Sentences with phrase «point for discussions by»

The governor's proposal is the starting point for discussions by the Legislature, including how elected officials will address missing components they campaigned on including funding for roads and expansion of the tax - funded private school voucher program.

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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.

In a press release by PETA, the animal rights group noted that in discussions with Tesla, PETA pointed out the possibility for the electric car company to reduce its carbon footprint through the usage of vegan leather.

I greatly welcome this turn in the discussion, for this latter question was also the theme of my own sermon, and it was only because the former arose in «Meeting Point» and was seized upon by many of my correspondents that I have had to devote a disproportionate amount of space to the historical problem.

In the evening of the same day this sermon was the subject of a discussion in the B.B.C.'s program, «Meeting Point», in which I was questioned by some members of the morning congregation under the chairmanship of Canon W. E. Purcell, editor of this Dialogue, and at that time the Religious Broadcasting Organizer for the Midland Region of the B.B.C..

For instance, in a discussion of apartheid, David Field remarks: «From a Christian point of view, it is important to examine the case for apartheid in some detail... because among its strongest supporters it numbers Christians who claim to have tested their attitudes and opinions by the standards of Scripture» (Free to Do Right [InterVarsity, 1976], p. 1For instance, in a discussion of apartheid, David Field remarks: «From a Christian point of view, it is important to examine the case for apartheid in some detail... because among its strongest supporters it numbers Christians who claim to have tested their attitudes and opinions by the standards of Scripture» (Free to Do Right [InterVarsity, 1976], p. 1for apartheid in some detail... because among its strongest supporters it numbers Christians who claim to have tested their attitudes and opinions by the standards of Scripture» (Free to Do Right [InterVarsity, 1976], p. 19).

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.

The NATO essay points again to the fact that, whether the issue under discussion is welfare policy or foreign policy, what we consistently find in the work of Irving Kristol is a consideration of public life and governing from the standpoint of the individual soul» and, by the same token, a consideration of the need to foster the right kinds of virtues in individual souls in order for the most desirable regimes to be successful.

This is, possibly, the most vexing issue raised by an agenda - setting book that will be the starting point of discussion and debate for years to come.

I think that students often take their cues from the adults in leadership, so by pointing back to the student rather than the unbelieving parent, it can help keep the discussion from turning into one about something that may be confusing and upsetting for the child, but is instead an encouragement to them.

Such anthropological discussion and hoped for actions are somewhat more specific than, though overlapping with, the more theological dialogue proposed by the Islamic scholars who suggest the call to «total devotion» to the one God as our starting point.

The books by Murray and the Schorrs are fairly representative of the current state of the discussion, the first pointing to numerous program failures and suggesting the wastefulness and positive harm of government intervention overall; the second pointing to specific successes, and arguing for the necessity and feasibility of expanded government action building on them.

I have nevertheless tried to discern here, by tacking back and forth between them and noting certain revealing points of intersection, the shape of the conversation that provides the current context for discussion about religion and higher education.

Our discussion will be guided by the following question: If Jesus Christ overcomes the distortions of sin, at least to the point that reason can acknowledge the grace and providence of God, is it then possible to move beyond the confines of the circle of faith for further witness to and verification of the faith?

These texts and studies do not exhaust the various ways in which women were perceived, and their roles commented upon, by writers of the early church, but they offer points of departure for a discussion on the contribution of women to the life and witness of the early church without forgetting that the «ancient sources and modern historians agree that primary conversion to Christianity was far more prevalent among females than among males» [13] in the time of the early church.

This is a factor addressed by many Jewish thinkers; for instance, by Elliott Abrams in his book Faith or Fear, which bears a subtitle very much to the point of our discussion, How Jews Can Survive in a Christian America.

And now to get to the point of this discussion, Charles Hartshorne is both willing and eager for his philosophy to be judged by this criterion.

Recognizing that I will not agree with his parity claim, Hasker closes his argument by commenting on my discussion about the need for a theodicy to have psychological appeal, seeking to turn this discussion to his favor by pointing out that traditional theism has been accepted by more people than has process theism.

boring to most of us discussion of Trinitarian metaphysics, the important point here is that a hierarchy in the Trinity has been denounced by the church as heresy for centuries.

But he returned to the discussion later, in a quite different context, and then it became obvious that he regarded himself as committed by the New Testament itself to a necessary link with the historical Jesus, for he could only reiterate his major point, that Christian faith as such is committed to the paradoxical assertion that a historical event within time, Jesus and his cross, is the eschatological event, and support it by exegesis of New Testament texts, especially Paul and John.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

But if you think you're making a valid point by comparing Gibbons against what looks like an entire athletic department complicit in a ongoing, years - deep culture of rape and assault of dozens if not hundreds of people (that goes for all three programs), then you have nothing valid to offer to this discussion.

The appearance of the book is appealing and uses language that is straightforward enough to be read by / with older children and teenagers, for whom it would serve as a useful starting point for discussion.

Greeks have witnessed discussions shift from $ 1 billion in additional measures (last proposal put forth by the New Democracy - PASOK government following demands from creditors), to over $ 10 billion in additional measures last month, to today's «Greekment» according to which Greece will undergo harsher austerity (for next three years) than at any other point since the crisis began.

BY KATHY KAHN Approximately 150 persons gathered Tuesday night at the West Haverstraw Community Center for a discussion about a proposed plant in neighboring Stony Point, which would convert New York City trash to natural gas.

The starting point for this discussion is Consensus CNY, the commission on local government modernization that was formed two years ago by the city of Syracuse, Onondaga County and some non-profit groups.

I mention them not merely to be hip but because they are relevant to our discussion here today in that they tolerate no cockfuckery — in fact, they are militantly anti-cockfuckery to the point of going on arson sprees or bat - wielding rampages when such are called for by the idiocy of the world.

The first, lasting 30 minutes and moderated by Ball and featuring Bishil, Macdissi, and Hussam Ayloush of the Council on American - Islamic Relations (CAIR) brings up a lot of thoughtful points about racial slurs and the role of minorities in the media, but that's a mere warm - up for the main event, an impassioned discussion with Ball, Erian, and Rajdeep Singh Jolly, Legal Director of Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF).

Rather than rushing to purchase the next tool or device, as many did in the past, leaders are now having more collaborative discussions about their visions for their districts first, according to Graves, who pointed to research conducted by Scott McLeod, Jayson W. Richardson, and Nicholas J. Sauers.

Murray points to the fact that national gains in educational achievement, particularly for those beginning on the lower end of the distribution, have been very hard to come by in the past few decades: «If we confine the discussion to children in the lower half of the intelligence distribution (education of the gifted is another story), the overall trend of the 20th century was one of slow, hard - won improvement.»

Specifically for non specialist teachers and cover supervisors: 3 lessons on parliament built around the text book offering with starters, plenaries, video clips, discussion points and homework (Citizenship Education for Key Stage 3 By Terry Fiehn and Julia Fiehn) The lessons are very and full so could easily work for 3 sessions on a focus day or by allowing extened discussions the activities could be spread over a half terBy Terry Fiehn and Julia Fiehn) The lessons are very and full so could easily work for 3 sessions on a focus day or by allowing extened discussions the activities could be spread over a half terby allowing extened discussions the activities could be spread over a half term.

As well as a purely economic decision, solar on school roofs can be useful for learning by providing a starting point for a discussion on energy, climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.

While they are intended as jumping - off points for further discussion and reflection, you can also have students address these themes by writing their own movie reviews or scene analyses.

For further discussion of these points — and several other reasons to support special ed vouchers — see our new article, as well as this video interview of Jay Greene by Paul Peterson.

A teacher's guide for Edward Tulane, written by Judy Freeman, is available at www.edwardtulane.com It contains interviews with the author and illustrator, discussion points, art projects, writing prompts and a crossword puzzle.

The questions or discussion points served to clarify some aspect of understanding for the teacher candidates or may serve to provide an opportunity for reflective thought by any participant of the collaboration stage: teacher candidate, postsecondary faculty, or inservice teacher.

There are two ways to increase the horsepower: increase the torque at any given engine speed or by increasing the engine speed itself (the second works to a point where the torque value decreases to a point where there are diminishing returns... but that is for another discussion).

All detailed on all this, helping writers to think for themselves with point - by - point discussion and lots of discussions in the comments.

While some modern readers would argue that the collection is no longer complete, Eliot's primary goal is still achieved by The Harvard Classics serving aptly as a jumping off point for education and discussion; imagine what his joy would be, knowing they can all be held in the palms of our hands.

He also writes that the source of discussion here (you'll see the slide below) is «a simplistic look at a complex issue» because it represents one profit scenario devised for investors» eyes, an example that can be affected and changed by «all kinds of pricing experiments and price points.»

The new Standard has been developed by an international working group of 41 experts from 14 countries who were involved with the project for three years, providing advice, feedback and discussion points as the work progressed.

As was pointed out helpfully by DeFiore in WU discussion, the HarperCollins demonstration of ebook profitability for News Corp backers that touched off the debate is «a simplistic look at a complex issue» because it represents one profit scenario devised for investors» eyes, an example that can be affected and changed by «all kinds of pricing experiments and price points.»

Stella Griffiths, Executive Director of the International ISBN Agency said, «The new Standard has been developed by an international working group of 41 experts from 14 countries who were involved with the project for three years, providing advice, feedback and discussion points as the work progressed.

That said, I actually got into a discussion on Twitter with someone earlier this week about whether applying for a lot of credit cards lowers your score — they were saying it does not, while the fact of the matter is that every credit card application you make dings your score by about 2 - 5 points.

The following was translated by Persona Central... - Etrian Odyssey series discussion with director Shigeo Komori - celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series this year - Komori feels that each of his titles are culminations of the experience and knowledge he has gained up to that point - in August 4, 2016 issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine (the same date as the Japanese release date of Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth), he stated that he had not yet decided what would lie in the future for the series - after seeing fan opinions, Komori realized that there are certain aspects of the series where he had been too obsessed with coming up with something new every time - 10th anniversary of the series brings about the recent launch of Etrian Mystery Dugneon 2, as well as the release of various merchandise - alongside that, Komori sees more and more opinions from series fans on social media - On currently developing a new Etrian Odyssey game: «In order to meet the expectations of these fans, I would like to deliver a «festival» - like game that can be said to be another culmination [of the series].

And by sore point, I mean a lot of people want their politics and their games kept separate in any publicized discussion on the topic, calling for critics, journalists and developers to keep their filthy political agendas out of video games in a spirited pursuit for objective criticism.

A single, large - scale painting (red dust between, 2017) by the Los Angeles - based artist Rodney McMillian will be on view for the first time with the presentation, serving as focal point in the gallery and anchor for discussion.

Summary Title: «At the still point of the turning world...» Date: Saturday 21st February, 2015 Time: 15:30 - 21:00 (Doors open at 15:00) Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE （ Level 5, 3 -15-4 Shibaura, Minato - ku, Tokyo ） [Access] Admission: Free (refreshments will be available for purchase) Capacity: 50 people No reservations needed Organisers: Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT], Camden Arts Centre Supported by: Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan in the fiscal 2014, British Council, SHIBAURA HOUSE Curator: Gina Buenfeld (Camden Arts Centre) Time table 15:00 Doors open 15:30 - 17:00 Introductory presentations and discussion - Intermission - 17:30 - 18:30 Act 01 Theme: Noh (screening)- Intermission - 18:45 - 20:00 Act 02 Theme: Butoh (screening, live performance) 20:00 - 21:00 Open Discussion Participating artists Live Performance: Mildred Rambaud Talk: Caroline Achaintre Jesse Wine Screening: 1: Theme / Noh (45 min) Hiraki Sawa Jeremy Millar Jefford Horrigan Ursula Mayer Manon de Boer Joachim Koester 2: Theme / Butoh (45 min) Mildred Rambaud Simon Martin Trisha Brown Babette Mangolte Fernanda Muñoz Newsome and Ina Dokmo Sriwhana Spong [Artisdiscussion - Intermission - 17:30 - 18:30 Act 01 Theme: Noh (screening)- Intermission - 18:45 - 20:00 Act 02 Theme: Butoh (screening, live performance) 20:00 - 21:00 Open Discussion Participating artists Live Performance: Mildred Rambaud Talk: Caroline Achaintre Jesse Wine Screening: 1: Theme / Noh (45 min) Hiraki Sawa Jeremy Millar Jefford Horrigan Ursula Mayer Manon de Boer Joachim Koester 2: Theme / Butoh (45 min) Mildred Rambaud Simon Martin Trisha Brown Babette Mangolte Fernanda Muñoz Newsome and Ina Dokmo Sriwhana Spong [ArtisDiscussion Participating artists Live Performance: Mildred Rambaud Talk: Caroline Achaintre Jesse Wine Screening: 1: Theme / Noh (45 min) Hiraki Sawa Jeremy Millar Jefford Horrigan Ursula Mayer Manon de Boer Joachim Koester 2: Theme / Butoh (45 min) Mildred Rambaud Simon Martin Trisha Brown Babette Mangolte Fernanda Muñoz Newsome and Ina Dokmo Sriwhana Spong [Artist Profile]

>> > Japanese «At the still point of the turning world...» - a salon event curated by Gina Buenfeld (Camden Arts Centre, London) Saturday 21st February, 2015 Time: 15:30 - 21:00 (Doors open at 15:00) Venue: SHIBAURA HOUSE (Tokyo) For this two - part salon event, curator - in - residence Gina Buenfeld (Camden Arts Centre, London) will present a programme of live performance, screenings of artists» film, encounters with sound and objects with open discussion in the incomparable setting of SHIBAURA HOUSE, designed by Kazuyo Sejima & Associates.

The plates sections are accompanied by a conversation between Johns and Terry Winters, conducted in the summer and fall of 2010, which takes Johns» new works as the starting point for a broader discussion of his artistic practice.