Sentences with phrase «such as watchdogs»

Could it be a new franchise or a returning IP such as Watchdogs, better yet Beyond Good and Evil?

This can be annoying as you can end up shelling out over # 40 for a new release, such as Watchdogs, only to end up being disappointed and wishing you hadn't bought it.

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Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

As such, the financial watchdog is concerned that the platform could be used for money laundering activities.

(Incidentally, the UK's data protection watchdog is conducting just such an audit of Cambridge Analytica right now, after obtaining a warrant to enter its London offices last month — as part of an ongoing, year - long investigation into social media data being used for political ad targeting.)

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

Recently, religious freedom watchdogs have begun emphasizing more the different sources of persecution, such as government and social hostilities.

In a speech in Sydney on Thursday, Mr Sims will warn Australian firms that the competition watchdog will not protect them from competition from new players such as Amazon - even if it means some firms will fail.

The Park District's staff reviewed such security measures as alarms, additional fencing and watchdogs.

But major victories for good - government watchdogs such as public financing of political campaigns and ending the practice of donating unlimited funds to political campaigns through a web of limited liability companies has alluded passage so far.

Objective — To make an effective elected second chamber, composed of mature experienced individuals with collective experience of all aspects of British life, whose principal task is to improve legislative bills during their passage through parliament into law, and whose secondary task is to scrutinize the actions of the government and act as a watchdog for the rights of the British people, should the Government or lower house appear to act in such a way as to undermine these rights.

«Such a scheme violates the fundamental checks - and - balances principle that underlies our state constitution, as it does not establish the independence required of a procurement watchdog and therefore will not achieve the real accountability and reform our State desperately needs.

The Long Island Board of Realtors, AAA and government watchdogs such as Reclaim New York on Monday criticized the fee hikes.

The state Authorities Budget Office, a relatively young watchdog charged with overseeing such entities, applauded the bill signing as «a significant step forward in reforming the vast and archaic web of public authorities in New York.»

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

A projected increase in toxic trash — such as analog television sets expected to become obsolete by the end of 2009 — has government agencies and environmental watchdogs pushing for recycling options and the use of environment - friendly components in new devices.

The legislation, which covers details only an accountant could love, embraces recommendations from NSF's inspector general, the agency's in - house but independent watchdog, as well as from outside bodies such as the National Academy of Public Administration.

In a 2008 grocery prices report, consumer watchdog the ACCC backed claims that staples such as eggs, milk, cheese and bread were much of a muchness.

Thankfully groups such as Gluten Free Watchdog are around to help us reduce exposures.

The watchdog said up to a quarter of pupils in England identified as having special needs would not be labelled as such if schools focused more on teaching for all their children.

The watchdog has listed a total of 94 companies, including names such as Ayrex, Binary Tilt, CT Option, Investoo.com, Option888, and many others.

The watchdog said that such measures will help the customers pay off their pending debt faster as they would not be paying large sums towards the interest.

As such, they don't make for excellent watchdogs, but are excellent for families with children.

(Answers such as «for the kids» or «as a watchdog» may indicate the need for further education).

Most Shepradors are easy to train, so you'll be able to teach your dog some cool tricks and also help her control her watchdog habits, such as barking when you have strangers around the family home.

They are feared due to their capabilities and versatility of doing things beyond that of a typical dog, such as pulling a sled, herding reindeer and serving as a watchdog.

The Cane Corso is known as a watchdog and hunter of difficult game such as wild boar.

They are loyal, lovable and extremely protective of their owners and as such make an excellent watchdog.

Breeds of dogs such as hounds, and those bred to be watchdogs, as well as many dogs from the working breeds are more prone in excessive barking.

Sony reiterated their partnership deals with the likes of Ubisoft for games such as Assassin's Creed and Watchdogs but Microsoft appear to have trumped them with the frankly astounding announcement that they will be giving away free copies of FIFA 2014 with Xbox One pre-orders.

With the combination of huge blockbusters such as Killzone Shadow Fall, Destiny, FIFA, Watchdogs and Call of Duty Ghosts, alongside a vast array of Indie titles such as Transistor, The Witness, Rogue Legacy and Hotline Miami 2, PS4 promises to be the best place to play.

What's particularly awesome is that they haven't only included Far Cry assets into these, but other Ubisoft franchises as well such as Assassin's Creed or Watchdogs.

In addition, SourceWatch contains information about others who help document information about PR spin, such as reporters, academics, and watchdog groups.

Despite an oversupply of credits and waning confidence in the CDM from both market players and civil society watchdogs, the report presented an optimistic and biased view of the CDM and its future while failing to recommend concrete solutions to address some of its fundamental flaws, such as additionality testing.

They're routinely forewarned by organic watchdog groups such as the Organic Trade Association about dangerous levels of copper and arsenic in poultry manure.

One major role of the media is, after all, to be the government watchdog and as such it's understandable to usually focus on lackings and suggested improvements.

As such, my primary role is to be a legal watchdog, monitoring the courts and the state legislature for developments related to journalism and the newspaper industry.

To end the acrimony between the two regulators, the government issued an ULIP Ordinance on June 18 as capital markets regulator SEBI and insurance watchdog IRDA could not resolve their dispute over which of them was empowered to regulate such products.

The insurance industry will remember 2010 as an eventful year in which insurance regulator Irda came out on top in a turf war with market watchdog Sebi over the regulation of Unit - Linked Insurance Products, with the end result of such schemes becoming investor - friendly.

Watchdog group OpenSecrets got a hold of Internal Revenue Service records that show Mercer gave $ 2 million in 2016 to Secure America Now, a group that worked with Facebook and Google to target voters in states such as Nevada and North Carolina.

Slovenia's financial watchdog issued a warning on Monday that virtual currencies - such as bitcoin - are not regulated and are not guaranteed by the central bank or any other state body.

Virtual currencies such as bitcoin have shown clear signs of a pricing bubble and consumers could lose all their money, the European Union's banking, securities and insurance watchdogs said on Monday.

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin do not currently pose risks to global financial stability, according to a G20 - backed watchdog, resisting calls to regulate the market.

Japan's financial watchdog will soon pay very close attention to the internal systems of exchanges for virtual currencies such as bitcoin.

This has resulted in repeated warnings from watchdogs such as the SEC, which considers most ICOs to be security offerings and thus subject to registering with the regulator.

Trading volumes in BCH / KRW pair offered by Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, have gone up by 42 percent in the last 24 hours and currently has the highest volume at $ 1,296,300,000 ranking as number one market according to CoinMarketCap.This may be due to the fact that the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Choe Heung - sik said Thursday that the watchdog is not considering digital tokens, such as Bitcoin, as legitimate currency and thus has no plan to supervise transactions of the cryptocurrency.

This may be due to the fact that the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Choe Heung - sik said Thursday that the watchdog is not considering digital tokens, such as Bitcoin, as legitimate currency and thus has no plan to supervise transactions of the cryptocurrency.

Such a strategy would also help the Japanese financial watchdogs making their regulations more coherent, as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) sees bitcoin in a favorable light.

Some real estate professionals provide a list of third - party resources for their buyers to check on crime statistics in an area, such as Family Watchdog to locate registered sex offenders in an area; CrimeMapping.com's mobile app to uncover crime activity near your current location; and sites like DiedInHouse.com that reveal if any deaths occurred at the property in the past.

That is to say if you want certain information such as complete sales history and assessment information, you are trying to get from TREB a representation of that which the province's appointed watchdog — TERANET is not allowed to provide.