Sentences with phrase «debates over development»

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The hearing, set for Tuesday, is the latest development in a showdown between Apple and the U.S. government that has become a lightning rod in the national debate over digital privacy and what kind of data on phones and personal devices should be accessible by law enforcement.

The debate over TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline has forced Americans to confront their complicity in the development of Canada's oilsands.

As the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., stokes the national debate over firearms, it may be easy to overlook another major development in the gun world this week.

As the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee prepares to consider new legislation that would open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to energy development, long - time players in the debate over Alaskan energy production are explaining why now is the time to unlock critical resources in the region.

The focus on Canadian gas was natural given the location of the Summit, the first to be held outside Asia, but it also reflected the lively debate going on in Canada over industry developments, environmental issues, and potential economic impacts.

Perhaps showing how closely he follows the debates that have exploded over his various pronouncements, Francis devoted some time in his remarks to demonstrating that his new position on the death penalty is part of a «harmonious development» of doctrine.

It comes over in all the modern debates — economic development and resources, use of environment, pollution, population, the «doomsday» debates.

Even Roberts acknowledges that «few people are really listening, that the debate is politically rigged, that few people have the nerve or willingness to hold unpopular positions» and «the development of the culture over the last few decades has inured people to the creational realities.»

As the «new media» of the printed book became common, the debates over the contents of the canon subsided, and instead encouraged by its new fixedness those over the exactness of its inspiration (the development of the doctrines of infallibility, inerrancy, et al) began to spring up.

Indeed, the Cairo conference just may have marked a turning point in the international debate over population and development.

If there were any successes in the debate over the 2007 farm bill, they came in the development of what Imhoff calls literacy.

Sonoma County Winery Development at Issue in Debate About Events: Sonoma County has approved more than 300 new wineries and tasting rooms in the past 16 years — a nearly 360 percent increase over the previous three decades — and many of those wineries have decided in recent years to boost business by offering an array of events, from wine - tasting dinners to weddings and harvest parties...

Aside from the ongoing debate over whether swaddling prevents learning to self - soothe or hinders physical development, there's a new, dangerous dimension for new parents to consider.

Even more fraught is the debate over procurement reform in the state Legislature, where lawmakers had sought to restore power to the comptroller's office when it comes to oversight of economic development spending.

The debate over casino development in Saratoga County is expanding, as the town of Moreau is making its own pitch for a possible casino location.

While the debate is over approval of the Green Code, Monday night's protest rally and then Common Council hearing show the over-arching plan for Buffalo's new zoning and development rules is subject to attack on the specifics.

Mauro's leadership at FPI since 1993 has been essential to its development as a credible and effective advocacy organization that helps to shape the debate over key economic and fiscal issues in ways that ensure a voice for working people — from middle income homeowners struggling with high property tax bills to those families whose breadwinners toil in minimum wage jobs to the involuntarily unemployed.

Clinton and de Blasio, who have a longstanding relationship dating back to the mayor's tenure working at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 1990s, touched on the charter debate during a broader conversation over education issues, the sources said.

So, yes, dictatorships, in some circumstances, are unique in increasing the efficiency of governance by reducing delays in the formulation and implementation of policies due to the absence of the need for consensus and endless debates to implement projects or policy and the unique ability to calibrate complete legal systems by decree and even an ability to stay focused over long periods, accelerating economic development.

During a debate over the consolidation held at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs this spring, Consensus representatives painted a grim picture: Syracuse is facing sluggish economic development and high poverty rates coupled with a fleeing population.

After recent debates over Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell's idea for a moratorium on new winery, brewery and distillery development, Mr. Russell and a representative of the Long Island Wine Council spoke at the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night about the proposal.

While issues of crime, education and economic development were discussed, debate over how the city handled tax breaks for Destiny USA sparked the most heated exchange between mayor Stephanie Miner and Common Councilor Pat Hogan.

The research aims to settle a major anthropological debate over whether political systems develop the same way regardless of culture; the results suggest that some aspects of political development are in fact universal.

At a gathering of key scientists and policy experts held in Asilomar, California, last week, detailed debates began over who should control the development of a planetary rescue plan.

A new development in CRISPR technology ignites ethics debates about how much control we should have over our own genome.

Recent developments could be seen as having paved the way: the Black Lives Matter movement, debates over representation sparked by the #OscarSoWhite debacle, the resurgence of white nationalism and institutional racism resulting from Donald Trump's presidency.

With a new administration taking office, ESSA implementation underway, and the debate over school choice heating up, it can be a challenge to stay abreast of the most important developments in the education field.

The development of voucher programs in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida has fostered a serious national debate over a question that once could be discussed only on the outer margins of politics.

G. Reid Lyon, the chief of the division of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that subsidizes reading research, praised teachers during his presentation and urged them to ignore what he called the «ludicrous» debates over research methodologies that have polarized the field in recent years.

Michael Feuer, dean of The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, suggested the dip in confidence among PDK / Gallup poll respondents might reflect the influence of recent public debates over whether college is worth the money.

San Antonio — In what appeared to be a major development in the debate over the quality of the teaching force, officials of the largest association of teacher educators expressed support this month for the idea of shifting teacher training from the undergraduate to the graduate level.

And in this and other developments, according to school - finance experts, research findings on effective schools are reopening an old debate over the extent to which money and resources affect student achievement.

It is not an attempt to «take over» any territory either — unions will continue to focus on pay and conditions as well as contributing strongly to the debate on professional practice, and they will continue to provide professional development too.

As debate continues over the performance of Nintendo's next console, Jeremiah Slaczka, CEO of Scribblenauts «development team, 5th Cell, tells Game Informer in their latest issue that the Wii U is «definitely more powerful than [the] Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.»

Here on the development team we have daily debates over which vehicles and weapons are the best, and we can't wait to hear what you think.

We have secured a development support fund dedicated to video games from the Creative Europe programme, contributed strongly in the implementation of the new VAT system for digital goods and services in Europe and been deeply involved in the debate over the implementation of the consumer protection regulation on the free - to - play business model.

Essays from the exhibition's curators examine the trajectory of Minter's development and her engagement with debates over the representation of the female body.

In an extensive program of over 100 exhibitions, performances, screenings and debates, more than 50 of Amsterdam's cutting edge contemporary art venues showcase the newest developments in contemporary art, giving visitors the opportunity to be the first to see tomorrow's artistic talent unfold.

Made over a period of six years, the series brackets a historical period that saw the much debated Culture Wars and the de-funding of the National Endowment of the Arts, the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, and perhaps most significantly the death of nearly 350,000 Americans to AIDS - related causes prior to the development of an effective combination of antiretroviral medications in 1996.

The decision by committee members followed fierce debate among councillors and members of the public over the effect the development would have on Ilfracombe.

Such a bold and humanitarian action by the world's religions acting in unison is certain to catalyze a public debate over how we can integrate societal choices, as prioritized under UN's sustainable development goals, into sustainable economic development pathways for the 21st century, with projected population of 10 billion or more.

Specialized reporters have tracked the developments in climate science and the policy debates over the implications of that science.

October 23, 2010 at 11:24 am Over and above what may have been won and lost specifically in the climate debate, an important development is surely the critical influence of the blogosphere on the idea of elite scientific «consensus».

In Pennsylvania, the epicenter of the development, there's been plenty of debate over potential environmental impact.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, arrested last Christmas for trying to explode a bomb on a plane arriving in Detroit, has begun talking again to authorities, officials said Tuesday, a development that only ratcheted up the debate over whether he should be tried in federal court or before a military tribunal...» My understanding is that he is cooperating,» she said, «that they have gotten useful information out of him.

The approach in Johnstone (and the companion case of CNR v. Seeley and Canadian Human Rights Commission, released the day after the Johnstone decision) is the latest development in the continuing debate over the extent of the duty to accommodate employee childcare obligations.

This is a welcome development that will certainly invoke legal debate over the sanctity of several provisions in many existing Federal and local laws.

The development is the latest in the ongoing debate over the BitLicense, New York's state - specific regulation for bitcoin businesses, which continues to be a lightning rod for criticism from both within the bitcoin community and more widely among mainstream technology advocacy groups.

For over a year, members of the bitcoin development community, users and business interests have engaged in a wide and often bitter debate about the block size.