Sentences with phrase «building efforts among»

The quandary facing some of the larger commercial lenders is how to support green building efforts among their clients and still fulfill their obligation to shareholders.

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This two - day activity - filled event includes a Day 1 hands - on workshop to continue the company's efforts in building and expanding end - user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how - tos to become early adopter and users of 3D printing and bio-printing technologies.

Among other signs of its resurgence, Crescent City has undergone a building boom — with luxury hotels and a billion - dollar state - of - the - art health center, and more sporadic rebuilding efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward.

We will no doubt see more efforts to build coalitions across the Christian world as a way of harnessing the religious populism of the non-denominational world and asserting common ground among Christians.

In many of these efforts we drew on convictions, loyalties and insights built up among the people of God over many generations.

Their quirky effort is part of a much broader movement among atheists who are exploring how to build communities that provide mutual assistance, outlets for wonder and delight, rituals to mark holidays, and organized volunteering.

Instead, Dinosaur Bar - B - Que has always relied on more grassroots efforts to build its customer base — good food and an atmosphere that spur word - of - mouth recommendations being chief among them.

As for our international efforts, as you may know, the U.S. is pleased to have put forth a resolution on the topic of food waste, to build awareness among environmental ministers and encourage action that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of dealing with uneaten food.

A core component of system - building and overall governance efforts has been to create a central point of coordination among the eleven tribal nations, state staff across multiple departments, and other cross-sector professionals.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Responding after receiving the report, Governor Ambode commended members of the Committee which included Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; Partner of SimmonsCooper, Mrs Victoria Alonge, among others, for the painstaking efforts put into the report, saying that their passion in ensuring that the State Government recovers its lands, buildings as well as disputed quarters were very much appreciated.

Among other highlights, the Proposed Budget creates twelve janitorial or custodial positions to augment efforts aimed at improving the cleanliness and health of county buildings; these positions previously existed in county government but were cut by the Collins administration.

Frustrations over the lack of diversity among the ranks of top Senate Democratic aides began seeping into public view after Hillary Clinton's stunning loss deprived the party's donors and lobbyists of a critical opening to build on the Obama administration's minority - hiring efforts.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz's efforts to improve security at the Rath County Office Building following the deadly terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif., in December have sparked debate among local lawmakers.

Among the accomplishments in its fiscal year 2014 - 15, the Buffalo Niagara Partnership formed a leadership council to assist the business startup group 43North, fostered an outreach to companies that may be interested in providing supplies to Solar City and its forthcoming massive manufacturing plant in Buffalo's RiverBend district, supported efforts to further grow business interest in RiverBend, supported the Buffalo Building Reuse Project and extended the Brownfield Cleanup Project.

Many of the buildings that would be affected — known as Housing Development Fund Corp., or HDFC, co-ops — were created in the 1980s and 1990s in an effort to boost homeownership among lower - income families, with people living in city - owned buildings able to buy apartments for $ 250 each.

A new battle could be brewing after City Council members responded strongly to DNAinfo New York's exclusive report Thursday that City Hall has identified possible locations on Staten Island and in College Point, among other neighborhoods, to build new jails in an effort to close Rikers Island.

Erin Cole, another Army veteran, built considerable support among the district's Democratic chairmen before ending her effort last month.

Mr. Cuomo's efforts to shape the race have been complicated by the unusual depth of the Democratic field, which features well - financed, well - credentialed candidates who have spent months building support among party regulars.

Similar efforts are taking place nationwide, such as a coalition of African - Americans and Latinos stopping a sewage treatment plant from being built in their Northern Manhattan neighborhood, and a multicultural group in Boston helping local communities fight, among other things, a diesel power plant slated to be built next to an elementary school.

Among them was physicist Freeman Dyson, whose son George recounts the rise and fall of the effort to build a bomb - powered spaceship in his new book, Project Orion.

The meeting celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of CienciaPR, highlighting the nonprofit's science communication work and its efforts in building a community among scientists on the island, and in the Puerto Rican community abroad.

The school runs a mentoring effort aimed at reducing the traditionally high attrition rate among undergraduate engineering students, and Sebald views the 22 % women and 13 % underrepresented minorities among the school's 2600 majors as evidence of progress that the CSEM program can build upon.

Other targets of the initiative have focused on instituting ways to build collaboration among academic, nonprofit and private sector efforts, including international groups and to increase federal funding, an effort that spurred Congress to pass in December 2016 the 21st Century Cures Act that authorized $ 1.8 billion for the National Cancer Institute.

But if you're completely honest to yourself, you might find out that the biggest reason for your fitness efforts is not enjoying the reputation of a tough guy among your peers or getting healthier — actually, you just want to build the ultimate good - looking body.

Both Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga build upon their efforts to humanize Ed and Lorraine for audiences who may have thought of them as frauds, and there are two particularly touching moments involving these two that stood out among the scares to continue to make us care about their marital and spiritual journeys.

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

Despite the Obama administration's continued efforts to build support for merit pay among teachers, the vast majority remains unconvinced.

I appreciate and value this effort of El Planeta to build connecting tissue among various stakeholders of the community.»

More than an effort to break the ice among colleagues who don't know each other well, these series of theatrical exercises are also lessons on building empathy.

Startup Weekend EDU: One organization that made a concerted effort this year to make sure educators were among those building new education apps and education startups is Startup Weekend.

These findings hold implications for designers of teacher - incentive or school - wide efforts to build shared norms and commitments among staff members.

Considerable effort and time is spent on building and sustaining positive, trusting relationships among ALL members of the school community.

We can help you learn how to effectively drive school improvement efforts, support and implement innovative teaching practices, and build commitment and ownership among teams.

Memphis Council PTA Vice President Helen Collins said she's ramping up efforts to build support for a stronger parent - trigger law among 53 schools in Memphis and Shelby County.

School Safety Plans Working together, schools and community partners can focus their emergency planning using time - tested national guidance, including efforts to build a positive school climate to establish relationships of trust and respect among students and staff in order to encourage them to share information about threatening behavior before an incident occurs.

Among these factors were building collaboration and trust by protecting time for teachers to work together and developing a team - oriented culture; making teaching public by opening classroom doors and engaging in frequent observation, feedback, and support; and persisting in improvement efforts by celebrating progress and overcoming inevitable setbacks.

Released in September 2013 and updated in September 2014, this brief describes the steps that states can take to reduce chronic absence including: building public awareness, tracking and publicly reporting chronic absence rates for schools and districts, using attendance as a metric in school improvement efforts, sharing best practices with educators and parents, and enabling interagency efforts among schools, public agencies and community groups.

Among the influential members of NAACP's 64 member board: Hazel Dukes, whose long (and often infamous) tenure as head of its Empire State affiliate included teaming up with the AFT's United Federation of Teachers in an unsuccessful effort to stop the Big Apple from renting space in half - empty traditional school buildings to charter schools.

Studies by Lee et al. (2008a, 2008b), which were part of a five year professional development effort called Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P - SELL), built on research in effective first - language science teaching and aimed at improving science and literacy achievement of English language learners in urban elementary schools.

The authors observed four shared strategies used by the groups in this process: 1) public conversations — open forums for deliberation among a range of stakeholders, leading to problem solving and commitments to action; 2) monitoring programs and policies — gathering and analysis of data to evaluate the effectiveness of improvement efforts; 3) participating in the public arena — building political will through get - out - the - vote campaigns and meetings with elected representatives; and 4) joint ownership and relational culture — developing «public» relationships that lead to collective action.

Their new report, Early Lessons in Building Trauma - Sensitive Schools: Creating School - Health - Community Partnerships to Improve the Lives of Children, describes the launch and early lessons of the Partnership for Resilience and its efforts to foster and build health and resilience among children and teenagers, initially focused on the southern suburbs of Chicago.

Robbins explains how to develop a collaborative, learning - focused culture and build trust among colleagues; offers strategies for participating in difficult conversations that yield useful feedback; clarifies how to develop, sustain, and evaluate peer coaching efforts; and showcases exemplary peer coaching practices used in real schools.

Our school leaders have been very dedicated in their efforts to prepare for this shift in their culture and build capacity among their staff to ensure they're successful,» said Hardy.

An annual professional development event exclusively for state chapter leaders, SLI aims to strengthen participants» leadership skills, enhance chapters» advocacy and communication efforts, and build connections among chapter heads from across the country.

They exude luxury inside, their build quality is stellar, and they have a comfortable ride that can be adjusted via Audi Drive Select, which allows the driver to choose among Dynamic, Comfort and Auto modes, or select an Individual setting that lets the driver tailor steering effort, transmission shift points and throttle response.

This partnership is a significant step in HUAWEI Device's efforts to build its brand among consumers across Europe, while celebrating the commercial availability in the region of its flagship smartphone, the HUAWEI Ascend P1.

The Chair Entertainment effort was built on a special version of the Unreal Engine, and even a few years on from its December 2010 release is among the best - looking iOS games out there.

A decades - long effort by benefactor Raymond D. Nasher and others resulted in the building of a new art museum worthy of Duke's superior rank among the nation's universities.

Building this political will requires a strategic effort among ocean lovers, ocean conservation groups, and elected officials.