On the drive toward the park along the flat expanse of the valley, the dunes materialize unexpectedly, as if someone had superimposed the Sahara onto Colorado's lush, blue-green mountains.
Speculating about sparks that failed to ignite versus sparks that did and contingencies that failed to materialize versus contingencies that did is one of the reasons people like to write history and like to read it.
Under the weak development scenario, the most negative contingencies are assumed to materialize, while under the strong development scenario, the assumptions are as positive as they can be.
The semi-self-paced reward reversal learning task requires subjects to learn a stimulus-response association by reward and punishment and to reverse their response when the stimulus-reward contingency changes unexpectedly.
Diana Walker, 59, the veteran photographer of American presidents, was dressed on this meltingly hot day in a proper navy suit -- you suspect she wanted to be prepared in case any Bushes unexpectedly materialized on the dunes.
Action can then be taken to implement the contingency plans if the risks materialize or appear likely to be realized, depending on the type of risk (technical, financial, social or political).
Some players are creating portfolio contingency plans if a deal doesn't materialize and stocks plunge.
If that help fails to materialize, the mayor has identified $500 million in contingency cuts to make up the difference.
If you don't know these cues, it is very possible a risk could silently materialize and affect the project, even if you have good contingencies in place.
Contingency is designed to reduce the impact if a risk does materialize.
Subsequently, there were two unexpected outcomes: The Swine flu epidemic never materialized, and the vaccine unexpectedly caused a 7-fold increase in a neurological side effect leading to weakness and paralysis, the Guillian Barre Syndrome.
