Sentences with phrase «about the purposes science»

Scientists have complete freedom to investigate, but decisions about the purposes science should serve involve essentially religious questions concerning the meaning of life and the goals of men.

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(Barron's) • In Search of the Perfect Recession Indicator (Philosophical Economics) • A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger (MoneyBeat) • Complexity theory and financial regulation (Science) • Five Pieces of Conventional Wisdom That Make Smart Investors Look Dumb (CFA Institute) • This Lawyer Is Hollywood's Complete Divorce Solution (Bloomberg) • Curiosity update, sols 1218 - 1249: Digging in the sand at Mar's Bagnold Dunes (Planetary Society) • The Plot to Take Down a Fox News Analyst (NYT) • Ask the aged: Who better to answer questions about the purpose of life than someone who has been living theirs for a long time?

The purpose of the volume, according Harold Attridge, is to explore «the ongoing controversy in the United States about the relationship between science and religion, particularly evolutionary biology and traditional readings of the biblical creation story.»

Religion was born to serve the same purpose as science; it answered questions about the world and how it worked.

You can believe whatever you like about your higher purpose and what happens when you die, but science isn't about your opinion.

He considers it entirely appropriate for biologists to be concerned not only with how biological traits came about but also with what specific organic features are for, even though most scientists and philosophers of science place questions of purpose outside the realm of research.

But it also remains clear that science by itself is ill - equipped to answer the big questions about any possible purpose and meaning to the cosmic process.

I believe that evangelicals are the verge of a BIG conversation about the nature and purpose of the Bible, one that could potentially revolutionize how we talk about sex, science, and salvation.

Rather he «inclines towards» John F. Haught's view that «that natural science achieves exact results by restricting itself to measurable phenomena, ignoring deeper questions about meaning and purpose.

Let me confess at the very outset that I think it is possible to reconcile the human hope for some cosmic purpose with what modern science has told us about nature.

Creationist views should not be included in a display whose purpose is to educate the public about science.»

(Question No. 11 asks people about their level of education, from no schooling through a Ph.D.) The proposed elimination of that question has struck a nerve with the U.S. statistical and social science research community, and with the thousands of organizations that cite the data for their own purposes.

The purpose of this article is to examine the facts about the achievement gap between girls and boys with respect to math and science.

First, it can be used for practical purposes;, also there is a theoretical part, which is about fundamentally better understanding these phenomena,» said Tibor Durgonics who is a Ph.D. student at DTU Space and the main author of the new article in Radio Science.

In 2003, responding to concerns about biological research that could be used for civil or military purposes, NIH set up the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to deal with such dual - use technology.

Questions about how massive stars function, the possibility of life on other planets, human significance, and human resourcefulness are inevitably broached, and people must consider what these topics might say about the purpose of billions of stars, the relationship between humans and non-human species, and limits of science.

«I would say no,» he told a journalist at the National Catholic Reporter, adding, however, that «science is incapable of supplying answers to ultimate questions about why things exist and what their purpose is.»

The perception that the primary purpose of science was the manufacture of war machines, he said, was an «insidious penetration» that could come about unwittingly.

«It plays into a discussion about the U.S. and Denmark using Greenland for their own purposes, and then the Greenlandic people have to deal with it afterwards,» says Kristian Nielsen, a science historian at Aarhus University in Denmark, who was not involved in the study.

The purpose is to share information about the James Webb Space Telescope mission, support the teaching of standards - based science, and incorporate Hubble discoveries into educational settings.

Biosecurity at the science - policy nexus: developing a vision for the future The last decade we have seen a rising concern about the potential misuse of biotechnology for terrorist purposes.

Since centuries, aloe vera is used either in form of juice or gel for beauty, medicinal purposes though science is only learning about its -LSB-...]

In 2011, I became curious about the science behind the dating process — and I decided to go on a 100 - date experiment for research purposes.

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About Blog The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science - based discussion about human and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and socieAbout Blog The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science - based discussion about human and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and socieabout human and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs to people and societies.

Years ago, Grotzer developed a series of lessons for second and third graders (archived here) about what might best be called «the science of coats» — lessons exploring the purpose of insulation and the concepts of heat and temperature.

Data analytics is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information.

It provides purpose for completing an experiment, in this instance, and suggests that knowing something about the science concepts involved is worthwhile.

Teachers» reasons for their decisions about classroom instruction closely related to their conceptions of science, effective science teaching and instructional strategies, purposes of science teaching, and student understanding.

In addition, she contends that elementary students need to read, write, and communicate about something, and science can provide that purpose.

Grounded in science, social science, and psychology, and peppered with Elena's personal narratives, this book will undoubtedly change the way we think about emotions, stress, and our purpose as educators.

The purpose of this study was to test methods to strengthen the comparability claims about annual determinations of student proficiency in English language arts, math, and science (grades 3 - 12) in the New Hampshire Performance Assessment of Competency Education (NH PACE) pilot project.

Informational text is defined as text with the primary purpose of expressing information about the arts, sciences, or social studies.

He talked about the origins of this book, the contents, the purpose of this book and other books and how they relate to dog training and other companion animal behavior training, behavior science.

Because Monsanto knows how farmers really feel about climate scientists, it also recently acquired a firm that specializes in synthesizing government and university climate - science data for the purpose of issuing made - to - order forecasts tailored to users» locations.

«The Pause» has a very limited purpose in a serious discussion about climate science agenda setting and fraud.

This site is about the science and Steve, for his purposes, smartly keeps away from policy discussions.

He clearly isn't a scientist, whatever «credentials» he has, and either doesn't understand what modern science is about, or is deliberately guilty of perverting it for political purposes.

If this was an issue of science for the purpose of advancement of our understanding, the question would be is the value of the net effect from the combination of geothermal heat transfer and permanent energy uptake 3, 6.5, or 18.05 Watts / m ^ 2; but as this entire issue is nothing more than a politically motivated fabrication the only question of concern seems to be who said what about whom and were they justified in doing so.

Heartland does not dispute that the purpose of the mailers, which included the organization's book, Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming, was to encourage teachers to challenge mainstream climate science.

I think it would be difficult, however, to make the case, based on this programme, that Nurse is a intelligent man whose purpose is to correct misunderstandings about science.

Jan P Perlwitz: Now, one could ask, is this twisting of Gavin's words, that he was asking for blind faith into science, even though his use of the term «bad faith» implies the opposite, he asks for sticking to the truth and to facts, is based on a lack of knowledge about the English language or is this itself an example for how a statement made by a climate scientist is twisted in bad faith, for the purpose to deliberately deceive the public?

Jan P Perlwitz «Lennart Bengtsson decides to join a right wing group of political and ideological hacks whose purpose is to spread disinformation and lies about climate science, something that directly affects climate scientists and their research, and the response is -LSB-...] massive criticisms by other climate scientists.»

And when Lennart Bengtsson decides to join a right wing group of political and ideological hacks whose purpose is to spread disinformation and lies about climate science, something that directly affects climate scientists and their research, and when the response to this public political decision and statement is massive criticisms and political decisions by other climate scientists, Judith Curry is complaining about these «attacks» and labels this «Climate McCarthyism».

But the Constitution also does not say anything about Originalism, Textualism, Living Constitutionalism, social science, canons of construction, precedent, interpretive methodology, history and purpose, or any other of the ordinary methods of judicial analysis.

«We are using this app for research purposes - learning about how people's Facebook behaviour can be used to better understand their psychological traits, well - being, health, etc and overcome classic problems in social science.

Family and consumer science is a fascinating field that includes many other disciplines, such as nutrition, parenting, consumer science, food preparation, early childhood education, resources management, family economics, human development, textiles, interior design and other related disciplines with the purpose of offering a wide picture about what it means to live within a certain community as a member of a certain family and having all sorts of friends.

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EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. 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Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. 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Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

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