Faith is voluntary, and the decision to believe is a crucial fundamental step in becoming closer to God.

Each time the event die shows a black ship, the barbarian ship takes one step closer to Catan.

In the 1994 World Cup he came one step closer to lifting the trophy as Italy finished runners-up.

The swingout ( the basic step of Lindy ) is danced in a position often described as someone about to sit on a stool, thereby bringing their center point of balance closer to the ground.

Although Voyager was soon able to rescue them, Torres realized that her courage in admitting her love had brought her one step closer to discovering what she considered true honor.

* " Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep "-from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

* A node's " parent " is a node one step higher in the hierarchy ( i. e. closer to the root node ) and lying on the same branch.

Alhazen, in his Book of Optics ( 1021 ), came closer to discovering the law of refraction, though he did not take this step.

Around 343 BC, Rome and Capua attempted to form an alliance, a first step toward a closer unity.

The Dubna team repeated the experiment in 2012 successfully, thus confirming the synthesis of ununseptium and moving one step closer to having the element officially placed on the periodic table.

This created a newer sound and took us one step closer to the sound we have today.

On 9 June 1997, Clonaid stated its intention to offer homosexual and / or infertile couples the chance to have a genetically identical child and to become a step closer towards the goal of achieving eternal life.

: Tom took a step closer to Alice and made a date for Friday night, checkmating.

Bouchet & Rocroi ( 2005 ) made sweeping changes in the systematics, resulting in a taxonomy that is a step closer to the evolutionary history of the phylum.

This allows the hot forging step to be reduced or even omitted, as the resulting casting can be made far closer to the final shape of the cymbal, including its bell and taper.

There is a transition to the sexual in ' the technique of purposeful perversion ' of conversational remarks: ' Purposeful perversion of what a woman has said ... is a long step closer to a direct attempt at seduction or rape '

* Lurkers-may include passive lurkers who are not quite ready to post their opinions on the community site, however one step closer to becoming an active lurker.

An example is taking a step towards an implementation by replacing a data representation without a counterpart in the intended implementation language, such as sets, by one that does have a counterpart ( such as maps with fixed domains that can be implemented by arrays ), or at least one that is closer to having a counterpart, such as sequences.

Such handovers, with one expedition vacating the station only after the next had arrived, permitted the long sought-after aim of continuous occupation to move a step closer.

Such steps follow the same pattern as Plato's metaphor of the sun, his allegory of the cave and his divided line ; progress brings one closer and closer to reality as each step explains the relative reality of the past.

It is also closer in principle to the more sophisticated approaches used when dealing with real bulk crystalline solids, where the first step is either to integrate contributions to the ECD over constant energy surfaces in a wave-vector space ( k-space ), or to integrate contributions over the relevant surface Brillouin zone.

After completing their studies, individuals can become graduate members – a step closer to achieving full Member status ( MICE ).

Roland is also shown to care a great deal for his Ka-Tet, or " Companions in fate ", and often puts himself at risk to save or assist them-though when confronted with the choice between saving one of them or getting one step closer to the Tower, he would almost certainly choose the Tower.

Possibly he has changed his mind, or there are a very large body of cases which merit " the additional step " of ignoring the doctrine ; according to Scalia, " Clarence Thomas doesn't believe in stare decisis, period.

Thus, to Cārvākas, the step which the mind takes from the knowledge of something to infer the knowledge of something else, could be accounted for by the its being based on a former perception or by its being in error.

In criminal investigations, once a detective has suspects in mind, the next step is to produce evidence that will stand up in a court of law.

The publicity that attended the young Barton's presence of mind in defusing that situation reputedly helped him take his first step towards becoming Australia's first prime minister, winning a state lower house seat later that year.

But before the final step could occur — re-adjusting her mind to make her madly in love with her intended owner — a loose Cluster Lizard interfered with the process.

He later wrote that at that stage it was not practicable to plan further ahead but that his intentions were clear in his own mind what the next step would be: he would drive north ultimately to San Stefano on the northern coast to split the island in two and cut his enemy's east-west communications.

This allows the mind to calm-the first step towards meditation.

In Herwegh's mind, poetry is a first step towards political action, it should however not be artless.

A silent mind, freed from the onslaught of thoughts and thought patterns, is both a goal and an important step in spiritual development.

Both announced plans to step down at the end of the 110th Congress, but U. S. Representative Woolsey subsequently changed her mind and decided to continue as a Co-Chair for an additional term that expired at the end of the 111th Congress.

), he somehow rivets an audience with the promise of action before he has danced a step ... As Bruhn soars ever closer to his apogee, he spends restless nights reviewing roles in his mind.

The song is referred to in the song " Slide Show " ( alongside Beck's " Devils Haircut " and Oasis ' " Wonderwall ") on Travis ' 1999 album, The Man Who: "' Cause there is no design for life, There's no devil's haircut in my mind, There is not a wonderwall to climb to climb or step around ".

Cult awareness experts warn that this seemingly kind and welcoming practice is often the first step in a mind control (" brainwashing ") process that leads to religious conversion or involvement with a group that may be harmful to its membership or to society.

Suzanne Jones sees a substantive difference between active listening as originated by Gordon and empathic listening as recommended by Rosenberg, insofar as active listening involves a specific step of reflecting what a speaker said to let them know you are listening, whereas empathic listening involves an ongoing process of listening with both heart and mind and being fully present to the other's experience, with an aim of comprehending and empathizing with the needs of the other, the meaning of the experience for that person.

Rather than working the problem out step by step, in his conscious mind, he instead subconsciously solves the problem.

« The cool air, where the smell of the coast and of the gorse, the clover and the grasses, the briny scent of the uncovered rocks, stirred him still as it gently intoxicated him and he made his mind up, a little at each step, each second, each glance thrown at the alert outline of the young woman ; he decided not to hesitate in telling her that he loved her and that he wanted to marry her.

A virtual tour on the ground floor ( designed specifically with wheelchair users in mind ) takes visitors on a step by step journey around the house.

Dhāraṇā is the initial step of deep concentrative meditation, where the object being focused upon is held in the mind without consciousness wavering from it.

There remains the final step in the process of the acquisition of freedom, namely, that by which absolute mind in art, religion, and philosophy subjects itself to itself alone.

Following the passage of the proposition, Robert Klein, one of the CIRM Founders, said: " There is no doubt in my mind that the mission Californians accepted today is a critical first step in changing the face of human suffering forever.

When there is tight integration amongst providers, each step of the delivery is undertaken with future activities in mind, resulting in cost savings, but limiting the owner's influence throughout the project.

One begins with an end in mind, moves backwards from the vision to present, and moves step by step towards the vision.