Sentences with phrase «public questions appear»

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The barrage of identical messages, which appeared in the last three days, have raised questions about whether the comments represent legitimate public feedback on the FCC's proposed rules or whether the messages could be the work of automated computer «bots.»

Tim Houston made the comment while questioning deputy environment minister Frances Martin, who appeared Wednesday before the legislature's public accounts committee.

The questions about religion and public life, those calling for «public» discussion, no longer focus on the verifiability of religious speech but concern quite other issues: methods of understanding and describing the religious realities, old and new, that we see appearing around us; useful criteria for assessing these religions and for defining and comprehending this new set of powers in our public life; and ways of protecting vital religious groups from the excesses of the public reaction to them, and protecting the public from the excesses of powerful religious groups — hardly questions a secular culture had thought it would have to take seriously!

We'll get the answers to those questions in Week 2 when they square off with Team Philosophos — KE SR1 (Roast Public House) who will appear shortly in the Power Rankings.

Every facet of Barton seems to be contentious, whether it be his intellectual, public persona whereby he quotes philosophers on Twitter and appears on Question Time or his on - field persona where he seen as a tough tackling but at times psychotic ankle smashing bruiser.

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, would on Tuesday appear before the Senate committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to answer questions on allegations of fraud preferred against him.

Although the justices heard a case to resolve the question in January 2016, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, and appeared likely to overrule Abood and end agency fees in public sector unions, Justice Antonin Scalia's unexpected death the next month left the court split 4 — 4 — a ruling that kept the agency fees permitted for the time being.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

««Meanwhile, Mr. Cuomo continues to hide out, appearing in public only when he is ensconced in his protective bubble of doing Attorney General business only, thereby avoiding difficult questions»»

Speaker John Bercow appears to lose patience with noisy MPs and often names the most disruptive members, claiming the public are especially critical of the behaviour at Prime Minister's Questions.

Question Time presenter David Dimbleby appeared on the Today programme this morning and instantly became a fan favourite for the post with a passionate defence of public service broadcasting combined with a savage attack on the management culture at the corporation.

«It appears ministers can not be trusted to be honest with the public and the question is how many more of their policies are being shrouded in dishonesty, half - truths and spin?»

As Ed Miliband appeared on the BBC's Leaders» Question Time show, he was given a hard time by two members of the public.

It could also force several key figures to appear in public to answer questions on the matter, thereby raising the prospect of ongoing coverage just when the key players were hoping it would die down.

But Bernard Jenkin, the chairman of the Commons public administration select committee, who is tabling an urgent question in the Commons, said Heywood appeared to be acting in an «unorthodox and unprecedented» manner.

While the news media and public were distracted by the questions swirling around the future leadership of the Senate Republican majority, the Senate this week appeared to quietly fast - track a bill that would lock in tens of billions of dollars of unfunded lifetime health insurance coverage for police and firefighters.

The judgment read in part, «The crucial question that follows is this: when the 1st defendant (House of Representatives) sent the letter of 20/3/2002 to the Plaintiff (el - Rufai) to appear before its Ethics and Privileges Committee, was it engaged in the making of a law within its legislative competence or to expose corruption and inefficiency in a public department?

The state had attributed the previous layoffs to a cash - flow issue and appeared to address it in May when the Public Authorities Control Board approved $ 485.5 million in spending for the governor's Buffalo Billion initiative, but a spokesperson for the comptroller said when they received a request for $ 154 million in payments for the RiverBend project last Wednesday, there were a lot of unanswered questions.

Balllard appears to believe that a public meeting of the Town Board is NOT the proper place for him, as a public official, to answer questions from a member of the public about the promotional practices being followed in his department.

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But it seems clear that passage of the measure, which appears on the state's Nov. 5 ballot as Proposition 209, would raise questions about a host of programs that public K - 12 schools and colleges offer — from voluntary desegregation efforts to certain tutoring and outreach programs.

While many in the community appear to support teachers and their plans to go to Raleigh to advocate for public education, one political action committee questioned the closure of schools, which would force students to miss instructional time.

The answer then to the question of whether charter schools provide opportunities for students in struggling public schools appears to be «yes, but...»

School board members and superintendents appearing before the Assembly education committee questioned why Republicans want to inject themselves in local affairs during a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit school districts from bringing a failed referendum back to voters for two years.

Made public in a brief video clip posted to Twitter, the car in question is a late - model Lexus RX SUV with what appears to be a roof full of cameras, radar equipment, lidar, and various other sensors critical to self - driving operation.

Andy, think long and hard about what you've said here and ask yourself how climate scientists can avoid to appear to be engaged in nefarious activities when subjected to quote - mining, selective publication of stolen e-mails, outright misrepresentation of public statements, organized FOI flooding meant to overwhelm a departments resources to respond (while asking for stuff the university in question has no right to release), etc etc..

Luckily, she was on BBC TV's Question Time last week, and has been appearing at a number of public events of late.

Lady Hale, vice president of the UK Supreme Court, appearing before a legislative committee this summer questioned whether the bill is motivated less by saving public resources and more by decision makers» dislike for being told their decision does not conform to the law.

The question of whether they are a public record or not is more subtle and complex than it appears with a poorly developed case law (e.g. it goes to the question of whether a third party is allowed to be present at a deposition), but fortunately, isn't necessary to answer the question in this case.

Cooper then turned her fire on Facebook, questioning the social media giant's public policy director, Simon Milner, about Facebook pages containing violent anti-Islamic imagery, including one that appeared to be encouraging the bombing of Mecca, and pages set up to share photos of schoolgirls for the purposes of sexual gratification.

The confirmation came as a response to a question posted to the Android issue tracker and appears legitimate, although exactly which public build the developer is referring to is open to interpretation.

Five: CREA / Wayne has / have read REM on - line since its / his article appeared herein, but have been advised by CREA lawyers not to respond to my direct questions, as well as to Ross K's, and others, due to the potential for entrapping CREA / Wayne in a debate which they just might lose... on - line... in public.

The answer to that question is not yet available from the Los Angeles County assessor's office, where purchases often take months to appear on public records.