At the Links meeting, 18 women and 2 men -- mostly middle-aged or older, many coming directly from church on a Sunday afternoon -- seemed charmed by Ms. Randall's ability to jump from sweeping sociological and historical pronouncements to a down-to-earth discussion of everyday matters.
The refreshing move towards a more down-to-earth discussion of such matters is happening more widely, too – perhaps fuelled in part by the frankness of social media, where activists have battled for the right to portray and discuss other taboo topics, such as menstruation, without censorship.
Debating young-earth creationism is different than debating the existence of a deity – the latter becomes a fairly esoteric question when you start talking about existence and consciousness and so on, but the former is a more down-to-earth discussion.
After describing an application of limiting equilibrium methods to the analysis of a reinforced earth wall, the discussion is focused on the elasto-plastic finite element approaches.
In a study published today in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, earth systems scientist Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and a graduate student analyzed 17 schemes for cooling the planet.
In the context of environmental protection, I define "mainstream" Americans as English-speaking, long-term residents of the United States who had been exposed to Earth Day and post-Earth Day discussions in the mass media about the importance of stopping pollution.
With my own Jamaican mother being born on an island with more churches per square mile than anywhere else on earth and some enlightening discussions among my peers growing up, it didn't surprise me that people of color are statistically more religious than white people.
With my own Jamaican mother being born on an island with the most churches per square milethan anywhere else on earth and some enlightening discussions among my peers growing up, it didn't surprise me that people of colour are statistically more religious than white people.
Although these shifts were larger than the range expected from ocular counter-rolling (i.e., 9.6°), it was much smaller than the expected shift of approximately 40° if MST signals were coded in the earth-centered coordinates (see Discussion).
After the first meeting, a "brilliant" discussion of "Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri in a coffee house, she was certain she had found "the one" because no one knew anyone else and therefore no one came with baggage.
Q: Can you bring this discussion down to earth, laying out some of the evidence of your theory?
