Sentences with phrase «imposing the consequences of»

When misbehavior outside your home poses a safety risk, you certainly do want to impose some consequences of your own at home, of course, but that speeding ticket is a natural consequence for your child's choice to speed while driving the car.

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Peoples» attention has been distracted into speculation about of how they might get rich in a parallel universe that might exist in theory — if one accepts the narrow - minded assumptions that are being taught — but whose most important real - world consequence is to impose a debt spiral on America and other nations.

The point is that the moral issue in sexual life is not the consequence of an externally imposed law, but the nature of personal existence.

Can I then say that I have no special responsibility to help overcome the consequences of the slavery and segregation imposed on Blacks by my family and community?

In my view the relation of deeds and consequences is less orderly than traditional Buddhist teaching affirms, but Buddhists are right to reject notions of externally imposed punishment.

The repugnance to racial intermarriage in a race - conscious society is a consequence of existing social divisions, which impose severe penalties upon persons who fail to respect them.

If we're going to do something in Syria, then it needs to be part of a plan that aims at consequences that makes sense as part of a larger strategy of imposing at least the negative peace of an end to conflict in Syria.

Accordingly, the social sciences may be expected to play an increasingly important role in liberal learning, as it becomes ever more evident that the conditions of human existence are not simply imposed by fate, nor the results of the interplay of blind, impersonal forces, but the consequences of deliberale human action.

When Pope Clement VII failed to back him, he considered himself released from that debt on the basis that he retained, both theoretically and pragmatically, plenipotentiarity, and needing funds to defend his nation from the consequences, it was natural justice to impose the expense on the offender, the Catholic Church: it is to be noticed that the grounds for his divorce action were that he had been induced into marrying Catherine by the deliberate misrepresentation of Pope Julius II.

His Honour considered that, in the present case, the separation of wholesaling and retailing functions tended to confuse the analysis and that, in light of the more powerful constraint imposed by the major supermarket chains on Metcash, compared with the lesser constraint imposed by Franklins, it was not possible to determine the competition consequences of Metcash's acquisition without taking into account the constraints from the major supermarket chains as market participants.

As a consequence, unlike many parents and other laypeople who are (very rightly) concerned about school breakfasts sometimes containing upwards of 9 or 10 teaspoons of sugar, I do understand the regulatory construct that yields this result — including, as you correctly state, the fact that there's no sugar cap imposed by USDA.

The word used in English translations of the Bible, punish, conveys an external infliction of negative consequences, while the original words, avon (Hebrew) and kolasis / kolazo (Greek) convey internal, self - imposed consequences (i.e. carrying the weight of guilt / shame) and natural consequences (i.e. being estranged).

Food waste and decreased program participation were entirely predictable consequences of imposing healthier school food on children long accustomed to school meals laden with sugar, fat and salt, especially without mandated nutrition education to support the meal changes.

All of these punishments also eventually fail as soon as we can no longer physically impose our «consequences.»

Logical consequence is also a result of behavior, but is imposed by the parent.

According to evolutionary theory, the way something exists in nature is simply a consequence of the constraints imposed by the environment and the organisms resources for adaptation - not some ideal or optimal design imagined by an intelligent creator.

Ask curiosity questions, to help children explore the consequences of their decisions, rather than imposing consequences on them.

There are a lot of natural consequences in life, and a lot of imposed consequences by society.

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Yet human infants also display what are known as «secondarily altricial» characteristics — primarily lack of neuromuscular control — a consequence of the limits imposed on gestational brain development by the evolution of the human pelvis.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 imposes accountability on Congressional spending: No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of...

Another factor in producing a climate that haggling and related practices are the social and economic consequences of World Bank and IMF - imposed structural adjustment programmes (SAPs).

A few of the speakers suggested imposing a three - year moratorium on some of the high - stakes consequences of the testing connected to the Common Core, including teacher evaluations.

The plan would impose a $ 5.54 E-ZPass toll in each direction on the Koch / Queensboro, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges, which, as a bizarre consequence of Big Apple politics, have always been free for drivers to cross, despite the fact that these spans connect some of the most traffic - choked places on the planet.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order earlier this month to impose an external monitor on the crisis - plagued New York City Housing Authority has turned into a potential budget boondoggle for the city, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning on Thursday of the «unforeseen consequences» the order could have on the city's fiscal future.

Amid a statewide furor over the flawed implementation of the Common Core Learning Standards, the State Assembly on Feb. 28 introduced a bill that would impose a two - year moratorium on attaching high - stakes consequences to the New York state tests for teachers and students.

The consequences of the administration's proposal to impose new restrictions on travelers from named countries, the letter said, will blunt «science and engineering output to the detriment of our nation.»

The fines imposed relate to the violations of regulations and not to any consequences that might have flowed from them.

The appalling consequences of the military technology deployed in the Gulf War 12 months ago provide a tragic symbol of the encounter between East and West during the past five centuries: superior military technology has allowed Western nations to impose their will across the globe, inducing a prolonged crisis of culture among the losers.

«If unmanned - aircraft operators break the rules, of course there should be consequences,» said Foxx — but it's hard to enforce those rules and impose those consequences if the user in question can't be identified.

For patients with the blood - borne virus, HCV imposes a social, as well as a health burden: they feel stigmatized by a disease that is often perceived by society as a consequence of chronic alcohol abuse.

The old way of dealing was to focus on infractions and impose consequences.

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon recently appeared to acknowledge the consequences of Israeli strategic and tactical mistakes by effectively conceding that Hamas had succeeded in imposing a war of attrition on Israel.

And centralized teacher - evaluation systems being pioneered by the Gates Foundation in their Measures of Effective Teaching effort were supposed to impose meaningful consequences for failure to perform well on those metrics.

As Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, recently penned, «In New York, officials rushed to impose tests and consequences way before students were ready....

They seemed equally troubled by the potential consequences of changing course, worrying that a higher standard would impose unreasonable costs on school districts.

However, none of these reasons should prevent the school from imposing a reasonable consequence for serious harmful behaviour.

Full Disclosure of Negative Consequences Before imposing new required testing, policy makers should be aware of the likely unintended negative side effects of any given testing program.

But an unintended consequence of the law has been that many states have lowered the rigor of their standards and the difficulty of their tests to avoid sanctions the law imposes on failing schools, a process Secretary Duncan has called a «race to the bottom.»

The culmination of this effort was No Child Left Behind, which required states to hold schools accountable for meeting standards and to impose an escalating series of consequences on schools that failed to do so.

We're talking to school boards, superintendents and other organizations about endorsements, and working on a piece of state legislation that would place a moratorium on state - imposed consequences tied to student test scores.

The idea is to get kids to think about the underlying causes of their behavior, and to impose consequences for misconduct that allow students to remain in school while prompting them to change their ways.

The state of Ohio is in the process of implementing a new authorizer accountability framework that imposes consequences for poor practices.

The tidal erosion of students» innate love of learning and self - confidence is the consequence of corporate values imposed on human beings and their development.

But if terms imposed on libraries were too lax — for instance by allowing a low cost or a large number of times that libraries could lend a book — then commercial booksellers would be undermined, an undesirable consequence regardless of whether or not publishers and authors are fairly compensated.

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Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

In addition to direct financial consequences, the Department of Education imposes other consequences on borrowers who default on student loans.

Due to the entry and exit loads imposed by many funds, as well as the potentially negative tax consequences of frequently realizing gains and losses, churning funds typically reduces portfolio return.

We agree with the DOJ's refusal to impose requirements regarding sourcing, training, and documentation that may have the unintended consequence of restricting access to service animals.