First, an uncertainty about the exact nature of the problem and second, the inevitable delays in assessing data which had to be extracted on our re-supply flights before it could be analysed.
The second, and related, problem is that some of the asset classes were quite small.
Indoor air pollution (IAP) is an excellent example: A massive global problem and the second-largest driver of global warming, IAP causes over 3.5 million needless deaths each year, mainly in the developing world, and has a disproportionate impact on women and children.
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"There was an inquiry into absenteeism in 2005 and it came up with general solutions, but the problem was not corrected and so a second inquiry last year came up with radical options, " Mr Walker added.
The second problem is students and teachers loading software or making changes to the existing software, creating an endless array of software bugs, glitches, freezes and crashes.
Now, I just want to point out -- and this brings me to the second problem -- when we made a very modest proposal as part of our package, our health care reform package, to eliminate the subsidies going to insurance companies for Medicare Advantage, we were attacked across the board, by many on your aisle, for slashing Medicare.
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So, if you're trying to use Napster to Go with the iRiver H10, and you're seeing the same problem, check out this thread and follow the second set of instructions (there are two on the page) to reformat your player, then re-transfer your NTG files and try again.
The second problem is less familiar and more technical, but every bit as crippling.
Congress started throwing money at the problem early, and a second fiscal stimulus is already being discussed (alongside a bail-out for the housing market).
Now, there's a second problem, though, and it's one that money alone cannot solve, and that is that we have a school system that was designed for the agricultural era -- there's a reason why we've got three months off during the summer.
Kevin Starr, California's leading historian, points out that the mood in the state is reminiscent of the aftermath of the first and second world wars, when government was calmly regarded as a useful problem-solver and ideology was so muted that, in 1947, Earl Warren won both the Republican and Democratic nominations for the governorship.
And second, you said safety is not the problem, you cannot compromise safety.
Even supposing the 35% of the population who say they don't want extra channels had been persuaded to buy a set-top box, there is still the little problem of all those second and third televisions that end up in bedrooms and kitchens.
Of course that goes to the second part of the problem, interest rates and money supply.
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West Indies went into the game without pace bowler Jerome Taylor because of injury, and suffered a second blow when batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul suffered a groin problem while fielding.
The second problem is that social media generates business, and reps will either leave a company which keeps them from building their book of business or they will go broke and quit.
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The second main problem the leaders will confront at Vancouver, and it's more urgent than the first, is membership.
Second, the problem: Both the founders of IC and Daisey seem to think they are a key part of that change.
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The second bug relies on the invokeWithArguments method call and was also a problem with Issue 32 that Oracle purportedly patched in October.
Second, how we deal with the problem of democratic legitimacy and accountability of decision-making in the EU, which is a growing concern in most member states.
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Le Defi was unable to set a spinnaker after rounding the windward mark for the second time, initially because of a broken halyard and then because of problem with the running backstay.
After the second world war, dwarf varieties of wheat and rice (which overcame the problem that heavily fertilised crops in hot countries grew too tall and fell over) boosted developing-country output.
The second problem is that E-Verify scares away businesses, investment, and workers.
How many times have you witnessed a company lose their preferred candidate over a trivial point of difference, and then have the company only proceed to compound their problem by settling for their second or even third choice?
The second problem is that people will change behavior as they lose tax benefits, and that will reduce the amount of money government will collect.
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Second, and more importantly, he appears to be listening to the criticism and fixing the problem.
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Another problem with that second approach is that it assumes that your skills are fixed and finite.
Second, the company must clearly communicate what it is doing to fix the problem and prevent anything like it from ever happening again.
If this will suffice, then no problem, but even RIM admits that consumer focus is changing and tending toward a second communications link via 3G or 4G as a stand-alone device.
The problem with judging the winners and losers is that as an observer you have to second guess what the average voter wants - an aggressive exchange which might appeal to one viewer could prove a complete turn off for another.
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