Sentences with phrase «surprised by the realities»

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You might be surprised that this point is only listed at number four on the list, but it is important to recognize the reality that any business is driven and guided by the financial results.

The sad reality is that very few institutional investors have this freedom *, which is why we shouldn't be surprised by the poor track record of most actively managed investment strategies.

It should not be surprising then that Whitehead thought of God as a single actual entity immune to the possibility of loss.59 At least William Christian sees this as the proper Whiteheadian view.60 Nevertheless, Christian's position is challenged by Ivor Leclerc, who argues, in agreement with Hartshorne, that Christian's conclusion is incompatible with the categoreal scheme elaborated in chapter two of Process and Reality.61 Here, according to Leclerc, Whitehead «makes clear» that the category of «subjective perishing» is «necessarily applicable to every actual entity whatever, including God.»

The fact that he was surprised by his loss of religious employment bears witness to how out of touch with reality his years as a pastor have made him.

Resurrection surprises by being in excess in comparison to the reality forsaken by God.

If there is any aspect of reality which by definition is surprising, extravagant, and purely gracious, the three notes we have observed in revelation, it would understandably elude the net of critical thinking.

In the work of this uncompromising thinker, who is also in his own way a believer, we may find important clues to unraveling the conundrums of contemporary consciousness, and particularly to understanding how people today may be «called again» by texts which, to their surprise, summon them to reckon with realities whose existence they had forgotten.

Not surprised by your comment, Considering the fact some of us don't even bother to find out what was said in reality.

As the old saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder so it will come as no surprise that by the time he is fit and able to return, Gooners will expect him to be the returning messiah but in reality when he eventually returns there is a high probability that he may not be the same player and may in fact be disappointing.

The sad reality, as I explain in detail in my article, is that NOCSAE, by its own admission, is as concerned with the liability of helmet manufacturers as it is with player safety, not surprising given the super-heated legal environment in which they now operate.

I wasn't surprised by LAUSD's decision — reality shows need drama, and LAUSD no doubt suspected it would be portrayed in an unflattering light, just as many felt the Huntington, West Virginia «lunch ladies» in season one were unfairly cast as villains for merely serving menus dictated by others.

Though pregnant women are all obviously aware that labor and delivery are eventual, the feelings that come with the reality of «the big day» can take many by surprise.

On President Buhari's reported comment that the Ekiti 2014 governorship election was characterized by «hanky panky», Fayose said he was not surprised at all because he (Buhari) is no longer in touch with realities.

For example, don't be surprised by the high density of mobile phones and mobile commerce applications or by the fact that electronic road pricing and GPS - guided taxi booking have been a reality here for several years.

«I wasn't surprised by the results, because transgender youth experience worse things across the board, but it was surprising to find that this is a reality in Vermont, particularly given all the work that's been done here.»

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

In reality, I wasn't surprised by the cakey texture.

She advises women to involve themselves in this realm of domestic life from the outset so they're not blindsided by surprising or complicated financial realities down the line.

Stiller's cancelled sketch shows betray a mastery of aesthetic parody, so it's no surprise that the best parts of Reality Bites tend to zero in on a target, usually some facet of MTV programming; the closing credits of the film are interrupted by a burlesque of the typical Troy - Laney interaction that divines, with formidable accuracy, the network's fate as the Squaresville home of ostensibly trendsetting fare like «My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star» and a deplorable modernization of Wuthering Heights.

The reality star has the effortless ability to go from high street to designer, so it came as no surprise she opted for custom couture for the BAFTA Awards, as styled by Ellis Ranson.

While Black Swan Events must be a surprise by definition, based on recent history, I think there are several possible events that «experts» have disregarded as not being able to happen, that in reality, could very easily happen in the next decade.

With the announcement of the Cross Assault reality show by Capcom (featuring our IPW and Team Spooky helping on the technical side) making waves, it's no surprise that Gootecks and Mike Ross talk about it in this latest episode of Cross Counter.

I wasn't surprised to read about VR sickness being reported by many after playing RE7 VR; it seems they haven't reworked the control scheme to account for virtual reality and they - or rather players of the demo — paid the price.

It's the first - ever outdoor Experiment, and we've got it all: cartoons curated by Hooliganship, a giant game of Twister, multimedia artists the Video Hippos, Master of Ceremonies Jimmy Joe Roche, Wham City's «Ultimate Reality,» and a surprise guest who'll get you to dust off those old moves.»

The exhibition includes some innovative communication devices, such as the low - fi augmented reality «stereo - visors» which provide surprising views superimposed to the model of A Liminal Blur, the project by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects for Mexican town, and the Microsoft HoloLens VR headsets through which the visitors can get an in - depth conceptual preview of the Center for Fulfillment, Knowledge, and Innovation conceived by Greg Lynn.

The need for prompt (urgent) action implied by these realities may not be a surprise to the relevant scientific community, because paleoclimate data revealed high climate sensitivity and the dominance of amplifying feedbacks.

It is not particularly surprising that they could not find one to argue against the reality of carbon emissions - driven global warming, but it still seems a bit of an unfair difference in stature to have the position backed up by corporate - sponsored pseudoscience be represented by a member of Congress, against a man known primarily for shouting «science!»

If the model is correct, then the probability of getting «reality» given the model is — eyeballing the data only, sadly, easily less than 0.01, and I wouldn't be surprised if the failure is 3 \ sigma by the end, less than 0.001.

By biasing the signal corrrelation upward you appear to strengthen the evidence in favor of the hypothesis, when in reality all you are doing is delaying the cost that ultimately must be paid, sooner or later, when subsequent samples exhibit surprising «divergence».

This is no surprise due to the breathtaking design by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852 - 1926), and the current designers and architects who work on making his plans reality, using the latest technologies such as LED lighting.

Clients promise anything up front in order to get legal representation, but the reality of legal costs takes them by surprise.

Back in 2015, when the the world was just beginning to pay serious attention to virtual reality, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing HoloLens.

I was most surprised by the actual experience of using this Mixed Reality headset.

Young females starting out in their career should not be surprised by the fact that, in certain situations, they are going to work twice as hard as others and that is just a reality of the world.

Yet if you haven't researched your new town or prospective home, the reality could take you by surprise — maybe...