While countless numbers of us were coming out and spending years fighting for specific areas of progress--legislation here, court cases there, funding for the fight against AIDS, ending police harassment, the ability to raise our own children, and more--something much greater happened.
This idea that there is an optimal level of mental arousal that stimulates good performance, which when either lowered or raised undermines our abilities, was first proposed by US psychologists a century ago.
That percentage and meager expectation may be good comedy, and the observation may uncomfortably apply to the Democrat incumbent in my district or the Republican in yours, but for reasons elaborated at Kmiec2014.com, this independent intends not to just show up, but to raise up our abilities in service to others.
Determine how fast you are able to read, then develop a system to raise your ability.
Institutional investors had "raised concerns about our ability to keep and motivate good people".
This raises questions about our ability to meet the needs of a growing population with current methods.
Each provoked, among other things, a struggle for supremacy among the branches of government, raising real questions about our ability to govern ourselves within the bounds of law, custom, and the Constitution.
The circumstances raise "substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern," Xerox said in the filing.
On Tuesday, Blockbuster warned in its annual report that competition and declining sales "raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern".
"Our recurring losses from operations, stockholders' deficit and inability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our obligations and sustain our operations raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern," G.M. said in its filing.
