Sentences with phrase «about virtues»

He is passionate about the virtues of business coaching and help businesses (or more importantly business owners and entrepreneurs) achieve.

«It can be hard for retirees who have spent their lives building equity in their homes — and being taught about the virtues of homeownership — to become renters,» reported The Wall Street Journal.

The cemetery companies were charitable organizations that harnessed the corporate form to create a place where the entire community could learn about the virtues of a national, Christian republic.

I think, however, it is crucial to separate the arguments about the virtues, probability or desirability of civility from questions about formal law society regulation of civility.

There are numerous articles online about the virtues of law blogging, in terms of the benefits becoming a blogger can bring to you and your firm.

Greenfield's correct that I haven't given up on telling lawyers about the virtues of blogging.

A virtue of thinking about virtues is that doing so can be more open - ended and wide - ranging than thinking about rules and regulations; restrictions on lawyer behaviour are necessarily more precise and constrained than thoughts about what it means to be an excellent — a virtuous — lawyer.

He is passionate about the virtues of business coaching and help businesses (or more importantly business owners and entrepreneurs) achieve.

I have written about the virtues of «old school» communication, the human touch and face to face meetings on Lawyerist, and I realize that at times, an in - person meeting is the most effective way (and sometimes the only way) to get the participants to focus on the task at hand or to forge relationships.

If a car salesman tells you all about the virtues of a model he is trying to sell you, you might suspect (even though there may not be any «evidence») that he may be exaggerating his story in order to «make the sale».

Without fail, every time I take it out, a passer - by asks about it and I get to rave about its virtues.

The anaerobic digester has been in place since 2004, the plan is now to up the amount of food waste processed into biogas from the current 90 tons per week to 200 tons: Food Waste Biogas Could Power 2.5 Million Homes Nationally The whole thing is perfectly fine, but if you're wondering what the big deal about just chucking your food waste in the landfill and perhaps have been a bit uncertain why we're always telling you about the virtues of composting, here are a few quick facts (again, thanks to the EPA for pulling these out) to supply the context.

All the talk about the virtues of Nuclear Vs Renewables seems to create a situation similar to two stags with their antlers locked.

Second, a debate about the virtues and defects of Lomborg's book.

They consulted with the architectural firm Claesson Koivisto Rune, who developed a prize - winning chair out of the stuff, and who then approached a sceptical Magnus Wästberg, who wondered about the virtues of mixing paper and electrical wiring.

Still, the omens seem to look good for the Bolt EV — always assuming Chevy dealers can educate the public about its virtues and sell the groundbreaking electric car in sufficient volumes.

The developed countries of the world can talk forever about the virtues of solar panels and windmills, but what the energy - poor need most are common fuels like kerosene, propane, and gasoline.

These decisions and trade - offs should be guided by robust evidence, with global - change science investigating the connections and tradeoffs between the state of the environment and human well - being in the context of the local setting, rather than by framing and reframing environmental challenges in terms of untestable assumptions about the virtues of past environments.

But didn't we have a conversation here on RC, not so long ago, about the virtues and vices of extrapolation?

If in doubt, just check out the video for «Picasso Baby,» Jay Z's attempt at performance art on July 10th, 2013, in New York's Pace Gallery where, touted and cheered on by such (former) artist hero - cum pop stars as Marina Abramovic, Jay Z waxed eloquently about the virtues of artistic creation by rapping about his forays into art collecting.

ERWIN WURM Just about Virtues and Vices in general (interior), 2016 - 2017 caravan, furniture, and mixed media Installation view, 2017 Venice Biennale

Talking about the virtues of trash talk, then I get into my top three all time favorite fighting games.

He is passionate about the virtues of business coaching and help businesses (or more importantly business owners and entrepreneurs) achieve.

We provide to the public free educational materials about the virtues of animal rescue and information on proper dog care and basic dog handling procedures as well as guidance towards finding appropriate professionals to assist in dog care, be it training, nutrition, behavioral, or veterinary care.

The indebted start waxing eloquent about the virtues of the mortgage - interest tax deduction and how it's smart to pay the bank 4 % while they invest the borrowed money at 10 %.

What Mr. Smith means of course is that Wall Streeters like him have done an ineffective job «educating» these ignorant young people about the virtues of stock investing.

The The Bogleheads» Guide to Investing is about MUCH MORE than just investing (for a chapter - by - chapter review, see the Bogleheads» October Project), while The Little of Book of Common Sense Investing is much more focued in that it is basically about the virtues of indexing.

Novelist Amy Tan was hired as a spokesperson for the new device and expounded to me in an interview about the virtues of the devices for writing and editing in bed.

It was heartening to have this opportunity to spread the word about the virtues and benefits of self - publishing at a major literary festival in one of the nation's foremost university cities.

At a time when Before Watchmen and The Avengers have many fans and creators talking about the virtues of creator - owned material, Rogers said that segment of the market is the one that needs change most.

Test the tech: Sport parking Mini makes a big deal in its advertisements about the virtues of small cars.

More often I find myself talking about the virtues of cars like the Mazda2, because the honest truth is that small, affordable cars are remarkably good these days.

Look: if we had clear, repeatable, and compelling empirical data about the virtues of charter schools, or private school vouchers, or the negative effects of public school unions on student performance, then we'd have hard choices to make as a society — particularly considering that the right of teachers to organize is precisely that, a right that can't be taken away whenever it is convenient.

Additionally, what did we all learn about the virtues — Truth, Beauty and Goodness — from the process?

The thought of earmarking nearly $ 1 million for a marketing campaign — and during a budget crisis no less — was antithetical to everything they knew and understood about the virtues of public school spending.

But these privatization supporters speak about the virtues of charters while failing to address how they have increased segregation, sometimes cherry - picked students, taken funding away from underfunded traditional systems, and operated in secrecy.

I agree with Dr. Berkowitz and Mrs. Stoodley (and they with Aristotle) that merely having intellectual discussions (theoretical wisdom; the head) about the virtues / character / values is merely «half a loaf,» BUT IT IS HALF THE LOAF!

Nationwide the charter school sector has grown over the past few decades amid a debate about its virtues and drawbacks — and even whether the publicly funded schools are public or private entities.

Talking about the virtues of micro-credentials for professional development, Superintendent Mike Nagler said it well: Teachers need to be constantly updating their pedagogical practices and skills.

Comments about the virtues of small - group instruction were commonly heard in the interviews at the most effective schools, such as those by a Woodlawn teacher — «Small groups or one - on - one every day really makes a difference» — and a Wheeler teacher — «Small groups are crucial.

He once spoke movingly about the virtues of NCLB, calling it «an effort to end decades of failed federal education policy that allowed billions of taxpayer dollars to be spent without insisting on results for students» But that was before Boehner had to corral a caucus full of Tea Party - backed freshmen.

One of the many benefits of online training is that it allows you to collect valuable feedback about its virtues and vices before it is too late.

I have also learned about the virtues of a critical - thinking technique known as Artful Thinking, developed by Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, that deepens students» intellectual understanding generally by deepening their understanding of the multiple layers of artistic expression.

Alfred North Whitehead's dictum about the virtues and dangers of simplicity helps explain why we are confused about what kind of evidence should be used to guide education policy.

Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott was in enemy territory recently, telling the folks at Massachusetts's Pioneer Institute (including some who favor Romney, such as myself [full disclosure]-RRB- about the virtues of the Texas education system, a topic of national significance now that Rick Perry's chariot has leaped to lead position in the Republican presidential nomination race.

This story is not about the virtues of managing classroom behaviour.

In many ways, teaching has become less about virtues and more about results.

As he tells his distraught daughter (Kelly Reilly)-- Father James was married before joining the priesthood — «there's too much talk about sins and not enough about virtues.»

Not only does he speak about the virtues and twisted rationale of his worldview in direct terms, but his entrenched ranch feels like the exact off - the - grid hideaway any self - respecting homegrown enemy would find safe.

Measured, assured and featuring across - the - board strong performances, «Glass Chin» in many ways is a tiny little drama about the virtues of character.