Furthermore, Aghajanov points to the Armenian government's failure to eliminate widespread corruption and mismanagement in the energy sector – abuses that cost Armenia at least $ 50 million in losses each year, according to one estimate.

* 2009 – An accident at the Sayano – Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.

Organizations such as the National Bureau of Economic Research and the European Central Bank have charged that hedge funds pose systemic risks to the financial sector, and following the failure of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management ( LTCM ) in 1998 there was widespread concern about the potential for systemic risk if a hedge fund failure led to the failure of its counterparties.

The Kirtland era ended in 1838, after the failure of a church-sponsored bank caused widespread defections, and Smith regrouped with the remaining church in Far West, Missouri.

After several years, prohibition became a failure in North America and elsewhere, as bootlegging ( rum-running ) became widespread and organized crime took control of the distribution of alcohol.

The failure of the British monarch to protect the colonies from what they considered the infringement of their rights to representative government, the monarch's branding of those requesting redress as traitors, and his support for sending combat troops to demonstrate authority resulted in widespread perception of the British monarchy as tyrannical.

With the advent of widespread electricity generation and power supply lines from the late 19th century on, problems also arose with equipment short-circuit failure affecting the power supply, and with local fire and shock hazard when the power line was struck by lightning.

The death of Roger in February 1154, who was succeeded by William I, combined with the widespread rebellions against the rule of the new King in Sicily and Apulia, the presence of Apulian refugees at the Byzantian court, and Frederick Barbarossa's ( Conrad's successor ) failure to deal with the Normans encouraged Manuel to take advantage of the multiple instabilities that existed in the Italian peninsula.

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, population unbalance, or government policies.

The failure of the Nivelle Offensive in April and May 1917 resulted in widespread mutiny in many units of the French Army.

The use of fault trees has since gained widespread support and is often used as a failure analysis tool by reliability experts.

This change adopted failure probability criteria for aircraft systems and equipment and led to widespread use of FTA in civil aviation.

Growing land in this manner causes widespread power failure in the vicinity, inadvertently causing the emergency involving a space-shuttle and an airliner which acts as Superman's triumphant return.

In the same month, a widespread power failure darkened Kabul when a pylon on the transmission line from the Naghlu power station was blown up.

It is characterized by overwhelming bacterial infection meningococcemia leading to massive blood invasion, organ failure, coma, low blood pressure and shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation ( DIC ) with widespread purpura, rapidly developing adrenocortical insufficiency and death.

This failed to respond to Transjordanian demands for a fully sovereign and independent state, a failure that led to widespread disaffection with the treaty among Transjordanians, prompting them to seek a national conference ( 25 July 1928 ), the first of its kind, to examine the articles of the treaty and adopt a plan of political action.

* Laki eruption in Iceland and colder climate of the Little Ice Age combined with France's failure to adopt the potato as a staple crop contributes to widespread famine and malnutrition.

International dependence theories gained prominence in the 1970s as a reaction to the failure of earlier theories to lead to widespread successes in international development.

The affected person is often acutely ill and shocked with widespread hemorrhage ( common bleeding sites are mouth, nose and venipuncture sites ), extensive bruising, renal failure and gangrene.

Through the perspectives of the multiple principal characters, and also from an omniscient third-party perspective, the narrative outlines the total breakdown and destruction of society through widespread violence, the failure of martial law to contain the outbreak, and eventually the death of virtually the entire population.

For example, the September 28, 2003 blackout in Italy resulted in a widespread failure of the railway network, health care systems, and financial services and, in addition, severely influenced communication networks.

At first, the islands of Cape Verde housed an extensive savanna and dry forest cover, but mostly it was removed to convert to agricultural land, which, together with the arid climate and rugged terrain, has led to a soil erosion and desertification widespread.

However widespread agricultural use led to resistant insect populations.

The displacement of 1 million Eritreans as a result of the war with Ethiopia, multi-year drought, and the widespread presence of land mines all have played a role in the declining productivity of the agricultural sector.

The shooting of an agricultural worker during a local strike on 9 August at Ypäjä created widespread anger ; November 1917 seemed to offer momentum for a revolt.

Honduras has extensive forest, marine, and mineral resources, although widespread slash and burn agricultural methods continue to destroy Honduran forests.

Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases such as malaria.

The widespread adoption of agricultural innovations such as the iron plowshare, as well as the growing use of metal as a building material, was also a driving force in the tremendous growth of the iron industry during this period.

The western mountain forests are very diverse, with several endemic species such as Formosan Cypress ( Chamaecyparis formosensis ) and Taiwan Fir ( Abies kawakamii ), while the Camphor Laurel ( Cinnamomum camphora ) was once also widespread at lower levels ( now mostly cleared for agricultural land ).

" Many old agricultural attitudes remain widespread, but these traditions are expected to change with the EU accession process.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, large-scale agricultural collectivization resulted in widespread famine in Central Asia.

* Cast iron is first used in the Chinese Kingdom of Wu with the innovation of the blast furnace, and soon becomes widespread for agricultural tools and weapons during the Warring States.

In the days of the Soviet Union, the Aral Sea was tapped for agricultural irrigation, largely of cotton, and now salination is widespread.

However, it is not clear to what extent this was due to an influx of Han settlers, who were predominantly displaced young men from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian province or from a variety of other factors, including: frequent intermarriage between Han and aborigines, the replacement of aboriginal marriage and abortion taboos, and the widespread adoption of the Han agricultural lifestyle due to the depletion of traditional game stocks, which may have led to increased birth rates and population growth.

draining of wetlands for agricultural use ; deforestation ; overgrazing ; soil erosion ; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria ; poaching is widespread

The focus of economic reform since the early 1990s has been widespread privatization, especially of the state-run agricultural and industrial sectors.

* 1000 – The Arab Empire introduced agricultural innovations such as new forms of land tenure, improvements in irrigation, a variety of sophisticated irrigation methods, the introduction of fertilizers and widespread artificial irrigation systems, the development of gravity-flow irrigation systems from rivers and springs, the use of noria and chain pumps for irrigation purposes, the establishment of the sugar cane industry in the Mediterranean, and experimentation in sugar cultivation

This evolution of ideas in an environment of relatively widespread literacy laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution, which enabled mechanically-and chemically-augmented agricultural production while simultaneously increasing the demand for factory workers in cities.

Warmbloods have come into their own since the end of World War II, when mechanization made agricultural horses obsolete and recreational riding became more widespread in the western world.

As in much of the developing world and especially in agricultural areas, child labor is widespread in India's agricultural sector, which employs ~ 60 % of India's child labor.

The marriage of Dom Duarte and Dona Isabel and the birth of their first son were occasions of widespread news media attention in Portugal. The couple have a practice as agricultural development consultants.

In the following years bad planning of agricultural and irrigation projects resulted in widespread desertification.

Although it is subject to predation and parasitism, and changes in agricultural practices have caused local population declines, this widespread and abundant species is not threatened globally.