Sometimes the scene is set close to George's family home at Kirrin Cottage in Cornwall: " Kirrin Island ", a picturesque island owned by George and her family in Kirrin Bay, for example, presents many opportunities for adventure.

Viewed from Tagaytay Ridge, Taal Volcano and Lake presents one of the most picturesque and attractive views in the Philippines.

While he does not portray it as the militant or oppressive place that it was for black people, he does not emphasize the picturesque state of living that white people enjoyed during apartheid either ; he presents instead a city in which the duality of man is exposed.

* August 3 – A Tushino air parade in Moscow, USSR, presents the newest Soviet jets including among others: Yak-19, La-150, La-156, La-160, Su-9, Su-11.

Each school presents a different theme, which they expose through their costumes, dance, music and the “ carros alegóricos ” ( also known as “ trio elétrico ”, huge vehicles decorated according to the theme designed specifically for the parade ).

* Snoop enters the studio and presents the " National Pimp Appreciation Day " celebration parade in downtown Detroit and Los Angeles.

Zelikow's role in the second Iraq war is discussed at some length in Bob Woodward's State of Denial, which presents him as an internal critic of the way the war was being conducted in 2005 and 2006, and as an originator of the alternative approach termed " clear, hold, and build.

The historic architecture of shops and residences along the main street, Stirling Terrace, presents a distinctive frontage termed the Stirling Terrace Streetscape Group.

Supporters of this view believe that “ to a hypothetical outside reader, presents Christianity as enlightened, harmless, even beneficent .” Some believe that through this work, Luke intended to show the Roman Empire that the root of Christianity is within Judaism so that the Christians “ may receive the same freedom to practice their faith that the Roman Empire afforded the Jews .” Those who support the view of Luke ’ s work as political apology generally draw evidence from the facts that Christians are found innocent of committing any political crime ( Acts 25: 25 ; 19: 37 ; 19: 40 ) and that Roman officials ’ views towards Christians are generally positive.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

Some scholars believe that the apologetic view of Luke ’ s work is overemphasized and that it should not be regarded as a “ major aim of the Lucan writings .” While Munck believes that purpose of Luke ’ s work is not that clear-cut and sympathizes with other claims, he believes that Luke ’ s work can function as an apology only in the sense that it “ presents a defense of Christianity and Paul ” and may serve to “ clarify the position of Christianity within Jewry and within the Roman Empire .” Pervo disagrees that Luke ’ s work is an apology and even that it could possibly be addressed to Rome because he believes that “ Luke and Acts speak to insiders, believers in Jesus .” Freedman believes that Luke is writing an apology but that his goal is “ not to defend the Christian movement as such but to defend God ’ s ways in history .”

Gnosticism presents a distinction between the highest, unknowable God and the demiurgic “ creator ” of the material.

* Small and flexible: DARPA has only about 140 technical professionals ; DARPA presents itself as “ 100 geniuses connected by a travel agent .”

Gnosticism presents a distinction between the highest, unknowable God and the demiurgic “ creator ” of the material.

Peter Burke describes sprezzatura in The Book of the Courtier as “ nonchalance ”, “ careful negligence ”, and “ effortless and ease .” The ideal courtier is someone who “ conceals art, and presents what is done and said as if it was done without effort and virtually without thought .” ( 31 ).

“ Being a man / woman involves appropriating gendered behaviours and making them part of the self that an individual presents to others.

" He presents evidence that the name (" Pummay ") in the last line is a shortened form ( hypocoristicon ) of the name of Shubna's king, containing only the divine name, a method of shortening “ not rare in Phoenician and related Canaanite dialects .”.

The Bulletin contributors believed the atom bomb would only be the first of many dangerous presents from “ Pandora's box of modern science .” The aim of the Bulletin was to carry out the long, sustained effort of educating man about the realities of the scientific age.

The film presents a dramatic account of a series of coincidental events leading up to an accidental thermonuclear first-strike attack by a group of United States “ Vindicator ” bombers ( Convair B-58 Hustler aircraft ) against Moscow, the capital of what was then the Soviet Union.

Historian Angeliki Laiou states that Anna presents this “ as evidence of the obedience she showed her parents ,” and as a demonstration of her familial affection.

Throughout history of Buddhism, the teachings of all branches and schools of Buddhism were conveyed through the Master-Disciple relationship, a principle which SGI presents in a new understanding-starting with replacing the traditional word Master by Mentor, a Greek-origin word meaning “ to encourage ”.

Blaug presents the first revisionist analysis of the Poor Law in “ The Myth of the Old Poor Law and the making of the New ” arguing that the Old Poor Law did not reduce the efficiency of agricultural workers, lower wages, depress rents or compound the burden on rate payers.

Sociologist Barry Wellman presents the idea of “ glocalization ”- the ability for the Internet to extend participants ’ social connections to people around the world while also aiding them in further engagement with their local community.

According to the Nán Qí shū 南齊書 ( Book of Southern Qi ) of Xiāo Zīxiǎn 簫子顯 ( 485 – 537 ) the Fúnán king Qiáochénrú Shéyébámó 僑陳如闍耶跋摩 ( Kauṇḍinya Jayavarman ) “ sent in the year 484 the Buddhist monk Nàqiéxiān 那伽仙 ( Nāgasena ) to offer presents to the Chinese emperor and to ask the emperor at the same time for help in conquering Línyì ( north of Campā ) ...

Hence, in the triumph which Aurelian celebrated at Rome in the year 274, no Persian captives appeared in the procession, but Persian envoys were exhibited instead, who bore with them the presents wherewith their master had appeased the anger of the emperor.

It presents in the form of apathy, forgetfulness, inertia, inattention, decreased speed of complex information procession ( also described as a dullness in thinking and actions ), and disturbed manipulation of acquired knowledge, which is reflective of the loss of integrity of the frontal lobes.

Instead the silhouettes appeared with great intensity ... One hypothesis which presents itself to the mind naturally enough would be to suppose that these rays, whose effects have a great similarity to the effects produced by the rays studied by M. Lenard and M. Röntgen, are invisible rays emitted by phosphorescence and persisting infinitely longer than the duration of the luminous rays emitted by these bodies.

Here, he presents his friend Simarro as a man of science who transmits his wisdom investigating and, in addition, it is the triumph of naturalism, as it recreates the indoor environment of the laboratory, catching the luminous atmosphere produced by the artificial reddish-yellow light of a gas burner that contrasts with the weak mauvish afternoon light that shines through the window.

One half of the coat of arms of Bytom depicts a miner mining coal, while the other half presents a yellow eagle on the blue field-the symbol of Upper Silesia.

The government will be required to issue a blue paper containing the draft legislation when it presents the new bill to the Hong Kong Legislative Council (" Legco "), but this would leave no time for the public to voice its concerns, and the government may use its unelected majority in Legco to rush the bill through.

Stephen presents the Vizier with a beautiful blue stone and they are instructed to travel onwards to the Dey, Omar Pasha, at his hunting-lodge at Shatt el Khadna.

The I Tatti Renaissance Library presents key Renaissance works in Latin with a facing English translation ; it is bound similarly to the Loeb Classics, but in a larger format and with blue covers.

The coat of arms presents the Serbian shield with white cross on the left, the Croatian shield on the right and under both there is a blue shield presenting Slovenes.

A blue rose is traditionally a flower of the genus Rosa ( family Rosaceae ) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation and also the Morganus Clarke sunflower seed disposition, instead of the more common red or white variety.

replaced the Paramount logo with their ( usually ) blue shield logo, and removed all references to Paramount Pictures, except for the phrase " Adolph Zukor presents ".

Yet he presents a realm of source material which may well serve other writers if not himself: the problems with which a New South must grapple in groping through a blind adolescence into the maturity of urbanization.

* Guy Montag is the protagonist and fireman who presents the dystopia through the eyes of a worker loyal to it, a man in conflict about it, and one resolved to be free of it.

John presents a " higher " Christology than the synoptics, meaning that he describes Jesus as the incarnation of the divine Logos through whom all things were made, as the object of veneration, and more explicitly as God incarnate.

Regardless of its strength, morality presents us with meaning, whether this is created or ' implanted ,' which helps us get through life.

As a result of having hosted the inaugural meeting of Confederation, the Charlottetown Conference, Prince Edward Island presents itself as the " Birthplace of Confederation " and this is commemorated through several buildings, a ferry vessel, and the Confederation Bridge ( constructed 1993 to 1997 ).

Air Force veterans are awarded the Purple Heart by the Awards Office of Randolph Air Force Base while the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard presents Purple Hearts to veterans through the Navy Liaison Officer at the National Personnel Records Center.

This magic presents itself through Skuld's hands, and it is because of this magic that Skuld is always able to build machines even out of mundane objects.

* The Probability Broach ( 1980 ), by L. Neil Smith, presents both utopian and dystopian views of present day North America, through alternative outcomes of the American War for Independence.

The film presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by liberal eugenics where potential children are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents.

As a cost-effective solution toward optimizing traffic, ITS presents a number of technologies to reduce congestion by monitoring traffic flows through the use of sensors and live cameras or analysing cellular phone data travelling in cars ( floating car data ) and in turn rerouting traffic as needed through the use of variable message boards ( VMS ), highway advisory radio, on board or off board navigation devices and other systems through integration of traffic data with navigation systems.

Their destruction by chemical, thermal, and biochemical processes is extremely difficult, and presents the risk of generating extremely toxic dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans through partial oxidation.

The SCADA system at the Main Control Room receives all the field data and presents it to the pipeline operator through a set of screens or Human Machine Interface, showing the operational conditions of the pipeline.

* Peter Watkins ' 1964 Culloden, with Olivier Espitalier-Noel as the Prince, presents the battle through the eyes of a documentary crew as though they were actually present.

Inside, the museum presents its collection to illustrate country music's story as told through the turns of two centuries.

A stovepipe presents a situation such that a transaction that is dispatched at a top tier follows a static path through the stack of devices and software behind the load balancer to its final destination.

* A human – machine interface or HMI is the apparatus or device which presents process data to a human operator, and through this, the human operator monitors and controls the process.

A human – machine interface or HMI is the apparatus which presents process data to a human operator, and through which the human operator controls the process.

He doesn't live on the North Pole, but perhaps in a forest nearby, or in Denmark he lives on Greenland, and in Finland he lives in Lapland ; he doesn ’ t come down the chimney at night, but through the front door, delivering the presents directly to the children, just like the Yule Goat did ; he is not overweight ; and even if he nowadays sometimes rides in a sleigh drawn by reindeer, instead of just walking around with his sack, his reindeer don ’ t fly-and in Sweden, Denmark and Norway some still put out a bowl of porridge for him on Christmas Eve.

For over six hundred pages, however, Joyce presents Anna Livia to us almost exclusively through other characters, much as in Ulysses we hear what Molly Bloom has to say about herself only in the last chapter.

Mircea Eliade presents in his novel Dayan ( 1979 ) a student's mystic and fantastic journey through time and space under the guidance of the Wandering Jew, in the search of a higher truth and of his own self.

The low pass filter ( LPF ) presents a high impedance to the signal, and the tweeter presents a low impedance ; so the signal passes through the tweeter.