In extreme cases, the telephone service provider may temporarily disconnect an overloaded line to reduce load.

Plutarch, in his " Life of Lycurgus ," attributes to Lycurgus also a thoroughgoing reassignment and equalizing of landholdings and wealth among the population, " For there was an extreme inequality amongst them, and their state was overloaded with a multitude of indigent and necessitous persons, while its whole wealth had centred upon a very few.

It almost immediately went off-line, overloaded because of extreme popularity.

Mechanical rope-grabs when overloaded will sometimes damage the sheath of the rope, or in extreme cases sever the rope entirely.

At more extreme angles of heel, the boat will spontaneously ' round up ' into the wind during gusts, i. e. it will turn into the wind regardless of any corrective action taken on the helm.

Car styling during the 1990s became gradually more round and ovoid, the third-generation Taurus and Mercury Sable being some of the more extreme examples.

Due to the town's extreme isolation, to play matches the Saints must make round trips of over 900km to Roxby Downs, where the rest of the league's teams are located.

) Wide and shallow or narrow and deep hulls have high transverse metacenters ( relative to the keel ), and the opposite have low metacenters ; the extreme opposite is shaped like a log or round bottomed boat.

The 9th Light Horse Regiment ( 3rd Light Horse Brigade ) on the extreme right was held up by a determined German and Ottoman rearguard and was unable to work round the right flank of that position.

Hyperopia, also known as farsightedness, longsightedness or hypermetropia, is a defect of vision caused by an imperfection in the eye ( often when the eyeball is too short or the lens cannot become round enough ), causing difficulty focusing on near objects, and in extreme cases causing a sufferer to be unable to focus on objects at any distance.

Under extreme pressure, the round ligament may reopen to allow the passage of blood.

The body of the extreme endomorph is round and soft.

From a point on the North coast of Timor in 125 ° East up this meridian to Alor Island, thence round the East point and along the North coasts of the Alor, Pantar, Lomblen and Adoenara Islands and thence across the Northern end of Flores Strait to Tanjong Serbete the Eastern extreme of Flores, thence a line from its Northern point () to Kalaotoa Island () and through the chain of islands lying between it and the South point of Pulo Salayar, through this island and across the Strait to Tanjong Lassa, Celebes (), thence along the Southern limit of the Gulf of Boni and up the East coast of Celebes to Tanjong Botok ().

To round out the cast, England brought in his friend Ehren McGhehey, a fellow Oregon resident and extreme stunt participant.

Even the most extreme fell runners will tend to ” bite ” at a record that stands 24 h or less — often a " round " that ends at the start line.

The exceptions to the extreme fell runner are attempts at a continuous round of Munros.

His stance was perhaps the most " two-eyed " known in the history of the game, with his right shoulder typically turned so far round as to be facing mid-off, and he gripped the bat with the hands at the extreme ends of the handle.

Carter has at times missed out on opportunities from winning positions, an extreme example being in the first round of the 2007 UK Championship, when Carter led Barry Hawkins 8 – 3 before Hawkins won the next six frames to win 9 – 8.

In the northwestern Great Plains and the Plateau region located nearby, climate changes and extreme temperature and weather conditions made it difficult to live year round.

Most electromagnetic waves of higher frequency than visible light ( UV and X-rays ) are blocked by absorption from electronic excitation in ozone and dioxygen ( for UV ), and by ionization of air for energies in the extreme UV and above.

The higher energies of the ultraviolet spectrum from wavelengths about 10 nm to 120 nm (' extreme ' ultraviolet ) are ionizing, but this type of ultraviolet in sunlight is blocked by normal dioxygen in air, and does not reach the ground.

In extreme cases, a blocked vent may result in a fire.

To the north-east, via the beach or seawall, the coast can be followed some 2 km to Langstone Rock and the resort of Dawlish Warren beyond, although this path is blocked at extreme high water.

At the other extreme, some " blocked " writers have been unable to work for years on end, and some have even abandoned their careers.

Other equine events in the area include cowboy mounted shooting by the Florida Outlaws, as well as endurance rides, barrel races, " extreme " cowboy events, jumper shows, trick shows, parades, draft pulls, and more.

The mood effect of perspective distortion achieved by rectilinear extreme wide-angle lenses is that the resulting image looks grotesque and unsettling, while not looking as unrealistic as curvilinear fisheye lenses which display barrel distortion.

** H3 may be needed for an extreme case, or when the gas port is eroded but the barrel still groups.

** H3 may be needed for an extreme cases or when the gas port is eroded but the barrel still groups.

These steels were of poor quality, and the introduction of pattern welding, around the 1st century AD, sought to balance the extreme properties of the alloys by laminating them, to create a tougher metal.

The " interventions " advocated and practiced by eugenicists involved prominently the identification and classification of individuals and their families, including the poor, mentally ill, blind, deaf, developmentally disabled, promiscuous women, homosexuals and entire racial groups — such as the Roma and Jews — as " degenerate " or " unfit "; the segregation or institutionalisation of such individuals and groups, their sterilization, euthanasia, and in the extreme case of Nazi Germany, their mass extermination.

This has supported a sharp decline in extreme poverty ; yet because of high income inequality a large proportion of the population remains poor.

As he reported to John Taylor two weeks afterwards, " Each day he would look up in the doctors face to discover how long he should live -- he would say -- " how long will this posthumous life of mine last " -- that look was more than we could ever bear — the extreme brightness of his eyes — with his poor pallid face — were not earthly --" Severn's ordeal was recognized by Keats himself, who, a month before his death, said, " Severn I can see under your quiet look -- immense twisting and contending -- you dont know what you are reading -- you are induring for me more than I'd have you -- O!

Smooth, highly spun yarns are best for showing off stitch patterns ; at the other extreme, very fuzzy yarns or eyelash yarns have poor stitch definition, and any complicated stitch pattern would be invisible.

As an area of research and development, arid-zone agriculture, or desert agriculture, includes studies of how to increase the agricultural productivity of lands dominated by lack of freshwater, an abundance of heat and sunlight, and usually one or more of extreme winter cold, short rainy season, saline soil or water, strong dry winds, poor soil structure, over-grazing, limited technological development, poverty, political instability.

Cauterization ( fusing a wound closed with extreme heat ) was successful but limited-it was destructive, painful and in the long term had very poor outcomes.

On the strength of his family name, and despite his extreme nearsightedness and poor health history, he was admitted to the highly selective institution.

Leukocytosis need not to be extreme and in fact leukopenia may be seen and it is a very poor prognostic sign.

Use of the term " East End " in a pejorative sense began in the late 19th century, as the expansion of the population of London led to extreme overcrowding throughout the area and a concentration of poor people and immigrants in the districts that made it up.

Another extreme is the case of Saturn's rings, where the disk is so gas poor that its angular momentum transport is dominated by solid body collisions and disk-moon gravitational interactions.

This documented the poor quality of these castle facilities ; prisoners in Norwich Castle lived in a dungeon, with the floor frequently covered by an inch of water ; Oxford was " close and offensive "; Worcester was so subject to gaol-fever that the castle surgeon would not enter the prison ; Gloucester was " wretched in the extreme ".

Huxley was an outspoken critic of the most extreme eugenicism in the 1920s and 1930s ( the stimulus for which was the greater fertility of the ' feckless ' poor compared to the ' responsible ' prosperous classes ).

* A condition of very poor health or death resulting from lack of protection over prolonged periods under weather, extreme temperatures or dangerous substances.

Unlike the famine of the 1840s, which was caused in part by a fungal infection in the potato crop and, separately, extreme government regulations, that of 1740 – 41 was due to extremely cold and then rainy weather in successive years, resulting in a series of poor harvests.

These cameras often have plastic lenses that offer poor or uneven focus, light leaks that oddly colorize an image, extreme vignetting, and a multitude of other " flaws " that are generally undesirable to photographers.

One study in Bangladesh showed that cycle rickshaw driving was connected with some increases in income for poor agricultural laborers who moved to urban areas, but that the extreme physical demands of the job meant that these benefits decreased for long-term drivers.

The most well known villages inside Kongowea include Kisumu Ndogo, Shauri Yako and Mnazi Mmoja, despite being located in this prime area, many residents live under extreme conditions – poor sanitation, high crime rate and lack of basic essential amenities like schools, hospitals and tap water.

Families with the financial resources to escape extreme poverty rarely suffer from chronic hunger, while poor families not only suffer the most from chronic hunger, but are also the segment of the population most at risk during food shortages and famines.

Both recoilless guns proved to have poor accuracy in testing, so the shell's greatest effect would have been its extreme radiation hazard.

Though FANK was by this time fighting with extreme tenacity, and the Khmer Rouge soldiers were suffering from poor morale, malaria, and even higher rates of casualties than FANK, fresh supplies of arms and ammunition from China gave them the impetus to overrun the Republic's remaining outposts.

Amongst the show's main characters, Kyle is defined as being the only Jewish kid, Cartman is recognized by his obesity, greed, and extreme bigotry, and Kenny is notable for being poor and frequently dying ; as opposed to having a prominent distinguishing trait, Stan is portrayed ( in words of the show's official website ) as " a normal, average, American, mixed-up kid ".

After several attempts to seek a new spouse, Patrick came to terms with widowhood at the age of 47, and spent his time visiting the sick and the poor, giving sermons, communion, and extreme unction, leaving the three sisters Emily, Charlotte, Anne, and their brother Branwell alone with their aunt and a maid, Tabitha Aykroyd ( Tabby ), who tirelessly recounted local legends in her Yorkshire dialect while preparing the meals.

In September 1934 O ' Duffy suddenly and unexpectedly resigned as leader of Fine Gael as his extreme views and poor judgement became an embarrassment to his party.