Sentences with phrase «by its proponents on»

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Proponents of the space elevator concept point out that the same physics would apply: The pull of gravity on an elevator cable would be offset by Earth's centrifugal force holding it up.

Scalia, who died last February, was a leading proponent of originalism, an approach that seeks to resolve constitutional disputes by focusing on the document's text, its historical context and the framers» intentions.

Seldom mentioned by these Big CPP proponents is the impact on employers, who kick in half of CPP contributions.

Provinces do not have to approve energy pipelines in order for them to be granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the National Energy Board, but the process will be much smoother for the proponent if the respective provinces are on side.

Australia's success in tightly restricting gun ownership after its worst mass shooting, and the concomitant reduction in gun crimes and mass shootings, is likely to be held up by proponents of gun control as an example for what the U.S. should do after its latest mass shooting on Sunday.

Background and resources on shareholder proposals and advocacy by dozens of proponents curated and edited by co-author Michael Passoff CEO of Proxy Impact (PI)

Items 4 through 6 are shareholder proposals that will be voted on at the annual meeting only if properly presented by or on behalf of the shareholder proponent.

• The SEC should address «the practice of «proposal by proxy,» where the proponent of a resolution — typically one of the corporate gadflies — has no skin in the game, but rather receives permission to act «on behalf» of a shareholder that meets the threshold.»

Because the SEC's rules for resubmission of a failed proposal by a shareholder in the next year's proxy statement require that the proposal have received up to 10 % of the vote (depending on how many years it has been submitted), the significant voting impact of an ISS recommendation can empower a proponent to resubmit a proposal year after year, imposing costs on the company and creating waste and negative publicity to the detriment of the company and its shareholders.

I would «base [my] info on inre the non-existence of God, heaven and hell, etc» on the absolute lack of even a shred of hard verifiable evidence for these extraordinary claims, and the fact that even after thousands of years of frantic and determined efforts by the most ardent and intelligent proponents of these claims, they still have been completely unable to demonstrate them in any testable manner.

Fairness for All proponents have one state - level precedent on their side: the curious case of how conservative Utah was able to pass a comprehensive antidiscrimination measure endorsed by Mormon leaders and cheered on by LGBT groups like the Human Rights Campaign.

World government proponents were deeply ambivalent about the formation of the UN after World War II, recognizing that in important respects it entrenched the nation - state by creating a General Assembly based on national representation and a Security Council reflecting the conventional notion of Great Powers.

I disregard his work because of my knowledge on the subject and the fact that he is a proven liar, supported only by other ID proponents.

Why hasn't this piece been put on the main CNN web page for all to see how violence is not only being committed by conservatives as the media pretends but also by the gay rights proponents who hate others that disagree with their political views!

The last terminology is favored by some proponents of therapy for homosexuals but, given the acronym, is not likely to catch on in wider circles.

I have been a proponent of the radical free grace of God for about fifteen years now, by which we get eternal life as a completely free gift of God, with no strings attached, and no works required on our part to gain, keep, or prove that we have eternal life.

Franck surveys the many ways in which proponents of gay marriage and other progressive social causes ignore the arguments made by conservatives, falling back on the assertion that resistance is based on «hate.»

If Kristof denounces me with such abandon, how can the liberal culture he represents function peacefully in a world that includes conservative Muslims who, though by no means proponents of Jihadist radicalism, also get categorized with me as bigots, fundamentalists, and «on the wrong side history»?

It also pointed out that FSANZ carries no actual safety evaluation and its safety assumption were biased on data provided by IRRI and corporate proponents while ignoring crucial scientific data on the perils of GMOs to human health.

Using the standard spiel of proponents of legalized betting on jai alai and other sports, Senator Friedland renewed the call for building frontons in Jersey by claiming that the revenues the state would derive from the pari - mutuel betting would «be dedicated to helping the elderly and the medically and physically handicapped.»

While proponents of screen technology laud gaming systems like the Wii, which promotes movement, a recent study suggests that simulating activities by playing on a Wii does not burn as many calories as actually engaging in those activities.

So, is the problem really that we have a lot of bad doctors or is the problem that we have a few bad doctors and that their impact is magnified by the media and NCB proponents focusing on them and reinforcing negative stereotypes.

This cautioned wisdom runs counter to the popular notion that the media ought to operate on an honours system of self - regulation, the proponents of which tend to hide behind arguments against the «risks» posed by censorship.

Indeed, its proponents hoped to «claim on behalf of the Established Church of England the same liberty as has been enjoyed for over 200 years by the Established Church of Scotland».

Proponents of the legislation say it will save the state $ 50 million if enacted by having primary elections for Congress, U.S. Senate and state offices on the same day.

The letter indicated, «Where the Board of Trustees of SSNIT agrees with the directive to take up the stake, it would be advisable to conduct legal and financial due diligence on the proponent company in order to ensure that the public interest in the investment by SSNIT is protected.»

The letter accepting the presidency's directive to SSNIT to be part of the project was written on August 19, 2016 by Albert W.S. Essamuah, Managing Director of Albert Essamuah Associates Limited, who are the Supervising Consultants of the project; and said they were appointed by the government through the Ministry of Transport under former Minister, Dzifa Attivor and Anator Holding, proponents, to establish the Master Plan Implementation Office which comprises the legal technical and financial structure to organize, follow and monitor the realization of the preliminary and implementation phases of the SEZ project.

Thousands of parents and teachers descended on Foley Square to demand that de Blasio get behind charter school proponents» plans to increase the number of charter seats across the city to 200,000 by 2020.

In the overall circumstances surrounding the organization of the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards, whilst the proponent of the motion could not justify his use of the word «levy» from a legal - technical point of view, it can not be denied that, from the evidence on record, the Ministry of Trade and Industry played a pre-eminent role in the determination of the amounts «solicited» by the MEF.

The GOP chairman said that in principle, he's a proponent of the idea, because he's fed up with the Albany status quo, and the prospect of turning state government it on its head by rewriting the constitution is appealing.

New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a proponent of city - county mergers, has proposed forcing county executives throughout the state to submit official merger proposals by Aug. 1 and putting them to a popular vote in November, on the same ballot as the mayoral race.

But on Tuesday, proponents of the legislation were hit by a setback that gave ammunition to those opposed to restrictions.

Its proponents seek to make biology more quantitative by relying on mathematics, engineering, and computer science to build a more rigid framework for linking disparate findings.

Lee Smolin, professor of physics at the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University, is a leading proponent of this idea, which also takes on board notions about baby universes developed by Andrei Linde of the Lebedev Physics Institute in Moscow and Stephen Hawking of the University of Cambridge.

Proponents» evidence «is not internally consistent, not reproducible, and certainly not consistent with being produced by impact,» says a geochemist who has been publishing on impacts for 27 years.

First, little research of any kind has been done on PSM programs or their outcomes, and just about all of it has been done by the degree's proponents.

Proponents insist that the reduction of farm equipment needed for harvest and transport would make up the difference by cutting back on fossil fuels.

Proponents say, however, the real beauty of training AI to be creative does not lie in the end product — but rather in the technology's potential to expand on its own machine - learning education, and to solve problems by thinking outside the box far faster and better than humans can.

Now, proponents of technology that seeks to propel spacecraft using the pressure exerted by photons from the sun on thin «solar sails» look set for another chance to get their idea off the ground.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, stem cell researcher Sean Morrison, an outspoken proponent of allowing research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in the state, has been wooed to Texas by its $ 3 billion state cancer research program.

Cloud computing lowers energy costs for users and cuts greenhouse gas emissions by streamlining information - crunching into single facilities on speedy machines, proponents say.

On the other side, proponents argue that GMOs are a harmless and necessary tool for saving a world threatened by over-population and a changing climate.

One of the Spirit rover team geologists, Dr. Steve Ruff, a proponent of the Home Plate (Columbia Hills) silica site on Mars having been formed by an ancient siliceous hot spring, came along on a geothermal field trip I led in February 2016 to the Rotorua area with Australian geologists who work on Archean rocks.

Specter, a lawyer by training, cautioned that proponents should not count on the courts to come to their rescue: «The vicissitudes of the legal battle are very very uncertain,» he said, so «Congress had better get busy, had better act on this subject so we do not await court action.»

I am a proponent of not just using medications for hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto's, but also of rebalancing the immune system to prevent further attack on the thyroid.

The book «The Art of Expressing the Human Body» detailed how Lee was a huge proponent of PHA (Peripheral Heart Action)-- a type of circuit training created by Bob Gajda, a Mr. America - winning bodybuilder who went on to be one of the world's most prominent kinesiotherapists and sports trainers.

The food and supplement industry has been on an extra protein formulation binge for a few years now and it is also being fed by proponents of high protein for weight loss, both from within the medical / dietician community and outside it.

While not quite as great as some of its proponents say it is (and having slightly less impact if you saw some of the same narrative tricks used in its 2010 prequel), Nier Automata feels like it's on the cusp of greatness and maybe misses getting there by a hair.

But charter proponents will not deliver on that need and demand by doubling down on the same strategies that grew the charter movement over the past 25 years.

Inevitably, voucher proponents will insist that the constitutional rights secured by a victory in Zelman would prove hollow if the states were permitted to undermine choice on their own.