Sentences with phrase «done as a public service»

We are not doing this as a public service.

If Peta spent their time and money doing this as a public service instead of demonizing responsible breeders, trying to pass unconstitutional laws and running around naked, they might get some respect.

Not exact matches

Critics of the proposed FCC rules, which had not been made public as of the writing of this story, fear they will still allow large companies to pay for more robust connections to consumers, as Netflix recently did in a deal with Internet Service Provider Comcast.

So when the initial public offering happens, does WeWork want investors to view it as a tech company, a real estate company, or a services company?

Marrying financial services with mindfulness has been something I've been itching to do for years, but it's only become feasible as the latter has gained some traction with the general public in recent years.

The court ruled in favor of Verizon, saying that the FCC did not have the authority to enforce its previous order, unless it reclassified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as common carriers, essentially public utilities.

We like to think of ambulances as doing a public service which they clearly do do, but they're also charging now.

He did praise Twitter as being an «irreplaceable» service that no company or product could replace as a substitute for the way it lets people quickly engage with the public without many barriers.

For example, federal loans can often be a better option for borrowing — even if you could get a lower interest rate on a private student loan — because federal loans have advantages private loans don't have, such as the opportunity to choose income - driven repayment plans or qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Not - for - profit organizations that are not tax - exempt under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that do not provide a qualifying public service as their primary function

I don't know about other industries but in the real estate space [I play a support role] traditional marketing methods are dying and / or cost prohibitive — print magazines, direct mail, fliers, door hangers etc — I can see why other forms of marketing would be imperative [especially when there is a brand and some form of uniqueness to the product or service] but it's been my experience that the public views real estate peeps as «all the same» and therefor will often choose the 1st one they come across when looking for homes — online.

The speech lists five key fundamentals that should stand Australia in good stead: a strong institutional framework (including the rule of law, respect for property rights, a well - functioning public administration, and a well - established regulatory system); our people, who are diverse, well educated, have a «can do» mentality and a demonstrated capability for adjusting to change; a large endowment of mineral resources; large tracts of agricultural land and an ability to produce high - quality clean food; and an established services industry with the potential for considerable expansion as average incomes in Asia rise.

And if arbitrators fail to do as they are told, the Public Service Staff Relations Board can force them to reconsider.

I support the NDP government's decision continue investing in public services and much - needed public infrastructure projects rather than slashing - and - burning, as the opposition conservative would do.

If you do qualify for loan forgiveness after making 20 or 25 years of payments, the IRS currently considers whatever amount is forgiven as taxable income (Public Service Loan Forgiveness granted to government employees and nonprofit workers after 10 years of payments is not taxed).

As it happens, enough people did sit down, examine their consciences and then stood right back up again: the public outcry eventually forced Steinberg's clinic to suspend the service.

As to taxes — you don't use public roads, public schools, public libraries; the police and fire services don't cover your home?

I passed a few public schools where they all had Christian church services under way as they do every Sunday.

In a recent interview with the Washington Post (part of their ominously titled «Voices of Power» series), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Archbishop Joseph Naumann's request that she not present herself for communion because of her public support for legalised abortion: «Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had.

It is possible that stations which did not accept payment for air - time for religious programs reflected a greater concern for public - service programming and therefore presented a wider representation of other programming such as network and local programs.

As others have pointed out though it would be easy for CM to name it and in the process do a public service to others to stop them taking it by accident.

When a player of Trottier's stature risks censure by going public on an issue as much in need of attention as NHL officiating, he is doing the game and its fans a service.

We do know that children benefit enormously from having a strong relationship with their fathers and that there is a need for us, as public sector services, to engage with fathers.

When men act so scandalous in such a public way, whether hiring a bunch of hookers as the Secret Service agents did or just one — at thousands a pop as former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer did — it makes guys look bad.

Yet by marketing the plan as a way to lower prices and give mothers a choice, it's pretending to do a public service.

Some moms exclusively pump (Note: I will never, ever disparage a mother's choice, but as my own public service announcement, I do encourage all moms who can to try to put the baby to the breast before deciding to exclusively pump.

«To the wider public who come into contact with it — as witnesses, defendants or jurors, but most crucially, as victims - this is a system that often does not deliver the level of service they expect, want or deserve,» he is expected to say later.

Public service providers must do more to treat the unemployed as individuals.

My assumption is that the mafia plays a decisive role in determining the destination of collected municipal waste in order to gain profit from illegal disposal, and that, by doing so, it behaves as a (bad) alternative provider of a public service.

«Progress Queens has done a public service by submitting a FOIL request to obtain Council Member Daniel Dromm's 2017 calendar; there are three problems with the calendar as I see it.

Questioning where the additional savings would come from, the committee asked the government to provide details of how and where the additional savings could be made, as well as setting out measures to ensure that public service delivery doesn't deteriorate.

Diana didn't seek re-election as county executive in 2013 because of health reasons, but says he's ready to get back into public service.

«He's done a great deal of good for this country not only through his military service, but as the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee he's done enormous amount of great public service for our state and I intend to attend.»

He needs to focus on bread and butter issues like jobs and mortgages and public services and, above all, to develop a clear route map to growth, and stop fixating on the agenda of a liberal clique around him and barmy policies such as Lords reform and gay marriage, which people either don't like or don't care about.

The public service has no influence on what comes to the State as FAAC, neither does the government.

Reflecting on her years in public service, including serving as chairwoman of the Albany County Democratic Committee starting in 2014 before she was ousted by Albany Councilman Jack Flynn last year, McLaughlin said she's proud of the work done.

«As the Paradise Papers revealed yet again, the Tories have created an economy in which the rich elite at the top do better than ever, while the rest of us have to live with our vital public services teetering on the brink.

Andrew Davies: As I said in reply to Mick Bates, in every part of Wales we are working to ensure that we have public services that are high - performing, efficient, ambitious and innovative, which put the citizen at the centre of all that they do, represent excellent value for money and work together well.»

«That is why we are trying to work with National Grid, New York Public Service Commission to come up with a model that would allow that transition to the LED lights and when you are doing that as not to miss the opportunity to put some of that other available technology on the light pole.»

«The danger is we use the obvious truth to ignore the fact that in many respects public services do indeed operate like business, and in doing so confuse the ethos of the public services with the vested interest of keeping things as they are,» he said.

But as the prime minister has made clear, the government, the police and the security services are doing everything possible to protect the public.»

His endorsement of socialist policies such as the public ownership of basic services and industries will have done little to endear him to Washington.

«It is government's role to provide the services that the private sector either can't or won't do, and I am proud to say that my administration has worked to strengthen public health though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Service.

An official internal inquiry into why the Lib Dems did so badly in this year's local elections has pointed the finger at advertising campaigns such as one which portrayed the politician as «Cleggzilla», trampling over public services.

Well another politician who stands by a minority (the wealthy) and not the majority (the working class) when over 72 % of the public agrees we should bring back the wealth tax so we don't have to lay off Goverment employees and cut back on services such as education fire fighters law enforcement then we are not living in a Democracy.

He insists being a member of parliament should be viewed as a «full time professional job», a «sabbatical position» where you take time out of your life to do some public service.

And when we're done with these cuts, spending on public services will actually still be at the same level as it was in 2006.

Saying to the people who work in our public services - set up as a co-operative, be your own boss, do things your way.

Mr. Ruland has run a low - key campaign, focusing on his record of public service, a great deal of which he has done without compensation as a school board member.

I say this as someone who believes the vast majority of MPs work extremely hard for very little pay - off, but George Galloway is by no means alone in taking leave from his constituency, and he may have had a genuine public - service motive in doing so.