Sentences with phrase «practical means by»

Here's a post I wrote on the subject of Reviewing Fiction, which offers a practical means by which almost anyone can offer useful feedback / criticism:

Broadening accountability systems in this way is the practical means by which states can raise expectations for student learning beyond the basic reading and math skills existing achievement tests emphasize.

Best estimates were that up to 10,000 Wanderers supporters made the interstate journey via all manner of creative, cost saving and practical means by air, road and even rail.

Not exact matches

If you're skeptical about an «innovation index» meaning much in a practical sense, then consider this: in terms of productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked), Canada ranks far below the G7 average — a staggering 12 per cent below, in fact — and only marginally above that of the broader OECD.

(As I've also noted, this is not a practical or optimal strategy by any means, since it has far too much tracking risk and would have required implausible levels of patience, but it's an enlightening fact nonetheless).

But this concern has led me also to try occasionally to deal directly with the meaning of a holistic faith for the practical day - by - day life of Christian churches.

Although simple and, in a certain sense, practical, for me this moment is rich in meaning: the Archbishop will call me by name to serve Jesus and the Church in St Andrews and Edinburgh, confirming aloud the calling I heard in my heart many years ago.

This understanding of the practical meaning of our first freedom makes it easier to see why the practice it protects so easily outgrows the narrow bounds of the exercise of religion as envisioned by our legal system.

Since there is no rational question of better or worse desires, practical reason is exhausted by the instrumental question about means to the ends associated with self - preservation.

Accordingly, the first precept of practical reason is that «good is to be done and promoted, and evil is to be avoided» (637, emphasis deleted), which means that the natural law is somehow derived from the comprehensive good defined by the final end or divine purpose.

By this he means the tendency to center both practical theology and theological education on the skills that professional ministers need in order to run local congregations effectively.

These are governed by aims at meaning and value that are often little oriented to the practical adaptation of the organism or the psyche to its environment.

But the fact remains that generations of youth were energized by what they experienced as a new vision of what it means to be a Christian, that the mainline Protestant churches formed ecumenical organizations to work together to implement the new vision, and that, finally, in the depression, many of their practical proposals for social reform were implemented.

By this, he does not mean that we have nothing but doubt and uncertainty, but he does mean that in practical matters a man must act against the odds, and does it reasonably when he does so.

The research of scientists like José Delgado into the ways in which mental and emotional processes can be produced, controlled, or modified by electrical and chemical means raises profound practical questions about the possible use and misuse of such powers.

Sometimes I think the church (read: the institution, «Christianity Incorporated») is afraid of what everyone else would think if they stripped themselves of the artificial crap, if they stopped — for all practical purposes — encouraging other to lie about their emotional state (which, by extension, means they're encouraging others to SIN).

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good, practical, advice for beneficial human behavior (advice which can be gleaned in other places and by other means, btw); but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

So, although for practical purposes our lack of intuitive certainties is much as Peirce says, theoretically we can say what we mean by definite relations and definite terms, and this seems an advantage.

Viktor Frankl has shed considerable light on practical ways of helping people develop meanings to live by.

Burger's statement can only mean that the court sees itself empowered by our history and tradition to forbid the people and their elected representatives from discussing, for any practical purpose, issues that might raise questions about the meaning and intention of the religion clause of the First Amendment.

The writer has leapt from his angulum, and is behaving as the Old Testament prophets behaved when denouncing the evils of their times, though herein the quiet and clear, practical sentences of western man: «If this is not done, someone may rise, and, by means of publications, silence those preachers and refute the little book.

No doubt his position was influenced not only by the practical impossibility of a successful revolt against Rome, to say nothing of reform by democratic means, but also by the fact that he expected the kingdom of God to come very soon.

This website was first created as a means to offer heathy, practical and healing plant - based recipes mostly inspired by Ayurvedic cooking and nutrition practices.

As you can guess from the foregoing description, Lunch Money is meant to be a highly practical resource for managers of school food services departments, and it is they, not lay readers, who are addressed directly by the author in this book.

What do you mean by practical?

Sponsored by the National Dairy Council, these sessions were dedicated to discussion of the USDA - proposed meal pattern changes, and organized to encourage a dialogue among school nutrition professionals about what the changes would mean from a practical, implementation standpoint in their school cafeterias.

• In practical and policy terms, what this means is that the APC administration to be sworn in on October 15, 2018, by the grace of God, must resume good governance that was cut short four years ago, and once again prioritise social investments in education, healthcare and other social protection programmes that reduce the cost of living, while raising the quality of life.

Finally — there is very little credence in the political opinions of someone such as yourself who apparently reveres a «Machiavellian» political philosophy that focuses on «practical success by any means, even at the expense of traditional moral values» and is synonymous with deceit and manipulation.

On a practical level, today's retirement announcement by Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R) has little effect on the fight for the majority this November.

We have the active responsibility, and should take measures to insulate men and staff of this agency from temptations, that is by ensuring a practical means of engagement and service for them.

What this means, in practical terms, is that political satisfaction is hard to come by for Flanagan and his group.

However, the practical application of sulfur has been greatly hindered by challenges including poor conductivity and poor cyclability, meaning the battery loses power after each charge and dies after a lower number of recharges.

However, sweat does have an advantage: taking blood samples with a needle is not a practical means of assessing health on a minute - by - minute basis.

All these have great detail, but I mean it is so NOT practical by any means.

These are all amazing and by saying prize 3 and 4 I meant: tights break too easily and these are the easiest leggings to style considering my wardrobe, so it's more practical than the fact I really prefer those.

That's what I mean by being practical.

It is by means of Getting Grounded that they accomplish the awesome task of living life in its most dignified, ideal, and yet practical condition.

When a second Earth appears in the sky, apparently populated by exact duplicates of the people on our planet, no one is concerned with silly practical issues of gravitational forces, orbits, or tides; instead, American society erupts into pained soul - searching, wondering what the event means to humanity, and what it would be like for a person to meet their exact duplicate.

By all means, all eLearning activities should make explicit to the learners the connection of what is actually presented as part of the eLearning content with its practical application in real life.

Unfortunately, the disconnect between the source of funding and those who could make practical use of the findings means that the timelines of educational evaluations rarely align with the information needs of the decisionmakers (for instance, the typical evaluation funded by NCEE requires six years to complete).

Unlocking Student Growth: The Power of Deliberate Reading Practice, hosted by Dr. Gene Kerns, investigates what «deliberate practice» really means and provides practical tips for making reading practice more productive in your district.

This ASCD Study Guide is meant to enhance your understanding of the concepts and practical ideas presented in Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: Capacity - Building for Schoolwide Success, an ASCD book written by Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral.

This ASCD Study Guide is meant to enhance your understanding of the concepts and practical ideas presented in Unpacking Fractions: Classroom - Tested Strategies to Build Students» Mathematical Understanding, an ASCD book written by Monica Neagoy.

This ASCD Study Guide is meant to enhance your understanding of the concepts and practical ideas presented in Learning Transformed: 8 Keys for Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today, an ASCD book written by Eric C. Sheninger and Thomas C. Murray.

The new body's larger dimensions mean cargo space in the fourth - generation Sportage has expanded from 465 litres to 503 litres (VDA), made more practical by a dual - height luggage floor, allowing taller items to fit into the boot and still remain hidden by the tonneau cover.

The Mercedes S - Class detects such unevenness by means of the stereo camera which sets up the suspension in advance to deal with the situation, in practical purposes, you can drive over a speed hump at 40 km / hr without even noticing it.

Along with these new features, some of the practical solutions offered by the Altea range right from the start are also used in the XL, meaning that the XL still has numerous storage compartments located throughout the passenger compartment.

It's not a luxury finish by any means, and we're not keen on the clearly visible join around the product's sides, but otherwise the smooth plastic casing is comfortable to hold and practical.

That means they can't be on an insurance policy as a named insured or additional named insured, so the policy protects them by default because there's really no other practical way to cover them since your five year old can't exactly get their own policy.

It says from a conversation ecology perspective we need to remove cats by any means necessary, but the next sentence says, «But such a solution is hardly practical given the legions of cats roaming the land — as many as 100 million unowned animals, plus 50 million owned cats that roam — and the painful question of what to do with the cats even if they could be captured.»