Sentences with phrase «about my absence as»

First off, I'm terribly sorry about my absence as of late.

Rendered delicately, they are about absence as much as presence and create a tone of longing, while offering a sublime space between potential, personal moments.

Also, be sure to tell your boss about your absence as soon as possible.

Even if it is not required, it is a good idea to tell your boss about your absence as soon as possible.

Not exact matches

This suggests that newcomers prefer direct information from the supervisor when forming opinions about the supervisor, but in the absence of this information they will use observed ingratiation as a substitute for direct information.

What's surprising about the weakness on the West Coast is the absence of any change in economic fundamentals, such as a spike in unemployment, to explain it.

So was Kraft Heinz thinking about Oreo (and maybe feeling its absence) as it created this new product?

Here is John Carney arguing that «There's nothing about Bitcoin that means you can't have fractional reserve banking,» which is entirely correct but bear in mind that he's arguing against libertarian bitcoin supporters who view the absence of fractional reserve banking as a desirable feature of bitcoin.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.

Mr Stephen's absence on that historic day points to a lost truth about «Canada's railway»: that it was as much about connecting to Asia as it was about connecting Canada.

As I think about debt, I recall the Parable of Talents in the Bible where the master going on a journey gave three of his servants» talents to manage in his absence.

Indeed, if we include sexual relations (and their absence) as part of a wider account of the Christian life, we will learn, as our lives are drawn further and further into the life of God, more about the undertakings God sets for us by making us male and female.

«I often talk about there being two crises: one is the crisis brought about by extreme poverty, and the other crisis is brought about by the absence of meaning,» says Nathan George, founder of Trade as One.

De Grasse Tyson talks about the almost total absence of Nobel prizes in science awarded to Muslims, as a measure of contributions to modern science.

So it might seem to me that my Buddhist interlocutor has crazed views about impermanence, the transience of all things, and the absence of any enduring principle that constitutes the identity of human persons; while I have more sensible metaphysical views that require a substance - based ontology and a theory as to what constitutes human persons that permits them to endure through time.

However, there are clear and welcome signs in recent years that we have learned anew the presence of a full set of emotions is no evidence of the absence of intelligence, nor is the ability to feel strongly about a matter to be interpreted as lack of maturity.

But what meets us in Paul's monologue about life and death is precisely the absence of any concern with these alternatives as ultimate at all!

«There were also complaints about their priest's refusal to support Cafod [this, Fr Finigan explains, is because of Cafod's support for condoms as a means of combating HIV], his expenditure on traditional vestments and other clerical garb, the absence of a parish council and failure to account to parishioners how money from the collection plate was being spent» [in other words, possible corruption]

I retain a memory of him from that occasion, an image at once vivid and tiny, as if seen through the wrong end of a telescope: Hyung Goo, very slight and sober, talking quietly and deliberately about his father's absence from the family when he was young.

A quibble is the absence in many of the recipe headnotes of descriptive material about the baked good they introduce — it's important to provide info on techniques and ingredients, as the headnotes do, but baking recipes in particular cry out for descriptions of what, for example, sfogliatelle (an Italian pastry), or lime - glazed cookies are.

Maybe I just don't care that much about jerseys as some, but I think it's more impactful to have their names bolted to the concrete of the stadium than the absence of a jersey number on the field.

Arsenal Almunia 7 — Had little to do, but what he did do he did well Sagna 7 — Lost the ball a couple of times but reliable as ever Gallas 9 — Excellent game, this season will be an important one for the Frenchman and this was a great way to start it Clichy 7 — Didn't put a foot wrong Fabregas 9 — Wonderful performance capped with a brace (Ramsey) 7 — The Welsh Cesc is coming along nicely Vermaelen 9 — An assured debut that left me forgetting about the absence of Kolo Denilson 8 — Top notch display Song Billong 8 — Solid and measured Arshavin 8 — Kept going from the 1st to the final minute Van Persie 8 — No goals, but two assists and a hand in an other (Eduardo) 7 — Lethal finisher showed what he is all about in his cameo Bendtner 8 — Really impressed me and is continuing to improve every game (Eboue) 7 — Helped close out the game.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte may have tried to explain the absence of David Luiz from the game against Manchester United as a tactical decision, but he wasn't really able to convince many people about it.

On Saturday, in a fixture United could ill - afford to lose if they were deadly serious about regaining their top - dog status in England by clinching 12th Premier League title, Ferguson made no less than seven changes to the team which won so convincingly at The Bridge for the visit of Fulham, with the likes of Edwin Van Der Saar, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney handed some valuable respite, though the latter was enforced on Sir Alex as Rooney served the first of a two - match suspension, which could be a blessing in disguise in the long run especially as United cruised to victory with a 2 - 0 win over Fulham in his absence.

ShareI am at the junction of tip - toeing back into the workforce after an absence of 2.5 years and though I look forward to actually finishing a cup of tea (and one that has not been reheated for the 20th time), I do feel pretty passionate about my role as a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom).

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

Or he may be stressed about a change, such as going to preschool, moving to a new house, or the unexpected absence of a parent.

Or she may be stressed about a new change, such as going to school, moving to a new house, or the unexpected absence of a parent.

In a smaller class, the instructor will be aware of your absence, and may view your lack of attendance as a lack of interest or concern about your performance.

And when you get to this point you also need to start thinking about pumping (well, you should start thinking about it long before giving birth) as it is the only way to ensure that your baby gets breast milk even in your absence.

Be ready with a plan for your maternity leave as well as ideas about who will cover for you during your absence.

Obstacles to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include insufficient prenatal education about breastfeeding132, 133; disruptive hospital policies and practices134; inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding135; early hospital discharge in some populations136; lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits137; maternal employment138, 139 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding) 140; lack of family and broad societal support141; media portrayal of bottle feeding as normative142; commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and some television and general magazine advertising143, 144; misinformation; and lack of guidance and encouragement from health care professionals.135, 145,146

• Key quotes from the NAO report: o «The source of many problems has been the absence of a detailed view of how Universal Credit is meant to work» [page 33] o «The Department is unable to explain to us why it originally decided to aim for national roll - out from October 2013» [Para 3.7] o «In early 2013, it (DWP) did not have a convincing strategic plan in place» [3.35] o «It is unlikely that UC will be as simple or cheap to administer as originally intended» [15, summary] o «the Department has not achieved value for money... wider concerns about the Department's ability to deal with weak programme management, over-optimistic timescales and a lack of openness about progress.»

In the absence of any public consultation on such a sweeping package of measures as TTIP represents, anyone concerned about the environment, the NHS, education, civil liberties, public safety or even just democracy in its widest sense, needs to make their voice heard.

On Tuesday, a group of leading civil society activists urged Buhari take medical leave, as his absence «has fuelled further speculations and rumours» about the true state of his health.

If there's something to be patriotic about as a Brit, it's the absence of these curiosities, it's the commitment to privacy, to doing whatever you want in your own home but keeping it out of our collective faces.

Worse still, the questionable participation of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as observers of the so - called primaries, has brought to the fore concerns of Nigerians about the seeming absence of institutional memory in Nigeria's electoral body.

Little noticed in the reports about the Democrats selected to run as 2012 Obama delegates in congressional districts across New York was the absence of elected officials and activists who supported then - candidate Barack Obama in 2008.

But monitoring «latenesses, absences, uniform infractions, missing homework, incomplete reading logs, and whether our teachers were calling parents about these problems» can serve as a «canary in a coal mine.»

The absence of a policy document for the Akufo - Addo government's free SHS policy has in the past been noted as contributing to uncertainties about the timelines, source of funding and scope of the policy.

About 14 percent of the city's public school students are Asian, and schools such as P.S. 130 in Chinatown have seen absence rates of 80 percent on the Lunar New Year, Silver said.

Attention must be devoted to: the absence of contact with the supervisor, faulty project propositions, uninspiring and lonely working surroundings, the absence of an introduction into the organisation, disagreement about authorship as well as academic freedom, and intimidation by the supervisor.

Thompson took a leave of absence from Abramson about a year ago to begin his post as president and chief executive officer at Sloan - Kettering and formally left Abramson at the end of October this year.

The oddest thing about the upper reaches of a consciousness performance is the conspicuous absence of a conductor before the performance begins, although as the performance unfolds, a conductor comes into being.

When high temperatures and the absence of oxygen are used to bring about the decomposition of biomass residue from agricultural products such as grains, the result is a charcoal - rich substance called biochar.

Moreover, some of our analyses, particularly some of the count - based histopathological analyses in the older cohorts, are limited, as sample sizes were too low to draw definitive conclusions about possible effects of rapamycin or the absence thereof.

It is best to not obsess about the results if you show lower than expected readings, and remember that just as finding dark readings can give you mental comfort, their absence can be distressing.

But as I have developed Vitality Spa I have come to the belief that wellness is not just about the absence of illness; it isn't about a prescribed set of rules or a list of shoulds and should nots, it's about a journey and a practice.

But bitters are your ally in this struggle: our unhealthy relationship to carbs is as much about the absence of bitterness as it is about the overabundance of carbs.

Please remember that this information, in the absence of a visit with a health care professional, must be considered as an educational service only and is not designed to replace a physician's independent judgment about the appropriateness or risks of a procedure for a given patient.