The disappointment resulted in fusion reaction experiments losing priority as focus on
the best use of public funds shifted.
Not exact matches
As vice president and comptroller, Fisk
used corporate
funds to corrupt
public officials, produce Broadway shows, and support Broadway beauties, especially the
well - known Josie Mansfield, to such an extent that he was also called «The Prince
of the Erie.»
While my efforts to persuade the Board
of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to
use their power to make sure that the programs
using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to
use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion
of the «power
of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role
of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one
of the
best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety
of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising
public oversight over the
use of taxpayer -
funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes
of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.
The paediatricians say that although the college has «progressively distanced» itself from such sponsorship, they warn that receiving any form
of funding from manufacturers «will distort
public and professional perceptions
of the college stance on breast feeding as
well as their advice on the appropriate clinical
use of breast milk substitutes.
In this type
of marketing, a company such as Nestle
uses its marketing budget to
fund a
good cause, thus linking its
public image with that
of a charity or non-profit group.
Some barriers include the negative attitudes
of women and their partners and family members, as
well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been
used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's
Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative),
public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits
of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration
of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.
The conference plans to back measures that would strip
public employees convicted on corruption charges
of their pensions, as
well as new regulations for the
use of campaign
funds.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's accusation this morning that school districts and their allies are playing politics with kids by
using the threat
of teacher layoffs to try to scare lawmakers — and the
public — into opposing the governor's education
funding cuts hasn't stopped them from doing...
well... just that.
DiNapoli's proposal would require state -
funded public authority projects to be «scored and ranked
using measurable and objective criteria,» he said, as
well as greater disclosure
of those authorities» activities.
He also defended his decision not to reveal the source
of money as
well as the idea
of using private money to
fund a
public service, arguing that without it, students would have lost out.
The restrictions on all personal
use of campaign
funds as
well as the full disclosure
of legislators» outside incomes and
public financing
of all state campaigns by 2018 would be major achievements if passed.
He also said Flaherty is
using the power
of incumbency, as
well as
public funds, to create a career for himself.
A new Survation poll for Labour List
of 1,037 people shows that 72 %
of the
public are in favour
of the policy to
fund the NHS to the tune
of # 2.5 bn extra a year, partially
using taxes against tobacco companies and mansions as
well as closing loopholes.
As a federal prosecutor representing Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, and as Acting Deputy Chief
of the
Public Integrity Section, Todd took down corrupt elected officials who
used taxpayer dollars to
fund lavish lifestyles, as
well as drug kingpins and other major felons.
The charters have been
used for tax breaks by hedge -
fund operators; worse yet, he continued, is that they're siphoning away children in poorer neighborhoods whose parents are aware enough to seek something
better for them than their local schools, in what he called «a cannibalization
of our
public - school system... We need to fully
fund our schools.»
THAT NYSUT establish a task force which shall include member - participants in each
of the
public retirement systems, including the retirement plan trustees, if applicable, to discuss possible methods, including legislation, to harness and
use public pension plan resources to improve poor labor practices and to provide workers the right to organize and bargain collectively in enterprises controlled by private equity
funds, as
well as other corporate interests; and
«There is probably no clearer example
of how Mike Bloomberg
uses his immense private wealth for
public power in a fashion that is unprecedented not only at the city level but at the state and national levels, as well,» Douglas A. Muzzio, a professor at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, said, referring to the Doe
public power in a fashion that is unprecedented not only at the city level but at the state and national levels, as
well,» Douglas A. Muzzio, a professor at the School
of Public Affairs at Baruch College, said, referring to the Doe
Public Affairs at Baruch College, said, referring to the Doe
Fund.
For example, I have voted to improve fuel efficiency standards for vehicles, to provide communities with
funding to expand
public transportation, to provide tax credits to expand the
use of wind and solar technologies, as
well as expanding access to grants and tax credits for homeowners to weatherize their homes and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.
What ideal combination
of outcome and process measures should we
use to ensure that students have a great virtual learning experience and
public funds are
well spent?
But Wisconsin state senator Russ Decker, a leading opponent
of vouchers, has argued that the program gives money to children who would attend private schools anyway and declared, «You've got a lot
of additional money going into the choice program that we could
better use funding public education statewide.»
If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality
of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities
of meaningful influence over school curricula; centralize a great deal
of power in the hands
of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and
use of large amounts
of personal data on students without the consent
of parents; usher in an era
of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums
of public funding that could be spent to
better effect on other aspects
of education.»
One chapter, by Ludger Woessmann (coauthor
of «School Choice International,» research, page 54)
uses international data to show that systems that make greater
use of public - private partnerships (ideally combining
public funding with private operation) perform
better than systems that do not.
Reviewing the practices
of other industrialized countries as
well as U.S. case law, Glenn concludes that third - party payments (or vouchers) to individuals seeking treatment or services is the
best way
of using public funds to provide services while preserving the essential character
of religiously affiliated service providers.
The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up
of the
best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost
public facilities for charter schools through its own
funds and by leveraging existing
public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable
funding systems for all
public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater
uses of learning technology.
Proposed legislation, which initially prohibited for - profit education organizations, now would require that such entities make available to the
public information on their profitability as
well as their
use of voucher
funds.
Obviously that is eight too many for WTU, which is suing over the
use of state
funding for the schools, as
well as their «lack
of public accountability.»
The second issue, her advocacy
of vouchers
funded through the
use of public tax dollars, may
well cloud her desired support
of public schools.
As Bridgeport Superintendent
of Schools Vallas rolled out his plans for a revamped Bridgeport education system, he included the creation
of a «
Good Schools Bridgeport Foundation» which will «support the school district by securing
public and private
funding that... and to
use that
funding to help the district expand high quality school options.»
The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept
public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately
used in charter schools as
well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern
of fraud
of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization
of education, opposed diversion
of funding from
public schools, called for full
funding for quality
public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.
The example was
used to show how irrational some clients can be; even when your returns are in the top 1 %
of all investment managers out there, some people can still find something to complain about (as an aside, that is why the truly successful mutual
fund managers quickly exit the
public domain once they have made «enough», and then they tend to go super private by either managing their own money or investing privately on behalf
of some particular clients that they know to be rational — when you're worth tens and tens
of millions
of dollars, you don't need to deal with people that don't truly believe that
good value investing often means underperforming the S&P 500 at least one out
of every three years).
Instead
of handing over 50 billion dollars to an industry that can not be sustained at its peak level,
public funds can be
better used to
fund rails, buses, and bicycle pedestrian projects that have already been engineered, already been proven, and are just waiting for
funding.
Another window
of financing HELE could also look into the possibility
of using public fund such as clean environmental
fund to be utilized for clean environmental facilities such as HELE as
well.
Second, I would
use these two parallel lines
of development to ask the question: is it possible that, regardless
of the
best intentions on all parts, the intersection
of science,
funding, politicians, media and
public policy is doomed to create bad science (in terms
of oversimplification and suppression
of uncertainty), questionable
public policy and, in the internet age, bitter acrimony amongst those who should be colleagues?
But Amdur found that the
best way to gain
public support for a carbon tax — and the only way to persuade a majority
of Republicans — was to
use the revenue to
fund research into renewable energy.
Many places refuse to turn over climate data,
BEST adjusted and cherry picked much
of the data they
used, Coastal areas appear to be heavily effected by coastal winds that are likely very very poorly documented, Non-coastal wind effected areas seem to have little to no warming, «Free» / online unadjusted data appears to be mostly at or near satellite data start thus provides little extra info about the past, Looking for help from anyone who has Europe based original data outside
of the «taxpayer
funded yet refuse to turn over data to the
public / taxpayer groups».
Coupled with
public education and interstate planning, these corridors are a
good use of these
funds to decarbonize transportation, the author argues.
We were pleased to cooperate with Scenic Hudson and Equity Trust and the other
funding partners to protect the farm, resulting not only in the conservation
of prime agricultural land but also in the permanent protection
of lands adjacent to
well -
used and highly valued
public recreation areas.
Our report estimates the total cost over the next decade for achieving these targets, and then offers recommendations on how
best to
use public funds that may become available in the creation
of a global climate
fund to leverage the private capital needed to meet these goals.
Polluter -
funded members
of Congress have tried to pass bills instituting this restriction for years, despite the fact that it would violate the EPA's obligation to
use the
best available science to protect
public health.
The recent Heritage Lottery
Fund's 2016 State
of UK
Public Parks report backs this up, demonstrating that parks are
used regularly by over 37 million people each year, and
good quality parks are helping to tackle many
of society's greatest challenges, from childhood obesity to a changing climate.
A subscription was
used during the early modern period as a term that covered the raising
of funds for armies, hospitals, schools, and other
public goods (which were later supported through the collection
of taxes and that were judged
better supported by
public than private means).
In Vermont, the
funding will be
used to develop services specifically for seniors at the statewide legal hotline, Vermont Law Help, as
well as to provide legal training, to do outreach, and to build and strengthen partnerships throughout the state with the court system, Adult Protective Services, the Office
of Public Guardian, the Area Agencies on Aging, and others.»
She stated her hope that litigation
funding could be further
used for
public interest cases, citing Woodsford's support of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Australia as a good example of what is pos
public interest cases, citing Woodsford's support
of the
Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Australia as a good example of what is pos
Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Australia as a
good example
of what is possible.
While the law allows for universities to patent and license out federally
funded inventions, we would hope universities take
better care in ensuring that their deals align with the interest
of the
public whose
funds they are
using.
They have taken the
best of brain research and coupled it with innovative ways to
use public - private
funding to help develop programs and
best practices that are producing outstanding outcomes.
Some have built on this line
of reasoning by suggesting that oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage
of contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude Planned Parenthood from
public programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that
funding for the Title X national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be
better used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3
The Golden State recently passed legislation authorizing the sale
of $ 2.7 billion in bonds that will be
used to
fund the fastest train in the nation as
well as the largest
public infrastructure project.
The company has published seven editions
of the Kitchener Waterloo Street Map and Service Guide to help
fund the Fire Safety Houses and accompanying van, as
well as two training vehicles
used by fire safety officers to carry equipment to and from their
public education and awareness events.