Sentences with phrase «vigorous discussions on»

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.

Not exact matches

«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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.»

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 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.»

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...

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

In a post on the bitcoin.com forum, Ver criticised those «who have turned Bitcoin's open and inclusive ethos upside down» and complained that «free and vigorous debate is no longer allowed on the most popular discussion platforms.»