Sentences with phrase «before tragedy»

Post traumatic growth is the positive psychological change that allows people to grow and to have more meaningful lives after trauma than what they had before tragedy struck.

The story contains a made - up quote attributed to the former first lady, along with things she said months before the tragedy.

She said the trip was planned before the tragedy, but events that celebrate student journalism are even more important in light of recent events.

It can be virtually impossible to remember each and every item that was in your apartment before a tragedy struck.

So if you have a family history of a certain illness (like cancer) or work in a place where you are vulnerable to develop a disorder (lung problems due to working in a coal mine), it is a good idea to buy this kind of a plan before the tragedy strikes.

The fortunate incidents of drunk driving end before tragedy can occur with police or other officials apprehending suspects before a crash takes place.

Even before this tragedy the number of pedestrians killed by cars was already appalling.

At least I painted them before the tragedy (I'd be too self - conscious now), and the synchronicity supports painting's power and reach - the kind that draws non-artists to painting.

Archangel puts players into the role of either Gabe or Gabby (if you want to take the role of a female pilot) Walker just moments before tragedy strikes one of the last bastions of humanity.

Their hatred was only matched by their thirst for power, and it was only a matter of time before tragedy would strike again.

Her testimony came only hours before tragedy struck the home of talk show superstar Oprah Winfrey, who adopted two puppies from the Pets Are Worth Saving (PAWS) animal shelter that is operated by Fasseas.

lies in the work we have done before tragedy strikes.

Albemarle schools had been working to create more resilient students long before tragedy struck on August 12 of this year.

Before the tragedy, Ridge had worked equally hard at introducing competition into Pennsylvania's education system.

It's admittedly low key stuff, avoiding major emotional meltdowns and the like, but I suspect it's more a structural issue: with only glimpses shown of the couple before their tragedy, it's harder to feel the impact of the break.

The screenplay lets us get to know Jean - Do, as his friends call him, before the tragedy, so that we appreciate the magnitude of his loss and of his subsequent literary achievement.

Before this tragedy, the movies have enjoyed huge profits (Fast and Furious for instance, raked in over $ 350 million world wide in 2009).

The pair meet at support group and immediately strike up a friendship that later develops into romance before tragedy strikes.

The film, also starring Helen Mirren and Barkhad Abdi, is one of the few movies — Fruitvale Station comes to mind — that allows the audience to come to know victims before tragedy strikes, giving high value to a single life; in this case, it's a little girl selling bread who's in danger of becoming «collateral damage.»

Thomas becomes infatuated with Edith, managing to win her heart just before a tragedy strikes, forcing his new bride to return with him and sister to England.

Dan Fogler (Good Luck Chuck, Hyper) stars as former child prodigy Randy Daytona, who was once considered one of the world's elite table tennis champions before tragedy would strike (his father expiring) and he'd be humiliated in front of the entire world.

A new system aims to detect congestion hotspots, guiding security to disperse a crowd before tragedy can strike.

Legislator Joseph Lorigo calls this another in a growing list of high - profile cases where CPS failed to intervene before a tragedy occurred.

As state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in urging passage, «We have an opportunity to ensure that, when the next potential Nikolas Cruz exhibits clear red flags, that individual can be disarmed before another tragedy.»

NYCHA and HUD must continually monitor who is living inside our public housing stock to make sure no family is at risk of a dangerous individual who could be living next door before a tragedy occurs,» said State Senator Klein.

It's not surprising that this is an area new parents overlook in the early months of their infant's life, but once your baby is mobile, it is very important that potentially dangerous situations be remedied before a tragedy strikes.

Maybe you didn't have a chance to send out thank you cards before tragedy struck.

This is made clear in interviews she did before this tragedy happened, while she was still pregnant.

Meghan's mother Kim is wracked with guilt that she did not bolt the heavy dresser to the wall, but she recognizes that if she had realized the danger, she would have done; now she wants other mothers to recognize the danger before a tragedy occurs.

He woke up normally and we were all looking forward to a great day and other activities that weekend before the tragedy.

Before that tragedy SurfAid had been a 10 - person operation, but after the tsunami the group received six - figure donations from Billabong, Quiksilver and Burton, and its staff was increased to more than 70.

She says it was written to help people wrestle with their view of suffering before tragedy occurs.

It is roundly agreed that a family's decision about organ donation is best facilitated by confronting the question before a tragedy occurs.

The days before tragedy are recalled:

Much of the inquest has focused on why none of these children reported what they had heard before the tragedy.

«We want to create this mechanism to start talking to each other and finding solutions to deal with this situation, before these tragedies start to happen here,» he said.

«These improvements will enable us to more accurately identify unsafe truck and bus companies and intervene before tragedies occur.»

Not exact matches

The point, said Musk, is to prepare now rather than lapse into the human habit of being reactive and waiting until a tragedy occurs before forming a regulatory body.

«It's something we can build long before we face any kind of tragedy or difficulty.»

Instead, they lean on «thoughts and their prayers» to get America through the current gun - related tragedy before the next incident occurs.

Again, I want to stress that the U.S. economy was already in recession (which will ultimately be dated as beginning during the first quarter of 2001), and the market was already in a bear market before last week's tragedy.

Wade — whose return to Miami at February's trade deadline came just before the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and who worked to pay tribute to the fallen students there and engage with the survivors after that tragedy — asked Shaw what he hoped would come of his experience at the Waffle House and its aftermath.

A student who says she reported warning signs about the suspect in the Parkland school tragedy more than a year before last week's mass shooting said her friendship with him quickly turned to fear in the years leading up to... Read More

«We see these laws as a way for law enforcement and families to intervene before these mass tragedies occur,» said Elizabeth Avore, the legal and policy director at Everytown for Gun Safety.

I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

Issue a few caveats before you use the tragedy of the tower of Siloam to call people to repent of their sins (Luke 13:4 «5).

@CP: before the age of 24 I buried my Mom and 2 children... tragedy didn't make me believe then and it certainly won't make me believe now... if anything those tragedies made me question what kind of an evil monster god really is if he allows 3 innocent people to die horrible deaths (my Mom was an avid believer and went to her grave believing she was going to be with god... it was a comfort for her and eased her mind... I just don't see it as a necessity)

The number is virtually unchanged (71 %) from when Ipsos / World Vision asked the same question in October, before the City of Lights experienced tragedy and American politicians began debating state bans on Syrian refugees in response.

Tragedy portrays the decay of life and the necessary sacrifice of the self before resolution occurs.

The prophets of the eighth to the sixth centuries are all predominantly oriented in catastrophe — either the fall of the Northern Kingdom in 721 or the end of the surviving Southern state in 587 — whether they stand before or after the envisaged tragedy.