Sentences with phrase «as other catastrophes»

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Catastrophes can be caused by various natural events, including, among others, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms, earthquakes, hail, wildfires, severe winter weather, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and other naturally occurring events, such as solar flares.

As the Sony hack continues to prove, with cyber crime, more than money is at stake — besides the PR catastrophe, the threat to some jobs and leaks of unreleased films and other IP, employees and their families have had their medical data exposed and are receiving personal threats.

«Not because simply Haiti needs it, but we feel that it would be in the interest of both countries as Haiti is putting in motion its development plan based on the catastrophe of the Earthquake in 2010 and a set of other issues that came up along the way that has slowed down our reconstruction process.»

Though many were either illiterate or not very religious, many others could write and were indeed devout» men such as Colonel Patrick Guiney of Massachusetts, who lost his eye and his health at Chancellorville and wrote to his wife, «God rules in Peace and War» in the circumstances and the catastrophe.»

In an older day, insurance policies used to express this idea when they spoke about natural catastrophes and other such happenings as «acts of God.»

The study of Jewish history has moved from beyond the periphery to the very center and, indeed, being inevitably seen as a tragedy leading to a unique catastrophe, has some claims to being more widely discussed today than almost any other aspect of modern European history.

In the resolutions adopted by the Evanston Assembly there is stated as one of the «two conditions of crucial importance which must be met, if catastrophe is to be averted»: «The prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction; including atomic and hydrogen bombs, with provision for international inspection and control, such as would safeguard the security of all nations, together with the drastic reduction of all other armaments.

’10 Elsewhere he identifies the evolutionary thought which he opposes as «a basic acceptance of technical rationality».11 He speaks of Wolfhart Pannenberg's «extremely valuable attempt to develop a universally historical hermeneutics», complaining only that his «anticipation of a total meaning in history as... too little interrupted or irritated by what is described in the apocalyptic tradition as a universal catastrophe, in other words, the reign of the Antichrist».12 Metz is more open to an Overview than some of his statements imply.

To guard against the economic catastrophe of a failed coffee crop, many growers now mix in other cash crops such as yucca and tomatoes, alongside their coffee plants or experiment with growing hybrid coffee plants that are better adapted to climate extremes or are better able to resist pests.

But the one thing I will never understand is why some people refuse to believe this, it seems to me as if most people on this site may genuinely have «Stockholm syndrome», because the fact that you say «in Arsene we trust» despite the fact that the last 6 six seasons (I'm talking about the premier league only) have been a complete and utter catastrophe and in which he has done nothing but; completely ignore fans frustrations; fail to address squad needs on numerous occasions; ignored the advice from other footballing experts, and yet you still want him in a job.

The fairly shambolic nature of the response from the west, and the international community as a whole (and the fact that though shamefully belated it managed to avert the imminent catastrophe in Benghazi) shows that we have learnt little or nothing from Bosnia, Kossovo, Kurdistan, where intervention helped, still less from the many other areas where nothing effective was done, and we essentially abandoned people to their fate.

The situation in Scotland can not be spun as anything other than a continuation of the catastrophe that began in the 2015 general election.

As he was courting environmentalists in the New York primary, Vermont Senator Senator called Indian Point a «catastrophe waiting to happen» because of the bolts and other issues.

Not content to merely work out the submerged marital issues between Max and Annie, the film sets up arcs for its other party guests: There's a potential romance between dimwitted lothario Ryan (Billy Magnussen) and the British coworker (Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan) he's platonically brought along to help him win, as well as a lovers» quarrel between Kevin (New Girl's Lamorne Morris) and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) concerning a celebrity hookup.

Other highlights in this section include: the European Premiere of Choi Dong - hoon's colourful period bullet opera, ASSASSINATION; the European Premiere of Daniel Junge's thrill - a-minute BEING EVEL about the legendary daredevil Robert Craig «Evel» Knievel; the European Premiere of David Farr's crafty and suspenseful study in paranoia, THE ONES BELOW starring David Morrissey and Clémence Poésy; Atom Egoyan's latest drama REMEMBER, offering a provocative study of the nature of evil as well as serving as a stark reminder of the atrocities of 20th century history, starring Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau; Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna's gripping documentary STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN & LE MANS, featuring unseen archive footage, contemporary interviews and previously unheard commentary from McQueen himself; Stephen Fingleton's thrilling, post-apocalyptic debut THE SURVIVALIST; Sebastian Schipper's exhilarating one - shot sensation, VICTORIA; and THE WAVE, Roar Uthaug's high - octane and nerve - shredding portrayal of a potential catastrophe.

The Big Short examines the 2008 economic collapse, and how it was spurred by predatory financial institutions taking advantage of people's hopes and dreams of succeeding in America, from the point of view of the banks that caused the catastrophe; The Florida Project shows us the swampy, brightly - colored, half - decayed Florida landscape briefly glimpsed in The Big Short, and centers on the very people who are struggling the most financially as a result of the greed of others and the desire to achieve the vaunted American Dream.

Eden is uncovering similar patterns in other large districts, which he's characterized as a «school climate catastrophe.»

Assets in interval funds might include investments like commercial property, such as tracts of farmland or forestry land, hedge funds and other private equity funds, business loans, catastrophe bonds and real estate securities.

Other potential catastrophes such as wildfires, residential fires and mudslides have the potential to cause a total loss to your home.

Reactor 4 exploded and mixed with other chemicals to create one of the worst catastrophe the world as seen.

We would be being a little sentimental of our younger days to announce Sonic's latest as a classic game, but it's certainly far from the catastrophe that others seemed to find so much enjoyment in claiming it to be.

If the cinema of the 1950s and 60s sublimated the fear of atomic catastrophe or communist attack into interplanetary drama, the more recent work collected here uses elements of that retro sci - fi world as powerful metaphors for our deep - seated fears of the Other, the foreigner — the increasingly frequently decried «invasion» of immigrants, or just the presence of people of different skin colors and beliefs.

Mr. Monckton, Mr. Morano and others complain that environmental groups, the media and scientists dependent on federal grants have a vested interest in portraying climate change as a catastrophe.

(1) In this case even if they were correct and the models failed to predict or match reality (which, acc to this post has not been adequately established, bec we're still in overlapping data and model confidence intervals), it could just as well mean that AGW stands and the modelers have failed to include some less well understood or unquantifiable earth system variable into the models, or there are other unknowns within our weather / climate / earth systems, or some noise or choas or catastrophe (whose equation has not been found yet) thing.

On the other hand, if the climate scientists are right about AGW happening, and the contrarians are wrong, and we act as if AGW is not happening, then not only will we lose all those other benefits, but we will allow the world to sink into great catastrophe (greater than you may think, when we figure how people may start turning nasty against each other as their material lives deteriorate — Katrina gave us a microcosm of that).

Of course geological history suggests that neither run away warming nor catastrophic cooling (within the time scales of years to several decades) are anything other than highly improbable (without some catastrophe such as a major asteroid strike), but it is the job of military planners to have some contingency for all eventualities.

First, wrapping an essay accusing anyone who thinks there is evidence of an ongoing global climate catastrophe as being religious within a religious wrapper invoking G. K. Chesterton (speaking, IIRC, in the persona of Father Brown) at one end and ending with an invocation of a Creators, Lord of Life and Light at the other end is oxymoronic in the extreme.

If others are wanting to know if the risk of a catastrophe before is 90 % or 99 % before adopting some form of mitigation I don't see that as being useful.

There are other clichés for talking about climate change: You can warn that catastrophe looms by talking about tipping points and earths in the balance; you can use military language by talking about «a war on carbon» (related: the sporty «climate on steroids»); you can go retrofuturist with aspirational bridges such as the Apollo project, Sputnik, the Manhattan Project, to name a few.

Alarmist: A person who needlessly alarms or attempts to alarm others, as by inventing or spreading false or exaggerated rumors of impending danger or catastrophe.

Together with other anthropogenic changes in the Earth system that may herald the emergence of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene (9, 10), the global changes caused by human use of land are generally portrayed as the result of an unchecked and accelerating process that is mostly recent in origin (11) and therefore presents an impending catastrophe for humanity, the biosphere, and the Earth system in general (3, 12).

The document describes some of the current products and services and other innovative approaches used by the finance sector to tackle climate change, such as weather derivatives and natural catastrophe bonds.

In 2004, Tom Harris and the group Friends of Science produced a film called Climate Catastrophe Cancelled which prominently featured interviews with McIntyre and McKitrick as well as a number of other prominent climate change skeptics.

davidnewell at 13:13 PM on 29 May, 2014 As more and more evidence accumulates in regard to the looming catastrophe, more serious consideration may be given to ways to counter at least the rate of increase, so that more time is available to employ other methods, and educate «the masses».

Yeah, I don't know why they don't argue that alternative energy will help with energy security (which is a more provable threat) more and that as an added benefit that it might help avoid a possible catastrophe rather than the other way around.

Thanks to publications such as ABC's report: Sudden Death on the High Seas — Longline Fishing, a Global Catastrophe for Seabirds and subsequent advocacy efforts by ABC and others seabird deaths in Hawai'i and Alaska are down by up to 85 %.

When other unique areas of dispute — such as appraisal, matching and replacement cost — are considered, sometimes during catastrophe (CAT) operations, the importance of having legal counsel concentrating his or her practice in property litigation can not be underestimated.

Although Woburn residents have a very low risk of damages caused by tornados, other catastrophes, such as uncontrolled structure - fires, can be just as devastating.

However, other catastrophes, such as accidental fires and hurricanes, can lead to excessive damage to your home and the property you keep inside it.

Tornadoes are by far the biggest threat in Kentucky, but other catastrophes such as flooding, landslides and rockslides can happen just as easily.

You also need information as to the extent and type of risk you may face, for example some areas may only face low level flooding of a few inches whereas other areas may face larger catastrophes with higher flood levels.

Natural Disaster is defined as widespread disruption of human lives by disasters such as flood, drought, tidal wave, fire, hurricane, earthquake, windstorm, or other storm, landslide, or other natural catastrophe or event resulting in migration of the population for its safety.

This is known as a renters insurance calculator and it will help you find an estimated amount of Binghamton coverage that would help you start over again if you lost everything you owned due to severe water damage or some other type of catastrophe.

If your home is struck by a catastrophe, such as a fire, tornado, hail storm, burglary or other disaster, your homeowners insurance provides a portion of the funds you need to repair and rebuild.

Because I've experienced other major losses and catastrophes in the past, I know that to take good care of myself, I need to let myself feel the weight of the loss as it's happening.

As I argued in these columns some days ago, the even better question may be: What can we do to stop the state and national impact of these floods and other climatic catastrophes being used as an excuse to decrease public community health, Aboriginal health and mental health service spending, just when demand for them is likely to grow exponentially and plateau at a new peak, because of the irretrievable losses, long - lasting «slow - burn disaster» and wearing - down effects of these eventAs I argued in these columns some days ago, the even better question may be: What can we do to stop the state and national impact of these floods and other climatic catastrophes being used as an excuse to decrease public community health, Aboriginal health and mental health service spending, just when demand for them is likely to grow exponentially and plateau at a new peak, because of the irretrievable losses, long - lasting «slow - burn disaster» and wearing - down effects of these eventas an excuse to decrease public community health, Aboriginal health and mental health service spending, just when demand for them is likely to grow exponentially and plateau at a new peak, because of the irretrievable losses, long - lasting «slow - burn disaster» and wearing - down effects of these events?