Sentences with phrase «in public hearings about»

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The survey, which polled 1,002 U.S. adults, also highlighted the fact that the DOJ and Apple legal battle has become a hot topic in the public sphere, with 75 % of respondents saying they have heard a lot about it since the news came out last week.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.

This will often be from members of the public who are not directly involved in the cartel but are concerned about what they have seen or heard,» he confirmed.

The last time the public at large heard much about digital currency was in late 2013 to early 2014, when the Bitcoin price last touched its then all - time high of $ 1242 dollars.

Since Rhapsody bought it in 2011, not much has been heard of the once high - flying peer - to - peer service that transformed public assumptions about consuming music.

«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

With that many dangerous, unruly dogs roaming our neighborhoods and streets, if pit bulls were really a public health threat we would be hearing about dog maulings on a daily basis in every city in America.

«You do not hear the director talking about any other investigation he is involved in,» Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat of New York, said after Mr. Comey's letter to Congress was made public.

Our joint hearing will be a public conversation with the CEO of this powerful and influential company about his vision for addressing problems that have generated significant concern about Facebook's role in our democracy, bad actors using the platform, and user privacy.

While there's learning to be shared among all sectors, it's time to hear and read more about Canada's top 25 non-profit and public boards, not just the top 25 corporate boards in Canada, as listed recently in Canadian Business Magazine (August 2005).

Companies facing regulatory hearings like Kinder Morgan, groups promoting events like the Vancouver Olympics, or politicians justifying public expenditures like the new hockey arena in Edmonton generally talk about the benefits of their projects using a tool called economic impact analysis.

In the last few months, the American public has begun to take accounts of sexual misconduct more seriously, and some survivors have felt safe going public about their experiences for the first time, knowing that their reports, now, may actually be heard.

Hearings into the massive Trans - Pacific Partnership kicked off in Vancouver with a stark warning from the Trade Justice Network about the deal's many negative consequences, and an urgent call for a comprehensive, public and independent assessment of the pact.

The stories they heard in law school about independence, public service, and professionalism don't match up with their everyday experiences.

«The victims and survivors deserve to speak about the horrific abuse that took place and be heard in a public forum tasked with sufficient powers to get to the truth.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

«I had not heard him speak that openly about his faith in a public setting prior to last night,» said Gary Marx, a former Romney aide who is executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, in an interview on Thursday.

«Because I first heard Rachel's voice in reaction to public tomfoolery about women's roles in the church and society, I half - expected A Year of Biblical Womanhood to be sort of... reactionary.

I want to introduce my kids to a God who is both personal and public, a God who hears their prayers about being afraid to go down the slide at school and who also cares about the systems of injustice and oppression in this world.

By late 1997, public discourse about the Net was so deeply anchored in Gutenbergian mythology that skeptics of the digital revolution were sometimes dismissed without a reasonable hearing.

So here it goes: In contemporary usage I hear «kingdom» used for two primary dimensions — for public sector social justice activism (I call this «skinny jeans» because a pastor told me a story about his social justice associates who wore skinny jeans) and for seeing kingdom as God's redemptive power unleashed wherever that power is unleashed (again, I call this pleated pants kingdom because of the same story).

I believe she is refering to the very Vocal Churches and Christians who have for 30 years been hollaring and screamin about the issues of prayer in public schools abortions and the anti- gay verbage we been hearing for so long... nearly every day somthing is beign said on these issues you must be mr. van winkle..

Not a week goes by in sports without the public hearing on ESPN about a profes - sional athlete who undergoes micro-fracture surgery.

I never heard him say something about football, in public or in private, that was worth remembering.»

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You always hear jokes about different aspects of breast - feeding, and some were afraid to bring it to the floor of the Senate because they feared there would be embarrassing questions and that it would become a joke,» said Frazier, who got involved after a group of nursing mothers came to his office and shared their experiences about breast - feeding in public.

I was actually surprised to read, considering all of the negative stories that we hear about breastfeeding, that almost 70 % of British people feel that women should be able to breastfeed anywhere in public, even bars and restaurants.

We need a secret handshake or something, so let's talk a little bit about our experiences and some of the experiences we've heard about for moms that have been nursing in public.

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I am one of those extended nursing, boob out in public, crunchy lactivists you sometimes hear about.

-LSB-...] I'm perplexed and saddened when I hear about people that think breastfeeding in public is gross.

I'm sorry, but you made the choice, like it or give up, because there are plenty of mothers wanting to breast feed but struggling, they don't need to hear those who can BF moan about having to give stuff up or having to feed in public.

Robin Kaplan: Here's a comment from one of our Facebook friends, this is from Shelley, and what she wrote was, «I posted this on the Leaky Boob as well, but with all the negative stories we've been hearing lately about nursing in public, I thought I'd share the wonderful breastfeeding encouragement I had a couple of weekends ago, from my 85 - year - old great uncle.

Robin Kaplan: And I think that - and I want to ask Daisy as well about her experience - but the thing that I want to point out is; I think that people, when they hear about nursing in public harassment, I don't think they realize the repercussions on the mom who is hearing this and the devastation and the way that it makes her feel.

It sounds to me like «anyone who thinks home birth is a reasonable choice and shares their thoughts with their friends and / or the general public» but in this post it seems to be a True Scotsman: «anyone who thinks that home birth is a reasonable choice and doesn't immediately change their minds upon hearing about or reading a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics.»

For many years now, I've sat in school food conferences and listened to (or heard about) people like Ann Cooper of the Boulder Valley School District, Bertrand Weber of Minneapolis Public Schools and Betti Wiggins of Detroit Public Schools - all... [Continue reading]

We'd love to hear what you think about breastfeeding in public!

For many years now, I've sat in school food conferences and listened to (or heard about) people like Ann Cooper of the Boulder Valley School District, Bertrand Weber of Minneapolis Public Schools and Betti Wiggins of Detroit Public Schools — all committed, caring school food professionals who've radically transformed their district's meals for the better.

She notes in a recent article for a professional journal that at least one GFI publication she has reviewed advised parents to avoid spanking their children in public, to be careful about neighbors hearing their children's cries in apartment buildings and «to instruct one's children not to tell anyone — even the child's other parent in a divorce situation — about occurring chastisement (GFI's euphemism for corporal punishment), due to potential «misunderstandings.»»

We didn't seriously contemplate sleeping with the baby at night, mostly because of the safety concerns we had heard about, but we planned to keep the baby's crib in our room for the first six months to facilitate breastfeeding (as recommended by Canadian public - health officials.)

After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

Every time I hear about another case of a woman breastfeeding her baby in a restaurant, department store or on a plane who is asked to cover up, head to the bathroom or leave altogether, I wonder why in 2014 we remain so incredibly uncomfortable with breastfeeding in public.

This is shocking, and goes against all the rhetoric that we hear so often about the need for more women in public life.

We hear a lot of stats from the counties about how many licensed gun owners have filed opt - out forms for public disclosure, but absolutely nothing about how many citizens are rushing in to register their «assault weapons.»

Traditional gatekeepers (and their successors in the blogosphere) still help shape the public discussion, but the internet's vast glut of content means that just about every idea will get a hearing somewhere.

Ministers are being urged by unions to give public sector in - house bids equal consideration as firms gather in London to hear about the next round of possible privatisations.

Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing in Albany yesterday, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

Governor Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing held at the State Capitol today, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

During the recent years I have heard now and then about George Soros being demonized in several public speeches of some politicians from various countries.

In an about face on Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan announced his chamber will hold public hearings in the village of Hoosick Falls next month to discuss water contamination concernIn an about face on Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan announced his chamber will hold public hearings in the village of Hoosick Falls next month to discuss water contamination concernin the village of Hoosick Falls next month to discuss water contamination concerns.