Sentences with phrase «at social control»

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And Torstar is controlled by a trust comprising five families, who made a court commitment decades ago to promote social justice, a promise that analysts have long insisted eats away at margins.

«For Chávez to have control over PDVSA meant a huge cash cow for the sort of social programs he wanted to implement,» says Maxwell Cameron, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia.

Though you can't control what your teenage employees do on social media at their homes, you can educate them.

It also announced it will create a new class of non-voting shares in a move aimed at letting Mark Zuckerberg give away his wealth without relinquishing control of the social media juggernaut he founde...

To effectively restrict communication, governments would need to dominate technologies whose forced control is a double - edged sword — when social instability spikes, internet shutdowns work at best sporadically and risk leading to greater discontent and violence.

In the assessments, mandated by a 2011 consent decree, PwC deemed Facebook's internal controls effective at protecting users» privacy — even after the social media giant lost control of a huge trove of user data that was improperly obtained by Cambridge Analytica.

On Tuesday night, at least 200 people came out to a high school to listen to Dr. Tipirneni, who spoke of her support for a public health insurance option, «common - sense» gun control, and robust funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Ms. Caro Diaz is part of the Organizing and Capacity Building Team at the Center for Popular Democracy and provides support to social movements in Puerto Rico struggling against the debt and austerity measures proposed by a Fiscal Control Board.

Brizi enables sports fans to control cameras and take photos of themselves at sporting events - capturing personal moments and sharing them on social media.

Bullies love to be in control, whether it be at church, the social club or wherever they are.

Thanks to the breaking of social bonds in our families and communities, and the lack of self - control that a culture of indulgence promotes, we will continue to become more bureaucratic and inefficient in our governance, while at the same time creating the conditions whereby citizens become less capable of leading their own lives.

Looking at history, a very good argument could be made that that is the real social purpose of religion... to divide people, because a divided people are easy to control and manipulate.

Social ethicist Joseph Fletcher — author of Situation Ethics, Morals and Medicine and The Ethics of Genetic Control — is a visiting professor of medical ethics at the University of Virginia Medical School and at the Texas Medical Center's Institute of Religion and Human Development.

A highly private «freedom» in certain restricted spheres can go together with the dominance of purely technical control at the center of social power.

Man at his core is greedy, controlling, tyrannical, and will use all power to control including shutting down social media.

Of this social world man can at best have but a partial and corrupted understanding and but a partial and ultimately illusory control.

All of this confirms yet again the desperate need for a new theological synthesis capable of encompassing not only science and religion but also a new social vision that will re-vindicate the authority of Christ in his Church to be the ultimate source of control and direction at the heart of human affairs.

Again and again in reading the works of these and other critics of the role of technology in the contemporary world, one comes upon the claim that at the core of the modern dilemma is the association of scientific and technological rationality with power, control, and domination — where these are seen as operative both in the natural and social realms.

Some alcoholics, for example, embark on their addiction after extended periods of controlled or social drinking, often at a time of personal crisis.

I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

And Dr Jonathan Scourfield at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences is undertaking a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of a training intervention to improve the engagement of fathers in the child protection system.

It's no secret that technology can help us stay organized and in control — without our trusty cell phones or tablets, how would we check social media, know our bank balance, and respond to emails at a moment's notice?

Some teens want to be in control and at the top of the social ladder.

«After a disaster, one of the greatest losses — other than loss of life — is loss of control,» says Bev Clayton, a social worker and disaster services associate at the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.

As teenagers start opening many relationships at this period of time, so control your teenager to have good relationships and good activities in his or her social life.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

Women who feel more in control in the reading I have done relate it to things like ambulatory ability, acceptability of vocalising their pain, social control (i.e. who is present at the birth), environmental control and comfort — leading them to feel more mentally able to cope with labour and being more in control of themselves which is often highlighted as a definer of a good birth experience.

Then, there is social control as in who gets to call the shots in the situation, which would be the individual midwife at home (with no oversight) vs. doctors, nurses etc in the hospitals (with institutional policies in place and a lot of oversight).

Controls were more likely to have ever breast fed (79 %, 95 % CI 71 — 86 %) than infants in England and Wales in the Infant Feeding Surveys from 1995 (68 %) and 2000 (71 %), or be breast feeding at 6 months (27 %, 95 % CI 20 — 35 %) than in the surveys from 1995 (22 %) and 2000 (22 %).2 Among the controls, the proportion ever breast fed increased with social class of the main wage earner in the household from 57 % in social class V to 88 % in social Controls were more likely to have ever breast fed (79 %, 95 % CI 71 — 86 %) than infants in England and Wales in the Infant Feeding Surveys from 1995 (68 %) and 2000 (71 %), or be breast feeding at 6 months (27 %, 95 % CI 20 — 35 %) than in the surveys from 1995 (22 %) and 2000 (22 %).2 Among the controls, the proportion ever breast fed increased with social class of the main wage earner in the household from 57 % in social class V to 88 % in social controls, the proportion ever breast fed increased with social class of the main wage earner in the household from 57 % in social class V to 88 % in social class I.

Associated features of Selective Mutism may include excessive shyness, fear of social embarrassment, social isolation and withdrawal, clinging, compulsive traits, negativism, temper tantrums, or controlling or oppositional behavior, particularly at home.

322 Additional subsequent large population case - control trials consistently have found vaccines to be protective against SIDS323, — , 325; however, confounding factors (social, maternal, birth, and infant medical history) might account for this protective effect.326 It also has been theorized that the decreased SIDS rate immediately after vaccination was attributable to infants being healthier at time of immunization, or «the healthy vaccinee effect.»

on the face of it the American left are socially liberal but the bottom line is the more control they take over the economy and the redistribution of wealth, the more power they will gain over society at large and the more power they will have to implement social engineering projects.

Banks, employers, social workers, university lecturers, and, thanks to a 2014 Act, landlords, are required to check identity and legal status, or monitor the behaviour of those subject to immigration controls (such as attendance at lectures or moving house).

Nedra Kline Weinreich has a fascinating article about how the Centers for Disease Control is exploring Second Life as they look at ways social media can be used to promote public health.

The W.F.P. challenge is the most tangible manifestation of the frustration expressed by progressives toward Cuomo, and their displeasure that he has governed as a fiscal moderate, choosing to burnish his liberal credentials with social issues, like a push to legalize same - sex marriage and a new gun control law passed after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

While at it, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, the infamous nephew of President Akufo - Addo, has also been put to work, starting a social media campaign to consolidate the government's all but collapsed damage control.

At the same time, these powers will not give the Scottish parliament the power to defend itself against Westminster austerity measures, and certainly not the full control over macroeconomic policy it would need to tackle poverty, inequality and other significant social policy challenges.

She and her colleagues knew that chromatin regulators — which control how genetic material gains access to a cell's transcriptional machinery — were key to treating the social deficits in ASD, but the challenge was to know how to affect key risk factors at once.

A communications expert in disaster readiness at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Daigle created last year's cheeky Zombie Apocalypse campaign, designed to teach the social media generation how to survive natural disasters and uncontained infectious outbreaks.

Co-author Professor Fabio Levi (MD), Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, (Switzerland), said: «Besides enforcing tobacco control — essentially by increasing taxation — national governments and EU policy makers must ensure that all EU citizens have access to the best screening, diagnosis and treatment, including those from central and eastern Europe where major delays are still observed and where cancer mortality rates tend to be higher as a result.»

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), babies with a birth weight of less than 5.5 pounds may be at risk of long - term health problems such as delayed motor skills, social growth, or learning disabilities.

A new study by researchers at Roche in Basel, Switzerland has identified a key brain region of the neural circuit that controls social behavior.

Last night, Hercules and Leo — along with seven younger males who were part of their social group at New Iberia — boarded what was essentially a long, climate - controlled horse trailer and began a 14 - hour, 1000 - kilometer journey from Louisiana to Georgia.

When people know they are being observed, parts of the brain associated with social awareness and reward invigorate a part of the brain that controls motor skills, improving their performance at skilled tasks.

In this set of studies, lead researcher Oliver Sheldon, a specialist in organizational behavior at Rutgers University, and co-author Ayelet Fishbach, a social psychologist at the University of Chicago, set out to understand the factors that influence self - control in ethical decision - making.

By studying the social forces that bind these ills together, «you can really push the boundaries of public health,» says Dale Stratford, a medical anthropologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study, a team led by Andrea King, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, analyzed the subjective response of 104 young adult heavy social drinkers to alcohol and tracked their long - term drinking habits.

Global patterns of adoption spreading are induced by local adoption cascades initiated by multiple spontaneous adopters arriving at a constant rate, amplified by a large number of adoptions induced by social influence, and controlled by individuals who are immune to the actual adoption.