Would we have
an equal population of «skeptics» if the science did not lead to the requirement for legislation?
I realize the entire populations of WY, SD, MT, ND probably do not
equal the population of NYC, but we are a part of the Union.
If world population had stayed stable at roughly 300 million people — a number that demographers believe characterized humanity from the birth of Christ to A.D. 1000 and that
equals the population of just the U.S. today — there would not be enough of us to have the effect of relocating the coastlines even if we all drove Hummers.
In a month, meanwhile, the number of retiring baby boomers roughly
equals the population of Anaheim, Calif.; and in a year it will be about equal to the population of Connecticut.
Not exact matches
With a more
equal population, average people will prosper and so will the majority
of businesses.
On March 15, one
of the contenders to become China's president for the next decade, Bo Xilai, was sacked as the Communist Party boss for Chongqing, an inland megalopolis with a
population roughly
equal to Canada's.
Statistics Canada predicts that the proportion
of seniors could, by 2031,
equal the level now seen in Japan, which has the oldest
population in the G7 with one - quarter
of people over age 65.
White says, «When you consider that women make up over 50 %
of the
population, this number still has lots
of room to improve if we want to consider all things
equal».
Redistricting follows the once - a-decade census, when
population shifts require the adjustment
of political districts to keep them close to
equal in numbers.
So, that today, the top 1/10
of 1 %
of the
population has a net worth that is
equal to the bottom 90 % combined, okay?
Instead
of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some
of the
population, give an
equal amount to everyone and be done with it.
Although enforcement
of the
Equal Pay Act and other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, these actions only cover segments
of the American working
population, and many important protections are not yet codified in law.
Of course, we can't accept that 1/2 the
population is our
equal, because women are less than goats.
That is not comparable with providing
equal civil rights to a segment
of the
population.
Just some real data from wikipedia: «The likelihood
of a woman having an abortion is called the abortion index, with the value
of 1.0 as signed to a probability
equal to a
population's average.
«All the groups that make up the new American
population, as opposed to the
population of 50 years ago, are now participating on
equal» terms, in politics and American society in general, he said.
It is, I think, necessary to question what it takes for one to stand truly
equal among one's fellows; to explore the limits
of a rights - oriented approach to the problem
of inequality between racially distinct
populations in our contemporary national life; to deal with issues
of dignity, shame, personal responsibility, character and values, deservingness.
As the worlds
population explodes an
equal %
of nuts appear nothing unusual here.
So indoctrination
of nearly the entire
population, most since before they could even walk or talk, and the perpetuation
of a myth for 2,000 years
equals not being able to fathom a world without Jesus.
I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower
of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment
of the
population that is hurting no one and just looking for
equal treatment under the law.
atomD21 I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower
of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment
of the
population that is hurting no one and just looking for
equal treatment under the law.
I hope that his message
of tolerance includes
equal rights for the ten percent
of Egypt's
population who are Coptic Christians.
But it does seem clear to me that we need to begin with a vision
of a world community (1) consisting
of a
population within the biological carrying capacity
of the planet (2) organized politically and economically in ways that provide to all human beings
equal access to the means
of material fulfillment and (3) organized technologically in ways that (4) neither exhaust essential natural resources
of earth nor (5) upset the delicate balances
of nature which make the environment capable
of supporting life.
I still don't understand how a
population of people (African Americans) who fought so hard to obtain the same rights as everyone else can be so against other people who have the same blood flow as they do, are deserving
of the same rights they obtained, and who should be recognized as
equals as well.
Just recognize that the atheist
population is a growing percentage
of those out there... and though there are the extremes
of them, there are an
equal amount
of total Jeebus freaks too.
Given that 50 %
of the
population profess some kind
of adherence to Christianity and only 4.5 % to Islam and 1.3 % to Hinduism, it would be absurd and wrong for the BBC to operate on the basis
of «
equal time to all the religions».
The Portuguese colonial empire was distributed over a much larger part
of the globe but in square miles and
population did not
equal the Spanish possessions.
The two groups are also about
equal in numbers, each constituting about 40 percent
of the adult
population (judging from the ways in which people categorize themselves).
Well, here we go: Whites in the US's
equal 78 %
of the
population http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
CUs are geographically defined units, mostly
equal to a village and usually have a
population size
of approximately 5000 people.
Combined with the number
of Arab Israelis, this puts the Arab
population west
of the Jordan River approximately
equal to the Jewish
population.
In Europe, you can't find a core country where 51 %
of the
population is comfortable with the idea that Turks might have
equal status.
The decision said that the
populations must be roughly
equal not that there was any restriction on the shapes
of the districts so long as they are contiguous.
For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine
equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division
of the
population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).
This is despite Spain representing less than 10 %
of the Union's
population and an
equal portion
of its total territory.
A key requirement
of democracy is
equal protection
of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote
of 2/3
population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices
of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some
of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea
of A wants to continue with A forever.
subject to subsection (7), the Maori electoral districts shall each contain an
equal number
of members
of the Maori electoral
population.
Israel would retain most
of its settlement
population in the settlement blocs, but transfer an
equal amount
of land from inside Israel's side
of the green line in exchange for the land upon which the settlements were established.
In 1967, following the United States Supreme Court ruling requiring that all legislative districts be approximately
equal in
population, the voters
of Erie County, in a special referendum, authorized the establishment
of a 20 member County Legislature to replace the Board
of Supervisors.
Following the method
of equal proportions referred by @AlonzoMuncy in another answer (which falls under the category
of the more you know), it is possible to calculate the
population bounds required to a majority
of the Electoral College.
Ghana has about 85.7 percent
of its
population without decent toilets, and this
equals about 23 million people, according to the report.
When the Parliamentary and Voting Constituencies Bill was passed I celebrated the moment, noting that the introduction
of fair - sized seats
of equal population could boost the number
of Tory MPs at the next election by up to twenty.
In 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Wesberry v. Sanders that the
populations of House districts must be
equal «as nearly as practicable.»
The federal government stipulates that districts must have nearly
equal populations and must not discriminate on the basis
of race or ethnicity.
The
population of California is more than 66 times the
population of Wyoming, but California and Wyoming still have
equal representation in the Senate.
Nevermind that the total
population, and therefore potential market,
of Canada, New Zealand and Australia combined is only roughly
equal to that
of the UK.
«While we did not specifically investigate the use
of force against the adult inmate
population, our investigation suggests that the systemic deficiencies identified in this report may exist in
equal measure at the other jails on Rikers,» prosecutors wrote in the report.
Poloncarz added, «As I've said many times, our county is actually like a small state with urban, suburban and rural areas and a
population that is
equal to that
of five states.
If the power over lines is taken out
of their hands, and the districts are required to have roughly
equal numbers
of residents in them — at the moment the
populations of each district are permitted to depart from the mean by up to five percent in either direction — the swing back toward Democratic control will be that much more dramatic.
We want New York State to be divided into districts that are compact and contiguous,
of equal size in
population.