Sentences with phrase «of life peers»

A higher proportion of life peers than MPs are women, and significant numbers of ethnic minority members have been appointed in recent years.

Mr Straw also sparked some dismay when he said the transition to the new arrangements will not be complete until the middle of this century, with numbers of life peers dwindling gradually as they retire, resign or die.

Last November's reform removed most hereditaries and left a «transitional» chamber, mostly of life peers.

Almost 30 % of life peers are now women and both the Leader of the House and the Opposition Leader are women, not to mention the arrival of women bishops and the first woman Black Rod in over 650 years.

So it is all the more eye - catching that the Eton - education son of a life peer believes that all MPs will soon have to publish their tax returns.

He spent part of the»80s in Montreal, working as a dresser for the opera and making sets, before returning to London and, painting snowy memories of his Canadian days, launching the high - profile career that saw him nominated for the Turner Prize in 1994, and gaining a repute equal to that of any living peer.

Not exact matches

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

But while a growing number of European and American companies have begun effective programs — tackling everything from sustainable cotton production and water management to living wages and the reduction of hazardous chemicals — their Canadian peers have seemed slow to follow suit.

The reality is Canadians would be shocked if they could peer into the private financial lives of many of their closest neighbours and friends.

And all of social media marketing and purchasing is built off peer recommendations — just like it is in real life.

For some, the liberation of living in the city of their choosing is worth the risk of being caught or judged by their peers.

Unlike many of his peers, Sarafa's major life decisions are less about renting an apartment versus buying a home, and more about where his next destination will be.

Jo Freeman spent much of the 1960s living with her activist peers on communes — including a stint as part of a women's liberation collective in which everyone had equal say and stature.

Contestants pitch live, on stage with a crowd of their peers for the chance to be featured in season two of the web series «Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch.»

By knowing what to improve and how to improve it, I've been able to achieve greater success than have my peers in other areas of life, too.

People — regardless of their gender — who were independently ranked as conscientious as children and as adults lived longer than their peers who were not conscientious during either phase of their lives.

In pursuing his insights in the form of a book, J.D. was propelled again atop even his peer group of elites and into the fame of a political theorist during the most contentious political election of any of our lives.

He feared that he wouldn't live up to their intellectual height and yet soon found that he truly was a peer and his life's course had been permanently altered as society now accepted him as an elite member of the professional class.

In the studies, women who adopted all five factors enjoyed roughly 14 extra years of life, on average, compared with their peers who adopted none of them; men got an average of an extra 12.2 years.

In addition, when we garden with others, and when we further enhance this activity through developing a community garden or donating some of our bounty to a food bank, we feel a sense of belonging; we bond with our peers — which in turn can lead to supportive, collaborative, and nourishing relationships, both personal and professional; and we tap into a sense of meaning and purpose in life, by helping out those in need.

Ways of being are choices you and your peers make about how you live, behave, and how you show up to others.

«When you think about it, I think that in life in general, recognition by your peers is the most sought - after recognition of all,» says Kelley Shanley, the CEO and president of the Broward Center.

From its beginnings, it's been a place where narrative artists — writers, filmmakers and the like — welcome the discipline of structure in their work lives, and build a community of peers.

We all go to work each day to provide for our families, make a difference in the lives of our clients, community members and industry peers, while building a business we can be proud of!

If a jury of its peers were to grade Dash on its performance in 2017, the majority would say it lived up to its billing.

Ideas around the non-monetary aspects of employment in providing a self - image for people, giving them standing in the community, a sense of personal worth, a role as family provider, a network of peers, and way of life are not part of the economics curriculum, so can be assumed not to matter.

Indeed, among Canada's 16 peer countries, the U.S. has the second - highest level of income per capita but also the highest rates of poverty and homicides and the lowest life expectancy.

To determine our peer group of companies, we considered public cloud - based services providers and selected those most similar to us based on various factors, including, but not limited to, financial risk, company size, geographic diversification, profitability, growth characteristics and stage of life cycle.

For me, dropping out and starting my life early was a way to avoid the insecurity I see today in so many of my peers when they realize that they have no marketable skills that employers want and no knowledge of what they really want out of life.

Shanghai - based Greenland Real Estate Group contracted Cumming to carry out a peer review of their current budgets on phase one of its $ 1.2 billion, 6.33 - acre Metropolis development located north of LA Live.

The Forum is a monthly venue for CIO's and CTO's to discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and has afforded these leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis.

These include being frequently interrupted or talked over; having decision - makers primarily address your male colleagues, even if they're junior to you; working harder to receive the same recognition as your male peers; having your ideas ignored unless they're rephrased by your male colleagues; worrying so much about being either «too nice» or «sharp elbowed» that it hurts your ability to be effective; frequently being asked how you manage your work - life balance; and perhaps most difficult of all, not having peers who have been through similar situations to support you during tough times.

One major reason that the military should not turn cases of military - to - military sex abuse, is that we have a right to be judged by our peers... who understand what the mil life does to the human mind.

What you call peering into the mind of god thru this ancient books is simply peering into the minds of primitive humans that lived in darkness, both literally and mentally.

Also, as I'm wrapping up my doctorate in astrobiology, I will spend a great deal looking at objects I can't see with my physical eye while peering off light years into the galaxy in search of life.

What I refuse to do is accept some external force based on the mere stories of man, especially when those men a) never met b) lived in a time when stories were largely passed verbally and c) those stories have been shown to be wrong by studies that have been peer - reviewed.

He is well - liked by his peers, volunteers with University Big Brothers and Sisters, is involved in his church (he is an adult convert to Mormonism), is a member of the University's interfaith Religious Life Council, and has compiled an impressive academic record.

But that day, I listened to firsthand experiences of so many of my peers who opened up about how alcohol had devastated their lives, their families and their past.

What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.

The Christian peer Baroness Cox — who in 2011 attempted in the House of Lords to enact legislation called the Arbitration and Mediation Services Equality Bill, to protect women living here from the effects of Sharia as it is already allowed to be practised in this country — reacted to this démarche with some alarm.

Lord Alton of Liverpool, a Christian and life peer, raised the topic of Christians being persecuted in Syria in the Second Chamber.

He became a Life Peer because of his work with disabled people and is a passionate advocate of ending global human trafficking.

While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.

Our quality of life depends upon the love we share with others; whether family or friends, partners or peers.

I have training and tools that help me discern with others the work of Christ in their lives, supervisors who ensure I am maintaining professional standards, peers who encourage me in my own relationship with God.

I've experienced and have known, privately and in the lives of my peers, the Bible's teachings to «ring true» and demonstrate themselves as true, time and time again.

And the back story remains that most of us non-believers have been excoriated in «real life» (as opposed to «blog life») for so much as QUESTIONING beliefs that people (parents, pastors and peers) did indeed presume to IMPOSE on us.

The Crossbench peer's Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill - which is being supported by the Free Conscience campaign - would apply to the withdrawal of life - sustaining treatment, human embryo research and activity linked to preparing, supporting or performing an abortion.

L'Arche (meaning «The Ark» in French) is a worldwide network of Christian communities where people with learning disabilities live as peers alongside assistants.

As for Christians who drop from the path of Jesus» righteous teachings, proves they refuse to endure to the end (as all non-believers do) and opt for the easy way out in life due to peer pressure from you non-believers and instructors who are in positions of teaching them to do so.