Sentences with phrase «up by the proponent»

Australia's success in tightly restricting gun ownership after its worst mass shooting, and the concomitant reduction in gun crimes and mass shootings, is likely to be held up by proponents of gun control as an example for what the U.S. should do after its latest mass shooting on Sunday.

Level 2 projects require «standard» consultation, which involves notification with an opportunity for the First Nation to respond and required follow - up by the proponent; and

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Proponents of the space elevator concept point out that the same physics would apply: The pull of gravity on an elevator cable would be offset by Earth's centrifugal force holding it up.

Its proponents will tell you that conscious thought accounts for only 5 % of our brain functions, and that by hooking people up to MRI machines, you can see that advertising stimulates all sorts of unconscious brain activity.

As the proponents have benefitted by holding through every dip, there is a sense of security among the buyers that no matter what, price of bitcoin can and will only go up.

Because the SEC's rules for resubmission of a failed proposal by a shareholder in the next year's proxy statement require that the proposal have received up to 10 % of the vote (depending on how many years it has been submitted), the significant voting impact of an ISS recommendation can empower a proponent to resubmit a proposal year after year, imposing costs on the company and creating waste and negative publicity to the detriment of the company and its shareholders.

Proponents of DP2 might respond by quite gladly giving up the view that nature has just instrumental value.

It was rejected by the city council, but proponents have not given up yet.

Yet, throwing up due to the stress of nocturnal abandonment doesn't constitute a sign of physical illness and parents are advised by proponents of «total extinction» CIO to clean up the vomit promptly without touching the child or displaying emotion.

The letter indicated, «Where the Board of Trustees of SSNIT agrees with the directive to take up the stake, it would be advisable to conduct legal and financial due diligence on the proponent company in order to ensure that the public interest in the investment by SSNIT is protected.»

A highly visible proponent of innovative policing since his early 30s, the Boston native has been tripped up twice by his own hubris — but he rebounded the first time to oversee historic crime declines in 1990s New York, then followed up with similar success in Los Angeles.

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

The GOP chairman said that in principle, he's a proponent of the idea, because he's fed up with the Albany status quo, and the prospect of turning state government it on its head by rewriting the constitution is appealing.

Cuomo, who ran as a proponent of reform, had previously promised to veto any lines the legislature came up with, because they are by definition partisan and not independent.

By turning crops such as corn, sugarcane and palm oil into biofuels — whether ethanol, biodiesel, or something else — proponents hope to reap the benefits of the carbon soaked up as the plants grow to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted when the resulting fuel is burned.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / LeventKonuk Four years ago the Obama administration offered up $ 19 billion in stimulus funds to help get health care IT (including electronic health records, or EHRs) in the pink — or at least in the black.Better information technology throughout the health care system would save money, improve care and bring the health care industry into the 21st century, proponents argued.But, as is obvious by the continuance of paper records, isolated institutional networks and clunky interfaces, health care IT is still in critical condition.A new report, assembled by the RAND Corporation, a non-profit, non-partisan research group, suggests that health care IT is not a hopeless case, however.

Proponents insist that the reduction of farm equipment needed for harvest and transport would make up the difference by cutting back on fossil fuels.

While I'm a proponent of year - round school and look forward to a modernized school calendar, shielding students by locking them up in a school building all year isn't the answer.

Reform proponents like Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools have defended the charter sector against union attacks by lifting up that Shanker «conceptualized» them.

Some proponents of teacher evaluation reforms have conjectured that if districts would eliminate the bottom 5 to 10 percent of teachers each year, as measured by value - added student test scores, U.S. student achievement would increase by a substantial amount — enough to catch up to high - achieving countries like Finland.3 However, there is no real - world evidence to support this idea and quite a bit to dispute it.

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

For Item 7, in order to give an opportunity for everyone who has signed up to speak and provide their input to the board, rather than allotting a certain amount of time to a specific side or to official proponents and opponents, the board will move right into the one minute public comment, pursuant to Title 5 Code of Regulations, Section 9522 and 18463, following a presentation by staff of the California Department of Education.

While there are clear exceptions to the generalizations I will make in this analysis, I have chosen to focus on charter schools that exemplify a trend of exclusion that compromises the ideals of the school choice system as a whole, demonstrating how the model fails to measure up to the paragon of student and parent autonomy lauded by choice proponents.

Smashwords also had to increase its staff by 50 % in the last few weeks to keep up with its strict adherence to what it feels prevents the flood of ebook piracy, spam, and PLR titles from reaching the online retailer sites; these flawed - content titles have sparked a lot of contention among ebook proponents.

«Senator Lesniak has already said that he plans to bring the bill back up at a later date, which is unfortunate since S3041 offers almost none of the pet and consumer protections claimed by proponents, and risked the closure of ethical partners in pet care across the state.»

Harding's stark warning comes in a book, Artists in the City: SPACE in ’68 and Beyond, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the organisation set up by Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley, leading proponents of Op art, who were frustrated that London's artists had to work in cramped garden studios.

Warming Proponent Laments: Debate Opponents of Climate Depot's Morano «have ALL been chewed up and spat out by him.

It is my contention (and that of many others) that in fact this is the default null hypothesis and until proponents of the anthropogenic global warming hyothesis come up with some better evidence to back up their claims of imminent dangerous warming driven by co2 and a water vapour feedback to its increasing levels, the null hypothesis is the best one we have.

In the US, Athena experts have been major proponents of, and contributors to, the US LCI Database, the start - up of which was facilitated by the Athena Institute in 2002.

What seems to often be neglected by the proponents of growing trees (or bush or forest) as a way of counteracting the build - up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is that trees do not live forever.

The Surfrider Foundation immediately responded to the threat by issuing an action alert, opposition resources, and taking the lead on organizing robust statewide coalitions across the coastal U.S. to help proponents of healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems rise up in unified, widespread, bipartisan, cross-sectoral opposition to any new offshore drilling or seismic activity.

So it's easy to see the appeal of a system which, its proponents insist, can surpass the productivity of existing agricultural spaces by up to 20 times, while using less water, cutting mileage and energy costs, and delivering food security.

The fact that the 11 - strong commission was made up of nine well - known proponents of euthanasia, led, inexorably, to an early - stage boycott of the inquiry by over 40 organisations, including the British Medical Association.

With the debate on alternative business structures heating up, a University of Windsor Faculty of Law professor has prepared a study — commissioned by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association — that questions one of the benefits touted by proponents: improved access to justice.

The project proponents of OilCoin also revealed that by being compliant and backed up by oil reserves, this cryptocurrency form can bridge over rampant criticism received from commerce, finance and government regulatory honchos.

Beyond that one core requirement, proponents of this view argue that everything else is up for grabs and can be decided on a case by case basis.