Sentences with phrase «on out of the norm»

Not exact matches

As a number of them move back home to cut back on costs or get themselves established, they may find that their new experiences, lessons and skill sets are out of sync with the norms of their hometown.

So if we go back to the elements of the «alternative» model I sketched out above, with its emphasis on purpose and a stakeholder - based approach to capitalism, it seems pretty clear that these elements have a natural affinity with the Asian cultural norms around collectivism and long - term orientation.

Globalization has tightened the cost screws on U.S. employers, health care costs have taken a bite out of paychecks, a kind of new norm of the 1 % to 3 % wage increase has taken hold in the country, unions have been in decline.

The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

But as I noted last week (see Two Point Three Sigmas Above the Norm), nominal growth and interest rate variations have historically canceled out over the past century, with little effect on the accuracy of our valuation estimates — matched reductions in the growth rate and the discount rate really don't affect fair value.

Or you could walk away chase after the norm as other people do and cheat yourself out of a very happy, nice and well vested life on the earth not to mention beyond.

Anyone who does anything out of the norm, but is themselves is looked down on and ridiculed by most, like you just did.

Where such a reality (as spelt out in 1) does exist, most often the blame for such a state of affairs is put on «outside» forces or on those minorities «inside» who do not conform to some kind of standardized understanding of a national norm.

Women are critical in molding the ethical consciousness of families — to deal with the pressure of modern life and the demands it makes, on particularly the young, to break out of the norm and to experiment with life.

For years we've had our students read the appropriate literature — from Elmer Gantry to Wise Blood — on the implicit assumption that these and other portraits of slightly out - of - whack ministers accurately represent the norm of vocational misery among Protestant clergy.

When here and there in draft decrees of the Council stress was laid on this role of conscience as irreplaceable even in practice, anxious voices could be heard in the aula, pointing out in alarm that in earlier days the Church used to lay down clear and unmistakable norms, whereas now even at the Council appeal was being made to the individual conscience, so running the risk of slipping down into an arbitrary, subjective situation ethics.

«Liberty» is as close as we get to an ethical norm, and that term is deeply ambiguous, depending on whether it is, in John Winthrop's words, freedom to do the just and the good (Christian freedom) or freedom to do what you list (the freedom of natural man).10 While American civil religion remained extremely vague with respect to particular values and virtues, the public theology that fleshed it out and made it convincing to ordinary people used it with more explicitly Christian, particularly Protestant, values.

Here, seeing a dead cow displayed in the trunk of a taxi is the norm on any early morning, but the best fresh produce is also laid out daily.

Some parents on both sides of the Israel - Palestine divide still hesitate to let their kids enter PPI's programs — Jews out of safety concerns and Arabs because of cultural norms for girls.

They drank on occasion, but definitely out of the norm for each of them to be bringing back two beers.

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

A few days ago I posted a comment on here and noted how AFC always seem to lose ground and our way once the heat is on... how we lack the mental strength and character to deal with pressure of maintaining a lead once we are top of the table and how we ALWAYS crumble when it matter most... i also noted how we ALWAYS seem to regain our mojo soon as we are out of contention for every important competition, when we go on some amazing winning streak, just in time to snatch the 4th place trophy... as is the norm on here and many other AFC fans forum i got member jumped down my throat, talking about negative fans, talking about new players we have and how that problem was a thing of the past....

I am not suggesting no child could ever «grow out of it» on their own, but I do think those cases are the exception and not the norm.

Rather than placing the blame for unjust institutionalization on an oppressive patriarchy, the author points out that women were, and are, often complicit in the creation and social enforcement of oppressive social norms.

From the time when the Columbine school shooting rocketed through the news, to now when cry - it - out sleep training is being openly debated rather than just merely accepted as the norm — reflecting the huge change we, as a culture, are having on the idea of relationship — there was 1 or 2 generations of individuals who were transitioning from the «old» way of relating — hierarchical and fear - based authority — to this «new» way: collaborative, emotionally literate, and focused on problem - solving.

A number of the other current norms have been covered, so I'm going to concentration on the broadly Marxist normative system for these terms that arises out of the issue of control over productive property in society.

«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.

On the flip side, informatics is a remarkable tool for collecting statistics on the norm and using the tools of probability to figure out what the universe is like as a wholOn the flip side, informatics is a remarkable tool for collecting statistics on the norm and using the tools of probability to figure out what the universe is like as a wholon the norm and using the tools of probability to figure out what the universe is like as a whole.

«There's an argument, which I don't fully buy but that could be made, that whether there was intention to deceive is irrelevant, and the only thing that matters in meting out punishment is whether one should build on the results or ignore them,... but if you want to inculcate the norms of proper behavior and to deter and maybe filter out of science the people who are more likely to engage in misconduct, then that differential penalty is warranted.»

A new study titled Body size downgrading of mammals over the late Quaternary, released Friday in the journal Science, is the first to quantitatively show that human effects on mammal body size predates their migration out of Africa and that size selective extinction is a hallmark of human activities and not the norm in mammal evolution.

But they wanted to find out if «male discrepancy stress» — which describes men who see themselves as not only falling short of traditional masculine gender norms but who also worry that others view them in this light as well — had any impact on these behaviours.

But when you have to go out into the sweltering heat, social norms put a hard limit on the opposite strategy: You still have to wear one layer of clothing.

In recent years, researchers have developed so - called «senolytic» drugs that wipe out senescent cells in aging mice and mouse models of age - related disease, exploiting the high dependence of these cells on specific biochemical survival pathways.9, 10 In these studies, senolytic drugs have restored exercise capacity9 and formation of new blood and immune precursor cells11 in aging mice to near youthful norms, and prevented or treated mouse models of diseases of aging like osteoarthritis, 12 fibrotic lung disease, 13 hair loss, 14 atherosclerosis, 15,16 and age - related diseases of the heart itself.9 UNITY Biotechnology is leading a growing charge toward the clinic, with human clinical trials expected to begin in 2019.

It's fun to find something that's out of the norm, whether that's because the design is a bit geometric and oversized or because it's a flower you've never seen before, or because, like this Amber dress from Voodoo Vixen, it chooses to showcase an oft - overlooked colour on which to frame it's floral print.

Whether you are in need of a quick outfit for jetting around on the weekend or desire a cocktail - appropriate ensemble that is out of the norm, jumpsuits are your answer.

And I wish it was still the norm to wear fabulous hats on a daily basis — why did that ever go out of vogue?

Don't be afraid to step out of the norm — individualism is seriously on trend.

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It's all about turning social norms on their head, standing out from the crowd of other singles online, and finding compatibility in a unique and funny way.

There is an inspire to to lower down the guard duty on norms and etiquettes of Christian dogma; be carefree and be able to talk out honestly on dating and relationships.

Probably dating norms have gone out the Exclusive» Mean You're Boyfriend But there's one stage that's important to be on the same page about — the definition of an exclusive relationship.

Moving on to Charlize Theron in Young Adult, another supposed woman acting outside the norm of typical female characters — how disappointing to find that being a complex character meant drinking until you pass out, ignoring your dog, and trying to steal another woman's man.

This may be out of the norm for the Teamwork site, (since a LOT of the questions entitle «how - to's» for Monster Hunter), but lately I've been planning on starting a podcast / videocast alongside two of my friends using the bare minimum of podcast materials.

Groups might follow a vague list of classroom norms, but high performance teams operate by an explicit ethic of service to others, listening, attentiveness, and shared leadership?all required to turn out the highest quality product based on team effort.

New Jersey's is a complex and troubled public school system: although the state ranks in the top 5 on most nationally normed tests (NAEP, SAT, ACT), it has one of the worst achievement gaps in the country — 50th out of 51 in 8th - grade reading, for example.

But it stands to be a significant improvement over the system we have now, combining top - down accountability with the energizing, bottom - up forces of choice and competition to put a premium on performance and to drive out much of the complacency that has for so long been the norm in American education.

These include buying school materials (clothes, supplies, and even homework) on eBay and the Internet; exchanging music on P2P sites; building games with modding (modifying) tools; setting up meetings and dates online; posting personal information and creations for others to check out; meeting people through cell phones; building libraries of music and movies; working together in self - formed teams in multiplayer online role - playing games; creating and using online reputation systems; peer rating of comments; online gaming; screen saver analysis; photoblogging; programming; exploring; and even transgressing and testing social norms.

For example, if your child scored in the 38th percentile on her reading test, she would be ranked 38th out of a national norm of 100 students.

In her introduction to Minow, Casey pointed out that in helping to smuggle Jews out of Europe during World War II, Kohlberg himself was one of the «limited number» of people — along with such legendary figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King — who reach the final plateau, developing and acting on higher principles rather than merely conforming to society's norms.

The DESSA is standardized and norm - referenced, with a standardization sample of 2,494 ratings completed by teachers, out - of - school time staff, and parents on students grades K - 8.

However, when there are too many norms on a school campus that prevent the teacher from carrying out his or her job (because of ineffectiveness or uselessness), the teacher begins to perceive a sense of normlessness which prevents him or her from doing the work he / she so passionately wants to do (Senge, 1993).

Confronted by the dominant attitude that demographics were destiny, a group of committed educators, led by Dacia Toll and Doug McCurry, set out on a mission to provide equal education access to all America's children and conceived of a school in which high expectations and strong student outcomes were the norm — where access to four - year college for low - income students and those of color was a right, not a privilege.

This V - 8 is hand - assembled by a guy named Norman, and you'll have to watch the rest of the video to see what it does on the track and find out just how well Norm did.

The treatment may not be enough for some buyers, who will seek out aftermarket shops to darken the few bits of chrome left on the Wraith or add more power to its already potent engine, but Black Badge should better resonate with young, successful, alternative individuals who enjoy shaking up established norms than, say, a standard Wraith would.

When selling, you don't need to point out everything, just hit on the main points that are outside of the norm.