Sentences with phrase «independents support increased»

Similarly, 72 % of independents support increased funding for alternative energy, down 13 points since 2006.

The same pattern holds for teacher salaries: when respondents are not provided with information about current salary levels, 60 percent of independents support increasing teacher salaries, placing them closer to Republicans (54 percent of whom support increases) than to Democrats (75 percent).

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We spoke with Board Chairman Brian Tobin post the February announcement (and again in March) and continue to support his efforts to refocus on the core fleet management operations, improve the management team and increase the number of independent board members.

«Mothers experiencing such difficulties need support to breastfeed and any mothers who choose to use formula need accurate independent information, not biased information from a company that is trying to increase sales of its over-priced product, breaks marketing rules and makes misleading statements.

The Association of Tongue - tie Practitioners (ATP) ATP was set up in 2012 by a group of tongue - tie practitioners from the NHS and independent sectors with the aims of increasing awareness, supporting parents, assisting practitioners and providing resources for health care.

Even with the ever - increasing threat of independent expenditures, almost all candidates participated in the public financing program, likely because the amplification of grassroots support through public matching funds is an effective way to defend against independent spending.

Given the Labour Party's geography of support, but also given the increased level of opposition the party faces on the left of the political spectrum from Sinn Fein, Solidarity - People Before Profit, the Social Democrats and other left - wing groupings / independent candidates, it was argued that Labour would struggle to convert votes into seats if their national support levels fall below the 10 % level, as indeed proved to be the case with the February 26th election.

Previous analyses have, moreover, suggested that, especially given the increased competition on the Left from Sinn Fein, other smaller left of centre parties and left - leaning independents, that it will be a struggle for Labour to win seats in most, if not all, constituencies if the party's national support levels fall below the ten percent level, as has been shown in similar analyses of recent Sunday Independent - Millward Brown and Irish Times - Ipsos MRBI polls.

Care application statistics for January 2012, published by Cafcass, the independent Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, showed that 8,403 new applications were received between April 2011 and January 2012, a 12.4 % increase compared to the same period in the previous financial year.

Mandle, of Hamilton, said the Independent Democratic Conference has enabled Senate Republicans to stay in power and block legislation she supports, including public funding of elections, the women's equality agenda, the DREAM ACT and an increase in the minimum wage.

In this context, more and more independent left candidates are stepping forward and gaining increased support.

The poll found the wage increase supported by both Democrats and independents, with 65 percent of Republicans opposed to the idea.

If you look at the top issues, whether it's tax reform, whether it's our increasing debt, whether it's healthcare reform, our incumbents in Congress are continuing to kick the can down the road, and these are generational issues, so the fact that I'm running as a new generation candidate with an independent voice, I think that's why you're seeing so much support out - pouring across the district for the campaign.

«I support an independent commission making the determination of salary levels,» Krueger said, «but also feel any increases must be tied into reforms of our ethics laws, the ending of lulus and explicit rules about amounts and sources of outside income.»

Independent measurements of sea surface temperatures in the last two decades support a recent government analysis that found an increase in sea surface warming, according to a new study in the 4 January issue of the journal Science Advances.

Increase funding for two types of grants aimed at giving young investigators independent labs quickly: «kangaroo» (K99 / R00) grants that combine postdoctoral support with a research grant; and Early Independence Awards, which allow newly minted Ph.D. s to skip the postdoc and start their own lab.

The purpose of this program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NIH - supported, independent investigators.

The observation that HDL cholesterol did not increase in ApoC - III — treated mice would seem to support an LPL - independent mechanism as well, although the absence of cholesterol ester transfer protein in mice confounds this finding.

Although it is formally possible that the LARP7 KD may also affect other yet - to - be-identified pathways in a P - TEFb - independent manner, our observation that both flavopiridol and siCDK9s efficiently rescued the increased cell migration of LARP7 KD cells lends a strong support to the notion that the observed effects of LARP7 KD on EMT and invasion are indeed mediated by P - TEFb activation.

In support of this one study reported that independent of total sedentary time and moderate - to - vigorous intensity activity time, increased breaks in sedentary time were beneficially associated with waist circumference, body mass index, triglycerides, and 2 hour plasma glucose.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

And when respondents are informed about current spending levels, the gap between Republicans and independents vanishes: 39 percent of both groups support spending increases, compared to just 51 percent of Democrats.

Among independents, 57 percent support increased spending, again placing them closer to Republicans in their view of the issue.

Funding allocated by the U.S. armed forces to support high school students in the Junior Reserve Officers» Training Corps is money well - spent and should be increased, an independent study released last week says.

Providing information on current teacher salaries in their state reduces support for salary increases among independents to 34 percent — exactly the same as among Republicans.

As the program continues to grow, these challenges are also accompanied by the need for increased funding, a unique issue for the Dignitas Project, which hopes to build a body of support while remaining independent of the desires of large donors.

They include increasing support networks for school leaders, setting up an independent «task force» to investigate offensive behaviours, and offering targeted professional learning.

Two groups representing independent all - girls» schools nationwide hope their recent merger will increase support for single - sex education.

Whether lack of media infrastructure, lack of government support for independent media; each factor has had the capacity to bring about unintended negative consequences (or in some cases very intended) and increase violent conflict.

In 2001 Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, a Republican and school voucher supporter, indicated he would not support any increase in funding for the Philadelphia school district until an independent entity had assessed its financial practices and educational effectiveness.

It also sought to increase school autonomy under its Independent Public Schools initiative, but Labor had already supported school autonomy during the Rudd and Gillard era through the Empowering Local Schools initiative.

Only when similar sources of evidence support similar inferences and conclusions can our confidence in the sources as independent measures of the same construct (i.e., teaching effectiveness) increase.

This was the first scientific study of its kind in the US, and it sought to answer if merit pay alone, independent of other resources and support, increased student achievement as measured by test scores.

Barnaby Lenon, Independent Schools Council chairman, said private schools are already involved in partnerships with state schools, adding others with the capacity to do so «will be willing to increase support».

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We generate awareness, increase access, and enable ease of booking, a process that's supported by the pillars of profitability for independent hotels everywhere:

«If Scotland does become independent hopefully the government will increase this support to help Scotland's position as a «development bastion» and national success story.

Prior to LMCC, Miller was President of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC), a ten - year initiative centered on increasing direct support for independent artists in the U.S.. Before launching LINC, Miller was Executive Director of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and President and Executive Director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

At the same time, support for an independent Catalonia increased dramatically.

At a high level, a number of factors should support a regional renewables drive, including low electrification levels, a growing appreciation of the environmental impact of fossil fuel independent power producers (IPPs) and the increasing difficulties a number of banks face in financing them, and a growing recognition of the depth and breadth of renewable resources in the region.

«The solar and volcanic forcings we use are derived from reconstructions based on proxy data and are therefore also subject to considerable uncertainties, although recent explosive volcanic eruptions are likely to have cooled climate, and independent records of solar activity levels inferred from the cosmogenic isotope 10Be (43) and geomagnetic records (44) provide support to reconstructions (22, 45) that show generally increasing solar activity during the 20th century (12).»

Far more Republicans (57 %) than Democrats (36 %) or independents (45 %) support the increased use of nuclear power.

A government - appointed Legal Services Board was established to oversee regulation by reference to eight «regulatory objectives» which were, confusingly given equal priority (the public interest, supporting the rule of law, improving access to justice, protecting and promoting consumers, promoting competition, encouraging a strong independent legal profession, increasing public understanding of citizens» rights and duties and maintaining a set of professional principles).

Our Vancouver Richmond Spousal support lawyers also know that spousal support should increase as each child becomes independent and child support declines until all children are adults when it ceases completely.

I actually think the Rules of Court are minor drivers of costs compared to the increasing complexity of law / equity compared to 60 years ago and our treasured beliefs in certain principles that don't necessarily have rigorous research supporting them (cross-examination is the best way to truth; an independent bench means it is perfectly acceptable to have someone who practiced family law their entire career sit on a 6 week construction case).

The need for increased NTRB capacity has been identified and supported through an independent report into the professional development needs of NTRB lawyers13 and ATSIC's Capacity Building Program.

Making an unqualified national commitment to redressing Indigenous disadvantage; Facilitating the collection of sufficient data to support decision - making and reporting, and developing appropriate mechanisms for the independent monitoring and evaluation of progress towards redressing Indigenous disadvantage; Adopting appropriate benchmarks to redress Indigenous disadvantage, negotiated with Indigenous peoples, state and territory governments and other service delivery agencies, with clear timeframes for achievement of both longer term and short - term goals; Providing national leadership to facilitate increased coordination between governments, reduced duplication and overlap between services; and

Parents should be taught the skills to change their own behaviour and become independent problem solvers in a broader social environment that supports parenting and family relationships.40 A small increase in parental exposure to an evidence - based programme can produce meaningful change at a whole population level rather than individual improvement at an individual case level.3, 9

The association, through its political action committee «Quality of Life Matters,» with financial support from a National Association of REALTORS ® independent expenditure grant, campaigned in favor of asking voters to approve up to $ 212.1 million in bonds that would pay for 39 public projects and result in a slight property tax increase.

An industry trade association representing independent land title agents and a title company commenter expressed support for the proposal's potential to encourage consumer shopping, and thereby increase competition.