Sentences with phrase «fragility which»

The key political actors in Kenya should be encouraged to remain conscious of this fragility which is worsened by debilitating ethnic divisions.

Sad thing is we actually played pretty well... But there is a perennial fragility which can be exposed

But one should note here, in addition, that if the ethical only arises in response to that fragility which in extremis is the death of the other, then the ethical is, ontologically speaking, something merely secondary and reactive.

Not exact matches

In this second edition, Taleb has added a new essay, On Robustness and Fragility, which offers tools to navigate and exploit a Black Swan world.»

Moreover, it is now doubtful whether the efficient market hypothesis makes any kind of sense. Indeed, a great many economists and bankers have discovered Minskyâ $ ™ s views on financial fragility and his financial instability hypothesis, according to which banks and financial markets can not be left to themselves: we need regulations even though regulating markets may not succeed in avoiding another crisis once the memory of the current crisis has faded away.As told to me by a law student recently hired by Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world, with assets totalling more than 3,500 billion dollars â $ «thatâ $ ™ s one and a half times larger than UBS and twice as large as PIMCO â $ «many asset managers are now turning away from hiring neoclassical economists and actually prefer hiring engineers, sociologists and even philosophers.

The fragility of this — due, among other things, to exchange rate instability, market volatility, the development of derivatives, and to the structural deficiencies of the institutions (IMF and the World Bank) upon which the financial system rests — is now admitted by all.

The case studies offer insight into the terrible fragility of moral sensibility, the ways in which it can be manipulated and overwhelmed, and the thoroughness of that process.

One leaves the book with a reinforced sense of the fragility of our constitutional order, and of the ways in which abortion and related questions drive to the heart of its sustainability.

Recognizing the fragility of a condition in which life is «nasty, brutish, and short,» they employ their rational self - interest to sacrifice most of their natural rights in order to secure the protection and security of a sovereign.

What do we say about these tendencies which, in combination with the fragility of the human psyche, seem to make walls necessary?

If there is one area in which the children as a group do seem to differ somewhat, in emotional reactions, from the children that I meet in wealthier communities — and even here I would be very cautious not to overstate this — it is in their sensitivity to other children's moments of anxiety and their acute awareness of emotional fragility and of the tipping point between exhilaration and depression.

I identify five voices in this debate that I take to be the most completely developed and importantly contrasting «positions» in the conversation: Edward Farley's Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education and his The Fragility of Knowledge: Theological Education in the Church and the University; 2 the Mud Flower Collective's God s Fierce Whimsy; 3 Joseph C. Hough, Jr., and John B. Cobb, Jr.'s Christian Identity and Theological Education; 4 Max L. Stackhouse's Apologia: Contextualization, Globalization, and Mission in Theological Education; 5 and Charles M. Wood's Vision and Discernment.6 Although each of these voices makes important claims in its own right, which I hope to summarize as briefly as clarity and fairness permit, what is most important, I think, is the largely implicit interplay among them of contrasting insights and themes.

The themes of the fragility of life and love and the reality of violent death and evil coalesce in The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982) in which Cordelia Gray reappears as the protagonist.

It's as if people are not «all in» since they know that the relationship is so tenuous, because they know fragility on which the community is based.

In his weakness and ordinariness, in the ease of his dismissal by those seeking something larger, in the character of his fragility, which fits so neatly into the world and into what is despicable about the world, Jesus is the Nobody whose prayer can mirror and fulfill the plodding of true prayer.

To be unrelated to something existent in one's environment, to which there is a real possibility of being related, is a mark of stupidity and fragility.

Obviously it's too early to judge and being an F1 driver then of course he's going to complain about things, but if Lewis has one weakness it's a slight mental fragility when things aren't going his way (which to be fair, also holds true of Sebastian).

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years

They also spend a lot of time on their backs without being moved or picked up because of their medical needs and extreme fragility after birth, which usually requires a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

To me that argues for heightened attention to the other aspects of action and concert in political life, in which people who take such risks experience not just fragility but great joy, and not just a sense of precarity but a broadened sense of community and togetherness, not just martyrdom but also transformation.

Recently I have been working on Donald Winnicott's theorisation of object relations and I am drawn to his list of traits, which includes resilience, pleasure, joy, creativity, natality and fragility.

Iin Schleswig - Holstein, for instance, production is not only volumetrically modest but also has to be carried out in an area of exceptional environmental fragility, through long horizontal wells from which is extracted a poor quality crude with a relatively low market value.

And, not least, there are profound underlying problems with the political economy which has been built through the existing UK state: the fragility and unevenness of economic growth, employment precarity, long - term wage stagnation and housing market inequality.

In the play, which apparently took Hickson six years to write, we see the emergence of feminism resisting the patriarchy of society, the fragilities of capitalism, western imperialism and its thirst for resources, and a shift in power balance between regions.

Also my emotional fragility having just learned that my husband had throat cancer which was immediately life threatening — there was no understanding that I didn't want us to be in different hospitals at the same time.

Friendships and work relationships have different social norms, she writes, and workplace friendships — which operate somewhere between the two different worlds — are fraught with fragility and ambiguity.

The fragility of our digital infrastructure — and the ease with which it could be shattered — was highlighted in August 2003, when a power grid overload near Buffalo, New York, blacked out much of the Northeast.

Dystrophic epodermolysis bullosa, or DEB, is an inherited skin fragility disorder characterized by skin blistering, abnormal wound healing and excessive scarring, which often leads to aggressive skin cancer.

These findings provide proof - of - concept that NBAS mutations have mechanistic effects in bone, and that NBAS variants are a novel cause of bone fragility, which is distinguishable from «Classical» OI.

Osteoporosis, which means «porous bone», causes bone fragility and a corresponding increased risk for bone fractures.

Pyroluria, like copper - zinc imbalance, was first researched at the Brain - Bio Center.36 Pyroluria patients display a range of symptoms connected with severe zinc deficiency that are familiar to me from my work with Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS), including nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pains and headache — all of which can be associated with food intolerance and digestive problems — as well as nervous exhaustion, emotional fragility, palpitations, depression and insomnia.37 Other complications include abnormal EEG findings38 and cognitive difficulties ranging from misperceptions and hallucinations39 to amnesia.40 Cognitive deficits such as memory, attention and concentration disturbance are widely recognized in CFIDS patients41 and can occasionally take on more serious manifestations.

Well this isn't just over the 10 % which he just refers to, (and I really hope that was a typo because you don't hear too much about congenital osteoporosis, which is skeletal fragility, or congenital cancer or heart disease — from protein).

There is so much I love about your outfit - the colour of your nails, your lilac bag, the statement watch which contrasts nicely with the fragility of the dress....

I've been known to send a package to a friend ahead of my arrival if I need a special hat which can't be packed due to its fragility!

This poignant tale, which somehow goes a little over the top, tells us of the fragility of human emotion and expression, a tale of how life goes on and what we learn along the way.

This poignant tale, which somehow goes a little over the top, tells us of the fragility of human emotion and expression, a tale of how life goes on and what we learn

His Reynolds has a rather tarnished, aging grandeur, with a fragility that's almost infantile; his odd, somehow puckered voice, which seems at times to be emerging from a vintage Bakelite radio, is not so much feminine as somehow ancient, the sound of a mummified soul that could crumble to dust if exposed too brutally to the noise and fuss of the world.

Take, for instance, the scene in which the team leader, Avner (Eric Bana), waits to switch off a hotel room light fused to a detonator — an act whose simplicity underscores the fragility of life and the detachment necessary in taking it.

Human fragility, of both the corporeal and spiritual variety, haunts Emily Dickinson from the opening moments, in which a puritanical interrogator questions the young poet about her relationship with God and the promise of hell.

If future generations are to appreciate the fragility of our ecosystem, the therapeutic effects of fresh air, clear water, and pristine vistas, and the sylvan symphony of lilting birdcalls, flowing streams, rustling leaves, and more, it is imperative that they be exposed to nature in an organized manner in which they can truly enjoy the experience.

Teachers at Desert Sky had already developed the Earth Inc. curriculum unit, but in the summer program, they enhanced the unit by adding a service - learning component in which students actually inform their community about the fragility of the desert's resources.

Today we are publishing an updated Policy Brief on GPE's work in countries affected by fragility and conflict, which details GPE's increased support to these countries and provides information on the mechanisms available to ensure that no child loses out on their education.

I can only assume that these new designs will carry the same risk of bending and sense of fragility that has plagued the iPhone, but it's a compromise that people seem to be willing to make (particularly for business users, the likes of which seem to be the primary target for Android lately).

I love the empathy with which she writes about the lives of outsiders, depicting the tenderness and fragility of their friendships so beautifully.

The thinness really makes the Kindle Voyage perfect to hold in a cover, however, which all ebook readers should have anyway because of the fragility of E Ink screens.

Which inevitably invokes a much deeper fear, of the same intangibility inherent in our fiat currencies, our fiscal obeisance to governments who seem dead - set on printing & spending their way into oblivion, the fragility of our financial assets & markets (which now exist only as electronic blips on hackable centralised repositories), and our economic future & security itWhich inevitably invokes a much deeper fear, of the same intangibility inherent in our fiat currencies, our fiscal obeisance to governments who seem dead - set on printing & spending their way into oblivion, the fragility of our financial assets & markets (which now exist only as electronic blips on hackable centralised repositories), and our economic future & security itwhich now exist only as electronic blips on hackable centralised repositories), and our economic future & security itself.

Regrettably, snowmen are not insurable due to their inherent fragility and the very specific conditions under which they must be stored.

Due to the fragility of the islands and the wildlife they support, visitor numbers are limited, which makes snorkelling here close to perfect.

Several fan - favorites are included, such as «Frog's Theme,» which highlights a playful bassoon melody, «Corridors of Time,» featuring glass - like vibraphones, bells, and piano to represent the fragility of the Queen Zeal and the kingdom as a whole, and «The Girl Who Stole the Stars,» sporting heart - wrenching metal - core guitars giving voice to expressive melodies and roaring choruses.

She chooses these elemental materials for their entropic properties; their fragility and tendency toward decay results in works in which change is visible over the course of a single exhibition.