Sentences with phrase «against the program by»

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With Blue Ant, MacMillan appears to be tacking against the torrents of broadcast television dreck at the bottom of the dial by targeting two coveted demographics, the first of which is thinking, affluent baby boomers: its portfolio includes content about the cottage lifestyle, travel, and PBS - style documentary programming through the Canadian version of the Smithsonian Channel, as well as a nature channel called Oasis.

As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.

«For all 12 business support programs, no attempt has been made by the province to isolate the impact of provincial support against what would have happened without provincial funding,» the report said.

To make sure we give the broadest possible view of program quality, then, we've stacked our rankings up against those published by other major organizations and broken down which factors go into each.

Among the people who've left or announced departures, either under pressure or for other reasons, are seven executives who had reported to Mr. Kalanick: SVP of Business Emil Michael, who is one of Mr. Kalanick's best friends and was the second-most powerful person at the company; ridesharing president Jeff Jones (ostensibly the No. 2 executive for Uber's core business); head of growth Ed Baker; engineering vice president Amit Singhal; communications and public policy chief Rachel Whetstone; head of finance Gautam Gupta; and Anthony Levandowski, head of Uber's autonomous vehicles program, who was fired amid theft allegations made against him by his former employer.

Companies that announce such programs are likely to be controlled by highly indebted managers who have borrowed heavily against their ownership of shares.

By providing investment recommendations that are compliant with ERISA Section 404 (c), the Fiduciary Assure Program may help insulate plan fiduciaries against legal claims that can result from offering inadequate or inappropriate investments.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Industry trade groups like the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association have come out against state - run plans, arguing that they will spur a «confusing, state - by - state patchwork of savings programs» that could lack strict federal controls.

We deliver against our mission by executing an Entrepreneur Season, our annual cycle of unique programs and events that drive entrepreneurial activity in New Orleans.

As you can imagine, this program provided a substantial benefit to private lenders by insuring private lenders against default.

Years after a national task force recommended enacting anti-spam legislation, the Canadian bill finally established strict rules for electronic marketing and safeguards against the installation of unwanted software programs on personal computers, all backed by tough multi-million dollar penalties.

The portion of the program that likely galvanized the White House was the startling report by prosecutors that had worked under Breuer in the criminal division of the DOJ that there wasn't even a pretense of a real investigation against the major Wall Street firms: no subpoenas, no document reviews, no wiretaps.

With a couple notable exceptions, the consensus on the street appears to be that the single currency will rise to 1.25 or 1.30 against the greenback by the end of the year, supported by accelerating economic growth in the Eurozone and an end to the European Central Bank's (ECB) quantitative easing program.

And with international sanctions against Iran about to be lifted — in exchange for an agreement to halt its nuclear program — the country has promised to increase its own production from 3.3 million barrels a day to as many as 4 million barrels a day by the end of 2016.

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Facebook says any bad actors identified by the data abuse program may face removal of their app from the platform, a forensic audit of related systems and legal action against the app's company and any relevant parties.

In January, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Sterling Anderson, a former director of the company's Autopilot program, saying that he broke his employment contract by trying to recruit Tesla employees to join a new self - driving car company.

The Board recommends a vote AGAINST a stockholder proposal seeking to have us adopt a policy requiring that senior executives retain a significant percentage of stock acquired through equity pay programs until reaching retirement age because our existing stock ownership guidelines and other compensation policies already effectively facilitate significant stock ownership by our executives, and establishing holding requirements based on a particular retirement age would not be in the best interests of our stockholders.

For my good friends at the Georgia Family Council, I wrote a post on a recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Jennifer Keeton's suit against faculty and administrators in the graduate counseling program at Augusta State University.

However, James faces a tough fight against a prolottery Democrat who is touting the college scholarships and prekindergarten programs that can be funded by a lottery.

«I was attacking the argument that gay people must be discriminated against — and anti-bullying programs that address anti-gay bullying should be blocked (or exceptions should be made for bullying «motivated by faith»)-- because it says right there in the Bible that being gay is wrong.»

Along the way, Mattes argues strenuously against all easy reductions of the doctrine: It is, he insists, the critical feature of Christian theology, and so it must not be compromised by programs of ecumenism or ethics.

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

They are classified as an entertainment program due to a lawsuit they filed against the FCC on W's watch which was rubberstamped by Colin Powell's son, a Bush appointee.

Also, President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programs that were to improve living standards for the poor were undermined by the escalating costs of the war against the poor in Southeast Asia.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

If any Christians are currently promoting a «gnostic split of soul and body,» it is those on the left who seem satisfied with social programs that feed the body but starve the soul and, even worse, turn a blind eye to growing efforts by the government to discriminate against faith - based charities that are serious about ministering to the whole person.

Unprecedented statements against war were released by the Roman Catholic bishops2 and the United Methodist bishops.3 Almost every mainline Protestant church issued statements and launched some kind of peacemaking program.

What does Jesus» injunction against laying up treasure on earth say to church programs funded by income from corporate stocks?

The executive order in question, issued by President Clinton and affirmed by President Bush in 2002, states that while religious organizations that receive federal funds can not discriminate against beneficiaries of their programs, they «may retain religious terms in its organization's name, select its board members on a religious basis, and include religious references in its organization's mission statements and other chartering or governing documents.»

Supporters of the need for Trump's plan often cite the well - documented fact that ISIS has committed genocide against Christians and other minorities, yet the US refugee program has resettled far more Muslims than Christians from Syria, as noted by Kirsten Powers and others.

I admire the Archbishop of Montreal, Christian Lépine, for speaking out against the new euthanasia program that our politicians have sanctified by calling «medical aid in dying.»

When the paid - time religious broadcasters do make the effort to defend themselves and their enterprise against their detractors, they do so by demonstrating how their programs further the mission of the church.

Do you really think any social program the governemnt could possibly administer will matter to you when you are surrounded by religous Zealots hell bent on punishing our «Evil» nation for its Crusades and crimes against Allah and are blowing themselves up at a mall, hospital, or airplane near you in exchange for a bevy of beautiful virgins?

As the Pope still has significant influence over the less educated masses in these parts of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high risk groups; (c) Using its myriad of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.

Many of those outraged by the allegations against Penn State, including that Paterno had reportedly been told about the abuse but declined to notify authorities, have pointed a finger at what they say was the school's and its football program's commitment to maintaining a sterling public image, drawing parallels to the church.

(b) A noncompliance proceeding, brought by a State organic program's governing State official against a certified operation, shall be appealable pursuant to the appeal procedures of the State organic program.

As consultant to the new Song Kitchen restaurant in Sydney, leading sommelier Sophie Otton has instigated a policy of having 50 per cent of the wines on the list supplied by female producers — which fits with the venue's owner, the YWCA, which donates all profits from the business to programs against domestic violence.

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

Orange Crushed The Syracuse basketball program, slapped on the wrists two weeks ago by the NCAA for assorted rules violations, was dealt another stinging blow Monday when the NCAA announced that center Conrad McRae could begin serving a previously announced three - game suspension by sitting out exhibitions against Marathon Oil and Kazakhstan's national team.

But if you think you're making a valid point by comparing Gibbons against what looks like an entire athletic department complicit in a ongoing, years - deep culture of rape and assault of dozens if not hundreds of people (that goes for all three programs), then you have nothing valid to offer to this discussion.

The Broncos have made their bones as a national program by winning games against highly rated teams from bigger conferences.

Vitale entered the game against Centennial - Corona needing just 94 yards to set the storied program's single - season rushing record of 2,050 yards set by Terron Ward in 2009.

In that speech (a full copy of which you can view by clicking here), I offered some suggestions on how each of us — whether we be parent, coach, official, athletic trainer, clinician, current or former professional athlete, sports safety equipment manufacturer, whether we were there representing a local youth sports program, the national governing body of a sport, or a professional sports league, could work together as a team to protect our country's most precious human resource — our children — against catastrophic injury or death from sudden impact syndrome or the serious, life - altering consequences of multiple concussions.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

Formed against a background of economic curtailment on welfare spending and a huge increase in the number of HIV and AIDS cases, Wola Nani initiated programs to help HIV + people in the local community cope with the emotional and financial strains brought about by HIV and AIDS.

Part of the value statement for the Mother's Program at the Women's Health Clinic in Winnipeg is that it «acts AGAINST the conventional constructions of motherhood, by introducing a vision of mothering that is woman defined and centred, empowering and promotes social change.»

I'm not sure exactly where I stand on the question of whether the school lunch program should exist altogether, but I am baffled by the «nanny state» argument against improving nutrition for children.

Critics say the new rules will roll back the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act championed by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, who worked to establish strict nutritional standards on the program as part of her campaign against obesity.