Sentences with phrase «shocked by this response»

Fink brought 50 copies of the book with her to the festival, as well as samples of one of the most popular recipes — peanut butter bars topped with almond, rather than chocolate — and was shocked by the response.

Many of the delegates were shocked by this response.

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In response to a question about whether a rate cut amounted to pouring gasoline on the overheated housing market, Poloz said «We admit that these conditions are likely to cause financial imbalances,» in some cases, but that the Bank's primary goal is to ameliorate the «financial shock» to the economy caused by the drop in oil prices.

The president's credibility has also been tainted by her sometimes erratic response to the shocking death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman as he was investigating an alleged cover - up deal between her government and Iran to shield the Islamic Republic from prosecution in the 1994 bombing of Jewish center.

Eggertsson was shocked by the huge response: «I did expect a reaction, but nothing like this.»

The other heroic assumption made by standard models is that the central bank responds instantly a shock hits, and the economy responds instantly to the central bank's response.

I sense bias in the comment by the way, like the author (s) felt it was a bubble and were shocked the responses were so low.

He was so shocked by the grim sexual details, and the fact that he had never heard them before, that he decided then and there to read the entire book and blog his responses to it.

The bestselling author said she still loves the readers «who are angry or shocked or confused» by her news, and reminded followers on both sides of the issue that the LGBT community is paying attention to their response.

«I can't remember my responses but I wasn't shocked by the conversation, because I had been forewarned by other pupils that this was what was likely to happen.»

I'll admit my first response was not my best, I was a tad shell shocked by the extent of your response to a simple question.

When I tried to cuddle, touch, kiss or even talk to her the heart breaking responses I would get were like an electric shock to the heart, what are you doing, why are you doing that, stop it, don't and the list went on again on till she was in the mood but by now I had, had enough.

While there has been no official response to the rally given by the administration (what a shock... really, my mouth is agape.

Judging by the responses to Jennifer Gauvain's Huffington Post column «The Shocking Truth for Thirty Percent of Divorced Women,» a lot of women «dated and eventually married the wrong guys.»

But in an on - stage interview with the women's magazine Brigitte on 26 June, she shocked the German media by saying, in response to an audience member's question, that she had noted other parties» support for gay marriage, and would allow a free vote at an unspecified time in the future.

UPDATE: Doheny released a statement in response to Stefanik's endorsement by the Conservatives, calling it a «shocking» move by party officials that ignores the will of rank - and - file members who signed his nominating petitions and backed him two years ago.

Rats freeze (a classic stress response) for about 15 minutes when zapped by three low - intensity electric shocks — «the equivalent of touching a light socket and getting a zing,» says Vaishali Bakshi, a postdoctoral fellow at the institute.

Toxic shock syndrome is a life - threatening inflammatory response brought on by exposure to bacterial superantigens, which are toxins harbored and secreted by certain common bacteria, namely Staphylococcus («staph») and Streptococcus («strep») bacteria.

The study, titled «Subset of heat - shock transcription factors required for the early response of Arabidopsis to excess light,» was led by researchers from Dartmouth, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Australian National University.

Counterintuitively, it is not the bacteria or its toxins that make toxic shock fatal, but rather the overzealous inflammatory response triggered and perpetuated by the immune system.

Several previous studies have explored whether drugs can shock cells that are infected with latent HIV to make new viruses, setting them up for the kill by the natural immune response.

Although it is clear that rhesus monkeys can learn to avoid shock by attending to a facial expression, we don't know if this response is motivated by empathy, and empathy is necessary for altruism.

Because shock trials were presented randomly, and neither animal could hear the other, there was no way to predict the timing of a response except by using the receiver's image in the monitor.

However, by determining that protein translation is intimately connected to HSF1 activity, Whitehead scientists may have identified an approach to controlling cancer cells» overactive heat shock response.

Long associated with enabling the proliferation of cancer cells, the ancient cellular survival response regulated by Heat - Shock Factor 1 (HSF1) can also turn neighboring cells in their environment into co-conspirators that support malignant progression and metastasis.

Classical conditioning is a learning process that occurs both in animals and humans alike when two stimuli are repeatedly paired (such as the bell ringing and the feeding, or a particular behavior and the electric shock), so that the response originally elicited by the second stimulus (the secretion of saliva that originally occurs in the presence of food or the unpleasant sensation that follows an electric shock) is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone (meaning that after a number of repetitions, the sound of the bell is enough to make the dog salivate like it does in the presence of food and the engagement in unwanted behavior is enough to make you feel the same discomfort an electric shock would cause).

Joan's rape by Greg was shocking, as was the audience response, Hendricks says.

The other man, «Teacher,» will monitor the responses given by Learner (who's out of sight) and, when he gives wrong answers, give him a series of increasingly strong electric shocks.

Beneath the Velar's pretty skin is a modified version of the Jaguar F - Pace's mostly aluminum chassis that's been reinforced for off - road competence and is further bolstered by Land Rover's Terrain Response 2 system, which orchestrates goodies like an active rear locking differential, low traction launch system, hill descent control, and an available air suspension with adaptive shocks (standard on V - 6 models)-- all of which work in conjunction with stability control.

The ride, aided by those optional magnetic shocks, is firm without being overly so, and in any case a simple toggle of Drive Select allows tailoring the suspension response (along with the throttle, steering, and exhaust) from Dynamic into Comfort, Individual, or Auto modes.

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The suspension also utilizes a new shock absorber design by ZF SACHS, similar to that used on high - end luxury sedans, to deliver stellar body control and response, while simultaneously delivering a plush, comfortable ride.

It uses shocks controlled by advanced magneto - rheological technology, rather than mechanical valves, to greatly accelerate response time and precision.

We are able to change the focus of the suspension from a comfort - biased ride to one which offers more dynamic responses, by placing the electronically adjustable shock absorbers in either Sport or Sport + modes (adjusted via the Drive Mode Selector), providing firmer damping control for more agile handling.

Chassis improvements come in the form of additional body bracing that ups torsional rigidity by 12 percent, updated shock absorbers and springs, firmer suspension bushings, thicker rear antiroll bar, retuned steering system for a more direct response and upsized brakes all around.

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It uses shocks controlled by electro - magnets, rather than mechanical valves, greatly accelerating response time.

This week, he continues his responses to fan questions about his other X-Book, «All - New X-Men,» which features the original five X-Men transported through time to the present and trained by Kitty Pryde as they adjust to the shocking events of the last fifty years of continuity.

We continue to be shocked and frustrated by the complete lack of response from Northstar Neuroscience, Inc. (the «Company» or «Northstar») to the several options it has to preserve and return value to its stockholders.

Sasha Edwards, the program's Lead Volunteer, was shocked by the community response when her first patient was due to be returned to his habitat.

Anaphylactic shock is a sudden, life - threatening allergic reaction triggered by the dog's immune system as a response to some portion of the vaccine.

He summed up his response: «By 1953 my pictures appeared to have reached a stage of total abstraction and I was one of that very small band of British abstract artists much ridiculed by our critics... American art had not yet crossed the Atlantic... The experience was a surprise and a shocBy 1953 my pictures appeared to have reached a stage of total abstraction and I was one of that very small band of British abstract artists much ridiculed by our critics... American art had not yet crossed the Atlantic... The experience was a surprise and a shocby our critics... American art had not yet crossed the Atlantic... The experience was a surprise and a shock.

The picture shocks by its literalness and raises two sorts of questions: what happened after Lutz took the picture, and whether it should inflect our response to staged pictures such as Jeff Wall's «Dead Troops Talk...» (1992) and «Night» (2001).

The term Energiewende was coined three decades ago, in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s, by Öko - Institut, an ecological think tank that defined the transition as «growth and prosperity without oil or uranium.»

1975: Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (NHTSA) Intended to reduce energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks in response to the oil embargo and resulting price shocks in the early 1970s.

Cointelegraph spoke to Eric Gu, the founder of ViewFin, the team behind Metaverse Blockchain in China, about the challenges caused by the China regulators» shocking actions, the role of geopolitics, further plans of officials and what the Chinese Blockchain - based businesses are planning to do in response.