Sentences with phrase «rather pointed comments»

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The more I read the other comments the more I think this an academic, rather than a practical point.

Independent research firm Clearview Energy Partners of Washington D.C. noted in a comment late on Wednesday that Judge Boasberg's order pointed to «omissions» in the Corps» analysis, which the Corps may be able to address quickly, rather than larger errors that might require more study.

* As a reader points out in the comments, Rogers isn't rolling out gigabit fibre but rather gigabit download speeds.

Rather than just leave a comment on his post, which I have, I want to post about it myself.Toby rightly points out that the great American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr created the now famous «serenity prayer», used by Alcoholics Anonymous for years.

Melanie Philips, in The Daily Mail, pointed to the way in which «as so often, [the BBC] has given undue airtime to extremists, thus lending credence to the false impression of the Pope's remarks», and she criticised the way the BBC had claimed that the Pope had «apologised», rather than simply expressing regret for the misinterpretation of his comments, «thus helping Islamic extremists believe that the forces of intimidation had cowed the Pontiff and scored a notable victory in the war against Western civilisation».

11The latter comments occur in the context of the chapter on the «bifurcation of nature, but it is clear that Whitehead (at this point in time) holds the idealists responsible for this bifurcation, along with reductionists like Newton and dualists like Locke, because all bog down on the alleged difference, and the subsequent question of the relation between, nature and mind, rather than developing a pure concept of nature in itself.

A friend of mine in Germany, a broadcaster of religious programs, once commented rather plaintively: «Is it asking too much when one asks the parson just for once, just once, to talk as a normal man to normal men, brief and to the point, without mincing matters, in a natural tone of voice, almost as in a friendly conversation?»

UPDATE # 2: I'm going to go ahead and close the comment thread on this post because a few folks seem rather eager to prove my point there, and I'm tired of reading and deleting this stuff.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

Jamie Redknapp annoyed many with his comments post Didier Drogba madness whilst sitting in his comfy pundits chair by claiming that Ref's from Norway were not up to the task of a Champions League tie rather than rightfully pointing out that the Chelsea man was out of line for moaning like a baby.

But at this point, maybe it's worth thinking of Nill's comments this week as an invitation for trade offer calls rather than a declaration of intent.

So rather than spend hours of my Sunday crafting a point - by - point response to bw1, I'll simply leave his / her comment here for others to read and agree with — or not — as they see fit.

Public Knowledge's SVP Harold Feld commented that it showed «people are engaged on this issue to a remarkable degree, and are drawing their own conclusions about it rather than echoing talking points — even talking points from trusted sources.»

For me this debate rather misses the point of Boris's comments which were not really about history or the EU, but about attempting to create associations between people and institutions he disagrees with and murderous dictators.

At this point, rather than arguing back and forth on the comment section, I'd suggest that you call in your question to the podcast so I can really address it in detail...

At one point, Tom glibly comments that he would rather be the «one resenting» than the «one being resented» - words he ends up regretting.

Thankfully, Bodied only occasionally lapses into lecture or meta - commentary (there's one cringeworthy scene where Maya basically comments on her own place in the story and how the audience is meant to perceive her), instead relying on humor and character to make its point rather than dryly offering a treatise on what causes offense in America in 2017.

As a comment to your point # 5 — I have been astounded that many authors spend a great deal of their marketing time, energy, budgets networking with, promoting to / with other authors rather than with the reader.

Thank you for standing up for our dying grammar conventions, but I would have to argue that helpful advice like this — which is only meant to make the article better and to maintain the integrity of the piece and of the site as a whole — might be better shared in a private email, rather than pointing it out in the comments» section.

UPDATE: As several readers pointed out in the comments field, the bug stores screenshots of bookmarked sites only, and as they're stored on the microSD card rather than the ROM, it makes sense they wouldn't be deleted after a factory reset.

I refuted each of his points in the comments and his response was to question my expertise rather than actually address the actual arguments.

And it's rather astonishing to us that this obvious point is not the rallying cry of Howey's report and many comments and forum posts in support of it.

Marilynn, thank you for your comment, but I think the point is to give the teens a way to voice their thoughts and feelings, rather than to require them to meet adult literary standards.

Short Sterling — March 2010 Comment: Ten - year Gilts are leading the way to lower yields, and with Index - Linked ones yielding between 40 and 70 basis points two - year paper at 75 looks rather poor value.

As are your comments re debt — at this point, I'm sure the primary focus will be on the best use of cash here, rather than considering taking on any potential debt.

Best would be to sign up for [followemail] or join our miles and points Facebook group, rather than corresponding over comments on random blog posts

Not entirely for those reasons you've pointed out (like some people commenting, I too find the party to be customization element of the game rather than the characters — and there are always tabs for them to improve individually; also enjoyed some of the NG + endings).

Rather than linking to any of the nasty misogyny or transphobia, however, I just want to point out this review comment, the most hilariously nonsensical reaction of all time.

This site - specific installation does not intend to comment on Julian Dashper «s achievements, but rather tries to merge with mutual thoughts and shared discussions surrounding the subject of abstract art on various levels, I enjoyed with Julian Dashper and last not least our various points of departure.

Curiously, while the authors work for the NCEE (National Center for Environmental Economics), part of the EPA, they appear to have rather closely collaborated with one Ken Gregory (his inline comments appear at multiple points in the draft).

[Response your comments point up the need for a proper attribution analysis of climate change, rather then just poking at trends.

Here, not in defense of my words, rather to make two further points, I provide the comments of two other people:

The students» comments are, in my view, not so much two data points but rather indicative of the prevailing attitude within the world to which they are being exposed.

When I noticed the article, the detection and attribution seemed rather fun, your point is reasonable and I've re-edited the comment.

One (not quite) nit regarding your comment here: it's probably not the indices that «constitute a network ``, rather they point to some more basic factors, perhaps by providing a rough measure of them.

One truly has to wonder what alternate reality Phil Shabecoff lives in, regarding his «crimes against humanity» comment at Gelbspan's post, which happens to be an insider's reference to Gelbspan's 2004 Boiling Point book chapter 3 title, «Criminals Against humanity,» which contains on page 51 Gelbspan's favorite phrase bit of so - called smoking gun evidence, the leaked memo phrase «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.»

The whole point of my original comment directed to no one in particular was to get lay people to think in more in terms of «thermal mass and inertia» and all the means of thermal transfer, rather than relying upon simplistic radiative vector algebra.

On the rare occasion you respond to a comment on point, rather than divert into semantics, you invariably find another way to divert the discussion.

My long comment was not meant to suggest that models were irrelevant in quantifying attributions and estimating forcings, but rather that there is independent evidence pointing in the same direction.

Adding to Dana's @ 43, on at least one occassion when a noted «skeptical» climate scientist did comment at SkS, it became very clear that he was only interested in airing his talking points rather than engaging in genuine discussion.

Your choice of source for those two alt facts rather nicely demonstrates the point of the post comment about two party politics.

It relates to the point I made in my earlier comment to George E Smith and was restated rather more strongly by Tim Folkerts when he said «I must disagree with the comments to the effect that N2 & O2 radiate (or absorb) any important amount of IR».

It wasn't aimed at doing so, merely at understanding those who imagine that well - established scientific research can be overturned by debates in blog comments threads, based on talking points rather than evidence.

Various themes emerge when interviewees comment on the value of social media sites for their work but the most popular answers re-enforce the point that many solicitors are turning to the sites to find content rather than to add content.

«Kitchen - sinking» occurs when you dump other issues to the conversational table — so a discussion about «failing to pick the kids up on time» leads to an argument about «not doing anything around the house» which jumps to «you never listen, even my friends commented about this» followed by «you'd rather be with your friends than me» which then leads to something else... you get the point.

Rather than going into one of my normal long - winded explanations, I think I'll just redirect your attention back up to Carolyne's comments above; she's smarter and more to the point than me.

The point of my comment was merely to state that there were several experts on board (each in their own fields) none of whom addressed the heart of the «subsequent» problem, but rather effectively divvying up the spoils, often characteristic of «dividing the blame» in various apportionments.

I adore everything you have done to your home, you are very talented and I guess the only reason I am leaving this comment, rather than taking the say something nice or say nothing road, is to make the point that only you can decide if it works.