Sentences with phrase «occasional events of»

Not exact matches

It is possible to think of God intervening in worldly affairs and physical happenings according to two different models: as a constant cosmic string - puller who controls each and every event of any importance (either by causing it or by consciously allowing it to happen), or as an occasional meddler and zapper, limited (perhaps by self - restraint) to intervening in a certain number of instances.

This is going to be a shock — the men who actually wrote all the parts in the Bible and made changes to the infrastructure of Christianity — including Constantine circa 300 AD in Rome — were not afraid of unleashing the occasional metaphor... in other words the Bible is not entirely literal — no, you are supposed to use your imagination... In many cases the disciples didn't actually witness an event — it was long distance and time altered hearsay — God figured Man could handle that... So don't be afraid to dilute - God's cool with that — as long as you do the right thing in life — feed the poor, help your neighbor, don't kill or covet - just be a good and decent person - smile, love and give generously... God doesn't need robots — He wants thoughtful individuals who help!!!

At fourteen, Jerry had been in the pickpocket business for a year and a half, mostly working the streets of downtown Chicago but making an occasional out of town foray to an event like the Derby where the pickings would be good.

Following Bellah's lead, most commentators on the topic have focused on the foundation documents of the republic, presidential inaugural addresses, the ritual and ceremonial involved in the observance of regular national holidays, and occasional events such as the funeral of a president.

Occasional remarks are found such as «before there reigned any king over the children of Israel» (Genesis 36:31), which seem to imply that from the standpoint of the writer the monarchy had already been established; and «the Canaanite was then in the land» (Genesis 12:6, 13:7), which implied that it was being written after Hebrew occupation; and finally repeated instances of the use of the phrase «on the other side of the Jordan,» in reference to events occurring in the lifetime of Moses, which led scholars to doubt if Moses could have been the author at least of the whole of the Pentateuch.

Duties include running cellar door, building our wine club mailing list, managing small on - site events for public and trade, occasional off - site events (eg Taste of Tasmania) including occasional interstate travel.

They're more of an occasional «oh, that happened» thing, even if the event was, like you said, something that «makes me me».

About the only people who work out there regularly are a few hippies, members of the Santa Barbara track team, an occasional professor and the decathletes who have come from all over the world to train with Toomey, who is considered the guru of the event.

One of Sandra's occasional nightly events that is likely not on the calendar is her midnight pop - ups.

According to Dr. Ferber, nightmares are typically a very occasional event, but when they do occur, it's usually in the second half of the night.

The occasional merger of neutron stars literally shakes the universe by sending out gravitational waves (illustrated above), but these events may also be the main source of gold and other heavy elements in the Milky Way, a new study suggests.

And they say that occasional catastrophic events could reset the «astrobiological clock» of regions of the galaxy, forcing biospheres to start over.

Representing the AAS in a number of science and technology coalitions, including taking on occasional leadership roles for special events or initiatives

The longstanding mystery of their origin, which is further compounded by the fact only about two dozen such events have ever been detected, has spawned a plethora of scientific (and some that sound not so scientific) theories, including the occasional speculation that aliens are responsible for them.

The longstanding mystery of their origin, which is further compounded by the fact that only about two dozen such events have ever been detected, has spawned a plethora of scientific (and some that sound not so scientific) theories, including the occasional speculation that aliens are responsible for them.

The longstanding mystery of their origin, which is further compounded by the fact that less than two dozen such events have ever been detected, has spawned a plethora of scientific (and not so scientific) theories, including the occasional speculation that aliens are responsible for them.

Others may integrate it on a monthly basis or as an occasional event based on their sense of progress / plateau.

And while you might see a little separation in the occasional bottle of camel milk, that's just a natural event and doesn't change the drinkability of the milk.

Whether it's during that first week of life when baby produces meconium, or when we're traveling, or some other unforeseen event, we do use the occasional disposable natural diaper.

There's no charge and we provide information about healthy foods, upcoming national and local events, and a resource guide of local food suppliers such as raw milk dairies, local organic farms and co-ops; and occasional demonstrations of food preserving techniques!

The line of clothing provides you both for the occasional and festive events.

Although, I no longer work as a corporate blogger, I still need that occasional - just - right - in - the - pinch - of - time attire for a special event, but still remain trendy and fashion - forward.

A lot of the time I shoot the products and Mario shoots the outfits for me, then I shoot at events, runways etc, and the occasional blogger.

Loved by Laura features a range of posts, including «life lately» style posts, product reviews, coverage of blogging events, and the occasional recipe too!

Sure, there were family gatherings and the occasional date night with le Monsieur, but most of those were pretty casual events.

When I was younger, there were plenty of events to plan for friends: graduation parties, bachelorette nights, bridal showers, and the occasional baby shower.

For example, I don't go out a lot at night or need dressy clothes, other than the occasional work event or wedding, so it is more important for me to have pieces that I can dress up for nighttime instead of having lots of separate pieces.

However, if you have a lot of holiday season events to go to, now is also the time to score a discount on a statement earring or occasional dress.

Besides the occasional side glance from a judgmental stranger who I'd categorize as «boring», the one peril of being a festival dancer is that my feet always hurt by the end of the event.

They offer extra features such as Nightlife and Classifieds, where you will find local events or ads of men looking to hook up or your occasional job postings.

Supporting a team of Matchmakers who serve as their clients» partner and coach throughout the matchmaking process Reaching out to and cold emailing singles and connecting them with our Matchmakers Reviewing profiles of potential matches to assess their compatibility with our clients Utilizing social networking and online platforms to recruit terrific singles into our pool as potential matches and finding potential matches from TDR's database, your personal network, and at targeted events Creating client facing content and occasionally writing for the company blog Attending TDR and community events to promote brand awareness Occasional participation in Matchmaker and company wide meetings

Based on the Salinger biography by Kenneth Slawenski, «Rebel» takes an «and then... and then...» approach that lays out events in chronological chunks, indulging in the occasional strategic flashback but otherwise without much of a point of view.

What makes up part of the game's charm is also my biggest qualm with it, that being the occasional unfair events that can happen.

The film is structured around conflicting accounts of the same events told by Harding and her former husband, Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), with occasional interruptions from Harding's pitiless, abusive mother, LaVona, brilliantly played by Allison Janney, who can strike terror (and steal scenes) with little more than a long pause or the wily crook of her half - grin.

What is more, the film brings a vivid immediacy to events which goes beyond anything on the written page, be it the face - to - face drama of Jed's dialogues with Joe (conducted in the novel mostly through letters and phone - calls), or the occasional brilliant reds (the balloon, blood, etc.) that flash from the film's otherwise subdued palette, signifying all at once eroticism, danger and passion with a visual economy reminiscent of the colour - codings of Zhang Yimou.

The only other gameplay Detective Pikachu has to offer comes in the form of the occasional quicktime event.

In any event, «The Hateful Eight» may frustrate some of his more literally sanguine supporters, but it's nonetheless an entertaining piece of dialogue - driven theater — with the occasional rifle - shot to the head.

We never really experience the breakdown of society; the random events that do occur — occasional power outages, incomplete radio transmission, speculative new reports — fail to cause anything other than ennui.

Admittedly, A Few Good Men has its occasional moments, but is still marred by some lacking screenwriting by first - timer Aaron Sorkin (Malice, The American President) from his play, and unconvincing turns of events.

Other than the occasional base defense, most of the quest design in the game has you merely running from one place to another to grab an item or throw a switch, then moving on to the next area to do the same thing, with occasional poorly produced and dramatically bankrupt cutscenes punctuating the events of the story, such as it is.

Via panels, screenings, events and its occasional «Ten Best» lists, GALECA also strives to remind the world that the LGBTQ - munity has a significant history of helping improve pop culture at large.

We came, we saw, we dropped Visine into our tired eyes and then we saw some more — over the past 11 days, we've let the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival dominate our viewing time with a host of unique visions, singular voices and the occasional marquee - name project gambling on the event's award - season platforming skills.

As a result, the Learning and Development provision in many organizations is still predominantly classroom - based, and any individual employee's experience of L&D is limited to occasional events and technology «solutions» outsourced to vendors or simply bought in «off - the - shelf».

Instead of focusing primarily on a narrative of political or diplomatic events, with an occasional new philosophy or artistic style thrown in, the discipline has come to emphasize changes in the behavior and outlook of ordinary people and the way groups and societies define activities such as work, lovemaking, or crime.

Rather than a one - time event stuck on at the end of an instructional unit, assessment becomes a series of interlaced experiences that keep students posted on their progress, even in the face of occasional setbacks.

Our school community throws many events throughout the school year including providing a safe space for young students to trick or treat («Trick or Trunk»), a mini-Mardi Gras parade to recognize outstanding students (our «Krewe of Hoo»), and an occasional sock hop.

This is my place to share what's going in my writing world, to include the status of my current products, my thoughts on the latest happenings in the business of writing and publishing, current events and announcements, amusing anecdotes that I think you'll enjoy, and the occasional rant that may or may not have anything to do with writing.

AskALLi is our campaign whereby the Alliance of Independent Authors commits to answering any self - publishing question, through our self - publishing advice center, closed member forums, online author conferences, self - publishing guidebooks and also through live online events, occasional and regular.

There will be occasional outbursts of racial violence in which both groups are involved, but the great discipline of the Negro middle classes in events of the last decade suggests that violence will be a consequence of police activity or inactivity rather than a consequence of policy decisions by the «respectable middle classes.»

If I want to listen to the occasional audio book, fine, but with Audible the financial agreement pretty much means that I have to listen to audio books regularly, even if events aren't working that way for me in a given month or stretch of months.