But first, a brief
definition is in order...
A definition is in order.
But first, a quick
definition is in order.
That suggests
a definition is in order.
But first,
some definitions are in order.
A few
definitions are in order up front.
Not exact matches
Definitions need to
be clearer
in order for a company to weather the storms of expansion.
These risks include,
in no particular
order, the following: the trends toward more high -
definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that
are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold
in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases
in capital spending
in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products
in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies
in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases
in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes
in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.
Also troubling
is the way the CFTC and SEC report,
in placing responsibility for the crash on Waddell & Reed, contradicted its own
definition of liquidity: «buy - side and sell - side market depth, which
is comprised of resting
orders that market participants place to express their willingness to buy or sell at prices equal to, or outside of (either below or above), current market levels.»
«2 On September 17, 2015, the CFTC issued a settlement
order (the CFTC Order) in an enforcement action finding for the first time that «Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are encompassed in the definition and properly defined as commodi
order (the CFTC
Order) in an enforcement action finding for the first time that «Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are encompassed in the definition and properly defined as commodi
Order)
in an enforcement action finding for the first time that «Bitcoin and other virtual currencies
are encompassed
in the
definition and properly defined as commodities.
These
definitions, and Rand's discussion of them,
are immensely pertinent to understanding Christian agape as more than simply doing what has to
be done
in order to get to heaven, which
is still the view of many Christians.
A divorce
is by
definition a clash of competing truths and do you think we can get to the truth of it all on an online forum
in order to then make a larger point about theology and spiritual leadership?
Both, therefore,
are «good»
in their essential
definition and both
are intrinsically
ordered towards fulfilment
in the glory of God.
Although less explicit, it seems clear to me that this same preference for the power to affect
is apparent
in Descartes»
definition of substance as «a thing which so exists that it needs no other thing
in order to exist.
And as we noted earlier, some «materialist» thinkers
are prepared to include spiritual phenomena within their
definition of matter
in order to maintain their materialist stanceand exclude transcendence from their world view.
Some
are even prepared to stretch the
definition of matter to include much that would traditionally have
been called «spirit»
in order to protect preemptively their assertion of universal materialism.
In Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation they recommend that the definition of rhetoric be broadened to its fullest range in the classical tradition, namely as «the means by which a text establishes and manages it relationship to its audience in order to achieve a particular effect.&raqu
In Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation they recommend that the
definition of rhetoric
be broadened to its fullest range
in the classical tradition, namely as «the means by which a text establishes and manages it relationship to its audience in order to achieve a particular effect.&raqu
in the classical tradition, namely as «the means by which a text establishes and manages it relationship to its audience
in order to achieve a particular effect.&raqu
in order to achieve a particular effect.»
It would follow that Descartes,
in defining a substance as needing nothing else
in order to exist (Principles of Philosophy, I, 51) only spelled out what
was already implicit
in Aristotle's
definition.
This
is the first of the key Aristotelian
definitions which bothered Whitehead, and which he and Hartshorne think leads straight to Descartes»
definition of substance as «needing nothing else
in order to exist.»
Marxism has a negative anthropology (of which, more later) from which it derives by implication a negative ethics and politics «which prevent us from saying this or that
is the good or perfect
order and thus enclosing them too
in a
definition» (1:68).
Some
definitions and distinctions — both religious and literary —
are in order.
And no a belief does not mean actual knowledge, so when one proclaims a belief, it something that by
definition can not
be proven, so no I don't have to present evidence
in order to declare a belief, but if one
is saying outright that angels do not exist as
being the absolute truth, then one should present evidence.
Lodged
in the understanding of theology as reflection upon how we
are to
order our lives
in response to God's
ordering and reordering of our lives, individually and corporately, these theological
definitions are somewhat arbitrary, though not without
being informed by the tradition.
This conception of power
is at home with Descartes»
definition of a substance as that which requires nothing but itself (and God)
in order to exist.
However..., using
in - group vocabulary with new
definitions in order to build walls
is normal for any business culture, to include churches.
[12] The ancient
definition of truth articulated by St.Thomas as adaequatio rei et intellectus (correspondence of the intellect and the thing)
was rejected
in favour of a «consistent
ordering of the information coming from the senses.»
In the process of that widening estrangement, Christianity has lost its understanding of the Jewishness of Jesus; has lost touch with the culture out of which the message of Jesus was spoken, thus bringing a Gentile definition to Jewish words; and has lost its sense of the immediacy of God's working through scandalous particulars in human history in order to affirm the universal goodness of his creatio
In the process of that widening estrangement, Christianity has lost its understanding of the Jewishness of Jesus; has lost touch with the culture out of which the message of Jesus
was spoken, thus bringing a Gentile
definition to Jewish words; and has lost its sense of the immediacy of God's working through scandalous particulars
in human history in order to affirm the universal goodness of his creatio
in human history
in order to affirm the universal goodness of his creatio
in order to affirm the universal goodness of his creation.
A dictionary
definition states it like this: «to do or
be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it
is,
in order to achieve one's objective.»
Post-modern radicalism postulates that the individual,
in order to exercise his right to choose, must
be able to free himself from all normative frameworks — whether they
be semantic (clear
definitions), ontological (
being, the given), political (sovereignty of the state), moral (transcendent norms), social (taboos, what
is forbidden), cultural (traditions) or religious (dogma, doctrine of the Church).
ìWar, î as Hauerwas puts it, ìis America's altar.î Central to this American self -
definition is the blood sacrifice of the Civil War, which became a form of total war once it acquired a divine purpose and had ìbecome for both sides a ritual they had come to need
in order to make sense of their lives.î American moderns have no answer to death, no way of living well with death.
In his Letter Concerning Toleration, Locke puts forth his own definition of the Church: «A church, then, I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord in order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.&raqu
In his Letter Concerning Toleration, Locke puts forth his own
definition of the Church: «A church, then, I take to
be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together of their own accord
in order to the public worshipping of God in such manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.&raqu
in order to the public worshipping of God
in such manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.&raqu
in such manner as they judge acceptable to Him, and effectual to the salvation of their souls.»
In order to answer these questions it may
be pertinent to offer a tentative
definition of Indian - Christian theology within this particular historical context.
-- Matthew 1:17 Matthew
is using the Psalm 90
definitions of Generation
in order to tell a specific chronological story, establishing that the 2nd Coming
was supposed to have happened somewhere around 1900 years ago.
Out of the Egyptian existence of formlessness and void Yahweh had created for Israel a life relatively formed and
ordered; certainly
in the popular mind this
definition of existence continued to
be valid and to provide meaning enough for historical consciousness, however strong the opposing judgment from core Yahwism, from prophetic Yahwism.
-- Matthew 1:17 Matthew
is using the Psalm 90
definitions of Generation
in order to tell a specific chronological story.
Yet if I
were honest with the
definition of «legalism» I will not use this term, because by
definition, «legalism»
is when additional works
are required from a person
in order to get into heaven.
If we discard this
definition of a people, and, assuming another, say that a people
is an assemblage of reasonable
beings bound together by a common agreement as to the objects of their love, then,
in order to discover the character of any people, we have only to observe what they love... it will
be a superior people
in proportion as it
is bound together by higher interests, inferior
in proportion as it
is bound together by lower.
The
definition of insanity
is «doing the same thing
in order to achieve different results»... and that
's key to the dilemma.
If grace
is super-natural (i.e.
in itself above the natural
order) it can not, by
definition, constitute human nature.
Just as our birth
in a particular nation and setting
is a constant factor throughout our lives, baptism
is the point of departure, the
definition of our selves, to which we must constantly return
in order to understand who we
are and who we
are called to
be in Christ.
In spite of all colonial vicissitudes the formal definition of the work of the ministry remained as stated in the Virginia laws of 1619: «duely [to] read divine service, and exercise their ministerial function according to the Ecclesiastical laws and orders of the Churche of Englande... «42 Thus the goal and the determination of the generations of dedicated ministers who served the English Church throughout this period might be expressed in the words of that early governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dal
In spite of all colonial vicissitudes the formal
definition of the work of the ministry remained as stated
in the Virginia laws of 1619: «duely [to] read divine service, and exercise their ministerial function according to the Ecclesiastical laws and orders of the Churche of Englande... «42 Thus the goal and the determination of the generations of dedicated ministers who served the English Church throughout this period might be expressed in the words of that early governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dal
in the Virginia laws of 1619: «duely [to] read divine service, and exercise their ministerial function according to the Ecclesiastical laws and
orders of the Churche of Englande... «42 Thus the goal and the determination of the generations of dedicated ministers who served the English Church throughout this period might
be expressed
in the words of that early governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dal
in the words of that early governor of Virginia, Sir Thomas Dale.
The 10 possible destinations
are listed here,
in alphabetical
order, along with their
definitions.
Fonte, Van Dijk and Caulker
in order of preference and if we wan na go abroad, Howedes
is the
definition of versatility, there
are many out there that
are very good and won't cost much, that shouldn't
be an issue...
The
definition of insanity — mine, not Einstein's — would
be: «Changing things that work
in order to get the same result unless the outside factors have forced the change to take place.»
Hollingworth's view, however, led to
definitions of gifted as childhood potential that must
be nurtured
in order for it to
be developed
in adulthood.
In order for a student to obtain a 504 plan, the child first needs to be evaluated for eligibility by the school as meeting the definition of «disabled» Parents can request in writing that their child be evaluated for eligibility under the process defined by Section 50
In order for a student to obtain a 504 plan, the child first needs to
be evaluated for eligibility by the school as meeting the
definition of «disabled» Parents can request
in writing that their child be evaluated for eligibility under the process defined by Section 50
in writing that their child
be evaluated for eligibility under the process defined by Section 504.
In view of the growing body of work evaluating breastfeeding peer support, we have distinguished between this and other kinds of lay support, following the definition by Dennis 2002: «Peer support is provided by lay individuals who are not part of the client's own embedded network, who possess experiential knowledge of the targeted behaviour (i.e. successful breastfeeding skills) and similar qualities (i.e. age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, residency etc.) in order to aid the client during a time of actual or potential stress (i.e. the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding).&raqu
In view of the growing body of work evaluating breastfeeding peer support, we have distinguished between this and other kinds of lay support, following the
definition by Dennis 2002: «Peer support
is provided by lay individuals who
are not part of the client's own embedded network, who possess experiential knowledge of the targeted behaviour (i.e. successful breastfeeding skills) and similar qualities (i.e. age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, residency etc.)
in order to aid the client during a time of actual or potential stress (i.e. the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding).&raqu
in order to aid the client during a time of actual or potential stress (i.e. the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding).»
· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority
in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature
in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which
is scheduled to sunset
in June 2013, with a new
definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will
be defined as no more than 2 percent growth
in the contract.
And the very meaning of mental illness
is belittled, its ever - expanding
definition made even wider
in order to incorporate the «trauma» of hearing Germaine Greer give a speech or clapping
in meetings or walking past a statue of a 19th Century racist.
Opposing practical measures
in order to score political points
is the
definition of pandering.