Sentences with phrase «exists as a support system»

Sister Weisenbeck is an officer and past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a canonically approved membership organization which exists as a support system and corporate voice for leaders of religious institutes of Catholic Sisters in the United States.

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The software industry is in the middle of a multiyear cyclical transition as organizations are focusing investment on technologies to support existing system structure, in order to maintain competitiveness, while still taking advantage of cloud / subscription - based pricing where it makes sense to grow and advance the business.

Systems of belief and their supporting arguments are not taken at face value, but instead analysed as rationalisations for oppression and existing power structures, or as manifestations of psychological impulses.

The purpose of the necklace is to provide strength and encouragement to the new mother and act as a reminder of her existing support system.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

The Sussex Against Privatisation Campaign originally sought support from the existing union branches on campus — Unite, Unison and UCU — but were rebuffed by what they see as a conservative leadership presiding over an ossified system.

Attendees can choose from an impressive variety of workshops that range from hands - on cooking demonstrations, learning how to compost food scraps to reduce landfill waste, conversations about getting healthier foods at bodegas and neighborhood stores, and learning about food - coops and community supported agriculture as alternatives to existing food systems.

Whereas Pluto's putative ocean could in principle support life, it is probably locked beneath perhaps 200 kilometers of ice and very far from Earth, making it a much less appealing target for astrobiological studies than other, closer subsurface oceans known to exist in the solar system, such as those within the icy moons circling Jupiter and Saturn.

If life exists on Titan, surely it has to be about as otherworldly as any our solar system could support?

The terrible state of academic careers resulted not from sequestration but from the fundamental structure of a funding system that has long used graduate students and postdocs as cheap labor for grant - supported research, and as a consequence has produced too many Ph.D. researchers for the existing career opportunities.

The planet should be rocky — life as we know it can not exist on a gas giant, for example — it needs an atmosphere capable of supporting life and it should be in the habitable zone of the solar system.

Each ingredient and process that contributes to her product is carefully curated to support the body's existing systems as they protect, grow, and heal.

Moving to the communication tools, as I have previously mentioned sending letters and messages, it is also important to say that all these tools are working on any mobile device you would prefer for online communication with your future bride — different smartphones supporting all the operating systems that exist nowadays, PC tablets, as well as the desktops and laptops.

And I know that there are * cough * hacks * cough * that allow playing snes games on 3ds's that exist already so the console «can» support them, just for whatever reason Nintendo has chosen not to allow it themselves thus far, usually going the route of porting to the system as a rerelease, as done with just about all the FF titles and Chrono Trigger.

Is she just a pint - size version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, the kind of cute female character, best epitomized by Zooey Deschanel, who exists as nothing more than an emotional delivery system — whether of support or rejection — for male characters?

Public schools as we know them today didn't exist at the time, and the historical record makes clear that most of the founders would not have supported a government - owned and government - run school system.

«However, there's often a more critical driver, such as their existing systems aren't working well enough, technology is too slow or failing during lessons, infrastructure isn't supporting new apps and software, the cost of in - house IT support is too high or they've had a change of senior leadership who has brought in new ideas.»

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

These schools might already have support systems in place to help recent immigrants from Haiti such as Haitian Creole speaking counselors, and hence might be more prepared to accommodate an influx of Haitian refugees, minimizing the adverse effects on existing students.

Such support systems might not exist in other contexts (such as the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe) and hence the negative externalities of refugees on incumbent students might be more severe.

While tiered supports exist in both systems, students who are identified as having disabilities under IDEA are entitled to specialized instructional and supports that are often beyond the scope and intensity of an RtI program.

We conclude (as have numerous scholars) that the existing evidence can not be fairly read to support an educator evaluation system such as New York's.

PURE exists to support and assure a high quality public education for all children by informing parents about education issues and parents» rights, bringing parents into the decision making process, empowering parents in their role as advocates for their children, and assisting them in their interactions within the school system.

As we know, neither good leaders nor accomplished teachers exist in a vacuum — educators in a school system support and influence each other in countless ways.

He wrote that no evidence exists supporting the idea that paying experienced teachers or those with master's degrees more money leads to better teaching; he compared the evaluation system that currently rates 98 percent of all Connecticut teachers as proficient or exemplary to «cotton candy in a rainstorm.»

Future installments of our extended interview with Carolyn will tackle the tough question of how one advocates for more schools in a system with arguably too many already, how to improve existing schools while also supporting new programs, and what all this means for the future of the School Design Lab as it iterates and evolves with the changing landscape of Oakland.

Yet, as Connecticut's economy continues to lag, rather than invest in more vocational and technical programs, or at least provide the funds needed to maintain the level of services at the state's existing schools, the budget that the Democrats are being instructed to support includes a record - breaking budget cut to the Vo - Tech high school system.

Unlike Ford, which expanded existing software to enable Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, it's unlikely that FCA will offer a retrofit process for existing vehicles, as only the Uconnect system supports these features.

This includes lane - keep assist, driver attention alert, an electronic parking brake and adaptive LED headlights to complement existing systems such as Smart City Brake Support and Pre-Collision Throttle Control — which has been further developed to detect vehicles travelling behind, as well as in front — blind - spot monitoring and a rear cross-traffic alert function.

For over 25 years, John and I lovingly cared for and helped his three sisters through the disease process, without a support system, as neither a support group nor HDSA Center of Excellence existed in the late 1980's and 1990's in the Sacramento area.

As it currently stands in Ireland, a government - supported student loan system does not exist.

Her adoption center does not take owner surrenders or strays but instead functions as a support system for existing shelters that struggle with overpopulation.

In the context of an official statement as interested party the European Games Developer Federation has given insights as to why they believe that the introduction of a support system similar to what already exists in Canada or France is culturally and economically necessary.

Humanity, as it exists now, is HIGHLY dependent on a very interlinked and fragile support system.

Enhanced resilience to future periods of drought stress may also be supported by improvements in existing rain - fed farming systems (Rockström, 2003), such as water - harvesting systems to supplement irrigation practices in semi-arid farming systems («more crop per drop» strategies, see Table 9.2).

As part of the sponsorship, the existing Hubway system will be rebranded as Blue Bikes, reflecting Blue Cross» support for expanding and growing the bike share system with the municipalitieAs part of the sponsorship, the existing Hubway system will be rebranded as Blue Bikes, reflecting Blue Cross» support for expanding and growing the bike share system with the municipalitieas Blue Bikes, reflecting Blue Cross» support for expanding and growing the bike share system with the municipalities.

We encourage industry, interested governments as well as relevant stakeholders with the support of the UN system, as appropriate, to develop models for best practice and facilitate action for the integration of sustainability reporting, taking into account the experiences of already existing frameworks, and paying particular attention to the needs of developing countries, including for capacity building.

As a lawyer in the early 80's, he quickly recognized the inadequacies of the existing computer - based practice support systems in use.

The Society designed and tested a Management System for Ethical Legal Practice (MSELP), which includes 10 elements based on existing ethical rules, as well as tools and resources to support enhanced quality of practice.

While support only currently exists for Echo devices, Amazon also released new tools for developers that will allow companies to integrate their speakers with Alexa multi-room audio, as well as allow Alexa to control third - party speaker systems like those from Sonos and Bose.

Support for these new devices seems to be built right into the newly released iOS 9, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, and existing HomeKit products like the Insteon Hub Pro claim that they'll be ready to work with the new devices as soon as manufacturers release them — a direct benefit of Apple's unification efforts.

Spotify is one of the most popular subscription services and we've seen a number of approaches to adding Spotify connectivity to your existing speakers in the past - like the Gramofon - as well as through dedicated speakers and systems supporting the Spotify Connect standard (LG Music Flow, Denon Heos, etc).

Specialized knowledge and skills: a) Must be knowledgeable in utilizing automated systems, to include, Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW) and existing supply systems that interface with LIW such as the Logistics Integrated Database (LID B), Automated Reset Management Tool (ARMT), TPE Planner, Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) Tools, Radio Frequency In - Transit Visibility (RF - ITV), Army War Reserve Deployment System (AWRDS) and Logistics Management Program (LMP).

KEY QUALIFICATIONS • Seven years of dedicated service working as a Computer Systems Analyst • Highly experienced in providing senior level support to LANs and WANs • Hands on experience of troubleshooting and upgrading existing operational environments • In depth knowledge of providing support to peripherals and managing evaluation of networking technologies

Lead database developer supporting benefits, insurance, and securities services as well as other supporting departments, including new database design and enhancements to existing systems.

• Act as the first point of contact for customers or users looking for solutions to their information technology problems • Coordinate and schedule information technology support through tickets • Review incoming tickets and determine priorities by figuring out which ones need the most help • Respond to tickets by providing step by step guides or asking for additional information • Communicate with customers to keep them in the loop about service ticket progress • Interview customers directly or over the telephone to acquire details of problems with their computers or peripherals • Assist customers by working out reasons for faults and explaining why they transpired • Troubleshoot software and hardware issues including license problems, file corruption and component malfunction • Set up new computer systems and peripherals and upgrade existing ones • Install and configure operating systems and monitor and maintain networks and systems • Set up new user accounts and profiles and handle any corresponding password issues • Resolve incidents with peripherals such as printers, copiers and scanners • Track daily performance of systems and conduct analysis in order to improve system performances

• Arbitrate software application installation and upgrading processes, system inspection and troubleshooting procedures • Execute network channeling, wireless configuration and connectivity set up • Evaluate existing routing, LAN / WAN, network type and security status and take measures to enhance the same • Collaborate with telecommunications department to ensure delivery of highest quality network services to customers • Coordinate with IP service providers for inter and intranet provision and maintenance • Identify hardware and software threats proactively, initiate maximum protection SOPs for the same and recover systems in case of infection • Facilitate users in creating and maintaining new accounts • Conduct regular analysis and maintenance of voice, video and data communication networks • Carryout problem identification, resolution and general troubleshooting of network related issues • Generate and handle email, data distribution and communication systems • Provide help desk support and perform hardware and software installation and network configuration • Take periodic backup of systems and provide the users with same in case of system collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vsystem inspection and troubleshooting procedures • Execute network channeling, wireless configuration and connectivity set up • Evaluate existing routing, LAN / WAN, network type and security status and take measures to enhance the same • Collaborate with telecommunications department to ensure delivery of highest quality network services to customers • Coordinate with IP service providers for inter and intranet provision and maintenance • Identify hardware and software threats proactively, initiate maximum protection SOPs for the same and recover systems in case of infection • Facilitate users in creating and maintaining new accounts • Conduct regular analysis and maintenance of voice, video and data communication networks • Carryout problem identification, resolution and general troubleshooting of network related issues • Generate and handle email, data distribution and communication systems • Provide help desk support and perform hardware and software installation and network configuration • Take periodic backup of systems and provide the users with same in case of system collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vsystem collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vSystem versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vendors

Worked as a member of a team responsible for integrating emerging technologies into existing systems; part of a multi-disciplinary team charged with delivering high - impact, mission - critical voice and data communications in support of world - wide missions and assignments.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Supervised administrative support team ensuring effective and efficient operations Trained new associates in daily operations, claim processing, and company policies Oversaw invoicing, branch claims, liability reports, and company checking account Investigated off site damage reports and provided claim process recommendations Analyzed processes and introduced plan to reduce claims and increase efficiency Directed and oversaw company special events from conception to implementation Managed calendars for Chief Operations Officer, General Manager, and sales team Provided excellent customer service ensuring client satisfaction and repeat business Maintained customer information database guaranteeing organized client information Opened new client accounts and upgraded existing services Handled marketing duties including advertisements in yellow pages Inventoried company office supplies and replenished as needed Served as first point of contact between company and clients Researched and purchased new multiline phone system for reception team Significant experience conducting sales and customer service in a retail setting

Professional Experience Infinite Computer Solutions (Verizon), Quality Assurance (City, ST) 3/2008 — 3/2011 Prepare test plans from IT A&D documents for new enhancements Use Mercury Quality Center to store and track test plans, test cases and product defects Test MECCA modules written in NATURAL and ATR modules by providing input data and validating output Test ChAMPS and Hyperlink (automation tools) by providing data input and validating the output Prepare and maintain regression test plans for existing code and functions Execute test cases, record results, and open defects as required Support Dev to Dev and End to End testing with test case development and execution Train offshore and domestic teams and users providing guidance for test case development Utilize Quality Center to create plans, test, track defects, and verify results Test the flow process between COMS, NETPRO, MECCA, ChAMPS HYPERLINK and BBCD Utilize SOAPUI 3.5 to test web services and Hummingbird Quick Script to test Main frame systems Proficient in testing.