Sentences with phrase «understanding issues of power»

Description: Explores the role and practice of human service professionals and how they can effectively engage non-resident fathers by understanding issues of power, gender, race, and socioeconomic status of professionals and the fathers and families they serve.

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Instead, if we understand the culture in which John wrote, the issues that the early church was facing under the Roman Empire, and all of the hundreds of allusions to Old Testament themes and prophetic expectations, the Book of Revelation can have a significant message for followers of Jesus today, who also deal with similar cultural issues as we try to live like Jesus in a world dominated by powers and authority that live in rebellion to the Kingdom of God.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

I'm undecided on the whole issue, but I always laugh when Atheists try to say that just because they have a small understanding of the workings of the Universe, somehow that means there is no higher power.

'» «Overall, the survey displays that Christians and the Church have some way to go in understanding the nature of abuse (power and control issues), how to respond, and supporting those who disclose.

When Millennials understand that Christianity is firmly established as «Truth» confirmed by «Science,» then Christianity is seen as having moral authority and the judgment of Christ on issues such as gay marriage will hold more power.

Did they understand that the symbolic power of their prohibition of prayer would continually overshadow other issues?

I will return to this issue in the next section, in raising once again the question of how this understanding of divine power is coordinated with divine love.

Anyone, then, who is going to preach on social issues needs to understand the power of myth and its poetic language of image and symbol, their grip upon the landscape of the heart, and the enormous energies that they may release for good or evil.

«In particular, the ACCC is inviting feedback from consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders about the issues and topics the ACCC can provide guidance on to assist them understand how the amended misuse of market power prohibition, and the prohibition on anti-competitive concerted practices are likely to operate and how we'll approach those provisions,» Sims said.

They want to stay in power and to keep the general populace so busy arguing over issues like guns, abortion, gay marriage, etc that we don't notice / care / understand they are squeezing billions and trillions of dollars out of the economy for their corporate overloads (and themselves), while we are all meant to greatful for a cost of living adjustment and hopefully being able to own a home.

In my experience, simply waiting until they are truly ready and can understand what is being asked of them, instead of pushing the issue at a young age, can save you a lot of unnecessary power struggles and needless frustration.

But breastfeeding awareness or not, these kids have demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the power of gender roles and how women's issues tend to play second fiddle to men's (to put it mildly).

WABA along with other members of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Consortium hope that all the initiatives presented in this 2013 edition of the Watch will enrich readers» understandings of the complex issues and foster many similar initiatives of resistance to challenge the current balance of power.

«As with the ongoing devolution of tax powers to Scotland, it is essential that our politicians making a decision on whether to vary from the UK rate understand all the technical and practical issues involved.

What many of us don't understand are the misconceptions of a Power of Attorney, which can cause major issues for you, regardless of age.

I want to understand what tools / power are at the disposal of the various levels of government to respond to potential issues.

From my limited understanding of the issue it would seem that, in many countries, privately owned and controlled central banks, responsible for printing new currency to stabilize the economy, have the power to inject the newly produced currency into projects of their own choice.

Marxism's lack of understanding of human nature, it's morally flawed call for violence, it's debasement of the individual to be subservient to the Party and to the State, the lack of curtailment on the state's power, and a host of other issues caused it to be a political failure as precedent to it's economic failures, which are legion.

The rector of Imperial College London, Richard Sykes, warned that ministers were taking a «back to front approach» by focusing on creating «scientifically literate» pupils with understanding of issues such as GM food, the environment and nuclear power.

«Alexandra Greene has a deep understanding of economic development issues, with unique insights into the Governor's signature commitment to bringing real power to the State's MWBE program.

Pushed on his understanding of the issue, the Massapequa Park resident clarified that he'd like the control period to end, but the power that came with that control period is what kept taxpayers from ruin.

The results are published in the June 10 online issue of Nature Communications and represent a collaborative project that combined the power of computational science with modern biology and a deep understanding of the causes of arthritis.

Fairewinds Energy Education is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to furthering public understanding of nuclear power and nuclear safety related issues.

Just as low battery power can cause the lights on a flashlight to slowly dim, so can poor mitochondrial function drain us of energy and function — issues the person with Hashimoto's can understand.

In Variety's Power of Young Hollywood issue, the actress denied dating her Spider - Man... There's very few people that will understand what that's like at 20... Dating — It might seem a little weird to pay for online dating, because Read More...

The film teases the audience with clues and foreboding hints at the causes of the malaise, but never offers anything concrete or literal, instead creating a rich allegorical framework from which an endless array of fascinating questions are raised as to how power may be intermingled with issues such as history, education, class, family, gender, sexuality and ultimately the impossibility of human communication and understanding.

Big ideas should have explanatory power in relation to a large number of objects, events and phenomena that are encountered by students in their lives during and after their school years and provide a basis for understanding issues, such as the use of energy, involved in making decisions that affect learners» own and others» health and wellbeing and the environment.

Before deciding, they are supported to understand the complex notions of issues, communities, power and influence, rights, government, responsibility and points of view.

The second reason is that SEAs have far greater power over this issue than most people — including lots of incoming state chiefs — understand.

I have come to understand that our power as a group of educators is undeniable and that by promoting equity and social justice in our schools and professional networks, we may be able to support other teachers who are grappling with these issues.

Can't understand why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Movement for Black Lives have issued proclamations opposing the expansion of school choice and Parent Power for the very black families for which they proclaim to care?

«In a number of areas from power train control to battery management strategies to HV system architecture, our engineering teams each brought their own experiences and understanding to the table and debated and collaborated to find the best application for the specific issue at hand.»

HERE»S WHAT I DO N'T LIKE: Loud wind noise (anytime I exceed 40 - 45 mph), makes it hard to hear the radio at normal volume; intrusive road noise, which I corrected by swapping out the standard Goodyear tires with Continental tires; lackluster acceleration for a V6 engine, CVT tends to lose momentum when you lift your foot off of the gas pedal — often jerky when accelerating and decelerating while in motion and when accelerating from a dead stop; as mentioned by another reviewer, accelerator hesitates before catching when shifting from reverse to drive; bumps in the road are not well absorbed (the 2016 model may have addressed this issue); no power to windows after you shut off the engine; no auto door locks; poor V6 fuel efficiency averaging around 24 MPGs combined; trunk lid's arms and safety feature makes it heavy and sometimes hard to lift open; Infotainment system does understand most voice commands; and Harmon Kardon speakers are sometimes crackly.

Issues around race, gender, status and nationality are key to our understanding of how power can be used to shape and control societies.»

With such striking parallel, the themes of proximity, complicity and power in Beckman and Wachtel's practices enlighten our own understanding of these issues today.

Power Youth aims to help youth gain a better understanding of contemporary art practices and awareness of cultural resources, while giving them an opportunity to discuss the issues impacting their lives.

My understanding of the power leakage issue is that it is mostly a wash in climates where indoor heating is used on a regular basis.

The website is obviously very rough, as it's only an evening's work, but I think the attention it's getting shows the power of the concept — people understand things better when they can see an issue in relation to themselves.

While the climate issue is still poorly understood by the general public, we all need to promote the benefits of a real transition towards a sustainable and renewable system model: job creation, restoring democracy, community power - decentralisation of energy systems which are now mostly in the hands of big corporations, energy sovereignty, improved air quality and health, a better quality of life...

Show me a non-statistically significant trend over a period long enough for the statistical power of the test to be 95 % (so the test is equally balanced), and you will have demonstrated that you understand the statistica issue and proven me wrong and I will happily admit it.

The Commissioner is an advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians and her powers include: Investigating complaints, conducting audits and pursuing court action under two federal laws - Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of public and private sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy issues.

Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

In the post at issue, he singled out ALM CEO Bill Pollak, suggesting that perhaps he did not understand «the power of blogs and the need for them at ALM.»

«I think a lot of women's initiatives make the mistake of not understanding the link between work - life issues and power and leadership.

In explicitly identifying these issues, Iacobucci has challenged those in the access to justice field to begin thinking through difficult questions regarding power imbalances and the reconciliation of two very different understandings of justice.

Mediators are skilled at dealing with power balance issues and they ensure that each party knows and understands the relevance of each argument.

In this chapter, the author explains the economic notion of monopoly power and compares that to the legal concept of monopoly power with the goal of helping lawyers better understand how to address the issue of monopoly power in an exclusion case.

It was only later on that I realised that the power of technology could not only help to understand these phenomenally complex issues, but could also dramatically reduce the associated timescales and costs.

I understand the benefits to using Zigbee over WPAN's, but the line of site issues, as well as the ultra low power really only benefit once you have enough devices to create said mesh network.