Sentences with phrase «various other attempts»

One Ripple executive reportedly offered a $ 1 million cash payment to Gemini to list XRP, which preceded various other attempts to persuade the Winklevoss twins» cryptocurrency exchange to list the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization — including offering to pay rebates and cover associated costs.

At least, much better than the likes of the mediocre Nintendo 64 installments and various other attempts made to bring the series into 3D before, and it sort of reminds me of Mario 3D Land gameplay style wise.

We're almost considering just doing it all in HTML (of course, printing to CutePDF for the release version — which is how we would have packaged the product from our various other attempts).

Not exact matches

Senators failed spectacularly at a February attempt to resolve the Dreamers» fate, voting down four different deals that would exchange their protection with various other immigration - related measures, such as Trump's border wall and certain restrictions to legal immigration.

She may not have been indoctrinated / brainwashed by someone within her household, but she didn't form these beliefs about Christianity in a vacuum where no one around her was attempting to convince her to believe, and she was just studying various religious texts until she happened on the bible and other apologetics.

13) Consider some other establishers of the Rock Fame pattern: rock's more artistic potentialties were encouraged by Dylan's example, and he accepted for a few years that his becoming famous was a necessary aspect of his art's attempt, as the various hype - sters put it, «to speak to and for his generation.»

Others eliminate the force of the difference, but not the difference itself, by making various distinctions, for example, between the historical «accidents» and the eternal «essence» (as in Harnack), or between the familiar present worldview, which is normative, and the strange, alien past one, which is not (as in J. Weiss and Schweitzer), or between what a text «says» and what it «means» (as in Bultmann, whose approach attempts to resolve the tensions involved in the former two enterprises).

and found that «though various attempts have been made to combine the elements in differing proportions (RF9U4, RF4U7) or to concentrate on one or two of the elements, washing the others out, discomfiture has been the recent lot of Disciples as the tradition simmered in uneasy flux» («Formula in Flux: Reformation for the Disciples of Christ,» The Christian Century, September 25, 1963, p. 1163).

However various were the attempts to speak about him and his achievement, the essential assertion was that in the event of Jesus Christ, they were sure there had been a decisive and focal disclosure of the divine reality known to the Jews as Jahweh and to others under various more Greek and hence more philosophical terms.

[16] This was a sincere and open attempt to set out not only the theological understanding of that which divided various traditions, one from the other, but also to suggest theological and practical guidelines toward overcoming such divisions.

Others, including Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput, have already noted that in the 1980s, abortion advocates attempted to silence various pro-life groups using RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

However, as in the seventeenth century the various later theories were not produced independently of each other but came to be developed by working through, and in divergence from, the first great attempt at a philosophical structure built upon a profound insight into the problems at issue, namely, that of Descartes, so in our time the new efforts which are required in the philosophy of nature will need to come to terms with the pioneering work of Whitehead.

Having grown up in Christianity and experiencing firsthand some of its various iterations, i.e., Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist, and spending the effort reading up on others in an attempt to comprehend their core logic, it became apparent to even me, a young and knowledge - seeking individual, that religion is nothing more than a man - made concept — whatever flavor you subscribe to.

Therefore in our various attempts to implement our universalistic beliefs we can only try to play our relations with others by ear.

Feminism is the only place I see any acknowledgement of the intersectionality of the various social justice fronts and the also the only place I have seen any decent attempt to address that intersectionality and incorporate the voices and knowledge of others.

On the other hand, there are the «attachment parents» who respond immediately to their crying babies and attempt to soothe them using various methods including holding and cuddling.

But regardless of the platforms» various attempts to imitate each other, at the end of the day it's still up to us — as the strategists and content creators — to identify each platform's strengths and core audiences and use the ones that best help us accomplish our goals.

Other «highlights» would include Dave's impersonation of Flashman at PMQs, Nick's various attempts to be his own man, Gordo's raging bull moment over hacking and Wonder Wendi decking that guy with the pie.

The group filing this lawsuit, in fact, cooperated with NOM and other groups in attempting to bribe various Senators into voting against equality.

Bank of Ghana after noticing the so called irregularities in the operations of these institutions and knowing very well that customers of these institutions were not from Cambodia but rather Ghanaians whom they own an outstanding responsibility of offering financial security and protect their intetest should have thought about rolling out measures which would refund the various investments but because we live Ghana, our those wielding power can abuse it and exercise foul discretions without penalization, they rather decided to muddy the whole case in a deliberate attempt to deny or make refund impossible, a true Ghanaian way of seeking the fall of others.

Lewis and other scientists have experimented with creating protective coatings for the electrodes, but all previous attempts have failed for various reasons.

This guy's info found me to dig into the net to find connections with five different countries plus various states in the U.S. and it all was discovered just before the breaking news of Paris bombings and other attempts in Lebanon and Turkey this weekend.

The film's uncomplicated plotting allows plenty of space for goofy little throwaway gags — like a running joke about the young McGregor's feeble attempts at birdwatching — that other films might have cut to make way for various subplots or emotional character moments.

Others have felt disengaged with the material, calling it a messy attempt to reconcile these various ideas in a tonally misshapen stew.

The adaptation has been in various stages of development for nearly ten years, and brave is the production team attempting to corral King's parallel universes, skipping timelines and characters drawn heavily from King's other novels... including, at one point, King himself.

VAM is an incomprehensible formula, at least to those who don't have a Ph.D. in advanced statistics, which attempts to predict how a teacher's students will score in the future by using past test scores and other various assumptions — and then compares that prediction to actual results.

One of the first things you notice after spending some time with the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is that the hardware feels quite solid; it's durable, yet not too heavy at 5.68 ounces — about an ounce more than both RIM's BlackBerry Bolds 9000 and 9650; the slider mechanism is smooth and there's very little horizontal - «give» while open vertically, which typically bodes well for its durability over time; the battery cover sits snuggly in place, even if you attempt to wiggle it around; and there's little - or - no squeaking or «creaking» if you squeeze and / or press various sections of the device, which hasn't necessarily been the case with other recent BlackBerry devices — expect for the top panel and trackpad, but I'll get to that in the next section.

Various other PC makers have attempted convertible laptop / tablet hybrids, with Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix arguably offering the best form factor.

Our plans for the winter quarter include working with Jordan Matyas, Illinois State Director of the HSUS, on various legislative initiatives including an attempt to get attending a dogfight in Illinois a felony offense (bringing Illinois in line with other Midwestern states).

I also sat down with Guardians from Squid Punch, a top - down arena - battler where you and three other people are given the chance to first lay down a few traps in the small arena before then spawning in and attempting to murder everyone, usually by pushing them into the various traps.

Cabela's African Adventure (PS4 / XB1): With vast hunting areas 5x the size of any other Cabela's game, take on large heard of stampeding buffalo, packs of predators, and explore the wilderness of Africa on foot or by vehicle, as you attempt to take down the «Big 5» across various biomes.

The love of 16 - bit gaming also came through in the various musical tracks throughout the game, but almost every other attempt at any level would see the audio track drop out completely.

The game attempts to keep things interesting by adding mechanics to the mix, like fruits that split or must be sliced various times and objects that must be collected in order to appease some foodimals, but even those either come in too late in the game's campaign to make a difference or serve no purpose whatsoever other than to force you to replay levels in order to unlock useless stuff.

However, in spite of Toad's different attempts at protecting her during the various issues, Peach still manages to get kidnapped by Bowser frequently due to the certain small flaws in the plans that Toad and the other guards create while guarding Peach.

The games are fun to play as we attempt to battle it out as Mario characters and other wacky skins across various terrains such as a forest or the nether.

Much like a certain other JRPG, Blue Reflection attempts to have you spend each day socialising with various characters, but the rate at which they're introduced makes it difficult to really commit to the idea at all.

A truly revolutionary MMORPG (massively multiplayer role - playing game), City of Heroes gave players the chance to create their own super heroes then team up with other participant to explore Paragon City and attempt various villain - smashing missions.

Puzzles involving various artifacts other than keys are introduced probably in an attempt to alleviate this repetition, but the end result is debatable.

His work is about the business of looking, whether he's painting dense Caribbean forests in layers of dripping paint (recalling his multi-million selling near - contemporary Peter Doig), or the Birmingham parks where he played as a child, (his various attempts to paint the scene over-layering each other in a way that brings to mind the master of dour Slade School - realism, William Coldstream).

The show, Parkinson writes, features «works by Andrew Bick, Stuart Elliot, Robert Holyhead, Clare Kenny, Maria Lalic, Karim Noureldin, David Rhodes, Cullinan Richards, Brandon Taylor, exhibited alongside a «museum» of printed matter related to British Construction and Systems Art... I have the sense of a past that is locked, only partially accessible via faded documents, memory and influence, as if the works on the wall are familiarly connected to the archive material or they can be interpreted as having evolved from a «constructive context,» some more consciously connected to the base than others, like the system formula that eludes my attempt to discern it, or like Noureldin's drawings wending their way through various permutations, continually repeating and changing, awareness of the past leading to an informed openness to an unknown future.»

Lauren Seiden attempts to freeze objects in time by coating them in graphite — crumbling marble, falling thread, and various other materials caught mid-action.

Throughout the exhibition various modes of partnership are attempted — from the invitation to creative practitioners of different disciplines to produce new works within the exhibition — to Mirza's curation of a new installation incorporating existing art works by others alongside his own, and a new video made with one of the founders of the Collection.

I read texts on or by Jeffrey Steele, Gillian Wise, Charles Biederman, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin etc. and, wanting to turn the pages, I have the sense of a past that is locked, only partially accessible via faded documents, memory and influence, as if the works on the wall are familiarly connected to the archive material or they can be interpreted as having evolved from a «constructive context», some more consciously connected to the base than others, like the system formula that eludes my attempt to discern it, or like Noureldin's drawings wending their way through various permutations, continually repeating and changing, awareness of the past leading to an informed openness to an unknown future.

Likewise, with global warming theory, those who have been touting disputations of the theory, based on temperature fluctuations on other planets in the solar system, fluctuations in solar radiance and various other lines of attack, rarely approach that disputation with the rigor one would expect of someone attempting to unseat a widely supported theory.

Yes, many sites are poorly situated and the temperature they read is impacted by things other than the larger - scale weather — but also, such things are being corrected for (or at least an attempt is being made to correct for them) by the various producers of a U.S. temperature history (i.e. Menne et al. at NCDC).

As much as the various embargoes, supply crunches and other problems have kcost us as a nation., no one wants to pay any of his / her own money NOT to import oil, as evidenced by the beating back of all attempts tax energy or oil in favor of subsidies right and left.

BTW, it is instructive to read the various attempts by William and others to introduce false positions for Steve.

Any attempt to solve one of these problems (such as climate change) without addressing the others is likely to fail, since these ecological crises, although distinct in various ways, typically share common causes.

Less so about Lomborg, not converting, because he has always been AGW - lite, but uping the ante, as it were; this new desire to spend completely contradicts his conclusions in his 2nd book, Cool It, at page 41, Figure 11, where Lomborg compares, in a cost / benefit analysis, all the various approaches to dealing with AGW; the most sensible, in that it is the only one in which the money worth of the benefits exceeds the costs, is option 1, the optimal, that is, doing nothing; the other options have a progressively worse cost / benefit ratio as the effort to «solve» AGW increases with the worse being an attempt to keep temperature increase to 1.5 C above what it is now which would cost $ A 85 TRILLION and have benefits worth $ A 11 TRILLION.

In his official statement, Soon wrote that he has «been the target of attacks in the press by various radical environmental and politically motivated groups» and that the «effort should be seen for what it is: a shameless attempt to silence my scientific research and writings, and to make an example out of me as a warning to any other researcher who may dare question in the slightest their fervently held orthodoxy of anthropogenic global warming.»