The policy change is designed in part to avoid shortages of the vaccine, says Rodney E.

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Some of the reasons cited are shortages of key components in part due to the Japanese quake and unstable performance of Android Honeycomb operating system, which Google specifically developed for tablets.

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Mr Baber will tell councillors on the Health Scrutiny committee the PCH was working hard to tackle the staff shortages, that beds are only part of the picture and it is delivering the required levels of patient care.

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This week's bias was prompted in part by worries about the inflationary effect of looming labour shortages.

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Butt here are mixed views on the near-term outlook, due in part to the potential impact on the company from parts shortages related to the quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Like oil, water is an essential part of doing business in almost every industry, and unexpected shortages can trigger potentially catastrophic consequences.

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The combination of lower demand in the last part of the second quarter of 2012 with renewed supply all but eliminated the shortages of HDDs going into the third quarter of 2012.

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Daily I have to deliver part of another round before I even start to do my own delivery because of staff shortages.

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And Austin Fragomen(ph), a U.S. Immigration lawyer who will take part in the U.N. meeting, says plummeting birth rates in the West mean labor shortages for decades to come.

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Thus, India's Shree Cement, which has long suffered from water shortages, developed the world's most water-efficient method for making cement, in part by using air-cooling rather than water-cooling.

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