Sentences with phrase «making small talk on»

These days, if you're a business bigwig, you'd better be prepared with a considered view on bitcoin and the technical idea that animates it, the blockchain, before donning a wireless mic at TED or making small talk on the slopes at Davos.

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And even if you don't see a single tree on your jaunt out of the office, getting away from the need to think about work, keep up appearances, and make small talk with colleagues will make your break hugely more refreshing, Jarrett reports.

Find yourself craving more time to focus on what makes your soul happy rather than community building and small - talk?

But while searching the Internet this year for photos to help illustrate talks he gives to students on Holocaust awareness, the Louisville author made his most stunning discovery — a news photo showing his whole family aboard a truck crowded with refugees, arriving in a small French town.

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Over the next two years, my friendship with Rob was limited by the fact that he couldn't cross the sidewalk without his ankle monitor going off, but I was still glad to hang out on his porch and make small talk.

I've talked about my love for lavender on this blog quite a lot, and it's hard not to sound like a bit of a broken record, but this small flower really does hold a special place in my heart (I can not wait to make this milkshake and tart sometime this summer).

Asuka did as good as possible to make it look like she kicked Sasha in the air; if she had not done the «kick maneuver» Sasha would have actually landed on Asuka (but angle of camera was such, that we saw an «obviously missed kick» and we talking now about a «botch») plus Sasha right away put her arms out in a way to land safely than make it look like a «harsh hit on the floor» with the small roll BUT at same time she did hit the top rope with her feet so either it was a not intentional slow down (most likely) or she was so good that she intentionally used top rope to slow herself down (unlikely but still possible)

Ivan then talked about the new rules on FFP, and how it could actually help to make the smaller Premier League clubs become more competitive in the coming years.

Glenn gives us Jordan Baker, the woman golfer in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920s novel The Great Gatsby, «who gave up cocktails when training for a tournament but seemed to spend a great deal of time reclining languidly on divans and making delicious small talk with the glorious Daisy.»

As I sat on the exam table making small talk, my doctor noticed my new ankle tattoo.

On BBC's «Hard talk» show in 2012, President Yoweri Museveni made similar reckless statement about the homosexual issue when he said «Homosexuals in small numbers have always existed on our part of Black AfricOn BBC's «Hard talk» show in 2012, President Yoweri Museveni made similar reckless statement about the homosexual issue when he said «Homosexuals in small numbers have always existed on our part of Black Africon our part of Black Africa.

The researcher went on to make small talk for ten minutes until his MP arrived.

With 53 per cent of small business owners saying that they spend between one and six hours per week chasing late payments, firms can take control by: Making sure there is a contract in place which confirms payment times and then penalties if payment is late — such as interest charges Offering a discount for prompt payment, dependent on the relationship with the purchaser Asking for payment up - front, or a deposit before work begins Talking to the purchaser before shipment to make sure that all sides know payment terms John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the ismall business owners saying that they spend between one and six hours per week chasing late payments, firms can take control by: Making sure there is a contract in place which confirms payment times and then penalties if payment is late — such as interest charges Offering a discount for prompt payment, dependent on the relationship with the purchaser Asking for payment up - front, or a deposit before work begins Talking to the purchaser before shipment to make sure that all sides know payment terms John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the iSmall Businesses, said: «There are always going to be companies that pay late, but there are steps that businesses can put in place to make sure that they don't fall foul of the issue.

As talk in Washington potentially moves toward a smaller, bipartisan agreement on making fixes to the Affordable Care Act and not a wholesale repeal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he's not convinced the repeal effort is dead yet.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made the second stop in his «Where Do We Go From Here» tour in Albany Friday afternoon, where he told a small but loyal group of supporters that he'll fight to get key items into the national Democratic Party platform, including a nationwide $ 15 minimum wage, and has been in talks with Hillary Clinton's campaign over a greater focus on progressive issues.

And when he dropped in on some students in a classroom at the State University of New York, he showed he was still working on the art of making small talk with strangers.

In particular, «small customers» (those from academic and small company labs, as opposed to big multinationals) often love to talk to you about their research, which makes the job very interesting, and you build up the customer's trust based on your knowledge.

On parent - reporting measures, girls with autism seem to struggle more than boys with performing routine tasks like getting up and dressed or making small talk, even when the study group is normalized to meet similar basic clinical diagnostic criteria across sexes.

It sounds like you're talking about affiliate links, which I use for retailers who pay me a small commission when my readers make a purchase after seeing an item they like on my blog.

The scene wasn't so different from your typical happy hour on a weeknight: Young working professionals making small talk in a dimly - lit bar after work tv; reality tv; Sophie Monk on awkward kissing, bad flirting and dating «ugly» guys.

It's an irresistible meditation on the small talk, awkward eye contact and meaningless platitudes that prevent us from making real, human connections.

Rings opens with a prologue set on an airplane, as two attractive strangers make small talk through some turbulence.

While Colin and his new border Tom (Donal Donally) push Colin's new brass bed home through the streets of London (which Lester shoots with a «candid camera» technique to elicit surprised reactions from unsuspecting onlookers) they «pick - up» Nancy, but Tolen moves in for the make while Colin chokes on small talk.

Besides talking about working with Jason Reitman and making Men, Women & Children, we talked about his career, the way he likes to work, playing a small but key role in Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall, Breaking Bad, his thoughts on Better Call Saul and if he'd like to cameo on it, getting to work with Christopher Plummer on Atom Egoyan's Remember, and so much more.

While her security guard swatted away camera phones craning for grainy evidence of Le Streep, the actress made small talk with her Florence Foster Jenkins husband, Hugh Grant, (also nominated for a Golden Globe) and the statuesque blonde on his arm.

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I talked about the lack of dive after that panic - braking move, but while body roll remains present, it's much more reduced over previous models — thanks in no small part to available magnetic dampers — making for less driver and passenger fatigue on longer drives.

We talked very early on about how we could make a program like his available to the small press publisher at a reasonable price.

Mitchell covers more than just cube - land etiquette with advice on making small talk, conquering public speaking fears and understanding cyberspace rules.

I don't think they should have left town, but with the town being so small, it was easier to leave and leave the past behind them than live with people talking about them behind their backs for the rest of their lives and thinking one of them was... - tswaine Do you think the drought's effects on the town made people less likely to question what happened to the Hadlers?

Before then I was really optimistic about a new larger screen Kindle but then there was an interview on YouTube with one of the Kindle execs talking about the Oasis and he made if very clear one of their main priorities is making Kindles smaller and lighter moving forward.

We're also talking about professional athletes, celebrities, and small business owners who have made a conscious choice to get a head start on a daily basis.

To make sure you're on the same page, have an honest talk about what you're hoping to accomplish, how much time it will take and how the small sacrifices the two of you make now will help tremendously in enriching both your lives.

We had more leniency when raising Adelle since she came from a smaller school and before we chose a food we researched, talked to friends, family, our vet, and even chatted with a few of our fellow bloggers before making a final decision on a puppy food.

I'd imagine the general make up of users on N4G would be fairly indicative of the average make up of hard core gamers in real life, and it's really only a fairly small percentage of extremely vocal people here on N4G who are making a lot of noise to talk up the X1X.

Well, first and foremost Batman's relative inexperience, much talked about by the developers before launch, never get's utilised as much as it could or should have been past a few small mistakes he makes earlier on.

To make matters worse, the incident weight on his interactions with women, turning simple small talk into awkward affairs.

People talk aloud about current events in the world, passer - byes on horses shout hellos, bandits attack on the road, drunken idiots attack prostitutes — some of it sounds trivial, and some of it ridiculous — but its the small, quirky things that make a world feel alive and endearing to the player.

Basically, like all single men with an agenda, you ramble on like a yutz for ten minutes, making small talk.

Judy Ledgerwood talks about the creative jump from making a small study on paper to executing a wall - sized painting.

«Intersections of Art and Architecture,» Catalyst Iowa, Des Moines, IA, November 11, 2009 «Temple Exercises: A Building Performance,» Levine Museum of the New, South Charlotte, NC, October 29, 2009 «Arts and Activism in St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago,» Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, Chicago, IL, October 1, 2009 «Representations Series,» Experimental Station and Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago, IL, April 10, 2009 «Artist talk with «Temple Exercises» fabrication team,» Little Black Pearl, Chicago, IL, January 10, 2009 «Shacks, Sheds, and Other Small Spaces,» University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 2009 «Symposium on Contemporary Painting, Performance,» University of Illinois, Champaign - Urbana, IL, 2009 «Unpacking Yamaguchi, Myth, Ecstasy and the Black Church,» School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, 2009 «Why Make Art Now,» Performance Studies, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, 2009

The only problem with all the predictions about the level of the World Ocean rising is that, the World Ocean is refusing to rise up in support of the predictions, the other problem is that ice is frozen fresh water and frozen fresh water only covers about 5 % of this planet above sea level and frozen water under the level of the World Ocean does not count as the World Ocean will fall a small amount if that ice melts, so if the ice there is enough to get the World Ocean to rise and significant amount then it must be piled up very high, I cubic kilometer of water as ice, should it melt, would make 1000 square kilometers rise by one meter, so when you use this simple math then somewhere on the planet, above the level of the sea, then there must be over 500,000 cubic kilometers of ice, piled up and just waiting to melt, strange that no one can find that amount of ice, all these morons who talk about the rise of the World Ocean in tens of meters, this includes you Peter Garrett or Mr. 7 Meters, the ice does not exist to allow this amount of rise in the World Ocean, it is just not there.

That's the biggest thing he's done for us, and I want to take a moment to talk about the smaller things he does for us on a regular basis that make the big things possible.

In my talk, I stressed over-and-over that, where energy is concerned, Britain stands on the brink, and that the looming energy crunch would make the credit crunch seem like small beer.

Carbon tax is only; making smaller chairs on Titanic = empty talk

After a couple of days spent digging in their heels on the legal form of a potential deal, and then making headlines again yesterday with the release of the AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States) draft text, Tuvalu open this morning's plenary meeting of the resumed COP with an impassioned plea, which many observers immediately called the signature moment of the talks thus far.In an earnest, emotional address, lead negotiator Ian Fry called out the United States Senate and President Obama directly.

Another associate complimented the writing task and panel section, telling us «it made it more substantive and made me feel that I was not being graded on my ability to small talk or whether I was just lucky in connecting with a partner.

A cocktail party, on the other hand, is for mingling, small talk, hanging out with old friends, and making new ones.

Jared Correia: Yeah, it sounds to me like the best approach is to talk to the provider before you jump in on a contract, which probably makes sense generally if it's a small enough company.