Sentences with phrase «important points in the past»

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Through memory, Augustine explains at various points in Book X of the Confessions, we are able to review our past actions and discern a variety of important themes: we can see when we were moving towards God and (conversely) when we were moving away from Him; when we discerned the good rightly and sought it properly and (conversely) when we misidentified the good and sought experiences or possessions that were bad for us; when God was calling us towards Himself, whether we heard His voice or not; and so on.

All measurement is not measurement of lengths on a straight line; there is a second most important measurement of intervals, independent of such measurement of lengths, the estimation of angles, or, what comes to the same thing, of ratios and arcs of circles to the whole circumference, In point of fact, it is by angular measurement that we habitually estimate temporal intervals, whenever we appeal to a watch or clock, and in the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - facIn point of fact, it is by angular measurement that we habitually estimate temporal intervals, whenever we appeal to a watch or clock, and in the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - facin the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - face.

Even if at this point God in heaven and all his angels were to offer to help him out of it — no, now he doesn't want it, now it is too late, he once would have given everything to be rid of this torment but was made to wait, now that's all past, now he would rather rage against everything, he, the one man in the whole of existence who is the most unjustly treated, to whom it is especially important to have his torment at hand, important that no one should take it from him — for thus he can convince himself that he is in the right.

Since a history of Faith Church had just been finished a few months before he arrived, Landry invited the committee to begin its work with a study of this history; the story of the church's founding, its significant experiences in the past, critical turning points, its line of important personages.

Two particularly important points that he makes are that there is no evidence in the New Testament for the importance Gerhardsson has to ascribe to the Twelve in Jerusalem and the teaching emanating from them, and that there is every indication that the centre of gravity for primitive Christianity was not a transmitted body of words and works, but Jesus Christ, past, present and to come.

But the important point in my existence is not some supposedly isolated or discrete moment in it but the direction or routing that is taken as the past is brought into the present and directed toward the future.

The respect for culutral relativism is important up to the point when it offends OUR cultural relativism... no American Bald Eagle should ever be sacrificed these Native American tribes should no better... maybe their religion needs to go through a period of modernization instead of being stuck in stupid traditions of the past... this extremely offends me as an American... why do not the Native Americans respect our culture?

The most important points that I had used in the past were to avoid sneaking off and developing a goodbye ritual.

It is generally accepted as fact that prior to some precise point in the past - of which the actual moment in time is not important for discussion - that there was no such thing as a homo sapien.

Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Oncogene offers compelling evidence explaining this failure and offering a possible strategy for the use of retinoic acid or other retinoids against some breast cancers: Because early clinical trials are often offered to patients who have already tried other more established therapies, breast cancer cells may have been pushed past an important tipping point that offers retinoic acid resistance.

«Although many theories focus on reasoning as an important part of moral life, within psychology in the past two decades, a lot of new theories have been developed that point to the central importance of intuitive reactions in our moral lives.»

At certain points in eating disorder recovery this «set - point» can be an important number, and is determined by past weight experiences... but it's very difficult to actually pin this number down.

Digging deeper on the mobility - stability conundrum, Dean hit on a few important points this past weekend in trying to differentiate what mechanism (s) prevent someone from A) squatting deeper than that think they can squat and B) squatting with a better, more efficient pattern.

I am just testing the internet dating waters @ this point... since following God's way of life is so important to me, (& because I have been seriously BURNED by men I am sure are satan's spawn in the past)....

But another important point from past studies is that there is enormous variation in the effectiveness of charter schools.

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In the past, so - called recharacterizations of Roth conversions have acted as an important «check - and - balance» for helping clients decide whether moving money between IRAs was a good idea, points out Leon LaBrecque, managing partner of LJPR Financial Advisors in Troy, Mich., which manages nearly $ 800 millioIn the past, so - called recharacterizations of Roth conversions have acted as an important «check - and - balance» for helping clients decide whether moving money between IRAs was a good idea, points out Leon LaBrecque, managing partner of LJPR Financial Advisors in Troy, Mich., which manages nearly $ 800 millioin Troy, Mich., which manages nearly $ 800 million.

It is important to point out that good past performance does not guarantee that either portfolio will fare as well in the future.

Interest rates and fees are very important in finding a second mortgage loan and in Haldimand, most lenders provide loan: value ratios of 85 % and anything past that point is deemed ineligible for credit.

Still, considering how important fixed hiding points have been in the past in Assassin's Creed games, I'm hesitant about what on - demand invisibility might do to the balance of the game's stealth.

- Link doesn't have much of a character in this game - they wanted players to relate to Link and play as themselves - Link's face doesn't have much expression in this game, and that was done on purpose - for Zelda games, the devs always try to make the player feel like Link - that was pushed even moreso for this entry - everytime a Zelda releases, Aonuma watches fan feedback and considers that for the future - the items Link uses to solve are always going to be important - regardless of the tech that Nintendo provides, exploration in the series is important - Link's growth through who he meets is also an important element of the franchise - Aonuma thought about Zelda freedom when considering Breath of the Wild, and was brought back to the days of the original Zelda - this was a big point of inspiration for Breath of the Wild - with Ocarina of Time 3D, Nintendo wanted to really utilize the 3D and had a desire to let players enjoy Ocarina of Time outside - the goal with A Link to the Past was creating more depth - Aonuma used to think that getting lost in a 3D world wasn't okay - this lead Aonuma to putting in tons of hints and guiding players - he has since changed that idea and convinced himself that it's okay to get lost - the first two years of development the devs created a game where just running around was fun - climbing is very important, because players can climb high and see destinations they want to visit - you can place your own markers to decide where you want to go - when the devs create a Zelda title, they consider not using the name Link - since they don't have anything else to go with, they choose Link - the name Link doesn't hold much value, since the player is the one creating the journey - when Nintendo first created Link, they wanted a character that is literally the link between people - that is why his name is Link - to think that the Zelda series has been around so long that there are all sorts of urban legends and myths makes Miyamoto really happy

Since my Star Citizen — The Fall blog this past January about the lawsuit up to that point in time, several important events have happened in this on - going drama.

Posthumously his works were shown in 1999 in an important exhibition held at the Queens Museum, New York entitled Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s — 1980s and in 2009/10 at Centre Pompidou, Paris, in the group show The Promises of the Past: A Discontinuous History of Art in Former Eastern Europe.

I've written in the past about other issues related to setting a numerical limit for climate dangers given both the enduring uncertainty around the most important climate change questions and the big body of science pointing to a gradient of risks rising with temperature.

It was Al Gore who was the point man on the most important free trade agreement (NAFTA) in the past 20 years but apparently he forgot that.

Yet those points are actually much more important than the observation that temperatures have increase by 0.8 degrees in the past few decades or that we're going to 1000 ppm.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

If the outcome was a new paradigm — a very overused term but one that probably fits in this instance — from which point everyone could start again, I think this would be far more important than worrying about laying blame for past mistakes.

It's important to know how many points are on your record, especially if you've been issued traffic tickets in the past.

While features like a fine - looking display, battery size, and external speaker quality have been pressure points for smartphones for me in the past, it's always been the camera that's most important.

Make sure to use bullet points if you want to emphasize important milestones in your career, as well as the accomplishments you have made in the past.

Having your past performances put under a microscope can be one of the most nerve - wracking parts of the job search process, but it's more important than ever to display a calm and confident attitude at this point in time.

Don't get bogged down in the nitty - gritty details of a past project — simply share the most important details that get your point across.