Sentences with phrase «public challenge by»

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A judicial review («JR») is a type of court proceeding in which a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body; they are a challenge to the way in which a decision has been made, rather than the conclusion reached.

Other studies by Kross suggest that, when people use their first names, they're more likely to see stressful situations (like public speaking) as challenging, rather than threatening.

It would have been easy to dismiss her challenge, but now that I'm a published author, now that Bodies on the Potomac is out there in the public domain being read by friends and family and strangers alike, I realize that listening to a respected friend's advice might be the catalyst others can use to break through.

As an attorney who moved into the public policy and government and now as a university president (all positions in fields dominated by men), I have faced challenges while working my way up.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

Think about the disruption being caused by electric and autonomous cars in automotive; by regulatory challenges in banking; by shale resources in oil and gas; and by a groundswell of public dissatisfaction in political institutions, to name just a few.

Combined with our more than 35 years of experience, manpower, resources and geographic reach, Clean Harbors is well equipped to provide turnkey solutions to handle the challenges faced by government and state agencies, military bases and public officials.

And it notes the European Central Bank's (ECB) report «Virtual Currency Schemes» (October 2012) worrying that «virtual currency schemes -LSB-...] could represent a challenge for public authorities, given the legal uncertainty surrounding these schemes, as they can be used by criminals, fraudsters and money launderers to perform their illegal activities.»

The challenge now, illustrated by the Oncor misfire, is that Berkshire Hathaway is competing for big, public companies that are widely followed.

The step consecutively challenged Winklevoss Twins, whose Bitcoin Trust is still being reviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for being approved for public listing.

By building and operating an excellent public transit system, employers can access a wider pool of employees, employees can access more job opportunities, families can deal with housing affordability challenges by living with one less car, and productive and busy people can save time by having a fast and reliable alternative to sitting in traffiBy building and operating an excellent public transit system, employers can access a wider pool of employees, employees can access more job opportunities, families can deal with housing affordability challenges by living with one less car, and productive and busy people can save time by having a fast and reliable alternative to sitting in traffiby living with one less car, and productive and busy people can save time by having a fast and reliable alternative to sitting in traffiby having a fast and reliable alternative to sitting in traffic.

He was challenged on his show in 2007 by Father Tom Euteneuer of Human Life International, who observed that such a position emanating from a public figure technically fulfilled the requirements for something called heresy.

Aaron Bitzer, 35, was so angered by the California ban, which will take effect on Jan. 1, that he went public and became a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the law as unconstitutional.

When three children at Fatima reported a series of visions, they were interrogated and challenged by both the Church and the public authorities without much sympathy: they stuck resolutely to their accounts of what they had seen and heard.

Since what I hear over an amplified PA system (kind of hard to «ignore» 70 db invocations in a mid size room, tbh) are things in the prayer I passionately disagree with, yet barred by prayer protocol to challenge the assertions of the prayperson (which such challenges to ideas are encouraged at public meetings) it sets up a «I'm not going to get anything accomplished unless I pretend I am one of them.»

The challenge is therefore to have religious freedom more widely articulated and more deeply understood by public authorities and those who contribute to creating social norms.

This is one of the major mental health challenges of the 1960's (For a graphic description of the problem of aftercare and examples of what is being done in scattered places, sec «Mental Aftercare: Assignment for the Sixties» by Emma Harrison, Public Affairs Pamphlet # 318.

In recent years we have witnessed a strong and necessary challenge to those who decree that this is a secular society and therefore arguments shaped by religion have no place in the public forum.

For instance, a hypothetical public high school teacher who advanced New Age ideas and attitudes under a neutral or secular wrapping would be far less vulnerable to legal challenge than would be a teacher who spoke of God by name or who expounded on the biblical foundations of Western thought.

That includes never challenging local corruption or asking why our children are being brain - washed by public schools.

But people seem to want Timberlake to make things right in a more public way, a way that challenges his own privileges as a white male and thus — at least symbolically — contends with those power imbalances in society at large: perhaps by bringing Jackson on stage to perform with him as a special guest at this year's Super Bowl.

I'd challenge Mr. Latif's viewpoints and suggest that NY Muslims become a peaceful and faithful people by worshipping on their holidays irrespective of what the public school system says.

now the challenge: how to make it readily available for continued public use & simutaneoulsy protect it from either being damaged or stolen by the unscrupulous.

Most of these lectures aim at bringing the insights of Hinduism and Buddhism closer to Indian and Western Christians as well as philosophers, to deepen their understanding of faith and expand it to other forms of belief.43 His anthology «The Vedic Experience» which has been accepted and respected by many Hindus, tries to present texts from the Veda and the Upanishads in such a way that they become open towards other beliefs and transparent for the depth of faith.44 An important aspect of his literary production, already central at the beginning, but gaining prominence again lately, has been to address a Western public that faces the challenge of having to seek its religious identity and not being able to take it for granted.

Highly publicized reactions to science and social science on the part of religious conservatives, as evidenced by lawsuits concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools and court cases challenging the influence of «secular humanism» on school textbooks, suggest that Habermas's forces of «secular rationality» have by no means carried the day.

The Catholic Church will enhance its public authority by speaking out in a way that supports and challenges both parties.

This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume godlike powers over human affairs.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

This rights - based ethic is being challenged by the growing recognition among feminists that the notion of «choice» may be a myth; that not only social attitudes but public policies that promote so - called «free choice» can be subtly coercive.

The minimum 50p per unit price, delayed for six years by a legal challenge led by the Scotch Whisky Association, has been welcomed by the medical professional and health campaigners as the biggest breakthrough in public health since the ban on smoking in public.

It seems, moreover, on the basis of public opinion polls, that this challenge is already accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens and thus the question of its establishment as a matter of law has not provoked a debate worthy of the momentous issues at stake.

There is a real possibility that the moral and religious motivations of some citizens will become not only actionable at public law, through constitutional suits challenging legislation informed by such motives, but also actionable at private law.

Although the cancer study has been challenged by the European Food Safety Agency (a group that has strong food industry ties), I will side with the unbiased Center for Science in the Public Interest on this one.

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By Meg Nagle 2017-07-24T09:36:27 +00:00 July 3rd, 2015 Categories: Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding in Public, Common Breastfeeding Challenges Tags: attachment parenting, common breastfeeding criticisms, formula feeding

In some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneys.

Such dishonesty needs to be directly challenged by MPs and in public.»

«While your recent public service campaign to stem the video «Tide Pod Challenge» is to be commended, it falls far short of what is needed to prevent the continuing problem of accidental poisonings, as opposed to intentional ingestion by teenagers.»

But despite this new space for a major public debate about fundamental change, serious political challenges to the system — from «Occupy» protestors, community activists, environmentalists and others — have thus far been contained by the continuing sense of a lack of viable alternatives.

At the 3:28 - minute mark in the video that appears below, Gillibrand expressed disappointment that today's oral arguments on challenges to the health care reform law — Day One of what will be a three - day marathon — are not widely viewable by the general public.

Earlier this week, Darren Dopp quietly paid the $ 10,000 fine levied against him by the Public Integrity Commission, even as he continues to insist he will challenge the decision that he violated the law in connection with the Troopergate scandal.

I don't take it personally in a sense that in a democracy you should be challenged by the media, you should be asked tough questions by the public, your opponent should look for holes in your case, right.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner continues to fuel speculation she will challenge Rep. John Katko for a seat in Congress next year by calling on him to participate in a public forum on the GOP's push for halth care reform.

Cuomo this year faces his own political challenge from the left in the form of a primary waged by actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon.

This film has been made by NOAH to help the public understand why and how medicines are used, and to challenge some of the myths surrounding food production.

Brooklyn Paper article on the victory of Brooklyn public schools in the Hour of Code challenge initiated by BP Adams.

The case, known as Janus v. AFSCME, was brought by Mark Janus, a public employee in Illinois who is challenging his state's policy of requiring that he pay union dues to the Illinois branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees even though he does not want to be a member.

The development of the long - promised «digital era governance» was mired in a series of mega contracts: huge in terms of cost, scope and timescale, bigger than any attempted by other governments worldwide, and to be delivered by the same handful of giant global computer consulting firms that rarely saw any challenge to their grip on public contracts.

On Friday 26th April, the Oxford Union hosted another in the series of «Head to Head» programmes, organised by and filmed for Al Jazeera, where this time interviewer Mehdi Hasan challenged one of the world's most famous public intellectuals, Bernard - Henri Levy, on whether foreign military intervention could ever be justified,