Sentences with phrase «of local conversation»

The exhibition is a big deal — especially for a city like Washington, DC, where art is seldom at the forefront of local conversation.

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A big difference is that we're local, and I think we're coming to a point where a conversation is starting — and it's going to be a long conversation — about the role of companies in the communities where they work and their responsibilities to those communities.

There's been a lot of conversation about civic engagement changing, and I think people can lose sight of how closely tied that can be to local news.

Through conversations with Kris Engskov, Traci York and our local leadership, I'm grateful for the focus on the safety and well - being of the 5,600 partners still impacted by the floods.

Instead I hope these conversations of practice return us to the unique image of God our churches were meant to reflect in our local context.

Conversations about the power of making arrests, the corruption and complicity of local governments, the holistic care for survivors, the mechanisms of business and labor, the dangers of coming against criminal syndicates — these are not simple ideas or odds to overcome — especially in the NGO community.

The church also partners with a local rabbi from time to time for conversation around Hebrew Scripture and offers a variety of Bible study / book club options.

That's a really poor way of initiating a Christian — Muslim conversation with, say, the food court clerk at my local grocery.

We could have an interesting conversation about race, memory, and HONOR in America (as opposed to mere or simple dignity), roping ole Tocqueville back into it, or not; either way, it does seem right to conclude that the racial valences to this news item might actually yield in important ways to the manifold pressures of MANLINESS, especially Manliness Today — local cop vs. jetsetting prof, and all that...

Meanwhile, the World and National councils of churches, myriad regional and local councils, the many bilateral conversations, and unity efforts like the Consultation on Church Union have continued to do their work largely out of the public eye except for occasional moments of media - orchestrated controversy.

Driving across a few states and noting yard signs, billboards and local conversations may not be the best gauge of national politics.

Scot's newest book, Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church is already making waves, generating quite a bit of conversation online and among evangelical leaders and thinkers.

The young local ruler, Count Palatinate Pfalzgraf Wolfgang, was a graduate of Wittenberg and was happy to ask Luther, along with the Observants» Superior, Father Staupitz, and Luther's old friend the Erfurt Prior, Johann Lang, to a grand meal: «We enjoyed ourselves in pleasant and delightful conversation while we dined and wined.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

But in some of my conversations before the earthquake took place, we were hearing of tremendous successes in the areas in which we were working; where people were really kind of reclaiming their area, where clean water was being instituted, where the education facilities and the way in which we were working with the local governments were getting kids a good education, where jobs were [becoming] sustainable.

As the produce industry continues to change, local and organic have not only become frequent topics of conversation but also new requirements.

After they left, one of the locals gave me a tap on the shoulder and said that he had overheard our conversation.

One reason I think we were able to talk so long is because most of the conversations we have with locals here are often pretty similar.

One of the best souvenirs I have from Sardinia was a conversation I had with a local merchant — she actually shared her Amaretti recipe with me!

Media Release 6 October 2015 Industry slams calls for age restrictions on energy drinks The Australian Beverages Council, representing the local energy drinks industry, has today slammed the latest calls for age restrictions on the purchase of energy drinks that appeared in a recent article on The Conversation website.

The Australian Beverages Council, representing the local energy drinks industry, has today slammed the latest calls for age restrictions on the purchase of energy drinks that appeared in a recent article on The Conversation website.

«We are excited to be part of this fantastic countywide conversation on how to increase awareness and improve availability of our region's local, sustainable agricultural assets (read: awesome food),» says Webber.

Like all the best conversations, the one between Jameson's Head of Whiskey Science and the Head Brewer of a local craft beer brewery, started at the bar.

These summits will provide college students with the opportunity to have conversations with FRN National and other students in the region that go beyond a surface - level understanding of the issue and apply their knowledge to local problems around food waste and hunger.

The need for a different kind of safety fence became clear to Grand Slam's founders after a conversation with a local parent who worried about the safety of an unbounded outfield.

We re-constructed the experiment with a group of local parents here in the Twin Cities about ten years ago, and it serves as a catalyst for important conversations about the role that self - discipline plays in our children's success and happiness...

I have many memories of taking my newborn to our local one, as it was another way of meeting with our NCT group and a route to that much - sought - after newborn thing, adult conversation.

Thank you so much, panelists, for sharing your stories of using mother to mother donor milk, and for our Boob Group club members, our conversation will continue after the end of this show as we will discuss the resources available to you in your local community.

They still won't take it out, and won't for a long time (if ever) as per my conversation with the Superintendent of Food and Nutrition for our local school.

Start conversations using examples in the news or local events to discuss the dangers of following along with the crowd when the group is making poor choices.

Hunger, poverty, obesity, malnourishment, disease, sustainability vs. industrialized food, environmentalism, local / regional / state / national economics, food security, national security... there is hardly a conversation going on in this country that can't be followed (like the trail of proverbial breadcrumbs... but let's make them whole wheat breadcrumbs) back into our nation's cafeterias.

Also joining Morelle were a number of high - profile local Democrats whose names have been in the conversation as the congresswoman's potential successors, including Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, former Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Assemblyman Harry Bronson.

UKIP are a massive local challenge to Labour, not a major disrupter of the national political conversation and not a national challenge to the Conservative Party.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

At the December, 2009 edition, Charles Lenchner and I had a great conversation about applying the lessons of the ’08 Obama campaign to local political campaigns and issue advocacy efforts, and it lives on still through the magic of online video.

Part of the conversation includes finding a compromise on the State and Local Tax deduction, which many GOP members are hoping to eliminate.

To its serendipitous credit, the Soares candidacy has made the nuts and bolts of local drug trade a topic suitable for polite conversation.

Strengthening business and tourism, supporting local, sustainable agriculture — all this and more — were part of the conversation at the Dutch Ale House in the Village of Saugerties as Assemblyman Pete Lopez, local leaders, chamber members and others celebrated the long - awaited grand opening of John and Karyn Pavich's micro brewery.

The idea was borne from a conversation with a constituent in Battery Park City — and it became law because of the tireless efforts of local community and business leaders who worked with us to get it done.

, an in - depth conversation on the topic of New York's medical marijuana law «covering regulation, accessibility, barriers to entry into the local market, program costs and more.»

This week on the Campbell Conversations two local political analysts engage in a lively exchange with host Grant Reeher about the Iowa caucuses, the upcoming New Hampshire primary, and the remainder of the nomination process.

«I don't want to belabor this one incident, because stuff happens, but I do think — as someone who has had his own share of tension with local media about, ahem, different subjects — I may have something to add to the conversation,» said Weiner, a failed Democratic mayoral candidate who resigned from Congress in June 2011 after lying about sending lewd photos and messages to multiple women.

The debate over guns in Westchester has also made its way into local conversations, particularly in the town / village of Harrison, the village of Rye Brook, and the town of Mamaroneck, the latter of which briefly attempted to ban carrying weapons on its public property — an initiative that was quickly dropped after vehement public backlash.

Henry Garrido and Local leadership for a conversation on the future of our union.

Murphy stood in front of the local supermarkets and said the same rhetoric «taxes are too high» with no solution and good luck trying to have an engaging conversation with him.

«I think New York State is leading the conversation about how to give people a safe, secure home in terms of innovative ways of financing outreach to local governments,» Jolie Milstein, president of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, said in an interview.

The killings of African American citizens by local police have generated a more broad, national conversation about race and the criminal justice system.

«Last night I had a very in - depth conversation with a number of very committed, focused local elected officials from the city of Hartford and I was edified in so many ways, in detail, on a granular level, of some of the fiscal challenges far beyond the knowledge that I had on this topic,» Ganim told an audience of about 50 people.

All were fortified by an amazing array of delicious home - made pot luck offerings and healthy doses of conversation on fiscal cliffs, gun control, fraking, entitlement protections and local elections in 2013.

This week on the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher is joined by two local public officials who see in this moment the opportunity for a wholesale renewal of the housing and real estate landscape surrounding the old highway, which could lead to a city - wide regeneration.