Sentences with phrase «points about meaning»

As we train staff members to work with youth who exhibit challenging behaviors, there are some key points about the meaning of behavior to consider which may increase staff effectiveness and stimulate proactive thinking:

In the three aspects of ministry that have been before us so far, we have found focal images that lift up the principal points about meaning.

The reliability of the existence of the group itself can be measured by the dispersion of the great circle points about their mean.

C) the point about the mean is more interesting but I would refer him to the sketchy process of «renormalization».

Not exact matches

Talk to your trusted person about what quality of life means to you, and at what point you no longer want artificial interventions, she said.

As the study points out, this means that brands can easily lose control of the available information about their products as consumers turn to third - party sources to determine how products were made.

(I would usually eat about six small meals a day, which also meant that at any point in the day I was about thirty minutes away from feeling hungry.)

Look, everyone has called in sick for a pre-planned mental health or personal day at some point in their career, but that doesn't mean you should talk about it over work email.

He points out that IBM has a beta of about 0.9, which means that it's less volatile than the overall stock market.

At this point, I think we pretty much all know that flashy cars and monster houses mean nothing about your actual wealth.

Without taking the time to think carefully about where your notions of achievement and purpose come from and what success means to you, you're in a terrible position to decide if this week's hot «how to be successful» advice applies to you or only to someone who thinks the point of life is something you actually don't value much at all.

«The point of the «about us» page is to educate visitors about your business, which means it should be interesting to read, view or interact with.

Consumer expert Clark Howard likes to make the point that, if you're thinking of loaning money, you should stop and think about what that really means.

This means that your consumers are more likely to do their own research about your company before your first point of contact with them.

This means, net of the present 2 % ish CPI, it is still negative by about 3/8 % (38 basis points).

If you were to say there's something rather peculiar about chasing money as a means to an end, I could certainly see your point.

The Strategic Total Return Fund continues to hold a portfolio duration of about 6 years, meaning that a 1 % (100 basis point) change in interest rates would induce a roughly 6 % change in the value of the Fund.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3.5 years in Treasury securities (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), and holds about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

Of course, the point about duration still stands — regardless of what drives returns, long duration means that even small changes to those drivers of return can be amplified into very big changes in prices in the short term.

The weighted average of the MERs charged by the component ETFs works out to about 21 basis points per year, which means the Sleepy Portfolio costs about $ 275 every year or about 75 cents a day — less than half the cost of a large double - double these days.

The naysayers point out that just because you're passionate about something doesn't mean there's a market for it.

I mean if we got back to robust economic growth, maybe we could even talk about it, but at this point in the economy, it just seems crazy to even be debating this.»

Einar, I didn't realize that the WR pulled their policies off their website, but that fits with the point you're making about «principles» (such as transparency) meaning something different to the Wildrose than the rest of us.

For now, the Strategic Total Return Fund continues to carry a limited duration of about 2 years (meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact the Fund by about 2 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), mostly in Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.

But with the recent announcements of high priced options, the lack of real effort in delivering a great electric solution, and the desire to keep prices at the appropriate price point meant someone had to step up and deliver, this is what Atlis Motor Vehicles is about.

I've read about the big net long positions, and I suppose that means we get a correction here at some point soon.

Applying a 1.5 multiplier to account for the total destimulating effects as those dollars are saved, not spent, this means a reduction of about one percentage point in real GDP growth, from 3.6 % per annum in the 1982 - 2000 years to 2.6 %.

Strategic Total Return continues to carry a duration of about 3 years in Treasury securities (meaning a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact Fund value by about 3 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), with about 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.

As my colleague Tim Green pointed out in an in - depth article about Buffett's IBM investment, most of IBM's revenue comes from clients who use multiple IBM solutions, which creates big switching costs (this is what Buffett means by «stickiness»).

I agree with you about respecting people but, respecting your point of view does not mean agreeing with it.

Your points about Warfield's use of «class of men» and «permanent endowment» are suggestive, but is that what he means?

If the paradigm of the school / class is to get their chaplains in training to think more about talking about God at the end of life, then the lecture has a point, a meaning.

By that I don't mean you have to take on any of the perceived baggage of the name, just that you are starting from a point of neutrality on the god - issue like we hopefully start from neutrality any time we don't know something and want to learn about it.

Yes, we disagree on what his mission was, or what it all means from a cosmological perspective, but that doesn't mean we have to argue about those points.

He argues that this theory allows one to make all the points that can be made about theological changes through history by using Robinson s notion of «trajectories,» but without its postulation of some «essence» of meaning that perdures through the change.

The point that most excites me about Father Heisig's essay is the new and revolutionary meaning that he appears to bring to the ancient image of the church as the body of Christ.

You've highlighted an important point about scripture: There is no way to understand what it means unless you can understand what it meant to the people who wrote it.

At this point it may be necessary to enter a caveat — do we really know what we mean when we talk about «peace» and do we mean what we say when we talk about «reconciliation.»

Reconciliation at this point might mean being there for Emilia as she begins to talk about her fears over sharing her situation with Tom or her family — fears that may be well - founded.

Most Likely to Make a Good Point About Tribalism: Fred Clark (Slactivist) with «What I mean by evangelical tribalism»

But if they are good in themselves, and if by a «point» you mean some truth about the real world which one can take out of the story, I'm not sure that I agree.

The earlier comment using John 6:40: this was spoken BEFORE the resurrection of Jesus, so talking about it at that point would have meant nothing to them.

Fair enough, I mean, you make a valid point that one of the biggest things about the democractic party is trying to legislate so many different things when there are certain aspects of my life that the government should have 0 say over.

I really like the points you bring up Carol; t feels like Jesusis saying to us «It's not about the law; it's notabout being «right,» it's about love; it's about making peace whatever that means and whatever that looks like in any given situation.»

I'm not quite sure what you meant about «silly adventure stories without any point.»

Interesting point about an «Eternal Mom» Ever note that many religions are in place as a means to suppress and control women?

Searle would respond by saying that this contradicts the ordinary language meaning of «knowing a language,» but nevertheless, the point here is one about the type of knowledge in the person operating the Box.

All verses like this and Matthew 5:28 (where Jesus talks about adultery in a similarly harsh manner, are meant to do is point us straight to verses of Paul's such as Romans 3:23 and Ephesians 2:8 - 9: it's the evidence Jesus provides that, no matter what, even if we never murder a single person or in any way commit adultery, we're nothing without Him... and, oh, yeah, it's the meter that shows us who we are and why we need Him, and only Him (John 14:6), to get to heaven.

But on this point we make a stand about what is theologically and pastorally helpful: do we ignore the meaning of Jesus» warnings against darkness and delight in the question mark, or do we let His love of the light impact our theological method and pastoral instinct?

The basic point to be made about all forms of sexual relation is that they are supposed to be a means for the «expression of love» and so also for the establishment and maintenance of «communion.»