Sentences with phrase «issues by consensus»

Decisions by the applicant required the mandate of the family representatives, who agreed on issues by consensus.

Not exact matches

He shares the consensus view that the 30 - year bull market in bonds is now spent and recommends buying floating - rate notes issued by corporations that reset their coupon according to market rates every three or six months.

By the 1950s, civil rights for African Americans were emerging as a consensus issue for both political parties.

By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal KvislePublished in the Hill Times - December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved, including whether to incorporate the negotiators» goals in a legally binding agreement and how...

IOTA addresses the issue by introducing a blockchain system completely different from those that already exist — it is built on a Tangle, a blockless, scalable, and lightweight distributed ledger which makes the network self - regulated as consensus on the system is not decoupled, but is an intrinsic part of the Tangle itself.

In the midst of giving generally good advice to conservative pro-lifers about how to play to their political strength — by emphasizing the issue of late - term abortion, where a consensus of public opinion is on their side — Krauthammer offered this:

This situation is witnessed to by the fact that the only metaphysical issue where there is a virtual consensus among mainstream twentieth century Catholic thinkers, apart from the reality of human subjectivity mentioned above, is the claim that the discoveries of modern science should not have a significant influence upon metaphysics.

Complex historical and literary issues are involved here, but a consensus exists for viewing the genocidal violence recounted in many of the stories in Joshua and Judges as the product of a royal period in which kings were attempting to justify their own nationalistic ideologies by appeal to divine favor.

Instead of working to achieve consensus on contested theological and moral issues, legislatively driven agendas are designed to end debates by reducing the issue to two sides and then enacting one side into church policy and ecclesiastical law.

There is an increasing attempt by churches belonging to different confessional families, groupings of those oriented in a particular theological direction, or even by individual churches themselves, to engage in bilateral or multilateral dialogues, where specific issues regarding the doctrines and practices that continue to be both theological and practical irritants, like the practice of Baptism or the existence of mixed marriages are discussed, analysed and debated, and attempts made to produce consensus documents for further study and action.

While polls should never have an undue effect on someone's political or moral positions — as Robert Wuthnow convincingly argues in the most recent issue of First Things — this new poll does seem to reveal that an artificial consensus created by the elite of this country, and the relatively quiet response among the opposition, has not taken dramatic hold of the hearts and minds of ordinary people in this nation.

Now this isn't to suggest that the club should be held ransom by the seemingly endless whims of it's supporters, but when issues arise and a general consensus is formed it's incredibly negligent on the club's part to not even attempt to redress their concerns or even offer any honest commentary on the matter.

Yet, this statement, supported by so many organizations, from such a diversity of standpoints, demonstrates that there is a consensus for a new approach to this issue.»

The «simple» versus «complex» concussion classification was abandoned under the 3rd international consensus statement on concussion in sport, replaced by list of «modifying» factors, which have carried through to the 4th consensus statement issued in March 2013.

«As he has shown in the past with other difficult issues, Governor Cuomo can help achieve real results by bringing stakeholders together and forging a consensus.

The expectation of a new region has manifested in series of meetings by the chiefs to reach a consensus on critical issues but, it is not clear whether the vexed issue of regional capital features in the meetings.

«The Legislature and the Executive should capitalize on this consensus by re-enacting the Revised 421 - a Law and not condition the tax exemption on REBNY and the Construction Trades reaching an agreement on wages — an issue that is distinct from the financing of affordable housing and should be addressed in a separate bill.»

The second edition of the «Y - Dialogues Vote on Issues» Campaign held in Kumasi ended with a general consensus by the teeming youth present to generate positive conversations on social media concerning the elections.

A statement issued Tuesday by the school said a lack of consensus by members of the school's Students Representative Council (SRC) on a decision to invite the NPP vice presidential candidate to speak at a forum forced management of the school to advise against bringing him.

«I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there were unanimous decisions about most issues, and strong consensus on the others,» says Ron Fouchier, a flu virologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose study has been accepted by the journal Science.

The study included 1,341 people, data collected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and focused on a specific partisan issue on which scientific consensus has been widely adopted by Democrats but challenged by Republicans.

The latest consensus statement aims to address such issues by embedding oral health into the wider culture of sports healthcare and health promotion.

Yet Bedard, who once carted his equipment over to Taos, New Mexico, to test persistent rumors that the town was haunted by an almost inaudible noise, says there is no scientific consensus on this issue: «It's a conundrum.

(The United States was an observer at the talks because it still hasn't ratified the 1992 treaty, but wielded considerable influence because it was allied with five other countries and treaty issues must be decided by consensus).

Tension is the theme running through the new consensus statement issued by the Hinxton Group, an international working group on stem cell research and regulation.

Through seminars, workshops, working groups, and online consensus - building projects supported by immunological and clinical data from cancer immunotherapy trials, the Consortium works to address several of the key issues facing the cancer immunotherapy field.

What would - be reformers should remember is that their efforts are likely to be hampered by lack of robust consensus among educators on many important issues of teaching and learning.

Ben then takes issue with the growing consensus that charters work, by stating that students in urban charter schools «perform just about as well» as students at district schools.

The open letter — signed by myself, Gordon and Sarah Brown, Lee Bollinger, the President of Columbia University, Hanan Al Hroub, the winner of the Global Teacher Prize, and leading voices at other academic institutions — demonstrates a broad consensus on this essential issue of refugee education.

FRA plans to issue an additional NPRM based on the consensus recommendations of the Securement Working Group and approved by the full RSAC that would prohibit certain unattended freight trains or standing freight cars on main track or sidings and require railroads to adopt and implement procedures to verify securement of trains and unattended equipment for emergency responders.

In states where Amazon has lost the sales tax argument at the hands of lawmakers who are eagerly trying to make up for revenue lost in the recent economic downturn, the online giant has attempted to make amends with legislatures by investing in jobs and distribution centers in return for coming to a consensus on the issue.

A similar issue arises from the authors» application of the «adapted original consensus convergence model (CCM)» described by Regan et al., [11] which is also based on weights derived from rankings, not ratings.

- Nintendo is the «cheapest game stock in the world» - Nintendo has a ¥ 6.43 trillion ($ 58.7 billion) market cap and is trading at ¥ 46,370 a share ($ 424.15 - Nintendo posted 2018 fiscal year results which included 2018 Q3 operating profit of ¥ 178 billion - this beat the consensus of ¥ 169 billion by 67 % - Nintendo issued a conservative operating profit guidance and the stock declined 2 % Thursday - Goyal maintains his 12 - month price target of ¥ 79,900, which exceeds the average analyst price target of ¥ 59582 - Goyal believes value could more than triple in 2 years, driven by Switch, digital titles, and mobile games - if Pokemon Switch hits this fiscal year, final Switch shipments for FY3 / 19e could well exceed co-guidance of 20m

In other words, the consensus issue is one that was raised by those claiming there was none — you will find that biologists involved in evolution - creationism disputes also frequently point out that scientists have reached consensus on evolution (although perhaps not in those words), and in both cases this protestation is raised only because it is a (true!)

Specifically on the issue of global warming from greenhouse gases and climate change, the conference reached a consensus on the likelihood of a rise in the global mean temperature of between 2.7 - 8 degrees F (1.5 - 4.5 degrees C) by about 2050, but not on whether such warming has begun.

Climate consensus or group think: Andrew Dessler has posted a followup on Grist's blog re-examining whether statements issued by professional scientific organizations have value as a barometer of their memberships» views on matters like climate.

Through relentless pressure on the media to present the issue «objectively,» and by challenging the consensus on climate change science by misstating both the nature of what «consensus» means and what this particular consensus is, ExxonMobil and its allies have confused the public and given cover to a few senior elected and appointed government officials whose positions and opinions enable them to damage U.S. credibility abroad.

Scientists and educators successfully argued that such a move would damage the education and futures of students by presenting a scientific consensus on an urgent issue as up - for - debate.

Stephen Baines@17: assuming the policy response was driven by scientific consensus (or, at least, authoritative scientific concern) then the fact that Lyndon Johnson felt compelled to address Congress on this issue in 1965 is compelling.

In 2004 the secretariat was warned by the SBI on its role as an impartial actor (after the Executive Director attended an international energy conference to endorse renewable energy) when it formally «took note of the concern expressed that officials of the secretariat should take care in their public statements to reflect the views of parties held by consensus, and not to appear to support only one side or another on contentious issues.»

quote: «Despite the 97 % expert consensus on human - caused global warming supported by peer - reviewed research, expert opinion, the IPCC reports, and National Academies of Science and other scientific organizations from around the world, a large segment of the population remains unconvinced on the issue.»

The reporters must have received orders from either editors or owners that it was time the issue should be minimized by lying about what the «scientific consensus» was.

Here's a story we all now know well: A small number of groups backed by the fossil fuel industry have for decades shed doubt on the science of climate change, even as the actual scientific community consensus on the issue — that greenhouse gas pollution posed a significant threat to our climate — remained strong and continued to grow stronger.

«We now have practical agreement and consensus on this issue backed by a large number of States who will voluntarily participate in the GMBM — and from its outset.

Any legal proceeding on this issue would bog down during the first presentation by the consensus witness.

Since then the issue has been smudged by the lack of a strong opposition policy alternative, and an emerging, unacknowledged bipartisan consensus to wait for further international developments.

In full, pseudoscientific surround stereo: ------------------------------------------ «I take a bit of issue with this comment, ATTP: >> science doesn't work via consensus I guess that depends on exactly what facet of science you're talking about (or what you mean by «work»).»

In its June 1, 1984 issue, The Washington Post reported the issuance of a massive new report by the White House science office supporting the scientific consensus that «agents found to cause cancer in animals should be considered «suspect human carcinogens,»» and that «giving animals high doses of an agent is a proper way to test its carcinogenicity.»

Interestingly, the only mention of a scientific consensus with regard to stratospheric ozone depletion by ubiquitous chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) refrigerants was an article in the October 6, 1982 issue of the industry journal Chemical Week.

But by bringing in real experts who actually study this, and not a hodge podge of those who ran to it from other disciples (or outside science) because of ideological drive and who fundamentally don't know the issue and, in further flourishes of rhetoric, represent them to the world as «large lists,» and denounce the basic consensus - as Curry has erroneously bought into — implicitly or directly calling the National Academy of Sciences, a stodgy conservative organization that by it's nature (and the nature of caution in scientific assertion) understates, part of the large plot or hoax..