( B ) A message runs too great a risk of being distorted if it is to be relayed more than about six consecutive times.

They were reluctant to appoint sheriffs to protect the property, thus running the risk of creating disturbances such as that on the Vermejo, and yet the cowboys protested that they got no salary for arresting cattle thieves and running the risk of being shot.

She would have been taking more than a fair risk of being seen and recognized during her travels.

An example would be the systems being put in place for senior people such as fall detectors, thermometers ( for hypothermia risk ), flooding and unlit gas sensors ( for people with mild dementia ).

Arachnophobes will spare no effort to make sure that their whereabouts are spider-free, hence they would have had a reduced risk of being bitten in ancestral environments.

He did, however, understand that there is a risk over using leech, and advised patients that leech need to be cleaned before being used and that the dirt or dust " clinging to a leech should be wiped off " before application.

Another risk occurs if the items being bought and sold are not identical and the arbitrage is conducted under the assumption that the prices of the items are correlated or predictable ; this is more narrowly referred to as a convergence trade.

People crossing the so-called " death strip " on the eastern side were at risk of being shot.

Whorf argued that paying attention to how other physical phenomena are described in the study of linguistics could make valuable contributions to science by pointing out the ways in which certain assumptions about reality are implicit in the structure of language itself, and how language guides the attention of speakers towards certain phenomena in the world which risk becoming overemphasized while leaving other phenomena at risk of being overlooked.

Since inside pitching is a legitimate tactic in baseball, courts have recognized that being hit by a pitch is an inherent risk of the game, so that players cannot sue for any resulting injuries.

On April 6, 2006, in a case arising from a game involving community college baseball teams, the Supreme Court of California ruled that baseball players in California assume the risk of being hit by baseballs even if the balls were intentionally thrown so as to cause injury.

In the court's words: " For better or worse, being intentionally thrown at is a fundamental part and inherent risk of the sport of baseball.

In de facto residence definitions this would not be a problem but in de jure definitions individuals risk being recorded on more than one form leading to double counting.

An economic dependence on commodities, such as diamond s being mined by these children in Sierra Leone, is correlated with an increased risk of civil war.

For example, a Bahá ' í who refuses to follow guidance on treatment of Covenant-breakers is at risk of being named one.

Not wanting to risk being taken hostage by one side or the other, Titus abandoned the journey to Rome and rejoined his father in Judaea.

By varying the snap count, a quarterback forces the defensive players to react to the movement of the offensive players, or risk being called for an offsides or encroachment penalty.

* Underlying value independent of the risk being undertaken

John Wayne is a graceful man and so are some of the great ball players ... but, of course, they don't run the risk of being called sissies.

As the impact between steel hammer heads and the objects being hit can, and does, create sparks, which in some industries such as underground coal mining with methane gas, or in other hazardous environments containing flammable gases and vapours, can be dangerous and risk igniting the gases.

Jones referred to his fund as being " hedged ", a term then commonly used on Wall Street, to describe how the fund managed risk exposure from overall market movement.

Personality theorists argue that by being a creator of something one is inherently at risk and vulnerable for having their ideas and designs stolen and / or altered.

The insured entities are therefore protected from risk for a fee, with the fee being dependent upon the frequency and severity of the event occurring.

There are safety concerns associated with the use of stirrups, including a risk that a fallen rider may get their foot caught in the stirrup and be dragged by the horse, or that long hours of use without rest may cause problems in the human foot's Peroneus Tertius tendon.

Proper stirrup placement, on the ball of the foot, instead of jammed " home " clear up to the arch, also lowers the risk of a rider being dragged.

Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned on July 14 of the risk of " the region being dragged into adventurism that does not serve Arab interests ," while the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal called the Hezbollah attacks " unexpected, inappropriate and irresponsible acts.

* Stirrups: Those of the Western saddle cannot detach from the saddle in an emergency, but instead have a wider tread ; combined with the rider's high-heeled cowboy boots, the design minimizes the risk that the rider's feet will slip through the stirrup during a fall and the rider being dragged.

Examples are in public utilities, making military aircraft and accessories, or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by any means other than the corporate form, e.g. constructing major airports or dams.

But by the time the risk was doubled, events had dismissed from his mind both increased percentages and a previously stated intention of considering carefully anything more serious than a bout of influenza.

But for the United States and its SEATO allies to attempt to shore up a less tough, less combat-tested government army in monsoon-shrouded, road-shy, guerrilla-th'-wisp terrain is a risk not savored by Pentagon planners.

It is not a medieval mental quirk or an attitude `` unnourished by sense '' to believe that husbands and wives should not be subjected to such a risk, or that such a possibility should not be permitted to endanger the confidentiality of the marriage relationship.

Needless to say, strong hands are not eager to be joined by weak hands, for this increases the risk that they will have to absorb what these weak hands unload on the way up, at higher prices, during the run-up phase of the campaign.

`` I am consciously prepared to run the continued risk of ' race suicide by accident ' rather than accept the alternative certainty of race slavery by design.

But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' ( by precautions against accidents or by limiting war??

and, now and in the future unlike in the past, any attempt to repel injury and to preserve any particular civilized attainment of mankind or its provisional justice runs some risk of nuclear warfare and the danger that an effect of it will, by human action, render this planet less habitable by the human race.

It may have been preceded by an optional " pre-answer " motion to dismiss or demurrer ; if such a motion is unsuccessful, the defendant must file an answer to the complaint or risk an adverse default judgment.

A literature review by Michael McCullough and Camile Farah, published in the Australian Dental Journal in 2008, focused on a possible connection between mouthwashes that contain alcohol, and an increased risk of oral cancer.

Publishers, at times, reduced the risk of this type of arrangement, by agreeing only to pay this after a certain amount of copies had sold.

England failed to win any series during the 1960s, a period dominated by draws as teams found it more prudent to save face than risk losing.

Another topic concerns how soldiers ' lives are put at risk by their commanding officers who seem unaware of the trauma of their charges.

NSAIDs predispose to peptic ulcers, renal failure, allergic reactions, and occasionally hearing loss, and they can increase the risk of hemorrhage by affecting platelet function.

After widespread adoption of the COX-2 inhibitors, it was discovered that most of the drugs in this class increased the risk of cardiovascular events by 40 % on average.

Dietary restrictions are not used by the highly urban Brazilian ayahuasca church União do Vegetal, suggesting the risk is much lower than perceived, and probably non-existent.

Anti-globalization advocates urge that preservation of the natural environment, human rights ( especially workplace rights and conditions ) and democratic institutions are likely to be placed at undue risk by globalization unless mandatory standards are attached to liberalisation.

In one such study, from Hamburg, Germany, the risk of cancer mortality increased by 170 % after working for 10 years at the 2, 4, 5-T-producing section of a Hamburg manufacturing plant.

There is a possibility that the risk of tardive dyskinesia can be reduced by combining the anti-psychotics with diphenhydramine or benzatropine, although this remains to be established.

Some critics have also analyzed the use of alleged front organizations and conflicted patient " advocacy " groups funded by pharmaceutical companies that seek to set the mental health agenda, including the use of the law to force people to take antipsychotics against their will, often justified by claims about risk of violence.

The albinistic are generally as healthy as the rest of the population ( but see related disorders below ), with growth and development occurring as normal, and albinism by itself does not cause mortality, although the lack of pigment blocking ultraviolet radiation increases the risk of skin cancer and other problems.