Not exact matches
But presuming — as I do — the validity
of the concept
of geologic
time, I note that the designation «Anthropocene» unavoidably suggests an exceptional
quality to the species homo sapiens, if only in terms
of our collective
human powers.
suffering, true sociality, as
qualities of the divine, along with radical differences (as we shall see) in the meanings ascribed to creation, the universe,
human freedom, and in the arguments for the existence
of God, those inclined to think that any view that is intimately connected with theological traditions must have been disposed
of by this
time should also beware lest they commit a non sequitur.
The great issues
of our
time are moral: the uses
of power; wealth and poverty;
human rights; the moral
quality and character
of society; loss
of the sense
of the common good in tandem with the pampering
of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system
of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation
of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization
of many societies; continued racism; the persistence
of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims
of future generations.
I am certainly aware
of the fact sin has been a part
of the
human condition since
time began.The effects are catastrophic causing physical, emotional, and mental deterioration.Striving to make healthy choices that will enhance our overall
quality of life is our responsibility.
There is an irreducible conflict, a radical opposition, between the creative operation
of each
of these
qualities, corresponding each
time to a thetic16 judgment, and the ambition that
human consciousness can have
of verifying them for itself, by itself.
The holiness
of Yahweh is at once distinct and radiant.4 This
quality which removes Yahweh from man as the heavens are removed from the earth conveys at the same
time his immediate impingement, his «historicity,» his self - disclosure in
human life and
human community, his «in - the - midst - ness» (notice the repeated phrase throughout the book
of Isaiah, «the holy one
of Israel»).
«This is a delicate ministry that requires
human and spiritual
qualities of touching and healing the wounds, an unconditional love expecting nothing in return, the capacity to listen and understand without judging or condemning, allowing
time to change and to grow, respecting their freedom
of choice, ready to face even failure and disappointment.»
Working with these thoughts and questions we realize that one
of the most urgent issues
of our
time is the caring for the
human surroundings and the
quality of the adult relationships around the child, to provide a warm, safe and free space for the child's development.»
Human Development Experts Recommend Tuning in to Family, Not Devices Combined with increasingly hectic work, school, and extracurricular schedules, the advent
of wireless technology has led to less
quality time between parents and children.
Studies have shown that sleep
time and sleep
quality have a profound effect on the development
of human intelligence; especially, -LSB-...]
Medela understands the difficulties
of providing
human milk in the NICU: by the
time milk is ready to be fed to the infant, it has gone through a series
of procedures and processes that may jeopardise its quantity and
quality.
In my theory
of «Sustainable History», I defined sustainable history as «a durable progressive trajectory in which the
quality of life for humanity is premised on the guarantee
of human dignity for all at all
times and under all circumstances.»
«We've always known that
human capital is important for economic growth and we are also learning that counties that have good amenities and
quality of life factors — mountain views, lakes, shores, and clean environment, for example — are doing quite well, but we haven't looked at having both
of these together in a county at the same
time and what the policy implications might be,» said Goetz.
«The
quality of this sequence is comparable to the first sequencing
of the
human genome as published 15 years ago, which revolutionized biomedical research at that
time,» enthuses Matthias Platzer — research group leader at the FLI and involved in both the
human and fish genome sequencing progressions.
«The Internet will evolve from being a complexity in our lives that we have to spend
time mastering, to a behind - the - scenes tool that will improve our
quality of life and, in the end, make us more
human, not less,» says Kenan Sahin, Bell Labs vice president
of software technology.
Humans engage in this sort
of social - spatial association all the
time, Witten noted, whether it's visiting the hottest new club or returning to a mall, a coffee shop, a park, or another spot where we remember spending
quality time with friends.
Despite the sheer volume
of Tweets produced by bots,
humans still have better
quality and more engaging tweets — tweets by
human accounts receive on average 19
times more likes and 10
times more retweets than tweets by bot accounts.
If widely implemented, such vaccines may have a significant impact on improving the
quality and length
of life for HIV - infected individuals, while at the same
time reducing the rate at which HIV continues to spread throughout the
human population.1
Spending
quality time with friends and loved ones satisfies our
human need for connection, boosts endorphins, and contributes to an overall sense
of happiness and well - being.»
If high -
quality protein was the «nutrient among nutrients,» helping us build our big brains over the last few million years, one would expect that importance to be resoundingly reflected in the composition
of human breast milk — especially since infancy is the
time of our most rapid growth.
I'm a firm believer that the
human body is designed to run primarily off
of high -
quality fats, another topic I've covered a few
times.
I would like to meet interesting person with whom will be interest for both
of us spent
time Honesty is one
of the best
human qualities but to find honest person is difficult
The
human element
of hands - on expert matchmaking with the convenience, ease and real -
time of the Internet ensures
quality matches, and saves members
time browsing.
And it means spending
quality time with some
of the most
human, street - level, flesh - and - blood characters you're likely to encounter anywhere in the television realm.
Whether there has been enough
time passed for angry American viewers to accept their disgraced former leader was
human is another concern, but there can be no question as to the
quality of the performances and the success
of the film.
This year alone, they released six
of the most inventive,
quality offerings out there: two terrifying survival thrillers, Damien Power's devastating and brilliant Killing Ground and Sam Patton's lesser but still - worthy Desolation; Sean Byrne's masterful tale
of artistic obsession and satanic possession The Devil's Candy (all three even harder to endure because the featured families in peril are so
human and likable); A Dark Song, an unnerving occult thriller in which a woman hires a medium to help make contact with her dead daughter; and House on Willow Street, which, similar to last year's horror highlight Don't Breathe, sees a house robbery — led by a woman with a mission, played by modern scream - queen Sharni Vinson — go terrible wrong, but this
time in a more supernatural way.
The hole that I'm talking about, is this hollow feeling that I have every single
time I think about all
of the
human potential that's been wasted, all
of the social injustice that's been created by not providing the highest possible
quality of education to the kids in this country that need it most.
Using information from the longitudinal Study
of Early Care and Youth Development, which was carried out under the auspices
of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and
Human Development, they discovered that children who spent more
time in high -
quality (that is, above - average) child care in the first five years
of their lives had better reading and math scores.
At a
time like this, we need to address not only the structure
of education but also the nature and
quality of human mind and life; thus calling for a transformative new approach that breaks through the frontiers
of particular cultures.
Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several
time periods, and by using several measures
of the development
of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high -
quality assessment will track indicators
of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).
The concept
of professional capital on the other hand consists
of three components:
human capital (the
quality of individual teachers); social capital (the collaborative power
of teachers as a group); and decisional capital (the wisdom and expertise
of teachers to make sound judgments about learners that are cultivated over
time).
These
qualities are broadly accepted: that they are whimsical, capricious, wanton; that they can move at high speed, alter their size and form, and grant many
of the wishes
of mortal men and women should they so choose, or if by coercion they are obliged to do so; and that their sense
of time differs radically from that
of human beings.
- Karen Joy Fowler, New York
Times bestselling author
of The Jane Austen Book Club «There is a tenderness in this moving, deeply descriptive novel that brings all those frequently hidden
qualities of compassion, purity
of mind, and, yes, love — the things we used to call the
human spirit — into the foreground
of our feeling as readers.
For dog owners, playing with their pet is part
of bonding, and interactive play allows the
human and pup to share some
quality time together.
There are four keys to BT happiness: early socialization with dogs and people; firm but loving training; ample exercise; and lots
of quality time with his adored
humans.
In fact, Ostrander, who works at the NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, was one
of the lead authors
of a white paper arguing for support to sequence the dog genome at a level
of quality already available at the
time for the mouse, «to better understand the genetic basis
of complex diseases affecting both
human and dog.»
«From foods which use
human -
quality sources, to foods which use the scraps off
of the slaughterhouse floor, you truly do get what you pay for most
of the
time,» says Nelson.
Hospice care, or «pawspice,» the term coined by Alice Villalobos, DVM, former President
of the American Association
of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians (AAHABV) and founding member
of the Veterinary Cancer Society, is supportive assistance in evaluating and managing our pets»
quality of life as they near the end
of their days, a
time period that can span from days to months.
Similar to its advantages for
humans, spending
quality time with a favorite person also promotes a pet's physical and mental well - being and improves his / her overall
quality of life.
Studies have shown there's a noted decrease in emotional development and a rise in ADD - a direct result
of screen
time over
quality human interaction.
Devoid
of urban elements and even the passage
of time, these works display an affectionate symbiosis between woman and environment, while also narrating the distinction
of human experience — elegant garments seem to frolic throughout the landscape without fully coalescing, while nature itself maintains a somewhat masculine, rugged
quality.
For years, Barba has experimented with the language
of cinema and sculpture, reflecting on the poetic
qualities of the natural and
human landscape, exploring the idea
of place as a vessel
of memory, and dismantling the notion
of linear
time.
Colson's diagrams and maps speak to the detached, abstract
quality of much
human analysis, at the same
time smuggling social critique into each work.
Early in 1940 we managed to find a small house and for the next three years... I was not able to carve at all... the only sculptures I carried out were some small plaster maquettes for the second «sculpture with colour», and it was not until 1943, when we moved to another house, that I was able to carve this idea... In St Ives I was fortunate enough to have constant contact with artists and writers and craftsmen who lived there, Ben Nicholson my husband, Naum Gabo, Bernard Leach, Adrian Stokes, and there was a steady stream
of visitors from London who came for a few days rest, and who contributed in a great measure to the important exchange
of ideas and stimulus to creative activity... It was during this
time that I gradually discovered the remarkable pagan landscape which lies between St Ives, Penzance and Land's End; a landscape which still has a very deep effect on me, developing all my ideas about the relationship
of the
human figure in landscape - sculpture in landscape and the essential
quality of light in relation to sculpture which induced a new way
of piercing the forms to contain colour... The sea, a flat diminishing plane, held within itself the capacity to radiate an infinitude
of blues, greys, greens and even pinks
of strange hues; the lighthouse and its strange rocky island was an eye; the Island
of St Ives an arm, a hand, a face... I used colour and strings in many
of the carvings
of this
time.
While it possesses an archaic
quality, the work's site - specific installation in the gallery underscores its spontaneous creation, calling attention to the artist's
human scale and the passage
of time.
The standard
of living,
quality of life, life expectancy (in developed countries and many developing countries) is better than at any
time in
human history.
In other words, many
of the effects
of human changes even initiated decades (or even centuries) ago will not manifest themselves on provisioning ecological services for many years, and perhaps only decades into the future, by which
time it will be too late to do anything, and the
quality of life for our species will drop rapidly and precipitously.
High capital costs, low
human capital, weak institutional
quality, long
times required to develop robust legal and regulatory frameworks, and proliferation concerns
of nuclear fuel also serve as barriers to the adoption
of nuclear technology on the continent.
Climate change driven disruptions to ecosystems have direct and indirect
human impacts, including reduced water supply and
quality, the loss
of iconic species and landscapes, effects on food chains and the
timing and success
of species migrations, and the potential for extreme weather and climate events to destroy or degrade the ability
of ecosystems to provide societal benefits.11
Over same period,
human population increased 1.7
times and average
human quality of life, affluence and life expectancy at birth have increased dramatically, while starvation rates have decreased.