Sentences with phrase «adoption efforts in»

Through our adoption efforts in more than 1,500 Petco stores nationwide, we've brought more than 5.5 million pets together with loving families.

We improve the lives of domestic rabbits through the coordination of local volunteer - driven Education, Rescue, and Adoption efforts in Indiana.

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In combination, these efforts will stimulate job growth in the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.&raquIn combination, these efforts will stimulate job growth in the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.&raquin the health technology sector, and increase the local and global adoption of Ontario - produced innovations.»

In an effort to boost adoption of its petro cryptocurrency, Venezuela is offering governments a huge discount on oil.

The transaction numbers in these areas are starting to match up with the consistent growth in bitcoin adoption and development effort across the ecosystem.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

The Joint Council on International Children's Services strongly opposes such a suspension and asks for your support in their efforts to ensure that all children retain the right to permanency through Intercountry Adoption.

During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.

Whether legal rights concerning homosexual parenting and adoption are extended or limited, it is also clear that LGBT activists will use homosexual marriage as a Trojan horse in their greater efforts to deny natural sexuality, to erase sexual differences and replace them with orientations that make it possible to leave behind the «straitjacket of nature» and to pursue the destruction of the heterosexual foundations of our society.

Whether legal rights concerning homosexual parenting and adoption are extended or limited, it is also clear that LGBT activists will use homosexual marriage as a Trojan horse in their greater efforts to deny natural sexuality, to erase sexual differences, and to replace them with orientations that make it possible to leave behind the «straightjacket of nature» and to pursue the destruction of the heterosexual foundations of our society.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

Building on major trends and successful regional efforts, Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) launched the SWP in 2002 to give growers and vintners educational tools to increase adoption of sustainable practices and to measure and demonstrate ongoing improvement.

Visit fetzer.com/waterfor more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

In the case of Norwalk, Connecticut, for instance, it was Diane Beltz - Jacobson, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, who, once a concerned mother brought the issue to the attention of governmental officials, spearheaded the effort which led to adoption of a concussion safety ordinance by the city.

In my experience as an adoption attorney over the past two decades, I've found that successful adoption efforts are more about open communication than anything else.

According to an official statement from the White House, this is an effort to «lift up adoption as a positive and powerful force in the lives of millions of Americans and children around the globe.

I respect Carrie Goldman's efforts to share many points of view in her series 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days on the ChicagoNow website.

Funded by the State of Washington Children's Administration, in collaboration with NWAE and private adoption agencies in Washington, SRP combines enhanced outreach with targeted search efforts in order to recruit adoptive families for these children.

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The adoption of the Code was a key milestone in global efforts to improve breastfeeding, and countries have taken action to implement and monitor the Code and subsequent relevant Health Assembly resolutions.

Our mission is to improve the lives of children by supporting families completed through adoption in Eastern European and Central Asian countries and, through our orphanage support efforts, to never forget the children left behind, who will grow up in those orphanages.

Additionally, it provided for adoption incentive payments to states in an effort to increase the number of adoptions of children in foster care when compared to their base year.

In states which practice or have practiced confidential adoption, this has led to the creation of adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard adoption, this has led to the creation of adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard adoption reunion registries, and efforts to establish the right of adoptees to access their sealed records (for example, the American Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard Adoption Congress, Concerned United Birthparents, and Bastard Nation).

Jean Paton, author of Breaking Silence and founder of Orphan Voyage in 1954, is regarded as the mother of adoption reform and reunification efforts.

He's led the effort for the Move NY Fair Plan in the Assembly, and will continue to push for its adoption in the Council.

A Fellow of both the Academy and IET, Professor Roger Kemp of Lancaster University, said: «The side of electric vehicle development most often in the public eye is the launch of new hi - tech vehicles at motor shows, but ensuring a hassle - free adoption of thousands and eventually millions of plug - in cars will require concerted effort on much less spectacular developments.

While Mr Miliband acknowledged the military effort is necessary in the short - term for maintaining security, he argued the adoption of wider political goals is needed to provide the Afghan government with the capabilities it needs before troop withdrawals are made possible.

The don also commended the efforts of the Federal Road Safety Commission [FRSC] in preventing and reducing road accidents through the implementation of speed limits but however, recommended the adoption of Intelligent Transport Systems [ITS] in Nigeria as operated in developed countries.

«The broad adoption of POLST in California's nursing homes is possible due to a combination of state - level efforts — such as passing legislation and developing a standardized POLST form and curriculum — and the grassroots efforts of local POLST coalitions who educate providers and consumers in cities and counties throughout the state,» said Judy Thomas, study co-author and CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, the organization that runs the POLST program in California.

The International Chamber of Shipping did not comment for this story, but in its 2013 annual report, it said it was «concerned that efforts by certain governments (and environmentalist NGOs) to treat the Arctic as if it is fundamentally different to any other sea area in which special dangers might apply may have the unwelcome effect of delaying the code's adoption.»

Speaking before the World Petroleum Congress in Beijing in 1997, Raymond mocked climate models in an effort to stop the imminent adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, an international accord to reduce emissions.

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In one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelterIn one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelterin the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelterin adoption efforts at shelters.

In an effort to regulate quality, too many states are thinking that they should employ textbook - adoption - like processes to approve online courses on the front end.

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

We can and we must do more to accelerate adoption of positive behavioral supports, positive discipline, and more broadly, efforts to improve the quality of education to pre-empt behavioral problems stemming from student frustration in all schools.

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by the Michigan State Board of Education in June of 2010 set the backdrop of our efforts to substantially improve student achievement in all of our schools through the project now known as «Hair on Fire.»

The task force report led to passage of one of the most comprehensive efforts yet to address shortages, including the adoption of a statewide half - cent sales tax increase that was used, in part, to raise teacher salaries by an average of $ 8,000.

Further, the quick succession of state adoptions that occurred leading up to the August 2010 RTTT deadline gave the appearance that states were merely adopting the Standards in effort to be competitive for RTTT funds.

Another possible explanation for the extent to which network membership conditions state adoption may be the realization among participants that the coordination of effort and pooling of resources may potentially result in improved and less expensive content standards and assessment systems.

A national push to improve the quality of teachers has focused largely on those already in the classroom, with the adoption new teacher evaluation systems and efforts to help struggling teachers and push out those who don't improve.

2) school systems redirecting their efforts to making the student the center of the learning process and committing to a purposeful / systemic focus on culturally responsive pedagogy for all professional development until it becomes a part of the school culture reflective in classroom environments, teacher practices, and curriculum adoptions / design.

He concluded, «Despite all the money and effort devoted to developing the Common Core State Standards — not to mention the simmering controversy over their adoption in several states — the study foresees little to no impact on student learning.»

Washington County Public Schools (WCPS) is «building a community that inspires curiosity, creativity, and achievement,» as evidenced by significant curriculum renewal efforts, including the adoption of a 1:1 technology standard for all students in grades 3 — 12.

Dina was previously the Assistant Principal of Social Studies at New Dorp High School in Staten Island, NY where she co-led the effort to bring the Hochman Writing Method to New Dorp by seeding and developing it in her department, and then supporting its adoption school - wide.

Leaning heavily on the design of the interior seen in the second - generation Cayenne and Panamera, its adoption forms part of a conscious effort to provide the new 911 with higher overall perception of quality than ever before, while also providing added economies of scale through additional parts sharing with Porsche's four - door models.

Hachette argued that the landscape for e-book sales had changed positively since the adoption of the agency model in 2010, writing, «Two years ago, Amazon effectively had a monopoly on the sale of eBooks and eReaders, and was selling products below cost in an effort to exclude competitors.

Intel has revised and revisited its mobile strategy several times in the last decade, but regardless of their efforts they have yet to see any real adoption from major handset and tablet vendors.

The one hindrance in mass adoption is the fact the motherboards, battery, processor, RAM and most other internal components are not designed to be flexible and this will require a monumental effort by the entire supply chain to make a future of flexible e-paper a reality.