Sentences with phrase «such international examples»

Such international examples — increasingly visible in blogs, books, magazines, and social media posts — have begun to change the reform narrative in the U.S. by moving emphasis from the teachers to the teaching.

Not exact matches

Everyone comments on how authorities such as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. only now are starting to gather data on the extent to which international buyers are responsible for the price escalatio — an inexcusable example of bureaucratic inertia and old - fashioned Canadian complacency.

Popular franchises: Some examples of popular and well - known franchise models are in the food industry — many of which have gone international — such as McDonald's, Subway and Pizza Hut.

For international students, getting an MBA from a Chinese business school provides unique opportunities — entry into a 1.3 billion - person economy, for example — and poses considerable challenges — such as trying to say «forecasting the aggregate directly» in Mandarin.

For example, merchant services can also allow you to accept other kinds of payments, such as debit cards, international payments, ACH / eChecks, mobile payments, digital wallet payments and more.

Regarding Sulyma's holdings in the TDF, for example, the 2012 Summary Plan Description advised Sulyma that «[e] ach fund offers a broadly diversified mix of domestic and international stocks and bonds, and includes investments not typically available to individual investors, such as hedge funds and commodities.»

For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For example, if you want to work for an international relief agency, you may be better suited acquiring a tangible skill such as nursing, urban planning or business administration than obtaining a master's degree in international development (of course, this varies depending on the organization).

For example, in a recent analysis published in an edition of International Studies in Catholic Education dedicated to the question of whether there can be such a thing as a Catholic curriculum, Therese D'Orsa argues from the Australian experience that «attempts to give meaning to the concept of a Catholic curriculum... have ranged across a spectrum familiar to those who lead in Catholic schools» and that such initiatives have had a «limited impact».

A recent example of just such suspicion and mistrust took place in August, when an anti-trafficking nonprofit called Agape International Missions (AIM) came under fire from the Cambodian government for purportedly working with CNN to stage a smear campaign against Cambodian women.

«7 Bennett gives as examples of middle axioms for our time the need of international collaboration in the United Nations, the maintenance of balance between free enterprise and government control of economic power, the removal of racial segregation in the churches and its progressive elimination in society.8 Provided such middle axioms are taken for what they are, as Christian «next steps» and not as a watered - down version of the full implications of the love commandment, they can be extremely helpful in the quest of a fuller justice as this is actuated by Christian love.

Such I take to be the true motivation for Christian concern about social, economic, political, national, and international problems; for example — that the path of life trodden by those who are brothers of God - made - man must be made a fit path for those who are God's brothers as well as God's sons.

The Model United Nations movement, for example, has become something of an international phenomenon and yet, despite the Vatican's presence with permanent observer status at the UN, it is virtually unheard of for students to assume the role of the Vatican at such conferences.

They also suggested that a «specific market share, such as, for example, one third (based on international practice), could be presumed to confer market power unless there is strong evidence to the contrary.»

Acknowledgement of such tendencies informs the non-exhaustive list of examples in the international definition of antisemitism.

IFPRI's fellows in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research system are developing, for example, drought - tolerant or heat - resistant varieties of staple crops such as wheat and rice.

The FH Ravensburg - Weingarten provides an excellent example of how international networks based on data links and university partnerships open up excellent new opportunities for active universities — even far away from big cities such as Munich or Berlin.

Examples include: tighter supervision and international regulation of the food supply; an international code of food marketing to protect children's health; regulating food nutritional quality in schools along with programmes to encourage healthy food preferences; taxes on unhealthy products such as sweetened drinks and subsidies on healthier foods for low - income families such as vouchers for fruit and vegetable boxes; and mandatory food labelling as an incentive for industry to produce more nutritional products.

One example for such an association has now been reported by an international team of researchers in the journal New Phytologist: a fungus of the genus Trichoderma lives inside the tissue of tomato plants (endophytically) and helps its host to defend itself against infestations by parasitic nematodes.

Cruciferous vegetables contain antioxidants such as vitamins A and C. For example, a 1 - cup serving of broccoli has 567 international units, or IU, of vitamin A and 81 milligrams of vitamin C. Antioxidants protect you from the effects of free radicals, which may contribute to the formation of cancerous cells.

One example of such a service is Kelleher International, which specializes in elite clientele.

Caterers will benefit most from signs that can be reused, such as a general football themed graphic that can be used to promote various international tournaments, as well as signs for other events, for example, comic relief, Christmas menus, school sports day or pupil design competitions etc..

For example, because of article 23, which defines the universal right to education, most children around the world who did not have the opportunity to enroll in a school prior to 1948 gained such access as UNESCO mobilized governments and international institutions to support the most dramatic educational expansion in the history of humanity.

This may result in a primary school child exploring the grounds of their school or local copse, before undertaking an outdoor based residential, leading to a self planned outdoor experience such as Duke of Edinburgh's award, in turn supporting progression into an international expedition, for example.

It is the first research to be produced through Reimagining College Access (RCA), a national initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel that brings together for the first time k - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for example).

This includes, for example, attendance and truancy supports, social and emotional skill building, after school programs, school counseling and postsecondary advising, and specialized academic programs such as STEM, International Baccalaureate, Advance Placement, Career & Technical Education, and Dual Credit / Dual Enrollment.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

With the potential capabilities of the R2, NASA is bringing its example on the next trip to the international space station to perform mundane tasks such as wiping down handrails.

One thing was just keeping such a vastly different bunch of diverse persons working more or less together for so long... This was pretty much that first example of what is now so popular, international virtual cooperation.

As an African grass roots organization that has demonstrated the success of its holistic approach to the interrelated problems of environmental degradation, poverty and women's rights, and governance, we have established The Green Belt Movement International (www.greenbeltmovement.org) to ensure that the work of the GBM in Kenya expands and is sustained, facilitate the sharing of the work with other parts of Africa and beyond, to institutionalize the work and experiences of GBM so future generations can continue to learn and be empowered by this example and to continue to support important global campaigns and struggles that represent the linkage between the environment, democracy and peace, such as the Congo Forest Basin Ecosystem and The African Union's ECOSOCC.

Philip Morris International (PM) is an example of just such a stock.

For example, Schwab has growth / value domestic large - cap ETFs, but no such offerings in the small - cap or international categories.

In international business, such differences of viewpoint are more than just «perceptions»; they have real and important financial implications (for example, gains are taxed, but losses are not).

A 2016 International Post Corporation survey cited by the United Nations, for example, found that a plurality of global shoppers purchasing goods from another country — 41 percent — preferred to use a digital payment method such as PayPal, rather than a credit card or other payment method.

Reports / Research Game Republic can access and distribute reports from organisations such as the Department for International Trade — for example the recently - commissioned OMIS report on the South Korean games industry.

And as a reward for such an impressive achievement, Carmen Herrera's name will go down in art history and her quiet but steady work will forever by a perfect example of a cross-cultural dialogue within the international history of modernist abstraction.

The collection includes examples that reflect photography's international scope, from an 1843 view from his hotel window in Paris by William Henry Fox Talbot to a view of Mount Fuji by Kusakabi Kimbei, but it is also strong in photographs made in and around New Orleans by regional and national photographers such as E. J. Bellocq, Walker Evans, Clarence John Laughlin, and Robert Polidori.

The gallery's program features young international artists interspersed between historically researched exhibitions, such as Desire of the Other, a critique of contemporary collecting and our recent Dash Snow exhibition, for example.

In Stockholm, Index is perhaps the most convincing example of such a platform for new generations of artists, both Swedish and international.

There are also examples of international design styles such as Art Nouveau (1890 - 1914), Art Deco (1925 - 40), and post-war modernism from the Bauhaus design school (1919 - 33).

Yet there remain numerous examples of gaudy painting in the new study, and the work of the Chinese artists chosen — such as Zhang Xiaogang — reflects the political pop and cynical realism championed by the international art market in the late 80s and 90s in preference to the more poetic painting movement being created by artists such as Liang Quan, Liu Guofu, Yang Liming and Guan Jingjing.3, 4

One such example is a July 2016 article by Lawrence, Sovacool and Stirling with a press release claiming «Pro-nuclear countries «making slower progress on climate targets» http://nukespp.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/bias-leads-to-cherry-picking.html Co-author: Stirling is an ex-Greenpeace International board member.

For example, the Division approves or monitors sensitive areas of law enforcement such as participation in the Witness Security Program and the use of electronic surveillance; advises the Attorney General, Congress, the Office of Management Budget and the White House on matters of criminal law; provides legal advice and assistance to federal prosecutors and investigative agencies; and provides leadership for coordinating international as well as federal, state, and local law enforcement matters.

The plan also relies on a speedy timetable, which assumes that Mr. Obama's administration will issue and begin enacting all such regulations before he leaves office... «The United States» proposal shows that it is ready to lead by example on the climate crisis,» said Jennifer Morgan, an expert on international climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute, a Washington research organization.

This would arguably be struck down on the basis that such a rule does not specifically relate to international trade, but I think there is a pretty grey area between the Liechtenstein example and the US example.

I suspect that an ideal focus would be on such fields as, for example, international trade and transport, international commercial contracts, litigation and arbitration, banking, finance and accounting, corporate, commercial and business matters, takeovers and mergers, communications, technology and intellectual property, international construction and property and international and offshore tax strategy.

Typical of such customers would be the sort of practitioners who would be members of, for example, the International Bar Association or similar cross-border bodies.

For example, in Singapore, an array of effective dispute resolution capabilities has been designed to meet the varied needs of its stakeholders and have been developed over the past years with the establishment of institutions such as the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC).

An example the human rights treaties such as — International Human Rights Convention on the Rights of the Child.