Sentences with phrase «apparent position of»

These are usually someone very close to the HCP, such as a boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, parent, child, best friend or someone in an apparent position of authority, such as a supervisor, company, government agency, police, doctor, lawyer, politician.

Under the Pearl Harbour assumption, insulated buckets had either been disregarded (because of the assumption that a changeover to engine inlets had been complete at Pearl Harbour) or were held to be of only marginal significance and thus not included in the calculations (the apparent position of Rayner et al 2006).

I keep trying, really I do, to understand the apparent position of people like Curry.

The range of orientations that lead to transits falls off as orbital distances grow: Small changes in the angle of the planet's orbit become large changes in the apparent position of the planet and star, precluding a transit.

From Earth, light from a distant star passing near the sun would be bent in such a way as to alter the apparent position of the distant star.

That deflection would shift the apparent position of the source of the light (say, a distant star).

Background For millennia people have used sundials to tell the time of day based on the apparent position of the sun in the sky.

When we move, the apparent position of an object that is closer to us moves more within our visual field than an object located further away.

Your movement affects the apparent position of objects around you, an effect known as aberration.

This maximized the sensitivity of the technique, allowing it to measure the minuscule shift in the apparent position of the distant star - forming region.

If the Earth really moved around the sun, the apparent positions of stars should change slightly over the course of a year, an effect called «stellar parallax,» and no parallax was seen.

August 27, 2012 at 2:31 pm Report abuse Bill T. OK, I'll play,»... they just keep running into trouble about 2012 years ago...», cite just ONE peer reviewed paper indicating that the apparent positions of stars in the sky are not calculable past the year 0 C.E. (your discussion is garbled but this appears to be your claim).

This definition has practical application when talking about the progression of time, the apparent positions of stars and other distant celestial bodies, and trajectories of interplanetary probes.

Not exact matches

The invited employee may feel uncomfortable and pressured to comply because of the boss's position of authority, and the other employees may feel jealous or resentful of apparent favoritism toward another employee.

In the course of that negotiation, the nuances among the positions of various stakeholders become apparent, Coady says.

«The apparent shift in her position could mark an important turning point given her status as one of the most prominent doves on the Committee,» Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said in a note.

It was an apparent win for the activist investor, who recently exited his $ 1 billion short position in Herbalife that likely cost his firm hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Journal.

Xi's ascent to the role of general secretary was fixed in 2007 at the 17th Party Congress, when his position as heir apparent was solidified.

The number of goods, their origin and position in the chain should be quite apparent in a blockchain system.

Composite Treasuries Sentiment: Taking a broader view of bond market sentiment (our composite bond market sentiment indicator combines the signal from futures positioning, fund flows, implied volatility, and global bond market breadth), it's readily apparent that bond market sentiment has seen a reset from relatively stretched bearishness to just on the bullish side of neutral (i.e. the indicator is saying participants have gone from expecting higher bond yields to expecting lower bond yields).

Subdued investor activity has been apparent in speculative positioning data indicated by the CFTC Commitment of Traders Report as well as gold ETF flows.

AGB: «When a position starts to build up quickly for no apparent reason, or when an unusually large volume of small trades pops up — again, for an unknown reason.

Laycock charged that the apparent explanation for this combination of legal positions was hostility to religion.

The speaker seems not to have thought of this position or is dismissing it for reasons not readily apparent from the cartoon.

Despite this apparent shift, a more dialectical appraisal of contemporary Judaism suggests not the destruction of peoplehood but a realignment of its position in Jewish life.

The Supreme Court's shift away from the time - honored position of tax exemption first became apparent in 1970 when the court handed down its opinion in Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York.

In this way Wood honors the concern of the sort of position illustrated by Hough and Cobb to stress theology's public and practical character against the apparent privatizing and interiorizing of it by the position illustrated by Farley.

Still thinking of discipline in terms of child care, it becomes apparent, however, that the best prevention is education whenever it can be achieved that is, that the child who can learn to anticipate consequences for himself is in a much better position to avoid harmful misconduct than the child who relies wholly on external admonitions.

Regardless of their age, race, physical condition, economic situation, gender, apparent moral or religious position, we choose to love that person.

Beckett's apparent insistence, later in the book, on the importance of Catholic sympathies (e.g. in Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson) suggests apologetics, not aesthetics, and reminds one uncomfortably that arguing the case for reasonable faith and faith - based reason is tremendously difficult without straying into what appears to be a partisan position.

Economic fears — the possibility of losing a number of positions if the faculties were combined — are clearly apparent.

Let us consider in somewhat more detail the apparent meaning of his position.

More to the point, Newton's «Scholium» which introduces the notions of «absolute, true, mathematical» space and time, and «relative, apparent, common» space and time (PNP 6 - 12), makes clear that absolute space and absolute time continua are thought to be necessary for a satisfactory theory of dynamics, that is, a theory of the forces which determine • the motion of material objects.7 The main idea in Newton's position is that not all physical frames of reference are suitable for satisfactory analysis of the motion of material objects; in fact, no physical frame of reference is completely suitable for this purpose.

First, the Whiteheadian would be placed in the rather ludicrous position of trying to explain how events like the Holocaust and Stalin's collectivization program are merely apparent evils.

Hasker next suggests that my position on the nature of intrinsic value is counter-intuitive by concluding — from my argument that within the Hick1 - lasker type of theism our enjoyment of freedom could be the same whether we had real or only apparent freedom (as Hick himself had said)-- that I would hold that falsely thinking one is loved and knows the truth is «just as valuable» as really knowing the truth and really being loved, so that these latter relations are «not of any worth in themselves.»

All these positions and others have profound appeal which should not be minimized or ignored simply because of their apparent conflict.

It might be embarrassing to his position to question an assertion to which he is here committed, namely, that apparent characters of events essentially involve reference to percipient events (PNK 183).

The bad faith that can infect holders of this position becomes apparent when feminist cries of «femicide» and «previctimization» over the selective destruction of female embryos curiously lapse into silence at the random destruction of embryos (abortion on demand) or at multiple abortions (abortion as a contraceptive).

That quibble aside, however, there are no significant problems in Hasker's account of the basic differences between the two positions.6 But there are problems in his argument that the apparent advantage possessed by process theology is «largely an illusion.»

I would be in favour of a silent protest — no to animal cruelty, so at least the position of Arsenal fans is apparent to all.

1) Playing people out of position for no apparent reason.

But if he is going to be played all over the park and out of position and lose his confidence as a result, get benched for no apparent reason then 125,000 per week is too much IMO.

Why is everyone defending Ozil the guy is playing 20 yards left of the «apparent» position everyone thinks he should play.

That forecheck was especially apparent on Nashville's two goals on the night where they forced the puck deep in Phoenix's zone, getting Mike Smith out of position and regaining possession for a quick shot in the net.

WADA's position appears to be that since there is an apparent intention of using this substance to improve performances and that there has been an abrupt increase in suspicious usage, they've decided to put it on the banned list proactively.

Nevertheless despite the apparent predictability, Geoff and I will forecast the finishing positions of each team in the Premier League in the form of a friendly competition (see Geoff's prediction here.).

It was the latest in Mourinho attacks on him once criticising his his apparent lack of fitness, although two months ago he claimed the left - back was one of the best in his position.

They cite what they consider to be some strange team selections, players not playing in their best positions, an apparent favouritism for «undroppable players» (Noble being the main one here), poor preparation for games, a lack of organisation and tactical awareness, and players not seeming to understand (or able to carry out?)

While being knocked out of the League Cup might actually be a blessing in disguise when it comes to the Premier League and Champions League later on, the fact that Chelsea failed to win the match from a position of apparent dominance is an issue that simply must be addressed if Chelsea are to enjoy success this term, and Mourinho will put all his efforts into doing just that, ideally before the Arsenal game.

With Arsenal in the rare position of not dominating the possession Ozil's performance was a strange one, but the German playmaker took to his new defensive responsibilities with apparent happiness.