Sentences with phrase «methods of defending»

Animals have two methods of defending themselves when they feel threatened, and this is known as the flight - or - fight response.

Your default method of defending yourself is fisticuffs, but you will eventually get things like swords, or even various kinds of fish to ward off attackers.

Not exact matches

The report, built around detailed chronologies of dozens of CIA detainees, documents a long - standing pattern of unsubstantiated claims as agency officials sought permission to use — and later tried to defend — excruciating interrogation methods that yielded little, if any, significant intelligence, according to U.S. officials who have reviewed the document.

Method, Toms, Warby Parker, and Whole Foods Market have planted the flag of social responsibility, or conscious capitalism, and defended it profitably.

While some defend the buyback practice as a method of returning cash to shareholders, others, including my colleague Larry Fink, have argued that some companies today are focusing on maximizing short - term shareholder value at the expense of investing in the future.

Perhaps used to having to defend Britain First's methods, which include invading mosques, protesting outside the homes of Islamic leaders and going on marches termed «Christian patrols», Fransen continues, «Our Lord, Jesus Christ was no pushover.

Generally speaking, Daniel Dennett's method in all his books is too often reminiscent of the forensic technique employed by the Snark, in the Barrister's dream, to defend a pig charged with abandoning its sty: The Snark admits the desertion but then immediately claims this as proof of the pig's alibi (for the creature was obviously absent from the scene of the crime at the time of its commission).

If an individual doctor believes it is in the best interest of the patient's health to perform a particular method of abortion, then this judgment must be defended.

He defends his organization against the charge of employing offensive methods.

[If a foreign government is your opponent, then you should first offer justice and peace, but if this is refused then defend yourself by force against force...] And in such a war it is a Christian act and an act of love confidently to kill, rob, and pillage the enemy, and to do everything that can injure him until one has conquered him according to the methods of war.13

Flannery O'Connor once defended her own methods of fiction writing by saying that «to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large startling figures.»

Such a contention was a great blow to orthodox theology for the most popular method in those days of defending the truth of the Christian faith was to appeal to prophecy and the record of the miracles.

I have attempted to illustrate and defend an evangelical and catholic method of doing theology.

In my first lecture, defending the empirical method, I foretold that whatever conclusions we might come to could be reached by spiritual judgments only, appreciations of the significance for life of religion, taken «on the whole.»

Faith is the world's worst method of making decisions, which is why preachers defend and praise it so zealously, cuz otherwise they got nothin»!

Fans are not fools, when you see them started complaining from every area of our beloved club, its not because of the present situations alone but the repeated scenario of so many years that always end at where our present philosophy can reach, you can't continue defending same story, same method, same tools, same results years in years out.

Per our BFG has defended the manager saying that he is very flexible and very open to changes, and he cites Shad Forsythe as and example of changes in training methods.

Reaction: Hodgson lionises England record - chaser Rooney (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney sees off Slovenia to close on record (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Coleman foresees glory for conquering Wales (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Bale sinks Belgium to fire Welsh dreams (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Hodgson tells under - fire Sterling to toughen up (friendly) Report: England and Ireland draw a blank in Dublin (friendly) Reaction: De Gea uncertainty clouds Man United's horizon (Premier League) Report: Arsenal thwart Man United as De Gea departs (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool prepare for life without «irreplaceable» Gerrard (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard «devastated» after final Anfield game (Premier League) Report: Gerrard says farewell as Crystal Palace poop party (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal manager Wenger irked by Swansea «accident» (Premier League) Report: Arsenal sunk by Fabiański and Gomis (Premier League) Reaction: Rodgers accuses Fàbregas as Liverpool's top - four bid fades (Premier League) Report: Chelsea close Champions League door on Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho steels Chelsea for challenges ahead (Premier League) Report: Hazard storms Palace to give Chelsea title (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho feels the love despite Chelsea jibes (Premier League) Reaction: Arsenal «boring», not Chelsea — Mourinho (Premier League) Report: Arsenal stalemate delays Chelsea coronation (Premier League) Reaction: Fight for final places, Sherwood tells Villa (FA Cup) Report: Aston Villa end Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Mourinho calls for caution as title beckons (Premier League) Report: Hazard fires clinical Chelsea closer to title (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal says Man United top dogs after derby romp (Premier League) Report: Man City blown away by Man United fightback (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson urges Kane to build on perfect debut (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney, Kane on target in England stroll (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Van Gaal beams after Man United storm Anfield (Premier League) Reaction: Gerrard sorry for red card against Man United (Premier League) Report: Gerrard off as Mata brace ends Liverpool run (Premier League) Reaction: PSG revel in Champions League breakthrough (Champions League) Report: Thiago Silva and 10 - man PSG claim Chelsea revenge (Champions League) Reaction: Wenger thrilled as Welbeck proves point (FA Cup) Report: Old boy Welbeck fells Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers rues cost of Liverpool resurgence (FA Cup) Report: Blackburn intrude on Gerrard's FA Cup dream (FA Cup) Reaction: Wembley win leaves Mourinho feeling «like a kid» (Capital One Cup) Report: Clinical Chelsea earn Mourinho third League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Man City stirrings give Pellegrini Barça hope (Champions League) Report: Suárez scores brace as Barcelona down Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers plots Liverpool assault on top four (Premier League) Report: Coutinho rocket sinks seething Southampton (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends Man United's «long - ball» tactics (Premier League) Report: Blind late show rescues spluttering Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini remains hopeful as Mourinho sulks (Premier League) Report: Silva keeps Man City on Chelsea's heels (Premier League) Reaction: Mourinho cries foul over Costa «stamp» claims (Capital One Cup) Report: Ivanović sinks Liverpool as Chelsea reach final (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Odds were against Man United — Van Gaal (FA Cup) Report: Minnows Cambridge hold Man United in FA Cup (FA Cup) Reaction: Rodgers buoyed by Sterling - inspired Liverpool (Capital One Cup) Report: Sterling slalom checks Chelsea in League Cup (Capital One Cup) Reaction: Arsenal masterclass sets standard, says Wenger (Premier League) Report: Cazorla stars as Arsenal stun Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Van Gaal defends methods after United defeat (Premier League) Report: Tadić strike punishes shot - shy Man United (Premier League) Report: Bloodied Skrtel earns Liverpool a point (Premier League) Reaction: In - form United «forcing luck», says Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool gloom (Premier League) Reaction: Liverpool will «fight» for return — Rodgers (Champions League) Report: Basel thwart Liverpool to reach last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Van Persie rescued United, admits Van Gaal (Premier League) Report: Van Persie sends lacklustre Man United third (Premier League) Report: Agüero undoes Southampton as Man City go second (Premier League) Report: Stunning Agüero treble gives Man City hope (Champions League) Reaction: Hodgson dismayed by England fan chants (friendly) Report: Rooney at the double as England silence Scots (friendly) Report: Rooney, Welbeck inspire England fightback (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Tevez returns as Argentina overcome Croatia (friendly) Reaction: Man City have «crisis of confidence» — Pellegrini (Champions League) Report: Nine - man Man City left on brink by CSKA Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal says beaten Man United getting closer (Premier League) Report: Agüero gives City spoils against 10 - man United (Premier League) Reaction: Shocks are warning for England, says Hodgson (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Rooney on mark as England school San Marino (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Mourinho urges Chelsea to stay grounded (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger plays down Mourinho touchline spat (Premier League) Report: Hazard, Costa sink Arsenal in stormy derby (Premier League) Reaction: Pellegrini rues carelessness after Roma hold City (Champions League) Report: Totti makes history as Roma thwart Man City (Champions League) Reaction: Rodgers heartened by Liverpool resilience (Champions League) Reaction: Van Gaal wants more from match - winner Di María (Premier League) Report: Falcao debuts as Man United crush QPR (Premier League) Reaction: Hodgson hails Welbeck for biding his time (Euro 2016 qualifying) Report: Welbeck gives improved England winning start (Euro 2016 qualifying) Reaction: Angry Hodgson dismisses England statistics (friendly) Report: Rooney rescues England in turgid Norway win (friendly) Reaction: Wenger backs Sánchez to fill Giroud's shoes (Champions League) Reaction: Pellegrini gladdened by Jovetić display (Premier League) Report: Jovetić at the double as Man City sink Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Ancelotti predicts «new cycle» for Madrid (UEFA Super Cup) Report: Ronaldo still the boss as Madrid win Super Cup (UEFA Super Cup) Reaction: Wembley win sets tone for Arsenal — Wenger (Community Shield) Report: Vibrant Arsenal down Man City in Community Shield (Community Shield) Reaction: «Lethargic» Arsenal not ready yet — Wenger (Emirates Cup) Report: Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal (Emirates Cup) Reaction: Wenger enthused by Sanogo - Campbell double act (Emirates Cup) Report: Sanogo upstages Sánchez in Arsenal romp (Emirates Cup)

All of you defending this method should.

Acknowledging the «irony» of how a business practice that's illegal in New York State helped keep the Buffalo Bills in Western New York, billionaire Terry Pegula defended the controversial gas drilling method better known as hydro - fracking.

He defended his record, which he said includes the universal prekindergarten initiative, his affordable housing plan, the city's work to support and protect immigrants and reducing the use of the stop and frisk policing method «93 percent while driving down crime.»

Articles should be accepted for publication based primarily on the judged importance and relevance of the reported study, which is usually stated and defended in the «introduction» section of the manuscript, and whether the methodology (including that of the data analysis) is sound, which can be assessed via the «methods» section of the manuscript.

In particular, the results in my PhD thesis have applications in the perturbation and spectral theory of operators, in scattering theory and they provide for instance a method to solve Hamburger type moment problems and Nevanlinna - Pick type interpolation problems,» says Dmytro Baidiuk who will defend his doctoral thesis at the University of Vaasa.

Plant pathologists Dr Joan Webber, from Forest Research, the research agency of the Forestry Commission, and Professor Clive Brasier found that the defence mechanisms which the Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea) fungus uses to defend its territory could make it more resistant to virus - based control methods.

These two groups spent lots of time and effort defending their methods and attacking those of the opposing camp.

Krav Maga techniques prepare its clients in the subjects of self - defense, self protection, fighting and combat skills, as well as skills to defend others, all through unique teaching methods Frequency about 1 post per month.

There is more, sadly, much more — the suicide attempts, the dishonorable discharges, the dismissed lawsuits, the stooges who defend the half - assed sensitivity training and the current system's method of leaving all investigations at the discretion of the commanding officer.

When a new professor's bureaucratic methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches a dedicated group of students how to defend against the dark arts.

The movie borrows most heavily from Frank Miller's seminal 1986 The Dark Knight Returns mini-series, which told of an aged, bitter Batman who was forced out of retirement by a surge in crime and had to defend his brutal methods against a government - lackey Superman.

That's not what this study was about, and it's not in its scope to propose, defend, or contest any of the existing methods.

What's more, TFA has long defended a relatively «content - neutral» approach to teacher training — despite persuasive research showing that methods courses in specific disciplines, like the teaching of science or the teaching of writing, help teachers improve student learning.

Debates: This method forces students to research, create arguments and defend their positions — all excellent examples of critical - thinking skills.

As advocates of «back to basics» math become ever more critical of Discovery Learning educators are increasingly asked to defend new methods of learning math.

The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Tuesday sent a letter providing guidance to confirm that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, issued last month, leaves untouched previous Court holdings on the permissibility of race - conscious methods of achieving diversity goals at elementary and secondary schools.

Krav Maga techniques prepare its clients in the subjects of self - defense, self protection, fighting and combat skills, as well as skills to defend others, all through unique teaching methods Frequency about 1 post per month.

This four - panel polyptych belongs to his series of abstract works, a series that contains none of the figurative and narrative references of his previous stage, thereby defending the coexistence of different methods in the arena of a kind of painting untouched by dogma.

The government defends the practice, as you can see in a set of video clips explaining requirements for specific hunting methods, a quick kill, the importance of the income to local residents and the importance of the hunt to Inuit communities (the ban does not apply to seal products from such hunts).

No one should be defending this garbage unless they're confident in their understanding of the methods.

What is entirely, wholly, and completely not legitimate is to use those same arguments to defend the method of his paper, as the former makes no statement on the latter.

At the risk of appearing to defend cherry picking which is so self - evidently contrary to the scientific method I wonder if it doesn't smell so bad in the case of dendrochronology given its origins in archaeology and dating wooden artifacts like church pews or picture frames.In that application one has a shortish snippet of a tree ring width series which is an absolute fact and then slides under it a set of candidate tree ring width time series of known date to identify a best match to the snippet.

But he has fearlessly defended the scientific method, against the subversion of that method by the man - made global warming activists.

If you go to Google and search for papers that discuss the value of Objective Bayesian methods or Jeffreys» prior, you will find out that even statisticians that defend their use are fully aware of their limitations.

Defenders of a prevailing paradigm are often forced to fall into this trap, when they are unable to defend it based on the logic of the scientific method, i.e. when they are unable to come up with empirical evidence to corroborate the paradigm.

Absent any valid reasons for rejecting the argument, the request for back - channel data was apparently in an effort to show that the use of incorrect methods «didn't matter» when applied to a particular result which needed to be defended.

You folks — all of you — are heroes who deserve to go down in the history books for defending the legacy of the scientific method in the face of the all out assault from the postnormalists.

It really is interesting how so much of climate science effort is spent defending questionable methodology instead of looking for better methods.

View this webcast to hear our panelists take predictive coding out of the black box by discussing methods for testing, measuring, and defending the methodology.

Importantly, they need to understand the methods applied in processing and reviewing data so that they are able to explain and defend, on behalf of their organisations, their decisions relating to the processes used in reviewing data.

[4:05] Joe's background includes participation in the National Institute of Standard and Technologies Text Retrieval Conference to co-chairing the Sedona Conference's first panel proposing the use of statistics to defend reasonable e-discovery efforts, co-authoring the Sedona Conference's best practices on the use of search and information retrieval methods in e-discovery, and achieving quality in the e-discovery process.

Refugee and Migrant Justice (RMJ), formerly the Refugee Council, was put into administration after a spirited fight to defend itself from the effect of a change in payment methods.