Sentences with phrase «about international efforts»

His time at the U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), during which he helped write a four - page brief about international efforts to reduce deforestation ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, was a tremendous learning experience, says Richardson, who is now a postdoc at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

«We will get more aggressive about our international effort in 2010», he said.

Not exact matches

And now an international effort designed to reduce violence by disarming and de-radicalizing Taliban militants is about to run out of cash.

Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income securities at National Alliance Securities, said in a note that the hiring of a special prosecutor «and talk about obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for months.

Ridiculing Obama's efforts to engage the international community, Huckabee said, «There was once a time when our foreign policy was, «Walk softly and carry a big stick»... Our new policy is, walk softly and carry a great big olive branch, or maybe even a bag of Stay Puft marshmallows so that when we build around the campfire we can sing «Kumbaya» and have a lovely time holding arms and talking about how well we're getting on.»

From about a.d. 1500, the missionary efforts of Jesuits and others were quite successful, but for reasons of international and domestic politics, the Tokugawa dynasty (c. 1600 - 1868) opted to methodically wipe out Christianity.

progress of Mahatma Gandhi's effort to gain India's independence from Britain; though that effort had its ups and downs, it was one development on the international scene that the journal could be positive about.

Taliman, 53, also wrote about long - standing efforts by Native Americans to stop the «appropriation and exploitation of sacred ceremonies,» pointing to a 1993 international gathering in South Dakota of 500 Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nation representatives.

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

From what the report in Metro says about our plans to sign the 22 - year old Argentina international Mauro Icardi and the players reasons for wanting to leave his current club Inter Milan, you get the impression that a concerted effort from Arsenal might well have seen the young striker at the Emirates Stadium right now.

The Chile international will be out of contract at the end of the season and no longer seems bothered about putting in the effort required as he heads towards the end of his time at Arsenal.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Preferred in midfield to Georginio Wijnaldum tonight, the England international has shown what he's all about with a powerful effort from outside the box to give Jurgen Klopp a dream start.

Here is an article from 2005 about his efforts to oppose the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in the early 1980s.

But if Sweetgreen's goal was to raise awareness about school nutrition (and not just garner a lot of publicity for its restaurants, which it did in spades), I fail to see what it accomplished by holding American schools up to an unrealistic international standard — whether the standard is unrealistic because it's inaccurate (Greece) or because the country in question invests far more time, money and effort than the United States in feeding its children (France.)

He also lambasted the Moderator for complaining about the state of the Kotoka International Airport describing it as a village Airport but failed to commend government's efforts after the facility was refurbished.

And we were promised action and a determined effort with President Sarkozy to bring about the deployment of a robust international peacekeeping force and broker peace on the ground.

Read about the latest fusion research efforts at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) home page.

Over the past year, governments have been making pledges about how they will cut emissions, and one of the main outcomes from Paris will be a new agreement that codifies all those national efforts into international law.

This misconception persists today, even at schools that make an effort to teach international students about their rights, says Francesco Bellei, an international Ph.D. student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and vice president of the school's graduate student council.

«International research effort gives neuroscientists better feeling about sense of touch.»

Teaching people about elephants» intelligence and social qualities is important to conservation efforts, said Plotnik, who is also the founder and CEO of nonprofit organization Think Elephants International, which advocates for elephant conservation.

In recent decades, however, seed conservation and sharing efforts have been hampered at times by concerns about biopiracy, as nations have negotiated numerous international treaties and agreements that regulate the collection, movement, and equitable use of seeds and other genetic resources.

When a museum exhibit touting U.S. efforts in nuclear power came to San José, Costa Rica's capital city, every afternoon Chang - Díaz rushed to the San José International Airport, where the display was located, to learn more about using atoms for energy.

Given the high projected cost of creating a burning physics experiment and given that the U.S. now funds only about one sixth of the world research effort, a strategy based on international collaboration on fusion energy research and development can be highly cost effective.

Communicate to citizens and particular stakeholders, including local communities, youth, governments, civil society, and the private sector, about the value of snow leopards and their ecosystem, and sustain the effort by celebrating 23 October 23 each year as the International Snow Leopard Day with presentation of an annual International Snow Leopard Conservation Award, and 2015 as the International Year of the Snow Leopard.

«We are excited about the efforts to create a Human Cell Atlas and the addition of new emerging tools to create a knowledge - based platform for understanding the human cell» says Mathias Uhlen, Director of the international Human Protein Atlas consortium.

The Monday night conference call is a candid, honest conversation about how you can invest the time and effort into finding the international partner who will complete your life; you will not hear any fluff or fantasy marketing.

By contrast, a sister effort, the international Campbell Collaboration's Social, Psychological, Educational, and Criminological Trials Registry, begun in 1999, includes about 10,000 randomized and possibly randomized trials.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

(Walter Enloe, coauthor of Project Circles and Learning Circles and former lead teacher and principal of the Paideia School and Hiroshima International School) This book offers a rare combination?a fresh perspective on student learning, a serious effort to measure success, and a practical way to inform discussions about schools as a learning environments.

Sophomore Dwight Robinson learned about the international baccalaureate program at Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis, Massachusetts through the school's outreach effort into towns on Cape Cod.

With these goals in mind, preservice teachers decided to teach all 440 Camelot students about third world hunger and empower them to support a community effort to bring international aid to earthquake - stricken Haiti.

That's about 130,000 titles at launch, mostly international, but Booku.com CEO Clayton Wehrner says his company will be putting a lot of effort into boosting the Australian - published component of OverDrive's catalogue.

Forget about Lightning Source, it isn't worth the time and effort, and expanded distribution on Createspace works about as well (I've had bookstores order my books in bulk through Createspace), and I've also sold international translation rights.

FELIWAY efforts to help cats have been acknowledged by International Cat Care, an independent charity passionate about improving the care of all cats.

 Since moving to Bali June 2004 nearly 1000 articles and TV news stories about his swimming efforts to improve the lives of others have appeared in national and international media, including hundreds of articles and videos on the worldwide net — every news story speaks about the American ocean swimmer who lives on the resort island of Bali.

Before leaving Brazil in 1969, Oiticica turned his gaze outward, and his Tropicália, 1967, and Eden, 1969, environments together show his thinking about audiences both local and international, part of his efforts to combine avant - garde aesthetics with a Brazilian sensibility.

Scott Sommerdorf The Salt Lake Tribune British artist Luke Jerram speaks about the local exhibit, «Play Me, I'm Yours,» which is part of an international effort to install artist - decorated pianos in public areas to invite interaction.

Because native activists for just about any cause face jail, massacres and retaliation against family members there, these outside efforts may be the best approach though more likely it will take the mechanisms of international law to bring change swiftly enough.

The debate over a legally binding successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol is about the international regime within which efforts to reduce emissions will take place.

PAN-ARCTIC OUTLOOK Submitted by WUWT today, June 4th to Helen Wiggins of ARCUS, details here About the Sea Ice Outlook The SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook is an international effort to provide a community - wide summary of the expected September arctic sea ice minimum.

The Fall 2017 issue of Witness the Arctic includes news about the NSF Vision for Research Support and Logistics at Summit Stations; Arctic Social Science research on Alaska Native Elderly health; Sea Ice Prediction Network activities; the Study of Environmental Arctic Change program's syntheses and communication efforts; a workshop on relationships between research and Alaskan Indigenous communities; the newly - released map for the Agreement to Enhance International Arctic Scientific Cooperation; an international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director,International Arctic Scientific Cooperation; an international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director,international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director,international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, Robert Rich.

Because when the American public is overwhelmingly concerned about the climate crisis and supports participating in international efforts to address it, it becomes that much harder for the current administration to just sweep the issue under the rug and hope that people will forget about it like with the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

So here is the question: Are Australians willing to delay the growth in real GDP by 12 months and in doing so play their part in global efforts to tackle climate change, or would they prefer to have the growth a year earlier and do nothing about climate change, sponge off the rest of the world and become an international pariah?

But the DOE paper itself, as well as subsequent debates about it, left out many important parts of the environmental movement and their contributions to keeping environmentalism alive: environmental - health advocates, the environmental - justice movement, the international «sustainability» movement, and the dozens of other grassroots efforts related to the environment.

But all it takes is a firm and passionate reminder from Eugenio to remember that I'm not there on vacation, but there on a press trip because they've asked me and other journalists to capture Projeto Saude e Alegria's important efforts to save the Amazon and garner international buzz and support for their traveling exhibit, Amazonia Brasil — which seeks to educate children and the world about the rainforest.

The election of Donald Trump has raised deep concern about the future of international efforts to address climate change.

Now the scientists, on a mission led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are looking to learn more about the deep sea environments, in an effort to save them.

During the last few years, tiny houses have been catching on in a big way: there are now television shows devoted to them, scads of blogs about them, and even efforts afoot to get them written into the international residential code.