But with the music industry in crisis, and alternative rock particularly hard hit — the genre lost 19percentt of its sales last year alone — fewer and fewer such acts are being signed by the majors.
With growing concerns about environmental issues and the fossil energy crisis, finding alternative methods for vehicle propulsion is necessary.
In addition, natural disasters like floods or earthquakes may impact the existing communication infrastructure (both fixed and wireless) with the consequence that wireless communications may not be available to PPDR organizations in the area of the crisis and alternative solutions must be designed and deployed.
In this paper, we present an empirical analysis in order to identify and recommend the most effective policy combinations to steer a sustainable energy transition under alternative crisis scenarios (i.e. crisis worsening vs. crisis reduction).
Often, when I explain the alternative crisis view to one of my compatriots I get asked why this is not discussed more prominently in Germany.
Everyone familiar with the issue knows that the Bush tax cut will cause a crisis involving the Alternative Minimum Tax, causing the much-hated tax to apply to tens of millions of additional taxpayers.
Yes, "21 and Over" is pretty silly, even trivial; yet somehow its forced humor seems stretched, like a rictus, over a time and a place of terrible crisis, though the alternative — not being in college at all — comes off even worse.
Often, some of these species provide opportunities to marginalized members of the communities such as women and the poor, since they are a valuable source of income and help to mitigate risks during crisis by providing alternative food and economic resources.
Still, if the Detroit Three can muddle through the economic crisis, developing new alternative-fuel technologies might end up being a smart investment in their long-term fortunes.
