Sentences with phrase «issue of a higher power»

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After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

But I also had moral issues with some of god's actions in the bible, and I can't worship some higher power that makes little old me question it's morality.

Appears also that the «blogger formerly known as an atheist» is copping out like so many — instead of meeting the issues of morality and how we define it head on, she is now appealing to a «higher power» to tell her what morality is.

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.

The most unnerving issue isn't that he says this or believes it, it's the fact that he preaches and advocates this to people who believe and follow what he says only because they think he's some kind of advocate for a higher power.

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I'm undecided on the whole issue, but I always laugh when Atheists try to say that just because they have a small understanding of the workings of the Universe, somehow that means there is no higher power.

Although the principles of AA are so supposed to be for everyone regardless of religion (or lack thereof), in practice the concept of a «Higher Power» to a free thinker is a huge issue... if I don't believe in a Higher Power, how can I get through the 12 steps?

The key issues include tax; nuclear power; the living wage (vociferously opposed by economic Liberals, who dispute the Resolution Foundation's work to demonstrate the economic benefits and savings to the exchequer); Trident replacement; and higher education where the party may struggle to avoid reopening the self - inflicted wounds of late 2010.

«Using one's influence as a high ranking state official to push through county legislation and to bestow a county - issued contract are indisputably formal exercises of governmental power constituting official acts under McDonnell,» the decisions states.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio made a bid Wednesday for permanent mayoral control of New York City's public schools, pitting him against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in yet another high - profile issue that showcased the tensions between the two Democratic power brokers.

Internal emails obtained by the Daily News show an MTA honcho pushing staff to come up with a higher number of subway delays blamed on power issues, before Cuomo made a public show of citing problems with Con Edison as the single biggest source of disruption for riders.

Given the long standing resistance to enacting redistricting reform and the high stakes involved, we applaud them in finding common ground on an issue that is at the core of political power in Albany and results in the legislature giving up power in the drawing of lines.»

Though Wang doubtlessly does not intend her debut novel as a treatise on the ills and failings of scientific training at high - powered research universities, she poignantly highlights many of the issues that make that process so trying for so many ambitious and earnest young people.

The French Republic is the 20th largest country in the world by demography, but the fifth biggest scientific power with over 210,000 public and private researchers and, in total, almost 800,000 engineers and scientists nationwide, according to a report issued by its Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

In their study, published in the May issue of the journal, Nature Communications, Professor Eunmi Choi of Natural Science and her team demonstrated a method with higher sensitivity that uses high - power pulsed electromagnetic - waves to detect a radioactive source.

Genetic tweaks enabled the virus to bind tightly to the carbon nanotube, creating a high - powered battery, as she described in a May issue of Science.

In their study, published in the May issue of the prestigious journal, Nature Communications, Professor Eunmi Choi of Natural Science and her team demonstrated a method with higher sensitivity that uses high - power pulsed electromagnetic - waves to detect a radioactive source.

To achieve its aims, the Foundation has initiated several high - profile projects; this includes supporting polar science through the creation and operation of the wind - and - solar - powered zero emission Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station, logistical support of scientists working in Antarctica, fellowship awards for Antarctic researchers, an annual symposium on Arctic issues, and several science and education websites and classroom activities and resources.

Researchers would like to put those materials to the test and investigate how they behave with the help of a high - power electron microscope, eventually solving the issue of capacity fading during a battery's life.

Now, she is an author and researcher that advocates the power of real food in recovery from multiple sclerosis and a host of other conditions — including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, auto - immune conditions, scleroderma, mental health concerns, neurological disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar issues, Alzheimer's, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's, and even primary care problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.

Note the higher percentage for power cleans / snatches - as these movements are by nature explosive, as well as highly technical, there is a certain amount of «buffer» built in between tested max and theoretical max - in other words, the typical athlete may only be able to perform 80 - 85 % of one's true «max» on a regular basis due to technique issues (as compared to 95 + % of a more simple movement).

One education issue — high school graduation requirements — may best illustrate the successes of Arizona's P - 20 council and the obstacles that this high - powered panel faces in trying to bridge the gap between the state's precollegiate and higher education systems.

A high - powered commission appointed by Gov. Terry E. Branstad issued wide - ranging recommendations last week for change in Iowa's schools, including a call for measures of academic achievement that all districts would be required to report for their students.

This gives Parent Power activists a much more personal perspective on the underlying causes of the nation's education crisis, a lower tolerance for silver - bullet thinking on how to deal with these issues, and ultimately, a greater willingness to use any tactic possible to give all children high - quality education.

I've focused on the first issue of whether it would be possible for KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) to provide high - quality pre-kindergarten and elementary education for an entire neighborhood.

Part of the issue is perceived power, because the direct - injection 2.0 - liter four - cylinder delivers its peak torque of 146 pounds - feet at a relatively high 4,450 rpm.

If there is an issue with your car making a downshift, that would explain the higher RPM's and lack of power.

Such is typical of cars that lay on the high - tech features: «After all, a lot of the problems we see are electrical issues and power equipment,» Jake Fisher, a Consumer Reports senior engineer, told us.

A criticism of past CR - Vs was that peak power didn't arrive until high up in the rev range, an issue that is capably addressed by the turbo, which reaches maximum torque at a low 2,000 rpm.

With all that power and high performance, sources state that there will be just a matter of time before General Motors will have issued some recalls with the model, due to faulty engine.

Your first inclination when driving a crossover might not be to carve up the nearest switchback, but given the Juke's already segment - straddling aptitude for cornering, the NISMO - provided suspension upgrades — composed of stiffer springs and shocks, and retuned electric power steering — allow for flatter cornering and higher limits on the standard - issue summer rubber.

1) higher resolutions in the 4 - 600dpi, to compete w / the finely printed texts and maps; 2) 12 - 14 ″ eInk panels of the above resolutions (yes, Bw and power will become an issue at such Mpix counts during a page refresh); 3) 3 - 4 colors, to open up the academic / student / professional markets.

Another interpretation is that The Crucible is about what happens when issues of gender, power, illness and social class combine in a high - pressure environment.

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Granted, High Point, NC renters insurance doesn't often have to deal with those two issues in particular, but they're certainly things that should be considered because not every storm loses all of its power as soon as it hits land.

USAA is rated the highest out of the lenders we compared by JD Power and has the second - fewest CFPB complaints relative to the number of mortgages the company has issued.

Usually, the charges are $ 2000 to set up the mortgage but it could be higher if there are issues like power of sales, inheritance and divorce.

Both markets experienced plenty of new issuance as investment grade names such as Anadarko Petroleum, Goldman Sachs and Oracle, along with the high yield names of Ithaca Energy, Jaguar and RJS Power all issued debt last week.

Our research on this issue involved reviewing the J.D. Power Ratings Life Insurance Study for many of the companies that overlapped our list AND scouring other web based surveys and reports about those companies with the highest customer satisfaction.

To observers on both sides of the issue, Dauphiné's stance was a mistake by her legal team, which at one point included Billy Martin, Michael Vick's high - powered lawyer.

Jap developers will prefer Nintendo handheld, look at Dragon Quest sales on the 3ds, and the original DS... look at monster hunter sales on the 3ds... every game you seen for the 3ds will now have newer versions with newer hd graphics so now when jap developers make a ps4 game they do not have to think about how they will downgrade it to fit on the NX... with the NX being more powerful than the Vita, and Wii U.... if it use the Tegra 2 chip it will be right next to ps4 1.8 teraflops or higher, but most likely if they use that, Nintendo might underclock it to increase battery power, but lets say they lock it to ps4 1.8 teraflops... every game for ps4 will be on the NX... and this is where the fear comes from... the 3ds have many exclusives, only thing that hold it back was graphics, now that wont be the issue in the NX... look how they announce Dragon quest 11 for NX already... Square Enix is thinking about money... and which console sold most of their games... the 3ds... so do not be surprised every big game from Square Enix and other Japanese developers come to the NX... and if they are anything like CAPCOM they will rather save money and make their game for one console aka the NX like they do with Monster Hunter... me personally I can not wait to see all my favorite games on the 3ds in better graphics... i am a RPG lover and the 3ds have some classics that I love... only thing Nintendo have to worry about is how Western and European side of the world will feel about the new handheld... Japan will love it, handheld sell the most, so it wont take long for NX to pass ps4 sales... but if they can get the attention of western and european... then Sony have reasons to worry and their fans

ARM processors are not designed for high power tasks (high end gaming), so stacking enough of them on the board is not only very expensive (processor costs are tied to how many you can make at once, so making a 4 core processor is way cheaper than making 4 singles), and they'd have to stack 2 or 3 of them on the board, which also introduces design headaches and scalability (reducing the cost of making the machine in the future) issues.

«Before this, in the same year, for the KUB group exhibition That's the way we do it, she produced an almost 20 meter long by 4 meter high digital print that addressed the issues around so called» intellectual property «and the distributional powers of the internet.

A Los Angeles based artist who grew up in the city's South Central neighborhood, Villalobos combines references of high and low culture to interrogate issues of American social structures, power relations, capitalism, and identity.

Renewable energy currently tends to have higher up - front costs than fossil fuel - based power systems do, but in the long run equipment depreciation is lower and the fuel (sunlight and wind) is free, thus any honest cost analysis over the lifetime of the power - generating equipment will conclude that solar is cheapest, wind second, nuclear third, and fossil fuels are unworkable in the long run due to the global warming issue.

The next generation of lighting, LED bulbs, seems to have overcome many of the issues that CFL bulbs have, and offer extremely long lifespans, low power consumption, dimmability, and a much better color temperature range, although at an initially higher cost.

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.

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