Sentences with phrase «cultural standard in»

«We are building a new cultural standard in our local area, of caring relationships with each other and our earth.

In my opinion, as a general rule: If a game is meant for kids, then it should change to meet the cultural standards in each region it is exported to.

Not exact matches

Work has morphed into a twenty - four - hour fact of life, bringing its own set of standards and expectations when it comes to sleep... Sleep is ingrained in our cultural ethos as something that can be put off, dosed with coffee, or ignored.

That is to say, theological schools have characteristically acted in this regard as though they acknowledged a responsibility to be part of a larger public cultural life and to be accountable to its standards.

It was a pretty standard conservative upbringing, with all the accompanying cultural experiences (McGee and Me, Adventures in Odyssey, Psalty the Songbook, etc).

He did not measure himself by the cultural standards of his day, as did some others, who scoffed at the fact that he was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), nor by the greatness of the order of the intellect (his education was that which could be gained at the local synagogue school) Some of the creatures made by the Word of God are greater in these respects than the one who is the Word of God incarnate, and that one is not ashamed of his inferiority.

There is no racial or cultural reason why India can not in five or ten decades have an American standard of living.

Such a commitment places Volf at odds with two formidable rivals in the contemporary world: (a) those ecclesial traditions (Roman Catholic and Orthodox) that insist that the «constitutive presence of Christ is given only with the presence of the bishop standing in communjo with all bishops in time and space» and (b) those postmodern cultural and social standards that are grounded in individualistic and consumer - driven life styles and that simultaneously relegate all religious experience to the nether regions of the privatized soul.

Fundamentalist broadcasters have greatly leverage their cultural and political power in the U.S. due to the failure of the FCC to require their radio and television stations to meet the public interest standard.

She refuses to be judged and evaluated by ethical, cultural, and religious standards and values prevailing in the West».

These principles also indicate the standards to be used in sex education — the basic ideals to be inculcated by explicit instruction in homes and at appropriate levels in schools, and even more essentially by the complex of accepted acts built into social and cultural patterns.

In Tangled, the Walt Disney Company's new animated, feature - length, 3 - D adaptation of «Rapunzel,» critic Armond White finds, sadly, that the story of the girl with the very long locks not only «has been amped up from the morality tale told by the Brothers Grimm into a typically overactive Disney concoction of cute humans, comic animals, and one - dimensional villains,» but also that the film's «hyped - up story line... gives evidence that cultural standards have undergone a drastic change» in the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy taleIn Tangled, the Walt Disney Company's new animated, feature - length, 3 - D adaptation of «Rapunzel,» critic Armond White finds, sadly, that the story of the girl with the very long locks not only «has been amped up from the morality tale told by the Brothers Grimm into a typically overactive Disney concoction of cute humans, comic animals, and one - dimensional villains,» but also that the film's «hyped - up story line... gives evidence that cultural standards have undergone a drastic change» in the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy talein the decades since Walt Disney first set out to charm both children and adults with his animated retellings of fairy tales.

Many of the people in Minimalism had achieved «success» by our cultural standards, but were left feeling disillusioned, anxious and depleted so they decided to live radically different than most Americans.

Neveldine «Taylor don't yet work in 3 - D, but they've mastered the previous standards of digital - era filmmaking as part of their constant critique of media overload and cultural excess and moral anarchy.

It was inevitable, perhaps, that the «culture wars» — the debate that continues to rage over the impact of political correctness, multiculturalism, and their allied ideologies — would spawn a genre of liberal apologetics designed to exonerate liberalism itself from its role in abetting the establishment of radical doctrine as a mandatory standard of judgment in mainstream cultural life.

Relativism in this form is the scourge of the times, everywhere creating indifference to objective intellectual, cultural and moral standards.

One sees variations of it in many fields of study (for example, in trendy new movements like postmodernism) and everywhere it produces doubts among reflective people about the possibility of justifying belief in objective intellectual, cultural and moral standards.

Even if his statements about faith don't measure up to a traditional Christian standard, the fact that Kanye is making them should be seen as an opportunity to talk about real biblical truth in honest ways and be a part of the cultural dialogue.

In 1981 he founded the New Criterion, a journal that reflects both his passion for art and aesthetic standards and his skills as a chronicler of the ideological follies so abundant in the academy and other centers of cultural power todaIn 1981 he founded the New Criterion, a journal that reflects both his passion for art and aesthetic standards and his skills as a chronicler of the ideological follies so abundant in the academy and other centers of cultural power todain the academy and other centers of cultural power today.

Despite the universal character of the Christian churches, the Christian missions in South India underwent a uniform metamorphosis depending on the social and cultural standards of the South... caste differences were further aggravated by denominational and congregational disputes.17

The history of the San Francisco Zen Center from the late «50s to the present shows a continuous movement from general intellectual and cultural interest in Zen to high and demanding standards of practice.

Some roles in the business world can be conducted better by those who understand themselves as professionals and accept a broad cultural and social responsibility for leadership along with that for the standards of their profession.

One can take this as a cultural bias, or take it as a tribute.3 In any case the fact is that the woman who fails to measure up in some way to the higher standards expected of her is more likely to excite the contempt of those around her, to forfeit the respect of her children, and (what is most important to our theme) to be dogged by a deep inner sense of personal failurIn any case the fact is that the woman who fails to measure up in some way to the higher standards expected of her is more likely to excite the contempt of those around her, to forfeit the respect of her children, and (what is most important to our theme) to be dogged by a deep inner sense of personal failurin some way to the higher standards expected of her is more likely to excite the contempt of those around her, to forfeit the respect of her children, and (what is most important to our theme) to be dogged by a deep inner sense of personal failure.

Chile is our cultural heritage, and the farmers make sure that the chile exceeds the highest standards in the industry.

We learned that the Haida nation's strict cultural forestry regulations — derived from Yah» guudang — gave Taan Forest a huge advantage in achieving Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, the stringent standard used by Rainforest Alliance.

Modi's party's support for the Hindu culture war in India has shown that, for now, cultural standards trump economic arguments, which will leave demand high and supply low.

The plants were grown using standard cultural practices for growing chile peppers in southern New Mexico.

to determine what the natural age at weaning would be in humans if it was not set by cultural standards?

While the right has had some success in this space in recent times — for example, with Michael Gove driving through an agenda to raise school standards, or with Chris Grayling's highlighting problems with human rights legislation — the cultural sphere is not one in which the right is intrinsically comfortable.

A separate letter is been sent to the Evening Standard, signed by Simon Schama, Helena Kennedy, Howard Jacobson, Sandi Toksvig, Ruby Wax, William Boyd, Dawn French, Eric Idle, David Hare, Martin Amis and Joanna Trollope, in a campaign which is quickly turning into a who's who of British cultural life.

Sadiq Khan did in the Evening Standard launch his creative and cultural industries manifesto.

Whilst it would clearly be impractical to expect our PCRT rules to be appropriate in their entirety in other countries given cultural differences, we are just beginning to consider whether there could be some minimum agreed standards of behaviour that apply everywhere.

He takes us from the analysis of largely non-justiciable constitutional provisions on socio - economic rights, through the commendable array of legislation in the field, to Nigeria's acceptance and ratification of international and regional standards such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights.

In her writing, she emphasizes making rural women part of the decision - making process, even when it is not standard cultural practice.

Zubizarreta says the reason is as follows: «People are somewhat wary of the idea of living in a wooden house: it's an organic material, it's less consistent that concrete or steel and can catch fire, etc.» In this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designein a wooden house: it's an organic material, it's less consistent that concrete or steel and can catch fire, etc.» In this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designeIn this researcher's view, the reason for this wariness is largely a cultural one: «Today, there are excellent treatments to improve the durability of timber; with respect to behaviour in the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designein the event of fire, the CTE - M standard specifies how the structure has to be designed.

We also want our campus community to know that we fully support new efforts now underway in a number of departments and colleges to address cultural issues and standards related to sexual harassment.

«Because thinness is not consistent with dominant cultural standards of masculinity, young people who conform to masculine norms may be more likely than other youth to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as high - calorie food consumption, overeating and sedentary behaviors,» explains Dr. Austin.

Even if you already embrace your appearance and feel no shame about not fitting in with cultural beauty standards, Kite wants all women to know that they are more than just bodies to be looked at.

Not to mention the fact that domestic manufacturing cycles and seasons still aren't completely in - sync with international standards and that marketing to non-Japanese would require a serious cultural leap of faith.

So next time you find yourselves sputtering mad over the cultural perversity of The Twilight Saga and its ability to rake in billions of sparkle - tainted dollars, an even more culpable target for lowering the standards of cinema can be found merely by looking at kiddie flicks, which undoubtedly kick starts bad taste in movies.

It was in relationships with others and seeing my «standard» (from my own cultural upbringing) of inter-relating as foreign and seeing the confusion.

«This was not a good moment in the history of English cuisine,» declared McEwan's ever - so - dry narrative voice, also selling out Edward's cultural standards with the interjection that it «would not have crossed his mind to order a red».

I wonder aloud what the level of commits were at that time or whether contemporary movies impose the present cultural standards back in time.

It's also important to note that Saudi Arabia still intends to censor all movies that are screened in this fashion to make sure they're in line with the country's strict cultural standards, which may be why they chose to focus on kid - oriented fare like this.

Remaking hit Japanese horror movies (a la «The Ring») is Hollywood's latest plan to rake in big bucks without actually having to be creative or original — and while «The Grudge» is nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard - issue haunted house movie, I will give credit to director Takashi Shimizu (remaking his own film «Ju - On») for giving me goosebumps.

Well, that was 2016 — a weird, troubling 12 months by anyone's standards, characterized by war, political catastrophe and so many extraordinary people in the cultural arena shuffling off this mortal coil that it sometimes felt like some sort of sick...

We do, however, see for each additional field trip an increase in the desire among minority students to attend cultural events of 7 percent of a standard deviation.

Even though FGM has been parallelized to male circumcision or other cosmetic surgeries that women have undergone in the Western World, it is a fact that in contrast to cosmetic surgeries, FGM is not a woman's choice but a decision that is taken by her family, community in accordance with the cultural and social standards of her society.

For each field trip students reported, there is an increase in cultural participation of 10 percent of a standard deviation.

Using WAC records, we again only find a significant benefit for minority students, an increase in cultural participation of 8 percent of a standard deviation.