It may be an exaggerated form of an instinctive response that helped early humans to survive, or a cultural phenomenon that is most common in predominantly European societies.

In response to criticism over ergonomic issues in the 7800 ’ s Pro-Line controllers, Atari later released joypad controllers with European 7800s, which were similar in style to controllers found on Nintendo and Sega Systems.

Evolving further partly in response to the European Central Bank, the People's Bank of China has by 2000 become a modern central bank.

However most of the colleges began in the mid-1960s as a response education and training for the then emerging baby boom generation, and to provide training to the post second World War II European immigrants and newer immigrants from around the world, that were starting to enter the country.

" At that time, and in response to a European Council report highlighting Ireland as the most centralised country in the European Union, it was decided that a single County Dublin was unmanageable and undemocratic from a local government perspective.

In response to Lord Chalfont's claim in that the Soviet Union was giving the European peace movement £ 100 million a year, Bruce Kent said, " If they were, it was certainly not getting to our grotty little office in Finsbury Park.

GPRS was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute ( ETSI ) in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode packet-switched cellular technologies.

In response, the European Commission criticised the actions, describing them as " unilateral and disproportionate ", although no immediate ' tit-for-tat ' response was announced.

Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the institute adopted the European polytechnic university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date.

British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin heard Marshall's radio broadcast speech and immediately contacted French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault to begin preparing a quick European response to ( and acceptance of ) the offer.

European countries with a weak system of government would be unable to organize a suitable response would naturally suffer the most to Viking raiders.

Meanwhile the eastern European communist states politically deteriorated in response to the success of the Polish Solidarity movement and the possibility of Gorbachev-style political liberalization.

The European Union also banned importation of prairie dogs in response.

As a response to the expanded military cooperation the defence proposition of 2009 stated that Sweden will not remain passive if a Nordic country or a member of the European Union were attacked.

He received little response from other European powers.

In March 1938, Germany annexed Austria, again provoking little response from other European powers.

** The European Economic Community lifts economic sanctions on South Africa in response to moves to end the apartheid system.

NATO's deployment of these missiles was a response to the Soviet deployment of the SS-20 Pioneer, which could hit most European NATO bases within minutes of launch.

In contrast, DASA's response to the breakdown of the merger discussion was to merge with Aérospatiale to create the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ( EADS ), a horizontal integration.

It was partly in response to a new wave of European imperialism in sub-Saharan Africa and the massive immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans to the United States and Latin America.

It became autonomous in 1990 ; this was in response to a European directive which aimed at making competition mandatory in public services from the 1 January 1998.

The embargo was imposed in response to violations of U. S. neutrality, in which American merchantmen and their cargo were seized as contraband of war by the belligerent European navies.

No response has been issued by the British Government or by Northern Ireland paramilitaries, despite requests from various European bodies and human rights organisations.

In the global political context, the Doctrine was made in response to the possibility of a generalized war, threatened as a result of the Soviet Union's attempt to use the Suez War as a pretext to enter Egypt.

The move to form the group was largely a response to the spiralling trade subsidies of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and the United States ' Export Enhancement Program.

In the global political context, the Doctrine was made in response to the possibility of a generalized war, threatened as a result of the Soviet Union's attempt to use the Suez War as a pretext to enter Egypt.

It is believed that it was a response to the Soviet Union's " diploma taxes " levied on Jews attempting to emigrate, although the amendment does not specifically mention Jews and the tax applied to all Soviet citizens, not only Jews.

" The Commission's final report was published in January 2001, leaving Green to begin the work of co-ordinating the Union's response.

Hallam was an active member of the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee and played an important part in the European Union's response to the BSE crisis which affected British farming during his term of office.

In 2008 Sepracor submitted an application to the EMA ( the European Union's equivalent to the US FDA ) for authorization to market the drug in the EU, and initially received a favourable response.

In some areas, emergency responders are provided with specialized equipment, such as an Mobile Infrared Transmitter, which allows emergency response vehicles, particularly fire fighting apparatus, to have high-priority travel by having the lights along their route change to green.

FEMA's emergency response is based on small, decentralized teams trained in such areas as the National Disaster Medical System ( NDMS ), Urban Search and Rescue ( USAR ), Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team ( DMORT ), Disaster Medical Assistance Team ( DMAT ), and Mobile Emergency Resource Support ( MERS ).

That response to consultation was issued on Tuesday 28 July 2009 Having provided options to stakeholders in terms of 2 options outlined in Consultation 08 / 44 of Mobile Telegraphy License or a technology neutral Wireless Telegarphy License, and minded by the 7 responses it received, the Mobile Telegraphy Licence was seen as the best use of spectrum, given the nature of the spectrum of 8 MHz of UHF band in between 470 to 750 MHz in the five main urban areas due to the limited spectrum arising from DTT introduction and use of 4 multiplexes as the spectrum priority prior to analogue switchover ( ASO ).

As of April 2010, following on from the response to its consultation at end of 2009 The communications regulator ComReg has issued an Information Notice on the future award of a mobile television license, ComReg 10 / 26 Mobile TV Wireless Telegraphy Licence Award on Tuesday, 30 March 2010

In response to Satterfield, entities who make money sending mobile phone spam formed the Mobile Advocacy Coalition ( MAC ) to lobby the government to legalize that activity.

* Mobile Deployment Wing-Emergency response

To prepare for the back-to-school season of that year, the Virgin Mobile SuperTab was introduced on August 23 as a response to competition from other providers, especially Koodo Mobile.

In response to competition from major mobile brands and new entrants, Virgin Mobile introduced a City Unlimited plan on February 18, 2011.

One such project is the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project that built on existing conservation efforts in Panama to create a country-wide response to the threat of chytridiomycosis.

Hazel Green Fire / Rescue outfits an apparatus of five engines, one attack truck ( or " brush " truck ), one rescue truck and two medical response vehicles.

The Township is split for faster response times, with Rescue Squad District II and Fire Department 2 serving Twin Rivers and the Eastern portion of the Township.

Stillwater Emergency Rescue Squad provides Emergency Medical Services to the township, utilizing two full-size ambulances, and first response vehicles.

The Fire and Rescue Department is a member of the Metropolitan Portage County Fire Protection District, along with their response partners to the south in the Village of Plover and to the north in the City of Stevens Point starting in February 2011.

Whiting Fire and Rescue also acts as the Portage County Hazardous Materials Response Team, providing level B response across the County.

Common units that are medical response units include: Pumper, Rescue, Search & Rescue, and Hazardous Materials Units.

Larger maritime search and rescue events, as well as reports of overdue aircraft, fall under the control of the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand ( RCCNZ ), based in Avalon, which coordinates response from local coastguard, helicopter operators, merchant marine, air force and naval resources.

( Official site ) The Swedish Rescue Services Agency promotes practice that improves accident prevention and response, and in the event of an accident limits injury and damage.

* NASA Ames Research Center-Disaster Assistance & Rescue Team ( DART ) response

RCC sent a fax to the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency ( BASARNAS ) on the night of 25 August but received no response.

* Fire and Rescue services-includes fire prevention and suppression, all types of rescue services and HAZMAT response.

* Emergency response / Search And Rescue ( SAR )

The Central Park Medical Rescue Squad was primarily a first response unit that consisted of approximately twenty volunteers, a few personal bicycles and a retrofitted Ford van used to transport crews and equipment.

There is a consideration that the real date of birth of the agency was on December 27, 1990, when the Russian Rescue Corps was established and assigned the mission of rapid response in the case of emergencies.

Under the stipulations of several international treaties, Denmark has agreed to keep and maintain a SAR ( Search And Rescue ) response organization in the Greenlandic area of responsibility.

Using assets generated and maintained by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the civilian Canadian Coast Guard, Canada Command assumed operational control of the primary SAR response providers through three Search and Rescue Regions ( SRRs ) and their associated coordination centres:

It is the main mode of transport and response of the Special Rescue Companies, housed at the 4 divisions.

Fixed and rotary wing aircraft and the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System are highlighted with red lightning bolts representing a rapid response.

* Heavy Urban Search and Rescue, a type of response to disaster situations in a city

It also offered medical experts, Urban Search and Rescue equipment, Marine engineers and high-volume pumps, skilled personnel including engineers who could support recovery efforts for installations and systems, technicians, staff trained in disaster management and emergency response activities.

Rescue teams were set up in the worst hit regions in response to desperate pleas from pet owners.