Most floods are caused by man, not weather; deforestation, levee construction, erosion, and overgrazing all result in the loss of ecosystem services.
When one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course.
I've gradually gained more confidence swimming for distance in the open sea, but I still return to the rock pools.
Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.
Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.
So far, Indian companies have focused more on customer application. This needs to shift to packaged software for sectors such as banking and financial services.
The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion in the service of their masters.
Many companies expect loyal customers without providing loyal service. This has been the visionary failure of countless corporations.
I think it is going to be hard for individual OEMs to create a platform on top of which people will write content and services and which users will transact.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar turned out to be all hat and no cattle with his sorry oversight of the Minerals Management Service.
The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
Customer service, they say, is dead. Actually, it isn't. It's just hiding behind a call center in Manila.
In my early teens, I was a janitor. In high school, I got up early to deliver to accounts that required early service.
The fact of the matter is that the true hits of AOL have always been its easy-to-use services, such as AIM, email, and Buddy Lists.
In 1975 I met Alison Brown and in 1982 we were married. She works for Cornell Computer Services.
You could say we run a dating service. If you with some books that will take you on a date you will never forget.
Both organizations are growing rapidly due in part to answering the urgent need in the community for services and programs to help with the day-to-day struggles that come with memory disorders.
Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.
What we believe is going to be very important is the delivery of traditional software and services and hardware over the Net. That's a form of electronic marketplace.
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.