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The biggest loss, of course, was the individual's lessened desire and ability to give his services to the growth of his company and our economy.
Jordania suggested that battle trance and associated loss of fear and pain ( known as analgesia ) were designed in the course of evolution by forces of natural selection as a survival mechanism, as individual hominids were too weak to stand against the formidable African ground predators after they descended from the relatively safe trees to the ground.
Of course, when a simple function is used to estimate data points from the original, interpolation errors are usually present ; however, depending on the problem domain and the interpolation method used, the gain in simplicity may be of greater value than the resultant loss in accuracy.
These procedures specify how an IFR pilot should respond, even in the event of a complete radio failure, and loss of communications with ATC, including the expected aircraft course and altitude.
This area was named for German doctor Carl Wernicke, who discovered it in 1874 in the course of his research into aphasias ( loss of ability to speak ).
The character's abrupt hair loss has been made reference to several times over the course of his history.
Despite an estimated loss of 300 lives over the course of four days, nonviolent protesters continued to return to Bamako each day demanding the resignation of the dictatorial president and the implementation of democratic policies.
Over the course of his reign a combination of higher taxes, unsuccessful wars that resulted in the loss of English barons ' titled possessions in Normandy following the Battle of Bouvines ( 1214 ), and an ongoing conflict with the Pope Innocent III had made King John unpopular with many of his barons.
An alliance could have meant the loss of its liberty so a prudent course of action was taken: not to take sides until it became inevitable.
Free energy is subject to irreversible loss in the course of such work.
* Often " live pricing " will change the spread during the course of an event, allowing a profit to be increased or a loss minimized.
This, of course, was forced into practice by Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López's disastrous 1865 invasion of northern Argentine territory, leading to an alliance between 1820s-era adversaries Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives ( particularly Paraguay's own ).
The Demons finished the 2010 season in 12th position with eight and a half wins ( more than double their win tallies from 2008 and 2009 combined ); that could have easily been eleven if not for close results against 2010 Premiers during the course of the year ( a one point loss in round 2 and a draw in round 12 ) and the Western Bulldogs ( a four-point loss in round seven ).
In the fourth episode of Stargate Universe, the Ancient ship Destiny suffers an almost complete loss of power and must use aerobraking to change course.
The loss of Smolensk was an important injury inflicted by Russia on Lithuania in the course of the Russo-Lithuanian Wars and only the exigencies of Sigismund compelled him to acquiesce in its surrender ( 1522 ).
Regardless, while wanton destruction of real value may not be a net loss, it is of course still a misfortune, not a blessing.
" Thus it was held that notwithstanding the right to an appeal, if the situation disclosed be such that to take the ordinary course by appeal would of itself subject the complainant to irreparable loss, the writ should issue notwithstanding no objection was made below ; that the matter of judicial courtesy should yield to substantial personal rights of litigants, such as a sacrifice of their liberty.
Over the course of history, men with facial hair have been ascribed various attributes such as wisdom, sexual virility, masculinity, or a higher status ; although beards may also be perceived to be associated with a lack of general cleanliness and a loss of refinement.
The early Sun had much higher mass loss rates than at present, so, realistically, it may have lost anywhere from 1 – 7 % of its total mass over the course of its main sequence lifetime.
Even though the elevation differential is only 334 metres ( 1096 feet ) and the walk is not particularly long ( 3. 8 km each way ), the total elevation gain and loss over the course of the hike is more than one might initially expect, as the path climbs and descends various ridges.
The Divine Principle then explains that an indemnity condition must reverse the course by which the mistake or loss came about.
This may have set in place a course of events that would lead to loss of royal favour.
As a professional, he appeared rarely over the course of two seasons, all the matches being played in the 1994 – 95 campaign, his debut coming on 1 April 1995, in a 1 – 3 loss at TSV 1860 München, as the team ended a four-stay in the Bundesliga.

course and radio
The rules and policies to be applied in this process of course must be based on objectives which represent what is to be desired if radio service is to be of maximum use to the Nation.
Over the course of the next couple of hours, the marine hears assorted garbled radio messages, gunfire, and screams, followed by silence: " Seems your buddies are dead.
A widely disseminated urban legend tells of a radio conversation between a U. S. or British naval vessel and what is believed to be another ship on a collision course.
In the course of the next three and a half years he oversaw the construction of a radio station in Saratov to connect the Volga area with Moscow, graduated from Petrograd University, became deputy leader of the new Military Radiotechnical Laboratory in Moscow, and finished as the broadcast supervisor of the radio transmitter at Tsarskoye Selo near Petrograd ( then renamed Detskoye Selo ).
In the course of his musical career, he made over 200 radio and television appearances, and released several recordings, as well as having his songs recorded by others.
Some later V-2s used " guide beams ", radio signals transmitted from the ground, to keep the missile on course, but the first models used a simple analog computer that adjusted the azimuth for the rocket, and the flying distance was controlled by the timing of the engine cut-off, " Brennschluss ", ground controlled by a Doppler system or by different types of on-board integrating accelerometers.
As switching devices became commonplace, typically in petrol powered cars and motorcycles but also in domestic appliances such as thermostats and refrigerators, transient interference with domestic radio and ( after World War II ) TV reception became problematic, and in due course laws were passed requiring the suppression of such interference sources.
Of course, in case of a serious malfunction, such as in all of the space probe's radio transmitters or receivers, then that would have been the end of the long mission ( to four planets ), since there was not a second space probe to fill the gap.
While in jail, White listened to Elvis Presley singing " It's Now or Never " on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life.
During the course of a long and varied career, he also tried his hand at writing experimental novels such as The Journal of Albion Moonlight and The Memoirs of A Shy Pornographer, as well as the radio play The City Wears A Slouch Hat.
After launching on an 8K72 ( number I1-8 ) rocket over the North Pole, the Blok-E escape stage was shut down by radio control to put Luna 3 on its course to the Moon.
Bad publicity after a bid by NBC to squelch the stunt --- and an accidental mention by Rudy Vallee on his Fleischmann's Hour --- helped the stunt continue, according to radio historian John Dunning's On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, which also mentioned that Gracie's real brother, a " publicity-shy accountant " living in San Francisco, went into hiding until the gag ran its course.
Of course, the real story was not as fantastic as the fictional radio drama – all that had occurred was that the Superior Portland cement company's electrical sub-station suffered a short-circuit with a flash of brilliant light, and all the town's lights went dark.
He then got spotted by Southern FM and of course then became famous for presenting the great Brighton radio show: The Last Bus To Whitehawk!
After completing a three-week air defense course taught at Mitchel Field, New York, to familiarize him with current concepts of integrating Signal Corps radars, radio communications, and interceptor forces, Brig.
) had been on the decline for some time, and, of course, the serial appealed heavily to fanciers of those genres, people who usually thumbed their noses at the often sentimental domestic or romantic themes that traditional soaps had relied on since their inception on radio in the 1930s.
Nikolayev and Popovich made contact with one another via shortwave radio soon after their spacecraft approached one another ; they would maintain regular ship-to-ship communications over the course of their mission in addition to their contact with the ground.
Routledge's extensive radio credits include several Alan Bennett plays and the BBC dramatisation of Carole Hayman's Ladies of Letters, in which she and Prunella Scales play retired women exchanging humorous correspondence over the course of several years.
In 1983, he enrolled in an 8-week study course at public radio station WDNA, learning basic audio editing and production techniques.
During the course of David Lee Roth's radio show, he maintained a relationship with Howard Stern News Department reporter Steve Langford.
In the course of this survey, one of his graduate students, Jocelyn Bell, discovered the radio source which was ultimately recognised as the first pulsar.
His unit was assigned to investigate German radio and electronics activities, and in the course of his duties, he acquired two Magnetophon recorders and 50 reels of I. G.

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