" Although there is no blueprint for realizing this goal, ecovillages may integrate various aspects of ecological design: ecological building, alternative energy, environmentally benign manufacturing or production, permaculture ( landscaping designed to mimic nature and to provide the community with food, fibre and fuel ), and community building practices.

Although Back Orifice has legitimate purposes, such as remote administration, there are other factors that make it suited for less benign business.

Although other locations, for example the Pacific regions, offer warmer water and better visibility, there are very few other sites which can offer such an abundance of large, historic wrecks lying in close proximity and shallow, relatively benign diving conditions.

Although an agnostic, he held a fairly benign view of religion, in contrast to Bertrand Russell who held that religion was harmful.

Although often described as benign, a teratoma does have malignant potential.

Although many times it can be extremely painful, to the point of being debilitating, Tietze's Syndrome is considered to be a benign condition that generally resolves in 12 weeks.

Although they were not free from racist hostility and discrimination from whites, black families in Boston lived in relatively benign conditions in the 1820s.

Although the Eschaton is usually benign and uninvolved in human affairs, it strictly enforces certain rules on human civilization out of apparent self-interest.

Although these growths are benign, over time they may progress to become malignant, at which point they are called adenocarcinomas.

Although often regarded as a relatively benign rhythm problem, atrial flutter shares the same complications as the related condition atrial fibrillation.

Although the mammogram is the superior diagnostic technique for distinguishing among cancerous and benign lesions to the breast, any questionable lesion can be visualized ultrasonically and magnetically ( MRI ); biopsy follows any clinically suspicious lesion or indeterminate abnormality appeared in a radiograph.

Although their motives are genuinely benign, they act with utmost brutality when survival is at stake.

Although generally benign the cyst will be removed if the patient exhibits difficulty in breathing or swallowing, or if the cyst is infected.

Although Oski has his benign side (" patient " and " silent "), he is more often presented as growling, fighting, rumbling, grumbling, thundering, and shaking the ground.

Although frequently benign, it may be caused by serious underlying conditions and should be properly investigated.

Although eliminating the majority of paper keys will greatly reduce this human threat, the long-term goal of EKMS to minimize human access to keys will not be realized until benign fill key is fully implemented.

Although the polyps are inherently benign, the first step of the two-hit hypothesis has already taken place: the inherited APC mutation.

Although his mania is benign, his methods are so extremely wild and frantic that even the Joker screams about the Creeper: " He's a lunatic !".

Although the vast majority of benign esophageal tumors are clinically silent and go undetected, large or strategically located tumors may become symptomatic.

Although no direct cause-effect relationship between physiological stress and tumors in general has been medically established, medically, stress is recognized as a potential factor in the exacerbation of preexisting tumors, including those which are benign.

Although the tumor was benign, the resulting surgery damaged his pituitary gland.

Although most causes are relatively benign, Horner syndrome may reflect serious disease in the neck or chest ( such as a Pancoast tumor ( tumor in the apex of the lung ) or thyrocervical venous dilatation ).

Although the opening segment implies that Merlin's magical interventions in people's lives are intended to have a benign effect, in practice this proves to be far from the case.

Although on the surface, “ harmonious society ” seems benign, many scholars believe that President Hu has a vision for a deeper reform of the political system in China.

Although risk of developing either MDS or AML before the age of 20 is only 27 %, this risk increases to 43 % by the age of 30 and 52 % by the age of 40.

Although the standard deviation values on which spread of the lines is based are relatively larger for those centers which begin to ossify early ( Table 1 ), there are considerable differences in this value between centers having the closely timed Onsets.

Although in many frog species, females are larger than males, this is not the case in most species where males are actively involved in territorial defence.

Although it has only 6. 14 percent of Alaska's land area, it is larger than the state of Maine, and almost as large as the state of Indiana.

Although the use of aircraft has for the most part always been used as a supplement to land or naval engagements, since their first major military use in World War I aircraft have increasingly taken on larger roles in warfare.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Although the Nationalists had an advantage in numbers of men and weapons, initially controlled a much larger territory and population than their adversaries, and enjoyed considerable international support, they were exhausted by the long war with Japan and the attendant internal responsibilities.

Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs – the highest level – playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100, 000.

Although no other instances of lion predation on chimpanzees have been recorded, the larger group sizes of savanna chimps may have developed as a response to threats from these big cats.

Although found in smaller numbers outside of Korea, they are often considerably larger than Korean dolmen.

Although DECT 6. 0 operates at 1. 9 GHz, Rick decided the term DECT 1. 9 might have confused customers who equate larger numbers ( such as the 2. 4 and 5. 8 in existing 2. 4 GHz and 5. 8 GHz cordless telephones ) with later products.

Although the unused bits were not implemented in hardware such as TLBs, the architecture required implementations to check if they are zero to ensure software compatibility with implementations that implemented a larger or the full virtual address space.

Although these kits may be small with respect to the number of drums used, the drums themselves are most often normal sizes, or even larger in the case of the bass drum.

Although there is a downward population curve, explained by a larger death than birth rate, as well as a larger number of emigrants than immigrants, the line graph of the natural population increase shows the rate of population decrease was slowly diminishing.

Although Emsworth started as a small settlement it soon grew to be larger and more important.

Although both Leo VI and Nikephoros Phokas claim that the substance used in the cheirosiphōnes was the same as in the static devices used on ships, they were manifestly different from their larger cousins.

Although the use of water power gave way to steam power in many of the larger mills and factories, it was still used during the 18th and 19th centuries for many smaller operations, such as driving the bellows in small blast furnaces ( e. g. the Dyfi Furnace ) and gristmills, such as those built at Saint Anthony Falls, which uses the 50-foot ( 15 m ) drop in the Mississippi River.

Although leverage can increase potential returns, the opportunity for larger gains is weighed against the possibility of greater losses.

Although Behe acknowledged that the evolution of the larger anatomical features of the eye have been well-explained, he claimed that the complexity of the minute biochemical reactions required at a molecular level for light sensitivity still defies explanation.

Although originally hailed as authentic ( notably by Robert Eisler ), it is now almost universally acknowledged by scholars to have been the product of an 11th century creation as part of a larger ideological struggle against the Khazars.

Although Kenilworth's great tower is larger, it is similar to that of Brandon Castle near Coventry ; both were built by the local Clinton family in the 1120s.

Although previously attributed to Ghirlandaio, the larger work is now generally attributed to Leonardo.

Although his work was the first of its kind, it was unknown to the larger logical community.

Although subdivided into " light ", " medium ", " heavy " or " general-purpose ", even the lightest machine guns tend to be substantially larger and heavier than other automatic weapons.

Although de Marignac was able to produce tantalum-free niobium on a larger scale by 1866, it was not until the early 20th century that niobium was first used commercially, in incandescent lamp filaments.