Sentences with phrase «diversion away»

In any event, service isn't interchangeable with competence — you have to be the latter before you can offer the former, and the topic of commission levels is just a diversion away from the question of competence!

Are this extensive discussions about TOBS a diversion away from the real issues?

This seems to be a diversion away from the appropriate comparison of results using the different HadCM2 control run datasets from the CSF05 and the SFZ08 datasets.

This series is peculiar for its diversion away from his widely recognized brightly colored style.

One of the main goals of this application is to encourage diversion away from the work zone when congestion exists.

The mini games are not anything spectacular but they do offer a diversion away from the rest of the game.

Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse - area Republican, said Cuomo's attempt to blame Washington for Albany's late budget is a stretch and diversion away from questions now being raised about «the functional government that he takes credit for.»

«It's become a diversion away from all of the important things this country has to deal with and if you look at the amount of coverage and attention this is getting, that's not good.»

- sounds like another diversion away from the drones and the Palestinian death count to me.

Not exact matches

Masih was blown away by the variety and ingenuity of their methods, and he obtained permission from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to write a textbook on how drug diversion happens.

These (most) People just use it as a diversion to distract people away from how they truely are, and ya know what, it works really well on «fellow Christians;» they stick together like glue, like a heard of stupid sheep and baaaaaa baaaa each other, while they go around and treat honest and truthful «evil heathens» like dog crap on the bottom of their shoe.

In his Pensées he described what he calls «diversion» and gives the example of a grieving man who plays the sport of hunting in order to divert his attention away from his grief.

In fact the invasion served a variety of U.S. purposes including the assertion of U.S. control over the Panama Canal, the diversion of attention away from El Salvador, the economic destabilization of Nicaragua and the intimidation of Nicaraguan voters prior to the election.

I recently took my crew there for a fun little diversion from everyday life and we were blown away by the experience.

Jack Dromey, Unite deputy general secretary, said the Walker Report was a diversion as it walked away from the key issues in the private equity debate.

«This is a true diversion that takes our focus away from proper redistricting,» Deputy Senate Democratic Minority Leader Neil Breslin of Bethlehem said.

Allegations of hypocrisy are treacherous because they can function as argumentative diversions, drawing our attention away from the task of assessing the strength of a position and toward the character of the position's advocate.

Early last week, unexpected winter floods tore away part of the diversion dam, causing serious erosion of the riverbanks.

Both Obama and Clinton voted against the Hope Act and many stem cell research supporters have criticized the bill, saying it's a distraction and diversion of funds away from the greater promise of embryonic cells.

``... for most nations the Kyoto Protocol would require extensive diversion of human and financial resources away from more immediate and pressing needs in health care, education, infrastructure, and, yes, the environment — all critical to the well - being of future generations.»

Dharana, the sixth limb, is dedicated to the cultivation of concentration and is supported by all the limbs that came before it: A strong asana practice frees the body of distracting kinks and aches; a powerful pranayama practice removes toxins and unlocks stuck energy; a pratyahara practice draws attention away from external diversions and back into the internal landscape.

The best advice is — get away from your daily chores and diversions, muse on it in complete solitude.

Whenever Shrek (Mike Myers) is sent away on a quest — be it to rescue a princess, find a potion or, in the case of this movie, seek out a royal heir — it's never more than a case of brief, breezy there - and - back - again, with one or two minor diversions (usually some kind of ambush in a forest), plus perhaps a campfire - side heart - to - heart, during which the irascible ogre will at least partially come to terms with whichever self - doubt that's plaguing him — this time his confidence in himself as a father.

March 11, 2013 • Almost 100 years ago, a water - supply diversion from Owens River helped quench Los Angeles» thirst some 200 miles away.

Each rescue mission has a cool twist to it and reveals each survivor's personality, and with the annoyances taken away, they make for fun diversions.

Tucked away somewhere in its 149 - minute running time, there is a clever, corny summer diversion lasting perhaps an hour and three - quarters.

Check out some of the more entertaining diversions tucked away in next week's sequel.

Anne Bryant, executive director of the NSBA, wrote in a press release, «The children of the state of Arizona deserve better than the diversion of nearly $ 350 million in tax revenue away from their public schools.»

More than 55 teachers union groups in Washington state have voted to go on «rolling walkouts» not only to protest the lack of funding for public schools but also the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars away from the classroom and into the pockets of Wall Street corporations that make the high stakes tests.

Standards fights have been a diversion of professional energy away from teaching for too long.

With the 107,000 - member Massachusetts Teachers Association gearing up for a fight — and also thinking that it wanted to avoid a protracted battle and a diversion of funds away from political causes in an important Senatorial election year, the unions sought compromise.

And just to be a little cynical & sinister here, actual prosecutions remind me of security theatre — in this instance, let's call it litigation theatre, a diversion of the suckers» taxpayers» attention away from the really criminal insider trading.

now here's the kicker in her first Master she was dog three., # 1 and # 2 broke actually never saw the third bird go down after a flyer # 2 diversion bird at about 35 yards away....

More development in Cannon Beach meant more diversions, diversions that to some extent would draw people away from the beach and fireside.

Many youth - friendly activities and diversions exist in order to steer the city's children away from crime and gang activity.

Diversions such as snorkeling the crystal clear waters and exploring the offshore reef are mere steps away from the rooms

Away from the story mode fights, there's the Adventure mode — in the older games you were able to walk around an overworld RPG - style to find your next fight; this has now been relegated to Adventure mode, offering a fun if not massive diversion.

It's an interesting enough diversion, but it won't tear you away from the actual basketball for long.

I really enjoyed the book, it provided a nice diversion from the Jack Ryan saga which at times found itself spinning off far and away from its original premise.

The amount of waste generated is increasing over time due to an increasing population, a more disposable throw away lifestyle, and the lack of diversion markets.

Over the past few years we have been encouraging the diversion of organic waste away from the landfill and toward useful products such as compost and soil amenders.

Your green team members (both those you employ and venue staff) should come away from your event with a newfound or expanded knowledge about waste diversion, energy savings, and sustainability in general.

He said that the diversion of resources away from those who most urgently and immediately needed our help, in the name of addressing a non-problem that could not in any event be cost - effectively dealt with by CO2 mitigation, must be reversed at once for the sake of those who needed our help now.

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Like Lysenkoism the IPCC diversion will only be dismantled when the political elite turns away from it.

And, by rejecting the non-problem of man - made global warming, he began the long and necessary process of waking up the likes of Professor Reif to the fact that the diversion of time, effort, and trillions of dollars away from real environmental problems and towards the bogus but (to MIT) profitable non-problem of supposedly catastrophic global warming is as bad for the planet as it is for true science.

The Act provides for the diversion of less serious youth crimes and first - time offenders away from the criminal court process.

Diversion is the Crown's decision and they can take away an offer of diversion if they feel that you're taking too long to finish what you're supposDiversion is the Crown's decision and they can take away an offer of diversion if they feel that you're taking too long to finish what you're supposdiversion if they feel that you're taking too long to finish what you're supposed to do.

The goal of these courts is diversion of targeted offenders away from the traditional criminal justice system and towards clinical treatments and pro-social outcomes.

Once you finish the course, we send your certificate right away, but we also have to mail a check for the court diversion fee you paid.