Sentences with phrase «about claims practices»

There are some companies that try to be too sharp about claims practices; this is something to watch out for in any insurance company.

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Meanwhile, earlier this week, BuzzFeed wrote about a practice in which it claims a growing number of businesses are paying Facebook to promote positive news stories from publishers as sponsored posts.

This validates a claim by Signal founder, Moxie Marlingspike, that the app soared in popularity after the U.S. election — likely reflecting concerns about surveillance practices under President Trump.

While many viewers complain about NBC's tape - delay tradition, the network maintains that the practice is better for ratings as NBC claims female viewers (who actually make up the bulk of the Olympics» audience) watch sports differently than men do, with women investing more in coverage showing athletes» journeys to the games than in the actual results.

But they won't believe in your company's purpose unless your business practices align with the purpose you claim to care about.

However, in practice, religion uses its supposed knowledge and makes claims about the natural world, sometimes in conflict with what science says.

you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.

So here you quote a single verse that makes four claims about me, three of which I know to be flat - out lies and the fourth condemning a practice that is lauded repeatedly elsewhere in the same book (loving people).

I get confused about what excellence can mean from institution to institution, given the American practice of grading colleges; even the much less than superlative schools claim to be excellent.

Many people claim that the early church invented stories about the resurrection of Jesus in order to support their new belief system and practices.

Now, here's where I suspect Challies and I may agree: Because we believe Scripture to be authoritative in matters of faith and practice and a trustworthy testimony regarding Jesus Christ, we would be right to be highly suspicious of anyone whose claims about their experiences with God run contrary to the teachings of Scripture.

In the last church I went you when a leader claimed she was being prophetic and doing what God does, I challenged her about being insulting, practicing false prophecy and using God's name in vain in her sexist approach.

And similar observations can be made about those who claim to be practicing the Jewish religion, or following any other spiritual path.

Back then, religious freedom advocates warned that «many of the claims made about the Jehovah's Witnesses practices could also be made of other religious communities practices as well.»

Those who work in theological education are also aware, however, that we must also avoid intellectual or spiritual tourism — the tendency to explore the range and quaintness of the world's wondrous variety without asking about the truth - claims of various cultures, without attempting to discern the relative justice of alternative social practices, or without seeking commonalities that may overarch multiple lands and religions.

At one level every hermeneutic is exclusive in practice, as when «process hermeneutics» centers attention on the metaphysical claims of Biblical texts about the reality of God (e.g., see MEH).2 But «process hermeneutics» refuses to be reductionist in its theory of interpretation, understanding, and meaning; hence, its inclusive hospitality to «any and all disciplined methods of interpretation,» as Kelsey puts it (compare, e.g., RPIPS, especially 106 - 15).

Insofar as engagement in this practice brings with it commitent to certain claims about reality, are they true?

I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

First, concerned about the influence of paganism upon the Roman Christians, Paul sees homosexual expression as a result of idolatry, but he does not claim that such practices are the cause of God's wrath.

All that would be claimed is this: If we engage in the practice of theological education, then we commit ourselves to the view that it is possible to make truth claims about God and to weigh arguments in favor of and against them, even if they never are and perhaps never can be «knock down» decisive arguments.

Although Isabel reads widely in philosophy, and although she lives in a country where» however much territory secularization has claimed» there are still abundant vestiges of Christian belief, not to mention people who continue to practice that ancient faith, she seems almost never to think about such matters.

[9] Claiming that «the writers of moral manuals used to train seminarians for about 150 years have defended [the practice],» Smith gives the impression of a unanimous approval by pre-Conciliar moral theology.

Aristotle, alas, was mistaken on nearly all his claims about physics, not because he was a fool but because he was practicing a natural philosophy that could never lead to true theories.

Wendland has a longstanding interest in the entanglements of evidence and ethics in obstetrics: how people marshal evidence selectively to support ethical claims and «common - sense» conclusions about appropriate and inappropriate practices.

To prevent infant formula manufacturers from making extreme claims about the benefits of formula, organizations like UNICEF and WHO worked together to create regulations for the marketing of breast milk alternatives, and in 1979, the International Baby Food Network was formed, advocating for safe feeding practices and the ethical marketing of formula worldwide.

We don't stop to think about what political party they are associated with, we don't stop to think what their ethnic origin is, we don't stop to think what region of the country they are from, or which religion they practice; we celebrate them as Ghanaians because they are the face of Ghana and all of Africa claims them as well.

Tomasi tries to deflect worries about capitalism in practice by claiming the high ground of ideal theory: the philosophical choice between free market fairness and its alternatives ultimately rests not on empirical and feasibility concerns, but rather on which vision of justice is most compelling at a moral level.

Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims as only «intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»

In 2009 his lordship recognised after meeting French business leaders that France was better at setting strategic goals, citing examples such as nuclear energy, high - speed rail and aerospace, then claiming that: «We have something to learn from continental practice [but] we are not talking about public ownership.»

The nearly five hours of questioning, during which Mr. Lhota was joined by other M.T.A. officials, came as the authority is facing questions about its performance, about several high - profile accidents and about claims of deceptive practices.

We are not talking here about a bit of sharp practice in Labour leaflets that claimed that the Conservatives wanted to take away free bus passes or winter fuel payments, and which were disowned by Gordon Brown.

The shadow education secretary Ed Balls also called today for a government statement about the allegations that a number of senior public figures had had their voicemail messages intercepted, amid claims that Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was aware the illegal practice was going on while he was the newspaper's editor.

«None of this, of course, invalidates Buddhism or other religions» claims about the moral value and eventually life changing potential of its beliefs and practices.

«In practice, that could make a big difference,» Sauer says, and will ease the way for «a lot of claims that people complained about very much.»

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In the Parker / Armstrong dining hall (from which whites are soon expelled when Sam is surprisingly elected head of house), Simien lets Kurt bark his complaints to Sam about affirmative action, and propose the dubiousness of colleges» diversity - driven enrollment practices, before spinning the tables back in favor of Sam, who claims Kurt's dad is promoting random housing out of fear that blacks will «congregate and cause trouble on his plantation.»

But if the science of best educator practice is combined with a national infrastructure of standards and testing, then local actors can not adjudicate among competing claims about what science says.

Leaving aside the question about justicability, it could be claimed that the right to education (especially right to self - determination and right to receive impartial information in education) is being infringed because of the inconformity of the described practice with state's obligations under international law described above.

I tend to be skeptical of claims about educational practice that are based on neuroscience, given how difficult it is to observe brain development directly and how little we understand about the underlying processes.

Democrats can make such claims because they have nothing against the federal government in theory, however much state and local school officials have been complaining about NCLB in practice.

The «best practices» method that is gaining popularity among more - impressionable education policy wonks and that Tucker used in Surpassing Shanghai simply can not support causal claims about «what works.»

More importantly, the lack of strong statements from Rhee and Henderson about the alleged test cheating also casts a dark cloud on what both can claim to be successes in crafting policies and practices that will help D.C. children get high - quality teachers and strong, comprehensive college - preparatory curricula for decades to come.

Our claim that these practices ought to be considered essential for successful leaders is based on reviews of empirical research and on illustrative original studies carried out in educational contexts.116 We also rely on a synthesis of evidence about managerial skills, compiled by Yukl (2002).

PURE has played a major role in changing the discussion about charter schools by exposing the dehumanizing and pricey discipline policies used by the Noble Charter Network, the misleading «100 % college - going» claim of Urban Prep charter schools, and the questionable financial practices of the UNO charter network.

And perhaps most telling of all is that after their gratuitous claim that, «We welcome this statewide conversation about suspension practices.

«It's important to separate the marketing hype — that these organizations have used to self - promote their franchises about what they claim makes them effective — from the actual practices that may actually make a difference in raising students» learning curves,» Huerta said.

Tesla also lie about their 0 - 60 figures - in practice the cars never achieve the values Tesla claim, and they're normally at least half a second off the pace.

If there are routine complaints from customers about billing practices, inspection techniques, or customer service claims, you'll need to fix these problems before doing anything else.

Part of the research that any person should do about an insurance company is their claims payment practices.

Go here and here for information about franchisees that have brought suit in Ohio for what they claim are Petland and Hunte's sleazy, fraudulent business practices.