People lambaste "playing politics," but "playing politics" serves a purpose.
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But we want to be sure that it serves a ... purpose.
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Religious education serves a purpose, inculcating religious values and preserving religious traditions.
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When music is needed, it's really there and it serves a purpose.
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It serves a purpose for anyone who has been birthed by a woman.
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This social code is unwritten, but, like most rules, it serves a purpose.
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"I don't think it serves a purpose to be against him," Apatow says.
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Every single one of these fast-moving plot machinations very clearly serves a purpose.
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Little space or opportunity is wasted inside Steve Jobs Theater — everything serves a purpose.
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It's a perk for the minority owners, but it serves a purpose for Lacob.
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The device Nectar is building serves a purpose similar to that of an Amazon Dash.
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Demonstrating mathematically that deporting DREAMers will put a dent in economic growth serves a purpose.
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"I don't think it serves a purpose to be against him," Apatow told the Times.
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On the record, "Nihilist Abyss" traces that but reveals that that pain serves a purpose.
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The speaking-as-a convention isn't going anywhere; in truth, it often serves a purpose.
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But also I refuse to let myself regret anything, because it all serves a purpose.
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But it serves a purpose: This rare female shooter — a PETA-loving, vegan one, at that!
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"Now I believe that every person serves a purpose and that they have chosen their path."
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There's no biological necessity for birthday cake, but it still serves a purpose in our lives.
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"Every python removed out of this ecosystem serves a purpose in restoring this ecosystem," Aycock said.
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Each one serves a purpose, sure, but do you really need that many ports on a laptop?
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And without going into spoilers, their corniness serves a purpose that's emblematic of Arkane's approach to storytelling.
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Schuyler is aware of the show's plot-recycling habit while also acknowledging that it serves a purpose.
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Possibly because it no longer serves a purpose aside from logging what its users are listening to.
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Each serves a purpose to those of us on the sidelines, either as inspiration or as cautionary tale.
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However, the Logos would say that art serves a purpose, a critical purpose in the grand scheme of things.
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Pain serves a purpose for humans, but a lobster has a hard shell, and reacts completely differently to pain.
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And while that serves a purpose for some (hello loyalty points!), the Park Terrace Hotel offers a refreshing alternative.
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Admittedly, that underwear style hurts me now (it didn't when I was younger), but wearing it serves a purpose.
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Every element, down to a majority of the individual non-player characters that number in the hundreds, serves a purpose.
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It serves a purpose: It libels the Jews as liars in the act of protesting innocence of any such offense.
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Against this climate of hostility, learning one's Indigenous language serves a purpose that is bigger than what is transactional or academic.
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Therefore, telling little lies for love is normal, and we do it because it serves a purpose—not just because we can.
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"It&aposs hard to be away from the family but I know what I&aposm doing serves a purpose," Grant told FOX7.
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Another attachment that Giroptic makes is supremely bizarre but serves a purpose: it's essentially just the business end of a light bulb.
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In the context of the film, everything about Manny serves a purpose, and the immediate disgust associated with bodily functions falls away.
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"It is a legitimate market instrument that serves a purpose, is very useful for market participants to manage their risk," he said.
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Fact is ... it's not inconsistent to shun fancy cars and jewelry but still live nicely, when the nice stuff serves a purpose.
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Nicholas Kristof's "When We Kill" makes it impossible for me to retain the comfortable fantasy that the death penalty serves a purpose.
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The bear also serves a purpose that pays off later: Showing that it's not just humans that can be raised from the dead.
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" And Bettel, the Luxembourg prime minister, said Monday he was not prepared to offer a further Brexit delay unless "it serves a purpose.
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"It's a legitimate market instrument that serves a purpose that is very useful for market participants to manage their risk," Tidjane Thiam told CNBC.
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Liz Harris's music is both crushingly beautiful and impeccably arranged, and every rogue nature sound and subtle hiss of tape static serves a purpose.
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For those looking to disconnect, that size serves a purpose: though you can still scroll through feeds, chances are you'll spend less time doing so.
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It's actually still alive (and well) — and still serves a purpose as a slower-moving social network-like channel for company and team-wide announcements.
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Alternatives to imprisonment show promise for reducing the costs to governments and communities of incarceration which does not serve, or no longer serves, a purpose.
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I think of the objects she chooses as "sheddings," a kind of skin we toss in the trash because it no longer serves a purpose.
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While much of my work may be hard to look at and the stories difficult to listen to, I know that it serves a purpose.
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News Shopper may be strange in the extreme, but it serves a purpose and fills a need that bigger newspapers are not always able to.
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But judging from a few early reviews, all that violence and brutality serves a purpose—and the result, if you can bear it, is pretty staggering.
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Despite looking like a nicely wrapped bodega egg and cheese on a roll, the design serves a purpose: It mimics the movement of a human baby.
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The beach serves a purpose in the evenings, as well: Perth's location on the west coast means it has the best sunsets Australia has to offer.
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In coding applications, the fixed-width of monospaced typefaces serves a purpose: When every letter is the same width, letters on different lines of code remain perfectly aligned.
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But the regular process of debating a bill in committee and the floor — with adequate time for discussion and a real opportunity to offer amendments — serves a purpose.
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It can be overwhelming to put all those ideas into one place, but we've meticulously gone through where everything should be—everything in each song serves a purpose.
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"Whether it's singles, doubles, or you don't play but you're there — everybody serves a purpose, everybody has a role, and we all have to have each other's back."
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METROPOLITAN DIARY An accident serves a purpose, coming up short on the credit card minimum and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary.
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The Louisiana activist who says he's behind the release of video footage of Tuesday's fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling tells PEOPLE he hopes the video serves a purpose.
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According to Paul Nail, a psychologist with the University of Central Arkansa, being a pain in the ass serves a purpose when it comes to increasing one's social standing.
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Jesse Bering, director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Belfast University, says in NPR's "Teary-Eyed Evolution: Crying Serves a Purpose" that crying keeps communities and couples strong.
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This so-called cross-endorsing also serves a purpose for small parties, which must gain 50,000 votes in elections for governor to keep their ballot lines for another four years.
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This kind of public pressure serves a purpose—to show the boss that what's done in the dark will always come to light, especially in the age of social media.
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It's something of an endurance test, but the shrillness of the scene serves a purpose, creating a strong contrast with an episode that's otherwise either moodier or more broadly comic.
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Many experts agree: They tend to consider student loans to be a "good" kind of debt, because it serves a purpose and can lead to higher earning potential in the future.
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Only when releasing a mugshot serves a purpose more important than the person's right to privacy will either department release the photos, such as when the person is a dangerous fugitive.
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But that foam also serves a purpose: not only does it enhance the flavor of your beer, it also helps dampen the inevitable sloshing when you and your pals clink glasses.
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Few analysts believe the White House would follow through, but they say the threat serves a purpose, as Washington and the opposition tweak their approach in an effort to end the standoff.
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Every federal safeguard, rule or standard that protects us - in our homes, on the job or anywhere else -- serves a purpose and must be grounded in law, sound science, and the public interest.
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He then noted that polygamy is often accepted in Eritrea, and he believes it even serves a purpose — evening out the noticeable gender imbalance that was a hangover of the war for independence.
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Of course, the look serves a purpose: There are no edges — not even a flat bottom so you can stand it up — to make sure it slides effortlessly in and out of your pocket or bag.
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I think that yes, cinema serves a purpose of escapism, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I think on the flip side there is also something we've lost the thread of for a little while, but like you said, is coming back.
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But Home Cooking serves a purpose beyond troubleshooting your pantry meals: In a time when isolation is a necessary public health measure, many of us are feeling lonelier than ever, especially if we don't have families, roommates, or partners to share our space.
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" In the meantime, having the threat hang over the regime's head serves a purpose, according to Risa Grais-Targow, director of the Latin America section at the Eurasia Group, who said that "there's a very low-level probability in terms of following through on the threat of military force.
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Still, it serves a purpose here, which is to make readers fluent in the language Prochnik will use to describe his own unfolding religious and political drama — his struggle to neatly reconcile Zionism as a concept with the Zionist project of which he and his family were now a part.
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The second economy does not contribute to economics on a global scale, and serves a purpose to offer growingly low paying jobs.
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After receiving his Academy Award, Colin Firth noted that he does not support re-editing the film; while he does not condone the use of profanity, he maintains that its use was not offensive in this context. "The scene serves a purpose", Firth states.Kemp, Stuart (1 March 2011).
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The band's own views of its image are sanguine; Landers has said: "We like being on the fringes of bad taste". Christian "Flake" Lorenz comments: "The controversy is fun, like stealing forbidden fruit. But it serves a purpose. We like audiences to grapple with our music, and people have become more receptive".
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The bulk synchronous parallel (BSP) abstract computer is a bridging model for designing parallel algorithms. It serves a purpose similar to the parallel random access machine (PRAM) model. BSP differs from PRAM by not taking communication and synchronization for granted. An important part of analyzing a BSP algorithm rests on quantifying the synchronization and communication needed.
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Two surgeries of the meniscus are most common. Depending on the type and location of the tear, the patient's age, and physician's preference, injured menisci are usually either repaired or removed, in part or completely (meniscectomy). Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Many studies show the meniscus serves a purpose and therefore doctors will attempt to repair when possible.
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A company register is a register of organizations in the jurisdiction they operate under. A statistical business register has a different purpose than a company register. While a commercial/trade register serves a purpose of protection, accountability and control, a statistical register plays a central part in a system of official economic statistics at a national statistics office.
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The organisation is often accused of being a talk shop, perhaps so, but the General Debate serves a purpose to mark where we as a global community and mark guidelines for direction. [It is a] useful point for peer review and general accountability. despite negative, faith in the value of the organisation as world forum is high.
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If the suppression of facial expressions does not diminish negative emotions that one experiences, why is it such a common practice? It may be that expressive suppression serves more of a social purpose than it serves a purpose for the individual. In a study done by Kleck et al. in 1976, participants were told to suppress facial expressions of pain during the reception of electric shocks.
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A functional earth connection serves a purpose other than electrical safety, and may carry current as part of normal operation.BS7671:2008. Part 2 – definitions. For example, in a single- wire earth return power distribution system, the earth forms one conductor of the circuit and carries all the load current. Other examples of devices that use functional earth connections include surge suppressors and electromagnetic interference filters.
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The lyrics explore a number of themes, including bliss, desire, frustration, love, lust, and sadness. The songs explore different soundscapes and subject matter, but each song serves a purpose, to establish an aspect of Malik's identity. Rather than being autobiographical, the lyrics focus on moments, sensations and experiences. There is an emphasis on the complexity of human relationships, with love and sexuality being a particular thematic focus for many songs.
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The TFN consists of a nine digit number, usually presented in the format nnn nnn nnn. Strict laws require that TFNs may be recorded or used only for specifically authorised tax-related purposes. The TFN serves a purpose similar to the American Social Security number, but its use is strictly limited by law to avoid the functionality creep which has affected the US counterpart. It also serves a similar function as national insurance in the UK.
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D. donghaensis is able to form biofilms in marine habitats, which is a survival strategy that allows the organism to grow while being protected from environmental stresses. Biofilm formation serves a purpose for marine bacteria in that it increases their resistance to antimicrobial agents, desiccation, and grazing. Biofilms allow the microbes to attach to surfaces by excreting extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Marine bacteria that adhere to surfaces form host-specific and spatially structured communities that are fairly stable.
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She argues that the sensational coverage of the murders affected the attitudes and behaviours of a generation of Spanish women, by portraying sexual terror as a logical consequence of the advances of the Spanish feminist movement in areas like freedom of movement and bodily autonomy. More broadly, Barjola has argued that a certain amount of sexual violence is explicitly permitted in the political system, because it serves a purpose for scaring away challenges to the structure of society.
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A foundation has no members and its purpose must be stated in its articles, using capital dedicated to such goal. The foundations are defined in the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek), Boek 2 Art 285-304. It is not necessary in the Netherlands that a foundation serves a purpose of general interest, but its official goal cannot include making payments to anybody, except for charitable causes. A foundation is governed and represented by a board that is responsible for the foundation's administration.
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Similar methods can be used to telemeter any analog condition. This type of radio system serves a purpose equivalent to a four-to-twenty milliampere loop.For examples, see, Mikhailov, K. E. "Communications Facilities on the Volga-Moscow Transmission Line," Long- Distance Electrical Transmission between the V. I. Lenin Hydroelectric Station and Moscow, (Jerusalem: Israeli Program for Scientific Translations, 1965). In the US, mid-band 72–76 MHz or UHF 450–470 MHz interstitial channels are often used for these systems.
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The council of Birds, Insects and small animals met next and they decided that humans were too cruel, therefore they concocted many diseases to infect them with. The plants heard what the animals were planning and since they were always friendly with the humans, they vowed that for every disease made by the animals, they would create a cure. Every plant serves a purpose and the only way to find the purpose is to discover it for yourself.Norton, Terry L. (2016).
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Females are a scarce and mobile resource for the males so there is intense competition to gain access to estrous females. Post sexual maturity, males begin to experience musth, a physical and behavioral condition that is characterized by elevated testosterone, aggression and more sexual activity. Musth also serves a purpose of calling attention to the females that they are of good quality, and it cannot be mimicked as certain calls or noises may be. Males sire few offspring in periods when they are not in musth.
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Much, but not all, of the glucokinase found in the cytoplasm of beta cells is associated with insulin secretory granules and with mitochondria. The proportion thus "bound" falls rapidly in response to rising glucose and insulin secretion. It has been suggested that binding serves a purpose similar to the hepatic glucokinase regulatory protein—protecting glucokinase from degradation so that it is rapidly available as the glucose rises. The effect is to amplify the glucokinase response to glucose more rapidly than transcription could do so.
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Asked by the Dallas Observer for his view of religion and spirituality, Lennon said, > I'm not against religion, because I think it serves a purpose in our society > and it can be helpful to certain groups of people. But, for me, religion is > mythology. ... I do think we all have a spirit, and I think there's a lot > more to life and human consciousness than science can explain. But I prefer > looking to science for answers because it can be tested and vigorously > logical.
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Drumming and dancing at Dakawa, Morogoro, Tanzania In many parts of sub- Saharan Africa, the use of music is not limited to entertainment: it serves a purpose to the local community and helps in the conduct of daily routines. Traditional African music supplies appropriate music and dance for work and for religious ceremonies of birth, naming, rites of passage, marriage and funerals.C. Stapleton and C. May, African All-stars, Paladin 1989, page 5. The beats and sounds of the drum are used in communication as well as in cultural expression.
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There is ongoing debate in New York State politics regarding the size and scope of New York State public benefit corporations, i.e., how many there are, how much debt they carry, how much power they wield to issue bonds for funding, who they are accountable to, etc. For example, the New York Local Government Assistance Corporation has a 24-member staff to oversee the operations of an organization that no longer serves a purpose, according to the New York State Comptroller's office, other than to reduce its outstanding debt.
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The Congressional Budget Office is nonpartisan, and produces "independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process." Each year, the agency releases reports and cost estimates for proposed legislation, without issuing any policy recommendations. With respect to estimating spending for Congress, the Congressional Budget Office serves a purpose parallel to that of the Joint Committee on Taxation for estimating revenue for Congress, the Department of the Treasury for estimating revenues for the Executive branch. This includes projections on the effect on national debt and cost estimates for legislation.
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Law as literature scholars see value in the techniques employed by literary scholars. Generally speaking, these scholars may see legal text as a form of literature thus making literary critique and analysis of it possible. Unlike the law in literature scholars, these minds only see possibilities in the tools of literary theory, and not really the subject of the great novel that law students often find themselves reading, although most might agree that literature serves a purpose that allows for ethical development and growth within the student. Benjamin N. Cardozo was a proponent of law as literature.
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The Western Hills of Shijinghan are also home to the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, where the mountain biking competition of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games was held. Fossils of the Peking Man were discovered in the caves of Dragon Bone Hill near Zhoukoudian in Fangshan District. The Western Hills also houses an underground command center of the Chinese military, a secret bunker-like underground facility built with the assistance of the USSR in the 1950s, which now serves a purpose similar to the United States Military's Pentagon. Mao Zedong briefly lived in the Western Hills, and the Politburo of the Communist Party of China retreated there briefly in 1989.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the United Nations is one of the 'superior authorities' that exist by God's permission, and that it serves a purpose in maintaining order, but do not support it politically and do not consider it to be the means to achieve peace and security. Jehovah's Witnesses also believe that the United Nations is the "image of the wild beast" of Revelation 13:1–18, and the second fulfilment of the "abominable thing that causes desolation" from Matthew 24:15; that it will be the means for the devastation of organized false religion worldwide;"No Calamity Will Befall Us" (Subheading). The Watchtower. november 15, 2001. p. 19.
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The duties of the Joint Committee are: # Investigating the operation, effects, and administration of internal revenue taxes # Investigate measures and methods for the simplification of taxes # Make reports on the results of those investigations and studies and make recommendations # Review any proposed refund or credit of taxes in excess of $2,000,000. With respect to the estimation of revenues for Congress, the Joint Committee serves a purpose parallel to that of the Congressional Budget Office for the estimation of spending for Congress, the Department of the Treasury for the estimation of revenues for the executive branch, and the Office of Management and Budget for the estimation of spending for the executive branch.
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Multi-male mating, or MMM, is recorded as a measure to prevent infanticide in species where young is altricial, or heavily dependent, and where there is a high turnover rate for dominant males, which leads to infanticide of the previous dominant male's young. Examples include, but are not limited to; white-footed mice, hamsters, lions, langurs, baboons, and macaques. Along with mating with multiple males, the mating of females throughout the entirety of a reproductive cycle also serves a purpose for inhibiting the chance of infanticide. This theory assumes that males use information on past matings to make decisions on committing infanticide, and that females subsequently manipulate that knowledge.
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The misleading advertising campaign, which set up Simon as a demonic sex orgy film cashing in on the Charles Manson trials, seriously hurt the film at the box office. The film is practically bloodless, with only brief nudity (which, again against the norm, actually serves a purpose in the story) but no explicit sex and no parallels whatsoever with Manson. Like many other more eccentric 1970s low budget genre films, Simon has become a cult film over the years, albeit an extremely marginal one. There was also a paperback novelization of Simon by Baldwin Hills, more than likely a pen name, which took the satirical camp of the film one step further into full-on absurd comedy.
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Initially started for the homeless people of the Mashhad, Iran, the act serves a purpose to support the people in need. In response to social media, large numbers of people are taking part as a campaign and it has helped many homeless or otherwise destitute people during the cold winter weather. A similar initiative, but with open fridges, spread from Tehran to other cities. Bookshelves are also being added to the Walls of Kindness in order to donate books specially for poor children A wall of kindness was seen in Pakistan's Karachi on 15 January 2016 and another one in China's Liuzhou, located in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on 29 January 2016.
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Several other studies contradicting the predictions of r/K selection theory were also published between 1977 and 1994. When Stearns reviewed the status of the theory in 1992, he noted that from 1977 to 1982 there was an average of 42 references to the theory per year in the BIOSIS literature search service, but from 1984 to 1989 the average dropped to 16 per year and continued to decline. He concluded that r/K theory was a once useful heuristic that no longer serves a purpose in life history theory. More recently, the panarchy theories of adaptive capacity and resilience promoted by C. S. Holling and Lance Gunderson have revived interest in the theory, and use it as a way of integrating social systems, economics and ecology.
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With respect to the estimation of spending for the executive branch, the BRD serves a purpose parallel to that of the Congressional Budget Office (which was created in response to the OMB) for the estimation of spending for Congress, the Department of the Treasury for the estimation of revenues for the executive branch, and the Joint Committee on Taxation for the estimation of revenues for Congress. The Legislative Reference Division has the important role of being the central clearing house across the federal government for proposed legislation or testimony by federal officials. It distributes proposed legislation and testimony to all relevant federal reviewers and distils the comments into a consensus opinion of the Administration about the proposal. They are also responsible for writing an Enrolled Bill Memorandum to the president once a bill is presented by both bodies of Congress for the president's signature.
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The Church of St. Peter within Fakenham Magna is one of the few buildings in the village which serves a purpose other than housing, and is located in the centre of the village. The structure dates back to pre-10th century, "the oldest part of the present structure has pre Norman conquest quoins in the north and south nave walls and the bulk of the nave is from the 14th century as is the tower". Despite surviving for over ten centuries, the exterior of the church fell into a state of disrepair, being described in 2016 as "neglected, probably disused, and... locked without a keyholder notice". However, there was an internal restoration project carried out in the 19th century which successfully allowed it to still be in use to this day, with services such as Holy Communion and Songs of Praise still taking place.
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Country music artist LeAnn Rimes released a cover version of the song on 24 June 2016 in the UK as the first single from her thirteenth studio album Remnants and her first release after signing with RCA UK. Rimes promoted the track with live performances on BBC One's The One Show and at London nightclub Heaven, but the track failed to enter any commercial charts in the UK. Rimes has indicated that she feels a strong connection with the track. In an interview with Billboard, she said "I fully embrace the journey I am on and have a deeper understanding of how every piece of my story serves a purpose in my evolution as a woman and an artist. This song is not only a love song but a song of self-acceptance and appreciation for life." A music video directed by Isaac Rentz premiered on Rimes' Vevo channel on 9 August 2016.
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Neither he nor Criss knew whether Blaine would eventually become Kurt's boyfriend—a role originally intended for new club member Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) until the producers decided to change Sam to heterosexual and paired him with Quinn—but based on the characters' chemistry and the "immediate outcry" from fans who wanted to see them as a couple, Murphy later decided to pair them romantically. Other recurring characters who appeared were glee club members Sam and Mike Chang (Harry Shum, Jr.), Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba), jock bully Dave Karofsky, cheerleader Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter), students Jacob Ben Israel (Josh Sussman) and Lauren Zizes (Ashley Fink), and Coach Shannon Beiste. Although Beiste's physical appearance was used as comedy in the episode, Jones was not offended; she called it hysterical, said "it serves a purpose for the message" and hoped "maybe it will make people think outside of the show." Murphy intended her storyline to highlight the fact that bullying can be damaging without necessarily being overt.
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