The wasting of finite resources is everyones business
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Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.
America is subsidizing what is left of the prestige and strength of the once mighty Britain. The sun has set forever on that monocled, pith-helmeted resident colonialist, sipping tea with his delicate lady in the non-white colonies being systematically robbed of every valuable resource. Britain's superfluous royalty and nobility now exist by charging tourists to inspect the once baronial castles, and by selling memoirs, perfumes, autographs, titles, and even themselves.
Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead, to love people rather than pity them, to remember the submerged--well, one can't do all these things at once, worse luck, because they're so contradictory. It's then that proportion comes in--to live by proportion. Don't begin with proportion. Only prigs do that. Let proportion come in as a last resource, when the better things have failed...
Ah, they said. Qu? bueno. And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of those smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had power to hear men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted.
God is always the last resource.
I hate this life of the fashionable world, always ordered, measured, ruled, like our music-paper. What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is the life of an artist, free and independent, relying only on my own resources, and accountable only to myself.
We do give preference to the lower volume renter. It's simply a resource allocation. We don't have to do it too often. We prefer not to have to do it at all. The realities are of business that sometimes we have to make tough decisions.
China attaches great importance to the utilization of renewable resources, making it one of the important moves to promote economic and social development,
Protection of environmental resources is as much of a long-term investment in California's future as is the construction of public works that provide water or improve transportation or schools.
He's here as a resource to assist me as we go forward and to assist the other people in our organization to help us be a better team.
Here was a federal agency involved in an action that had an impact on historic resources.
The U.S. government may not have the resources to check into all the cases that his hands have touched.
I used to be so amazed at all the things ESPN does that it literally made my head hurt just thinking about it. I don't even know how to use all the resources we have.
I think he's completely misdiagnosed the problem of the urban schools. His contention that they are deliberately starved of resources by a racist society is a wacky idea. It's not true.
The resource doesn't exist, for the most part, in a company of this nature.
If we don't have the resources, it doesn't make any sense to make policy decisions that can't be supported. You can't make these kinds of decisions in isolation.
We appreciate all of the people who came out to help us with our hunting regulation process. It's important that we hear from the state's sportsmen on these and other issues. This all began with the public meetings and will continue until we have a season that will benefit both hunters and the resource.
It is incredibly important, in conjunction with making ID theft a crime in Colorado, that we give our prosecutors the resources they need to prosecute these cases. I think the fact that the banking community has stepped up to the plate to help provide these resources is fabulous.
If you have a privately owned system, there's going to be monies leaving the community that will go towards shareholder dividends and high salaries. If you have a community owned, municipally owned facility, those extra resources are being reinvested in the community and they can be going to weatherization and other projects that are vested in the community.
Of all our natural resources, the first one to be exhausted may be the taxpayer.
I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources.
One of the very, very widespread complaints about reconstruction process today is where is the money going. There is a sense out there that resources are not fairly allocated.
The result of the intense orientation toward those English tests is that some schools that have or are near Native American communities are tending to drop native language programs because they feel they don't have the time or resources.
The Bluetooth SIG is dedicated to educating the industry and consumers about Bluetooth wireless technology and acting as a resource for the media that report for those audiences. As such, we want to be responsive and accommodating to journalists covering wireless communications and its effect on people's daily lives, so our multi-media content will now be available on demand from our website. Our organization represents 4,000 members who are leading the development of Bluetooth wireless technology in their products, which puts the SIG in a position to share a great deal of information in one spot.
If a 92-page tax swap is a necessary prerequisite for accomplishing what the public really wants the Legislature to do, then we've completed it. Now we must get started on the required course work for this session providing additional funds to public schools so that they have the resources to fully fund existing proven programs, providing teachers with a pay raise, and providing smaller classes and up-to-date technology.
The National Medical Association is positioned to really provide the type of resources this community could use,
Our resources are extremely strained. Our main concern still remains the funding.
Because of this, organizations are deploying tiered storage and sophisticated software tools to efficiently manage their data and resources. Policy-based movement of data throughout its lifecycle and off-site archiving can help companies improve performance while reducing operational and storage costs.
Solar provides a renewable resource. I put some panels on my own house, and there is a real benefit.
Some of the smaller consultancy firms are struggling for business. A lot of them were frustrated that they didn't manage to get on to this tidal wave of everybody getting rich a year or two ago, and so they might be willing to sell just because they are tired, or because they see that they just don't have the resources to expand their niche.
In an environment where operating volumes are down and regulatory compliance is becoming more strict, it doesn't make sense for two companies to pool resources.
We are shifting resources. We are not at full capacity. We continue to talk to our customers. We will focus on the priorities that they give us.
Now that it includes listings from every major continent, the 2006 Resource Guide is the industry's first comprehensive global almanac, providing professionals with one-stop access to educational and peer networking opportunities and other career-enhancing resources. It is a 'must-have' publication for information security professionals around the world.
To take advantage of the system, the locals are going to have to have the technologies in place. The locals and the states have to find the resources.
They are there because the western world in the security council asked them to go there. And we let them do the job with bound hands.... if you do not give them the resources. The African countries do not have the equipment that is necessary to intervene and to control such a battle... so if you ask the African soldiers to do the dirty work, give them the tools.
Nonetheless, American officials traveling with Mr. Bush said that they wondered how successful the White House would be in allocating more reconstruction aid for Iraq now that the hurricane damage will soak up so many American resources. It seems clear, ... that the days of American largess for Iraq are coming to a close.
In only their second year of operation, Northwest Specialty Hospital's generous support of educational projects in our community demonstrates extraordinary commitment to life-long learning in North Idaho. Along with the 100,000 challenge grant awarded to the library project by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation last week, NWSH is providing a great catalyst in our efforts to raise the total 1.4 million dollars needed to complete this important public resource.
It was an amazingly strong showing considering the resources we had. If it takes another two years it's worth the wait.
Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
The issue has come up throughout the series. I don't want to delve too deep but cricket has a great tradition of 12th men being bowlers or whatever, but generally the English are much smarter than Australians, and in the day of professionalism I suppose it is just getting the best out of the resources available within the rules. ... I would be surprised if there was not a twist left in this game. We are hanging on by the skin of our teeth.
The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.
If someone doesn't want to go along with the proven method, preferring to use their own resources, they wouldn't be a good franchise candidate. I want to make sure that if it has the Gulliver's name, it has to reflect our vision.
The bridge joining us is one powerful international brand fueled by the exchange of ideas, best practices and resources.
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
The current confusion over inland tribal hunting and fishing rights benefits no one and casts doubt over Michigan's ability to appropriately manage its natural resources,
It is clear that Russia is stronger than Ukraine, that it owns the resources and that Ukraine has no real energy sovereignty, but Russia did not succeed in making its will felt.
I certainly hope that we do not waste our resources, our staff time or anything dealing with such a trivial issue.