Sentences with phrase «competing claims about»

Such revisions make for tremendous arguments and competing claims about whether cherry picking of data has been used to support the predictions of the AGW theoretical models (15,16).

Such revisions make for tremendous arguments and competing claims about whether cherry picking of data has been used to support the predictions of the AGW theoretical models.

On February 6, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited the Ed School for the Askwith Forum, «Fighting the Wrong Education Battles,» at which he discussed either - or orthodoxies about school reform, including competing claims about the importance of in - school and out - of - school influences on student achievement, and the struggle to advance both a well - rounded curriculum and school accountability.

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.

«Voters in our groups are willing to weigh competing claims about the real costs of clean energy reform,» the memo advises.

David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash on figures with competing claims about NHS services in England

Not exact matches

It would mean that a 37 - year - old, drug - free Lance came in third in the Tour de France ahead of «at least a handful of other elite cyclists who themselves were later found to have doped — an alleged accomplishment that would raise further questions about his claim that he needed to use PEDs in his prime in order to compete in a culture of doping.»

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

I still think a reasonable American goal might be a kind of Socratic openness to taking competing claims for truth — even or especially about the fundamental human issues — seriously as claims for truth.

During the college years a student's religion must fight its way against the high - pressured tempo of the modern campus, the welter of competing social claims, the campus gods of football or fraternity or romance that leave little time or energy to think about religion and the Church.

Since Catholic and Protestant could not both be right, by what criterion was one to make a judgement about their competing claims?

Amarillo Slim, one of the world's best poker players, claims Riggs has approached him about the possibility of competing against a woman in poker, but Riggs says it was the other way around.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

If the Arsenal board are indeed serious about the ambition they claim to have, perhaps a better approach would be to sign some world - class players, prove to Alexis during the season that the Gunners» can compete and convince him to sign a new deal around January, failing which, the Chilean can leave on a free transfer.

If PRI is in bad shape, doctors now covered by the company might worry about getting any claims paid and decide to sign on with a competing insurer.

Today, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) issued a report claiming that the number of competing grants — essentially new awards — will plunge about 40 %, from 16,564 to 9850, if NIH's base budget stays at the $ 31 billion requested by President Barack Obama for 2010.

i hcve 2 leg days one is squats sets of 20 down to 12 my goal is 6 to 8 sets till failure then leg press 20 to 40 rep sets 6sets then ham curls 10 to 15 reps 6 sets my next leg day is leg press or the icariann plate loaded leg press i do 50 to 60 rep sets with different foot positions every 15 reps, then 1 leg presses rest pause sets of ten only 10 seconds rest at this point i quit counting just go go, this leg press session is a half - hour not much rest and no knee pain I'm not going heavy it compliments my heavy squat day my other parts are done in similar fashion, i don't consider this a heavy light split, its more of a kind of heavy 1 day then moderate high rep next session for those that need a label i really feel this is awesome I've lowered my testosterone dose to 300 mg every 10 days remember im44 not 24 lol i can claim trt my point is i believe I've conditioned myself much more with michaels theories but to take my body to the next level i need to add more volume and excersise variance, i plan on competing within a year, thanks corey for your support i don know if we should post out training since its not according to michaels routine i would continue to hear about your ideas, progress, your like me always searching as you get older safety and longevity are paramount, at the same time we want to kickass and make gains its addictive if you want i can leave my number corey take care and i wish everyone good luck and good health!!!!!!

According to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary overseer of research within the Department of Education, «scientifically based research» fits the following criteria: It randomly assigns its test subjects to comparable groups; it yields reliable, measurable data; if the study makes any claims about what causes its effects, it «substantially eliminates plausible competing explanations»; its methods are clear enough that other researchers can repeat or extend them; and, finally, the study has been accepted by a peer - reviewed journal or equivalent panel of «independent experts.»

If, as a country, we are to realize the potential offered by comprehensive school reform, decision makers will need help in sorting through competing claims made by researchers and providers about what works.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareLast summer, I wrote about a police investigation of Michigan - based pay - to - play publisher 2 Moon Press, which closed its doors in May amid competing claims of wrongdoing by its former and current owners.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareLast November, I wrote a post about deadbeat vanity publisher 2 Moon Press, which closed its doors in May 2013 amid competing claims of wrongdoing by its former and current owners.

Perhaps a more appropriate claim would be — Publishers were desperate and totally incapable of competing technologically, so they used Apple to bring about «The Agency Model».

When Phil Schiller took the stage last week to talk about Apple's new A5X SoC, he threw up a slide claiming that it has four times the graphics performance of Nvidia's competing Tegra 3.

For sure, the technical rebuttals to the specific claims compete with balance of evidence arguments and a little bit of playful trolling for the attention of anyone who actually cares about the details.

I get very confused about the competing claims for global temperatures in recent years.

In other words, from 24 Feb, there were competing legal claims as to the child's best interest, which the courts may make a decision about pursuant to § 31 of The Children Act, and where the hospital submitted a conventional plan for treatment (withdraw life support, limit treatment to palliative care): see the appellate judgment para 116 ff.

I am not talking about a court disposing of competing claims to legal rights; I am talking about someone resolving competing claims to represent the client in the first place.

While this conclusion seems justifiable if not self - evident, I am less sure about the public / private law distinction that Justice Simpson relies upon to support his conclusion, since an argument about competing property claims is perhaps best characterized as a private law argument.

«In speech and debate you're competing against another student,» he says, «and you're thinking about how to craft misleading claims, or how to craft correct claims that are very persuasive.»

There was the lag on payments to the factory's construction company, the senior staffers jumping ship, the confusing debut of a seemingly competing car from the company helmed by its principal backer, the lawsuits from a supplier and a landlord who said they weren't getting paid, the work stoppage on the factory, the state officials in Nevada who said Jia didn't have as much money as he claimed (something that Jia denied in a haters - are - my - motivators statement), and the fact that leaders in that state copped to never really knowing much about FF's financials before approving that incentive package.

Following a report claiming Apple's suppliers are shipping only about 40 percent of the components originally planned for initial production of the iPhone X, a new report suggests the TrueDepth camera is the primary bottleneck.The word comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo, who said the facial recognition system is «far more complex» than those on competing devices, which is making it challenging for Apple to achieve mass production.An excerpt from Kuo's research note obtained by MacRumors: TrueDepth camera may be main production bottleneck of iPhone X ramp.