First, there is an inconsistency in the propositions underlying the Committee's argument that, on the one hand, the impact of the confirmation provisions are minimal in that they merely confirm the common law position, and on the other hand, that the confirmation provisions are necessary to provide
certainty where the position is otherwise unclear.
It can not be logically argued that the confirmation provisions merely confirm the common law if the justification for the confirmation provisions is to provide
certainty where the common law position on extinguishment is unclear.
These include asbestos litigation reform, mandatory sanctions for filling frivolous litigation, protecting innocent parties from being unfairly or fradulently joines into a lawsuit, class action and multi-district litigation reforms, increased
certainty where the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is concerned, and reform of over-broad laws that threaten individuals and business with criminal prosecution absent any criminal intent, among others.
You have a belief (for that is all you have) that models provide
certainty where none really exist.
Measurements of ocean alkalinity are so rudimentary and dicey, that we can not say with
any certainty where the «missing» CO2 is going quantitatively.
«It will provide greater
certainty where digital goods are supplied to consumers through online platforms.»
A poster named «Nisiprius» recently advanced the following wonderful post to the Bogleheads Forum: 1995: Sucker looking for
certainty where there is no certainty: So, how much can I safely withdraw?
It doesn't matter how smart or experienced someone may be, no one can tell you with any degree of
certainty where interest rates will be from one day to the next and, consequently, when the right time to buy a certain investment is going to be.
But beware of
certainty where none exists.
As a result, when a person adopts multiple new behaviors, such as improved diet, regular exercise, and more rest and sleep, it isn't always possible to say with absolute
certainty where the benefits come from.
Under CSIRO's Deep Earth imaging Future Science Platform, the research organisation is bringing together the skills and capabilities to peer through the earth and determine with greater
certainty where usable sources of water are likely to be.
But even given that there's a wide range of normal when it comes to the rate at which kids blossom from tiny newborns to strapping teenagers, it's possible to predict with some degree of
certainty where a child will be at a particular age and stage.
, although I couldn't predict with
any certainty where we will finish.
It leaves me with some existential anxiety and doesn't provide answers about life after death, but it provides real
certainty where it offers it and safeguards against the insanity of the mystical and the dangers of basing conclusions on things that can never be proven or tested.
Not exact matches
Sorahan from Ryanair said: «Our biggest concern is that we have no
certainty as we roll into this time next year and we are in a position
where we're in 12 months we have to start loading our summer schedule for 2019.»
As human beings we learn to get comfortable in even the most unusual and unfulfilling situations, mainly because we have
certainty in staying
where we are.
«Belonging» is about finding that place
where you finally let out a deep breath you had no idea you were holding and feeling with great
certainty that the people around you understand you.
Unfortunately, because of the lack of
certainty in
where Irma will travel once it hits the mainland, Rogers said, spaghetti plots and other forecasts can not definitively determine if residents throughout the Florida peninsula and up through the Carolinas should evacuate.
Ken spent his early career working with mission - driven businesses like Upromise and Eloan, and he was inspired to build Credit Karma — a platform
where consumers can manage their full financial lives with more
certainty, supported by a unique business model that creates genuine, organic value by reducing marketing inefficiency for banks and empowering consumers with information.
On the contrary, I am most interested in the relative
certainty offered by companies that many characterize as «Steady Eddies,» particularly in the health care, software, and branded retail sectors
where the stock prices may not reflect the companies» intrinsic value.
Empowering beliefs help you transition into a new state of being
where you have absolute
certainty — you don't just believe that your are capable of achieving great things, you know it.
Regardless of
where exactly crude prices would end up trading, it's a
certainty that once carbon emissions become more of a consideration the price of a barrel of oil will be heading lower.
As the result when I look at monte carlo analysis I see notable improvments in the models outcomes in scenerios
where the mortgage is payed off — more
certainty and less leverage.
If both chambers pass tax bills — which is no
certainty — the legislation would be melded together in a so - called conference committee,
where the Senate and House proposals would have to face off.
If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater
certainty for investors and workers on
where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.
As interesting a concept as NEO is, there's only one
certainty in the future of NEO: no one knows exactly
where it's going.
In Detroit
where auto executives marvel at Tesla's stock price rise despite its losses and production problems, quiet cheers over the company's troubles were almost a
certainty.
For example, if an asset's price is wildly going up and down, you might have no clue about
where the price will be a half of an hour from now, but you can say with a degree of
certainty that the touch price will probably touched upon, even if it is for only a very brief moment.
I used to live in a place of absolute
certainty,
where I wanted more than anything to do everything right.
Maybe you should just shut the fuck up about shit you know absolutely nothing about, like black holes,
where you show your ignorance for all to see and claim
certainty about things you know nothing about.
so
where can we draw the line of moral
certainty?
Perhaps that confuses more than clarifies my position but I'll be the first to admit that I have not yet found the clarity that I seek and yet I would rather be
where I am now than in the blind
certainty of previous years when I thought I had it all figured out but was in fact wearing blinders that made it easier to look straight ahead but caused me to miss out on so much of the beauty of God all around me.
That quest for
certainty sure encourages the groupspeak you think you see,
where someone dares to question what the group sees as truth.
Not one of the places
where these tragic events occurred can be identified with
certainty.
where an ideology or belief claims «
certainty» but only through accepting that belief can one know «true» knowledge.
It is a refining fire, a hot flame that keeps our faith alive and moving and bubbling about,
where certainty would only freeze it on the spot.»
So, too, the life of faith is a life of emptiness and darkness in the desert
where one's truth and
certainty as food for the journey are not a verifiable and present truth but a promise, just as the manna was a promise of the land flowing with milk and honey.
«
Where standards of right and wrong are asserted with dogmatic certainty and are not open to discussion, and, even worse, where these standards merely express the interests of the stronger party in a relationship while clothing those interests in moralistic language, then that criticism is indeed justified» (p.
Where standards of right and wrong are asserted with dogmatic
certainty and are not open to discussion, and, even worse,
where these standards merely express the interests of the stronger party in a relationship while clothing those interests in moralistic language, then that criticism is indeed justified» (p.
where these standards merely express the interests of the stronger party in a relationship while clothing those interests in moralistic language, then that criticism is indeed justified» (p. 140).
We can and indeed we must share in their development, even without
certainty of
where they will lead us.
One of the problem people sometimes have with this sort of definition, however, is that we think that there are degrees of faith, or (to put it another way), faith is on a sliding scale,
where one end is «wishful - hope - so - thinking» and on the other end is «absolute
certainty.»
Where do you get your
certainty that there is no God?
I consider «cult logic» to be
where a certain ideology or belief claims
certainty and only through accepting that belief can one know «true» knowledge.
Yes there are times I miss the
certainty that comes from being in a place
where there is forced conformity, but I'm in the wilderness of the unknown with no question or stone left unturned.
In the encyclical Fides et Ratio, our late Holy Father summed up very well the postmodern position in his critique:»... the time of
certainties is irrevocably past, and the human being must now learn to live in a horizon of total absence of meaning,
where everything is provisional and ephemeral.»
«There was a solidity and
certainty in Benedict's teaching», he wrote, «which made discussion possible and stimulated intellectual honesty; one knew
where the Church and the Pope stood.
Returning to Descartes, the only place
where he thought that
certainty could be found was in mathematics and the physical sciences and so he began to devote himself to studies in those areas.
Where will you find the
certainty that it was not after all a hidden price which governed your resolution?»
What those ancient Greeks (who also had some understanding of philosophy) regarded as a task for a whole lifetime, seeing that dexterity in doubting is not acquired in a few days or weeks, what the veteran combatant attained when he had preserved the equilibrium of doubt through all the pitfalls he encountered, who intrepidly denied the
certainty of sense - perception and the
certainty of the processes of thought, incorruptibly defied the apprehensions of self - love and the insinuations of sympathy — that is
where everybody begins in our time.
Here is
where it applies to the
certainty that claims to have objective truth.
The
certainty of God's «grace,» of «justification,» «salvation,» is an objective belief that usually accompanies the change in Christians; but this may be entirely lacking and yet the affective peace remain the same — you will recollect the case of the Oxford graduate: and many might be given
where the assurance of personal salvation was only a later result.