: What Hubbard touts as a science of mind lacks one key element that is expected of a science: empirical testing of claims.

" The painting lacks the sentimental rhetoric that was expected in a genre work: Courbet's mourners make no theatrical gestures of grief, and their faces seemed more caricatured than ennobled.

Moreover, the lacks of controls in the past years allowed many dealers to remove columns and skive walls in their shops to gain space: This, together with the substitution of lead ( stolen in the last years ) with concrete on the market's roof, has created a great hazard when the earthquake expected in Istanbul in the next years will occur.

What is preserved of the preorbital skull curiously lacks apomorphic characters to be expected in a specimen, which is allegedly more closely allied to Ornithurae than is Archaeopteryx lithographica.

Former Victorian premier John Cain is quoted as saying that the Melbourne CQUniversity campus lacks the appropriate facilities expected in a tertiary institution, as it is run by a private company.

According to David H. Turner, in this arrangement, every person is expected to give everything of any resource they have to any other person who needs or lacks it at the time.

But, as might be expected of a first publication, the poem lacks the polish and maturity so typical of the poet's later work.

Critics, such as psychiatrist Niall McLaren, argue that the DSM lacks validity because it has no relation to an agreed scientific model of mental disorder and therefore the decisions taken about its categories ( or even the question of categories versus dimensions ) were not scientific ones ; and that it lacks reliability partly because different diagnoses share many criteria, and what appear to be different criteria are often just rewordings of the same idea, meaning that the decision to allocate one diagnosis or another to a patient is to some extent a matter of personal prejudice.

The price conveys embedded information about the abundance of resources as well as their desirability which in turn allows, on the basis of individual consensual decisions, corrections that prevent shortages and surpluses ; Mises and Hayek argued that this is the only possible solution, and without the information provided by market prices socialism lacks a method to rationally allocate resources.

The poem's self-proclaimed fragmentary nature combined with Coleridge's warning about the poem in the preface turns Kubla Khan into an " anti-poem ", a work that lacks structure, order, and leaves the reader confused instead of enlightened.

For example, many animals are able to communicate with each other by signaling to the things around them, but this kind of communication lacks the arbitrariness of human vernaculars ( in that there is nothing about the sound of the word " dog " that would hint at its meaning ).

The Folio also lacks a scattering of about a dozen lines or part-lines that are to be found in the Quarto.

The need for exotic matter leads to questions about whether it is actually possible to find a way to distribute the matter in an initial spacetime which lacks a " warp bubble " in such a way that the bubble will be created at a later time.

However, there are different versions about the exact boundaries of Castile, and since it lacks modern day official recognition, it has no official borders.

The entire root is roughly conical, but can be occasionally global, about 5 – 20 centimeters in diameter, and lacks side roots.

This is not a complete pangram as it lacks a j, q, and z. Kousbroek published a Dutch equivalent, which spurred Sallows, who lives in the Netherlands and reads the paper where Kousbroek writes his essays, to think harder about this problem in order to solve it more generally.

He is content to enjoy his wealth and high social standing, and lacks the ambition she wants in a husband ; further, she is a great admirer of the Prime Minister and Charles has no strong opinion about him.

In 1991, towards the end of the reign of Baudouin I, Senator Yves de Wasseige, a former member of the Belgian Constitutional Court, cited four points of democracy which the Belgian Constitution lacks: 1. the King chooses the ministers, 2. the King is able to influence the ministers when he speaks with them about bills, projects and nominations, 3. the King promulgates bills, and, 4. the King must agree to any change of the Constitution

Built by Gabriel Gill about 1885, it lacks a frame, but the exterior walls serve this purpose, being constructed of three layers of one inch planks, with the middle layer running at a 90 degree angle to the other two.

Walter Russell Mead described his prose as being " an occasionally flat Midwestern demotic punctuated by gee-whiz exclamations about just how doggone irresistible globalization is – lacks the steely elegance of a Lippmann, the unobtrusive serviceability of a Scotty Reston or the restless fireworks of a Maureen Dowd and is best taken in small doses.

P. humilis is somewhat similar to the unrelated ground jays ( Podoces ) but much smaller – about the size of a House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) – and lacks any conspicuous markings.

For instance, " The National Anthem " opens with radio transmissions, has a harder " fuzz bass " guitar sound and lacks the horns and free jazz ending of the studio version ; " I Might Be Wrong " emphasizes the rhythm section and is more of a rock tune ; " Morning Bell " is driven by Phil Selway's live drums rather than a drum machine ; " Idioteque " builds into a frenzied audience singalong ; " Dollars and Cents " replaces strings with synthesisers and ends with a guitar coda not heard on the album ; while " Everything in Its Right Place " is about three-and-a-half minutes longer, and makes use of improvised effects on a Korg Kaoss Pad.

Although he lacks Poirot's intellect, Poirot has often complimented Hastings ' ability to remember facts and details about their cases even if he deplores the manner in which Hastings tells the story at times.

The juvenile is paler than the adult, has a whitish breast, and lacks the facial shield ; the adult black plumage develops when about 3 – 4 months old, but the white shield is only fully developed at about one year old.

Chief Scientist Dr. John Bailey with the Personal Care Products Council, a group representing the interests of the cosmetics industry, says the following about the EWG findings: " EWG ’ s report lacks scientific credibility "; " EWG ’ s allegations are in direct conflict with the established scientific and FDA safety assessments of sunscreen products and their ingredients, including those from scientific and regulatory bodies in the European Union, Canada, and several other countries "; " EWG invents its own sunscreen product rating system based on very questionable scientific methodology [...] proven to be inaccurate and unreliable by sunscreen experts around the world ".

In his book The Sibling Society ( 1997 ), Bly argues that a society formed mainly by half adults is extremely problematic as it lacks in leadership, daring initiative, creativity and a deep care about others.

In adverse selection models, the ignorant party lacks information while negotiating an agreed understanding of or contract to the transaction, whereas in moral hazard the ignorant party lacks information about performance of the agreed-upon transaction or lacks the ability to retaliate for a breach of the agreement.

As Gloria lacks knowledge about people, and is rather gullible, a Jewish man in one episode called her " smart girl ".

The staff at Variety also believed the film was derivative, and wrote, " The familiar artifice of placing the scribe in parallel plight, with the newspaperman arrested for two slayings and only clearing himself because of his sweetheart's persistent search for the real slayer, is used ... Boris Ingster's direction is too studied and when original, lacks the flare to hold attention.

The differences are in color ( raw palm kernel oil lacks carotenoids and is not red ), and in saturated fat content: Palm mesocarp oil is 41 % saturated, while Palm Kernel oil and Coconut oil are 81 % and 86 % saturated respectively

Vegetable fat or shortening can be substituted in equal measure, but the texture ( and taste ) of such a crust will be slightly different ( and mouthfeel will be somewhat lighter ) as shortening lacks the " grain " of lard.

Germany lacks oil, and could only supply 25 percent of its own needs, leaving Germany 2 million tons short a year and a staggering 10 millions tons below planned mobilization totals, while the Soviet Union was required for numerous key other raw materials, such as ores ( including iron and manganese ), rubber and food fat and oils.

The jawbone of pakicetids also lacks the enlarged space ( mandibular foramen ) that is filled with fat or oil, which is used in receiving underwater sound in modern whales.

Boney is a slang term for someone who is skinny, or lacks fat.

Lipid, ( lipophilic ) or fat soluble substances cannot be diluted, broken down, or excreted in urine, a water-based medium, and so accumulate in fatty tissues of an organism if the organism lacks enzymes to degrade them.

An X-ray will often not provide definitive diagnosis, and even a CT scan may be insufficient if the hamartoma lacks the typical cartilage and fat cells.

It is alphabetic, with a letter or diacritic for every phonemic ( distinctive ) hand shape, orientation, motion, and position, though it lacks any representation of facial expression, and is better suited for individual words than for extended passages of text.

This system though is not very reliable and lacks discipline, the high number of public cars that transit the roads, and the fact that they do not lend itself to regulation or central control, which causes frequent transit problems among city roads.

How could a worse choice be made for your honour than in such haste to marry such a subject, who besides other and notorious lacks, public fame has charged with the murder of your late husband, besides the touching of yourself also in some part, though we trust in that behalf falsely.

Even though it lacks pay-telephones, you can easily find a phone in a local store to use for free.

A slight swelling of the anterior end of the nerve cord is found in the lancelet, though it lacks the eyes and other complex sense organs comparable to those of vertebrates.

Some people believe the spirits of the dead eat the " spiritual essence " of the ofrendas food, so though the celebrators eat the food after the festivities, they believe it lacks nutritional value.

In the reverse scenario, a DVI monitor that lacks optional support for HDCP might be unable to display protected content, even though it is otherwise compatible with the HDMI source.

But though it contains proof of vast erudition and many original ideas as to the future of the state and of law, it lacks logical sequence, and is, consequently, full of contradictions.

It is based around a large planned community named Hunter's Creek, though the CDP name given by the United States Census Bureau lacks the apostrophe.

Even though the town has experienced an economic upturn in the past few years, it still lacks the main thing that ensures economic prosperity and attracts new residents: well-paying jobs.

In the recording sessions, band members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood conducted the session musicians, though Yorke lacks formal musical training.

There is a theory that holds the Norwegian name of Tromsø derives from the Sámi name, though this theory lacks an explanation for the meaning of Romsa.

There is a theory that holds the Norwegian name of Tromsø derives from the Sámi name, though this theory lacks an explanation for the meaning of Romsa.

Two derived terms are " newb ", a beginner who is willing to learn ; and " noob ", a derogatory name ( an alternate spelling for n00b ), though " newb " and " n00b " have become opposites of each other, meaning " newb " is plainly someone who is new to the game ( thus having the potential to get better ) and " n00b " is a player who both lacks skill and mainly fools around ( not wanting to become better ).

" They commented that though the band lacks a virtuoso soloist, the band's ensemble playing is strong and purposeful.

Silvertail is an old lion like Specklerex, though he is two years younger and lacks the leopard rosettes.

* Evening primrose oil, which contains the Omega-6 EFA GLA ( gamma-Linolenic acid ), used alone, however, though often advocated, lacks clear and unequivocal scientific support.

More strongly however, it resembles a wheatear ( Oenanthe ) in habitus, but lacks black feathers and has a strong and slightly downcurved bill resembling that of a chough ( Pyrrhocorax ) in shape ( though not in colour ).

The 11. 6 " x100e / x120e though are all plastic, lacks both the latch and the ThinkLight, and uses a variant of the island keyboard ( known as chiclet keyboard ) found on the Edge series.

Although poetry continued to be written, and certain poets rose in prominence while others disappeared from the landscape, the brief Sui Dynasty ( 581-618 CE ), in terms of the development of Chinese poetry, lacks distinction, though it nonetheless represents a continuity between the Six Dynasties and the poetry of Tang.

However, high-profile crimes on or near MARTA have created the impression with some that MARTA is unsafe and lacks a strong police presence, even though it has its own police department.

Bobby says he did it because Cindy never had sex with him and Bobby gleefully points out that even though their plan lacks sense it doesn't matter, since horror movies are not noted for their logic, they also say that are just copying the killer and are not the actual killers (" We're copying a killer that already exists .").

iPhoto for iOS lacks tools for creating books, calendars, and cards and ordering prints, though it can create " Photo Journals " –- digital photo collages that can be uploaded to Apple's iCloud service and shared.

They are called " softshell " because their carapace lacks horny scutes ( scales ), though the spiny softshell, Apalone spinifera, does have some scale-like projections, hence its name.

The cycloid can be moved by the player's thumb to function similar to a joystick, though it lacks analog response.