Sentences with phrase «on societal benefits»

Regardless of these advantages, nuclear needs to be encouraged based on its societal benefits.

In fact, it's taxing the nation's future entrepreneurs, educators, and scientists, who are increasingly focused on societal benefits but can't afford to pay for their education out of pocket.

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@ total non sense Perhaps we're splitting hairs here, but I was trying to be kind by implying that rather than treating religiosity as a mental disability, for which the supposedly clinically sick can receive insurance benefits and evade personal actionable responsibility by claiming illness, it would be better to treat religiosity as a societal functional disorder which can be addressed through better education and a perceptional shift towards accepting scientific explanations for how the world works rather than relying on literal interpretations of ancient bronze age mythologies and their many derivations since.

even when he suffered a serious knee injury, instead of accepting the fact that he would never stick his legs into the spaces that were crucial for someone with straight ahead speed to succeed, the club actually contemplated giving him a chance to play up top where his lack of physicality, size and holding up play talents would been on display for all to see... these are not the actions of a club that really cares about winning at the highest levels, but they are the actions of a club that wasn't interested in spending the necessary resources to purchases a world - class striker, which is usually the most expensive position on the pitch... instead we adopted the horrible phrase «like a new signing» and proceeded to allow this ridiculous experiment to carry on, which ultimately caused some discomfort on the training pitch and inside the locker room as players battled for a position that shouldn't have been theirs for the taking in the first place... don't get me wrong, I believe that Walcott is a talented player, who can help a team reach their goals, if their goals are relatively modest... just look at the teams who supposedly expressed interest in his services and they weren't the kind of clubs who aspire to win at the highest levels... as for the reasons why he hasn't been bitching and moaning about moving on just look at the wage benefits he receives from our club and his obvious desire to enjoy the societal advantages that come with playing in North London for a club with worldwide appeal... so instead of continuing to try to fix a coat with a broken zipper simply move on and buy a new and better coat

I will talk briefly about my experience of breastfeeding and why I am so committed to promoting it, before touching on its health and societal benefits.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services points out the cost savings ($ 1,160 and $ 3,915 per year, depending on brand of formula), and points out several societal benefits of breastfeeding:

To help bring the science and government interplay to the public, he helped launch the «science policy» topic for the magazine and wrote a four - part series on some of the most important societal issues where government and scientists can come together for public benefit

So we end up going on a shorter mission that is of less societal benefit but that's achievable in that time frame.»

With the realization of possible therapeutic benefits of psychedelics to reduce anxiety and chronic pain, however, the societal taboos against scientific research on their neurobiology have somewhat relaxed.

In contrast to the often narrowly defined single - objective nature of flood control, they observe that SFM places an emphasis not only on reducing risk (to people, economics and the environment) but also on seeking opportunities to working with natural processes and promoting multiple benefits across a range of criteria (ecological, societal and economic).

«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at low or even negative cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.

He found that the societal benefits would amount to $ 50,000 per child annually and an overall savings of $ 1.2 trillion by reduced crime and increased rates of on - time high school graduation.

«He is among the global leaders who are fostering greater attention on human - Earth system science and its societal benefits.»

According to Kant, if one of the last two men on Earth was a murderer, it would still require the other man to punish him with death, despite no obvious personal or societal benefit.

Evaluations of school - reform measures typically focus on the outcomes that are most easily quantified, namely, test scores, as a proxy for long - term societal benefit.

Consistent with the academic literature on social capital, it appears that urban Catholic schools, thanks to their longstanding positive contributions to their communities, have extensive societal benefits.

There are major societal benefits, at least on paper, with self - driving cars as far as traffic safety, the environment, traffic, efficiency.

Readers feeling unsure of themselves or frustrated by societal pressures regarding what they should look like, act like and / or focus on would benefit from reading Davis» story, which offers plenty of inspiration for becoming a better «me.»

Imagine OverDrive managed and developed as a digital agent of responsive civic / public organizations — guided by library leaders focused on societal and public benefits and not profits.

This is the sort of reasoning that informs all progressive protectionism: a focus on narrow, disruptive effects within the industry as opposed to broader, subtler, societal benefits.

This prospectus is a draft document on the challenges facing the veterinary profession and veterinary medical education, and how future societal needs might be met by a profession poised to deliver significant benefits to our world.

Now the Obama Administration is unleashing a host of new mandates and standards, based on arbitrary «social cost of carbon» calculations that assume fossil fuel use imposes numerous climate and other costs, but brings minimal or no economic or societal benefits.

For this purpose, the analysis first makes a comparison of fossil fuel and NRETs on the basis of the levelized costs of electricity (LCOEs), and then proceeds to identify and quantify potential societal benefits of NRET deployment in LAC.

Climate change driven disruptions to ecosystems have direct and indirect human impacts, including reduced water supply and quality, the loss of iconic species and landscapes, effects on food chains and the timing and success of species migrations, and the potential for extreme weather and climate events to destroy or degrade the ability of ecosystems to provide societal benefits.11

For instance, the benefits of burning gas leaking from landfills — something waste management companies would be selling anyway — are not on par with the societal benefits from building new sources of clean energy and displacing older, dirtier sources.

A rational public and private sector response to the threat of storm damage in a changing climate must therefore acknowledge scientific uncertainties that are likely to persist beyond the time at which decisions will need to be made, focus more on the risks and benefits of planning for the worst case scenarios, and recognize that the combination of societal trends and the most confident aspects of climate change predictions makes future economic impacts substantially more likely than does either one alone.

Lisa Nelowet Grice Managing Partner, Anthesis Lisa Grice is an internationally known expert who advises CEOs and senior teams on approaches to connect sustainability and business strategies to realize business and societal benefit.

They can frame the issue the issue in terms of national security, religion, public health, or economics — with emphasis on policies that would lead to societal benefits rather than sacrifice and hardship.

The proper calculation for the Pigovian fee on carbon emissions is; C (total societal cost of emissions)- B (total societal benefit of emissions) = optimal fee for emitting.

Jan. 13: After the first conference held by the Future of Life Institute on the «future of artificial intelligence» in Puerto Rico on Jan. 2 - 4, prominent scientists and researchers from industry and academia issue an open letter calling for AI and smart machine research that is «robust and beneficial» to humanity and linking to a document outlining «research directions that can help maximize the societal benefit of AI» including numerous questions on «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

Much like our state, our executive leadership at CHMC is also politically divided, yet we unite on essential marriage and societal issues, including the fundamental importance of a healthy family and its benefits for children, couples, and society.»

In fact, a modest investment during a child's early life yields tremendous societal benefits later on.

I am sure that you can agree that there should be no penalty for taking on the responsibility of raising a child whose parents can not raise or have abandoned them, and that there should be full funding (just as for any other foster child) and societal support to acknowledge the great sacrifice we all benefit from when the kin of those children step up to the plate.

That acceptance should put green bonds and mortgages on the radar of every commercial mortgage broker looking for creative financing alternatives for borrowers who want to capitalize on the societal and economic benefits of acquiring, selling or developing energy - efficient, environmentally friendly properties.