(A pendant show here, Kerry James Marshall Selects, offers a revealing glimpse of the artist's sources and inspirations: a stern portrait from the workshop of Hans Holbein, flowing
figure studies by Veronese, a social - realist lithograph by his former teacher Charles Wilbert White, and a photograph of Gerhard Richter's wife, smudged with paint.)
Figure Study I was acquired by National Galleries Scotland in 1998, although despite the title, it's only
a figure study by implication, given that it's one of the few works produced by Bacon not to feature a figure.
Among the earliest works were a rare compositional sketch by the fifteenth - century Florentine master Fra Filippo Lippi, an exquisite red - chalk
figure study by Michelangelo, and sheets by Annibale Carracci, Domenichino, Pietro da Cortona, and both Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo.
Not exact matches
The international
figures aren't much better: According to a 142 - country
study conducted
by Gallup in 2013, only 13 % of global workers feel engaged and committed to their work.
According to a fascinating recent Nature article
by Tom Clynes, science has been hard at work trying to
figure out the answer to that question for more than four decades with the the
Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.
The price of the Angola 5 prosecution has
figured prominently in an ongoing
study of death penalty costs
by a committee of Louisiana lawmakers, which is expected to conclude
by the end of the year.
While 38 % of meals were eaten alone in 2012,
by 2015 that
figure had grown to 42 %, according to the
study.
A
study last year
by the C.D. Howe Institute suggested that one out of every 10 mortgage - indebted households in Canada was «extremely vulnerable» to an economic or financial shock — a
figure that's likely only increased since.
The number one industry set be transformed
by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested
by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a
figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more
by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the
Study of Evolution in Action.
This year's list is the product of old - fashioned reporting, boosted
by data and insight supplied
by a trio of independent research firms: Sageworks, which performs financial analyses of privately held companies; Plunkett Research, a business intelligence firm that
studies trends affecting the world's most vital industries; and IBISWorld, which provides industry growth
figures, five - year revenue projections, employment growth, profit margin averages, and industry competition ratings.
Scientists are trying to
figure out how new species develop
by studying what happens to the small reptiles when living conditions change radically.
And
by «
studying» I mean I've tried to
figure out why I've experienced so much conflict.
The global market for 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is poised to grow to $ 3 billion
by 2018 — a 76 percent increase from 2012 revenue
figures — according to a
study by Global Industry Analysts.
To
figure out what can relieve our sense of time pressure, Norton conducted a series of experiments that gave some
study subjects an unexpected block of free time,
by sending them home 15 minutes early from an experiment they were told would take an hour for example.
A new
study by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada suggests that Canadian services exports are two and a half times larger than official
figures, and that the stock of Canadian investment in India is at least twice as large as shown
by Statistics Canada.
Yale University Professor Robert Shiller
studied a diverse group of U.S. companies and found that from 1900 to 1980, they paid out an average of 61 percent of profits in dividends — that
figure dwarfs combined dividends paid and share buybacks combined today
by any measure.
According to a
study published
by Autonomous, a financial research provider, almost $ 1.3 bn has been raised so far this year
by start - up technology companies via initial coin offerings, a
figure well above the $ 300 million made in previous two years.
I will have to live my whole life surrounded
by a world filled with mental midgets who have fooled themselves that faith and belief in deities is the answer instead of using their minds to work out problems,
study science and
figure out how we leave this planet when it becomes inhabitable in 4 billion years.
The
Figure of Beatrice: A
Study in Dante (London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1943) and the admirable book on Williams
by Mary McDermott Shideler, The Theology of Romantic Love (New York: Harper & Row, 1962).
Historically, he contends that a truly scientific
study of religion first emerged, with great intellectual promise, in the closing years of the 19th century It was shaped
by pioneering
figures like F. Max Muller in England, C. P. Tiele and P. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye in the Netherlands, and Morris Jastrow in the United States.
There was a time when, in the early days of New Testament
study, it was assumed that
by the use of critical method «the quest for the historical Jesus» would be rewarded
by a portrayal of that historical
figure exactly as he was.
If the Easter faith is understood primarily as the conviction of the exaltation of the crucified Jesus to be Lord and Savior, it is possible to understand how it could have arisen among the dispirited disciples as their response to the «offence» of the crucifixion of their Master, while they wrestled with that problem in the light of the impact made on them
by the life and teaching of Jesus, and in the light of their
study of the scriptures, of their current convictions about similar
figures and of their belief about God.
Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out
by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to
study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such
figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.
On the contrary, the long and complex process which has forced us to distinguish between the historical
figure of Jesus (who is open to historical research) and the religious
figure of the Christ (who can be affirmed only
by Christians and who is subjectively «known» in Christian devotion) has been undertaken
by Christian scholars bringing the best of contemporary analysis to their
study of the Bible.
Porter is unpersuasive in her repeated claims that the
figures under
study tended to use the theological framework provided
by Scripture, nature, and reason merely to legitimate the prevailing but often unquestioned views of their culture.
According to a recent
study cited
by Maurice Zeitlin, a sociologist at UCLA, in 1960 21 cents out of every new investment dollar went overseas;
by 1980 that
figure had more than doubled.
To see some exceptional in - depth
studies of coming persecution, see two unique books
by media
figure Joe Ortiz entitled «The End Times Passover» and «Why Christians Will Suffer «Great Tribulation»» — both published in the US and UK
by AuthorHouse.
It is sufficient to say here that
studies call into question the validity of the
figures given
by the broadcasters to justify their evangelistic activities.
American Catholic history may not be so booming a discipline as biblical
studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and edu
studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic
Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and edu
Studies Newsletter (published
by the Cushwa Center for the
study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key
figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.
It should be
studied along with the treatments of this theme
by Machiavelli and Rousseau, where there is discussion of such
figures as Moses and Romulus.
The industry
figures reported in the current
study were corroborated
by national dietary surveys that indicated a similar downward trend.
Still, the number of partners you have before you marry — whether it's zero or dozens —
figures into your chances of divorce, according to the
study by University of Utah sociology professor Nick Wolfinger.
Hooton, for one, wasn't suprised
by the University of Minnesota
study's findings: «We identified this high rate of steroid usage over 5 years ago,» he says, noting, that he used the same 5 - 6 %
figure that the U of M confirmed in their
study as far back as 2005, when he testified at the now - infamous Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball.
Study published in Child Development Journal suggests that parents should step back and let siblings
figure their disagreements out
by themselves which should help them avoid some emotional damage lasting for many years.
In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided
by the school lunch lady action
figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new
studies showing... [Continue reading]
How can you trust that homebirth is safe when the most comprehensive
study ever done of homebirth (and analyzed
by a midwife) found that PLANNED homebirth with a LICENSED midwife has a death rate approximately 800 % higher than comparable risk hospital birth, and even MANA can't
figure out how to criticize it?
In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided
by the school lunch lady action
figure — thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new
studies showing that good heart health starts in childhood — and that poor habits can potentially cause cardiac problems later in life.
It's a good article but would be even better if the statements were accompanied
by the
figures and links to the
studies / sources (maybe in a list at the end so it doesn't stop the flow of reading?)
None the less, many of the
figures are comparable to the
study by Taylor, although the frequency of violations is rather lower in this research.
By 2000 another
study showed this
figure had fallen to 3 %.
Today's
study also shows a rise in crimes committed
by young women, with the
figure increasing some ten per cent to 57,962.
Her current research interest is in
studying «what politics ought to be» and «political virtue»
by way of critical
study of the thought of
figures including Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and also Rousseau and Wollstonecraft.
The Moreland documents also cite a 2013
study by NYPIRG that found Ball's campaign reported 995 expenditures between January 2011 and January 2013 with the payee's address either missing or incomplete — more than double the
figure of the campaign committee with the next highest number of incomplete filings in the state during the same period of time, that of Mount Vernon Mayor Ernie Davis, and 584 more than the third - place finisher: state Sen. Maziarz's campaign.
The subway system's decline has had an appreciable effect on the city's economy — a
study by the Independent Budget Office last fall found that the constant delays cost residents about $ 864,000 per day in lost wages, and a
study by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office noted that the
figure could add up to $ 389 million per year if the transit system is not brought into a state of good repair.
But the new information now to be
studied by defense attorneys is expected to
figure significantly in the case against Maziarz.
Sierra Club representative Robert Ciesielski cited a
study by Common Cause that the governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, had received over $ 1.6 million in political donations from the industry — a
figure that, given the current state of New York's campaign finance laws, lobbyists in Albany could well surpass.
The
study, carried out
by Opinium, found that among Labour supporters those
figures soared to 69 % in favour, with only 18 % opposed to a second vote.
«One in three of their descendents suffers from serious illness —
figures supported
by studies in other countries, including France.
The public financing component is estimated to cost $ 40 million, a
figure that is based on a
study from the Campaign Finance Institute, but disputed
by Senate Republicans, Klein's governing partners.
A key caveat to the 40 % discharge
figure which is misleading, from the link: «In fact, according to a
study published in 2011
by Jason Iuliano, at least 40 percent of borrowers who do include their student loans in their bankruptcy filing end up with some or all of their student debt discharged.