Sentences with phrase «challenged by any evidence»

«It hasn't been challenged by any evidence that has emerged since then,» she said.

Challenged by this evidence of what nanowires weren't, the team next needed to figure out what they actually were.

Those who are already skeptical about using tests to judge schools and educators will find a lot to like, while those in favor of the practice will be challenged by the evidence presented that test - based accountability can lead schools to engage in unproductive practices.

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Challenge your negative thoughts by looking for evidence to the contrary and keep a running list of your successes, no matter how small.

We suspect that 2H16 EPS guidance is challenging for Valeant to make, as evidenced by Valeant's inability at our recent conference to strongly confirm its guidance.

Suggesting that we can build an endless wall along our borders, and blame our challenges on immigrants — that doesn't just run counter to our history as the world's melting pot; it contradicts the evidence that our growth and our innovation and our dynamism has always been spurred by our ability to attract strivers from every corner of the globe.

Just last month a federal judge in New York rejected a challenge to the phone data collection program brought by the ACLU, saying that there was no evidence that the information had been misused

«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians, and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»

The video conferences are run by the Pentagon, which oversees strikes in those countries, and participants do not hesitate to call out a challenge, pressing for the evidence behind accusations of ties to Al Qaeda.

But the optimism around supposedly objective algorithms has been challenged in recent years by evidence that some automated systems amplify bias because they're trained on data reflecting historical inequities.

Despite their short track record, we have some evidence that they choose effective opportunities to help animals within this field.59 GFI also attempts to support other work on plant - based and cellular alternatives to animal products by guiding startups, analyzing legal challenges, and drawing in bioengineering talent.60

First, atheists directly challenge their beliefs by pointing out the flaws in their reasoning and answers, and relentlessly pointing out there is no evidence to support any of their beliefs.

Most of the 350 - plus books written by «creation scientists» consist in large part of discussions of the supposed errors of evolutionary teaching, reviewing vast amounts of technical scientific data and theory, challenging this or that piece of evidence, method of dating or use of data, while producing evidences and counterarguments of their own in favor of a young earth, recent humanity, worldwide flood, etc..

Bill Nye is right; we are dumbing - down our children by failing to teach them science, failing to teach them deductive reasoning, and failing to challenge them to test their world - view by considering all the tangible evidence.

I throw a challenge to you guys, If the pastor got the courage to test his life without God to weigh the evidence of both world, why do nt you guys also try not for one year, just ONE WEEK a life with God by putting your trust in him, then you will be in a better position to see whether he really exist or NOT.

Cobb's doctrine of regional inclusion has been sharply challenged by Donald Sherburne.72 Sherburne appeals first to the systematic evidence against regional inclusion complied by William Christian.

I question the author's notion that connecting yourself to a doctrine by blind faith, based on no evidence whatsoever, is a sign of a critcal person willing to question and challenge.

(b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is one god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence;

(b) Catholicism can make a statement, such as «God is comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence;

It is widely claimed that the globalization of production helps to cut costs, and that (as long as gains are not outweighed by transport costs) everybody benefits; the truth of such claims is also strenuously challenged, and there is strong evidence that the real beneficiaries are powerful, wealthy, western countries, and the transnational companies they support.

(b) Religion can make a statement, such as «God is comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence;

These passages give every evidence of being crafted by thoughtful and deeply experienced writers who are trying to communicate what it means to live by a radical trust in God in the midst of terror, enmity and death — some of the greatest challenges to faith.

What we do believe in is that knowledge and facts need to be supported by evidence and that if new information comes forward that challenges commonly held beliefs, then you need to revise your theories and in some cases throw out the old ones.

Highly publicized reactions to science and social science on the part of religious conservatives, as evidenced by lawsuits concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools and court cases challenging the influence of «secular humanism» on school textbooks, suggest that Habermas's forces of «secular rationality» have by no means carried the day.

If someone states that they have been abducted by ET, or claims to have seen BigFoot, or state that they can view future events etc. then rational minded people will challenge them to provide evidence.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

A growing body of evidence suggests tackling food waste could help resolve many of the sustainability challenges faced by the food industry.

Other concerns included questions over the accuracy of evidence provided by the police, the lack of opportunity for the families to challenge the police versions of events, and the decision on the part of the coroner to record and publish the blood - alcohol levels of the deceased.

There is also mounting evidence that the very structure of the human brain is altered by the cognitive challenges inherent in learning how to parent (Rilling, 2013).

Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

There is real evidence that extended breastfeeding benefits children in the developing world, where young children are challenged by malnutrition and greater exposure to infectious diseases, which is why the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for two years.

«A Prescription for the NHS: Recognising the value of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics» was developed by the British Pharmacological Society because of increasing demand on the NHS and well - documented evidence that CPT is able to meet these challenges, despite being a little - known specialty outside the medical establishment.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

After that, Ball has more or less proven himself a reliable vote and loyal member in the Senate GOP fold, as evidenced by leadership's support for him when Assemblyman Steve Katz (one of several intra-party enemies Ball has made over the years) launched a short - lived primary challenge that fizzled after some initial fireworks.

Restaurateur Harendra Singh on Thursday finished his testimony in the federal corruption trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, after 13 days on the stand and as the prosecution challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys.

Evidence - based decision - making has never been important to a lord chancellor who would rather go with his political gut instincts, but now he is letting political paranoia block the means of challenging poor decisions made by Grayling and his colleagues.

I am still waiting for anybody in Queens County to challenge the epic corruption, dishonesty and cover up that no single person or entity has ever challenged, with regard to by total body of evidence that has prevailed for my plea for city job reinstatement and pension restoration that would finally make me «whole» again.

But their evidence (and a complementary public debt analysis by Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart) were quickly challenged by most economists who re-examined it, with Paul Krugman throwing a last stick of Nobel dynamite onto the pyre.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

Jacobs, who also told the court that «I want to file additional proofs of evidence, and intend to call more witnesses», then urged the court to fix a date for hearing of arguments with regards to the application challenging the court's jurisdiction, brought by Membere's counsel, Osaro Eghobamien, SAN.

«So, my challenge today for politicians, the press and the public is to accept the overwhelming evidence that things are not working, that politicians are letting down the victims of the drugs trade by failing to engage with the evidence.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

He has challenged the Professor to learn from Anas by presenting evidence to the relevant authorities such as the police.

Falana said, «I stand by my earlier defence that I never bought the house from the EFCC and I challenge him (Fayose) and the Attorney General to show the evidence.

Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.

A federal prosecutor challenged two crucial sets of evidence submitted by defense attorneys for former...

That city Democrats are at «civil war» (in the words of Jim Noble) was evidenced by challenges to incumbent aldermen and a legislator for open seats.

When he was challenged by host, Richard Dela Sky to provide evidence the Chief was a card - bearing member of the NDC, Nana Obiri - Boahen dared the chief to publicly deny his status in the NDC.

One controversial experiment recently challenged this either / or scenario of light by apparently detecting evidence of both wave - and particle - like behaviour simultaneously.

These relics of ancient South Americans add to evidence from nearby sites challenging the longstanding view of Clovis people as the first Americans (SN: 8/11/12, p. 15), a team led by geochronologist Christelle Lahaye of the University of Bordeaux 3 and archaeologist Eric Boëda of the University of Paris X reports March 4 in the