Sentences with phrase «focus this discussion by»

RC can be informative, but they do tightly focus the discussion by heavily moderating dissenting views.

Not exact matches

Days can seem to fly by and sometimes meetings on topics not directly related to immediate outcomes can seem frivolous, but these discussions brought us all closer and helped us focus on what was most important.

The discussion focuses on improvement and holding each other accountable for living the values espoused by the organization.

A White House official pointed to trade as part of a «bigger picture» for the economy, with cabinet - level discussions described as «deliberative» and the President focused on doing right by American workers.

They're found by using keywords in the search section on social sites as well as in groups and discussion areas in your area of interest or focus.

The discussion will focus on disruption from within rather than disruption by new entrants.

Although China was heavily criticized by candidate Trump during the presidential campaign, discussions with Beijing over the Korean peninsula in particular have so far been the main focus of the administration.

Facilitated by Dr. Jason Field, Executive Director of Life Sciences Ontario (LSO), the panel discussion will focus on «The Road to Commercialization — The story of life sciences companies, their challenges, opportunities and successes».

Canada wasn't the focus of the panel discussion the governor was participating in, but Carney did hint, in passing, that the BoC is willing to put up with higher than two per cent inflation in order to avoid hurting highly indebted Canadian households by raising interest rates too quickly.

At the same time, I saw that even with tribesmen of varying investment experience and knowledge here was a community which was less focused / obsessed on «which stock» or «when i will get my target price» or «will you tell me what to buy» and more focused on rational discussions — analysis which can be understood clearly by visitors with basic investment and stock market terminology knowledge.

Our entire discussion of this point may be focused on the question of the logic of the contention that biology and, by extension, neurophysiology are reducible to physics and chemistry.

An opening essay on Hartshorne's methodology is followed by eight others: the initial four focus in one fashion or another on Hartshorne's discussion of theism and the latter four attend to other aspects and implications of his thought.

Our media define what is «news» and we allow them to do it when we focus our own discussions upon the news content as it has been defined for us by media players.

By engaging people in the effort to understand God by focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussionBy engaging people in the effort to understand God by focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussionby focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussion).

In recent discussions with Green, Hauerwas, Placher, Tanner and Marshall, I focused on these questions: Is postliberal theology distinguished fundamentally by its position on the nature of religious truth?

Naturally, I hope to persuade you of the wisdom of my own thought experiment; far more importantly, the experiment will have served its purpose if it stimulates and focuses fresh and continuing discussion of theological schooling by all of those who are involved in it, students and trustees, administrators and faculty.

In a poll taken by Christianity Today in 1957, for example, among members of the Protestant clergy who chose to call themselves conservative or fundamental, 48 % affirmed that belief in Scripture's inspiration also demanded a commitment to its inerrancy, while 52 % said they were either unsure of the doctrine of inerrancy or rejected it outright.1 Discussion within evangelicalism concerning the inspiration of Scripture has usually focused on this point: whether or not Scripture is inerrant.

Its amazing that we celebrate the public displays of faith by a young multi-millionaire who has done nothing else except to contravene Christian teachings and made himself the focus of a discussion of faith rather than God, and ignore the work being done by others who have walked away from the limelight.

His first argument for the existence of God is oriented toward «motion,» but Timothy McDermott's translation of the Summa Theologica brings the pattern more sharply into focus by shifting the discussion in English from motion to «change.»

However, the traditional Western - Christian paradigm of nature is being challenged by new ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike in their technical details or explanatory categories.

Focussing on the notion of prehension as the basis of a concept of «shared existence,» Cobb stresses the possibility» of an «ecological theology» to counter the Kantian overemphasis on the human point of view.8 A fuller discussion of Whitehead's ecological dimension is to be found in an article by John B. Bennet.9 Bennet suggests three possible sources of Whitehead's value to ecological thinking.

Fred, we have had a great detailed discussion this last week but as we drew towards making a conclusion you lost focus and by appearances forgot everything we have discussed so far.

Khan raised the issue during a discussion aired Sunday on ABC's «This Week,» which spent this week's broadcast focusing on American Muslims and the fears evoked by the proposed Park51 Islamic center in New York and by mosques in other parts of the United States.

Perhaps by doing so we can help bring about some reframing of the public discussion so as to focus on the truly important issues of our day.

In addition, I trained three of these five to serve as leaders of what I called peer - led discussion groups (focus groups organized and led by teens for which I was not present) and then directed three more focus groups with parents of teens.

Deutsch begins his discussion by focusing upon the limitations of power rather than the efficiency or potentialities for power as is most frequently the case today.

Our discussion so far, though severely limited by its focus on the Reformed family, gives evidence that substantial ecumenical progress has been made over recent decades.

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

The discussions will focus on five theses about the development of the wine sector until 2034 which are the results of a global market survey commissioned by ProWein.

There has been a lot of discussion about what we mean by biotechnology, and yet the majority of the focus of the conference has been on GMO products.

But I think a more constructive discussion is one that focuses on the actual issues created by the use of Native American mascots rather than one person's personal sense of disrespect at the use of the term.

Please circulate them, pin them up, use them for briefings and as a focus for discussion — and share them will colleagues, by passing on the URL: www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/bringingfathersin.

Tweet by Jessica Martin - Weber Content Note This piece focuses on sexual assault and includes discussion and detailed description of birth including birth trauma, anxiety, and mention of sexual assault.

While there are many passionate opinions on this new technological challenge posed by the Congress logic puzzles, tonight's discussion will focus on going beyond email.

What unifies each contribution in this special edition, however, is not simply a focus on social media networks, but an implicit establishment, or recognition, of a new ontological plane of discussion on which politics can now occur: the digital - political, in which technology affects, and is in turn being affected by, the materials, bodies and politics of the citizens living within the state.

Sponsored by the Progressive Communicators of DC and facilitated by Massey Media's Sarah Massey, the discussion included dozens of DC - area media - relations experts and focused on the reality of promoting ideas and causes in a press environment upended by technological and social change.

In addition to taking non-western influences more seriously, the workshop discussion started from the general premise that it is necessary to go beyond Levitsky and Way by probing the causal mechanisms behind «linkage» and «leverage», to analyse the links between the two concepts, and to focus on the role of agency.

Mr. Boateng who was speaking at a focus group discussion on the «Post 2015 District Level Elections», organized by the NCCE with support from the European Union, to refresh the minds of participants on the country's decentralization concept, stressed that the issue was detrimental to the decentralization process of the country.

The hour - long discussion put together by university students, focused on the dynamics that are helping to change the city's image.

Paterson insisted he never really ruled out borrowing altogether, but was upset by the fact that borrowing «became the focus of the discussion that I think delayed the whole budget process by a month.»

The education discussion «focused on David Blunkett's proposals for directors of school standards (DSS), appointed by local authorities and working with councils and the community, to provide a «middle tier» between schools and the secretary of state».

There was additionally a very thorough discussion of Campaign Finance Reform with Kristina Andreotta, of Citizen Action NY particularly focused on New York State legislation that may be influenced over the next month by positions Gov. Cuomo will announce in launching the budget and legislative priorities for 2014.

He grasped the centre ground by focusing on living standards and cost of living policy discussion and announcements: the Pupil Premium, capping social care costs, state pension reforms, free childcare, cutting income tax, and, his big policy statement: free school meals for all infants.

Following a comment piece by BBA, the FSB said that it is disappointed that this discussion hasn't moved on and that it should be focusing on how to get funding to small firms through banks and non-bank channels.

Klein said he's trying to lead by example, and though the main focus of the outside income discussion has been on the lawyer - legislators in Albany, he believes anyone with any sort of real world job should consider following his lead.

Grey - Owens told Gay City News at that time that transgender advocates were already in discussions about forming a trans - focused advocacy group — with the ability to make political donations — to ensure that GENDA and other issues of specific concern to their community would be prioritized by Democratic legislators in Albany.

The panel discussion focused on a poll recently released by New American Media, which looked at the problems and experiences of the often - silent female immigrant.

Central New York's underground infrastructure - namely, water mains - was a big focus of a discussion about the region's infrastructure hosted by Rep. Dan Maffei Tuesday.

The inequities are the focus of a panel discussion Friday being hosted by the New York State School Boards Association, which is holding its annual meeting at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

This conference is for educators by educators, with a focus on fostering discussion, questioning, reflective leadership and design - thinking within our schools.»