Don't let a fire or
other crisis take away everything you've worked so hard for.
Not exact matches
The economic
crisis magnified this venomous cycle: «Whether it's financial bailouts or oil spills, it seems every time one turns on the television there is some executive testifying before Congress... blaming
other organizations rather than
taking any accountability.»
Since a brief post-prostitution-bust silence, he's
taken to commenting in the media on the financial
crisis, skewering Goldman Sachs, the AIG bailout and
others in the Washington Post, Slate; appearances on MSNBC; and an interview with our very own Henry Blodget.
However, with
other «alternative monetary policy instruments» like quantitative easing proving ineffective since the
crisis, it may be time to look to negative rates in places like the UK and USA should another recession
take hold.
When faced with a
crisis, emerging leaders have an opportunity to showcase their ability to assess a situation calmly, make decisions under pressure,
take calculated risks, rally
others around them, and persevere in the face of adversity.
In a freewheeling 1 - on - 1 interview with Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer, Alan Murray, Bertolini relates how two very personal health care
crises dramatically transformed his management philosophy — and why
other corporate leaders should
take heed.
In that role he was credited with steady handling of Canada's economy during a financial
crisis that
took its toll on
other G8 and G20 nations.
However, here too, the Liberal government felt there was no
other option at the time, but to
take significant and credible fiscal action to address the financial
crisis.
For over a year, in
other words, the Fed reacted to a growing liquidity
crisis not by
taking steps to boost credit in general, but rather by reallocating the existing supply of credit towards particular, troubled firms — a move George Selgin examined (and criticized) in detail in a recent post on this blog.
In Western Europe, the agitations of 1968 aimed to effect a deep rupture with the past, and if those who
took to the Paris barricades failed politically, they succeeded culturally; the disspirited Western Europe that languishes in a
crisis of civilizational morale today is a reflection of the exhausted politics of 1968» as Nicolas Sarkozy, Marcello Pera, Giuliano Ferrara, Joseph Ratzinger, and
others have recognized.
One: the attempt of the US and
other triad powers to
take advantage of the financial
crisis of Korea, to dismantle its productive system and submit it.
The chapter entitled «Waging Identity Wars» forced me to confront some of the reasons why I can be cruel and dismissive toward conservative evangelicals (``... when we're suffering an identity
crisis, we
take cheap shots at
other groups in order to feel better about ourselves») and how to move forward (``... we must affirm who we really are as the people of God before we can begin to interact with each
other as the people of God.»)
There is a fascinating story here to be told - but one which would
take us too far afield from this discussion - about the intricate interplay between the
crises of biblical authority and Christian belief on the one hand and the rise of the novel and the growth of art history and literary criticism on the
other.
Second, growth counseling involves a variety of growth - stimulating methods to help people use more of their potentialities by (1) developing better communication with self,
others, nature, and God — the four basic relationships within which all growth occurs; (2) developing new skills of relating in mutually - affirming, mutually - fulfilling ways; (3) growing by making constructive decisions and
taking responsible action; (4) using the growth possibilities inherent in each life stage; (5) learning to use the pain and problems of unexpected
crises as growth opportunities; (6) learning better methods of spiritual growth — the maturing of one's personal faith, working values, sense of purpose, peak experiences, and awareness of really belonging in the universe.
Rollo May describes what one experiences in such
crises: «With the confrontation of non-being, existence
takes on a vitality and immediacy, and the individual experiences a heightened consciousness of himself, his world, and
others around him.»
Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some
other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some
other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this
crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action
taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?
While some still object to cells being
taken from animals and used by scientists to grow clean meat in laboratories — and some just don't like the idea of eating a «cultured» steak created by men and women in white coats —
others see the lab - grown meat revolution as key to solving the environmental
crisis linked to meat eating.
Terminator technologies for synthetic biology, GM crops for agrofuels, geoengineering and all of the
other false solutions to the energy, climate and food
crises enclose vast genetic resources and agrobiodiversity,
taking them out of the public realm and into the control of TNCs, especially the US Big Biotech giants Monsanto, Dupont and Arborgen.
The idea of culturing flesh for meat and
other animal products is more than a gee - whiz moment for technology geeks — whoever can bring the food technology to market will
take a major step toward alleviating one of the key factors fueling humanity's large looming
crises.
«Couples turn away from each
other for any number of apparent reasons, but underneath it all, it's usually because they feel misunderstood, unheard, or unable to agree,» she writes, but it
takes many years to get to the
crisis stage, starting from your first days together.
Meanwhile, the Yaa Ansaa family, has warned the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amotia Ofori Panyin, his wife and
other relatives to stop meddling in the chieftaincy dispute, having already
taken sides in the
crisis.
But Quinn
took it a step further with her bill that would have crippled Expectant Mother Care and
other crisis pregnancy centers that Pro-Lifers like Slattery have embraced.
Mr. Ayiku noted that fake news «is also a global
crisis» and countries around the world are
taking particular interest in it while
others are also formulating laws to check fake news.
The Labour leader urged the prime minister to
take heed of warnings from Tory councils, the boss of NHS England and
others that social care is facing a financial
crisis which needs addressing.
«We won't let fraudsters
take advantage of a public health
crisis, and this should serve as a warning to
other companies who seek to engage in the same dishonest practices.
Opaleye then assured that with the steps being
taking by the council in collaboration with community leaders, security agents and
other stakeholders, the perennial
crisis in the areas would soon become a thing of the past.
Abdulsalami who lamented the
crisis in Southern Kaduna communities said: «So we want to make sure that peace reigns in Nigeria, to make sure that people know that we are together, we have to live in peace with each
other and we have what it is to give and
take.»
He cited the energy
crisis and
other economic issues that bedeviled the country as challenges he
took up and dealt with.
We're an economy moving away from
crisis, and soon I hope this issues, as well as
others are raised and
taken with lots of thought by the government for all.
«You can be sure that I can not be idle while all these events are
taking place, and we've began, the Togolese president came to see me in Tamale 10 days ago for long discussions, I have been meeting
other political activists and definitely, we are all talking to see how we can bring this
crisis to a closure and bring stability and peace to Togo,» he said.
He said a top priority when he
took office was to help people get legal and
other help during the foreclosure
crisis.
I had been invited to North Korea to
take part in a seminar on the country's environmental
crisis, jointly organised by two NGOs, one based in Pyongyang and the
other in Beijing, China.
The authors note that experiences of
other countries that have overcome financial
crises, such as Iceland and Finland, suggest that by ring - fencing health and social budgets, governments can avoid some of the harmful effects of
crisis taking their toll on the health of their populations.
By identifying those vulnerabilities now, New Bedford and
other ports can consider what steps they need to
take to shore up vulnerability now rather than waiting for a
crisis to hit.
Inspired by this, and Cousteau's countless
other nature documentaries, Wes Anderson made The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, a masterful, singular work which
takes the Cousteau template and style, and asks — what if he were going through a mid-life
crisis?
The UK is facing a much heralded digital skills
crisis with the Science and Technology Committee recently warning the country risks being left behind
other nations, unless more action is
taken to address the problem.
After all, neither Brill nor Guggenheim (or even
other reformers, including those in the Parent Power movement) hold ed school degrees, are ensconced in think tanks, or have spent a day in a classroom — even though it doesn't
take the possession of either credential to know that American public education is in
crisis.
But the conditions under which the waivers are being granted don't require states to
take on any additional accounting for the performance of young men or
other children whose academic failures are the result of the education
crisis.
We've got the long - awaited reveal of the Porsche Panamera... body, President - Elect Obama makes his will known, and we
take some time to find humor at the expense of
others in our current deep economic
crisis.
Which is really too bad because we have an urgent problem in America: our maternal mortality rate is among THE HIGHEST in the industrialized world (depending on the index you look at), our infant mortality rates are unacceptable, the inequalities in the way women of color and poor women are treated is literally a human right
crisis, our new moms suffer from postpartum depression mores than so many
other countries, and in many ways we have
taken the joy and awe out of childbirth and infancy.
They
take pride in the fact that a dividend was paid even through the depression, world wars, tech bubble burst, financial
crisis, and
other recessions.
The trouble is, hedge funds and
other entities were
taking risk every which way, and a mindset had overwhelmed the markets such that we had the correlation
crisis in May 2005, and
other bits of bizarre behavior.
Still
others made comparisons about how this new loan will re-create the conditions of the U.S. subprime
crisis — creating a situation where over-leveraged buyers
take on too much housing debt.
If they
took the time to do so today, they would find value is currently cheaper than at any time
other than the height of the Nifty Fifty (1972 — 73), the tech bubble (1998 — 2003), and the global financial
crisis (2008 — 09).
FAIR Canada continues to be disappointed with the slow pace of investor protection reforms in Canada, particularly when compared with timely, comprehensive reform in
other jurisdictions, and the lack of investor protection initiatives
taken in response to the financial
crisis.
4) For minor hiccups, an interested investment bank might
take down bonds, but in a
crisis, they run faster than the
other parties from a failed auction.
The Federal Reserve, like
other regulators around the world, did not do all that it could have to constrain excessive risk -
taking in the financial sector in the period leading up to the
crisis.
He also reminds readers that banks and
other financial institutions don't usually
take Black Swan Events into consideration in their risk models, and so they aren't prepared to handle them — which we saw in the financial
crisis of 2007.
We can stand by and watch these
other programs flourish or fail, we can tackle this massive beast on our own and beat it into submission, or we can
take the best of what works, allow the possibility that it might work here, and get a running start on ending animal overpopulation and the resultant
crisis in our neighborhoods.
Even at the height of the
crisis when fear of the disease was at its greatest we were getting calls from farmers who were prepared to
take a disinfected dog onto their clean farm — but were reluctant to let in
other visitors.