Sentences with phrase «against programs designed»

The GOP is against programs designed to act as a safety net for those who find themselves in difficult situations.

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Thus we have the seemingly odd political instincts of a single, 35 - year - old McKinsey consultant living in suburban Chicago who thinks of herself as vulnerable and votes for enhanced social programs designed to protect against the dangers and uncertainties of life.

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

The program is designed to honor the balanced efforts by distributors against the drivers of HEINEKEN USA volume, distribution, and display execution.

The SmartTeams program is designed to give them a benchmark against which to measure their child's commitment to a safer sports experience, to support those programs that measure up and demand change for those that don't,» said de Lench.

This program is designed to ensure that students have the armor needed to stand tall against bullying behavior and predator activity — both online and in their everyday lives.

Under «strict» rules, limited resources, and an «intense» six - week time limit, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team brand, «hone» teamwork skills, and build and program industrial - size robots to play a difficult field game against like - minded competitors.

Environmental advocates lined up Tuesday to speak out against a bill proposed in the Suffolk County Legislature that's designed to revise the county's land preservation program.

Schaeffer, a true game lover — his two dogs are named Scrabble and Rummicub — intends to pit his poker program against two top players next week in a 500 - hand match designed to minimize the role of chance.

The Association encourages its affiliates and all other institutions that employ, support, or educate scientists to develop policies that affirm the dignity of all scientists and their right to engage in scientific inquiry free of unlawful discrimination; to sponsor programs that sensitize people to the seriousness and unacceptability of discrimination based upon criteria unrelated to individual abilities; and to design procedures that guard against such discrimination in a prompt and fair manner, and which balance the requirements of due process with proper regard for the sensitive nature of the issues.

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a way to safely use multiple programming languages within the same program, enabling programmers to use the language most appropriate for each function while guarding against code injection attacks, one of the most severe security threats in Web applications today.

Through the «We're All Business, Mostly» campaign, we are articulating and reaffirming that brand promise to our guests, while executing against a broader program designed to build guest love, drive performance and deliver high quality growth to our Owners.»

campaign, we are articulating and reaffirming that brand promise to our guests, while executing against a broader program designed to build guest love, drive performance and deliver high quality growth to our Owners.»

Its program is designed not just to spotlight noteworthy independent films and new voices, but also to push back against the chronic underrepresentation of women and people of color working within the ranks of the industry.

The research measures the short - and long - term impacts of outdoor education by comparing the wellbeing of year 9 students who participated in purpose - designed outdoor program against those who did not.

Some of us aren't fortunate enough to have the benefit of institutions like the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (Baltimore, MD) or the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York, NY) in our hometowns, but many similar institutions offer a variety of school programs designed to educate young people — not only about the legacy of chattel slavery in America, but also the legacy of resistance and activism against injustice that it nurtured.

Furthermore, the program may have been designed with no stated goals or objectives against which it can be measured, or the evaluation may have been designed after the program began.

As friends and I scrambled to play the roles of college mentors, we bumped up against a frustrating obstacle: There are excellent college - transition programs designed to support low - income students.

An accreditation panel will always need to assess evidence against Program Standard 1.2 to ensure a provider has implemented and will continue to implement the TPA with fidelity, that is, in the way it was designed to be used.

Elementary students get the chance to work with adults, including STEM professionals from local businesses, to design, build, test, and program robots before competing against other schools.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Wednesday whether she would block private schools that discriminate against LGBT students from receiving federal dollars, explaining that she believes states should have the flexibility to design voucher programs and that parents should be able to choose schools that best fit their children's needs.

They summarize arguments against students with disabilities participating in school choice programs and offer counterarguments and nuances, ultimately arguing that well - designed school choice programs are beneficial to students with disabilities.

«We should all celebrate the fact that programs designed to help students will no longer be discriminated against by the government based solely on religious affiliation,» Ms. DeVos said.

Require all entities that collect and / or store sensitive student data to maintain a comprehensive security program that is designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of personally identifiable information against risks

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos refused to say Wednesday whether she would block private schools that discriminate against LGBT students from receiving federal dollars, explaining that she believes states should have the flexibility to design voucher programs and that parents should be able to choose schools that best fit their children's needs.

Justin Knoll, Chief Architect at BitTorrent, said that their bundle program is «a publishing platform designed to address the issues of distribution, reach, and virality, that every independent creator is up against.»

This products for are specifically designed to provide hassle - free and quality protection against viruses, worms and other malicious programs, as well as hacker attacks, spam and spyware.

The program has been around for over two decades as a limited consumer protection agency designed to help victims fight against diploma mills and bad actors in the education industry.

Our pet vaccination and kitty wellness program as well as deworming, viral screening and training discussions are designed especially to protect young felines against disease and illness.

Mandatory spay and neuter programs are punitive against the very people they often are designed to target: the underprivileged.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Screamrider puts the player in the driver's seat for increasingly elaborate roller coasters that test timing and speed control, Demolition Expert borrows from Angry Birds to hurl a manned spheres against too fragile buildings, and Engineer is a type of «complete the track» program that encourages a balance between cool design and efficient engineering.

After that came the debut of the Unity Certification program in Malaysia, where 37 participants took part in the Unity Certified Developer Exam, meant to validate user's knowledge of foundational game design and programming skills against a benchmark from the top game engine in the world.

The FIRST Tech Challenge presents high - school student teams with the chance to design and program robots and compete against other teams in an alliance format.

But you can't honestly tell me that you wouldn't fight tooth and nail yourself against a competitor using a FOIA action to try and get your emails, flight data, and design blueprints for a US government program.

«Together, we must make sure CFACT's programs - especially designed to push back against Green indoctrination in America's classrooms - are fully funded and ready to immediately counteract Left - wing climate alarmism in classrooms and on campuses across America,» Rothbard wrote.

The Orwellian - named «Discovery Institute» is an organization dedicated to the promotion of Intelligent Design (ID), which is little more than a superficial repackaging of long - discredited creationist arguments against evolutionary theory.They do not have a legitimate scientific program, although they desperately try to create the impression that they do.

Indeed, the report from the machine cautioned against its being used for sentencing, its strength allegedly being to design treatment programs for offenders.

We've worked with organizations to put innovation into practice through smaller projects focused on redesigning individual client relationships or practice team offerings, up to broader innovation programs designed to capture and reward ideas, rapidly evaluate them against key criteria, and to test them via real - world client and market feedback at scale.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

The National General Insurance Homeowners Program * provides Condo Insurance designed to protect your prized possessions, to protect you against personal liability and provide assistance covering living expenses should your condo unit or co-op apartment become damaged or uninhabitable.

These programs begin with the participation of teenagers taught by volunteers who are provided with teaching curriculum which are mostly designed by activist organizations like the Mothers against Drunk Driving.

Wise Anti Malware is designed to help protect against adware, viruses, malware, phishing, ransomware, spyware and unwanted programs (PUP / PUA).

About Blog Move to End Violence, a 10 year program of the NoVo Foundation, is designed to strengthen our collective capacity to end violence against girls and women in the United States.

From domestic violence and child abuse, to bullying and sexual assault, our groundbreaking programs, policy development, and public action campaigns are designed to prevent and end violence against women and children around the world.

Policies and programs aimed at preventing violence against Indigenous women and children must be designed and developed with the input of Indigenous women and children.

The program will shield lenders against penalties stemming from faulty appraisals as long as those evaluations pass muster under an automated tool designed by Fannie Mae to root out mistakes.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, all of the MLSs are participating in Trulia's «Direct Reference» program, which is designed to double - check data Trulia receives from brokers and syndicators against MLS data.