Sentences with phrase «debating a point of»

Does anyone else see the humor in the creationists debating their point of view over the Internet (invented by science), filmed on cameras (based on science) in a hall lit by electricity (harnessed by science).

Gordon Brown was present in the Commons for the Speaker's statement, but left as MPs debated points of order.

Later we will have title cards introducing important figures, sunlight slanting through dusty air, John Williams» reliably intrusive music telling us how to feel, and many — far too many — scenes of men in chin whiskers sitting around debating points of law.

The Lion and the Unicorn is a short film in which three archetypal characters debate points of view on nationalism, trade and finance, natural resources and politics.

In AR4, the IPCC almost always took the more extreme viewpoint on any debated point of science.

But he has nonetheless found himself «really shocked by the sheer authoritarianism of those who would have excluded from the debate the point of view of people who were climate - change deniers».

Despite being critical of Libertarians he manages to avoid using his Taxonomy to target individuals but rather the arguments they use to stifle the debating points of the «consensus».

It involves debating a point of law, often in a...

If you are going to come onto this site with evidence (not circumstantial based upon heresay, but first hand evidence), I would be quite willing to debate your points of contention.

Not exact matches

Others point to debates in which he warned of invading Chinese troops.

The state government has extended its discounted charges at the Utah Point bulk handling facility by another year, to help junior miners continue exporting iron ore, as debate around the sale of the port continues.

Yes, he'd understood the science of DNA testing was incomplete, and that there was vigorous debate over the efficacy (and even potential downside) of population screening, and that it still wasn't clear if the process had reached the point where two different testing companies would even arrive at the same results.

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

Pay transparency will be the focus of tonight's PBS debate show, Point Taken, featuring a panel of guests who will clash over whether it could help narrow gaps in pay between genders, racial groups, and socio - economic classes.

Debating airline stocks amid controversy surrounding United Airlines with Jamie Baker of JPMorgan, with the bull position, and David Dietze of Point View Wealth Management, with the bear position.

Exactly when things went off the rails is subject to debate, but many point to the controversial acquisition of Compaq Computer in 2001 by HP's then - CEO Carly Fiorina as the start of the decline.

The Munk Debates website has announced that the «Pros» managed to add 12percentage points to their portion of the opinion pie, as 70 per cent of those polled after the debate last night decided that we should indeed, tax the rich (more).

The problem of how much to pay CEOs from this point of view, and what combination of kinds of payment to offer (cash, stock options, etc.), is hotly debated by top business scholars and economists.

The issues reached a point where officials in Oakland, California, debated whether to ban use of the platform by city departments.

At one point in the debate, Wynne defended her government's spending record by stating that the Ontario government's per - capita program spending was the lowest of any province in the country, to which a surprised Tim Hudak responded, «fair enough.»

Amazon's handling of sexual harassment allegations against Roy Price has set off confusion, debate and finger - pointing inside the company, the NYT reports.

Kane also points out that this way of thinking about the perils of filtering online content goes back to a 2001 essay by Cass Sunstein, which asked whether the Internet was really a blessing for healthy democratic debate.

The proposal has generated a great deal of often vitriolic debate over the future of the wheat board, and the C.D. Howe Institute recently weighed in with a report arguing that global grain markets have changed significantly over the past few decades, to the point that the CWB is more often than not a price taker.

«The key point of debate was whether the soft demand for Apple phones was already incorporated into the full - year SoC test outlook provided last quarter; it doesn't appear that it was.»

We can debate the merits of this study (done by a real estate association of course) all day long (demographic sampling, housing price changes, etc), but the point is, «above average» people generally all own homes and are wealthier, be it 2X wealthier or 40X wealthier than the average renter.

On Sept. 5 of this year, the Dow dropped 234 points amid a series of potentially volatile political events, including the debate over raising the debt ceiling, a possible government shutdown, and threats from Trump over trade policy with China.

Much of the debate over Trump's trade policy seems to miss the point that the economic effects of any trade measure depend on how it affects capital.

In his book «Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk» (1996), Peter Bernstein makes a good point about what's at stake in the debate:

But regardless of the debate, the point to remember is that when the nominal lending rate is much below the nominal GDP growth rate, two very important things happen.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

The team debates the possible role of Japanese offensive strike capability but does not recommend a policy change on that point.

The Central Bank of Brazil points out that digital currencies and payment systems have been a subject of international debate for a while, but no concrete conclusions have been reached so far.

At this point, we no longer need to debate the value of a social media presence; brand marketers, bloggers, journalists, and other professionals have instead turned their attention to how best to create and share meaningful multimedia content across all social networks to better connect with their target audience.

They quickly pointed out that Europe is too large simply to assume that the world can absorb large changes in its capital and trade accounts, and as they debated about the ways global constraints would affect the assumptions about European surpluses most of them quickly decided that either the markets would not permit surpluses of this size, perhaps by bidding up the euro, or the impact of these surpluses would be very negative for the world.

A panel of experts including the world's foremost content marketing and SEO experts will gather to discuss and debate how we've gotten to this point, what it means for content marketers, and how to integrate SEO practices into the content creation and optimization process.

This post about the Suzuki - Pembina report is a case in point: both sides of the debate seemed to think that I was offering aid and succor to the cause of the climate change deniers.

«We'd prefer to just be helping people get from point A to point B, but when the company starts to succeed, in a city, or in a country, or around the world, you start to get brought into more and more of these political debates.»

Whether this process works exactly as intended is a point of debate in the industry.

Even for the children of Donald Trump, as Clinton pointed out in one primary debate.

«You want to have a robust discussion and you want to have competing points of view debated with vigor,» Malek said.

It has also proved its decentralized nature is inherent rather than a point of debate.

The missing piece in the payment debate is the point - of - sale terminal, as it influences what payments a business accepts and, to some extent, what price they pay to have receipts processed.

Listening to the hoopleheads debate the intrinsic value of Gold or lack thereof is like watching professional soccer — there will only be one point made for every 27 hours or so worth of back - and - forth tedium.

To be sure, the immediate Monday night market reaction to the debate could reverse, and analysts were quick to point out that there are still two more presidential debates to come ahead of the November election.

The point of this post is not to debate whether an investment in Amazon is a good idea.

As the quality of life between East and West slowly merges due to advances in technology, continued urbanization and changing demographics, opportunities across numerous industries will arise which we aim to point out and debate.

Some of the topics discussed were: what types of companies have been funded within the current guidelines; what is the success rate of funding campaigns, and range of proceeds; what are the primary points of debate regarding the new legislation, and to what degree are the new regulations expected to simplify the process of issuing equity for startups.

While many are willing to concede that they agree with the basic definition of feminism — «belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes» — debate soon moves on to the finer points of specific beliefs and campaigns.

Many of us often question the point of a debate such as this.

@Chad - Some of your points regarding Dawkins debating Craig are valid — I overreached.