Sentences with phrase «small the act seems»

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Although reaching ADA compliance may sometimes seem like a pain for small business owners and entrepreneurs, the act serves an important purpose in safeguarding a vulnerable population.

Tarullo, the former Fed governor, said in November that «the fact that community banks are subject at all to some of the Dodd - Frank Act rules seems unnecessary to protect safety and soundness, and quite burdensome on the very limited compliance capabilities of these small banks.»

In fact, part of why I like the state crowdfunding alternatives (alternatives to JOBS Act Title III) is that they seem to take more of the approach that people want to back small companies for reasons that are as compelling or more compelling than the prospect of financial return.

These acts may seem small and limited, against a global background of persecution and terror, but every act of kindness and mercy, practiced on a wide scale, by ordinary believers, would be significant.

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Yet with our understanding of the way that life is involved with life, of the manner in which self and society are bound together, of the way in which small groups within a nation act for the whole, it seems that we must move toward a conception similar to the Hebraic and medieval one.

The next natural step in teaching him to act like a small human seemed to be moving him from his high chair to the table with us.

WASHINGTON — It seems it will take an act of Congress to settle a four - year - old dispute between the smallest park district in Illinois and the National Park Service.

While Thursday's gathering was decidedly smaller than the epic concert, it seemed to generate no less a fraternal spirit as Dolan, who was joined by Catholic Charities» Executive Director Monsignor Kevin Sullivan and other members of the organization, spoke emphatically of their backing of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act.

«Mr. McManu seems to see John Boadu as a small boy; someone whom he had towered high above when he was Chairman hence he has refused to recognize the authority of Mr. Boadu as the Acting General Secretary; this is creating tension in the party and affecting the campaign,» our source at the NPP headquarters revealed.

This seems to be due to the presence of abundant, small - bodied wild carnivores that act as an alternative reservoir of infection, and a source of canine distemper for endangered species.

In view of the ongoing destruction caused by rampant deforestation, the introduction of alien species and climate change — to name but a few of the forces we are unleashing on the planet — the idea that we might deny future generations the opportunity to perform a small act of creation through cloning seems woefully short - sighted.

Larger doses of the drug act faster and seem to have a stronger effect than do smaller doses, the researchers found.

«These may seem like small acts, but when compounded across millions of people, they are powerful,» he says.

These may seem like simple things, but in today's climate, they are bold statements, and small revolutionary acts.

Sure, it's a small, indie type film, but the action seems so over drawn and drawn out that you wonder how it would present over two or three acts.

You will find some minor problems such as voice acting doesn't seem to be good and some small typos in the text.

Sofia Coppola's exquisite second feature is filled with these kinds of small, beautifully acted scenes that, when taken together, paint a rich portrait of two like - minded souls who take solace in each other when the rest of their lives seem to be spinning out of control.

Despite her seeming reticence, the film becomes a kind of double act between her and Salim, filmmaker to filmmaker, as they and his band of Merry Men take a small UN jet to a mountainous region to shoot what appears to be his own fictionalised bio-pic.

An engagingly rambling film, it seemed content to spend time with its two eccentric characters, Curly Mario, a small time hustler trying to make a living touring bizarre variety acts to back country villages, and «Charlie Bronson», a handsome but slow - witted young man whom he takes on when Mario sees he may be a viable meal ticket for him.

It also should suffer far less scrutiny than a theatrical release would demand, as what would be too manipulative and predictable to justify spending money for on the big screen seems like a well - acted and somewhat touching romance when looking at it on the small screen, provided you're into that sort of thing.

It seems simple, but remembering these small, constant acts of respect at 4 p.m. after a long school day wasn't easy.

I've been amazed that reviewers (professional and pro-am) have seemed to find something that I didn't when I was busy writing it... that acting small, treating people like people, changing like an individual, not an organization... these are attributes that are essential now, and they're on every page of the book.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

When turned on, the visitor becomes a witness of the robbery that is taking place right in front of his eyes: all birds have multi-coloured little pills in their beaks which they are about to steal — they are all feathered thieves caught in the act: there is a parade of six seemingly dancing smaller birds that appear to be surprised by their discovery and that seem to run away from the crime scene; a big blue pelican strides away gingerly with his loot in his beak whereas a dark brownish owl seems to pause and reconsider her deed; a bright red and orange bird on one leg almost falls off the table while trying to escape the crime scene... Their facial expressions are manifold but their actions are always the same: to flee their discovery and the nosy glance of the beholder and to leave their sites of crime behind.

While these percentage differences may seem small, the difference of 0.3 percentage points between ACT Map and BLUE Map results in 1,544 Mtoe of additional final energy savings in 2050, 20 % of total world final energy use today.

Here's the gist of both arguments: Even a Small Step Forward is Still a Step in the Right Direction Everyone seems to be releasing their pre-vote congratulatory, get out the vote, we have to act now statements, including President Obama.

Disclaimer: those who actually read the thing (which seems to be a small minority, judging from my in - box) will see that I'm acknowledged, which is due to having acted as a reviewer.

While a jump of five places may seem like a small step, West Virginia Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher rightly praises it as the «kind of incremental progress that shows the business community we are starting to get our act together in the Mountain State.»

So it seems that while little everyday compassionate acts are important, taking the time to highlight each other's» small contributions is just as important for overall relationship satisfaction.