Americans have yet to learn what Hippocrates, the father of medicine, recognized in 400 B.C. "All parts of the body which have a function if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly; but if unused and left idle they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly".
If a child is left idle on the street, he or she [is] then exposed to drugs, smoking, and... to extremism that may result in violence," Qattan said of PACE.
For example, if a company laptop is left idle in public, a hacker could plug in a USB device and install some sort of virus or spyware that gathers sensitive information.
Profit goals can not be reached if individual production stitchers do not work efficiently or are left idle.
Japan gains in terms of profits repatriated, but domestic factories are left idle.
Energy-saving auto-power-off features automatically switch players to stand-by mode when left idle.
And of the 107 prolific wells already in place, nine are simply left idle.
But the "output gap"—resources left idle by the collapse is closing.
If, for instance, great crested newts are no longer feared as an expensive obstacle to construction, developers might allow the creation of temporary nature reserves on "land banks" that are often left idle for years waiting for development opportunities.
The election worker also claimed: Counters worked quickly, but were left idle for periods of time.
