Sentences with phrase «years of debate in»

Almost two years of debate In December of 2015, the source code for Segregated Witness (Segwit) was released.

To start, bitcoin cash arguably had more on the line since it was created as the culmination of years of debate in the bitcoin community.

His monument to Santa Claus created on the occasion of the Rotterdam Festival of Sculpture in 2001 proved to be too much even for a architecturally dull place like that Dutch city, eventually finding a permanent location after years of debate in the central spot of Eendrachtsplein.

Amidst years of debate in the legislature about how to evaluate and measure the performance of students and schools, the state board of education adopted new, more rigorous education standards in 2010.

After 30 years of debate in New York, a key endorsement is set for Wednesday when the New York League of Conservation Voters plans to come out in support of a proposal by Gov. David Paterson to broaden sales of wine.

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Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past.

A tax hike in Western Australia stands to lower the value of a massive gold deposit and further drive apart its owners: the world's biggest producers of the metal who have spent the last two years debating what the mine is worth.

The Republican Party's fast journey from debating how to combat human - caused climate change to arguing that it does not exist is a story of big political money, Democratic hubris in the Obama years and a partisan chasm that grew over nine years like a crack in the Antarctic shelf, favouring extreme positions and uncompromising rhetoric over co-operation and conciliation.

In France, the socialist party is hosting the first debate for the primaries ahead of presidential elections later this year.

«There's a necessity for a transition period because it's impossible in one year and a half (years) not only to discuss and to debate and to negotiate a departure but on top of that also a new relationship.

Throughout his career, including his 16 - year tenure as president of Burger King, Clayton found himself embroiled in annual debates over merit raises.

But in order to do so, we need to know basic things such as the units (jobs vs. person - years of employment) of the numbers we're debating.

Sure, at debates, like last night's great one in Milwaukee, candidates are always asked questions that begin with, «As president, will you...» but we all know that presidents alone can't really do anything but put their socks on or, in more recent years, play a lot of golf.

In a set - up that sounds like something out of «The Hunger Games,» once a year managers come together to review employees» work and debate their standings.

Sen. Rubio has discussed immigration during debates, but has not been asked about his participation in the so - called «Gang of 8,» which led a bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform just two years ago.

So in 2015, after years of fiery debate, the Democrat - led FCC did just that.

Movie critics, awards experts, and Vegas oddsmakers alike have been weighing in on some of this year's biggest Oscars debates, from actor Gary Oldman versus Timothee Chalamet to The Shape of Water against Get Out.

Economists can debate precisely why so many people have taken it in the teeth in recent decades, but it's clear that years of stagnant or dropping incomes have taken a toll on their ability to get ahead.

«Automakers have been working to mitigate distraction in vehicles since we developed the first set of distraction guidelines in 2003 — years before this issue entered the broader public debate and a full decade before NHTSA published its guidelines for vehicles,» said the Alliance of Automotive Makers, an automotive trade group made up of 12 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, GM and Toyota.

The Fox News debate held early last month brought in a record 24 million viewers, 7.9 million of which were between 25 and 54 years old, making this the most - watched GOP primary debate ever.

Among the many twists and turns in the debate the past year has been the transformation of Wheeler from net neutrality villain to champion.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter concurs, noting that last year analysts were debating whether Ottawa was in position to post a surplus a year earlier — 2014 — something the prime minister bragged about during the 2011 campaign.

«Instead of spending months or even years on a hunch that may turn out to be wrong, you're able to answer your questions really quickly — to stop debating in the abstract, and start making progress.»

None of this shift in popular sentiment is likely to soften the debate within the «supercommittee» of six Democratic and six Republican lawmakers who have until Nov. 23 to find a way to close the 10 - year budgetary gap by another $ 1.5 trillion.

The Senate rejected a measure to privatize air traffic control earlier this year, after the importance of passing other provisions in the bill outweighed stretching the contentious debate any longer.

CNN noted that its growth doesn't look as impressive as its competitors in part because the network had a number of special presidential debates and town - hall events in the first quarter of last year that boosted its reach, so the rise since then is smaller by comparison.

Then, of course, there's the company that has long inspired design - envy: Apple — and the raging debate about whether it has lost a step in the years since iconic CEO Steve Jobs passed away (see our feature here).

This debate isn't particularly new, as internet providers and many conservatives have called for regulation of ISPs to move to the FTC in recent years.

Meanwhile, in the last year, YouTube videos of alleged police brutality have gone viral, helping to inspire the growth of the #blacklivesmatter movement, and America's swelling prison population has even become a subject in presidential debates.

The debate will continue until Election Day in November and well beyond, and this year's Top States study has given both sides plenty of ammunition.

That would easily make it the most - watched presidential debate in history, and it could even rival the ratings of what is usually the year's biggest TV event: the Super Bowl.

The price of bitcoin surged through $ 10,000 on Wednesday, adding to its ten-fold jump in value this year and fueling a debate as to whether the virtual currency is gaining mainstream acceptance or is merely a bubble waiting to burst.

On the other side of the debate, Narayana Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, argued in a speech on Thursday night that the Fed should not raise rates this year because price inflation remains too low.

In fact, many of the issues currently debated on both sides of the Atlantic have been highlighted in EU policy statements on China dating back several yearIn fact, many of the issues currently debated on both sides of the Atlantic have been highlighted in EU policy statements on China dating back several yearin EU policy statements on China dating back several years.

The 12 - country Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP), signed in October, is likely to be the subject of much public debate in the new year.

Many analysts are predicting that Silver will rally towards $ 33 later this year, the devils metal is surely going to become a hot topic of debate in the coming months — particularly if monetary stimulus is slowed down around the world.

Ahead of the letter, many expected Buffett to weigh in on the «active vs. passive» debate that has been heating up over the last couple years in the investing world.

The Northern Gateway Project, introduced in the middle of the last decade, promises to keep British Columbia mired in debate for years more to come.

I have never been even remotely an expert either on iron and steel production or on the Australian economy, but recent action in the iron ore markets and a vibrant debate within Australia has, in the past three weeks, set me up for several planned and unplanned meetings with Australians — some old friends, some fund managers and bankers, some government officials — who remembered some of the comments I made a few years ago about Australia and iron ore and who wanted to discuss future prospects.

Last year in one of my blog posts I argued that although I remained very skeptical about the sustainability of the China growth model I nonetheless believed that China bulls could make a plausible argument but were failing to do so largely because they did not address the three questions that were fundamental to the debate on the sustainability of the Chinese growth model.

This is a subject that's been hotly debated over the years, but the most recent data seems to suggest that organic click - through rates (the percentage of people who see your entry in SERPs and click through to your site) does have a direct and significant bearing on the ranking of your site.

In May of this year, Ezra Klien, who is remarkably informed and intelligent on the topic of healthcare, was kind enough to include me on his podcast to discuss and debate my learnings.

Bill 6, the government of Alberta's contentious farm workers» safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years.

After more than a year of rallies, primaries, debates, controversies and scandals, we're only one day from the Presidential election — meaning investors are closer than ever to that long - awaited clarity on how the election will be felt in the markets.

After many years of vague talk by governments about fighting global warming, it is encouraging that the debate has finally begun to tackle specific mechanisms to achieve cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.Â

Diversity has been a hotly debated issue in Silicon Valley in recent years, with activists focusing on a dearth of minority and female engineers and executives in many of the biggest tech companies and hottest startups.

The promise of «no new taxes, no service cuts» has put Alberta's Tories in an unenviable political bind and set the tone for this year's provincial budget debate.

Before things got nasty, Monday afternoonâ $ ™ s business in the Legislature was a madrigal of harmony as members on both sides of the House debated 21 - year - old MLA Thomas Dangâ $ ™ s (Edmonton - South We...

Finally, this session I spent considerable time debating the changes that the Christy Clark government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.2 million.

Referring to the pre-crisis experience is important because the catchphrases that have dominated the debate in the last few years (New Normal and Secular Stagnation) suggest that we have entered a new state of the world, where growth and inflation are destined to stagnate for the foreseeable future.