Sentences with phrase «less claim on»

The majority of POD services own the ISBN, and have less claim on electronic and digital publishing rights.

Not exact matches

It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

Even with the invasion looking less likely, Nazi Germany continued to launch attacks on England — some of which would claim thousands of lives in and around London in a night — carrying out the Blitz from late 1940 to mid-1941, when Hitler redeployed his air forces to participate in the invasion of Russia.

That's a flexibility, and autonomy, that companies in the on - demand economy just don't offer to less - skilled workers — no matter what they claim.

Beijing and the World Bank officially claim China's government debt remains very manageable, at less than 20 % of GDP — far below levels in the industrial world — but the truth is, local governments are piling on new debt at a staggering pace.

In developing regions such as Africa, Latin America, China and India, where Android phones can sell for $ 80 or less on contract, Google either claimed market leadership in 2011 or will in 2012, according to tracking firm Gartner.

Several of Uber's employee reviews on Glassdoor feature claims that drivers are making around or less than the minimum wage, while Lyft drivers have also made similar claims on the company review site.

If your down - on - her - luck pal has been sleeping on your sofa for the past year and earned less than $ 4,050 while you've been mostly supporting her (or him), then you may be able to claim the sponger — er, friend — as a dependent and deduct up to $ 4,050 on your federal return, even though the two of you are not related at all.

The CUPW claims that, on average, rural postal workers earn 30 % less than their urban counterparts; the majority of rural carriers are women.

But the name of the red - bearded assailant was less clear: some on Twitter claimed it was a Texas man who goes by a Nordic alias online.

«The incident at the Bangladesh apparel factory that claimed 1,000 lives is less an issue of domestic versus foreign manufacturing than it is about fast fashion and the hidden costs of disposable retail,» he wrote in his blog on the company website.

Depending on how it's reported, a significantly smaller income figure on Trump's Form 1040 than on his financial disclosure could be a fresh sign that his personal fortune, too, is less than the «more than $ 10 billion by any stretch of the imagination» that he's claimed.

It's possible that Constand may have benefited from the #MeToo momentum on Thursday, but it took an extra dose of courage for her to make her claims years ago, in an environment that was so much less accepting.

On Monday, Department of Labor officials claimed Google, who is a federal contractor, systematically pays female workers less than their male colleagues.

Google fought claims that its female employees make less than their male counterparts by outlining the methodology is uses to determine compensation on Tuesday.

«Also, if they are claiming a reduction for «seasonal employees,» they should keep records on those folks to demonstrate they only worked for four months or less.»

It usually requires an explanation on the order of infinite retention («yes, our sales and marketing costs are really high and our annual profit margins per user are thin, but we're going to keep the customer forever»), a massive reduction in costs («we're going to replace all our human labor with robots»), a claim that eventually the company can stop buying users («we acquire users for more than they're worth for now just to get the flywheel spinning»), or something even less plausible.

Musk's comments, spotted by news website Electrek, claims that based on early data regarding Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system, accidents occur 50 percent less when the system is turned on.

That claim, however, is premised on the idea that a buyer who uses PRIMARQ would have purchased the same home without PRIMARQ, and not have opted for a less expensive home, on which they could more easily afford to make a down payment.

The indicated solution is to limit the proliferation of debt by borrowing less, for instance, and to channel savings more into equities and tangible investment than into debt - claims on economic output.

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

It has come to my attention that some economists claim that our sovereign federal government is more or less powerless to kickstart the economy because of our great dependence on the United States and therefore should do next to nothing: «Mr. Orr and other economists urged Ottawa to ignore pleas to boost stimulus spending further -LSB-...]

However, your Social Security spousal benefits are limited to 50 % or less of your spouse's primary insurance amount, depending on your age when you claim them.

Students claiming the credit can create a very misleading perception of the income distribution, since young people make (and spend) less and get income from sources not often reported on tax returns, like gifts.

The Commission's complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleges that Lacroix and PlexCorps marketed and sold securities called PlexCoin on the internet to investors in the U.S. and elsewhere, claiming that investments in PlexCoin would yield a 1,354 percent profit in less than 29 days.

Life insurance companies will be less able to wriggle out of claims based on out - of - date medical definitions under the industry's first code of conduct.

By selecting yes you are confirming that you are a UK taxpayer and understand that if you pay less Income Tax and / or Capital Gains Tax than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations in that tax year it is your responsibility to pay any difference.

A report published by the Kauffman Foundation claims that startups — defined as companies less than 5 years old — accounted for all net job creation in the US between 1980 and 2007, despite the fact that on average, only half of the startups ever get to celebrate their fifth anniversary.

Jawbone had been seeking to block Fitbit from importing its products into the U.S. based on the patent claims, but after today's ruling, that looks less likely.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

Second: The Creation tale is simply a way for early humans to explain mans creation and «fall» from God's predetermined path... The old testament is full of stuff more related to philosophy and health advice then «Gods word» However, this revelation has not made me less of a christian... In Contrast to those stuck in «the old ways» regarding faith (not believing in neanderthals and championing the claim that earth is only 6000 years old), I believe God created the universe on the very principle of physics and evolution (and other sciencey stuff)... Thus the first clash of atoms was the first step in the billionyear long recipe in creating the universe, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, life itself and us.

In all honesty probably.04 % or less of the human population really understands Quantum Physics on a basic level, yet when someone claims to know it people agree with whatever they say as fact.

You do realize that the entire article we are commenting on is one long proselytizing piece from a Christian making opinion claims that the less intelligent may take as fact because the writer has a background in science.

But though he gave up his claim to conscience, he by no means gave up his claim to material wealth; Homo Sovieticus was on average much poorer than Western man, but certainly no less consumption - oriented.

Even if you would know everything there is to know about Shinto, that does not give you the right to claim that god (or gods) is protecting a specific building from a tsunami, on the top of a hill, no less.

Physics - lite @ CN77 & Andrew Andrew's Quote «It's not all that pointless, see while you would never be convinced that your bronze age mythological beliefs about the creation of the universe are wrong, since I can rebut (with peer reviewed journal articles no less) any claim you make, in rather stunning detail, those who are not so well versed on the subject who read the dialogue could be swayed to the side of science.

The full passage shows that Whitehead is basing his claim about the inconsistency of materialism and evolution on the grounds that materialism presupposes a doctrine of external relations and that this doctrine is inadequate to the development of more from less complex organisms.

It may also have something to do with the fact that less intelligent people are drawn toward a belief system that claims to have all the answers while not being a referendum on the belief system itself.

These and other less central activities of the ministry of all periods are carried on by the pastoral director, but the work that lays the greatest claim to his time and thought is the care of a church, the administration of a community that is directed toward the whole purpose of the Church, namely, the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor; for the Church is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its service.

Second, since the inherency of evangelical truth in the book is focused on its main claims, it follows that there is much in the text that is «lesser,» not a main claim, but probes and attempts over the generations to carry the main claims to specificity.

We have creationists who can't even agree on which version of their myths to try to claim as true, some sure that the earth is old and some ridiculous enough to claim that it's less than 10,000 years old.

I'm not making claims about my comparative knowledge and I certainly know less than many people who post on here.

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

In his memoirs, and throughout his life, Weizsacker never claimed to have alerted «the Vatican,» much less Pius XII personally, about the roundup before it occurred, and no Vatican officials have ever come forth to say that they were told of the roundup beforehand, let alone that they passed on such information to the Pope.

To suggest, then, that religious believers (much less majorities who, qua majorities, also have a second claim on shaping public policy) are «wards» depending on the Constitution for their religious freedom and its scope is, to use Posner and Segall's words against them, «to turn the Constitution upside down when it comes to government and religion.»

Houlden goes on to tell us that there is diversity in the reporting of how this impact occurred: yet he rejects the claim, sometimes made by highly skeptical scholars, «that no intelligible picture can emerge and no statement, of greater or lesser probability, concerning the Jesus whose impact those who gave the early witness experienced, can be made» (p. 134).

That is, claims for equal treatment for individuals may be held to depend on a doctrine of personal identity which is less fundamental than the doctrine of social inheritance underlying claims for the maximization of the total welfare.

But it should be clear now that whatever good speaking terms we might be on with the British government and media, they are on the whole not interested in anything less than the complete discrediting of the Catholic Church's claims to divine authority.

Adult Gay Relationships: Failing to prove that children are harmed by having gay parents, many Christian bigots will go on to claim that ho.mose.xual relationships are «inherently» less stable, less emotionally fulfilling, and psychologically damaging.

With the proclamation of the Kingdom by Jesus on the one hand and this parable on the other, we are justified in arguing that Jesus, for all the claims he made and implied about the significance of his ministry and message, none the less looked forward to a consummation to which this was related as seed - time to harvest.