Sentences with phrase «giving public readings»

Bristol Literature Festival Book Busk Saturday 28th October In the company of local Bristol authors, I'll be having fun giving public readings from my short stories and novels on Bristol's buzzing harbourside.

The selected fellows must give a public reading once each semester during the fellowship and are expected to live in the San José / San Francisco Bay area during the academic year (approximately 1 September 2018 to 20 May 2019).

In May 2016, the fellows will give a public reading and participate in events around the Pittsburgh area.

Hunt will be appointed as a writer in residence at Bard College for the spring 2010 semester, where she will continue to write, give a public reading, and meet informally with students.

Not exact matches

Well considering your writing sucks, your reading comprehension is worse and your facts are completely wrong (starting with the US being the world's lowest and ending with Hitler wanting to only kill jews) I was insinuating that your education was so terrible it must have been on another planet because I have more faith that a public school in Rwanda could give a person a better education than the one you apparently received.

When Obama invoked Jesus to support same - sex marriage, framed health care as a moral imperative to care for «the least of these,» and once urged people to read their Bible but just not literally, he was invoking another Christian tradition that once dominated American public life so much that it gave the nation its first megachurches, historians say.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

In I Timothy 4:13, Paul exhorts Timothy to «give attention to the public reading of scripture» until he arrives.

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

Reading Monetary History and then reading the campaign speeches of Hoover and FDR (and also FDR's famous First Inaugural) gives a sense of how much of our public discussion of historical events is mReading Monetary History and then reading the campaign speeches of Hoover and FDR (and also FDR's famous First Inaugural) gives a sense of how much of our public discussion of historical events is mreading the campaign speeches of Hoover and FDR (and also FDR's famous First Inaugural) gives a sense of how much of our public discussion of historical events is missing.

The following definition of atheism was given to the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Murray v. Curlett, 374 U.S. 203, 83 S. Ct. 1560, 10 L.Ed.2 d (MD, 1963), to remove reverential Bible reading and oral unison recitation of the Lord's Prayer in the public schools:

He calls a popular assembly at the temple; gives the books a public reading; elicits the assembly's acceptance of «the words of this covenant» in the old covenant - making tradition (e.g., Josh.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

We have friends whose kids are going to the public kindergarten (only 1/2 day) with the «wraparound» enrichment program for the rest of the day; their little ones are already stressed out because they have just 2.75 hours in school, during which they're basically being trampled on with mountains of «instruction,» and the wraparound program gives just 20 minutes for lunch while foregoing rest time in favor of «reading instruction» and «homework help.»

I read an interesting article published in the Indiana Public Media that said a hospital in Indiana will be giving out boxes with helpful items for new Moms.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

I don't make a public deal of it because a) it's no one's business and b) I do feel like people would give the side - eye for being weird — so I have read this post with interest since I feel like people don't talk about post-baby feeding but it has been a real stability for # 3 in a bonkers chaotic existence of being the third child.

«This directive draws it strength with appointment letter given to you dated 26 August 2009, under reference NDHQ paragraph which reads «You will be subject to the Civil Service Law 1993 (PNDCL327) the Public Service Commission Act 1994 (Act 482) and any statutory instruction made there under and other general or department instructions as well as administrative directive for the time being enforce», the letter said.

I'm a blogger, God rest my soul, which means that I write in public, with a few hundred people at most reading what I write on a given day.

In the final days before the Third Reading — of which a mere 10 days» notice had been given by the government — campaigners» efforts to mobilise met an astonishing response from charitable institutions, political and public figures and by lone parents themselves.

The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities on Monday approved giving the city a $ 482,000 dividend payment for next year following a 6 - 2... [Read more...]

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

«Given the bill was dropped on the legislature in the middle of the night and immediately voted on there is no possible way Senator Gipson could have read, much less received public input on, the proposal before voting for it.

But I know you have your very good reasons for being among the 98 percent of the population that shuns public transportation: • You can read, check email, send text messages, or catch a few winks while you're swerving into oncoming traffic and pedestrians • You have built - in motivation for stopping at Wendy's for celebration takeout, given that you haven't had to walk more than nine consecutive steps the entire day • You feel good about the copious burning of hydrocarbons, which is creating valuable new beachfront property • You get to trade hand gestures and occasional gunfire with fellow traffic jammers.

Read on for a deep dive into the GOP candidates» personal histories, public statements and policy proposals, which gives a unique window into their understanding of the issues closest to geeks» hearts and of how the universe works.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

A really good website to give you more information and some great recipes is www.dietdoctor.com and also try Public Health Collaboration for easier to read and understand information.

In truth, these are the unwanted side effects that can follow the administration of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil — which public health authorities insist can be safely given to children as young as 9... Read More»

So I want to give a public service announcement to all the Millennials out there that are reading this article that you do not have to work a nine to five, just collect sugar daddies.

If you're going to start meeting women in public, you need to learn how to read female body language to determine when a woman is giving you an invitation to approach or not.

The film presents poetry in the context of the living presence of Ferlinghetti as he reads many of his significant poems, discusses his political and social activism and gives viewers an insight into his public and private life as it unfolds over nine remarkable decades.

And it's on the reading list of Gerald (Sylvester Stallone), the editor of a Huffington Post-style website who dispatches his green reporter / lackey Roger (Kevin Connolly) to get the skinny on «Reach Me's» Salinger - like author, Teddy Raymond, who's never given an interview or made a public appearance.

Director John Dullaghan has assembled footage of the poet's recollections of rough times and gives us a taste of the man's infamous public readings.

Those who were uncomfortable making their browsing / reading habits public gave up using Google News altogether, making the entire initiative a failure.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

The Education Next study looked at data from the 2007 NAEP tests in reading and math, given to 8th graders in U.S. public and private schools.

For example, parents (and the public as a whole) think much more attention should be given to reading and math, while teachers would especially increase emphasis on the arts and history.

The Association writes and publishes guidance documents and handbooks as well as produces videos on their YouTube channel in order to give the best possible guidance both to industry professionals as well as the general public in a way that can be easily read and understood.

While the National Center for Education Statistics does not release the exact number of students given the reading test, Best said it was between 3,600 and 4,200 students, a very small percentage of the tens of thousands of public school students in the state who are taking the Maryland School Assessments.

By giving students an opportunity to learn about education theory, talk to the general public about education, and reflect on their own educational experiences, I hoped to help them develop their own ideas and understandings mainstream education, the education they experience at SLA, and -LSB-...] Read Post»

The public says that math and reading should be given a better than 1 - point increment over the 5.2 - point emphasis (on the 7 - point scale) it perceives these subjects are now given.

In testimony before the budget - writing Joint Finance Committee at a hearing in Ellsworth, Havlicek first read the names of nearly 100 people whose testimony supporting public education over vouchers was given to him to present to the committee (read some of that testimony here).

In the Tigard - Tualatin School District (TTSD), it's about «never giving up; nothing matters as much as teaching every child to read at grade level,» said former district superintendent Rob Saxton, newly appointed in September 2012 as Oregon's first Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 TTSD's mission to educate every child is operationalized through a collective commitment to focused work; continuous improvement and refinement in instructional practice on a district - wide basis; and a pervasive attitude on the part of district and school personnel to ensure that all students leave TTSD able to be highly successful adults.

For more information about how North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction is supporting summer learning through the Give Five — Read Five campaign, please visit www.dpi.state.nc.us/give5read5.

The reading report does not give separate results for public charter schools or for the D.C. school system under Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee.

In the course of working with thousands of children in the public schools, giving lectures, teaching at the university level, and consulting with parents, we have experienced first hand the importance of learning to read.

For example, although it retains NCLB's requirement that all public schools conduct mandatory annual reading and math assessments for students in grades 3 - 8, ESSA gives states much greater abilities to establish their own interpretation of how good is good enough, and which schools should be called out as deficient and required to improve.

And in Chicago the public school district has had a pilot program in place since 2006 in 31 of its 483 elementary schools to give students in grades 6, 7 and 8 more control over what they read.

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There are many things parents can do which can help young children with reading — read to them, give them books to read, point out letters and words you see in public, let them see you reading, take them to the library.