Sentences with phrase «about agenda setting»

Look for lots of talk about agenda setting and wiping the slate clean from a difficult 2015 that was marked by high profile corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders.

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«Whether we like it or not, the news media set the agenda for the issues the public talks about and the way in which we talk about them,» Moll told INSIDER.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

Making pop music about boys loving boys and girls loving girls went lower onto the agenda and we got involved with setting up the London Lighthouse, which was the first dedicated centre for people with AIDS and HIV.

One of the appalling things about «social conservatism» was that it was no less set on expanding government programs for the poor than the welfarist's agenda.

Sabio, you are setting up a straw man with personal comments about my «you don't understand» «needs too much attention» don't read my comment carefully» «are on an agenda to tell us things» to knock down.

Also, as a lifelong churchgoer who has seen her fair share of pastor - centric churches, I like that the lectionary lets Scripture set the agenda for the sermon... which, when you think about it, is a pretty evangelical way to look at it.

Phil Hooper, Brand and Communications Director, UK & Ireland, Sodexo talks about the health and wellbeing agenda for the foodservice sector and the importance of engaging chefs; the complexities of food allergies and intolerances; the challenge of improving malnutrition in hospital settings and why the rising number of health conscious consumers is pushing the sector to do more.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

NBA should just set an age limit of 18 and hold the draft The NCAA has its own agenda and it is about making money not the kids There are teenagers playing pro basketball and soccer in Europe all the time but rarely on the premier A teams.

10:10 — 10:40 Warm up session setting out the agenda using information from a pre-conference consultation and from the graffiti wall about local issues and challenges.

«But we're also getting on with governing the country, setting out an agenda to deliver a better security for our economy, better security for our nation and an agenda that is about driving life chances for people from deprived backgrounds.

Stay tuned for updates about which parties are dominating coverage, who is setting the agenda, and how far broadcasters cover the issues voters need to know about before election day.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is asked about his ties to several controversial nonprofit groups that were set up to promote his political agenda, he often points to the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is asked about his ties to several controversial nonprofit groups that were set up to promote his political agenda, he often points to the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

In the House of Representatives, this seems to generally be because the Speaker (who sets the agenda) either changes his or her mind about whether / when the vote will happen, or because party leaders realize there wouldn't be enough votes to pass it.

Hein was about a month behind the curve on this one, rare for a political leader who usually sets the agenda.

They will use their power as the majority party to set the Senate agenda and bring up about a bill a week through the August recess, when senators up for re-election will go home for a month of full - time campaigning.

Rather than do what New York City now does, which is to set its educational policy by a political agenda, the commission could look at the research about what really works in schools»

Join Science's Next Wave, Sense About Science and invited experts from the fields of industry, academia and government - funded research organisations for a stimulating discussion in line with this year's festival theme «Setting the Agenda for Science.»

You should arrange a dedicated, uninterrupted meeting with your supervisor about once a month, and I'd suggest that you set an agenda for these meetings (perhaps outlining this in an e-mail a few days beforehand) and write up a record of what was discussed.

A secretive priest with an agenda, Father Romero is determined to find out the truth about Father O'Connor's disappearance, and he's got his sights set on Ray.

But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escaped custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure - blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings.

They enroll their young children in early education and care settings and kindergarten classrooms and think favorably about the U.S. public education system (see «Reform Agenda Gains Strength,» features, Winter 2013).

As a result of all this work, and deeply worried about young employment situation around the world, eight months ago we set up a new project in our agenda: The International Campaign for the Youth Employment Decade.

Chairman Lamar Alexander is clearly setting the agenda for ESEA reauthorization; without a «clear line in the sand,» Republicans will listen politely to the secretary and then go about their business.

The leadership, absolutely, has to create a culture that encourages people to [look to] research, they have to set out processes by which all this work can inform the school agenda, they have to know about effective professional development, they have to have the guts, to be honest, to stop things that are not working.

Sometimes this practice also provides key insights, such as one student writing about having a hard time at home and that it's affecting her grade, or another student setting a goal to check off every item on his agenda each day before he leaves school.

In museums, visitors are free to move about at their own pace and to set their own agendas.

At this moment we need to set aside our teaching agenda and hear what Diana the writer has said, whether it's about her guinea pig or her trip to America.

It sets the agenda and frames the questions, it's sort of like the syllabus for Academy funding and even gives guidance about the exacting and invasive questions which will frame the interrogation of the poor and underprepared Academy principal.

Interviewees talked about the tension between allowing teachers to determine their own direction and using their role as facilitators to set the agenda.

This is all about drawing a line under the education policy of David Cameron, and clearing the way for the agenda set out by Theresa May.

Set to a spoken - word narrative about the creation of the universe, Grosse Fatigue, among the first time - based works one encounters in curator Massimiliano Gioni's Arsenale (and the winner of the Fifty - Fifth Venice Biennale's Silver Lion), tracks the range of such research agendas with an expanding field of images that pop up, roil, collide, and implode across a computer screen, a digital tabula rasa that itself perpetually reinvents the world.

Schwartz views painting as a way of making sense, a way of making implicit experience explicit, of giving form to what is unformulated: «I don't set out with a preconceived agenda or narrative when I paint, but work to be mindful about discovering meaning in my process, my way of going about making a painting.»

From about 1520, as the Northern Renaissance felt the impact of Luther's revolt against the corrupt practices of the Roman Church, a new set of aesthetics took hold, in the form of Protestant Reformation Art, which reflected the Christian agenda of the Protestant movement, which rejected the humanist art and ideology of the High Renaissance, and celebrated a more austere religious experience, with minimal decoration.

If it were not for sites like this, the purveyors of globaloney would already have set the agenda, and there would be nothing we could do about it.

«The Pause» has a very limited purpose in a serious discussion about climate science agenda setting and fraud.

Well, okay, let's assume he experienced it that way, but what about the «progressives» who set the agenda?

The trap was set in the late 1970s or thereabouts when the environmental movement first realised that doing something about global warming would play to quite a number of its social agendas.

Few would have cared about such limited agenda setting with vague science claims as the driver.

Under the guise of claiming Ontario's debt was a result of expensive nuclear power plants he set about implementing an anti-fossil fuel agenda.

Well, maybe it's a 50/50 issue and maybe it isn't, but what about the agenda - setting?

«William McDonough has not only created the language we use when we talk about sustainability, he is single handedly responsible for setting the modern green building movement in motion — from designing the first «green office» for the Environmental Defense Fund, serving as the Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, establishing the Cradle to Cradle Certified ™ Products Program, and most recently, helping the World Economic Forum make sustainability a primary focus for their agenda,» said Michael J. Hanley, president of the Hanley Foundation.

Spend two days together, set an agenda that's substantive but also sometimes fun, let the firms compare notes and think about how they can collaborate to serve you better.

No matter how you feel about them, awards are one of the key ways to gut check what Hollywood itself thinks is important, with winning films often opening doors and setting the agenda for which kind of movies will be made in the coming years — and which ones won't.

The three day event is expected to bring updates about Google's Android mobile operating system, Chrome web browser, Google Home smart speaker and a slew of other products and services, setting the agenda of Google's priorities for the rest of the year.

We want Medicare reform but it must be based on a wider debate about a national health care plan that puts patients first, and a new narrative that gets us back on to setting the health agenda based on good policy principles,» Ms Wells said.

How about taxing the staff the President has just to set his wife;'s travel agendas?