Sentences with phrase «vigorous discussions»

I am particularly grateful to Professors David Douglass and Robert Knox for having patiently answered many questions over several weeks, and for having allowed me to present a seminar on some of these ideas to a challenging audience in the Physics Faculty at Rochester University, New York; to Dr. David Evans for his assistance with temperature feedbacks; to Professor Felix Fitzroy of the University of St. Andrews for some vigorous discussions; to Professor Larry Gould and Dr. Walter Harrison for having given me the opportunity to present some of the data and conclusions on radiative transfer and climate sensitivity at a kindly - received public lecture at Hartford University, Connecticut; to Dr. Joanna Haigh of Imperial College, London, for having supplied a crucial piece of the argument; to Professor Richard Lindzen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his lecture - notes and advice on the implications of the absence of the tropical mid-troposphere «hot - spot» for climate sensitivity; to Dr. Willie Soon of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics for having given much useful advice and for having traced several papers that were not easily obtained; and to Dr. Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama at Huntsville for having answered several questions in connection with satellite data.

My interest in climate change began innocently enough --- some «vigorous discussions» with a few in - law family members who happened to be staunch global warming skeptics.

Vigorous discussions ensued on the backgrounds (education and credentials), definition, roles (e.g. profession, professional, job or role), tasks and competencies, i.e. what a health and wellness coach does and how, and scope of practice, for example how coaching is differentiated from other health and allied health professions, and how coaching processes and education on disease prevention and healthy lifestyle education are integrated.

Although scientists have vigorous discussions on interpretations for some aspects of evolution, there is widespread agreement on the power of natural selection to shape the emergence of new species.

But in an open forum like this, with vigorous discussion, people willing listen or at least argue, and possibly people who are on a journey to or from faith, I think it's an appropriate discussion to have — although it sometimes gets a bit heated.

Vigorous discussion regarding the place of religion in public education has been generated.

for there is no other name under heaven [than the name of Jesus] given among men by which we must be saved» (Acts 4:12) would inevitably evoke vigorous discussion and extensive controversy, especially coming as it did just when the theology of Karl Barth was emphasizing again the uniqueness of Jesus and the centrality of his claims.

The presentation of the scholars» findings was the occasion for vigorous discussion and debate among conferees, who followed the proceedings of this ecclesiastical Rashomon with a rapt attentiveness, itself a testimony to the originality of this multidisciplinary approach.

In the pre-Christmas session, there was vigorous discussion of forthcoming visits to parents» homes and the marriage conflicts likely to be triggered by these meetings.

His therapy begins by identifying the problem, coaxing the vague, often unarticulated suspicion of religious belief into the form of a direct philosophical or theological claim, setting the stage for a vigorous discussion.

Further, the extent to which a democratic society should guide and control the activities of science has been the subject of vigorous discussion, particularly in England.

Invitation - only, these events will provide vigorous discussion about, and input into, the future of the food and drink industry and will help inform plans for our strategic direction.

The report's release also sparked a vigorous discussion among online advocacy professionals, with conversations burning up the email groups.

An advocate for transparency and accountability, Citizens Union hails the vigorous discussion about revising Council rules.

They would open the policy process to the public to ensure ample and vigorous discussion.

He believes that this «vigorous discussion will yield insight» and spark a healthy debate on the future of health.

A vigorous discussion follows on whether it is better to work with or against government to create change.

This book in the In Controversy series offers a vigorous discussion of the pros and cons of video gaming, through an investigation of different viewpoints.

We have as a society somewhere along the line gotten on a very, very wrong track re our tolerance of a full and complete and vigorous discussion of the investing realities.

A dynamic and vigorous discussion of the virtues of Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) was a part of the meeting, as well as the importance of continued daily feeding in order to assure continued stability of any feral colony.

MAC meetings promote vigorous discussion and positive interactions on a variety of topics.

April 1, 12:17 a.m. Update below There's been vigorous discussion here and elsewhere (e.g., Climate Audit and Skeptical Science) of the methods and findings in «A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years,» a recent Science paper by Shaun A. Marcott, Jeremy D. Shakun, Peter U. Clark and Alan C. Mix.

I ask because there is a vigorous discussion going on at the Bishop's place and elsewhere about the veracity of Salby's claims about his treatment by Macquarie University.

I wish that I were struggling to stay focused on climate science today rather than commenting on the vigorous discussion in last night's US presidential debate about the ongoing, huge and escalating economic impacts of climate change...

, we should be all open to vigorous discussion and ready to listen to all view points.

It's interesting that you want a vigorous discussion, but are unwilling to take the time to go into specific points in order to engage in a vigorous discussion yourself.

It was brought home this week with the launch of the Ipad as a vigorous discussion broke out about the product, it's overall potential and the potential impact at this university, absent Yammer, this discussion would have occurred amongst a much smaller group of people who already have these discussions on a regular basis.

It is interesting that this very vigorous discussion has so far drawn no women (unless KC is a woman), and certainly not a single defence of the Quebec bill as an expression that sexual (or nowadays gender) equality is more important than the others.

I have seen on a US list a very vigorous discussion of whether the Library of Congress's action violates the privacy of people who posted tweets.

The following highlight some of the vigorous discussion that took place around those topics.

Not exact matches

There was and is a pretty vigorous securitization market in Canada (see this site for some discussion: http://www.dbrs.com/research/228751/canadian-securitization-market-overview/march-2009.pdf).

«After three rounds of balloting this morning, and vigorous and passionate discussion, there emerged a strong consensus around Rick Santorum as the preferred candidate for this group,» Perkins said on a conference call Saturday.

After years of sparking automatic reactions from conservatives and liberals, issues of poverty and welfare are now eliciting a vigorous and complex academic and political discussion.

While some preliminary correspondence has been carried on with the European commission, and while all of us in the area - commission are aware of and grateful for the vigorous and productive work of the East Asian group — this is a discussion of matters which have arisen in the two meetings which have been held under my chairmanship in North America.

For a few participants in this discussion, the suspicion may be that one or the other must prevail; for most, the clear hope is that both will emerge stronger by virtue of their mutual and vigorous engagement.

In this he enters into vigorous debate with two viewpoints expressed during the discussion, those of Jeremias and Braun, and with Bultmann's rejoinder to his own pupils and definitive statement of his own position in light of the discussion: «The Primitive Christian Kerygma and the Historical Jesus».

«I am proud of the vigorous debate and discussion among all of my colleagues that brought us to today,» Heastie said in a statement.

At 6:11 p.m., his spokesman emailed a statement: «I am proud of the vigorous debate and discussion among all of my colleagues that brought us to today.

After this discussion, I tried taking Acetyl - L - Carnitine + Lipoic Acid (recommended for MS anyway) and was thrilled to find that they totally stopped a serious problem of blood flow being cut off to legs after just a few steps of vigorous exercise.

I'm no attorney but it would make for an interesting and vigorous dinner table discussion in the homes of the Justices for sure.

By trimming the fat in action buttons, UI, enemy types, level size, and level quantity, Braid feels vigorous in the way Strunk and White meant in The Elements of Style, 4th Edition, as seen in his discussion of omitting needless words.

In the mid-1970s, Hilton Kramer took note of an inflection point in art, with painting and sculpture on the one side and photography on the other: «At a moment in our cultural life when the imperatives of formalism seem to be on the wane in the discussion, if not in the actual practice, of painting and sculpture, a vigorous restatement of the formalist position has come from a surprising quarter — from the world of photography.»

There's a very important distinction between factual statements and vigorous expressions of opinion (sometimes discussed at Lucia's, as here; see the link to Milkovich v. Lorain Journal for more discussion), but I can't see how an EPA person gets to testify about how Steyn's readership would or should interpret the words.

I am actually using a quote from you and your C.D. Howe co-authors in an argument to this effect in my talk on Tuesday night (although I do recognize that your quote was with respect to fed - prov equity discussions in Canada): ``... people tend to intertwine their self - interests with their definitions of equity, (so) it is no surprise that the most vigorous and convinced proponents of each definition of equity are often those who do best under that definition.»

But for any vigorous policy discussion to have an impact, we need to throw away some old mischaracterizations.

Surely Steig and co-authors would at least read the vigorous and serious discussion of their paper on Climate Audit, the Air Vent, and other blogs, even if they do not deign to participate.

Surely Steig and co-authors would at least read the vigorous and serious discussion of their paper on Climate Audit, the Air Vent, and other blogs,

We emphasize that more than half of all industrial emissions of carbon dioxide have occurred since 1988: after the establishment of the IPCC, after leading scientists had stated publicly that anthropogenic climate change was underway, and after a vigorous and visible public discussion of its causes and risks had begun.

The few places where the comments sections are the home of a vibrant, riveting, polite discussion are the ones where the host site has made a vigorous effort to create community.

The lack of a vigorous judicial response to conservative versions of originalism and «strict construction» — which often means little more than a cramped reading of broadly worded statutes and constitutional provisions — will bias popular discussion and debate.