Sentences with phrase «purpose of an alarm»

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Scripture says that Joshua made the sun stand still, which harmonizes just fine with the Christian tradition that God can intervene in nature to suit his purposes, but which triggers all kinds of red alarms in my brain when I try to sort it out scientifically.

The defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy raise the alarm at any suggestion of intelligent design or purpose, thereby implicitly endorsing a narrowly dogmatic version of evolutionary theory.

Anyway RM - in answer to your question, a meme is a belief or attitude or a form of social behaviour which exists for no obvious genetic purpose, brings no evolutionary advantage, but nevertheless spreads throughout society with alarming rapidity.

John Hoffman, executive producer of «The Weight of the Nation,» which airs in May, said the purpose of the documentary is «sounding the loudest alarm that we can» to show that the obesity epidemic could cripple the United States» health care system.

They found that campuses with higher incident rates used a greater number of traditional notification channels — including television, radio, alarms, and email and text message alerts — and were more likely to consider adopting social - networking services for emergency - notification purposes.

We should not forget that apple juice is a useful source of vitamin C, and no good public purpose whatever is served by creating quite unnecessary public alarm and confusion.»

It's a bad habit that made its way to our bedside approximately ten years ago with the arrival of the first iPhone: Replacing our everyday (and single - purpose) alarm clock with our multi-tasking smartphone.

The key purpose of an intruder alarm system is to monitor and detect unauthorised entry to a premises, consequently alerting the police or other response services and / or authorised people — such as a caretaker, headmaster or key holding service — to attend the property as part of a response plan.

Of course you may consider the above unnecessarily alarming, but simply ask how much budget and resource travel companies allocate to this area; it's considerable and they would not do so without good purpose.

Would also be nicer if the backup camera (which should come standard on all SUV's and pickups for safety purposes) and stereo controls on the steering wheel and alarm system came standard on the base models for people that can do without the added cost of a dual moonroof and driver / front passenger power seats on SV and higher trim levels.

There's a USB outlet at the front of the centre console for this purpose, but a couple more wouldn't hurt — especially in the back, where flattening iPad batteries were viewed by junior occupants with life - and - death levels of alarm.

Even if don't have a sophisticated system, a slight draft through an open window can still trigger a false alarm — and defeat the purpose of the system in the first place.

The authors concluded that while the bark may serve as an alarm or a warning, many times it seems to serve no communication purpose at all — except perhaps to direct attention to body language that solicits play, challenge, or other social activity as a sort of «yoo - hoo, I'm over here and I'm play - bowing» call.

I used the term «skilful» to embrace the broadest possible range of purposes for which the models might be employed, not merely that with which the general public is most familiar — alarming it into acquiescence.

These products are used for a wide variety of purposes: to listen to music; to get news; to get information; to turn the lights on and off; to make phone and video calls; to set alarms; to hear jokes; the list goes on and on.

c.Engages in any other course of alarming conduct or of repeatedly committed acts with purpose to alarm or seriously annoy such other person.

Giving it a desk alarm clock purpose at night would be a way to mitigate the complaints of only one day battery life and needing to charge it every night.

The Roost Smart Battery will provide backup power in the event of a blackout, but its primary purpose is to connect to your Wi - Fi network and send emergency text messages to you and your contact list when the smoke alarm goes off.

Inspection - Inspect electrical / fire alarm / network systems and their components to building / county code for the purpose of evaluating conditions and identifying necessary repairs and recommending preventive maintenance.

Kindergarten Assistant GREAT ACADEMY, Milwaukee, WI (5/2012 to Present) • Assist lead teachers in implementing predesigned kindergarten curriculum • Provide support in creating and imparting lesson plans • Work with each student on an individual level to ensure that he or she is at par with the academic level of the class • Provide individual and group instructions to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students» intellectual levels • Help plan lessons on daily and long - range basis and conduct exercises with small groups of students • Observe and monitor student behavior and inform lead teacher of any alarming situations • Assist special needs students in learning level - appropriate skills to help them integrate into regular classes • Check students» work and ensure that it is in compliance with the lead teacher's instructions • Create and maintain records of students and ensure that they are kept confidential • Provide feedback to lead teacher for the purpose of building individual student reports

The purpose of the campaign is to get homeowners thinking and talking about smoke alarms with the help of Realtors to ensure they have functioning alarms in their homes.