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Concern about the rapid pace of technological change crystallized around the concept of the technological singularity, popularized by Vernor Vinge's novel Marooned in Realtime and then taken up by other authors.

However, data now suggest that silky shark numbers are declining around the world, which prompted the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) to reassess its conservation status from Least Concern to Near Threatened in 2007.

In 2008, the IUCN assessed the gelada as Least Concern, although their population had reduced from an estimated 440, 000 in the 1970s to around 200, 000 in 2008.

Concern around the potential impact of smoke-free regulations upon the income of publicans and licensees was a prominent theme in FOREST ’ s opposition to smoke-free workplace measures.

* December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis ( On Social Concern ).

In addition to providing practical support to individuals, Age Concern campaigned on issues such as age discrimination and pensions, and works to influence public opinion and government policy about older people.

On 30 May 2006, Age Concern launched Heyday-marking the launch by carrying out the UK's biggest survey, asking 10 million people born in the 1940s and 1950s for views on issues such as ageism, pensions and health.

Concern about these issues led to the establishment of the Cacapon Institute in 1985 ( originally known as the Pine Cabin Run Ecological Laboratory ).

Concern with social issues has been a recurring theme in the church's history.

The village also features a Social Club, an Age Concern centre for older people, providing many activities & services, a comprehensive school, Cowplain Community School, and Padnell Infant and Junior Schools, next to a large recreation ground with a park, tennis courts and bowling facilities.

Once common on the east coast, Emu are now uncommon ; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the Emu in arid regions, and it is of Least Concern for conservation.

Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972, along with 42 other areas, the lower segment of the river was designated as an Area of Concern, based on the heavy presence of pollutant contamination.

Historic contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ), polycylclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ) and heavy metals has put the canal under the EPA's Grand Calumet River Area of Concern ( AoC )— the only AoC to be listed impaired in all 14 beneficial use categories.

Concern, at the height of the crisis, led to these aircraft being transferred to Hahn air base in Germany where they strengthened the air defense of central Europe.

Concern was expressed on rat runs and local air quality in parts of north Edinburgh if only a city centre cordon was introduced.

Concern rose about claims of unprofessional behavior by staff working in TBS-clinics, and the Dr. S. Van Mesdagkliniek developed a poor reputation over these problems.

The upper section is mainly formal, dominated by Knight Hill House ( currently used as an Age UK ( formerly Age Concern ) day centre, and has a rose garden, lawns and two memorials.

CD was evident as early as 1979 and was initially identified on the Chuckwalla Bench Area of Critical Environmental Concern in Riverside County, California, US ( Jacobson 1994 ).

Concern was expressed as early as September 1939 in the Canadian Parliament for the security of Newfoundland ( which was not yet a part of Canada ) in the event of a German raid or attack.

Several early Apostles tracks are featured on the Cause For Concern compilation A Sudden Surge of Power.

Cause for Concern was an important DIY cassette label of the 1980s.

The Goldcrest has a large range, estimated at 13. 2 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 5. 1 million mi < sup > 2 </ sup >) and a total population estimated at 80 – 200 million individuals, and it is therefore classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

The species is of Least Concern according to the IUCN, with an estimated range of 5, 900, 000 km² ( 3, 700, 000 mi² ) and a population of 28, 000, 000 individuals.

In 2004, the popularity of other groups and individuals in the pro-democratic camp ( such as members of the Article 45 Concern Group and Albert Cheng ), together with the emergence of scandals concerning two of the party's candidates in the LegCo election this year, began to wane.

Concern over liberalizing tendencies caused a number of congregations and individuals of the Conservative Mennonite Conference to splinter or move away from this group to join the Conservative Mennonites.

It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27, 000 and 47, 000 individuals.

Concern at disengagement with local politics in the UK-manifested, not least, by low turnout in local elections-has led to a series of initiatives aimed at making it easier for people to become involved in local decision-making.

He was a founder member of the British Association for the Hard of Hearing, which became Hearing Concern in 1963, and was also involved in the founding of the Durham County Association for the Disabled.

Dhupia is involved with the Concern India Foundation, an NGO which assists lower income women and children as well as the elderly.

The Canadian-Muslim Civil Liberties Association similarly gathered a petition of 800 signatures and presented it to both Canadian and Pakistani officiails, and Human Concern International executive director Kaleem Akhtar echoed his certainty that Khadr was not involved in the blast, stating that " politics was not his cup of tea ", and subsequently started a legal defence fund for Khadr.

Concern has been raised that the Socialist Workers Party is seeking to dominate the UAF, and that the organisations involved in the UAF avoid condemnation of antisemitism.

Public Concern at Work, a UK-based whistleblowers charity, was involved in the drafting and consultation stages of the bill.

Reportedly written by Andrea Williams then of The Lawyers ' Christian Fellowship, Dorries has denied that her campaigning on the abortion issue receives funding from Christian fundamentalist groups, although Dorries website for the " 20 Reasons for 20 Weeks " campaign in 2008 was registered by Christian Concern For Our Nation ( CCFON ), another organisation with which Williams is involved ; one of the pressure group's interns set up the website without charge to Dorries.

It is involved in several breeding programs including the Cuban crocodile, seahorses, butterfly goodeids, and jellyfish, and works with many conservation organizations including Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Save Our Seas, Shark Trust, Rainforest Concern, Earth Sea Sky, and South Pacific Projects.

As a reaction to this many private organizations have formed whistleblower legal defense funds or support groups to assist whistleblowers ; two such examples are the National Whistleblowers Center in the United States and Public Concern at Work in the UK.

Some indigenous groups are trying to expand these freedoms ; they include Human Rights in China, Chinese Human Rights Defenders ( CHRD ), and the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group ( CHRLCG ).

By mid-1919 about one in seven Bible Students had chosen to leave rather than accept his leadership, and over the following decade they helped formed other groups including the Standfast Movement, the Layman's Home Missionary Movement, the Dawn Bible Students Association, the Pastoral Bible Institute, the Elijah Voice Movement, the Concordat Publishing Concern, and the Eagle Society.

Concern was raised within the coalition government that fringe groups such as the " Ausi Freedom Scouts ", the Australian League of Rights and the Citizen Initiated Referendum Party, were exploiting voter anger to gain support.

Concern about coronary ischaemia was addressed, and the uncomfortable fact that 3 % of the polyheme group were reported to suffer myocardial infarction compared to only 1 % in the control group was softened by a claim that a blinded committee of experts were unable to discern a difference between the groups.

Concern and controversy about Western Union transfers have increased in recent years, because of the increased monitoring of money-laundering transactions, as well as concern about terrorist groups using the service, particularly in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Concern about ecumenical relations with the Episcopal Church prevented the Archbishop of Los Angeles from authorizing the establishment in his archdiocese of personal parishes of the kind envisaged, in spite of requests from two groups, whose membership exceeded that of any of the groups for which personal parishes were set up in other dioceses.