Sentences with phrase «advocate against the use»

That same feeding therapist mentioned in the post (Diane Bahr) is actually a strong advocate AGAINST the use of sippy cups.

According to him, he will advocate against the use of such money to influence voters.

In the video, professional baseball player Cole Hamels delivers a public service announcement that advocates against the use of grenade spam.

(b) The second aspect is the statement «expedited mechanisms exist under the Native Title Act for the protection of cultural heritage sites, but some indigenous organisations advocate against their use» (pp69 - 70).

Expedited mechanisms exist under the Native Title Act for [deleted: the protection of cultural heritage sites] «fast - tracking» mineral tenements that are considered to be «low - impact», but some indigenous organisations advocate against their use in order to protect native title rights.

Not exact matches

Liboiron uses her position as the head of the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research to advocate for open science hardware and lead «a small but growing movement for people who make technology and instruments open source,» something she describes as «very much against the model that runs many universities around the world.»

In a nutshell, because it has given more ammunition to supporters of Donald Trump and other right - wing gun advocates who argue that the media is biased against their cause and uses tricks to discredit them.

He used the term «tar sands,» one the advocates of Canada's bitumen sector have long argued is, by itself, biased against the «oil sands.»

Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class - action lawsuit today against Lyft.

In March, Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of the Independent Living Resource Center and two people who use wheelchairs, filed a class - action lawsuit today against Lyft.

One of the main arguments used by advocates of gay «marriage» is that the current definition of marriage (as pertaining exclusively to man and woman) breaches the principle of equality and thus discriminates against same sex couples.

Whatever our philosophy, we had better use it to moderate the tendency that is in all of us to look to violence to settle issues between groups in a world whose technology makes violence against groups ever more likely to destroy all who participate in it, or advocate it, along perhaps with nearly everyone else.

You have to keep in mind that she's an advocate of natural birth practices and is completely against the use of painkillers and C - sections, so you have to take some of it with a grain of salt unless this is something you're interested in.

You used to advocate against unnecessary death at birth, but you don't any more.

Kathleen hasn't just advocated against discriminatory policy, she has used her position to do something about it...

Sikora argued there is no conflict with a super P.A.C. helping de Blasio, who used his current role as the city's public advocate to fight against corporate campaign donations.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

In yet another sign allies of Senate Democrats will be using the 10 - point women's agenda this fall as a political bludgeon against Republican candidates, Planned Parenthood Advocates of New York are blasting GOP hopeful Rich Funke for comments made on the key abortion provision in the measure.

As hundreds of advocates rallied in Albany against climate change and to push Gov. Andrew Cuomo to do more on the issue, his office announced legislation on Monday that would institute a statewide ban on single - use plastic bags by 2019.

Trump's penchant for threatening legal action against journalists who write critically about him is proving to be a powerful example for free speech advocates who want a federal law against using the courts to bully speakers, experts said.

At noon, advocates and leaders will use a City Hall protest Friday to launch a major new campaign against his Goldman Sachs housing plan that favors a few wealthy developers while harming millions of New Yorkers.

The agreement came two years after advocates began their initial push — and one year after Cuomo stood firm against legalizing pot for medical use.

Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Environmental Advocates of New York Monday filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Albany against New York State officials, seeking to ensure that federal Clean Water Act funds will not be used in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge or for future projects.

She lit into him over term limits — a favorite jab used by the public advocate against her — accusing him of being in favor of overturning them in 2005.

«It will be an insult on our collective intelligence if those responsible for the present state of our economy have suddenly turned advocates of rapid economic growth and development through the use of propaganda and campaign of calumny against the government in a bid to discredit the good work of our economic team.

In February, Public Advocate Letitia James announced plans to file a complaint with the New York State Human Rights Divison against Stonehenge Village's management company, which permits only its market - rate tenants to use the building's gym, as previously reported.

He noted that when Build It Back was just getting started under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, the federal government was advocating for storm victims to apply for SBA loans — something he said «was terrible really in hindsight» because the loans are being used against the Build It Back grant.

Advocates point to evidence of benefits from police use of similar devices: reduced use of force, reduced complaints against officers, a reduction in crime and improved evidence gathering.

Surely if, as the advocates of e-cigarettes argue, these products are a game changer in the war against tobacco, then we should be promoting them, using any tools at our disposal?

Most who argue against using coffee are typically low - carb advocates or here it from low - carb advocates.

And certainly charter advocates that have already filed lawsuits alleging discrimination against charter schools (in Washington, D.C. and New York state) should use the tactic, too.

The late author and researcher Susan Rosenholtz advocates for the use of data and measurable achievement goals and also warns against one of its possible side effects — the creation of an «ego - endangering environment» (Schmoker, 1999, p. 34).

We're asking parents, students, and other community advocates to join us in the fight to maintain the federal school discipline guidance, which is a critical tool that can help schools and districts reduce the use of practices that push students out of school (e.g. suspensions and expulsions) and prevent them from disciplining in ways that discriminate against students of color.

SB102 (Orr)-- prohibits college and universities, local board of education, schools using public funds to advocate for or against ballot measures.

Contending that a Rutgers professor and public schools advocate has used her position, title and state university resources to wage a personally driven campaign against them, a group representing the state's charter schools has filed an ethics complaint against the Save Our Schools NJ co-founder.

None of the top - performing countries against which the United States is frequently compared — in an unflattering light — use any of the techniques advocated by Obama.

Unacceptable books • Books glorifying or promoting the use of illicit drugs, drug paraphernalia or products to beat drug tests • Books with content that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, illegal, invasive of another's privacy, or contains hate speech • Books with content that is threatening, abusive, harassing, or that discriminate or advocate against a protected group, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other category

Objective, educational or historical political content may be accepted • Foul, vulgar, or obscene language, including censored words that indicate foul, vulgar, or obscene language • Images of human or animal abuse, mistreatment, or distress • Images or titles glorifying or promoting the use of illicit drugs, drug paraphernalia or products to beat drug tests • Images or titles that are obscene, defamatory, libelous, illegal, invasive of another's privacy, or contain hate speech • Images or titles that may be interpreted as threatening, abusive, harassing, or that discriminate or advocate against a protected group, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other category.

We are not advocating breaking the law, but we are demonstrating for non-American Kindle users how this technique can be used to safeguard against remote deletion tactics.

According to legal complaints, some libraries are denying users access to websites that discuss Wicca and Native American spirituality; blacklisting websites that affirm the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities while whitelisting sites that advocate against gay rights and promote «ex-gay» ministries; and refusing to unblock webpages that deal with youth tobacco use, art galleries, blogs, and firearms.

With the current political landscape of a very liberal President advocating we make war against a regime using WMDs... well, we can only pray that Howey's work stays fictional.

Jana Castanon, community outreach coordinator for Apprisen Financial Advocates, a nonprofit consumer credit counseling service, advises against using a credit card to pay insurance premiums.

Some advocates of using your Roth IRA as an emergency fund counter that you should keep that part of your IRA in a money market fund to guard against a loss like that.

While conventional wisdom would be against using credit cards and we would never advocate carrying any type of balance on one because of the near usurious rates, in certain situations, it might just be your only option.

Vlasik has repeatedly advocated for using «whatever force against animal research scientists necessary.»

Animal advocates had campaigned against elephant use in circuses at least since 1866, when Henry Bergh founded the American SPCA and, within the same year, personally took up the cause with Barnum & Bailey Circus cofounder P.T. Barnum.

Soroka has used Buzz's social media platforms to advocate against animal abuse and for adoptable shelter pets through hilarious images and animation, and now Buzz is helping humans, too.

Ketoprofen has been advocated by some vets for short - term use in situations such as post-surgical pain but advise against long term use and other vets report high incidences of ulcers associated with its use for more than 3 to 5 days, so it may not have much benefit in your situation.

More than any other work, the «Wisconsin Study» (which is actually a series of articles, the first being published in 1993 [2]-RRB- has been used as «evidence» against advocates for free - roaming cats in general, and TNR in particular.

He believed in a philosophy of art he called Art - as - Art and used his writing and satirical cartoons to advocate for abstract art and against what he described as «the disreputable practices of artists - as - artists».