Sentences with phrase «about priority issues»

This manual attempts to provide media professionals with basic information about some priority issues for sustainable development.

Not exact matches

Khosrowshahi told Estado that Uber was making security its top priority in 2018 after his teams in Brazil, Mexico and other parts of Latin America raised concerns about the issue.

With a provincial election campaign about to begin, GTA REALTORS ® hope that all of the provincial parties will make housing issues a priority.

While this isn't the first meeting between the leaders of its kind, sources say this one has been aimed at hashing out issues of leadership, the entity's technological progress and questions about what the priority should be for the Advanced Technology Group (ATG), the name of Uber's self - driving unit.

Separately, Compass Point is watching Fed's Randal Quarles testimony later for issues including cash carve - out for custodian banks included in the bank regulatory relief bill, utility of layering risk metric atop eSLR; clues about Fed's regulatory priorities

But in terms of priorities, focus, and direction, assumed evangelicalism begins to give gradually increasing energy to concerns other than the gospel and key evangelical distinctives, to gradually elevate secondary issues to a primary level, to be increasingly worried about how it is perceived by others and to allow itself to be increasingly influenced both in content and method by the prevailing culture of the day.

Walker seems to have a firm grasp of the opinions and priorities of the median Wisconsin voter on state - level issues, but has seemed terribly confused about....

Sometimes, there may be something about a conflict that brings up an issue in your own heart, or underscores your personal own agenda or some selfish priorities.

There are also some red flag ingredients (cue dramatic music) in many of Sun Warrior's powders you may want to think twice about if you have digestive issues or if nutrition / ingredients are your top priority when choosing a protein powder.

The time, the money, the investment of investigating the issue of the air pressure of balls — and compare that to the time and effort going into the issue of domestic violence and sexual assault — it really gave a message about priorities.»

Arsene Wenger has played down the issue and insisted that he is not worried about his two main stars signing on again soon but that it is just not his priority right now.

SNA Political Action Committee Booth With your help, SNA's Political Action Committee (SNA PAC) works to support, educate and thank Congressional members who are involved in and passionate about school nutrition issues and SNA's legislative priorities.

The International Secretary General of MSF, Oberreit, illustrated this method when, at the same time as the tweet was issued about «victims of EU policies», he called on European governments to change their priorities: «rather than maximising the number of people they can push back, they must maximise the number they welcome and protect.»

I think those are mostly debates about the nature of the government and Parliament that we elect - likelihood of single - party majority or coalition government, etc - and the issue of individual candidate selection is a relatively low priority (though I accept some, particularly STV supporters, might give that a higher priority).

«I'm always pressing him to do more about the gangs and MS - 13 on Long Island, and it's obviously an issue that's important to him, and a priority for the president,» King said.

If Percoco called you about an issue, you made that issue your top priority.»

As for the public, they may not consider reform to be the highest priority, but when asked about the issue, they are overwhelmingly supportive of reform, many seeing the House of Lords as the preserve of the rich, the privileged and the well connected — effectively asking how can the presently constituted House of Lords claim true legitimacy in a 21st century democracy.

There's also talk about other issues, though these seem lower - priority or more controversial and so are less likely to pass:

Voters point to a number of economic issues when asked about their top priority for the state.

«And this is really the first time where I am out there speaking for myself, having taken the time to reflect on a wide range of issues and think about what I want to say about them and what I want my priorities to be in Albany.»

And Carl Heastie has made this a priority; he's come out and talked at various venues about how important this issue is to the Senate Democratic Conference.

«Perchlorate exposure is a serious issue,» the email said, «and it's a top priority for Administrator Jackson, who is concerned about its health effects on children.»

Dr Holmes» previous research with people who had received treatment for an ED showed that even when a patient specifically asks to talk about questions of gender, their request may be ignored — either because such issues are seen as a low priority, or because health professionals have little training in this sphere.

A top priority was to issue an annual report about HIV cases in D.C., which, as DC Appleseed noted, the health department had never released.

«This report raises serious questions about the priorities of the Camden city board of education,» said a statement issued by state Treasurer Brian W. Clymer with the report's release this month.

«In - depth studies should be designed to provide deeper analysis of specific questions about high priority issues,» such as «teacher recruitment and retention.»

The key priority for this scheme of work is for pupils to use dance as a medium to express their thoughts and feeling about a serious social issue - alongside the physical challenges of creating the dance are the opportunities to discuss concerns relating to drugs.

Pupils will gain a sound basic knowledge about sustainability issues and priorities for action.

If I had a concern about something the union didn't care about, I felt they wouldn't make my issue a priority and was concerned that it would get lost in the bureaucracy.

CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activities.

To learn more about teacher leadership, read the Spring 2014 issue of ASCD's Policy Priorities at www.ascd.org/policypriorities.

Susan Spicka, Advocacy Coordinator for Education Voters of PA, issued the following statement regarding Governor Wolf's budget address: Budgets are about priorities.

«Education voters» turned out in force, helping to make sure education was a key issue in the public debate about priorities and in elections.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

By Tara García Mathewson, US News, July 31, 2017 This article raises the very important issue of who should have priority in the expansion of bilingual education at a critical time, as DCPS is about to issue its strategic plan which will include the expansion of dual...

Throughout the day, attendees heard from Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D - 48) about the role charter schools play in the public education system, as well as met with legislators to advocate for urgent legislative priorities and discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the charter community.

CFPB warning: incentives can harm consumers — The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a broad warning about sales incentives, possibly signalling a new enforcement priority... (See Warning)

• Contact their federal and state legislators and let them know that they are concerned about the inhumane treatment of dogs in puppy mills and want the puppy mill issue to be a priority for Congress.

This Resource Protection section of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary web site offers information about regulations and enforcement, permitting processes, emergency response, and a number of priority issues at the sanctuary.

Brian Ziff - Levine, senior director of payments, strategy and support for First Tech Credit Union, said First Tech began issuing cards with PIN priority (and an offline PIN) about two years ago to meet customer demand.

The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.

48 Growing Energy & Environmental Concerns 58 % of Americans rank «dealing with the nation's energy problem» as a top priority in 2006, up from 40 % in 2003 87 % of Americans cite home heating and energy prices as a «very big» or «big» problem for the nation's economy 88 % of US adults respond that «energy efficient» was very important in their electronics, appliance, lighting and heating / cooling equipment purchases Gallup polls: Americans» concerns about environmental issues have increased more than 10 percentage points between 2004 and 2006 The LOHAS Consumer Report: 91 % of people are in total agreement with the statement «I care about protecting the environment» ABC News / Washington Post Poll: 79 % of Americans think global warming poses a serious threat to future generations Source: AP Source: NASA

Given other surveys suggesting Americans see climate change as a serious issue but put it near the bottom of their priority list, these estimates sound about right.

I've never really known which way to go on this whole issue of global warming but the fact that all the liberal loonies in the far left latched on to it years ago and made it one of their top priorities has made me very suspect about the data they cite.

In this case, your unsupported generalization that «the electorate could not care less» about climate change was rebutted with actual opinion polls showing that significant majorities of «the electorate» do, in fact, care a good deal, and consider the issue a priority for the President and the Congress, and support policies to regulate GHG emissions and to hold fossil fuel corporations responsible for the full costs of their products.

Considering that guests pay a generous amount of money to stay there, funds are not the issue here; it's more about priorities.

Mr Bailey highlights the following issues: work on firm culture is an important priority for the FCA; essays in the FCA's Discussion Paper on transforming culture in financial services indicate that culture is about encouraging and incentivising good things, -LSB-...]

Each discussion affords an opportunity to learn about the priorities and issues facing other organizations and how the Society might benefit from or assist in their work.

Squire Patton Boggs wrote a memo to its clients that said, «the political imperative that enabled the GOP to unify around tax reform last fall has given way to a familiar intraparty debate about what the party's next priority should be... meanwhile, Congress continues to struggle...» on a multitude of issues.

Managing partners and members of executive committees in the more financially and professionally successful law firms that are organized into substantive departments and / or practice groups for the delivery of legal services strongly support the concept of having practice leaders assume a major role in their firm's efforts to: (1) increase the productivity levels of all timekeepers within their practices, (2) increase the economic contribution of their practices to the firm and (3) assume primary responsibility for communications to and from members of their practices about firm economics, priorities and business issues, as well as practice growth and client development initiatives.