Sentences with phrase «primary reference point»

For purposes of mediation, the State is willing to accept the first documented contact as the primary reference point from which an inference might then be made back to the time of sovereignty... It is also recognised that the data more pertinent to an anthropological inquiry can only be found in recorded studies undertaken well after the date of first contact.

She appeared in a show of conceptual art in Harlem, with a wine stain, but her primary reference point is still «action painting.»

The artist's hand — the central protagonist in modern gestural painting — has become a primary reference point for many artists intent on rethinking painting.

As humans we have a sensitive awareness of faces, eyes being a primary reference point.

His work incorporated traditions of conceptual art, minimalism and monochrome painting but made its own internal logic its primary reference point while strenuously resisting a reduction to any single style.

«Multimetric accountability systems should use formative assessments, evidence of student learning, and progress toward personal growth objectives to measure student and teacher success rather than rely on standardized test scores as the primary reference point.»

Secondly, the baby must recognize the parent as his / her primary reference point.

Not exact matches

If the creation faith has a single primary reference, God; and faith in history a double reference and relationship, God - man; the third, the faith in covenant, is the three - pointed relationship, God - man - man.

By «process philosophy» I have reference in this case to the general Whiteheadian orientation, although the details of this system are not necessarily subscribed to nor are they of primary importance from the point of view of this discussion.

The sacramental encounter with the transcendent mystery of Christ's Paschal self, which nourishes and transforms our own sinful selves, has evolved to a plunge into our own mysterious selves where we, not Christ, are the primary points of reference.

Just because your primary point of reference is SU and the draft, doesn't mean that Ennis is focused on it the same way.

The underlying script for the President's visit, however, is the fascination with the progress of Aregbesola's primary and secondary education project in Osun, especially the state's Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, which provides a reference point for a similar programme by other states and even by the Federal Government.

«The primary purpose of [Bioteach] is to simply provide a focal point of freely accessible reference and educational resources that have a life science angle,» says Dr. Dave Ng (pictured at left), founder of the site and leader of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory (AMBL) at UBC.

Delegates attending the BNF conference heard from a panel of eminent scientific experts including Professor Ashley Adamson from University of Newcastle, Dr Graham Moore from University of Cardiff, Professor John Reilly of University of Strathclyde, and Professor Jeanne Goldberg from Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, about the role and impact of a whole school approach to nutrition; the association between breakfast consumption and education outcomes in primary schools, with particular reference to deprivation; the impact of obesity, and of physical activity, on academic attainment; and research which points to the most effective methods of communicating about nutrition with school children.

Richard Leonard, Director at Hayball, the architecture firm behind the innovative new facility, says the South Melbourne Primary School project is a real reference point for vertical schools in Australia.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

Google lists some of the data points that its bots seek, including a requirement that «analysis must be transparent about sources and methods, with citations and references to primary sources.»

VA Mortgage rates referenced in any advertising are guidance and are based on the current FRM Primary Mortgage Market Survey and a sampling of available rates at 3 % (3.27 % APR) with 1 point in closing cost from our lender network as of 10-18-2012 for 30 year fixed rate for loan amounts up $ 417,000.

For the rest of this discussion, we will focus on getting rough estimates of the primary financial asset classes — cash, bonds, and stocks — to develop a point of reference for the «average investor.»

Previously, the base of the spine was used as a player's primary node (i.e. the reference point that movements are measured relative to), but the... erm... lower back area is completely obscured by the sofa when players sit down.

As one of the essayists astutely points out, he even smuggles in reference to Dutch geometric abstraction in the primary colors of the workstation.4 That one prominent art critic's review frames Marshall's retrospective as «not an appeal for progress in race relations but a ratification of advances already made» is somewhat bewildering in the face of this opening gambit.5 After all, both of these paintings date from the year after the 1992 acquittal of Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King and the ensuing waves of unrest.

The Perspex is then mounted above the surface of the canvas so as to become the primary image, while the marks on the canvas, which remain visible, play an important secondary role as fail, background and formal reference point.»

Primary fixed points were the temperatures of a mixture of common salt and ice and the temperature of the human body; with reference to these the freezing point of water was marked 32 degree and the boiling point of water was marked 212 degrees.

The primary point of reference in cases of international child abduction, where the child in question is under the age of sixteen years, is the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (hereinafter referred to as the «Hague Convention»).