Sentences with phrase «all voluntary efforts»

The VetFran program is a voluntary effort of International Franchise Association (IFA) member companies to encourage franchise ownership by offering financial incentives to honorably discharged veterans.

This has troubled the consciences of Christians and others in richer countries and the churches have shared in the voluntary efforts to send aid to victims of emergencies and to assist small - scale development projects.

It means that voluntary efforts other than those sponsored by the churches themselves must shoulder most of the responsibility for helping the needy.

Through some combination of public and voluntary efforts, these people are given subsidized jobs or are otherwise provided with the physical and social necessities of life.

By working to change behavior within these communities, the initiative aims to help reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025 — the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to combat obesity.

This category honors prior GEELA award recipients who have sustained exceptional leadership and demonstrate significant and robust improvements in voluntary efforts previously recognized, which conserve California's resources, protect and enhance the environment and strengthen the economy.

This is the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to help fight obesity.

In prior posts I've told you about the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a voluntary effort by the leading food and beverage companies to rein in their marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks to kids.

Safety is our first priority and through this voluntary effort we urge consumers to immediately obtain and fit the free kit which may be obtained through one of the following methods:

Local democracy relies on the voluntary efforts of a handful of individuals, even in relatively affluent areas.

The Government gave the stores an ultimatum that if they couldn't curb the use of bags by voluntary efforts, they would be forced to act.

In fact, the week relies for its success on the voluntary efforts of the RSC's local sections, which are organising many of the events.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a Washington, D.C., based trade group, said it is merely advising prudence: Congress should wait «to see if the voluntary efforts are going to work» before acting, says Jeff Trewitt, a PhRMA spokesperson.

Among the new voluntary efforts by pharmaceutical companies to post clinical trial data, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, one of the trade groups behind last week's proposal, will recommend that its members post trial results on a World Health Organization (WHO) global trials database that WHO hopes to establish in July.

For example, what Kepler scientists are learning about potentially habitable planets, she says, can be easily turned it into a lesson that's aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, a state - led, voluntary effort to improve science instruction in elementary and secondary schools across the country.

In order for a Power Training to be effective, you need to use the dynamic effort, which means working against a submaximal load (as outline in Power Training Intensity) with a maximum voluntary effort.

Since power is the product of force and velocity, it implies that the effort is always a maximal voluntary effort.

All information contained on this website is provided by the voluntary efforts of individual players and groups working to develop a comprehensive information resource for all Stardew Valley's fans to use and enjoy.

The school board in Montgomery County, an affluent suburb of Washington noted for the quality of its schools and its voluntary efforts at integration, «violated its own regulations and procedures» on racial balance and building use in the cases of four schools, said Mitchell J. Cooper, a Washington lawyer acting as adviser to the state board.

In addition, the idea that legislatures would take voluntary efforts to integrate schools would have seemed far - fetched at the time of Brown.

The related idea that the justices who voted in Brown, or the lawyers who argued against segregation, would have had objections to voluntary efforts to integrate seems equally implausible.

Both collaborations have depended heavily on voluntary efforts in their development, a good sign of common interest in their aims.

The bill would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) and create a $ 120 million competitive grant program to support new and existing voluntary efforts that promote racial and socioeconomic diversity in schools.

As a result, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) joined in a voluntary effort to develop shared academic standards.

If FHASecure fails, then the President's program will be revealed for what it is: jawboning and voluntary efforts that produce little result.

Despite the fact that euthanasia of dogs has declined dramatically in the past dozen years through voluntary efforts, the former group often blames breeders for producing too many puppies and proposes breeding restrictions and mandatory sterilization of pets to end the killing in shelters.

That [was a voluntary effort.]

Past work has examined conservation policies in Mexico and Costa Rica, air pollution issues along the U.S. — Mexico border, voluntary regulation in Mexico and Colombia, and voluntary efforts to clean up brownfield properties in the United States.

On Thursday, the Obama administration announced a «comprehensive approach» to enlist American farmers in a voluntary effort to cut greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxides — through programs and incentives designed to reduce fertilizer use, encouraging tree planting, and turn poop into power by capturing methane.

Ecosystem Marketplace initiative Supply-Change.org shows that some individual voluntary efforts are, in fact, delivering as well — while others are just beginning to take root, and the basic answer is: «it's complicated».

Negotiators are looking at voluntary efforts to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions past 2020.

The White House called its approach a crucial step to achieving the ambitious greenhouse - gas emissions targets President Obama announced last November in Beijing, but some environmental advocates said the plan, which relies heavily on voluntary efforts, failed to go far enough.

My sole involvement was as a participant in a voluntary effort to determine precisely what confidentiality agreements the CRU possessed that kept them from disclosing the raw data files used to create their climate analysis product.

In the past, Duke Energy has supported voluntary efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But do you think voluntary efforts alone can reduce emissions sufficiently, without government - imposed (e.g. carbon tax) measures?

That leaves voluntary efforts, inadequate thought they may be, as the only hope for slowing the global growth of CO2 emissions in the near term.

As some groups push for additional EPA and Bureau of Land Management methane rules, claiming that voluntary efforts to reduce emissions haven't worked, it's clear that a combination of industry actions in concert with existing regulation have worked — and that additional regulation isn't needed.

«While the Bush Administration talks up its voluntary efforts to address climate change, these back - room cuts show that this is mostly hollow rhetoric,» noted Steven Nadel, Executive Director of the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

Exploring voluntary efforts to help deliver on countries» climate commitments, such as market mechanisms, in a way that promotes sustainable development and environmental integrity.

Arguing that the science of global warming remains uncertain, President Bush in 2001 disavowed the Kyoto treaty that sets mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and he has pursued policies calling for more research and voluntary efforts to limit emissions.

Again, these methane emissions reduction trends can be traced to voluntary efforts — not the stringent and costly «one - size - fits - all» federal rules that environmental groups insist are needed, despite the fact that they will provide little climate benefit.

C.M. did not show typical signs of maximum voluntary efforts such as changes in posture or use of ancillary muscles;

Response: As discussed above, the Secretary will encourage voluntary efforts to cure violations of the rule, and will consider that fact in determining whether to bring a compliance action.

A voluntary effort by Michael Mulley, it offers you:

For instance, he said, it might be OK to require online political ads to disclose who paid for them — but then talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts instead of endorsing an existing bill that would do just that.

In almost the next breath, however, Zuckerberg steered clear of endorsing a bill that would write such rules into federal law, and instead talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts on that front.

For instance, he said, it might be OK to require online political ads to disclose who paid for them - but then talked up Facebook's own voluntary efforts instead of endorsing an existing bill that would do just that.

, and voluntary efforts are the main reason the Bitcoin ecosystem has grown exponentially over the years.

Most people are well aware of the open source nature associated with Bitcoin Core, and voluntary efforts are the main reason the Bitcoin ecosystem has grown exponentially over the years.

Relevant voluntary efforts can be blended with related work experience as a part of category heading such as «Related / Relevant Experience.»