Sentences with phrase «including public consumption»

Unless it's «necessary for public safety reasons,» the NYPD will no longer arrest people for certain low - level offenses in Manhattan, including public consumption of alcohol, public urination, littering and riding between subway cars or taking up more than one subway seat — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will no longer prosecute those infractions, his office said today.

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GDP is the broadest indication of a country's economic health or weakness, as it includes all elements of both public and private consumption.

Summary: Endosperm, the remaining edible part of rice grains after it is milled, lacks several essential nutrients such as provitamin A. Thus, predominant rice consumption promotes vitamin A deficiency — a serious public health problem in at least 26 countries including highly populated areas in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

«One way we can help them do that is to study consumer perceptions of marijuana, including product packaging, required warning labels, and consumption advice so states can refine how they communicate marijuana information to the public.

Metabolic Syndrome, which includes obesity and diabetes, represents a major public health concern, caused by a combination of increased food consumption and reduced physical activities, with contributions from host genetics, environment and tissue inflammation.

Dr. Ramirez was most recently a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a position that included improving public awareness of the chronic effects of excessive alcohol consumption and finding ways to prevent alcoholic liver disease.

The methods used to correct market failure include: • Indirect Taxation • Subsidies • Government expenditure / state provision • Buffer stock control • Price controls • Legislation and regulation • Information provision • Competition policy • Public - private partnerships • Tradeable pollution permits These methods are used to correct the following types of market failure: • Negative consumption externalities • Positive consumption externalities • Negative production externalities • Positive production externalities • Merit goods • Demerit goods • Public goods • Information failure • Inequity

The survey will seek to understand library patrons» use of digital resources and other services offered by public libraries, and will «examine the impact of digital consumption behaviors, including the adoption of new business models,» on library usage across America.

The legal battles that have surrounded several different companies» efforts to preserve rare texts have often included concerns that the text will be widely available for public consumption and manipulation.

Ruby has cited a diverse range of sources and influences including aberrant psychologies, urban gangs and graffiti, hip - hop culture, craft, masculinity, violence, public art and civic monuments, prisons, globalization, American domination and decline, waste and consumption.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Interestingly, this included reinforcing the belief system within the group as well as outside it by dishonest means, such as glossing over problems in research being produced for public consumption.

Nationally, wind deployment delivers public health and environmental benefits, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced air pollutants, and reduced water consumption and withdrawals.

According to California Watch investigative reporter Susanna Rust, a private consultant hired by California school officials in 2009 inserted a new section in the teacher's edition of the 11th - grade Mass Production, Marketing and Consumption in the Roaring Twenties textbook entitled «The Advantages of Plastic Shopping Bags,» which includes passages lifted verbatim from letters the American Chemistry Council sent during the public comment phase of the curriculum's drafting.

Carbon Development Strategy is a ten year action plan that includes the energy sector: National Energy Efficiency Program Geothermal & Renewable Energy Program Offshore Hydrocarbon Program The Government launched a public sector energy conservation program in early 2010 and has accumulated baseline data on energy consumption at the Ministry level.

The one that always surprised me indeed is «how the real humility of the scientists in this area, as evident in their papers, including all these here, and the talks I have heard them give, is morphed into statements of confidence at the 95 % level for public consumption through the IPCC process.»

Each has potentially serious questions including: competition with food, permanence of storage, energy consumption, cost, public acceptance, and verifiability.

These questions, and others like them, are not purely academic: Changes in fog frequency have implications for a wide range of sectors, including coastal ecology, agriculture, urban energy and water consumption, and public health.

Trains also serve a number of public benefits including reducing road congestion and corresponding accidents, fuel consumption and emissions, and infrastructure maintenance costs.

Alcohol offenses are common charges and at Rosenthal & Wadas, we have successfully represented many clients against charges related to alcohol offenses, including some of the most common charges such as public intoxication, disorderly conduct, minor in possession of alcohol, DUI Minor, consumption by a minor and furnishing alcohol to a minor.

NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol - related problems by: Conducting and supporting research in a wide range of scientific areas including genetics, neuroscience, epidemiology, health risks and benefits of alcohol consumption, prevention, and treatment; Coordinating and collaborating with other research institutes and Federal Programs on alcohol - related issues; Collaborating with international, national, state, and local institutions, organizations, agencies, and programs engaged in alcohol - related work; and, Translating and disseminating research findings to health care providers, researchers, policymakers, and the public.