Sentences with phrase «first point of discussion»

The first point of discussion is the online server itself.

Not exact matches

The first five or so seasons of HBO's show contained plot points from George R.R. Martin's «A Song of Ice and Fire» novels, and for the most part book readers kept those details from leaking into mainstream discussions.

Whenever a discussion of alcohol comes up among members of my congregation, and someone mentions the story about Jesus turning water into wine for his first public miracle, one point is inevitably made: that the wine back then was watered down so much it had little or no alcoholic content, making it barely more than grape juice.

But before we come to that discussion, it will be useful for us to turn our attention to the question of «resurrection» — first, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, about which so much of the earliest Christian writing found in the New Testament, and so much of the Christian experience of discipleship, turns; and second, to consider the point of the continuing Christian affirmation that those who have responded to the event of Christ are themselves made «sharers in Christ's resurrection».

The books by Murray and the Schorrs are fairly representative of the current state of the discussion, the first pointing to numerous program failures and suggesting the wastefulness and positive harm of government intervention overall; the second pointing to specific successes, and arguing for the necessity and feasibility of expanded government action building on them.

In light of this discussion of presuppositional analysis, it is perhaps worth making one final point concerning the relation between such a second - order type of procedure and the foregoing discussion of the first - order procedure of presenting the data of experience as evidence.

The Lorenzo Snow couplet (As man now is, God once was; As God now is, man may be) is a fair starting point for discussion, and Mouw is right, we think, to judge that Mormons are more attached to the second half of the couplet than to the first.

At one point discussion turned to the rest of the first round.

While the discussions are preliminary and conceptual, at this point the first phase would include construction of 1,000 hotel rooms, theater and entertainment components, approximately 3 million square feet of convention and exhibition space, expansion of VLT gaming space and a parking facility.

In the document, freely available on the BMF's website and also to be published in the summer edition of the BMF magazine Motorcycle Rider, the BMF point out that the Type Approval (TA) regulations currently under discussion are primarily aimed at improving and harmonising the existing type approval process first introduced in 1994 *, but with so much ill - informed comment and scaremongering surrounding the proposals, the BMF are concerned that motorcyclists are not getting the true picture, with some even incorrectly claiming that modifying bikes will be illegal.

Discussion points at the Forum included Marie Cannon, Erie County Social Services Acting Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner of Family Independence, stating the Department of Social Services» implementation of this past year's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP).

The screen could include information about local history, a public discussion board connecting all the Fon access points in the neighborhood, or perhaps just a brief biographical sketch of the Linus who owns the network in the first place.

«There was a discussion at one point in the eight - year journey of this movie of maybe going live first,» he said.

These are some of the post-movie discussion points, which are surely to also include the cutting edge cinematography and use of lighting from the always - great Roger Deakins, and the production design from Dennis Gassner that somehow fits the tone, mood and texture of both the first film and this sequel.

The first, lasting 30 minutes and moderated by Ball and featuring Bishil, Macdissi, and Hussam Ayloush of the Council on American - Islamic Relations (CAIR) brings up a lot of thoughtful points about racial slurs and the role of minorities in the media, but that's a mere warm - up for the main event, an impassioned discussion with Ball, Erian, and Rajdeep Singh Jolly, Legal Director of Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).

As for the suggestion about offering more opportunities for discussion and debate about different visions of education reform, I should first point out that we hosted close to 90 speakers just this year.

Engage students in a discussion about the first - person point of view as it differs in the fictional novel Drita, My Homegirl and the two personal narratives in Making It Home.

Before we move into the hands - on, let's recap some of the discussion points and key features / specs surrounding RIM's first touchscreen BlackBerry smartphone.

The game also emerged as a reference point in online discussions about the relatively small number of quality first - person perspective platforming games.

First, let me say that about half of what started me thinking about this was a discussion with my friend Pat, the Narrative Designer on my project, who pointed out a few brilliant things about the HUD design in GRAW that tied in in a nice way with my own currently developing thoughts on Camera in games in general.

other artists such as ian wilson, cady noland or charlotte posenenske made the decision at one point to head in a completely new direction: ian wilson instead of continuing to create visually understandable works, only led discussions about art after 1968; charlotte posenenske, who first created work elements, which could be rearranged according to anyone's will, carried this «open way «further by withdrawing completely from artistic productions, studied sociology and worked on social projects.

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First, there is theatre as thing of beauty in and of itself — an art form that is made and shared collectively, and that can be a focal point for reflection and discussion that leads to action.

For the first time, the report includes a discussion of climate - related «surprises,» or unanticipated changes, in which tipping points in the Earth's systems are crossed or climate - related extreme events happen at the same time, creating «compound extreme events,» multiplying the potential damage and destruction.

Created under Article 3.9 of the Kyoto Protocol, the AWG was set up in order to discuss further commitments by Annex I parties (industrialized nations) for the post-2012 second commitment period — Since the Kyoto Protocol is to be effective from 2008 - 2012 (first commitment period), the AWG's role at this point is to create a framework and timetable capable of guiding such discussion and ensuring that there is no gap year (s) between the first and second commitment period.

The first sentence in the Conclusion of Dr Curry's paper is the main point: This discussion on the null hypothesis has highlighted the fuzziness surrounding the actual hypotheses related to dangerous climate change and their falsifiability.

The first point of clarification is that the Tiljander proxies can not be meaningfully calibrated to the instrumental temperature record, due to increasing influence of non-climate factors post-1720 (Discussion).

As to his last tip, he also points to a discussion at Settle it Now Negotiation Blog in which Victoria Pynchon «negotiates» disagreement over whether to make the first offer with Michael Webster of The Bizop News blog.

This blog post has provided a first reaction to merely a few of the many considerable points set down by the European Council guidelines, which shall undoubtedly be the subject of much discussion and analysis in the coming days and weeks.

But while it is true that; first, it will happen to us all; and second, many estate plan events are predicated on that happening, it should not be the focal point of the discussion.

At some point during the course of general discussion I casually made what I thought was an innocent (and quite frankly, universal) statement: «Well, this is just our first kick at the cat, right?»

This article and the ensuing discussion (arguments) about «commissions», first and foremost, simply proves my (and others») point that the real estate transaction industry, as it stands right now, is not a «profession», despite the fact that there are some professionals operating within the business, some of whom participate herein.

Jenny, First readers should welcome your points as they provide a point of discussion to start, so lets clear things up.