Sentences with phrase «by public foundation»

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ARI is a national, not - for - profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education by commissioning, conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data, research and policy analysis on economics, political science, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and international affairs and other socio - economic issues of importance to Canada and its world.

Start - Up Chile (SUP) is a public startup accelerator created by the Chilean Government for high - potential entrepreneurs to bootstrap their startups and use Chile as a foundation.

Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense - paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2 - year period, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation.

And little by little we've seen Democratic politicians, one after another, begin to proffer moral and religious foundations for their particular public policies.

Although bearing the same gay stigma in the public mind as does the disease, these groups typically are broadly based, receive public as well as private foundation funds, and seek to serve without discrimination all who are affected by AIDS.

Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the consti.tution, and working its change by construction, before any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busily employed in consuming its substance.

By the time this issue reaches you, we will have produced the first annual report for the Institute on Religion and Public Life, the nonprofit foundation that publishes First Things and firstthings.com as well as running a variety of programs.

For instance, a hypothetical public high school teacher who advanced New Age ideas and attitudes under a neutral or secular wrapping would be far less vulnerable to legal challenge than would be a teacher who spoke of God by name or who expounded on the biblical foundations of Western thought.

Non-Christian nations tend to have a rough time establishing democracy, because they have no foundation of teaching self sacrifice and unselfish service and other moral values and a public servant in a democracy must not be motivated by greed.

This negative reaction to black conservatives by most blacks partly explains the reluctance of the new black conservatives to engage in public debates in the black community, and their contrasting eagerness to do so in the mass media, where a few go so far as to portray themselves as courageous, embattled critics of a black liberal establishment — while their salaries, honorariums and travel expenses are paid by well - endowed conservative foundations and corporations.

Otherwise competent journalistic reports on research findings about male homosexuality, such as Peter and Barbara Wyden's Growing Up Straight (Stein & Day, 1968), confound the picture for the public by appealing to the fears of middle - class parents; further, they profess (without foundation) to show that parents can educate their children away from the possibility of becoming homosexual.

They show in the halt which was put to the water privatisation project in Montreal by the water co-ordination and in the foundation of a city of 30,000 inhabitants in the surroundings of Lima (Villa San Salvador), inspired by the principles of full employment, housing for all and a priority for public transport.

Also appearing in the most recent PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL SCIENCE is a most relevant and insightful article by one of our country's most distinguished public intellectuals, Irving Louis Horowitz: «Legalism as an Executive Ideology: Foundations of Barack Obama's Leadership....

This «Fairness Doctrine» has become the foundation of free speech on radio and television, and it has prevented many of the more blatant attempts by some broadcasters to use the public airwaves as nothing more than a sounding board for their own special views and interests.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

The Partnership at Drugfree.org mission to help parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children depends on donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and the public sector.

This wasn't an overnight development; according to data compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, the percentage of American public school students who are low income has been rising steadily since the foundation started tracking the number in 1989.

By addressing the whole child - head, heart and hands - Foundations Public Schools will inspire students to reach their highest potential - academically, socially and artistically - while becoming lifelong learners and compassionate, contributing human beings.

Among the 11 school districts petitioned by the Thomas Jefferson Charter School foundation board that will hold public hearings are Des Plaines Elementary District 62, Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25, Prospect Heights Elementary School District 23 and Schaumburg Elementary School District 54.

In the first lecture, Thompson began by evaluating the claim that Plato had now won the argument and that the misinformed public dialogue of contemporary western nations was beginning to threaten their democratic foundations.

The foundation aid increase backed by the Assembly stands at $ 1.2 billion, a figure backed by public education advocates who say the state is not spending enough on poor and high - needs school districts.

@JamesK Donations would sometimes be made directly to a public school or more often to a 501 (c)(3) foundation that supports a public school often managed by a local Parent - Teacher Association.

Corruption attacks the foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes, perverting the rule of law, causing human rights abuses and creating bureaucratic quagmires leading to public sector corruption which in turn drives private sector corruption.

A local nonprofit legal foundation is ready to begin issuing unofficial City of Kingston identification cards that supporters hope will boost public safety by encouraging undocumented immigrants and others at society's margins to come forward and report crimes.

Works from internationally acclaimed artists Joan Miro, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell and Buffalo native Charles Clough are part of a spectacular collection of modern and contemporary art donated to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library by the foundation of former Library Director Donald H. Cloudsley (1925 — 2012).

Cuomo has long pushed back against calls from public education advocates to increase annual school foundation aid in the budget by more than $ 1 billion.

«They're the investments of a foundation that has been created by my parents that has given over $ 30 million away to CCNY, to the Museum of Natural History to teach evolution, to the public theater,» he said.

The budget will increase spending for K - 12 public schools by $ 1.1 billion in the coming fiscal year, Cuomo said, and routes $ 700 million through the foundation aid formula.

That is of course true inasmuch as New Labour converted NHS trusts into independent businesses (foundation trusts), introduced ISTCs (private treatment centres paid by public funds irrespective of the number of patients treated), gave NHS work to private hospitals and clinics and encouraged NHS patients to choose them, and developed HMO - style commissioning as in the US.

I raised some of the money I needed by applying for scholarships from three public foundations.

By supporting the publication of the series, the foundation aims to encourage public understanding of science.

It is supported by a unique public - private partnership, in which Spanish companies, foundations, and banks invest capital into a separate organization, the Pro CNIC Foundation.

«These documents are breathtaking, and they reveal what many of us have long suspected: That there is a campaign afoot by groups directly funded by the fossil fuel industry and right - wing foundations such as Koch Industries to mislead the public about climate change,» Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann wrote in an email to LiveScience.

Once fully operational, the CRG — a nonprofit foundation formed by the Department of Universities and Research (DURSI), the Department of Health of the Catalan government, and the 4 - year - old Faculty of Human Biology of the public University Pompeu Fabra (UPF)-- will employ about 220 scientists.

The foundation holds 99.4 percent of all the coins that will ever exist — the rest will be mined by the public — and they are now giving them out to anyone who can prove they have added solar electricity to the grid.

Inspired by the challenges facing their grandson, who suffers from autism, they launched the foundation in February 2005 to help find a cure by raising funds to facilitate and quicken the pace of research, to raise public awareness of autism and to give hope to all those who suffer from this disorder.

«Few may have noticed that after Hurricane Harvey, her foundation and the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries provided a combined $ 2 million for resources, supplies and books at schools and public libraries disrupted by the storm disaster.

Out of 47 trials reporting funding source, five were funded by pharmaceutical companies and 42 were funded mainly by public or governmental organisations or independent scientific foundations.

This collaborative funding initiative, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, honors Martin Delaney (1945 - 2009), who was the Founding Director and public voice of Project Inform, one of the nation's oldest and best - known non-profit foundations working in AIDS.

Founded by Belgian polar explorer Alain Hubert, Prof. Hugo Decleir and Prof. André Berger in 2002, the Brussels - based International Polar Foundation provides a novel interface between science and society, and was recognised by Belgian Royal Statute as a foundation for the public good in 2002.

Observatories and other advanced research facilities are mostly supported by public resources, large international consortia and private foundations.

The mission of the foundation is to improve healthcare by integrating advances in nutritional, environmental, and behavioral science into clinical practice, professional training, and public education with an aim to empower consumers and healthcare professionals in the use of integrated medicine for the effective prevention and treatment of illness, and to achieve well - being and longevity.

As in his other new book «Waterlogged,» which I recently reviewed, Noakes calls some of the foundations of physiology misguided and even refers to the cover - ups by individuals, companies and governments, as scams that deceive the public.

A staunch non-smoker, Hagman acted as the chairperson of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout for nine years, and following his 1995 surgery, he became the National Spokesperson for the 1996 U.S. Transplant Games sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and was recognized by the foundation for his role in increasing public awareness in regards to organ donation.

When the film got its public debut at Austin's South by Southwest Film Festival, people went bananas (reports claiming that the Paramount Theater levitated off its foundation are probably exaggerated, but not by much).

If no, then will you bring to an end private contributions — like those made by the Fund for Public Schools and the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller foundations — to the school district of New York City?

Second, though states have shouldered some responsibility for financing public education, usually by decreeing a minimum or «foundation» level of per - pupil spending, sizable portions of education revenue are locally generated through property taxes, bond levies, and such.

With a goal to have all students reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade, Arizona's Literacy Director Terri Clark seized the opportunity to utilize the 16 memos, sharing them with partners as well as the communities that signed on to work with Read On Arizona — a public - private partnership that includes the Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Head Start Collaboration Office, First Things First, and other state - based foundations.

Disappointed in the school work brought home by her foster kids attending public school, the now Minnesota congresswoman decided to get involved because the school system didn't have an «academic foundation,» according to Bloomberg News.

This shift has been stimulated by a combination of influences, including greater demand by families at all economic levels, increased public understanding of the importance of early learning, greater support for investment in programs for low income children as a matter of equity, and growing concern about the threat of economic globalization and the need to enhance the nation's human capital by building a strong foundation early in life