Sentences with phrase «how public decisions»

Based on James Ellroy's novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public image, strange bedfellows, and the allure of the Hollywood glamour industry.

Diffenbaugh said the congressman and the scientists had «a very pleasant and positive discussion about the level of scientific understanding that we have about the climate system, the institutions of science by which we conduct our day - to - day work and the peer - review process, and how public decisions are made within the context of scientific understanding.

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«Given the public prominence of this organization, we want to take a moment to explain how we came to this decision and why,» Facebook VP and deputy general counsel Paul Grewal said in a press release on Friday night.

The court's decision will allow more room for innovation, and consumers will have more choices to determine for themselves how they access and experience the internet,» Verizon's general counsel of public policy, law and security, Randal Milch, said after the ruling was handed down.

It is important for the FOMC to continue on this journey because when the public has a better understanding of how monetary policy decisions are made, not only will the public have the information it needs to hold us accountable for our decisions but monetary policy itself will be more effective.»

Going public would give investors a voice in company operations and a direct impact on decisions to determine how we will conduct business.

Given the public prominence of this organization, we want to take a moment to explain how we came to this decision and why.

As enacted, the bill transfers the decision on how to address the net metering cap to the public utility commission.

The trail of emails and letters going back to Oct. 5 include details of how the Public Service Agency, Tarras and others were heavily involved in the process that led to the decision to fire the health ministry employees in 2012.

We have jumped through their consultation hoops and seen how they continue to make decisions in the interest of the oil industry lobby, rather than for the public interest or the safety of the people that live here.

While the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) doesn't currently have crypto trade regulations in place, authorities are collecting information in order to make educated decisions on how to best protect the public without stifling innovation.

In the days leading up to the holiday weekend, Coin Center briefed four major DC organizations on how blockchains work and about important considerations for making decisions as they apply to public chains.

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Nor is the problem that he went so far as to argue that the Court should «ignore» both the fact that the voucher program was initiated in response to a severe educational crisis in the Cleveland public schools and the fact that parental decisions about how to spend their vouchers were voluntary.

And if Eisenstadt, Roe, Casey, and Lawrence were the direct descendants of Griswold, it is not difficult to see how Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision mandating so - called «gay marriage,» was a collateral descendant of Justice Douglas» discovery of a constitutional «right to privacy.»

Editor's Note: In light of the Senate's decision to strike down a bipartisan proposal to extend background checks on gun purchases — a proposal that had the support of 54 senators, 80 % of the American public and President Obama — we've decided to rerun an article published in January on the complex issue of guns, the regulation of them and how Christians should wrestle with this issue.

The investment decisions of private companies, for example — decisions that affect how and where people work and what and how much they produce — are made in offices far removed from those workers or the general public.

Known as the «X case,» the decision sparked an ongoing debate about how to interpret the legislative mandate from the court, with successive governments reluctant to touch the issue for fear of upsetting the public.

In our own land, the violent reactions evoked by the Supreme Court's decision of May 17, 1954, that segregation in the public schools is unconstitutional have revealed how deep are the differences that divide us.

Yet the attempts made to nullify the Supreme Court decision even at the cost of eliminating the public schools and passing acts of open defiance in state legislatures, to say nothing of rioting and violence and the nonviolent but intimidating acts of white citizens» councils, indicate how long a road there is yet to travel.

There is abundant evidence that Catholics in this country do sincerely believe in democracy and practice this belief, but I do not see how they themselves can deny that their polity poses a problem for democracy that is not posed by churches which make their decisions in regard to public policy by processes of open discussion in which both clergy and laymen share.

kronkes influence over the club is minimal at best how many decisions does he actually make in the public club domain that we all know of, i am only guessing here but just because he is majority shareholder it doesn't mean he can just do what he wants without the other board members say so, i suppose the rest of the board would vote him out of power and liquidate his shares if he did something really wrong like leveraged the club against a big debt.

yeah i know this is a public place etc. but this isnt a public property, i often give tuitions and the pupils have rights and we take some decisions together but at the end of the day its MY Tuition and i decide what and how to do it, if you cant accept that then create an own website..

Considering how much public bettors love taking the over, it should come as no surprise that going contrarian and taking the under was a smart decision.

«The rhetoric has been quite critical for the last couple of races and it just sounds like a decision has been made and they are just fencing around about how to make it public.»

Stepherson was an obvious decision after three public offenses and who knows how many team rules violations.

It's more important to make sure people have access to lactation consultants, that people know how to be properly supportive of mother's decisions, and that we normalize public breastfeeding.

A Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman said she could not say how many schools prohibit packed lunches and that decision is left to the judgment of the principals.

Drawing an emotional response from the audience, more than a dozen Chicago Public School parents voiced complaints at Wednesday's school board meeting over how the district questioned their children about their decision to not to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test when it was administered earlier this month.

It is as if the representatives of Safe Sleep Committees nationwide, who are general supported by public monies, assume that it is their civil right and not the parents civil rights to make one of the most important decisions parents make: how they will choose to care for and express their love to, their infants.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to see how this decision will not have an adverse effect on the health of the mothers and infants in the Greater Toronto Area, and thus violate the mandate of this public health facility.

In an era when young celebrity mothers are coming under increasing public scrutiny for how they are treating their kids, Katie Holmes» decision to let 2 1/2 - year - old Suri Cruise suck away on her bottle may seem like a minor infraction.

I happen to be on the fence about breastfeeding in a conversation with one mother who was discussing breast feeding with me (which I have to say is already weird in itself... that is my decision and a private matter that I would prefer not to discuss in public or with strangers...) and her response was to badger me for the following 20 minutes about breastfeeding and how it is the ONLY option.

The Commission could further this goal by three means: conducting and publishing research into what initiatives are successful at increasing political participation; advising public bodies and institutions regarding how to better democratise their functioning; and critically, by providing resources and capacity - building to facilitate local, civil society - led initiatives that aim to increase broad - based levels of participation or deliberation in political decision - making.

Even more striking from a political perspective was that Cuomo confirmed a rumored meeting with council leaders on the Housing Authority last month, and promised to allow them to guide his decision on how to intercede in the city's sprawling public housing network.»

I use the fact of my own Christian faith, and membership of a local church to give an indication to the public about how I am likely to make decisions.

Since the revision process is not open to the public, it is not clear how they reached the decision and everyone's opinion on it.

«[Underwood] is an extremely capable lawyer, and the office primarily does litigation, but there are also public policy decisions that have to made,» such as how aggressively the office challenges the federal government to represent the interests of New Yorkers, Horner said.

Citing unnamed sources, New York Post columnist Fred Dicker reported this morning that legislators are considering a push to have the Joint Commission on Public Ethics investigate how Duffy approached the Rochester Business Alliance and its officials about a job as the group's president, and whether he properly recused himself from government decisions pertaining to the organization.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union said revelations by Thompson's mom about his deteriorated mental state in his final three months made it «important for the public to know how prosecutorial decisions were made during this period.»

Fifteen hundred pages of emails from Rosen released by City Hall the night before Thanksgiving show that he was deeply involved in city policy, weighing in on decisions regarding universal pre-K and consulting with one of the mayor's top aides, Emma Wolfe, on how to handle public relations issues.

But the decision means the public has no access to clear information about how much May's various legal battles are costing the taxpayer, not just in terms of legal fees but also including compensation paid out after unsuccessful cases.

Public companies are even better: if you don't like how the decisions are made, you can sell your shares or not buy into it.

One Senator, Tom Croci of Long Island, said he did not attend because he disagrees with the governor's decision to tell lawmakers about the budget before informing the public about how taxpayers» money would be spent.

The fact is that the European Union issue is more important than any of that, because it's about the decision of whether you want your laws made in Brussels and that march towards ever - closer union, or whether you want our country to make its own laws, our politicians to make the laws in this country, for us to be able to determine our immigration policy, to decide how we're spending our public money.

He reveals just how limited an influence the UK can bring to bear on the US — indeed, it's doubtful whether his public criticisms were any more successful than the Blairite / Foreign Office decision to follow the Macmillan tradition of playing «the Greek slave in the Roman Empire».

THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.

People should be able to hold politicians and public bodies to account over how their hard earned cash is being spent and decisions made on their behalf.

Those classified government documents included giving the public insight over decisions that went into how the government misled Congress and the people in its escalation of the Vietnam War.

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