Sentences with phrase «near a point on»

Actually, the site opens when July 4 hits the first time zone out near a point on The International Dateline, so you can try early in a variety of other time zones.

The nearest point on the African coast is approximately 210 km (131 miles) away, while Cádiz, the closest port on the European continent, lies about 1250 km (781 miles) north of Gran Canaria.

Not exact matches

Wired pointed out on Friday that, even in situations like the one outlined by Peloton, truck driving is unlikely to be completely autonomous in the near future.

The powerful Titan IV rocket lifted off near dawn in October 1997, went behind a cloud from our vantage point and then thankfully emerged serenely on its way to Saturn, reaching the planet on July 1 2004.

Hinkley Point B nuclear power station, operated by Electricite de France's (EDF), left, stands near to groundworks for Hinkley Point C near Bridgwater, U.K., on Dec. 17, 2015.

The point is that at near zero interest rates, the U.S. has a lot of buffer on this front, so if there is a reduction in the economy, it will be because of a substantial disconnect between supply and demand.

Near 7:50 p.m. ET, S&P 500 futures were down as much as 9 points to below 2,100 on Thursday evening after having moved higher earlier tonight following surprising results from Newcastle and Sunderland.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

At one point he said he had aimed at a «sea animal,» and at another point, he said the gun had been under a rag that lay on the ground near the waterfront, and that it fired when he stepped on it.

Mr. Wang recalled a story of how on a long drive near his hometown years earlier his father pointed out all of the tunnels and bridges in China built using his cement.

No doubt that will not discourage some readers from using their rulers to measure the graphs and focus on revisions down to the nearest 0.1 percentage point!

In the near term, we see a market at an inflection point, where interest rates have topped out on a short - term basis.

(CQ: http://moneyline.cq.com and National Institute on Money in State Politics: http://www.followthemoney.org) In addition, FedEx scored just 42.9 out of 100 points in the 2013 CPA - Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Accountability and Disclosure, placing it near the bottom of a ranking of the 196 largest U.S. companies.

I think that your point on shorting is well thought out and I also hope Ivan writes that up in the near term.

If same - day delivery isn't fast enough, never fear: students on five college campuses can now place their Amazon order and immediately go pick it up from one of the new «Instant Pickup» points near campus.

The Fed governor also made a comparison between the current unemployment and inflation rates with the 2004 - 07 period, when the US economy was near full employment and inflation was higher than 2 percent, thereby making the point that policymakers should hold on to the current federal funds rate and remain extremely cautious when it comes to raising it.

In the near - term, $ 437 is a big area of support on the downside, while $ 455 is a key resistance point.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that mortgage contract rates on purchases of newly built homes rose by 11 basis points over the month of February to 4.14 percent, near its last peak level of 4.18 percent established one year ago in February 2017.

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

The Bank raised policy rates by a further 25 basis points in March to 6 3/4 per cent, citing a stronger outlook for activity in the near term and associated pressures on inflation.

A broad selloff in commodities and dollar strength point to disinflationary pressures on the horizon that weaken the argument for a near - term rise in U.S. interest rates, according to some analysts.

This points out that everything that you explained as being only aplicable to god, which is an explanation given because no other explanation is seen, saying this is amazing so god did it, is nowhere near close to looking at these phenomena, observing and collecting the data on it and saying this is our best understanding of it to date.

At a certain point on the road, they would begin with Psalm 113, and as they got nearer and nearer to Jerusalem, would sing through Psalm 114, 115, 116 and 117 so that as they entered into Jerusalem, they were singing Psalm 118.

Case in point: As the time draws near for Daniel Craig to graduate from his role as debonair and distraught secret agent James Bond, people have been betting on future 007 hopefuls.

And Exodus 21: 20 clearly gives notes on what should happen when a slave is beaten to the point of death or near death, not to mention the other rules of who should be set free, what to do with the slaves» children, how many years to keep a slave... It doesn't sound very different at all from our modern view of slavery.

On the floor of the Catholic chapel near the tomb, the navel of the world is located — the point from which God's justice and love radiate throughout the creation.

While I think Mormonism is nearer to being the fourth Abramhamic faith than to being a division within Christianity and while we differ on more points than we agree on, we both know without hesitation or any qualifying discussion that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, Son of God and Son of Man.

yet, where the christian extremists are anywhere near as bad at this point as the muslim extremists, but it looks like it is coming from what I can see from all of the extremist hate - filled posts by a lot of people posting on this and any other article about muslims.

For example, in the picture we see on the television screen points that are near each other in the ordered visual image are not necessarily «near» each other in the form they are carried in the radio wave from which the image is translated.

The bilateral conversations of Roman Catholics with Anglicans, Disciples, Lutherans, Reformed and Orthodox; the Lutheran - Reformed agreements; the World Council of Churches» near - consensus statement on Eucharist; numerous studies and talks of lesser scope — all these were ingredients which pointed to converging lines of theological interpretation.

Right when he was near the finish line, and all the animals were cheering him on, they heard a shout of alarm from the half way point of the race.

What is especially intriguing, moreover, is the observable convergence of these essays, despite incidental disagreements and the very different strata of Christian tradition on which they draw, towards a point of intersection that is difficult to describe but seems to be very near the heart of the mystery whose herald and sign the historic church has claimed to be.

The book is especially strong at pointing out links between the stories, especially the parallels between the pairings of Isaac and Rebekah and Judah and Tamar; both women covered their faces before meeting the men, both meetings occured near a well with a name that puns on the act of seeing, and both have twins who struggle in the womb, with one twin associated with the color red.

This philosophy should be emphasized at these points and others during growth groups: in the publicity inviting participation — for example, «This retreat will have a double purpose, to provide opportunities for us to enrich our own marriages and to discover our capacities to strengthen and encourage each other»; during the establishing of the group contract, near the beginning, when the discussion focuses on the nature of marriage growth; during the evaluation — for example, «How did we support and encourage each other's growth?»

Adam came home from work and heated up his dinner (which happened to be a burger and sweet potatoes topped with some of this dip) and then witnessed me obsessing over my recipe photos to the point of near - tears because I was convinced that I needed to re-make the recipe on a sunny day to get better photos.

The sale of the 902ha vineyard near Darlington Point was negotiated by Col Medway, Richie Inglis, James Beer and Danny Thomas of CBRE on behalf of Belvino Investments.

Harris Ranch is conveniently located on Interstate 5 near Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield - the perfect central meeting point.

Lavu is used on or near many military bases where taxes are exempt, as well as locations that have products that are resold with taxes at a later point.

If you zoom in on the cluster of points near the middle, you can see that Diner, Marlow & Sons, and Marlow & Daughters are all squeezed right next to each other, but they've managed to keep surprisingly unique identities going, so check them all out.

A regulation home win v Liverpool, an away draw at Leicester and a win over relegation fodder Watford would see Arsenal on 7 points and near the top of the table so no need for 90 mill worth of signings perhaps?

He may have saved us 10 or so points last season but how many points has he cost us by been beaten on the near post countless times this season and the man cant save a PK to save his life?

Everton's Romelu Lukaku has near - matched the goalscoring of the duo while his side sit in the bottom half of the table, so we cant stop analysing on this one point, although if Giroud and Walcott had continued their form of the early season, I have no doubt we would be topping the table at present.

Consider: Deadeye guard John Jenkins (from Hendersonville, Tenn.), an SEC player of the year favorite, often overhears the French Skype conversations of his roommate, backup center Steve Tchiengang (Douala, Cameroon), who loves playing FIFA on his Xbox against quadrilingual swingman and NBA prospect Jeff Taylor (Norrk √ ∂ ping, Sweden), who rooms near forward and erstwhile U.S. Open ball boy Lance Goulbourne (Brooklyn), who was raised 2,440 miles away from another suitemate, point guard Brad Tinsley (Oregon City, Ore.).

He is near the top for total points on the season with 13.

Im Just pin pointing a fact that the financial capability of the sides in the premier league is a lot different to the ones in Bundasliga or La Liga i cant see a side outside the top 4 of wither of those leagues spending 60 plus million a season on players, point being the calibre of their players isn't anywhere near that of Premier league players.

While some will point to the fact that Francis Coquelin has made a big difference as well as other players like Laurent Koscielny being an improvement on what Arsenal had before, some Arsenal fans feel that nowhere near enough credit has been given to our former defensive star and current assistant manager Steve Bould, who was a player when Arsene Wenger arrived and helped us to win three titles, five domestic trophies and the UEFA Cup Winners» Cup.

The Furniture Row driver will start the playoffs 20 points up on second - place Larson, and Truex's bonus point accumulation is such that barring a complete collapse he's a near - lock to make it to the third round.

The Blues remain seven points clear of their nearest challengers Arsenal and they still have a game in hand, which will take place next week against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, given that the Gunners are in FA Cup action on the same day.

there was a 1/2 court offensive sequence where huerter had the ball near top of key, Tomaic on his left about midway between the ball and corner and Huerter eye -2-eyed Tomaic and pointed to the corner and then made a slashing motion.