Meanwhile Spiros is determined to buffer his family against this uncertainty despite his deep patriotism.
Even many with a steady salary may have no savings to buffer the cost of replacing the food.
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"The oceans store an enormous amount of heat energy, and they act to buffer any rapid climate change, " said Kearns.
Not too mention, it also allows Disney to buffer a poor performance in one unit with the success seen by others.
When a crash occurs, governments will not have the fiscal capacity to buffer the crisis due to their already stretched borrowing levels.
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The FDIC, like other bank regulators, has been encouraging banks to raise capital levels to buffer against the expected rise in losses and write-downs.
He also plans to raise prices as much as 20% starting in January to buffer any health-care related costs he may incur in 2014.
Ozancin wagged his finger at the sendmail mail transfer agent (MTA) as the cause of many past security exploits, including but not limited to buffer overflows.
But one thing for sure, says Delaine, is that the open water and the weakened marsh will not be able to buffer the sting of this season's storms.
They built only on high ground, mostly left the river to its own devices, and relied on the wetlands as a natural barrier to buffer and deplete any incoming hurricanes.
The Foresight team also looked at what science could do to buffer against mental ill health, such as spotting and treating learning difficulties in children or developing biomarkers for dementia earlier in older people.
"The recipe is there for a further significant deterioration from what we're seeing this year, which puts pressure on all manufacturers who had been hoping to buffer the U.S. slowdown with strong sales overseas, " said Shuster.
If you're a staunch ETF investor, you could choose the more diversified (compared with the BRIC) iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (amex: EEM) to buffer some of the inevitable blows that come with the emerging-market trade winds.
However, once built, these plants do not require fuel, although they will be tied to natural gas fuel costs as gas plants are generally used to buffer the intermittency of wind production, not included in this discussion.
Some may be used to pay down debt (or rather, to slow its growth), but Tim Geithner, the treasury secretary, wants to keep a healthy buffer to deal with surprises.
Looking ahead, Parnell is pushing new tourism marketing incentives to help buffer what, at this early point, looks like another tough tourism season next summer.
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In addition to regularly monitoring your checking account, try to keep a buffer of cash in there to help prevent overdraft charges or even cancel the overdraft feature altogether (although you may run the risk of late fees from billers if you miss a payment due to insufficient funds).
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For partners and spouses, "it is vital that they learn to create a buffer between the person's reaction to stress and their own experience, " says Robert Lawrence Friedman, president of Stress Solutions, a Forest Hills, N.
In March Saudi Arabia, keen to maintain a buffer of spare capacity, said that it planned to increase its rig count by 30% by some point next year.
As well as increasing the capital banks hold to act as a buffer against future losses from 2% to 7%, Professor Cecchetti said Basel III had made the definition of what constitutes as capital stricter and widened the remit of what counts as banking activity.
Russia's first claim, to be establishing just a buffer zone, seems not to be the full story.
It sent 6, 000 soldiers into eastern Congo, supposedly to create a buffer zone against Congolese-based Ugandan rebels.
This degree of online engagement can be awkward for authorities used to a comfortable buffer from public opinion.
Going into the shoulder season there will be much less of a buffer to absorb any exogenous supply shocks.
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The depletion allowance offers a buffer to that risk to your initial investment.
For wealthy countries, welfare states acted as a buffer to the economic shock, even at the expense of growth.
Looking forward, if these companies grow beyond their current capacity, their margins will give them the necessary buffer to add employees.
Ally Financial was the only bank to fall below the minimum capital hurdle of a 5% capital buffer required to pass the test.
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In addition, aquifers offer an essential buffer to populations in dry regions by providing a reliable source of water even during long periods without rainfall.
It acts as an additional buffer to prevent the acidic polymer on the outside and stomach acid from reacting with the drug on the inside.
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