too small to achieve this result.

Its magnitude is beyond the comprehension of most Western leaders, and its complexity should be recognized.

But soon his search becomes more haphazard as he despairs at the magnitude of the task.

This energy that is shining out is giving such magnitude to the matter.

Air shock wave magnitude can be calculated theoretically on the basis of the charge amounts, delay subdivisions and distance.

Turnover costs may cause index providers to hesitate in making a change of this magnitude, inaction that distorts that index's accuracy.

Thus, for example, in mathematics magnitude is the feature which, to the neglect of any other, determines our advance.

Various attempts have been made to quantify the magnitude of this effect.

The transmissivity of coal seams was found to be be one or two orders of magnitude greater than that of associated rock types.

The quake is estimated to have had a magnitude of 8. 0, causing severe damage to the whole China.

Growth of this magnitude will fulfil today's vision of a vast, prosperous commercial region.

Such nuclear memories would be "many orders of magnitude" denser and faster than traditional semiconductor memories, he says.

Only a few studies have considered the magnitude of plasticity amongst traits.