Sentences with phrase «what national events»

But your publisher couldn't have known; what national events happened recently — 9/11 stopped book sales for about a quarter and the resulting economic downturn across the board made this even worse.

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According to Lawrence Summers, former director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economic models.

What follows is a fascinating in - depth article that will send positive vibes through the NetLeaders community in Asia, with a national event in Taiwan scheduled for Sunday for 2,000 people.

Employee owners attend Chapter and National events, present at conferences and seminars, sharing insights on what it means to be an ESOP company.

In one national survey of teenagers, only 35 percent could name all four Gospels, 44 percent did not know how many disciples Jesus had, and 29 percent did not even know what religious event is celebrated at Easter.

Self - involved, self - righteous, and sullen, the adult Scout is a young woman trying to make sense of her relationship to the town, or more precisely, trying to make sense of what it means to remain in continuity with this world when its aggressive reaction to national events is at odds with her own, which, it has to be said, is not without some unseemly elements (as when she assures a relative that while she supports civil rights, she'd never want to marry a black man, personally).

In light of tragic national events, I am afraid that our answers to what heaven is like will leave out a common, global response: practices of repentance and practical change that access uninhibited presence with God.

When he asked rhetorically, «What essential difference is there between an assembly of Christians celebrating the principal dates of the life of Christ... and a reunion of citizens commemorating... some event in the national life?»

National Kale Day Becomes a Movement October Event Expands with Key Partnerships August 17, 2015; New York, NY — What began as -LSB-...]

U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health: Among Healthy Children, What Toilet - training Strategy Is Most Effective and Prevents Fewer Adverse Events

The NPP, has a penchant for raising funds outside Ghana, but what makes this particular one suspicious and interesting is that, the number of Chinese national, seen at the event outnumbered the Ghanaian residents and party members who organized the ceremony.

In 2013, NPR's Allan Greenblatt listed a few: It's effectively a one - party state, with the Democrats so dominant that there is no political competition and machine politics set the agenda; the elections are expensive, making candidates reliant on donors; many key decisions, such as the shape of the state budget, are made in backroom deals between a few power players; the local media is so focused on national events that it ignores what's happening in the state (especially upstate); and there's no anti-corruption movement to challenge the existing culture.

The sold - out Boston event was part of a 16 - city national tour to promote her book, What Happened.

The event which took place at the National Theatre saw Sherifa Gunu with her dancers delivering what can be described as a world - class performance.

«We've been on national media, we've done press, we're doing events... Every time someone learns about the Bronx and what we're doing here, that's a good thing for the Bronx,» he said.

Clinton made an appearance with Lincoln at a campaign event last Friday in Little Rock, and the new 30 - second spot features video of Clinton quoting from a Washington Post article that said that national labor unions had decided to make Lincoln «the poster child for what happens when a Democrat crosses them.»

The Syracuse National Action Network and many in the city's African American community are calling for an independent review into what happened at a cookout event on Syracuse's Near West Side that turned into a shooting on Sunday.

Organizers of what is being billed as the first national Tea Party Convention are expected to announce the principles at a news conference Friday afternoon at the event, which is being held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville.

The event will feature a video introduction from national DREAM activist Jose Antonio Vargas and a Town Hall forum with Assemblyman Francisco, lead sponsor of the New York State Dream Act, to bring together undocumented New Yorkers to share their stories, ask questions, and learn what the next Public Advocate can do to empower immigrant families.

To celebrate and to hear about what everyone is focused on for the fall, we're hosting a networking event on Wednesday, September 14 from 5 p.m. — 7 p.m at Saratoga National Golf + Read More

This event addressed that question from different perspectives — what science tells us about the aging process and its impact on cognition, what effective, or not so effective, strategies there are for maintaining or enhancing cognition as we age, and what the funding priorities are as reflected in the portfolio of the National Institute on Aging.

At the end of their fellowship, they will organize an event in their community that shares what they learned, and they will go to Washington, D.C. for a briefing with policy - makers who are working on issues at a national level.

In a paper published in Science today, researchers from ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University (JCU) and the University of Queensland (UQ), as well as the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) investigated what this warming pattern means for GBR coral bleaching events into the future.

Nicola Jones catches up with Julia Slingo, chief scientist at the UK Met Office in Exeter, Devon, about how natural disasters and extreme weather events over the past 12 months have changed what Britain's national weather centre does.

Linda Rivera says that what she learned last summer during her National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) internship was an empowering event she now hopes will be the foundation for a long scientific career.

«The problem is that whatever is causing these stealth events is beyond what we can see with telescopes we have now,» said Alexei Pevtsov of the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, NM.

From the other side of the spectrum, the National Endowment for the Arts has made a major push around what they call Artscience initiatives, including hosting an event this June about the intersection of art, science and technology.

«I am delighted that the National Education Association is taking the lead in engaging teachers nationwide in conversations about what it would take to provide all students in America the opportunity to develop global competencies,» Reimers said about the event.

On March 14, thousands of students across the country are expected to walk out of class or participate in events tied to what's billed as ENOUGH: National School Walkout.

The events of the last five years have led the two national teachers unions to what normally is referred to as «the moment of truth.»

The event was also attended by a Sky Sports News team who had the chance to see first - hand what just one of the over 780 primary schools across the UK taking part in National Fitness Day were doing.

What events (local, state, national) have recently affected your school?

The Golden State is awash in what the California Teachers Association calls its State of Emergency Week, a series of events supported by several other groups, including the National Education Association.

This was one particularly memorable quote from an event that the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) hosted last week with the Coalition for Evidence - based Education (CEBE): «Linking evidence and practice: what works?

What better way to celebrate that bond than by holding the weekend's largest national adoption event and inviting great pet adopters like you to meet -LSB-...]

What better way to get warmed up for the big event on National Trails Day?

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COUNTRY: Italy AWARDED BY: The Venice Biennale WHAT IT IS: Actual statuettes of mini golden and silver lions AIM: To honor the best national participation at the Venice Biennale (Golden Lion), and to honor the most promising artist at the Biennale (Silver Lion) ELIGIBILITY: Must be an artist participating in the Venice Biennale (though there are also lifetime achievement awards) NUMBER OF WINNERS: One per award YEAR INSTITUTED: As it is awarded now, 1986 for the Golden Lion and 1998 for the Silver Lion WHY IT»S IMPORTANT: The Venice Biennale is the biggest event of the art calendar — it's widely known as the Olympics of the art world.

In this event recorded on February 15, 2009, as part of the National Gallery of Art lecture series The Collecting of African American Art, Ruth Fine speaks with Washington, DC - based collector Juliette Bethea about her life — long passion for learning and what inspired her to begin acquiring art nearly 40 years ago.

Pictures such as «The Death of Chatham» (National Gallery), «The Death of Major Pierson» (Tate Gallery), «The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar» (Tate Gallery) do for the events of their age what Reynolds did for the individuals.

Starting tomorrow on National Honeybee Awareness Day (August 21), Directors» Maryam Henein and George Langworthy will launch events and activities nationwide through environmental groups, ngo's, beekeeping associations, chefs, gardening clubs, women's alliances, and others to help teach people in their communities about the plight of the honeybee and what can be done to save them.

In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100 % synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on... Read more →

KILLING GAMES ~ Wildlife In The Crosshairs, Project Coyote's documentary film exposing this shadowy world, is helping to increase awareness about the horrors of these events, what can be done to stop them, and how organizations and individuals can get involved in our national campaign to end this practice.

If you're a skeptic, read on because that's exactly what happened recently at National's Park in Washington DC during one of our Advice from Counsel events...

Officials with the National Safety Council (NSC) are working to make sure that everyone knows what to do in the event of heatstroke, heat exhaustion or heat cramps.

In the event that the National Library and Archives does make case law databases from commercial publishers subject to Legal Deposit, the question then arises as to what, if any, public access should be given to those databases.

(1) Network and learn what is happening in your profession: Along with dozens of other attendees of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) National Conference last week, I tweeted what I learned from speakers and colleagues throughout the event using the #NACE11 hashtag.

As I argued in these columns some days ago, the even better question may be: What can we do to stop the state and national impact of these floods and other climatic catastrophes being used as an excuse to decrease public community health, Aboriginal health and mental health service spending, just when demand for them is likely to grow exponentially and plateau at a new peak, because of the irretrievable losses, long - lasting «slow - burn disaster» and wearing - down effects of these events?

Researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health and other institutions still are not certain what causes PTSD in some people who witness or experience a traumatic event, but not others.

Targeting local association executives in Georgia and North Carolina, this annual event is a forum to share what is happening at the national and state levels and how issues and opportunities impact members at the local level.