Sentences with phrase «common denominator by»

These are the things that mark it out as a me - too brand that is hell - bent on appealing to the lowest common denominator by taking cheap shots at brands, or appealing to the stereotype technology buyer.

According to David Newton, an economics professor at Westmont College:» [The APR] is the one common denominator by which you can compare loans side by side, comparing apples to apples to apples.»

Not exact matches

So far, there seems to be one common denominator to all companies that could stand to benefit by acting more like people — or good people, likable people — they're consumer facing.

Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but business and politics both seem to have fallen back on the meanest, lowest common denominator, and that's only been magnified by social media.

While their formats vary widely, the common denominator is a desk and Wi - Fi access, often available on a drop - in basis and by the hour.

Tapping a New Market By taking advantage of the mass market's interest in the purity of consumables, Silver Lake Research brought a specialty - store product and transformed it into lowest - common - denominator supermarket merchandise.

Left to their own devices — without sober oversight — communities tend to devolve and become governed by their lowest common denominators.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

The one common denominator they all seemed to have were daily habits or daily routines that enabled them to sharpen their ax by consistent daily self - improvement.

The common denominator is the measure of anonymity these digital currencies lend to transactions, their unrestricted access from anywhere on the globe and the fact that they can be exchanged for money without being otherwise regulated by any central entity.

Indeed, Personal File invites a strong re-assessment of the middle period of Cash's career by providing the evidence that, while there was money to be made crafting music that pandered to the lowest common denominator, Cash worked at his own expense to develop his artistry.

Focusing on singing to Jesus as the «common denominator» is often hindered by the trappings surrounding worship.

These new expressions of faith, fed by passions of ordinary men and women, did not merely diverge from received authority; increasingly they failed even to take into account the standard theological categories that served as guides for religious experience and formed the common denominator of theological discussion between disputants.

It is not always a dogmatic and insensitive cleric that inflicts pain and discouragement on those whose faith calls them to seek a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God than that marketed for mass (lowest common denominator) consumption by the institutional church.

Though religion in general and lowest common denominator religion were attacked in the fifties as a modern perversion of traditional religion by neo-orthodox critics and those like Will Herberg who were influenced by them, actually such general religion has a long and honorable history in Christendom.

Induction has been accused of many shortcomings, but the common denominator of the various criticisms leveled against it, from Popper to Kuhn to Feyerabend, is that belief in induction is responsible for a naive empiricism which views science as based on uninterpreted observation and direct verification of theories by the «facts.»

Therefore, no matter how nice a Muslim family portrays itself to be on the «All America Muslim» TV irreality show, their final common denominator is to destroy the USA; so don't be deceived by their fake TV performance.

Stendahl begins by using architectural metaphors (framework, bridge, blueprint) and ends with a few miscellaneous figures (ongoing, laid bare, common denominator, the fruits, play Galilee into).

Can we reconceive theological education in such a way that (1) it clearly pertains to the totality of human life, in the public sphere as well as the private, because it bears on all of our powers; (2) it is adequate to genuine pluralism, both of the «Christian thing» and of the worlds in which the «Christian thing» is lived, by avoiding naiveté about historical and cultural conditioning without lapsing into relativism; (3) it can be the unifying overarching goal of theological education without requiring the tacit assumption that there is a universal structure or essence to education in general, or theological inquiry in particular, which inescapably denies genuine pluralism by claiming to be the universal common denominator to which everything may be reduced as variations on a theme; and (4) it can retrieve the strengths of both the «Athens» and the «Berlin» types of excellent schooling, without unintentionally subordinating one to the other?

As non-Arab peoples converted to Islam, they demanded a share of the power initially wielded by an Arab elite, and the Islamic empire of the caliphs broke down into a commonwealth - a commonwealth whose common denominator was broadly cultural and religious rather than political.

However, while this gives us a vague common denominator which we can all use, by virtue of this same vagueness it isn't much help in saying who Jesus is.

However, offering slang and fashionable jargon as «renewed» preaching, celebrating the secular embrace of certain Christian symbols (i.e., use of crosses as warnings at highway danger points, putting Christ in Christmas, etc.), or reducing the Gospel to the lowest common denominator of acceptable faith and ethic will hardly be received by a serious world as adequate penance.

The unintended consequence of these supportive actions have opened a virtual Pandora's box, revealing a smorgasboard of s@xu = al depravity that runs the gamut from NAMBLA to growing ranks of pedophile teachers, emboldened by the brazen behaviors seen in «Pride parades» and an increasingly risque mainstream media that panders to the lowest common denominator in entertainment.

The bible was written by a few scribes for an illiterate world population who had to have their existence explained to them at the lowest common denominator.

Kuyper certainly wouldn't have been pleased by his followers» failure to evangelize, and pillarization needn't lead to a lack of outward strategy, but historically such power - sharing agreements place a premium on reaching a least - common - denominator form of consensus and toning down differences.

By calling for a least - common - denominator public faith, Barton seems happy to settle for less than the God of historic Christian orthodoxy.

The herd is kept together by the appeal to the lowest common denominator.

The lowest common denominator is not defined by the one who asks questions.

If instead of dropping to the lowest common denominator in our behavior, we each personally raise the bar to where Jesus set it, imagine how many trees of life would be planted, watered by streams of living water, providing shade and Heavenly fruit for the whole world to enjoy.

The type of story Racquet does best is illustrated by a recent piece on the «10 commandments,» or common denominators of strategy, in racquet sports.

By selecting the best players which excludes the likes of Czech and Mustafi.They are the common denominators in virtually all the away defeats to sides below Arsenal in the league.I am not a lover of stats but these are the facts which Wenger chooses to ignore.There is absolutely no point in strengthening other parts of the team for example by replacing Wilsh ere and continuing to play Czech and Mustafi.A team is only as good as it's poorest player and in Czech and Mustafi we have two of the poorest exponents in their positions in the Premier LeaguBy selecting the best players which excludes the likes of Czech and Mustafi.They are the common denominators in virtually all the away defeats to sides below Arsenal in the league.I am not a lover of stats but these are the facts which Wenger chooses to ignore.There is absolutely no point in strengthening other parts of the team for example by replacing Wilsh ere and continuing to play Czech and Mustafi.A team is only as good as it's poorest player and in Czech and Mustafi we have two of the poorest exponents in their positions in the Premier Leaguby replacing Wilsh ere and continuing to play Czech and Mustafi.A team is only as good as it's poorest player and in Czech and Mustafi we have two of the poorest exponents in their positions in the Premier League.

I really think these numbers might be arbitrary and are created by doctors as a least common denominator of sorts.

And the proposals have already been branded by Tory Theresa May a «lowest common denominator» solution which would satisfy no one and perpetuate the problem of cronyism.

Like TTIP, it champions the destruction of rules designed to protect society and the environment — as laid out by a new report which highlights the huge differences in food safety rules between the EU and Canada, which big business wants to bring down to the lowest common denominator.

In particular, it suggests that the external cost to society, which is measured by the Cabinet Office report, is a «lowest common denominator» which is most likely to support a consensus in guiding alcohol tax policy.

All of the above digestive problems were caused by the same common denominator: gluten.

They're called by many names — energy bites, protein balls, bliss balls — but the common denominator is that they're usually packed with clean eating and filling ingredients like nuts and seeds, dried fruit, nut butters, oats and various superfood powders.

I do not want to go into the importance of the Mevalonate Pathway, Cholesterol and hormone importance, especially adrenal gland function, but I would only take away from the China study what is fact and pointed out by the author «Getting rid of empty and refined foods, especially vegetable oils — the common denominator in all these plant - based prescriptions — will make for improvements in almost everyone.

As outlined by Blue Zones one of the common denominators between populations with longevity around the world is the consumption of eggs.

, but in this case don't trust your instincts; Jerry Maguire the trailer is a callous cocktail that coasts by on lowest common denominator Cruise control, while Jerry Maguire the film is among the very best contemporary movies about the uneasy intersection between sports and business as well as the human toll of this peculiarly American phenomenon.

Conceptually it had the all the promise of an interesting and diverse plot but was held back by playing the safe road of dumbing it down to the lowest common denominator.

Epic action scenes are augmented by dazzling shots of the girls kicking ass, but they also reek of hypersexualization and pandering to the lowest common denominator.

Because Gregory is a common denominator, there's a lot of overlap between the three yak - tracks, screenwriter Ronald Shusett (joined by unobtrusive actress Linda Turley) and Poster mainly deepening Sherman's perspective with comments that only a screenwriter and a cinematographer, respectively, would make.

But in the realm of multiplex movies, dominated as they are now by franchises, sequels and lowest common denominator action flicks (aka «macho treats»), the Pitch Perfect films are special.

Otherwise serious scenes are punctuated with lowest - common - denominator jokes; important character moments are completely undone by ham - fisted attempts at non-sequitur comedy.

After all, Salamon's book is really just proof of what's evidenced on screen and observed by contemporary audiences: Decisions were made to pander to the lowest common denominator, and say what you will about the lowest common denominator, but it often knows when it's being condescended to.

Educators must set expectations far beyond the lowest common denominators expected by accountability measures, and must endeavor alongside students to help them grapple with the material.

Objective: to be able to draw pie charts by finding fractions with common denominators.

This resource is a mixture of Quiz Quiz Trade cards to help support children's knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions with a common denominator, converting between improper fractions and whole numbers, multiplying a fraction by a whole number, identifying whether a number is prime or composite, converting between Roman numerals and Arabic numbers, and converting between different units of measurement (mm, cm, m and km).

Students who successfully ordered the fractions used equivalent fractions by choosing 20 as the Lowest Common Denominator so that 1/2 was rewritten as 10/20, 1/4 as 5/20, 3/5 as 12/20 and 1/10 as 2/20.