Part of the reason that elements of the climate
change debate take on religious proportions — by the activists for and against policy — is that folks have so dug in around almost every aspect of the debate that it is hard to raise a question about some uncritically accepted element of the religious canon without folks first attacking you as an untrained heathen.
Not exact matches
As part of the 25 - year Business News anniversary, we
take a look at how the retail trade
debate has
changed.
Prepare For Healthcare Reform While the Healthcare Reform Act is still being discussed and
debated on Capitol Hill, small business owners should
take a prudent approach by ensuring they're aware of the proposed
changes and being prepared to act accordingly.
The hurricane might have helped put climate
change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone
debate resumed earlier this year it didn't
take long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.
Take our poll below and let us know who you think won, who performed better on the economy and national security, and whether the
debate changed your mind.
The gun control
debate has intensified in the wake of the Parkland shooting in February, and while some steps have been
taken to tighten laws and regulations, not much has
changed.
Although officials made no
changes, the
debate is likely to be
taken up again after the Fed's new members arrive.
Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for
Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the scientific
debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to
take action.»
As part of our comment series from Food Matters Live 2014, Ruth Holroyd, freelance writer, reports from the conference
debate about behaviour
change that
took place on 18 November 2014.
Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and
take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang with runners and no protection while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to
take a
change MR wenger is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health or something personnel worrying him cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and
debate the issue with bold
Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and
take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to
take a
change MR is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and
debate the issue with bold
If it where just possible to
take these statistics, and sit down face to face with PGMOB, the FA and some media hacks, on a public forum, and ask them to explain them, along with the coincidence of how things
changed following game 50 and Riley's subsequent appointment, I think that would make for a very interesting
debate, especially if video evidence was allowed.
But I do think that no matter what side of the traditional education
debate you're on, we can envision that things can be different, that we can
take different approaches and things can
change.
The development
taking place in both towns has sparked much
debate, whether it involves efforts to make sure high - density housing and newly built retail spaces don't
change the character of the historic downtowns or ensuring teardowns — new homes built on the site of razed ones — don't clash with neighboring homes or the town's character.
Subsequent panels
took the challenges for democratic
debate and social
change in the neoliberal period that were presented in the earlier discussions and brought them to bear on concrete examples of resistance to neoliberal policy.
BTW, also check out this Forbes piece on how Twitter has
changed the environment in which the
debates take place.
It will allow
debate and discussion around issues such as the implementation of the new fuel poverty strategy in England which is
taking effect from 2015, how we can reduce the health impacts of fuel poverty and will explore the effect of the
changes to welfare reform.
«I want to give Ed a lot of support because he's done a lot of good and
changed the
debate,» Kate Hoey, not one given to loyalty when the conviction
takes her, said an hour before the division bells began ringing.
With such a wide data base, the disparate surveys strongly suggest that Thursday's leaders»
debate was a game -
changing event which could impact the result of the general election, probably by
taking enough votes from the Tories to secure a hung parliament.
She said that «Europe had
changed so much» as she
debated with Lord Falconer, a former Lord Chancellor, over what MPs and supporters would make of the call, and when the vote could
take place.
But Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Mr Cameron had been «brave» to
take on Europe and the
debate had now
changed.
The board's proposed
changes were originally scheduled to
take effect in April 2015, but the rate
change may still be up for
debate, board spokeswoman Rachel McEneny suggested.
Tenney said she supports
taking a look at the federal background check system and argued that the shooting should not
change the dynamics of the
debate over gun control in her district which encompasses cities like Utica, Rome and Binghamton.
If you were thinking of voting for Chris Allen's opponent prior to the
debate,
take a look at that
debate on TV - 23, Lighthouse television, and you will very likely
change your mind.
As evidenced by the Lewes MP Norman Baker's performance at yesterday's Guardian
debate, too many Lib Dems»
take on our great ongoing political wobble amounts to a mixed - up mess of incremental
changes, flimsy novelty, and shallow anti-politics, with PR well down the list, and no sharp lines on why its time might have finally come.
«It is time to move on from the fake
debate over whether climate
change is real or poses a risk, and onto the worthy
debate about what actions we must
take to avoid a climate catastrophe,» he said in an email.
In terms of how probable each of those is, there's a lot of
debate, but in terms of actually making policy, you have to look at all possibilities and figure out possible actions you could
take to limit the damage from climate
change.
I suspect that over the next six months, this is going to be a
debate that will become part of the campaign, and I will be very clear in voicing my belief that we're going to have to
take further steps to deal with climate
change in a serious way.
Relevant to this issue, there is currently a
debate among paleoclimatologists with respect to the following condundrum: A dramatic recession of the more - than - 11,000 year old ice cap of Mt. Kilimanjaro in tropical East Africa is
taking place despite any clear evidence that temperatures have exceeded the melting threshold (one explanation is that the
changes are largely associated with a drying atmosphere in the region; the most recent evidence, however, seems to indicate that melting may indeed now be underway).
She added: «I think that the education
debate on grammar schools has been going for a very long time, but I also recognise that the landscape in which it
takes place has
changed fundamentally.
LCN design was about
taking those sorts of
debates down into schools and communities so that teachers, students and families could think carefully about the
changes they were thinking about making.
Our study will not end the
debate over test - based promotion, but we do hope it will prompt policymakers to
take the next step: identifying and implementing
changes in high schools that will help translate students» better preparation into better results.
Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social
change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and
debate as a primary form of instruction, and B)
takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.
With
changes taking place across the UK school system at an almost unprecedented pace, from academisation to assessment
changes, it is essential that school leaders have a space to come together,
debate ideas and share their experiences and best practice.
• How can schools prepare students to
take part in the political, social, and ethical
debates already being stirred by technology - driven
changes in the economy?
«It provides a ringing endorsement for many of the Administration's planned
changes that will be
taken up in Congress next year as lawmakers
debate what to do with the No Child Left Behind Act.»
Still, how much the latest resolution
changes the
debate is uncertain, since there appears to be little letup among some in the Legislature to at least
take a second look at the state's current path.
For a moment, at least, all that will
change on Wednesday, February 27, when the five Mayoral candidates
take part in a
debate at the United Way's education summit.
«If Finland, South Korea, Victoria, Ontario and Singapore started
taking this really seriously, the whole
debate around high - stakes testing would
change quite dramatically,» Leadbeater added.
As educators retire and the demand for great teachers rises, policymakers are examining initiatives that attract, retain, and support great talent, and as they give serious consideration to sweeping
changes effecting the profession, it's critical that educators» opinions and experiences are
taken into account as these labor reforms are
debated and implemented.
Their goal is to help influence the
debate now
taking place in New Jersey over efforts by Republican Gov. Chris Christie to
change the way teachers are evaluated and to overhaul the tenure system.
While the bill only calls for a study and a report, past attempts to tinker with the price - level index and the complicated funding formula have spurred
debate, as
changes can lead to some districts getting more money and others
taking a financial hit.
A multiracial fightback against the testing industrial complex — one that is explicitly ant - racist and
takes up issues of class inequality — has the potential to
change the terms of the education reform
debate and envision a world where authentic assessments are used to support students as they engage in classroom inquiry about how to achieve social justice.
Publishers are right when they say there's a role for them in an ebook world... Although authors will continue to self - publish, the
debate that matters in the future is what the basket of services will be that authors require and what will be the right price for them... good covers,
changing covers, dynamic pricing, constantly improved metadata, monitoring to catch glitch
take - downs, as well as developmental editing, line - editing, copy - editing, and proofreading... The lines are drawn for that discussion and the opinions are really all over the lot.
And allowing this price (or any other price) to dominate the e-book pricing
debate ignores the many
changes that have
taken place in the world of digital books since the first Kindle was introduced over four years ago.
Only then can you tackle your big thoughts, whether you're
debating over
taking a new job or you need to make some other significant
change in your life.
The idea of student loan forgiveness has always been
taken in one of two ways: An amazing policy that will help usher in a new wave of highly educated, unburdened workers, or an enormous cost for taxpayers and an ineffective policy.Whichever you think, one thing doesn't
change in this
debate.
Thank you to everyone out there who
took part in this
debate, and who helped us decide on the best
change to make.
I appreciate that you
take the time to comment on our humble little site but try and
change up your points / arguments so its more conducive to a reasonable
debate.
We
debated taking this out, but decided it would
change Anita's intent.)