Sentences with phrase «about award money»

His host institution's lack of transparency about award money issued in his name would probably deter him from returning to China, he says.

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CNBC's Mary Thompson speaks to Tony - award winning Idina Menzel, about raising money for Fred Gabler Helping Hand Camp Fund, Inc., to help commemorate the lives lost in the September 11, 2001, terror attack.
Speaking of her awards, you forgot about the Légion d'honneur [she received from Jean - Claude Duvalier, along with money stolen from the people of Haiti.
Football is all about money, and money needs to be spend wisely where it belongs, and not awarding players like Chamakh, denilson, djorou, denilson all 50k salarys, and then act all penny pinching for a superstar who wants to see the cash.
A few of the mid-major leagues award automatic bids to their conference champs (the MWC champ gets dibs on Vegas, and the C - USA champ gets its pick from among league ties, for example), and some leagues like the ACC have rules that prevent teams from jumping too far out of the standings order, but otherwise, this is more about money than merit.
We also spoke with 2016 School Nutrition Hero Sam Ingram about the impact winning the award had on her efforts to raise awareness — and money — for childhood cancer and cancer research.
For him to pontificate about the poor when he has presided over a country where the gap between the rich and the poor has actually INCREASED and he has bailed out the greedy bankers who have rubbed our noses in our own financial difficulties by awarding themselves huge wadges of OUR money, given to them by a grateful PM.
«That you, Olisa Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on or about the 24th November, 2014 in Abuja converted the sum of N400m paid into the account of Destra Investment Limited with Diamond Bank Plc, Account No: 0040437573 from the account of the office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria without contract award when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) the then National Security Adviser (To Wit: criminal breach of trust and corruption) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2), (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
After three months, the agency overseeing the discretionary fund — Empire State Development — answered a request for information about how four projects in New York City were awarded TIF money with a series of documents that made no specific mention of the fund and were all produced before its first appropriation in 2015.
CARRF also denounces the perverse effect of splitting the money among too few researchers and giving none at all to about half of them — a policy allegedly intended to promote «excellence» but in reality compelling people awarded grants to stick to «safe» avenues of research to please the judges and guarantee continuous funding.
About 6 % of the investigator pool now has more than this level of support, and freeing up the money going to those awards could support 1600 new grants, NIH concludes.
About 25 percent of the money that will be raised in that San Diego event will support the national Komen Foundation's Award and Research Grant Program, which funds projects in breast cancer research, health education, breast cancer screening, and treatment around the world from the organization's headquarters in Texas.
Considering the currently - awarded amount to the two main Commercial Crew partners stands at $ 7.964 billion — and that's before a single astronaut takes flight — plus $ 58 million per seat thereafter, it's hard to make any argument that Commercial Crew was ever about saving money.
The first section of the podcast my guest, Gold Rush Gang member Matt Dinn, and I talk about the impact of this on the current landscape of the Oscar race, specifically to The Weinstein Company's awards efforts and the surprising news last week that Ridley Scott would cut Kevin Spacey out of his Getty kidnapping drama All the Money in the World, replace him with Christopher Plummer (the actor he originally wanted for the role of Getty) and the race to do this and keep the film's December 22nd release date.
For the past year, as Get Out has made a ton of money and nabbed multiple major award nominations, director Jordan Peele has spent a lot of time talking about what he wants to do next.
Other TV projects co-starring Danson include a Golden Globe - winning performance in the memorable 1984 telepic «Something About Amelia,» «Gulliver's Travels,» «Mad Money,» «Knights of the South Bronx,» for which he received a SAG Award nomination, «Our Fathers» and «It Must Be Love.»
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The state also awarded grants on a supercompetitive basis: Out of about 80 applicants, eight received money.
States and education groups are curious about whether, if they win a grant, they can award a portion of their Race to the Top money to a select group of school districts, or if they have to dole out money to all of them.
, Simpson was «honored» by getting: ** 2012 — Thelma Ellis Dickerson Award for «Progressive Leadership in Education» and efforts to raise awareness about the achievement gap in CT and the country ** How much taxpayer money was included with that aAward for «Progressive Leadership in Education» and efforts to raise awareness about the achievement gap in CT and the country ** How much taxpayer money was included with that awardaward?
Principal Rainey also highlighted several aspects about the school: - 2015 National Excellence in Urban Education Award by the National Center for Urban School Transformation - 100 % of the students receive free and reduced lunch - 99 % minority - 75 % of seniors took at least one AP course during high school - 2nd charter school in the country to be named an AVID National Demonstration School - 1st charter school in the country to be fully funded by bond money
A 2011 amendment makes it a criminal offense to disclose who donates SSO money, how much they donate, or which schools receive these donations, making any knowledge about where the money goes so shrouded in mystery that the Society of Professional Journalists awarded HB 1133 the Black Hole Award, for «the most heinous violations of the public's right to know.»
With that money to be awarded this September — at the height of the Congressional election season, when dispensing pork might be tempting — would Duncan reach far enough down the scoring charts this time to award states that aren't serious about his reform goals?
Recently I've even seen some articles written by successful, traditionally published, bestselling, award - winning authors talking about how little money they've actually made (a $ 30K advance, split up over three years, for example).
Quinn, a leading commentator on personal finance, award - winning Newsweek and Good Housekeeping columnist and author of several best - selling books on money, offers the most straightforward and sensible products and strategies she knows and uses to manage money and accumulate wealth without having to think about it.
They spoke about the following topics: E-mailing Kickstarter and getting advice before starting your campaign, creating an e-mail lists of fans, how much to ask for, what your biggest expenses are, how much to pad out your time and money requests due to unforeseen problems, how much are kickstarter and credit card processing fee's, paying an artist, the design and layout of the Kickstarter page, putting images and videos on your page, getting background music for your video, when you should start your campaign, for how long you campaigns should be and what to avoid, what awards to offer, the emotional rollercoaster that comes with a kickstarter campaign, social media advertising, the logistics of mailing out all the books and more.
If you want a good laugh, read this article also published by Ros Barber, mentioned at the beginning of this piece) about how, as an award - winning, traditionally published author, she's not making a lot of money.
Depending upon the tenacity of the author / publisher in getting the word out about the book and the award, you could be wasting your money.
I don't know about you, but I would rather buy 8 — 10 e-books than spend money to be able to vote one time for an award where the inner circle thinks I'm not worthy of taking part.
So I pay my money, and I talk about the awards, because a shocking number of people just don't know about them.
Skipping part time work opportunities due to the convenience of having easy access to borrowed money is an unfortunate side effect of thinking about your loan award as free money, rather than borrowed money.
While it will cost about $ 200 per person to hire an award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book business or first - class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
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On November 15, I gave a presentation to the San Francisco Travel Hackers meetup about strategies for accruing frequent flier miles now that most US - based airlines award miles based on the amount of money paid for your ticket.
While it will cost about $ 200 per person to hire an award booking service, this could be money well spent when you are able to use the lowest possible number of miles to book business or first - class award reservations that can be worth thousands of dollars.
but if I was planning a stay in the next few months I'd check award availability, work out the math and see if buying points at 1.71 cents each could save me some money — that's what this hobby is all about.
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So, the new points & money slider and hotel award rates are a very mixed change: For infrequent travelers or anybody who doesn't really care about the best value for their points, this is an easy - to - use and flexible tool that will allow them to use their points anytime for a hotel room, without having to wait till they have enough points.
When Air New Zealand came out with changes to its frequent flyer program from points to dollars in 2004, I worried about what it would mean for the future of frequent flyer program value, although they kept both a points as money idea and a traditional award chart (with saver awards also continuing to be made available to partner airlines).
AWARD / HONOR Theaster Gates accepts the Artes Mundi 6, described as the UK's leading prize for international contemporary art, on Jan. 22 in Cardiff, Wales and announces he will split the prize money (40,000 pounds, about $ 60,000) among fellow artists shortlisted for the honor.
The artist recently corresponded with Sunday Arts reporter Carrie Beth Wallace to discuss his reaction to winning the award, his current projects, how he's feeling about the impending Bartlett Center opening, and what he plans to do with the prize money in the future.
Ask her about any Creative Capital artist they've awarded money to over the last 17 years, and she can tell you exactly what they've done and what they are up to now.
Vox interviewed UB's Susan Cahn about why Boston Marathon organizers initially planned to not award prize money to three women women who finished among the top 15 runners.
TURN has received more than $ 11.7 million since 2013, about 45 percent of the money awarded.
Following the money, 94 or 2.21 % of the 4254 approved awards ranging from about $ 30.1 Million to $ 543 Million accounted for almost 73.1 % of the $ 9.78 Billion awarded since the inception of the Section 1603 Program.
It's really just about money, and the damages award has also been used by Apple for PR purposes, so it's not just about money changing hands but also about the perception game.
While very little has been said so far about exactly what swung it for LexisNexis, the award recognises the contribution suppliers make to improving the delivery of legal services, and the judges were looking for «expertise and professionalism; innovation; value for money; customer care and satisfaction; and measurable success.»
The reality is that most people don't even know about these issues — and until they find themselves hurt in a car accident and face the shocking reality that insurance companies have the right to skim $ 30,000 off of money awarded to them for injuries, why would they?
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