Sentences with phrase «as centers of influence»

In Houston we have anti-pipeline fanatics behaving a lot more like KKK members, seeking to intimidate and terrorize those they perceive as centers of influence for the Keystone pipeline.

Not exact matches

The election result was surprising to political analysts as it saw the Lega party overtake Forza Italia, its center - right coalition partner, in terms of vote share giving it more influence in the coalition and potentially at a national level.

As a board member of the Center for Community Solutions, a San Diego - based nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence and relationship abuse, I have seen firsthand the positive influence sustainable philanthropy can have on an organization.

Nearly half a century on, in his wittily entitled Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes (1984), Hartshorne reviewed two meanings of «all - powerful»: the traditional, of course — the (benevolent) tyrant ideal of absolute, all determining, irresistible power18 — and what he previously had identified as the greatest possible power in a universe of multiple centers of power: «The only livable doctrine of divine power is that it influences all that happens but determines nothing in its concrete particularity.»

Of particular importance is their opportunity to exert constructive influence on the state and federal levels of mental health planning, with respect to matters such as the inclusion of qualified clergymen on mental health center teamOf particular importance is their opportunity to exert constructive influence on the state and federal levels of mental health planning, with respect to matters such as the inclusion of qualified clergymen on mental health center teamof mental health planning, with respect to matters such as the inclusion of qualified clergymen on mental health center teamof qualified clergymen on mental health center teams.

Of course, the Vatican is in world - historical terms a center of influence, if not of power as power is ordinarily defineOf course, the Vatican is in world - historical terms a center of influence, if not of power as power is ordinarily defineof influence, if not of power as power is ordinarily defineof power as power is ordinarily defined.

The suffering servant has sometimes been interpreted as one who receives an influence without making any claim on his own behalf, as one who passively suffers the effect of self - centered or destructive unilateral influence.

On Sunday night, Chancelor Bennett, more commonly known as Chance the Rapper, used his worship - filled performance to bring Jesus to the center of an awards show known for anything but its spiritual influence.

I envision such centers as organic - cybernetic institutions with sensors bringing information from all important sources where the future is being formed and in turn feeding back the results of reflections upon these influences to places where visions of desirable futures could be transformed into programs of action.

By interiorizing itself under the influence of the Sense of Evolution, planetization (as the theory of complexity would lead us to expect) can physically have but one effect: it can only personalize us more and more, and eventually (as can be demonstrated by following to their conclusion all the successive stages of its twofold demand for wholeness and irreversibility) «divinize us through access to some Supreme Center of universal convergence.

Whether or not Jesus planned it, it was his influence which brought it into being and it has always had him as the center of its professed loyalty.

The sphere might be large or small, made of lead or of balsa wood, and these characteristics would influence some of its properties (whether it cast a large shadow or a small one, for instance), but insofar as gravitational interaction with an external object is concerned, only the total mass and the position of the center is important.

The psychedelic influence of the label artwork, designed by Marq Spusta as part of Dogfish Head's Off - Centered Art Series, was influenced by the legacy of the Flaming Lips and the culinary components in Dragons & YumYums shown through radiating lines, movement of fire, dancing lips, rainbows and bold pink colors.

Set to begin next year, the trials are expected to center on the web of influence used to secure contracts and other economic development projects as part of the state's effort to create jobs.

Meanwhile, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School plans to push for a system of public funds to match smaller donations as a way to limit the influence of big money donors in campaign fundraising.

«Rather than trying to assess the probability of an extreme event occurring, a group of researchers suggest viewing the event as a given and assessing to which degree changes in the thermodynamic state (which we know has been influenced by climate change) altered the severity of the impact of the event,» notes Dorit Hammerling, section leader for statistics and data science at the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Courtemanche and his colleagues built a state - wide economic model of economic conditions that influence body weight: things like income and unemployment, food prices, retail outlet presence, as well as gasoline prices and the prevalence of fitness centers.

The influence and popularity of El - Naggar — as a frequent guest on Arab satellite television, he reaches an audience of millions — does not sit well with Gamal Soltan, a political scientist at Al - Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, a Cairo - based think tank.

«It is expected that this study will lay the foundation for developing a new class of potent and effective cancer therapies and the development of reagents targeting epigenetic events in immune - mediated diseases as well as other epigenetically - influenced diseases,» said Alani, who also is chief of dermatology at Boston Medical Center.

These new findings, appearing online October 21 in PLoS ONE, reveal that politics can influence testosterone in men «just as if they directly engaged head - to - head in a contest for dominance,» says researcher Kevin LaBar of the Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.

Charles DeCarli, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center and an author of the study, said it is a wake - up call that, just as people can influence their late - life brain health by limiting vascular brain injury through controlling their blood pressure, the same is true of getting a handle on their serum cholesterol levels.

Another principal investigator for the project, Laura Pan, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., believes storm clusters over this area of the Pacific are likely to influence climate in new ways, especially as the warm ocean temperatures (which feed the storms and chimney) continue to heat up and atmospheric patterns continue to evolve.

«To date, research into resilience has tended to take into account a very extensive range of social, psychological, and even genetic factors that positively influence mental flexibility, such as social support, certain personality traits, and typical behavior patterns,» explained Professor Raffael Kalisch, one of the authors of the current publication and the director of the Neuroimaging Center, a central research platform of the Mainz University Medical Center and the Research Center on Translational Neurosciences.

In the men under the influence of oxytocin, the amygdala, as the fear center in the brain, was overall far less active than in the control group, whereas fear - inhibiting regions were more stimulated.

As this study shows, parents are a powerful influence,» says lead author Denise Kandel, PhD, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health, and Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

«We increasingly recognize that many — and perhaps most — factors influencing health outcomes are found outside of the health system and relate to such universal themes as food availability, adequate housing and reliable transportation,» said Dr. Shaun Grannis, director of the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Biomedical Informatics and a co-author of the study.

«It could be that as your brain is maturing, you become less susceptible to the addictive effects of nicotine because the genetic component that is influencing the way nicotine interacts with these receptors may have less effect,» says Chris Amos, a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, who wasn't involved in the study.

According to a popular scenario explaining the formation and evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes, radiation from galactic centers — where supermassive black holes locate — can significantly influence the molecular gas (such as CO) and the star formation activities of the galaxies.

«The origin of the magnetic field in this region is not understood, but it is likely that a smaller magnetic field is stretched out as the filaments are elongated by the gravitational influence of the black hole and stars in the Galactic center.»

While it is unclear how those factors might shift as the season progresses, the wetter California weather is favored to hold for the next few weeks — as well as the season as a whole — because of El Niño's influence, Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, said in an email.

In contrast, the substituents (e.g., phenyl (C6H5)-RRB- at the two phosphorus centers are generally regarded as not exerting an influence on the selectivity of diphosphine ligands towards gold clusters of a particular size.

His interests are related to catalysis in zeolites as well as on nanostructured oxides and sulfides, focusing on bifunctional and concerted catalysis, as well as understanding the influence of the steric and chemical environment on the properties of active centers in a catalytic site.

A group of strangers in the local community center may not be able to influence your personal habits as powerfully as your best friends, but group counseling can be a way of manufacturing social support — a group of lifelong smokers can be pretty influential, after all.

This signaling center responds primarily to environmental cues, such as light and dark exposure and air temperature, to trigger the release of hormones, regulate temperature and influence metabolism, sleep and mood.

It is going to take me to a new level of influence as I will have much greater exposure thanks to the marketing reach of the center.

An important settlement for more than two millennial, Paris is today one of the worlds leading business and cultural centers, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the worlds major global cities.

The Center's programs encourage more women to pursue careers as storytellers, and its research agenda documents trends in women's employment, the impact of their employment on television and film content, and factors influencing the under - representation of women's voices in television and film.

The film centers on artist Touko Laaksonen, known to the world as Tom of Finland, shaped the fantasies of a generation of gay men, influencing art and fashion before crossing over into the wider cultural consciousness.

To defeat the learning team as a cost center perception without making unsubstantiated claims that further damage the industry, learning professionals should speak about training ROI in terms of influence.

Additionally, New Teacher Center advocates for multi-year induction programs that incorporate co-teaching models.44 Teachers supported by New Teacher Center demonstrate higher proficiency in both engaging students and using assessment in instruction, while 90 percent of new teachers agree that working with their New Teacher Center mentor influences their practice and meets their needs as a growing professional.45 Moreover, a preliminary independent Evaluation of Investing in Education, or i3 evaluation, showed that «after just one year, students of teachers supported by New Teacher Center gained 2 to 3.5 months of additional learning in reading compared to control teachers.»

Football is always a big draw in the city and it's hard to avoid the influence of Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, the entrepreneurial ex-footballers behind the Hotel Football at Old Trafford and a forthcoming five - star hotel in the city center (they're currently letting out the building as a hostel for the homeless).

The architecturally jaw - dropping historical center is widely appreciated as one of the best preserved areas where colonial Spanish influence is clear to the naked eye and is without a doubt one of Peru's most beautiful and iconic neighbourhoods.

Beirut the capital of Lebanon is referred as «the Paris of the Middle East» due to its french influence, shopping centers and thriving nightlife which brings many tourists.

A focal part of the series is public programming that involves critical discussion amongst Santa Barbara artists and arts professionals on the necessity of new or expanded arts initiatives and considering various factors that influence how these initiatives emerge and endure, notably in regions outside of major artistic centers, as in Santa Barbara.

A focal part of the series is public programming that involves critical discussion amongst Santa Barbara artists and arts professionals on articulating the necessity of new or expanded arts initiatives; and considering various factors that influence how these initiatives emerge and endure, notably in regions outside of major artistic centers, as is our town.

Michelle Grabner (Professor in the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who also teaches at Yale, is an artist herself, and oversees two alternative art spaces in the Midwest) noted that her section of the 2014 Whitney Biennial «features artists who have come to the fore as figures of influence, both inside and outside the geographic and commercial centers of the art world.

New York - based artist Kevin Beasley (b. 1985) transforms personal and familial artifacts into sculpture and sound performances, influenced by house music, hip hop sampling, and the post-industrial decay of once prosperous urban centers, such as Detroit, where Beasley lived for a number of years.

It also means that the few quotes that have been gleaned over a career spanning five decades — first as a young artist making his way in LA, where he was influenced by West Coast conceptualists Bruce Nauman and Chris Burden, then in New York, where he became involved in the avant - garde black art scene centered around the pioneering gallery Just Above Midtown — tend to get quite a bit of recycling.

I would add that this outside influence Roth speaks of not only came solely from the East Coast, but also from Europe, as well as smaller, closer art centers like San Francisco.

Paris, moreover, recaptured much of its luster in the 1950s and 60s as the center of a machine art florescence, with both of the leading machine art sculptors Jean Tinguely and Nicolas Schöffer having moved there to launch their careers — and which florescence, in light of the technocentric character of modern life, may well have a particularly long lasting influence.