Sentences with phrase «island of knowledge»

Yet, even if the experts» grand social experiment is well intentioned and not a plan to line their own pockets, I'm reminded of what Dr. Thomas Sewell once said: «Intellectuals are the last people to realise their own vast sea of ignorance surrounding the small island of their knowledge.

Or like that man said: as the island of our knowledge grorws, so does the shore of our ignorance.

No one is an Island of knowledge.

The question becomes then, do we love the small island of knowledge more or do we care to sail the «sea of infinite mystery»?

They are true skeptics that know the incompleteness of the knowledge, and try to find and extend the small islands of knowledge in the huge ocean, while the skeptics think that everyone follows the second model and that they are in the vanguard, when they emphasize the holes in the «Swiss cheese» model of knowledge.

Not exact matches

To the best of my knowledge, I'm not aware of an island where millionaires grow - up before entering the real world.

And many of the utility workers with intimate knowledge of Puerto Rico's grid have left the island, part of an exodus of more than 300,000 residents between 2000 and 2016.

According to them, these islands are at the origin of the «new information society» and are in the process of engendering the «knowledge society», the universe of dematerialised wealth and new knowledge.

It was because of Patrick's knowledge of the cultural customs, his mastery of the language and his boldness that the Gospel soon spread throughout Ireland and he was able to establish churches all over the island.

I haven't lived on the island for a decade now (yikes I'm getting old) so my knowledge of new businesses is limited to summer visits.

Generously sharing a wealth of knowledge about island lore and history, Mme. Fournier also enumerated the accompanying side dishes that complete such a meal, and they are really starch - heavy: taro, manioc (often as a pan-baked sweet cake), several types of banana which are customarily wrapped in leafy bundles like some sort of tropical tamale, the islander's omnipresent staple — breadfruit, potato, umara (sweet potato), plus an island chestnut which, along with the manioc, breadfruit and some of the bananas, can be prepared by grating and mixing with sugar, milk and coconut milk into both cakes and puddings.

McIntyre, B. D., Herren, H. R., Wakhungu, J. & Watson, R. T. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development: Global Report http://www.agassessment.org/ (Island, 2009)

A number of possible candidates for attorney general have emerged this week, including Long Island Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, who is a near - lock to run, according to a person with knowledge of her plans.

Mr. Grimm — facing a tough re-election fight for his Staten Island and southern Brooklyn district — alluded to several embarrassing incidents where Mr. Recchia demonstrated a lack of knowledge of key free trade agreements, and where the Democrat claimed that his international vacations proved he had «great knowledge of foreign affairs.»

An individual with direct knowledge of the subpoenas that they were sent out within the past week to eight Long Island senators.

Multiple sources with knowledge of the incident confirmed one of the victims as Matt Mika, who used to work under former Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella.

Silver once repeatedly drove past the popular Albany bar McGuire's while Hyer - Spencer dined there with openly gay Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D - Staten Island) and a lobbyist, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.

The big endorsement teased earlier today by Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's campaign is former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, two sources with knowledge of the announcement confirm.

A: You know, I went to college on Long Island, and my district is probably four blocks from Westchester, so I think I had more knowledge of downstate issues and downstate concerns.

«Too often, the mayor showed a disturbing lack of personal knowledge about the city schools,» the Senate majority leader, John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, said in a statement.

For years, the breakaway Turkish part of the island has been used as a haven by UK runaways, safe in the knowledge they can not be extradited.

Last week she came to accept an award from a local organization, and in a few minutes she displayed the breadth of her knowledge about Staten Island, about our economic development challenges, about the projects that are there, because she understands it because she takes the time to learn it.

Stacey Kite, Robert Gable and Lawrence Filippelli of the Johnson & Wales University, in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, surveyed more than 4200 students about their knowledge of potential risks, appropriate use, and their behaviors on the internet and social networking sites, especially regarding behaviors that may lead to cyber bullying or contact with potential internet predators.

But that changed this year when a team of biologists from the California Academy of Sciences made the lengthy journey in the hopes of expanding our sphere of knowledge around the island.

Healthy sexuality draws upon three factors — positive psychological and physical function, a supportive view of self and a strong knowledge base — saysShana Nichols, director of the ASPIRE Center for Learning and Development in Long Island, New York.

Hubble credited the phrase «island universe» to the German naturalist and prolific popularizer of science Alexander von Humboldt, famous for his multivolume Kosmos (an attempt to survey the entire scope of scientific knowledge).

He also volunteered for service and was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of today's CIA, where he used his knowledge of Samos and the Aegean Islands to help plan one of the potential invasion routes into Europe.

An identity of a people is generally constructed in contrast to another external identity, but when a population resides on an island, a key question is the level of knowledge achieved by the island population of their outside world, in this case some 85 kilometers to the north.

«Not only do we have a better understanding of the physical properties of Sierra Negra,» said Ebinger, «we have increased out knowledge of island volcano systems, in general.»

Newly discovered species are described from a range of countries including Brunei, China, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, while previous knowledge of the genus was confined only to The Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Australia.

You make your knowledge grow, like an island, but then the shores of ignorance increase.»

The center brings together world - renowned physicians, specialists and researchers from Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Newport Hospital, forming a multidisciplinary team whose level of knowledge and experience are unparalleled in Rhode Island.

These educational activities constitute a unique opportunity for researchers around the world to expand their knowledge in the rapidly evolving field of Genomic Medicine and to exchange innovative ideas in the conductive environment of the Greek islands.

According to the study published in Marine Biodiversity, it was discovered in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands during an expedition of the Okeanos Explorer — the «only federally funded U.S. ship assigned to systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge.»

The foundation's board of trustees provide leadership, oversight, and direct assistance in implementing the Rhode Island Hospital Foundation's purpose to «solicit and raise funds to further improve and advance the science or art of healthcare delivery and patient care and the knowledge, practice, and teaching of medicine and nursing....»

A whale of a tale: using local knowledge to predict baleen whale distribution around the Falkland Islands.

When and how the Guanches arrived to the Canary Islands have remained poorly understood, not least since they lacked boats and the knowledge of how to navigate the surrounding seas.

This map shows the locations of the different knowledge pylons which can now be discovered on the island of Lindau.

Dr. Keener coordinates an interdisciplinary team of social and physical scientists that aims to reduce Pacific Island communities vulnerability to climate change by translating academic research into actionable knowledge for a variety of stakeholders at the local, state, and regional level — especially regarding the management of fresh water resources.

The Lindau Science Trail consists of a total of 21 knowledge pylons, 15 of which can be discovered on the island of Lindau.

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Their only solace comes in the knowledge that they will someday travel to The Island — the last piece of pristine land left on Earth.

But it seems uninterested in players and their accomplishments, and with that lack of interest comes a lack of the human touch necessary to make sense of the knowledge it offers... The Witness is like the island on which it takes place: a machine, to the core.

Along the turbulent trip, fans are forced to re-think their knowledge of fairytale creatures when they are introduced to a group of alluring yet precarious mermaids, traverse isolated islands and fight international enemies.

... I decided not to, because Island Tour came out before knowledge of those characters were so it wouldn't have been fair or right for me to complain about it.....

Year 1: Town and Country (11 lessons) Food (11 lessons) Year 2: Locational Knowledge - The UK (10 lessons) Place Knowledge - Islands (12 lessons) There is a PDF of all of the files and an editable version of each file (you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files).