Sentences with phrase «shaped those forces in»

To conclude, both Heidegger and McLuhan share the feeling that technology is at least the primary if not the shaping force in culture.

When the hot media of modernity are the primary shaping force in our culture we become more uniform and mechanized with low participation — or in Heidegger's terms the «standing - reserve.»

Google is such a powerful shaping force in the modern marketplace of ideas that it has to stay scrupulously neutral toward content.

They studied Celtic and Nordic design and history to imagine and realize a world that might have shaped those forces in earlier times.

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The supercomputing force that will power Western Australia's scientific researchers is fast - taking shape at the new Pawsey Centre in Technology Park.

Swinburne has been called «the architect of Mifid II» for her role in shaping the far - reaching European financial legislation that took six years to complete and came into force in January.

Our main message is that developing a theory of time allocation and occupational choice is important for understanding the forces that shape gender differences in labor market outcomes,» the researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, University of Toronto and Princeton University write.

Fair enough, but under the new EU net neutrality laws (which aren't yet in force), the only kind of outright traffic shaping that will be allowed will be for highly specialized services — think dedicated packages for Internet TV or cars or medical applications.

In his book The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resourceIn his book The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resourcein 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resourcein the north, driven by climate change, shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resources.

If your principal starts to wane, you may be forced to return to work when you're in worse physical or mental shape, which will make your retirement years anything but pleasant.

The plasma is simultaneously pushed inside the sphere at opposite ends where it is molded by magnetic fields into a donut shape and forced to meet in the middle.

Summary: «A sitcom following the lives of a group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.»

«The deal represents a sudden and stunning turn of events for The Post, Washington's leading newspaper for decades and a powerful force in shaping the nation's politics and policy,» Washington Post reporter Paul Farhi wrote on WashingtonPost.com today.

In fact, he said, plotting women's labor force participation in the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agIn fact, he said, plotting women's labor force participation in the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin the country against an age range produced an M - shaped line — where participation rose when women were in their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin their early - 20s, it declined between late - 20s and the 30s, rose again in the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement agin the 40s when they returned to the workforce and then fell at retirement age.

This is partly because there are other forces that are likely to be more important in shaping the next chapter of the Australian economy.

As we have said in past commentaries, the historic levels of quantitative easing following the global financial crisis — that is the expansion of the Fed's balance sheet from around $ 900 billion to nearly $ 4.5 trillion today — was one of the most dominant market - shaping forces over the last decade.

In it, Janse describes 5 broad forces shaping the world's economies and economic order.

If the Canadian government begins FTA negotiations with China, it needs to take into account not only the political, economic, and social forces that are transforming the world we live in today, but also those that will shape the world we will live in tomorrow.

As I've noted before, the greatest act of respect for American troops would be for the Bush Administration to extract the U.S. from the role of occupier and to legitimize its role as peacekeeper; to abandon the objective of unilaterally shaping Iraq, shift enforcement to a wider force of NATO troops, and expand the role of the United Nations in civil matters.

He believes that an exception can be made in every case, so that the principle will be preserved even as it loses all force — as if faith need not shape practice, and practice would not remake faith.

By no means did this focus lead to smooth sailing during Morrison's first years in his new job; indeed, he was forced by the situation within his own denomination to alter his editorial philosophy — a development that eventually shaped the magazine's identity as a meeting ground and debating platform for controversial and opposing viewpoints.

The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

According to one of his analogies: just as the sequence of letters on a page is extraneous to the chemistry of ink and paper, so the sequence of nucleic acids in the DNA molecule (which, when translated, determines the shape of an organism and its specific characteristics) is extraneous to the chemical forces operative in the genetic process.

Because the Bible is the most effective force in history for lifting women to higher levels of respect, dignity, and freedom, we join an historic succession of women whose Christian faith is forged from biblical truth and whose lives are shaped into Christ's image on the anvil of obedience.

But the self's vision of the promise of life is surrounded by an awareness of the many ways in which the future is being shaped by forces and circumstances that can neither be predicted nor controlled.

During the social and political turmoil of the centuries following Alexander's death — in which his empire was dismembered, the «members» seemed continuously to war with one another, and then were largely absorbed into Rome's growing empire — the practice of paideia continued to be the dominant force shaping the educated classes.

Because the odds of «dangerous» ideas espoused by a carpenter walking around, preaching in an occupied land peacefully overtaking the Roman Empire (the most powerful man - made force on the planet at the time) and shaping civilization, Western and beyond, are almost as remote as the odds of you forgoing your delusional confidence in your ability for rational thought or facts, giving him credit for being exactly who he said he was.

It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on evangelical social witness, annual conferences for pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.

As an existing force, these traditions, which have shaped the ethos of so much in the United States, have never been more than one tradition among many.

I want the Church to have a voice in shaping the emerging world consciousness and I suggest that the Church needs to change in several ways in order for it to be a vital force in influencing the shape of the future.

However,» caste is now seen as the major socio - economic formative force in shaping and understanding the history of Dalits.

We move quickly to arguments that express views that have been shaped by other forces and only subsequently grounded in theology.

It continues and gets worse when the reverse, the shaping of social factors, conditions, and orders by spiritual (religious) forces is overlooked or denied, as we find it in a legion of modern studies more or less dedicated to economic determinism.

To interpret this text as a historical vestige, moored in misguided hopes from Israel's past, is to misunderstand the canonical forces at work in shaping the prophetic tradition into a corpus of scripture directed to Israel's subsequent generations of faith.

To all who work in shaping public policy, the Pope directs a special plea to make a concern for the health of the family «the basis and driving force of all social policies.»

More significant, though, has been the continuing impact of Benedict XVI, who at the beatification Mass in September 2010 paid «particular tribute to [Newman's] vision for education, which has done so much to shape the ethos that is the driving force behind Catholic schools and colleges today.

We have to make our way through monstrous evil, and make endless concessions to what is actually there in the forces which shape our destiny.

Yes, there are natural forces that shape the earth and the environment we live in, and these can be dangerous for us.

Just as we depend for physical existence on the forces of the natural world, so to find meaning, fulfillment and purpose in life, we depend on the culture which continues to shape us, on what we receive from one another and on what we are able to give back in return.

We are not called as Christians to passively be shaped by the forces of this world, but to place ourselves in God's hands, knowing that he's shaping us through our circumstances to receive His fullness, freedom and joy.

In Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploIn Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the development and shaping of characters as well as plot.

wresting from it, by force of attraction, a long, cigar - shaped filament which in the course of time broke up into a string of separate globes.

The church itself, in its worldly shape, is an institution among others, subject like any other to social and political forces.

The unique confluence of forces and influences that impinge on those who engage deeply and well in pastoral work shapes them powerfully, fostering a set of sensibilities, virtues and skills that characteristically belongs to good pastors.

Newton maintains that the deformation in the shape of the surface of the water must be due to forces that give rise to accelerated motion relative to absolute space.

[vi] Thus Postman takes a middle way between the technophile and the technophobe in order to critically engage the introduction of new technologies into culture as each new technology has a profound shaping force on our conceptions of the real, truth, and rationality.

In the minds of many a successful ministry now entailed a study of society and of the social forces involved in the shaping of the life of the individual, an awareness of social evils as well as personal sins, and some knowledge of the means of «social salvation» as well as of individual redemptioIn the minds of many a successful ministry now entailed a study of society and of the social forces involved in the shaping of the life of the individual, an awareness of social evils as well as personal sins, and some knowledge of the means of «social salvation» as well as of individual redemptioin the shaping of the life of the individual, an awareness of social evils as well as personal sins, and some knowledge of the means of «social salvation» as well as of individual redemption.

To ring in the New Year, CNN's Belief Blog asked experts in religion, faith leaders, and a secular humanist about how the forces of faith and faithlessness will shape the world in 2012.

Why, as the white radiance comes through the dome, with all sorts of staining and distortion imprinted on it by the glass, or as the air now comes through my glottis determined and limited in its force and quality of its vibrations by the peculiarities of those vocal chords which form its gate of egress and shape it into my personal voice, even so the genuine matter of reality, the life of souls as it is in its fullness, will break through our several brains into this world in all sorts of restricted forms, and with all the imperfections and queernesses that characterize our finite individualities here below.

But it is this very invisible shaping force of technology that is revelatory and so, is in need of our critical engagement.