Sentences with phrase «threat to other parts»

Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the WHO, said Monday that the explosive growth of microcephaly cases in Brazil constitutes an «extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.»

Not exact matches

At the same time, we're doing enforcement activity in our remote [exclusive economic zones] to make sure that there's not illegal fishing activity taking place, and we were not seeing that activity, but it was peeling off a lot of our resources toward what I would consider a relatively benign threat, and then we're providing other resources to do exercises with the military in the remote parts of the world but with really no strategic outcome that I could discern where the Coast Guard was providing a unique capability.

Although the red pillarboxes are protected by law, there are concerns that other parts of the Royal Mail — such as a six - days - a-week delivery service — may be under threat once it has to make its way profitably in the private sector.

Other cases were attributed to criminals, insider threats, and so - called «hacktivists,» people who hack into computer systems as part of a broader cause.

I always worry a little that I'm checking in because I want to be part of an affirmation echo chamber, but there is this other really big piece that tells me the threat hasn't picked up and moved to Vancouver Island (yet).

Part of the answer lies in our firm belief that a wider array of industries which were previously quite distant from pure technology are responding to an opportunity for — and a threat to — their core businesses brought about by hyper - connected consumers who are able to engage with companies and each other.

Male child soldiers are forced to rape under threat of death as part of their initiation, while in other cases men are rewarded for displays of brutality.

At the close of the twentieth century, with ecological deterioration accelerating and the nuclear threat ever with us, we need to feel not acceptance but the challenge to join forces on the side of life, for while we, like all creatures, are ultimately part of a universe that is brutal and may well end, we have, while we live, a part to play different from that of any other creature: we are responsible agents who can join with our loving parent to help our own and other species to survive and flourish.

God's Revelation can in fact and in principle concern realities which themselves are accessible to secular experience of a scientific or historical kind, so that on the one hand what Revelation states about them is open to possible threat of an eventual at least apparently opposed discovery of secular science and on the other hand natural science must in principle always reckon on a possible veto on the part of theology (Cf. Denzinger 1947 ff., 2187).

«Of course, people don't want to hear about sin or devil or other dangers and threats, but this is part of the package.

Sometimes we go so far as to kill those whom we view as threats to our selfish freedom, even going so far as to make public calls from the pulpits in our country to call for the obliteration and destruction of whole groups of people in other parts of the world because we view them as a threat to our way of life.

We are — all of us — part of the crowd, and we try to silence the groans of others because they are a threat to our position.

The new deputy PM, Barnaby Joyce, has stated that he expects the government to deliver on the inclusion of an effects test, noting that it is «imperative that the government resist the threat and the pressure from the BCA and Wesfarmers and one or two other companies and sends a message that they are here for the whole economy and not just a small part of the economy»: Joe Kelly,» «We'll deliver betterment for small business»: Barnaby Joyce» (The Australian, 21 February 2016).

All three men had a lot of grudges to sort out with one another, and they looked to settle their differences by hitting each other as hard as they could, and making full use of the no - disqualification stipulation that's part of any triple - threat title match.

We'll need to get a lead on others in the early part of the season to have any threat on the title - because other teams will get stronger during the season as new players learn their new teams -

While parts of this logic make sense in the abstract, and do make an attempt to come to grips with the unusual nature of the threat posed by terrorism, the rationale conforms neither to the experience with drone attacks to date (which have incurred heavy civilian casualties) or to the efforts of other countries, such as Israel (more on this below), to respect the imminence restraint.

The threats in New York are part of an anti-Semitic wave of incidents occurring nationally this year, which include threats to JCCs and Jewish cemetery desecration in 33 other states.

The decision from Jean Kessner was not unexpected and is part of a wave of Democrats and key supporters backing off of primary and political threats to other members of the Independent Democratic Conference.

The take - home message is that those parts of «reality» that are simply our human constructions — «objects» such that «if everyone stopped believing in them, they would cease to exist» — serve as obstacles preventing us from dealing with the actual realities of climate change, biodiversity loss, and other human - generated threats to our continued existence.

«I know the outer world exists»: from any other presidential candidate, that most basic of foreign policy affirmations would sound merely comical; from the mouth of Donald Trump, it sounds like a vague threat — especially to anyone in the «outer world» (i.e. that not inconsiderable part of the planet outside the U.S.)

As part of his dissertation he synthesized these results with other studies associated with mercury cycling, public health threats and policy alternatives to bring attention to the threats and need for an improved public policy dealing with mercury pollution.

He's on his way to become part of the sorcery squad defending the world from threats from other dimensions just as the Avengers deal with physical ones.

The third part is little more than a fight against creatures that are a bigger threat to both sides than each other, but the momentum of the first two sections carries the film through its relatively anticlimactic final act.

Part of what is driving the big money, pro-charter contributions to Villaraigosa is that Newsom has been endorsed by the California Teachers Association and other teachers unions, whom charter advocates see as a threat to their further expansion in the state.

Most of the Roman legions had been called away to fight in other parts of the Empire, so the locals are left to fend for themselves and to deal with the threats of invaders.

Cats have lived outdoors for thousands of years.They are part of the natural landscape, and there are many biological and behavioral reasons why they are not a threat to other species.

In other parts of the home and garage, we find many other threats to our pets, such as rodenticides and antifreeze.

But he get aggressive if you would try to touch or move him while he was laying down, I do agree it is the owners part of how a dog is treated and later on how that neglect or how it is treated is how the dog will be but after my lab passed away my parents were devastated and that following Christmas the most kind hearted lady told a shelter she would pay for every adoption from the 1st of December until the 30th so I took my opportunity and adopted a 10 month old pitbull (crazy right) and let me tell you since I've gave this guy a new life and home he has been the best dog despite the numerous threats given by neighbors and others.

That may be due in part to a new threat - not from humans, but from other owls.

The Marine Mammal Center is now equipped with a new facility that can accommodate up to four otters and is looking at how domoic acid and other threats are impacting California's otter population, which is concentrated in the central part of the state.

This room, titled «Threat and Sanctuary,» is devoted to the anti-formalist painting that grew, for the most part, out of abstraction but needed somewhere to go other than the psychologically fraught ethos of Abstract Expressionism.

While pressing for cuts in greenhouse - gas emissions and better efforts to control hunting, both legal and illegal, the participating scientists concluded on an optimistic note, saying they were «optimistic that humans can mitigate the effects of global warming and other threats to polar bears, and ensure that they remain a part of the Arctic ecosystem in perpetuity.»

I agree with this, but in the context of this post, I would add that part of DDT assessment is to review all possible responses to a potential problem / threat, which includes other potential scenarios such as cooling.

What are the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, of which added CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a part, but also from other social and environmental issues?

Mammals, birds, amphibians and many other groups are exposed to development or climate change threats in isolated parts of the Andes in Amazonian Peru and Bolivia.

Sponsored by three activist groups — Oil Change International, Environmental Action, and The Other 98 % — the 30 - second ad was part of a crowd - funded campaign to point out the fatal flaw in ExxonMobil's business model to maximize oil and gas extraction across the globe regardless of the growing threat to the stability of Earth's climate system and thus the livability of the planet for our children, their children, and future generations.

Most don't know they have any rights in regard to the collection activity giving rise to their visit with me — swearing, threats, and other abuse isn't allowed under the FDCPA on the part of debt collectors when they come calling.

Microsoft has also added a number of new security features to Windows 10 Fall Creators, including built - in ransomware protection that keeps you free from WannaCry and other ransomeware attacks, automatically updated threat protection, and virus protection, all of which is included as a part of Windows Defender Antivirus.

In other parts of the world, authorities are cracking down on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies like it amid concerns its wild price swings pose a threat to financial stability.

«We used to have part of our time directed towards predicting test results,» but these people have now been directed to focus on emerging threats and share that information with other antivirus companies.

As part of its core mission to reduce cyber vulnerability worldwide, GCA recently announced the release of powerful tools designed to combat phishing attacks and other cyber threats.

An automated translation of the Vietnamese language statement shows that it mentions the recent collapse of Mt. Gox and brief pauses on other exchanges like Bitstamp due to hacking attempts as part of the threat.

This is especially likely to be the case if, in the absence of well - developed ToM skills, the individual is unable to attribute the negative actions of others to situational factors.137 (Consistent with this part of this model, a genetic high - risk study has reported that, in adolescents at high genetic risk of psychosis, an external locus of control predicted the later development of illness.142) These characteristics will, in turn, lead to a tendency to anticipate social threats and hence paranoid beliefs.