Sentences with phrase «among other abuses»

Furthermore, when the team put the paper through its paces — screwing it into a tight ball, submerging it in cold water, baking it at 180 degrees Celsius, among other abuses — its fingerprint remained easily recognizable.

Among other abuses, that investigation revealed breeding pigs crammed into gestation crates, piglets kicked like soccer balls and swung in circles by their hind legs, and mother pigs repeatedly beaten when they resisted being separated from their young.

Tesco was also investigated by the Grocery Code Adjudicator, who found it had deliberately delayed payments to suppliers in order to meet its own financial targets, among other abuses.

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Opponents of the program typically feel that tech companies abuse H - 1B visas, among others, to save cash on foreign workers.

Among the other steps that Twitter has taken to curb abuse is a new filter that tries to weed out harassing or «low quality» replies to user's tweets.

The Consumer Federation of America, among others including myself, have written about the high cost of tax assistance services for low - income taxpayers and the potential for consumer abuse including price gouging.

There are higher incidents of abuse among other professions.

Here you are putting the blame on al Islamic branches for one Islamic branch although the as branches contradict each other and they are always in disputes among them and that's was the reason they became branches rather than one Islam so really it is not fear to hold all at guilt for one misbehave or abuse... nor it is fair to address the whole Islam belief, Quran and Prophet of God for the fault of ones or few that are not in the right track of Islam being the religion of peace and justice to mankind..

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

SGM evoked a religious freedom defense in 2013 when the confidentiality of its pastoral counseling was challenged, stating, «SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including child sexual abuse.»

Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), a network of Reformed church plants in 21 countries still dealing with the aftermath of an internal investigation of founder and president C. J. Mahaney's leadership, now faces allegations that its president and board chairman, among other leaders, covered up child sex abuse by church members.

«SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including child sexual abuse,» a representative of SGM said in a November 14 statement.

The National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse released a report several years ago concluding, among other things, that fully ninety percent of American addicts began using before the age of 18.

Statistical studies of the frequency of sexual abuse of minors in the general population as well as statistics about abuse among other groups such as public school teachers lend support to MacRae's point.

The principal being among other things that if someone can be made to look like Brian Mclaren they are «the other» and deserving of being treated as either an abuser or one deserving abuse.

Lawyers for Kentucky's Department of Insurance are encouraging a judge to hold Medi - Share, a cost - sharing ministry that helps pay medical bills for Christians who don't smoke or abuse alcohol (among other qualifications), in contempt for continuing to operate in the state more than a year after a circuit court judge ordered the Florida - based group to stop until it meets Kentucky insurance regulations.

In the spring of 1997, around the time that Hughes, who worked as a salesman for a video company, abused three boys at once in his office — he molested the boys one at a time while the other two watched — the mother of another victim was folding her son's underwear and putting it in a drawer when she saw, hidden among the clothes, a letter written by her son to his girlfriend.

Multiple outlets are reporting that Spain goalkeeper David De Gea has been implicated in a case of sexual abuse among other charges.

According to neuroscientists who study the impact of stress on child development, the common thread among neglect, abuse, and other forms of trauma is that they communicate to the developing brains of infants and children that their environment is unstable, unpredictable, and chaotic.

To some, Adderall abuse may sound foreign, but Adderall and abuse of other attention - deficit drugs is growing among high school and college students across the nation.

The one - day training covers parent management, child abuse prevention and background screenings, among other key areas that affect the race day experience for everyone.

The state's Catholic Conference has spent $ 1.8 million over six years lobbying Albany to, among other things, derail a bill to make it easier for sex abuse victims to sue.

Continuing, the Force Commander noted that the mandate of the MNJTF among other responsibilities empowers it to «create a safe and secure environment in the areas affected by the activities of Boko Haram terrorism and other terrorist groups, in order to significantly reduce violence and other abuses, including sexual and gender based violence, in full compliance with international law».

The statement reads in part: «During the General Assembly, Nigeria will participate in high level meetings on «Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Building Momentum for Change,» the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a High Level Event organized by the African Union under its Theme of the Year: «Roadmap on the Demographic Dividend: from Commitment to Action,» among others.

During the General Assembly, Nigeria will participate in high level meetings on «Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Building Momentum for Change,» the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a High Level Event organized by the African Union under its Theme of the Year: «Roadmap on the Demographic Dividend: from Commitment to Action,» among others.

She serves as a Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and has served as a member of the Elder Justice Working Group, NYS Senator Sue Serino's Aging Services Advisory Board, Dutchess County Coalition of Non-Profits, the Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, and the NYS Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Ethics Advisory Committee, among others.

De Blasio talked about his safety initiatives, affordable housing plan and efforts to address mental health and opioid abuse, among other plans

He said the abuse of Tramadol could result in erectile dysfunction, infertility, brain damage among others.

Our leaders then were accused of mismanagement, misgovernance, stealing, abuse of constitution, nepotism, executive recklessness, topmost impunity, massive oppression of the people among others.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that he will not allow those who abuse or disrespect traditional rulers, people of other geopolitical zones, among other people in the state, to succeed him in 2019.

Aregbesola said the statistics have shown the greater involvement of youths in various drug abuses, kidnappings, maiming, insurgency, armed robbery, internet fraudulence among others, stressing that unless youths develop a mind set of being productive, resourceful and useful to their nation, the futuristic hopes embedded and reserved in them would not be allowed to manifest.

Mrs Osei in her response, pointed out among others that the allegations were unfounded, saying; «There is clearly, no established case of fraud or abuse of office made against the Chairperson.

Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, a Democrat from Queens, will introduce an amendment to the state's current anti-discrimination laws to extend certain protection to models, putting designers, photographers and retailers (among others) on notice that they would be liable for abuses experienced on their watch.

In the Notice of Claim, the attorney for the woman, identified as Jane Doe, said the county, among other things, was aware of prior incidents of sexual harassment and / or abuse of employees by Al Dirschberger and allowed the conduct to continue.

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), had accused the President of abusing incumbency and indulging in electoral corruption, for distributing the outboard motors among other items.

County Executive Molinaro will highlight a wide array of initiatives and programs for the coming year including infrastructure investments, drug abuse prevention and treatment, the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center project, business attraction and retention, among others.

«I therefore charge the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to liaise with other agencies to work out appropriate programmes including actions and measures that would help in fighting the scourge of Child Abuse, Child Abduction, Child Labour and Child Trafficking, among others.»

According to the committee, the Council will help address issues of abuse of patients» rights among other things, as «focus group surveys conducted for this review show categorically that the public currently does not believe that scheme members are respected or treated with dignity.»

The 19 - count charge HAD / 05c / 2018, in which Fayemi and Kolawole were accused of stealing, abuse of office, criminal contempt, among others was filed before the State High Court, Ado Ekiti on Friday, January 26, 2018.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that he will not allow those who abuse or disrespect traditional rulers, people of other geopolitical zones, among...

Badeh, while being the CDS, among other things allegedly abused his office between January and December, 2013.

During the General Assembly, Nigeria will participate in high level meetings on «Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Building Momentum for Change,» the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a High Level Event organises by the African Union under its theme of the year: «Roadmap on the Demographic Dividend: from Commitment to Action,» among others.

State election law requires candidates to disclose who they pay to avoid the potential for conflicts of interest or personal enrichment, among other possible abuses, said Susan Lerner, executive director of government watchdog group Common Cause.

Investigators found many Urban League workers lacked sufficient training in, among other things, reporting claims of child abuse.

The drop in substance abuse among teens parallels findings in other recent surveys, but until now no one has looked at how the drop - off may be linked to other behavioral issues.

Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active - duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests.

Older adults are among the largest consumers of prescription opioids in the U.S. Compared with people holding commercial health insurance, Medicare enrollees are at least five times more likely to be diagnosed with opiate abuse and are also particularly vulnerable to toxic and other negative effects of opiate use.

«Among youth, suicide ranks high as a cause of death, and is often preceded by childhood trauma, bullying or other abuse,» he said, calling prevention of child maltreatment essential.

Among the other NIH institutes that currently fund Monell's biomedical research are the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Among other things, the companies agreed Monday to check subscribers against national sex registries, supply members with online safety tips, and provide a quick way to report abuses.