Sentences with phrase «use of fire as»

Dr. Nepstad says that landowners in the Amazon — especially those with fire - sensitive investments like orchards, intensive - cattle operations, and managed timber harvesting — are curtailing the use of fire as a land - management tool, reducing the incidence of fires that escape into neighboring forest areas.

Laura Kimpton's expressive and evocative sculptures embrace mythological influence, just as her use of fire as a key artistic element embraces the supernatural.

The story of Australia's Top End where the first Aboriginal people arrived, settled and perfected the use of fire as a means to manage the landscape.

Not exact matches

The operation to liberate the rest of the city is continuing slowly, as Iraqi forces have to deal with ISIS car bombs, sniper fire, and use of heavy weaponry.

Taiwan's defense ministry accused China of using «cheap verbal intimidation and saber rattling» to threaten them as China began a massive live - fire military drill in the Taiwan Strait, stoking tensions in the area.

Regardless, Laliberté has come a long way from his origins as a busker: He used to earn money juggling, fire eating and playing accordion on the streets of Quebec.

Whether or not their homes were among the 2,400 buildings that have burned, residents who had been laid off or whose business was slow prior to the fire are likely to use the evacuation as their cue to start fresh somewhere else, says Joseph Doucet, dean of the University of Alberta School of Business.

I asked many of these CEOs: did you just use that as an excuse to fire people, and they would wink and say, «let's just leave it at that.»

JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) use it as a kind of mailing list; presidential candidates use it to contact supporters; the Los Angeles fire department uses it as a de facto emergency broadcast system.

The shooter, whom police have identified as 64 - year - old Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, using the elevated vantage point to fire into the crowds across the Las Vegas Strip at the Route 91 Harvest festival.

Putin claimed that while the Syrian regime was «fully abiding» by the cease - fire, rebel groups (some of which the US backs) were using it merely as an opportunity to regroup, and he accused Washington of being more concerned with retaining its military capacity in the area than with trying to weed out the extremist rebel groups from the more «moderate» ones.

A Virginia - based defense firm known as Artis, developer of the Iron Curtain APS system, uses two independent sensors, radar and optical, along with high - speed computing and counter munitions to detect and intercept approaching fire, according to multiple reports.

A brigade's worth of tanks used Trophy to destroy approaching enemy fire such as RPGs in a high - clutter urban environment, he added.

The idea is to arm armored combat vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles with additional protective technology to secure platforms and soldiers from enemy fire; vehicles slated for use of APS systems are infantry fighting vehicles such as Bradleys along with Stykers, Abrams tanks and even tactical vehicles such as transport trucks and the emerging Humvee replacement, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

As such, Carrier can now use that $ 7 million to upgrade the plant, allowing it to fire all but a handful of those workers that Mr. Trump claimed he «saved.»

Lencioni implores business owners to use their values as hiring, promoting and firing criteria: «Your goal should be that 100 percent of your people embody the one or two values that make your company truly special.»

the preservation among the Jews of «the «haggling» habit which most of the Western world has outgrown,» «the use of shoddy or poor materials,» the fact that «Jews are considered by certain leading insurance companies as a poor fire risk,» etc..

As we age, that part of our frontal lobe fires less surely, impeded by another part of the brain responsible for what scientists call the «default mode,» which we use to daydream.

Not all of those retailers are employing the same social media strategy that RadioShack is using as it announced a fire sale.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

Finally, I think with Tesla firing up its Nevada - based Gigafactory, investors would be prudent to keep their eyes on aluminum, cobalt, nickel and especially copper, as electric vehicles use around three times as much of the red metal as conventional vehicles.

Among other things, it has been criticized as a scam — based on economic assumptions that are described as «laughable» — and has come under fire from the U.S. Senate for the ease with which drug dealers and other subversive elements can make use of it.

Crooks who use accounting fraud — such as the fraud that led to the firing of Maurice Greenberg at A.I.G. and his counterparts at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other companies engaging in Enron - type accounting.

Aberdeen's Wolf said Chinese authorities could make life difficult for American companies operating on its turf by using selective enforcement of regulations, such as fire codes and food safety, as a means to shutter parts of their operations.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

From his perch on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, the gunman, who was identified by the police as Stephen Paddock, used rapid - fire weapons to shoot at concertgoers at a music festival.

A fun thing to do is to search the presentation for the word «leaned,» which Valeant uses as a transitive verb meaning «fired a bunch of people in.»

The people who resisted the Civil Rights movement in the south, many of whom used religious arguments, people who classified Blacks as animals, were degraded and debased by their own actions: turning fire hoses on children, setting dogs on peaceful marchers, lynching, firebombing churches...

I don't know what sorts of «punishment» God might have in store for people after death, but again, using Jesus as the guiding principle, I highly doubt that God is going to torture people for all eternity by burning them in fire.

Darryl like you i also know that without him i can do nothing i am weak but in him we are overcomers its a good place to be dependent on him he can use us when we are in that place i believe God has plans for you that is why the enemy is playing mind games i had a season of that he does nt bother me now as i fire scripture back at him.Like greater is the lord in me than he that is in the world.Sin shall not have dominion over me.In my weakness i am strong in Christ.Weakness is not an excuse to give in or give up its our opportunity to trust God and walk in his strength and power.You are a mighty man of God you tell the devil to flee in Jesus name and he will.

Sometimes I want to throw up when I hear John 3:16 because of its haunting memories of being used as a sledgehammer, fire insurance contract, etc..

See Professor JD Crossan's book, In Search of Paul, p. 401 for a good review of the history of his ma - rtyrdom i.e. Paul (as was Peter) was rounded up along with many Christians in Ne - ro's purge of the c - ult using the great fire of Rome as the pretext for the exec - utions.

1) Eternal fire (Psalm 11:6, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 18:7 - 9, Matthew 25:41, Jude 7) Isaiah 30:30,33 — Isaiah speaks of Topheth in the valley of Hinnom, where before it became Gehenna — the burning trash dump outside Jerusalem — it was the place of pagan worship where people burned alive their own children to their false god, Molech (2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 19:2 - 6) and God uses this as an illustration of a place where God will burn alive the unrighteous

Therefore, when the young die I am reminded of a strong flame extinguished by a torrent; but when old men die it is as if a fire had gone out without the use of force and of its own accord, after the fuel had been consumed...

What does it matter when we die what is important is what we do with our life now.The struggles people find themselves is because of living a sinful lifestyle you cant play with fire and not get burnt there are consequences.Jesus wants to bring forgiveness and healing and remove the guilt and shame that you are feeling.Ive have been there i was just as guilty i do nt believe theres a big screen that replays our life if it is it, it will be about what we have done for God as our sins are covered under the blood of Jesus.The judgement for christians is that we must give an account of what we did for Jesus while we were here did we make the most of opportunities given to tell others to reach out others with his love.Mat 25:14 - 30 the Parable of the talents talks about judgement and for me it is all about what we do for Jesus the ones who are faithfull in the small things are set over much.The one who did nt use his talent that God gave him was punished for his lack of faith.So for those who are struggling with sin and life Jesus loves you and has a plan for your life just trust him to help you and he will.To be fair its wont be easy you will have to make some hard choices but he promises to help you through its all about choosing him over choosing what we think best because he knows whats best for us.Its important the choice you make as it will impact your life for eternity.brentnz

Roger writes: «Feminism is ascendant, from Susan Brownmiller («Man's discovery that his genitalia could serve as a weapon to generate fear must rank as one of the most important discoveries of prehistoric times, along with the use of fire and the first crude stone axe») to Germaine Greer («Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caress of a subhumanly ugly mate?»).

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

Meanwhile, all 95 samples of potentially flammable cladding from tower blocks in England have failed fire safety tests, cabinet was informed, as the Prime Minister has said a major national investigation must take place into use of the material.

Brief examples of phrases used by the Adhvaryu are as follows: When a piece of wood with which the sacred fire is to be kindled is dedicated, this formula is recited: «This, Agni, is thy igniter; through it mayst thou grow and thrive.

Using different words, the author of the Johannine Apocalypse also regards death as the last enemy, when he describes how at the end death will be cast into the lake of fire (20:14).

People acting as if non-violence is not an answer — but I am not saying we don't get involved — let's not pass into the idea of how much violence we will use — because that's dangerous «evil» territory — allow a little in and soon we are talking about how much gunshots fired into a person is «normal»?

If all the comments on belief blog were a cartoon there would be a Scotsman (not a true one), there would be a straw man on fire, and there would be Hitler (for the Hitler card) and the three of them would be used as tennis balls being batted back and forth between the opposing sides.

I also used 2 cans of diced fire roasted tomatoes, as it is indeed very thick as described.

Now they enjoy cooking with the chiles, but no longer run the risk of setting their guests on fire by using them as a garnish!

The large fruit was used throughout history in the US, with Native Americans drying strips of it and weaving them into mats, as well as roasting strips on an open fire and eating them.

Throw back a shot, add a dash of the cider to hot water or even use it in cocktails, just as you would a shrub (hello, Fire Cidercar).

1) Peel the grapefruit, and remove as much of the white pith from both the flesh and the peel 2) Using the peel of one grapefruit, slice into strips as thin as you possibly can 3) Roughly chop up the grapefruit flesh into small pieces and put the pieces in a bowl 4) Pour sugar over the chopped up grapefruit and mix sugar with the fruit 5) Allow grapefruit - sugar mixture to rest for about 30 minutes 6) After 30 minutes, pour the grapefruit - sugar mixture into a large pot, add in the sliced peel, and squeeze in the lemon juice 7) Heat over low fire, stirring every few minutes for around one hour to ensure it does not stick to the bottom of the pot 8) Once marmalade reaches the desired consistency, remove from fire and pour straight away into sterilized jars, capping them immediately 9) Allow the grapefruit marmalade to cool before serving with toast or crackers

Up until now, my few grill - related posts have involved either having someone else do the work for me, or use of a less intimidating indoor grill that works okay, but never gets the food quite as good as it would've been had it cooked over a fire outdoors.

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After all, you've already fired up the grill; you might as well use all of it!