Sentences with phrase «as fixed points»

Gadamer, of how the inspired text, which we question in order to find its meaning and relevance, questions, criticizes, challenges and changes us in the process -» Some who today raise the proper question, whether there are not culturally relative elements in Paul's teaching about role relationships (an the material has to be thought through from this standpoint), seem to proceed improperly in doing so; for in effect they take current secular views about the sexes as fixed points, and work to bring Scripture into line with them - an agenda that at a stroke turns the study of sacred theology into a venture in secular ideology.

Of course, for practical purposes we regard the position from which we make an observation as a fixed point, but this is an arbitrary choice on our part.

All theories which place «a subject,» as a fixed point of reference and a well determined entity, ahead of the process of experience have, in Whitehead's view, not clearly understood subjectivity.

In the special case of the geostationary orbit, an observer on the ground would not perceive the satellite as moving and would see it as a fixed point in the sky.

As Fixed Point points out, though, you will see a larger improvement to your credit score by adding another type of credit, such as a home loan, to your credit mix.

Not exact matches

¦ Although variable rates usually beat fixed rates, Heath points to 2013, the Cookes» mortgage renewal date, as a time rates could begin to rise.

But this time could be different, as Jeff Rosenberg, BlackRock chief fixed income strategist pointed out.

As the leading psychologist on the topic Carol Dweck puts it, «In a growth mindset, people believe their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work — brains and talent are just the starting point,» whereas people with a fixed mindset believe «their basic qualities, like intelligence are fixed.»

It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity as a key vulnerability in the overall financial system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity prices.

As they point out, there's plenty of room for optimism about the eventual therapeutic applications of stem cells, but clinics offering to cure Parkinson's or to fix broken spinal cords are not just misleading but seriously dangerous.

As a startup you should know what pain points your product or service fixes in peoples» lives and why they should be compelled to use your company's product.

If you exchanged your Chase Ultimate Rewards points for cash to purchase the ticket, or if wanted to use fixed - value points worth one cent each — such as miles you can earn with the Capital One Venture card — you would need 120,000 points to cover the whole trip.

Pompeo said elsewhere that a «substantial fix» to the deal was needed to prevent the U.S. from withdrawing, but as supporters of the JCPOA have pointed out many times there is nothing wrong with the deal that it requires fixing at all.

It's going to be a tough slog to fix this one, it's one of the relatively few things that Harper can point to as a win for his base.

It's also possible that Harper, himself, could pull the plug on his minority administration at some point before the next fixed election date — just as he did in September — although such a move would make an utter mockery of Harper's own, now - tarnished, fixed - election law.

You could, of course, use points from a fixed value travel card that offers «travel credit» like the Barclaycard Arrival Plus, but booking through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal is often just as good.

The relatively fixed exchange rate remained a weak point in the monetary control process, as attempts by the Reserve Bank to change monetary conditions were significantly offset by private capital flows.

One year into his tenure as CEO, Michael Medline has instituted a four - point plan to fix it.

Google has made a point to tell website owners that the disavow tool should only be used as a last resort and isn't a magic fix to having a bad link portfolio.

Bonds seem as yet unable to see what the fuss is all about, but at this point it is important to ask ourselves whether the equity market sell - off is going to bleed into the fixed income world anytime soon.

Toronto - Dominion Bank has lifted its posted rate for five - year fixed mortgages by 45 basis points to 5.59 percent as government bond yields touched their highest levels since 2011 this week.

As of November 12, 2015, the average rate for a 30 - year fixed home loan has risen to 3.98 % (with an average of 0.6 % fees and points at closing).

At this point you have successfully created a multi-signature transaction fixing the value of your bitcoin as euros.

While floaters may be linked to almost any benchmark and pay interest based on a variety of formulas, the most basic type pays a coupon equal to some widely followed interest rate or a change in a given index over a defined time period, such as the year - over-year change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), plus a fixed spread in basis points (1bp = 1/100 of 1 % or.01 %).

Toronto — Dominion Bank has lifted its posted rate for five - year fixed mortgages by 45 basis points to 5.59 % as government bond yields hit their highest levels since 2011.

Or is it something that is a fixed percentage portfolio for everyone as the starting point and then you adjust the bonds?

As Whitehead points out, this concept of substance mirrors the ordinary concept of a thing, according to which reality consists in «things» that are «simply located,» are isolated from one another, and manifest an unchanged, enduring essence, their very «substance,» that underlies their fixed or changeable determining conditions or «accidents.

It is, as George Herbert Mead has said, a way of «taking time seriously «17 to the point that no definable space in the mechanistic sense can be designated, or fixed, except as a supposition for purposes which require one to arrest the process, which is to assume that time does not matter or that it does not exist.

But the Coens do their best to keep the puzzle and possibility open, as we later learn that the first cat Davis lost miraculously made its way from Greenwich Village back uptown to Washington Heights, and at one point Davis's eye fixes on a poster for Disney's INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, the one where pets find their way home across hundreds of miles of wilderness.

Rick i struggled for over 20 years as a christian in the end i said whats the point of struggling i feel powerless and useless so i gave in to sin that did nt work either but i was so sick of struggling and seeing the same results i became more miserable and even more powerless in my struggle with sin.I decided one day no more enough was enough i needed to get my life back in order.That was years ago and it was a process over 5 years that God dealt with all those things in my life that needed fixing most days i just said to him Lord i cant do this i just do nt have the strength and he said thats okay you cant do it anyway just trust me.So now now i l know what it means to be an overcomer in Christ sin does not have the victory over me anymore because Jesus is my strength in my weakness.I know i cant live a christian life in my strength but i certainly can with Christ in me he is my strength and in him i am an overcomer.If this is speaking to others just want to let you know that you to can be an overcomer you do nt have to struggle or battle with your walk or feel miserable because you give in to sin there is a better way.Just admit that you cant do it and ask for his help for the holy spirit is in you and he is the one who helps us in our weakness.regards brentnz

Such stalwarts in the profession as former presidents Theda Skocpol of Harvard and Henry Brady of Berkeley pointed out the indignity of asking great scholars to stand in competitive elections and invoked the old conservative saw that «if it ain't broke don't fix it.»

The attempt might even be made positively to recommend this fixing of a terminological starting - point, by recalling that for Christian scholastic philosophy, too, in contrast to Platonic and Idealist philosophy, what first meets man's cognition and what he therefore rightly takes as the starting - point and model case of possible objects of his knowledge, is what is experienced by the senses and to that extent material.

Thus, just as it is necessary to surrender the notion of absolute space because there is no fixed point in space, so we must now surrender the notion of absolute time.

As such, the points on the line are already welded into a line and actually fixing any of them simply breaks the continuity.

Just as one has first the concept of line identity and then fixes points in order to determine properties of a particular line, one has first the concept of individual identity and then experiences a reaction that determines properties of a particular individual.

Almost as often, they are also privately maintained — to the point that the only maintenance that has to be done, is fixing potholes, and other normal roadwork.

A streak of nature worship — sometimes mawkish and sentimental, sometimes neopagan in its intensity, and, toward the millenium, frequently Zen - like in its clarity and repose — runs through the imaginative, intellectual and moral history of California as a fixed reference point of social identity.

We are working on fixing the Pinterest issue, as quite a number of readers have pointed this out.

To fall in love with baseball cards again, I had to see them like a Tralfamadorian would, as points in the mountain range of time, each of them a fixed moment in a non-linear universe.

Unfortunately I don't raise my hopes with the January transfer, not with Wenger in charge, the man has proven again and again that he has no idea or willingness on how to improve the squad or fix our weaknesses... continue pointing his ineptitude as a Manager is pointless, we have to sit tight and wait till his time is over... it is frustrating seeing other teams giving Chelsea a run for their money while we just pray not to be humiliated

«Anchoring creates potential advantages, such as making the stroke simpler and more repeatable, restricting the movement and rotation of the hands, arms and clubface, creating a fixed pivot point, and creating extra support and stability that may diminish the effects of nerves and pressure,» Nager said.

In turn, Mourinho brought up the fact that the Chelsea coach had previously served a suspension for failing to report match - fixing during his time as Siena manager in Italy's Serie B (although a court ultimately exonerated him of all charges)-- and it was this jibe that seems to have proved the breaking point for his Stamford Bridge successor.

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What the metrics say: Cleveland's defense doesn't seem to be fixed, as it has allowed more 115.0 points per 100 possessions in four of its past five games.

The air conditioning was a bit poor in our room — to be honest we didn't really need it for the first 4 nights as there was a real strong wind on an evening which kept things nice and cool but half way through our stay the wind suddenly dropped and the room was stifling — Reception actioned this immediately and sent an engineer to our room — who couldn't get it fixed although it did get marginally better — reception offered to change our room but again this was more hassle than it was worth by this point during our stay so they provided us a fan instead which did the job.

As The Mary Sue points out, the site was created by «a real life feminist computer engineer, because who needs boys to fix things?»

School readiness is not a fixed point as growth and maturation is an ongoing process.

This is just as important as good suspension, handbrakes, or five - point harnesses because endurance runners want a light, fast stroller with a fixed front wheel and parents with many outdoor activities prefer jogging strolls that are multifunction with a swivel option.

His eyes were fixed on some background point as his mouth twisted and turned with each darting thought.

I kind of took it as he was pointing out the complete stupidity of the quoted comment, not that he was saying she shouldn't have been fixed up.