With the existence of these many factors, some of them variable, it obviously has never been and is not now possible for the Commission to make assignments of AM stations on a case-to-case basis which will insure against any interference in any circumstances.

It is attractive ( although not necessarily wise ) for the player to insure against the possibility of a dealer blackjack by making a maximum " insurance " bet, in which case the " insurance proceeds " will make up for the concomitant loss on the original bet.

Bets to insure against blackjack are slightly less likely to be advantageous than insurance bets in general, since the ten in the player's blackjack makes it less likely that the dealer has blackjack too.

Not only did his company warn against certain fire hazards, it refused to insure certain buildings where the risk of fire was too great, such as all wooden houses.

* Provision of benefits to members: Early trade unions, like Friendly Societies, often provided a range of benefits to insure members against unemployment, ill health, old age and funeral expenses.

[...] to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.

Two local organizations: the German-American Mutual Assistance Foundation, to insure residents against natural disasters ; and " Pflugerville Schuetzen and Kegel Verein ," a shooting and bowling club.

A carefully chosen design, verification that the manufactured device implements that design and continuous physical security to insure against tampering may all be needed in addition to testing for high value uses.

* The lenders ( the people who put up the $ 11bn in the example ) can insure their loans against default, at a cost, by buying credit derivatives, including credit default swaps ( CDSs ) and collateralised loan obligations ( CLOs ), from other institutions.

Accordingly, the Marshall Plan authorized the U. S. government to insure private U. S. investors against the risk that earnings generated overseas in foreign currencies might not be convertible into U. S. dollars.

In 2003, Pepsi paid Berkshire $ 10 million to insure against a contest Pepsi held which had a potential 1 billion dollar prize.

The buyer makes regular premium payments to the seller, the premium amounts constituting the " spread " charged by the seller to insure against a credit event.

( This is because many parties made CDS contracts for speculative purposes, without actually owning any debt that they wanted to insure against default.

More importantly, the services insure the entrepreneurs and owners against a major source of a liquidity crises and their equity.

The use of the word as a verb in the sense of " dodge, evade " is first recorded in the 1590s ; that of insure oneself against loss, as in a bet, is from 1670s.

Exporters insure themselves against irregular raw material supplies by maintaining large stocks of frozen finished produce, but this further adds to cost.

The new firm, Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Philadelphia, would " insure the purchasers of real estate and mortgages against losses from defective titles, liens and encumbrances ," and that " through these facilities, transfer of real estate and real estate securities can be made more speedily and with greater security than heretofore.

This structure proved unsustainable in the context of the Second Industrial Revolution, in that a typical large conglomerate might have dozens of types of risks to insure against.

Farmers can use weather derivatives to hedge against poor harvests caused by drought or frost ; theme parks may want to insure against rainy weekends during peak summer seasons ; and gas and power companies may use heating degree days ( HDD ) or cooling degree days ( CDD ) contracts to smooth earnings.

We seem hell-bent on national suicide .... We cannot as a nation afford to spend one penny less on national defense than that amount which is required to insure that you and I, and our children, can convince the Soviets they dare not pull the trigger when a Soviet gun is placed against our heads.

On October 6, 1917, an amendment to the War Risk Insurance Act, originally enacted in 1914 to insure American ships and cargo against risks of war, extended eligibility for National Home membership to all troops serving in the “ German War ” and, most importantly, made the provision that all veterans were entitled to medical, surgical and hospital care.

First, problems of adverse selection and moral hazard may result in the absence of markets in which individuals can insure themselves against systematic risk in labor income and noncorporate profits.

Insurance companies from all over the world, including ones from countries with economic sanctions against the regime, help to insure foreign companies in Burma that provide vital income to the regime.

Lot owners are, in turn, responsible to insure the contents of their lots, as well as covering themselves against personal liability.

Homeowners and renters insurance policies typically provide liability coverage from US $ 100, 000 – 300, 000 for injuries inflicted by dogs ; however, some insurance companies limit their exposure to dog bite liability claims by putting restrictions on dog owners that they insure.

Deciding this punishment was insufficient, Endicott and his men sailed over to Fort Saybrook before going after the Pequot village at the mouth of the Thames River to demand one thousand fathoms of wampum to pay for the murder of John Oldham and some Pequot children as hostages to insure peace.

Insurance companies refused to insure some of the older shrimp boats, leading shrimpers to ride it out with all they had left.

During the trip to France, Danilo received some financial help ( 200, 000 francs annually ) from France hoping that France would insure the formal recognition of Montenegro's sovereignty.

Sometimes sleepers will be cheaper to insure when compared to an equally fast sports car, but some insurance companies may refuse insurance to owners of heavily modified vehicles.

Many are guardians of the shrines where items are kept to insure positive outcomes of the rituals ( such as rain stones for the rain magic ), and some also undergo spiritual possession.

Valves on pipes connected to vessels that workers will enter are chained and locked closed, unless some other means is taken to insure that nothing will come through the pipes.

In some cases underwriters even refuse to insure the liability of these industries or choose to apply a large deductible in order to minimize the potential compensations.

In 1865, Worthington was among the Cleveland businessmen who organized the Hahnemann Life Insurance Company ( named for German physician Samuel Hahnemann ), the first such firm in the U. S. to offer to insure those whose medical belief and practice were exclusively homeopathic, at lower rates than those subjecting themselves to traditional medical treatment ; as some contemporary evidence showed a lower rate of mortality under the former.

and ( C ) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act: Provided, That funds available in any one year for research and development may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign policy objectives of the United States, be expended in cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United States: And provided further, That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United States for the use of the United States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United States.

To insure uniformity in the meaning of national law, however, state interpretations are subject to Supreme Court review.

The `` hold-back '', as Pentagon mutterers labeled it, apparently was a temporary expedient intended to insure that the army services are built up gradually and, thus, the new funds spent prudently.

Because of all of these elements and the importance of each one to the success of the course, seeking out a qualified, experienced course designer will help to insure that all of these factors are kept at the forefront.

Related problems in insurance are adverse selection, such that those at most risk are most likely to insure ( say reckless drivers ), and moral hazard, such that insurance results in riskier behavior ( say more reckless driving ).

Because of this, consumers are advised to select high deductibles and to not insure losses which would not cause a disruption in their life.

The American Declaration of Independence includes the words ( which echo Locke ) " all men are created equal ; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights ; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; that to insure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

When, for example, television producers " pre-interview " participants in news and public affairs programs, to insure that they will speak in simple, attention-grabbing terms, and when the search for viewers leads to an emphasis on the sensational and the spectacular, people with complex or nuanced views are not allowed a hearing.

It is also illegal for them to refuse to provide car insurance " on the basis that the owner of the motor vehicle to be insured is blind ," but they are allowed to exclude coverage for injuries and damages incurred while a blind unlicensed owner is actually operating the vehicle ( the law is apparently structured to allow blind people to buy and insure cars which their friends, family, and caretakers can drive for them ).

It also gives parents the ability to monitor any classroom to insure that they are satisfied with the education their child is receiving.

Other stories, though folklore, are: 1 ) that it was named after a race horse owned by Joe Moore, one of the members of the committee chosen to name the parish, who claimed that by naming the parish after his fast horse the committee would insure the growth of the parish to be as fast as his horse: 2 ) that it was named after a popular teacher who had been an officer in the Royal Navy, only mentioned as " Mr. Vernon ".

The levees built along the river are inspected on an annual basis to insure their quality.

Often when the golds are assigned to the Weyr they assign only a single gold at first, to insure the chosen leadership, or they wait until the chosen goldrider's dragon is about to rise to mate to assign golds to the new Weyr.

The master franchise will then be expected to sub-license new stores, provide training support and insure operational standards are maintained.

These blades insure that the cells are filled with enough ink.

If a community relies on the resources that are in the surrounding area, then they need to be used sustainable to insure the indefinite supply of the resources.

Iturbide responded in a note to Captain General Gainza dated October 19 that " ... the current interests of Mexico and Guatemala are so identical and indivisible, that separate or independent nations cannot be erected without risking their existence or security ..." and ordered the Count de la Cadena to lead a protective expedition to Guatemala, Panama and Campeche to insure their people " enjoyment of their civil liberty and rights as men living in society ".

Insurance policies are available to employers through commercial insurance companies: if the employer is deemed an excessive risk to insure at market rates, it can obtain coverage through an assigned-risk program.

The nesting sites often insure limited nest predation, though carnivorous mammals who eat egg and nestling can access nests when water levels are low enough for them to cross, as has been recorded with wild boars destroying nests in Bulgaria.