Sentences with phrase «immediate threats»

Individuals with higher anxiety levels were seen to be more sensitive to information related to immediate threats in the current environment; however, the brain systems mediating this response are no longer recruited when these individuals are presented with cues related to their partners.

IRT may only be effective after such immediate threats to the relationship are suitably resolved.

• Non-conviction records should be retained for inclusion in a police background check only in exceptional cases where police believe that doing so is necessary to reduce immediate threats to public safety.

Smaller firms may not have staff with the knowledge needed to build state - of - the - art security systems, and generally do not have in - house computing professionals available to monitor and respond to immediate threats.

It was meant literally, as in: Tsunamis are inundations of shorelines and therefore have impacts that resemble storm surges, which are one of the most immediate threats of a warmer planet.

CEI's Sam Kazman, the ad co-creator, said that «Global warming activists warn us about the alleged threats from global warming, but are usually silent about the much more immediate threats from global warming policies.»

After all, scores of methodologies now exist for measuring the carbon content of trees, identifying the immediate threats to the forest, and quantifying the degree to which a project removes that threat.

Second, should the quest for mandated «sustainable» technologies be based on real, immediate threats — or will imaginary or exaggerated crises suffice?

We must shut it down, starting with the most immediate threats — oil sands fuels and coal.»

How many floods and droughts will it take to wake people up to the very real and immediate threats and risks associated with global climate disruption?

In our natural environment, this serves us well — we have to make quick decisions in response to what are often immediate threats to life and limb.

I suggest we spend the money on more immediate threats to our lives.

Humans are also mostly hardwired to respond to immediate threats with an adrenalin rush and considerable focus.

Liberals are destroying our country (ditto most developed nations), and the climate can wait a tad longer while we try to solve more immediate threats.

But if she makes topical reference to climate change, Bradford sets it in a larger artistic context, viewing its all too immediate threats in terms of poetry's traditional concern for our place in the universe.

The left shoulder button can be held to loose volleys of rapid - fire shots, but, if you ease off the trigger for a few moments, you can charge up a more powerful blast, which is a neat way of dispatching larger or immediate threats.

«I suppose one could say that by not moving and visually blending in with the environment, they are deceiving their prey into believing that there are no immediate threats within striking distance.»

In addition to the host of immediate threats, Johansen sets up a few mysteries that will be resolved over the course of her planned series.

With recent reports of the Motorola Xoom's sales being underwhelming, and Samsung hastily redesigning its Galaxy Tab 10.1 to make it more competitive with the iPad 2, Apple doesn't seem to be facing any immediate threats in the tablet department.

Manno writes that each of these insurgent organizations, which rely chiefly on donations from foundations and individuals, see no immediate threats to their revenue sources, and hold strong promise for mobilizing parents to advance a school reform agenda that «goes far beyond today's PTA.»

The problem with stress is that it constantly activates our fight - or - flight response to varying degrees and since more than 99 % of the things that stress us are not actual immediate threats to our lives, this response has become inappropriate in our daily lives.

Adrenaline and norepinephrine are released in response to immediate threats.

Coastal regions under threat from climate change and sea - level rise need to tackle the more immediate threats of human - led and other non-climatic changes, according to a team of international scientists.

The concept of rapid, full - scale mobilization against global warming is a hard sell; dramatic actions are normally driven by immediate threats, not distant, uncertain trends.

In Syria, there are immediate threats to life, regardless of which side of the conflict you are on.

It is no coincidence that first - past - the - post states also tend to turn into national security states: their governments have the capacity to take aggressive action against immediate threats that appear amenable to massive concentrations of firepower, regardless of the long - term consequences.

Let's start with a rule of thumb: As long as American special forces troops are being killed conducting operations in Niger, isolationism is low on the list of immediate threats.

Because our times are confusing; our understanding of ourselves as a people has become fractured and events are unfolding about us with an abruptness that challenges comfortable assumptions about everything from our safety (are our immediate threats to personal safety coming from fanatics or from flash mobs?)

If there is an immediate threat to lofty stock valuations, it will likely be investors overestimating the effect of GOP tax reform going forward, says Wilson.

It's not just that consumers in developed countries have retrenched, though that's an immediate threat.

While Barcelona poses no immediate threat to the Valley's crown, it does seem poised to make a big splash on the international start - up scene.

The alleged violation of our electoral system might not immediately change US policy on cyber espionage, but it will certainly change the way organizations approach and respond to the immediate threat.

The hack posed an immediate threat to human life, which is why Hollywood Presbyterian was the perfect target.

The immediate threat to financial stability is limited for now, according to Taguchi.

The only category that properly indicates an immediate threat of eviction is rent in arrears.

«If a serious incident occurs that causes an immediate threat to the campus, the first responders to the scene are usually [Duke University Police Department] and the Durham Fire Department and they typically respond and work together to manage the incident,» the plan states.

«There's no immediate threat to your future ability to buy the kind of guns that might be on someone's ban list.»

This exposure of keys to device storage does not represent an immediate threat to any users who do not share device access or backups with outside parties.

It was not immediately clear what they were searching for, but the officials said that there was no immediate threat to public safety.

I do n`t think it «s an immediate threat, not in the next year or two.

Christians, on the other hand, pose a serious and immediate threat to religious freedom.

France was - after Revolution, Terror, and Napoleon - a volatile mix of the autocratic and republican, but posed no immediate threat to others.

Once the immediate threat has been mitigated and the innocents have been protected, I will quickly return to my posture of opposing violence.

Each of these examples reveals some of the inherent dangers that Eliot tended to minimize in light of what he saw as the more immediate threat of paganism.

Society could not agree on the right thing if the fate of humans on this planet were under immediate threat.

Unfortunately, we don't have road signs that warn us of any immediate threat.

About 735 B.C., Ahaz succeeded his father Jotham on the throne of Judah (II Kings 16:1) Pekah, king of Israel, and Rezin, king of Syria, both facing the immediate threat of the return of Assyrian armies, at once sought alliance with Ahaz and Judah, now the most stable, and probably the most powerful of the small western states.

Doctors at UM and Harvard both then ran a gambit of tests on Hurst and determined that his condition is not an immediate threat to his health, and he is fine to continuing playing football.

According to The Mirror, Mignolet's latest gaffe has convinced Klopp that he needs to sign a new goalkeeper in the summer, but the 27 - year - old's place is not under immediate threat.

He seemed to appreciate it too as he was an immediate threat.