Sentences with phrase «by meeting the public»

1) For a profession whose raison d'être is to provide access to justice by meeting the public's legal needs, the fact that the status quo has left and continues to leave significant legal needs unmet in Ontario is another (perhaps the most important) driver of the need for change;

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According to filings made by Mercury Public Affairs, a political strategy group contracted by Manafort, the former chancellor had met with several members of Congress in 2013 to lobby for Ukraine.

«One's inclination is to answer by painting a benign picture so as not to cause unnecessary public concern,» he said during one March meeting.

John McCarrick, the deputy assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources, said his staff helped pave the way for some of the energy supply agreements by meeting with private and public officials in Europe and Asia to promote the strategic value of U.S. energy.

«It has the power to influence public debate, mobilize communities, and — most importantly — offer creative solutions to help people receive better care, no matter where they live or who they are,» write Richards and Karp, who believe that the tech industry owes its success to both of its employees as well as the communities it serves, whose health needs are often partially met by Planned Parenthood itself.

The CEOs of the three most valuable public American companies by market cap — Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Microsoft — were included in the meeting with Trump, but they weren't the leaders whom he kept by his side.

«In December 2013, the Joint Review Panel found that construction and operation of the Northern Gateway Pipelines project is in the public interest, subject to 209 conditions being met by the proponent.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

New guidelines approved in May by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board will make it less costly for companies to meet the regulatory demands required by SOX.

The partners had the help of leaks from staffers inside the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the entity created by Congress more than a decade ago to make sure auditors are doing work that meets regulatory standards.

The panel will hold its first public meeting on Thursday at the Commerce Department, joined by Obama's counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the White House said in a blog post.

Led by executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Google's chief legal officer David Drummond, the committee recently released a 44 - page report following public meetings held in seven European cities this fall, laying out the criteria and procedure for removing the results.

More formal meeting rooms are inspired by Sydney's iconic public spaces, from Bondi Beach to the Botanic Gardens.

Stress, as defined by the Jobs Rated methodology, is determined by 11 factors: travel, deadlines, working in the public eye, competitiveness, physical demands, environmental conditions, hazards encountered, the life of oneself or others at risk, meeting and interacting with customers and / or the public, and the potential for job growth.

The Audit Committee has met with the internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplempublic accounting firm, separately and together, with and without management present, to discuss IBM's financial reporting process and internal accounting controls in addition to other matters required to be discussed by the statement on Auditing Standards No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplemPublic Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), as may be modified or supplemented.

20.02.18... The Estonian state needs to understand the necessity of a state reform that would cut the number of officials exercising public authority by half, prominent lawyer and former Minister of Justice Jüri Raidla said in a speech at a meeting dedicated to the centennial of the Republic of Estonia on Monday.

July 7, 2013 — San Diego, CA Council of Great City Schools Public Relations Executives Meeting sponsored by Schoolwires

CEO Levy, who had been scheduled to meet with investors yesterday and give a speech at a media conference organized by JPMorgan Chase & Co. in London, spoke instead via videoconference from a remote location, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who asked not to be identified because the event wasn't public.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

If you return your signed proxy card or vote by proxy over the Internet but do not mark the boxes showing how you wish to vote, your shares will be voted FOR the election of the director nominees named in this proxy statement, FOR the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm, FOR the amendment of the 2004 Plan, and in the discretion of the proxy holders for any other matter that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

We also may be required to disclose an individual's personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

The interest rate margins will be reduced by 0.50 % should we complete a qualified initial public offering and meet certain leverage criteria.

As long as PS Fund (along with any of its Related Persons) does not otherwise engage in (or has not otherwise engaged in) conduct that would otherwise result in its becoming an Acquiring Person by becoming the Beneficial Owner of 10 % or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, PS Fund's solicitation and receipt of one or more revocable proxies from the Company's stockholders to be counted toward the number of shares of the outstanding Common Stock needed to cause a special meeting of stockholders to be called pursuant to and in accordance with the Bylaws, which proxies are given to PS Fund in response to a public solicitation of proxies made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14 (a) of the Exchnage Act by means of a solicitation statement filed with the Commission on Schedule 15A, should not, of itself, cause PS Fund to become an Acquiring Person.

Instead of forcing a reluctant public to spend on the premise of substitution effect, a more normal rates regime would likely be effective to induce higher investment by aligning policy with the public's interest to meet future obligations.

For example, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification began over 50 years ago in response to increased interest by the public in investing, and a growing recognition that advisors should have the expertise that met the need for sound financial advice.

Interviewed by Gord Bowes of Hamilton Community News for a story relating to Hamilton public school board's practice of holding «caucus» meetings prior to going into public sessions, November 24, 2011.

Interviewed by Jeff Green of The Hamilton Spectator News for a story relating to Hamilton public school board's practice of selecting the chair and vice-chair and «shadow» meetings, December 1, 2011.

It can only be met by a robustly evangelical Catholicism that proposes the gospel in a compelling and courageous way, and that insists that public authorities permit the Church the free space to be itself, make its gospel proposal, and offer the service of charity to others.

Since what I hear over an amplified PA system (kind of hard to «ignore» 70 db invocations in a mid size room, tbh) are things in the prayer I passionately disagree with, yet barred by prayer protocol to challenge the assertions of the prayperson (which such challenges to ideas are encouraged at public meetings) it sets up a «I'm not going to get anything accomplished unless I pretend I am one of them.»

I am offended by many things my gov» t does, I can get offended by what people say in public meetings, some of the stuff I have seen in public meetings bores me, makes me wish I wasn't there, but at the end of the day... I am fine and I move on.

Certainly, Pope Leo XIII's great encyclical, Rerum novarum, was pretty clear, at one point arguing that the government should come to the aid of families only as a last resort: «True, if a family finds itself in exceeding distress, utterly deprived of the counsel of friends, and without any prospect of extricating itself, it is right that extreme necessity be met by public aid...».

For when in summer the peasant's horse stands in the meadow and throws up his head or shakes it, surely no one can know with certainty what that means; or when two of them who throughout their lives have walked side by side pulling in the same yoke are turned out at night, when they approach one another as if in intimacy, when they almost caress each other by movements of the head; or when the free horses neigh to one another so that the woods echo, when they are gathered on the plains in a big herd as if at a public meeting — assume then that they really could make themselves understood to one another.

Former rebels are also expected to attend but the Vatican and Colombian organisers have given no indication that the FARC leadership will come, or even meet Francis during his visit, reflecting the freshness of the conflict's wounds and sensitivities stirred by any public appearance of still - despised former guerrillas.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients, by creating new care settings or improving existing ones, by seeking changes in methods of paying for appropriate care, by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net), by providing adequate relief of pain, by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying, by keeping company with those who are lonely, and by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.

In a thousand cases across America, in incidents as far - ranging as Boy Scout meetings, public prayers on the Fourth of July, and the display of religious symbols on public buildings, Americans are losing the same privileges by whispering rather than giving voice to their protests.

We shared public spaces with other residents of our community by using the sidewalk and by meeting in a coffee shop.

Washington (CNN)- A dispute over public prayers at town board meetings will be taken up by the Supreme Court in coming months, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the public arena.

This exchange was carried on in numerous meetings, large and small, formally sponsored by Religion and Public Life as well as over informal lunches and dinners and drinks» a conversation among socially and politically and religiously passionate scholars and clergymen and even, sometimes, among the staff during the meetings at which we decided on the contents of the next issue of the magazine.

I then attended a gathering hastily convened by the local member of parliament - taking place in a room above a local supermarket — followed by a much larger public meeting with the police later in the day.

It requires considerable time, money and expertise, but a station takes nothing more seriously than a carefully crafted petition to the FCC, and sometimes the mere threat by those in positions of moral authority are sufficient to get stations to meet their public service obligation more effectively.

When I spoke at Wheaton College during a public conversation on Christian and Muslim perspectives on religious diversity, I was impressed again and again by the students who stood up during the Q&A session and shared experiences they'd had meeting deeply religious peers of other traditions.

It's a little too late for praying, it's Mrs.Clinton's call to be @ the helm; now, with her hubby Mr.Clinton as VP; and one of you out of all of you, need to tell Romney he's committed fraud, for leaving the Post of so - called gov.that theirs a 2 yr.interval that must be met; the same fo Obama; whom is worst off then Bush Jr.then for none of you to have no Allegiance to be nothing but commander of thieves, since April 4th, 1968 to presently; in the killing of Dr.King Jr.must still go under Oath to all you perjurers; that mustn't go unpunished to the array of charges I have stored up against each of yo on every job, on every public premise; that Obama didn't praywhen he lied to GOD ALMIGHTY in perjury; to have left the seat of sen.to jump to the office; knowing he hadn't a clue what to do; so he got Joe, which is Cheney all over; whom should of been out of public; and he knows that and all the fugitives, even in the Italian led court in DC; that will have to answer to what is -LCB- H.R. 7152 -RCB-; and why they let Olsen for Bush Jr.waste the American's People's time, not to mention all the lives that's been lost; for the tyrannies since 1968 to presently has cost; Vote I, Edward Baltimore; to confirm I; Governor of DC; as of 2/16/12; cause DC; has been a State, already; and all you slaves from State to State; need to snap out of your peonage which is prohibited by Federal Laws; on anybody!!!!!!!

A public meeting is being held by the Church of England to find a replacement for the Rt Rev Michael... More

A public meeting is being held by the Church of England to find a replacement for Rt Revd Michael Perham.

As the legal specialist at the Indianapolis meeting remarked, religion can not be taken out of public education simply by court rulings; it will disappear from the schools only if it ceases to live in the «thoughts and hearts of citizens.»

As Lewis sardonically notes, «The poet did not foresee that his work would one day meet the disarming simplicity of critics who take for gospel things said by the father of falsehood in public speeches to his troops.»

grate cookie recipe - served them to a public meeting for the Historical Society - loved by all ages!

The CGSB Technical Committee on Organic Agriculture will meet September 27 2016 in order to analyze the proposed modifications taking into account comments issued by the stakeholders and the public.

In a statement by the Environment Ministers after the meeting of 29 April 2014, it was agreed that the DRIS would be made public after time for jurisdictions to assess the report.