Sentences with phrase «from recent practice»

Friday's dismissals are a departure from recent practice when typically only a handful of teachers would be fired and then only because of gross misconduct.

Take a look at this picture from a recent practice that shows Shea Patterson at QB Runyan (RT), Onwenu (RG), Ruiz (C), Bredeson (LG), Bushell - Beaty (LT):

Not exact matches

Another, featuring execs from PayPal and Salesforce, will discuss the role of the tech industry in trying to shape LGBT hiring laws and best practices — especially in states like Indiana and North Carolina, where recent legislation has opened the door even wider for legally permissible discrimination.

However, investors will be interested in any comments from Oracle on a recent lawsuit from shareholders alleging questionable accounting practices related to the company's growing cloud business.

The concepts may seem like theoretical jargon, but in recent years, the practice has become fairly common, and has attracted attention from hundreds of corporations looking for new ideas — and new ways to cut costs.

Already a popular practice in the beverage industry, the pace of endorsements and investments by famous names has accelerated in recent years as more celebs look to make money from the increasing popularity of liquor and wine.

During a recent reddit AMA, Jeremy Stoppelman fielded questions from business owners about the site's alleged poor practices.

In a controversy spanning the last several weeks, recent inquiries into private lending from organizations like HESAA sparked both investigation and hearings regarding collection practices for student loans.

There has been steady growth in interest in public banking, spurred by the 2008 recession, by criticism of investment practices of some Wall Street banks, and, in some cities, by recent campaigns to divest from banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline.

In recent years, PPC best practice has slowly shifted from optimizing for clicks to optimizing for conversions.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Dr Leblanc has served as an external advisor to boards that have won national awards and peer endorsement from institutional shareholders for their corporate governance practices and has also acted as a corporate governance expert witness in recent years.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

According to a recent survey from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, investors appear to place a premium on sustainability: Nearly three quarters (72 %) of those surveyed believe that companies with good environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices can achieve higher profitability and are better long - term investments.

Despite backing from Founders Fund — along with Kleiner Perkins, ORIX Growth Capital, Artis Ventures and others — Practice Fusion had stumbled in recent years as bigger competitors such as 38 - year - old Epic Systems continue to gain market share.

Shareholder resolutions have seen rising support on key issues ranging from governance practices to climate change to pay equity, and the recent expansion of proxy access provides long - term investors with an opportunity to shape the board itself.

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

For more on Diana's perspective, check out this recent interview from Jonathan Wilson - Hatrgrove, or this article on the Huffington Post about the future of faith, or one of her excellent, informative books, particularly Christianity After Religion or The Practicing Congregation.

One discerning study of modern uncertainties about historical practice, by Joyce Appleby, Margaret Jacob and Lynn Hunt, even began by pointing out that their own participation in the historical profession, as women from nonelite social backgrounds, could not have happened without the intermingled social and intellectual changes of recent decades (Telling the Truth About History).

But in many recent cases they have tended to agree more readily on another thesis: that the free - exercise clause does not interpose protections of religious obligations and practices that it once did (from 1940 to 1981), and that the establishment clause does not have the, force against government action that it once did (from 1948 to 1985)

It's a practice that Mohammed, a 21 - year old recent graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology, can't imagine life without.

The Pharisees, along with some visiting observers from Jerusalem, question Jesus» rejection of the fairly recent Jewish practice of ceremonial washing before meals.

In the beginning the Chinese Muslims were very serious about practicing the five daily prayers, but in recent years, due to the influence of materialism, unsettled conditions, difficulties of obtaining a livelihood, and the distance from mosques, only the Ahunds and country people of strong faith observe the five daily prayers.

In consideration of recent public exposure concerning ped - ophiles (in most cases these are pederasts, i.e., active ho - mo - se - x-uals practicing an - al (or oral) i - nterc - ourse with teenagers) in the Church the following passages from Scripture are referenced.

In recent years there are encouraging signs that the Court is moving away from extreme separationism to a doctrine of «equal regard,» meaning that institutions and practices can not be discriminated against simply because they are religious in nature.

While speaking about the newly - released Planned Parenthood videos, a presidential candidate has walked back from a recent defense of their practices to say something you don't hear much anymore from the pro-choice crowd: «I have said for more than 22 years that....

The Forum dove deeper into topics from the whitepaper ranging from successful strategic planning tips for ultimate growth to best practices for each stage of the growth cycle and revealed trends gleaned from the firm's recent industry survey.

From wenger's recent interview he said the club wanted to buy a cb but the was no one on offer with the desired qualities hence the decision to stick with hayden, monreal and another youth player who has been practicing with the senior team.

The most recent statistics from the National Athletic Training Association suggest that almost 4 out of 10 U.S. high schools still do not have access to an athletic trainer (although this statistic may be somewhat misleading, as the percentage of high school students with AT coverage is higher, perhaps as high as 70 %, due to the fact that larger high schools in more densely populated states are much more likely to have one or mor athletic trainers on staff), and the likelihood that trained personnel will be present during games or practices at the youth level is low).

One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

Right now I'm still plotting out all the pieces from our recent trip to Florida, and am ramping up for more travel in 2010 — got ta practice what I preach!

For practices around the world, see the front - page story in The Independent on its practices in Turkey, Save the Children's recent report on infant and young child feeding and the monitoring reports from the International Baby Food Action Network (summaries can be downloaded by clicking here).

Best practices from a recent study will highlight suggestions for identifying community partners, strengthening family engagement and accessing funding sources.

In recognition of School Breakfast Week from March 5 - 9, several schools across Ohio are opening their doors to highlight the benefits of their recent implementation of Breakfast in the Classroom — a proven best practice that helps improve learning environments by ensuring students receive a healthy meal at the start of the day.

Poster presenters will share findings from recent research on school nutrition and best practices from districts across the country.

It's a question hospitals have wrestled with in recent years as their business practices and tax benefits have drawn increasing scrutiny from the IRS.

«I will accept there are certain migrants, especially those from Eastern Europe, who don't have a tradition of general practice, who will go to the emergency department rather than to general practice and we need to address that, but it's certainly not responsible for the massive increase we've seen in recent months and it's certainly not responsible for the 1.7 % increase that we've seen over the last decade.»

Cathy Young has some baggage based upon her claiming two STAR exemption for a number of years (while serving as Chair of the Housing Committee) and DeFrancisco had large income from his law practice until recent years — if Bharara is looking for proof that an attorney actually provided services for fees that will be tough for JD to explain.

In recent months, authorities arrested journalists covering protests; suspended dozens of newspapers and broadcasters permission to operate; permanently banned three newspapers from publishing and their publishers from practicing journalism; and sanctioned dozens more journalists.

The U.S. Justice Department has released a trove of decades - old internal legal memos concluding the President should be legally barred from appointing a relative to a position in the White House, shedding new light on just how sharp a departure the department's more recent interpretation of federal law under the Trump administration compares to past practice.

In practice, fusion has become a game for the political elite, with endorsements by «paper parties» like the Working Families Party, Conservative Party, and Independence Party usually earned in back room deals with implicit — or explicit — trades of political favors and campaign cash (a recent NYPIRG investigative report found that the Working Families Party gets most of its money from the Democratic Party).

The recent appointment of an Army Engineer for a PR job is therefore clearly a deviation from established norms and practices by the military.

But in recent years, as Silver resisted growing calls for tighter ethics laws in the wake of a series of earlier pubic - corruption indictments, the suspicion grew that Silver's hold on power was actually about extracting as many dollars as he could for himself from the legal business he was practicing on the side.

But as science has evolved in recent years, the practice has become more common in criminal cases ranging from drug offenses to robberies.

As safety experts have told us and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) explained in a groundbreaking 2011 report, the numerous laboratory incidents involving injury or death that we have sadly had to report in recent years almost always arise not from random mishaps, as the use of «accident» implies, but from specific and often systemic failures to observe accepted safety practices.

Although my contacts assure me that there is more than enough work to expand the ranks within private practice and government still further (see, e.g., this recent article from Next Wave Germany), my queasiness builds nevertheless.

Art - making can probably best be seen as being linked to ritual practices — such as rainmaking and initiation — recorded from recent San peoples.

Opting in to data sharing should be the default practice during public health emergencies, such as the recent Ebola epidemic, and barriers to sharing data and findings should be removed to ensure those responding to the emergency have the best available evidence at hand, according to Vasee Moorthy and colleagues from the World Health Organization (WHO) in a Policy Forum article published in PLOS Medicine.

This latest trial involved 320 children aged 4 to 11 years from 43 family practices in the UK who had recent histories of otitis media and effusion with confirmed fluid in one or both ears.

But a recent study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that while there are some promising benefits to using yoga, there isn't yet enough evidence to support the practice as a standalone solution for improving mental health and well - being.