Sentences with phrase «practical value at»

Windmills destroy the landscape while acocmplishing nothing of practical value at great expense.

Not only does this have practical value at a time when family members may not have the time or energy to fix meals but it also has a profound symbolic meaning on the level of feeding and nurturing.

Not exact matches

While thought provoking, the real value of the book comes from the practical, templated framework the authors provide for designing your own category that includes a clear articulation of the problem at hand, creating a memorable name for a category, and developing a unique point of view about the current and future of the category.

This book is well worth reading by both financial industry insiders and potential clients since Chris Turnbull, a portfolio manager at TheIndexHouse uses the principles and approaches described in the book, showing a practical way to deliver the high value components of what clients need.

He was willing to settle for what he called «practical absolutes, «27 that is, visions of the mind or idealizations which, at any given time, had the value of an ultimate directive in decision or action, but which were clearly to be understood as being a piece with man's own nature and experience.

The Greeks knew they had something of value and kept asserting it in their declining circles, while they looked down the slopes at the practical, militant Romans who knew how to run the show.

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.

There are many beautiful thoughts and applications here as he sketches a Christian cosmology whose principles and values are at once scientific, practical, moral, aesthetic, and theological.

Despite Hall's appeal to the Whiteheadian separation of «practical» and «speculative» reason, 11 I think that on a more fundamental level Whitehead too regards knowing (or more broadly the relation of any actual occasion to its «environment») as an active process in which the aim of the subject at its own attainment of value partially determines how it will respond to the objects of which it is aware.

Coles refers to these statistics as the «wallpaper factor» — religious leaders are «present, but decorative»; significant at a distance, but not of much practical value.

Key points include the following: - A look at the nipple and areola literally from the inside out - Information not found in standard textbooks - New potential remedies for sore nipples - Graphics that provide new insight on the structures within the nipple - Text summaries and care plans make the book of real practical value

In practical terms this involved the Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board in selling shareholdings valued at around # 1.9 million.

That leads me to believe that either A) it's a political pseudo-accounting term which real accountants would shake their heads at, B) it's a real accounting term that has no practical value, so is almost never used, or C) it's a term borrowed from another branch of math / science that doesn't belong in accounting (like complex numbers).

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.

At first most physicists regarded the Casimir force as a quantum oddity, something of no practical value.

Such local cryptographic networks could have practical value for diplomatic and military installations, says Charles Bennett, a cryptographer at IBM's Thomas Watson Laboratory: «Say you had two different buildings; you could connect them with a fiber — you don't have to guard or inspect it.»

Evans also says that research at Nyos may be of little practical value.

Traffic signal countdown timers work well at fixed - time signals, Hurwitz said, but they may not be practical for actuated signals; at those intersections, he said, a light typically changes only one to four seconds after the decision to change it is made — not enough time for a countdown timer to be of value.

Not everyone at the AAAS meeting, however, was impressed by the practical value of a human rights approach.

If acting awards are to exist at all, they should probably have some sort of practical value.

Kathryn, a maths teacher at Comberton Village College, explains that any classroom management issues this activity might raise, through pupils moving around the room, are outweighed by its value as a practical and effective lesson that they'll easily remember when they're thinking about graphs and gradients.

Although this aspect is already beginning to be a classic in talent management, we have included it in our selection because it is a realistic and practical way to add value to people in the organization and create a spirit of collaboration and development in team works, so needed at the training area.

Acknowledging the previous «jumping through hoops» approach wasn't fit for purpose, there is the potential to look for ways to emphasise the principles and values of practical science at this time of review, whilst teachers look to apply the new assessment requirements.

We were asked to pool ideas that would have value at the practical, operational level (i.e. guiding the way teachers and leaders work to improve practice) and at the level of school culture (i.e. creating the conditions within which the practical tools could succeed).

It's a better driver with an excellent, practical interior, and, at a $ 3388 as - tested discount versus the Odyssey, it's also a better value.

«This new Track Pack brings together in one package design features, specification and popular practical options desirable for track use, further increasing choice for Spider buyers and at the same time offering them even better value.»

In its category of affordable, practical mid-size cars, the Nissan Altima 3.5 SL is the one most like a luxury car, and the availability of so many features at a price of $ 32,135 seems like a lot of value.

Advantages and disadvantages + generous space for six passengers + very large trunk + comfortable seats, all rear seats with well usable Isofix mountings + comfortable suspension + effective air conditioning + very good LED adaptive light + comprehensive range of safety and assistance systems + practical, separately opening rear window, luggage compartment division + harmonious engine - automatic transmission combination + reasonable consumption + good driving performance + low loss of value + effective heating / air conditioning + easy seat removal...... but complicated installation - bulky dimensions - cumbersome infotainment - few shelves - wheel for backrest adjustment difficult to reach at front

They could study at home from a meager selection of textbooks if they chose, but their father valued practical skills more.

Disasters happen at the worst possible time, and while many residents could afford to replace everything they own out of pocket, the time value of money suggests that's a bad idea even if it's practical to write a check that large.

While companies will sell you an actual cash value policy if you ask them very nicely, let's look at this in practical terms.

This book is well worth reading by both financial industry insiders and potential clients since Chris Turnbull, a portfolio manager at TheIndexHouse uses the principles and approaches described in the book, showing a practical way to deliver the high value components of what clients need.

Nevertheless, at a practical level, momentum operates independently from value and is of comparable size.

That's why I'm convinced (at least for all practical reasons) that value will continue to «work» — it's simply not the case that everyone (individual or institutional for other reasons) could stick with this.

To prove the practical value of the skills you have picked up in this guide, let's take a look at the two examples below.

The Practical Index Investing Course is $ 299 $ 169 and a one - stop resource, with another ~ 15 hr required to work through it — so the total cost depends on what you value your time at.

The downside risk measure is a practical look at what might happen to the value of your mutual fund portfolio in a worst - case scenario.

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The problem I have with it is its usefulness, as the speaker basically said that if the answer didn't match observations then that just meant the constraints were wrong (or possibly the prior - he did not insist on a uniform one) which implies it doesn't have any practical predictive value, as there seems no way of knowing which constraints are the right ones other than by checking if the answer looks good... Rumour has it that one of the later speakers may be going to say it is not useful for our sort of climate research for some reason... it will all be on video at some later date for those who are interested.

My personal take is that the difference is probably quite small, and even if it is not, from a practical viewpoint, the effective sensitivity value is going to be a very good predictor of warming, at least for 100 to 150 years or so.

Our knowledge base, however, is insufficient to quantify the effects of climate change on many of these metrics because of conceptual challenges posed by climate change to standard assumptions, as well as practical data and methodological hurdles; insufficient understanding of how such metrics capture the way people actually feel; and, for non-monetized values, sometimes resistance to calculating them at all (Sussman et al 2014, Neumann and Strzepek 2014).

Tampa business lawyer advisors at Bivins & Hemenway, P.A., are committed to providing high - quality legal services to clients in a timely, practical and effective manner that emphasizes value and personal attention.

This week, we will cover some practical impediments that exist in the eDiscovery industry at large, and then cover some practical solutions to the challenge of providing better eDiscovery value.

While the scambloggers may be trying to convince the world at large that the value of a legal education can be measured in Stanley Nickels, Lawyerist has some practical advice for those who have already taken the plunge and are looking to start paying back their loans.

«We're bringing Practical Law and Westlaw together in a way that transactional lawyers will get the same value out of Westlaw that litigators do,» said Emily Colbert, vice president, Global Workflow Solutions, at a recent TR event announcing the product.

The Legal Education and Admissions Section is being asked to think about law school, at least in part, in terms of producing lawyers with knowledge, skills and values geared towards the practical demands of a professional life of client service.

At the report's launch Mr Justice Sullivan, who chaired the working group, said: «While the Administrative Court is capable of dealing effectively with environmental law challenges, that is of limited practical value in protecting the environment if only the very rich or the very poor can afford to use the court's procedures.»

The two - hour panel session covered AI and the future of legal work, the value of AI, as well as practical use cases and ways to get started, and was at times hampered by, you guessed it, technology.

«When it comes to Ukrainian clients, the assistance they require is not legal advice, but «value added» practical advice, which comes at no cost to the client.

We really value their depth at partner level, their phenomenal talent and their work ethic — they are hard - working, practical and communicative.