Sentences with phrase «kerfuffle over»

The kerfuffle over data collection follows a week of turmoil for the social network involving charges that it allowed political consultants to steal the data of 50 million users in order to influence election.

The kerfuffle over this data collection, first reported by the website Ars Technica, follows a week of turmoil for the social network involving charges that it allowed political consultants to steal the data of 50 million users in order to influence elections.

However, there was also the kerfuffle over the Fitbit Force causing rashes, and later reports of the same issues in small quantities with the Charge and Surge iterations.

Speaking of hardware, there was quite the kerfuffle over data suggesting that 720,000 Android Wear smartwatches shipped in 2014.

Back then there was a small kerfuffle over whether the position of Librarian of Congress hould go to a qualified librarian.

«A ton of litigation is made possible because of drafting screw - ups,» said Gary Sangha, pointing to the kerfuffle over five words («exchanges established by the state») that nearly derailed the Affordable Care Act last year.

The kerfuffle over the pricetag of many of Harper's get - tough - on - crime plans came to a head in February when the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer noted there needed to be a lot more detail in the government's cost projection (read report).

Remember the kerfuffle over Phil Jones» «no significant warming since 1995»?

The kerfuffle over the EPA's so - called «suppression» of Alan Carlin continues apace, with two new commentaries from right - wing columnists.

Most scientists have reacted to the kerfuffle over «global warming» pretty much the same way.

But all of the kerfuffle over the Mail story and the endless discussions over short and long term temperature trends hides what people are actually arguing about — what is likely to happen in the future, rather than what has happened in the past.

Recently, there was a bit of a kerfuffle over the question of whether Grisha Perelman's proof of the Poincaré conjecture was really a proof or just a suggestion of a proof.

From the furore around Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary during the Brooklyn iteration of the Sensation show in 1999, to last year's kerfuffle over Martin Kippenberger's crucified frog, displayed in Bolzano, Italy — in protest at which an Italian politician, Franz Pahl, went on hunger strike, describing the sculpture as «a grave offence to our Catholic population» — the Catholic church has taken more than its share of body blows in recent years.

There was a kerfuffle over Tate's 2005 purchase of Chris Ofili's installation The Upper Room while the artist was a trustee, leading to accusations of a conflict of interest.

There was a minor online kerfuffle over one librarian describing as a «design flaw» the absence of a glossary for Isabel Quintero's brilliant Gabi, a Girl in Pieces (2014), which makes extensive use of Spanish without italics or insta - translations.

Either way, there's an unseemly kerfuffle over what ought to be a fairly straightforward procedure of homologating the facelift of an existing model.

Meanwhile, on another front, there is a great kerfuffle over teachers involved in inappropriate relationships with students.

The recent kerfuffle over the Los Angeles Times releasing scads of data on LA's teachers has provided some interesting insights into how defenders of teachers unions think.

Last week, there was something of a kerfuffle over the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's proposal to impose new regulations on voucher and tax - credit scholarship programs.

Amid the kerfuffle over the generally baffling awards given by the jury headed by George Miller at last year's Cannes Film Festival, a fair bit of attention was paid to the award for Best Actress, which was given to Jaclyn Jose, the ostensible lead of Ma» Rosa, the film directed by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza.

And to the «gay» character; well, it's a kerfuffle over nothing.

The recent kerfuffle over the Han Solo movie was the best evidence yet for Disney's insistence on adherence to a wider brand, as the celebrated directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (who made 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie, among others) were dismissed over «deep fundamental philosophical differences» in filmmaking that reportedly centered on their comedic, improvisational tone.

These produced stories including wartime black humor in Iraq, musical diplomacy by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, North Korea, a kerfuffle over the plumbing in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Pakistani artists» struggle with religious extremism in Lahore, and the Syrian civil war's spillover into neighboring Lebanon.

Planets by One Ring Zero The great kerfuffle over Pluto's demotion from planet status inspired dismay, confusion, and finally, music.

The kerfuffle over neuroscience is just the latest chapter in a long - running saga.

Astorino used the incident to say Democrats are concerned his campaign is gaining traction, and he lumped together recent Democratic attack ads with the kerfuffle over seating.

The ongoing kerfuffle over freshman Republican Florida congressman Allen West's Tuesday email to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee — the one where, after a disagreement on... Read More

The kerfuffle over his academic qualification is probably as far as he is concerned, a joke, because afterall, he doesn't need more than a secondary school certificate to be a member of the National Assembly.

; folks Hillaryis44 create a 48 - state flag; a kerfuffle over McCain, Obama, and Mark Warner... Read More

A case in point was the recent kerfuffle over Nigel Farage's possible candidacy for the disgraced MP Patrick Mercer's newly vacated seat.

Astorino's campaign earlier this morning released a statement blasting the ad as untrue, blaming Cuomo for the state's status as home to the nation's highest property taxes, and pointing to the ongoing kerfuffle over whether the home he shares with Food Network star Sandra Lee has been properly assessed after considerable improvements, giving the couple what amonts to a property tax break.

For months, the campaign has been unhappy, and at times embarrassed, by the antics of Republicans in the House ranging from the kerfuffle over lawmakers skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee to Rep. Todd Akin's incendiary comments about «legitimate rape.»

I have been following the kerfuffle over Susan Patton's letter in the Daily Princetonian, in which the former Princeton grad and mom to two Princeton - educated sons advises Princeton women to nab a hubby on campus before they graduate:

Makes you wonder what all that bleedin» kerfuffle over trying to nab the Olympic Stadium was all about, now don't it?

So far, that hasn't panned out, making the kerfuffle over the iPhone case one that might never have needed to happen.

Not exact matches

The whole kerfuffle is over the corporate «alternative minimum tax» or AMT.

Hopefully all this kerfuffle will blow over before the season kicks off, and we can concentrate on doing our talking on the football pitch.

Over 60 % of voters are more likely to take the Pats due to the kerfuffle.

The beta marriage idea caused a kerfuffle at Jezebel, Salon, Fox News and a gazillion other media outlets, some of which began wringing their hands over the idea that young people may not be committed to go the distance.

And there's a big kerfuffle going on between rival wine sellers over use of the word «Mommy» on their wine labels.

I jumped over here from 100 days of real food and the kerfuffle about junk in the classroom.

A kerfuffle followed over whether the White House was «considering» geoengineering or not.

Truth offers a star - studded dramatization of those events, with Robert Redford as Rather and Cate Blanchett as 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes, who was fired over the whole kerfuffle.

So you guys may not have heard the latest publishing kerfuffle, which was reported here: Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement

But commenters on the Amazon kerfuffle make the point over and over that if a user wants anything popular from the library, they have to get on a long wait list.

Political cartoons It's been a while since we've had a good college - newspaper kerfuffle, so here you go: The Daily Illini ran a cartoon depicting a trick - or - treater climbing over a fence and saying «I'm going as an illegal immigrant.»

This comes on the heels of a minor kerfuffle this past week over the... Read More»

Meanwhile there is a huge kerfuffle in Australia over the question of the culpability of climate change in increased bush fires.

And this will not happen by any scandalous kerfuffle, or in consequence of any contractual obligation, but rather for the one and only good reason: that upon sober reflection, and before 2012 is over, Anthony Watts will conclude, as an individual citizen, and solely of his own free will, that a thoroughgoing, uncompromising, and unequivocal embrace of «Be First with the Truth» is essential to rational skepticism.

Mr Briggs, I would love it if you would comment on the current kerfuffle between Tamino and Bob Tisdale over their attempts to find a trend in ocean heat content.