Sentences with phrase «head of the population on»

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The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

She is always heading off somewhere: striking out on British Army or scientific expeditions to remote portions of the Belizean jungles; roaring up the Western Highway to Belmopan, the capital city, where her opinions are solicited with frequency by government ministers (she is now an official — albeit unpaid — land and resources adviser); or careering into Belize City, the country's population center, for a high - society cocktail party.

Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.

Glance at any local authority budget proposal and I am sure you would find, under the heading «budget pressures», a nod the cost of an aging population, and the anticipated increase in social care clients on the next five years.

When Equifax revealed in September that it had been the victim of an attack that exposed the names, addresses and social security numbers of nearly half the US population, critics pounced on the fact that its head of security had a music degree.

According to James Hanken, a biologist at Harvard University who heads a task force on declining amphibian populations, «at least one - third to one - half of all living species of amphibian that have been examined in this regard are on their way down, and out.»

«Action is urgently needed to understand risks better, improve the resilience of the global food system to weather - related shocks and to mitigate their impact on people,» said Tim Benton, a population ecologist at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, who heads the GFS program, in a statement.

Commenting on the results, Dr Andrés Poveda, head of the Gynaecological Cancer Clinic, Oncology Foundation Institute Valencia, Spain, said: «This study more than doubles the population of patients who benefit from a PARP inhibitor.»

But the new study firmly establishes that some of these cells endure for many decades in some Medalists — offering clues to potential treatments for preserving and even restoring the crucial cell population, says George L. King, M.D., senior author on the paper, Joslin's chief scientific officer and head of the Dianne Nunnally Hoppes Laboratory for Diabetes Complications.

Furthermore, morphological alterations of the skull due to adaptations to different food items [47] in the study population (see Material and methods) relative to the source populations (probably spillovers from harvest and fodder on farms), can not be ruled out as a source of the observed decrease in head length, but also can not explain the reversed trend in later years.

It is not surprising to learn that Coogler based his vision of Wakanda on what he observed during a research trip to South Africa, Kenya and, most notably, Lesotho, a land - locked constitutional monarchy headed by King Letsie III, where 80 percent of the population relies on subsistence farming and the majority lives in extreme poverty, despite lucrative diamond reserves.

Check out this book on iBooks Year 8 Maths Data Representation and Interpretation The following interactive textbook has been designed to teach Year 8 students in accordance with the following ACARA headings: Investigate techniques for collecting data, including census, sampling and observation (ACMSP284) Explore the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through sampling using a variety of investigative processes (ACMSP206) Explore the variation of means and proportions of random samples drawn from the same population (ACMSP293) Investigate the effect of individual data values, including outliers, on the mean and median (ACMSP207)

Washington — The nation must move quickly to eliminate gaps between members of minority groups and the rest of the population in education, employment, health, and other areas, the head of a commission on minority opportunity told the House Education and Labor Committee last week.

On the basis of new population estimates, the author derives GDP per head, decomposed into labour productivity and the amount...

Prudential Investment Management experts are focused on an aging global investing population that will continue to dampen economic growth and keep interest rates low globally — rivaling the impact of cyclical market trends heading into 2016.

The Territory's population is still very transient and it is getting close to the time of year when many people are planning on leaving and heading south.

As the kitten population is about to skyrocket into the thousands during the warmer weather months, North Shore Animal League America teamed up with one of our rescue partners in Florida to combat this ever - growing issue head on.

Stanley is a colourful seaside capital, home to 85 % of the population, but if it's a walk on the wild side you're after, head to the outlying islands and settlements.

And I made my task harder by centering this blog on a broad question: How do we limit regrets as we head toward a global population of 9 billion people seeking better lives?

Libby's article speaks volumes about the difficulty of moving a world that is more than 80 percent dependent on fossil fuels toward one largely free of carbon dioxide emissions from such fuels within two or three generations, even as the human population heads toward 9 billion (more or less).

ACR wrote — `... I'll also be developing similar archives of perspectives on population, consumption, poverty, and other issues related to how we head toward 9 billion with the fewest regrets...»

This is how it goes, and it's a warning to environmentalists and others focused on avoiding losses as humans head toward a population of 9 billion in the next several decades, exerting an ever greater influence over the sheath of life enriching lands and seas.

My focus is a bit «meta» given the broad focus of the blog on trends as humans head toward people population and appetites.

Dr. Hyatt heads the Salmon in Regional Ecosystems Program at DFO's Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo where his research focus includes: (1) the status of salmon populations in the Pacific Region, (2) climate effects on the life history and population dynamics of salmon, and (3) the development of new «tools» to support fisheries management.

But with the BRICSs on a growth trajectory and a population headed toward 9 billion souls, most of whom desire at least a European lifestyle, this will not happen in the near term (or happen significantly in the intermediate term).

We support «contraction and convergence with a population base year» to achieve climate equity, i.e. reducing inequality in carbon emissions per head by allocating to each country a fixed tonnage of carbon emissions based on equal shares.

You can't propose code changes to suit the needs of portion of the population that says: I don't care about having handrails on my loft steps, climbing a vertical ladder to access my only «habitable space» or I don't mind occasionally banging my head on the ceiling when I try to get into or out of my bed.

Situated at the head of the Wicomico River, Salisbury is the largest city on Maryland's Eastern Shore with a population of 31,000.

When performing head - to - head comparisons across origins, it is important to account and control for the population differences: segment by provided dimensions, such as device type and connection type, and consider external factors such as size of the population, countries from which the origin is accessed, and so on.

The aging of America, more immigrants, and a population that's heading south are a few big trends to watch that will likely have a great impact on the housing market over the next decade, writes John Burns, CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, in a column for ATTOM Data Solutions.

Chuck: By your own words the stigmatization argument only falls apart on the left coast wherein half of the population are pot heads.

Based on 2010 population estimates, over 20 % of the 12 million households headed by persons at least 75 years old reside in senior housing and care properties.

«How and where our nation's aging population chooses to live will have widespread implications on the way homes are designed, the resources people will need, and how communities and businesses nationwide should prepare,» says Andy Sieg, head of Global Wealth and Retirement Solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

While most of the human population gives little to no thought on their futures, the wealthy are reminded daily of where they are headed.