catastrophe

Some of the locations to which functions are transferred may be at risk from natural catastrophes.

It means that any emergencies should not BE able to turn into major catastrophes, which is obviously safer for you.

The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.

"Catastrophes are great educators of mankind, " said the Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.

Will the elite try to blame the UFOs as the cause of these catastrophes (using a stooge of course)?

And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.

I had come to believe that for some reason we were targeted by fate and that more catastrophes were in store for us.

If no catastrophes occur over the designated loss level during the life of the bond, investors get back their principal and a premium.

The real humanitarian fi asco is not the inadequate preparation of these nations, and many others, for freakish catastrophes.

In that sense, catastrophes are as much the result of human choices as they are of geology or hydrology.

Small changes may snowball into major catastrophes. It is time we tried to put out the single spark which may start a prairie fire.

To be sure, one of the biggest health effects of the current catastrophes will be on mental health.

Recently I was discussing a few well publicized, recent parenting catastrophes with a well known child development expert.

Yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to impacts.

Footballing mishaps are the latest in a series of catastrophes to be blamed on a surfeit of maleness.

A word unkind will leave a smart; lover's quarrels break the heart, and all life's small catastrophes seem like giant calamities.

Avoiding a repetition of those serial catastrophes defines the overarching strategic imperative of our age.

Natural catastrophes seemed to be almost deliberately targeting the world's worst off, from the earthquake in Haiti to floods in Pakistan.

Natural catastrophes that produce life insurance losses of this order are very unusual, " Buffett says. "

That skill is of utmost importance in a marriage; without it, small problems become major catastrophes.

Safe limits are set to the lives of susceptible components, and frequent testing and replacement ensure that catastrophes no longer happen.

But unimaginable as it may seem, future catastrophes may be far grimmer.

We've had a few catastrophes with the food for the party.

Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn't exist.

Along with the foreign interventions came homegrown catastrophes: rebellions, revolutions, civil wars, famine and unspeakable cruelty.

In 2005, he wrote The Long Emergency about a coming permanent oil crisis, among other catastrophes.

Discusses natural catastrophes, focusing on the mathematical aspects of these phenomena.

If the industry reached a consensus that the risk of natural catastrophes had grown, that would indeed push rates up.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes.

The Earth too being alive will adjust and this will cause some small catastrophes but this is normal and is to be expected.

Farmers have responded to high prices by planting more, which, barring more weather catastrophes, should eventually bring prices down.

This would be a recipe for yet bigger catastrophes in future years.

This year has already delivered an unprecedented cascade of calamities, catastrophes, and humanitarian crises.

There is no necessity for great catastrophes or disasters, or masses of people dying as a result of them simply to reach that point in time.

I'm specifically interested in things like autism, and cerebral palsy , these great childhood catastrophes .

Yet Winfrey also covered regular stories of ordinary people surviving extraordinary catastrophes.

Catastrophes are believed to be a punishment in the tribe.

But the strictness is really a major guard against the catastrophes that start to come up when you're scaling up your design.

The 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia has been one of the most devastating natural catastrophes in recent decades.

"a few false contracts" can trigger catastrophes.

We face great holocausts, terrible catastrophes, all American cities burned from within, and without.

Other places in the world are equally in danger, but the United States is poised for special catastrophes.

Combinations of the above, and many other unsuspected and sudden man-made catastrophes.

But we haven't really evolved it to deal with the health catastrophes of America, OK?

based on these analyses , reasonable precautions against different type of catastrophes have been introduced.

Global catastrophes remain encoded in the grid as fear factor unites human consciousness - creating a harmonic for change.

It is wise to be wary when those caught napping by earlier catastrophes sound the all-clear.

Photographers are no exception; hundreds plunged head first into an abyss of horror and catastrophes.

Insurers and reinsurers' results are volatile, due to large single risk claims, catastrophes, cultural changes, and other factors.

It even survived the catastrophes of the 20th century: two world wars, a cold war, huge revolutions and communist tyranny.

The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

Junior Minister in the Department of Magical Catastrophes is first on the scene.

The Swiss deposits contain evidence of such catastrophes.

But being constantly in dread of fresh catastrophes is impractical and taints our judgment.

Don't dramatize. Lots of people inflate small setbacks into life-threatening catastrophes and react accordingly.

Such wilful blindness makes me worry what catastrophes we are now cultivating for the years ahead.

Catastrophes such as fire, flood, drought or epidemic may reduce population sizes to a small fraction of their average level.

Abrupt catastrophes may come one day if mankind continues to pollute the environment.

It can improve future disaster management and help mitigate the effects of these catastrophes.

The military has a habit of speeding up technology projects after such catastrophes.

rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

He categorized the catastrophes to cater to the need of celebrities, which cemented his ties with them.

Other, more generous catastrophes would arrive.

Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Liberia all showed that outsiders can in fact help avert catastrophes.

This approach leads engineers to design a plant that can withstand severe catastrophes, even when several systems fail.

Had he lost his power of scenting out catastrophes?

Principle 10: Protect Yourself Against Major Catastrophes.

Of course, catastrophes may intervene.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. " - Georges Clemenceau"

Catastrophes including the May 12 Sichuan earthquake and China's tainted milk scandal were also on the list.

I shall not consider the great catastrophes, such as loss of all one's children, or public disgrace.

Of course, Africa is a continent full of catastrophes.

In 1999, the number of catastrophes worldwide hit 755, surpassing the record of 702 set only the year before.

The prudent government has been building these funds since 2006 and 1986, respectively, to meet catastrophes and cyclical shocks.

But many of the world's greatest environmental catastrophes continue, with no end in sight.

The job of insurance companies is to guard others against catastrophes, not cause them.

Involves us directly in the catastrophes of modern times.

Insured natural catastrophes accounted for $22 billion and man-made disasters $4 billion.

But we also were very lucky in 2007, the second year in a row free of major insured catastrophes.

When we look at the disasters which the Jews had faced, it was hard to believe that they could survive such catastrophes.

The people who walk away from catastrophes all have a few things in common. Now you can follow their lead.

There are many natural catastrophes occurring in nature.

The single-best "first responder" safeguard against all kinds of catastrophes is a combination of adequate savings and insurance.

Severe catastrophes claimed significantly more lives this year than in 2009.

The combat caused catastrophes to the folk.

They had known greater catastrophes than this.

When we fail to listen to God internally, Hes acts through natural catastrophes in the external world to wake us up.

(77)For a long time, China has lacked adequate forests, causing many catastrophes.

Seldom do we witness such catastrophes.

This idea might even explain why evolution appears to speed up after environmental catastrophes such as asteroid impacts.

This is how such seeming victimization and catastrophes manifest even in present time beloved.

That approach ignores global catastrophes such as comet strikes which would destroy all the drives in one go.

Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, says major catastrophes made the first half of 2011 the most expensive on record.

(v)natural catastrophes such as earthquake, hurricane, typhoon or volcanic activity.

The Three Pagodas have undergone more than 1, 000 years natural catastrophes and wars, which made them dilapidated extremely.

We can do far more than we think to improve our odds of preventing and surviving even the most horrendous of catastrophes.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

Catastrophes destroyed many towns and villages in "5. 12" WenChuan quake-hit areas.

"We have natural catastrophes every 15 years and wars every 50, " Djuro remarked.

China's susceptibility to natural catastrophes such as droughts will also spur demand for property coverage, Mr Schiro predicted.

Catastrophes have a tendency to reveal who really holds authority and who knows how to exercise it responsibly.

We've certainly experienced more than our fair share of catastrophes , but the most important thing is that we're together and happy.

Catastrophes that we can avert are not as interesting as ones we could avert.

The motive may have been to avoid the risk of natural disasters and nuclear catastrophes, but the effect has been to take on more risk.

Your kids, and you, will probably want to know what you can do to help the victims of the catastrophes in Japan.

Asymptotic Behaviour of the Population Semigroups with Uniform Catastrophes

Uniqueness for an Extended Birth-Death Process with Catastrophes

Bifurcations and catastrophes: geometry of solutions to nonlinear problems

Report of Sudden Catastrophes: Effective Combination of Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Information

The long-term trauma of catastrophes

An Extended Birth-Death Process with Catastrophes--Strong Ergodicity

Ergodicities for an Extended Birth-Death Process with Catastrophes

Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

natural catastrophes remain unpredictable , in spite of huge technical and scientific advances

The rising cost of catastrophes

A Choice Of Catastrophes: The Disasters That Threaten Our World

Dangerous World: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

Review and Revelation of Global Catastrophes in 2006