Sentences with phrase «key interest groups»

The AEP, founded in 1895, facilitates communication among key interest groups such as educators, policymakers, educational foundations and associations, businesses, and the education media.

Macri's ability to carry out these reforms ultimately lies in politics and here public opinion may be a more binding constraint than either Congress or key interest groups.

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Other key Democratic - leaning interest groups were knocking at the President's door with agenda items for him to act on after he was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012.

But the tour will also offer him his best chance yet to sound out key Democratic fundraisers and interest group leaders.

«One of the keys to selling tax reform is the president making the point that tax reform will unrig this economy by stripping out the special - interest deductions and carve - outs that riddle this code,» said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers that is spending heavily to push changes to the tax code.

The Compensation Committee also considered that the annual cash incentive plan already incentivizes performance on three key Company - specific financial measures, and the importance of emphasizing holistic Company performance, as opposed to an isolated metric; the importance of setting a sufficiently difficult target for maximum payout; the benefit of a large and objectively determined performance comparator group; and the overarching goal of an incentive clearly and directly aligned with stockholder interests.

Washington (CNN)-- Senior members of the White House staff called key American Jewish interest groups on Sunday to tell them about the impending nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary and to try to answer their concerns about his record, several sources familiar with the calls told CNN.

Beginning with a growth workshop for key administrators and board members, encounter groups are subsequently provided for interested teachers, students, and parents.

As a key stakeholder and member of our Service Users Interest Group, FNF are able to influence and comment on current developments within CAFCASS and the family justice system as a whole.

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

NY - LEAD has so far floated no proposals to curb the power of so - called independent expenditure groups like, say, the Committee to Save NY — the pro-Cuomo entity formed by business interests that spent about $ 10 million last year to bolster key aspects of the governor's agenda and is gearing up for another push this year.

Before an election, all interest groups, both in the private and public sector, want to understand the policies and the key figures of the party likely to form the government.

These contributors represent major stakeholder groups, such as associations, think tanks, corporate government affairs offices, interest groups, the media, and key industry organizations in Washington, D.C..

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

A coalition of groups including the New York Public Interest Research Group and Food & Water Watch announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at blocking a planned surcharge on utility bills that was a key component of the state's new Clean Energy Standard regulations.

Balls has now signalled an abandoning of the direct interests of this key voter group.

The Vermont Public Interest Research Group is asking legislators and the Secretary of State to make key changes in Vermont's campaign finance law pertaining to the super-spending political action committees.

REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.

A key goal of the study was to understand how creationist interest groups, science interest groups, public opinion about evolution and political climate influence the political - reform process related to how evolution is taught in schools.

POST advisers have several key duties: issuing briefing papers and longer reports (available to both MPs and the public), giving oral briefings and informal advice to parliamentarians, and organising seminars that bring MPs together with the academic community, the media, non-governmental organisations, other interest groups, and members of the public.

My current emphasis is to communicate key implications of NAWQA's scientific findings (as currently reported in more than a thousand technical reports and journal articles) to government, research, policy, and interest - group partners, in order to help guide water - resource management and protection strategies and policy.

And with affiliates in key European cities, we're also closely connected to a variety of special interest groups and private member clubs.

You can scan for key interests and age groups in perfect anonymity without expressing your preferences «in public».

For that reason, they developed a low - key Groups section where members can converse about interesting topics in a social atmosphere.

After registering on the website the user will get access to such features as dating tips, success stories, newsletter, parties and events, events calendar, testimonials, lock and key parties, hobbies and interest groups, online help and support, speed dating, search for events, news, etc..

I am shy at first, quiet but socially motivated once in the right group of people that share key interests and common topics.

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Top of the agenda In April, the British Institute of Facilities Management's (BIFM) newly - revamped Education Special Interest Group (SIG) held a key event at the 128 - acre Cobham Campus of ACS International Schools, which is home to 1,500 children aged two to 18.

From leadership and management to technical and compliance knowledge, the key role of the facilities manager in education was the topic of a BIFM Education Special Interest Group event which took place in April

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT The British Institute of Facilities Management's newly ‐ revamped Education Special Interest Group discuss the key role of the facilities manager in education

There would be an outcry over possible interest - group contamination — or at least spinning — of key government data, as there was back when NCES got its teacher - salary data from the teacher unions.

An interest group, People for the American Way, lodged a similar complaint: «The study's key finding improperly compares two dramatically different groups and may well reflect private - school screening - out of the most at - risk students.»

School Groups Outline 5 Key Issues Interest on Tax - Exempt Debt and Loans Could Increase Tax Overhaul's Impact on Independent Schools Still Uncertain

This working group collaborates on key transportation issues, coordinates information exchange opportunities with transportation agencies and experts in the U.S. and Brazil, and develops program activities and projects in areas that are of mutual interest.

We also include restyling and car care accessories industry information, a list of exhibitors that have already signed up and education sessions that key in on that buyer group's interests.»

«For example, e-mail and direct mail to wheel and tire buyers includes specific wheel and tire market and industry information, hot new products, exhibitors that have already signed up and education sessions that key in on that buyer group's interests.»

We also include mobile electronics industry information, exhibitors that have already signed up and education sessions that key in on that buyer group's interests.»

Choosing interesting cases to write about is the key to keeping an audience of non-specialists interested in your topic, and in this task, Ananthaswamy has succeeded, focusing on a group of people whose conditions are as heartbreaking as they are head - scratching.

Having established the exploratory online forum for the group, Key tells Publishing Perspectives, «More than 100 booksellers have expressed interest in the idea of an alliance.

Zeroing in on the specific group of people that you're trying to connect with is the KEY to making connections with people who want to hear from you and who will be interested in your book.

In the autumn 2014, Anderson has programmed the Master Class series of the all - new Business Club offering at Frankfurt Book Fair's Halle 4, engaging world - class speakers to bring their best observations to bear on such key - interest topics as subscriptions in the book world (with Len Vlahos, Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, BISG), and marketing's reachiest potential in a digital world.

A recent Reuters article revealed that Goldman Sachs Group executive said, «The Federal Reserve can only keep key interest rates at zero, for so long.

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One of the most exciting and unique things about the xenosaga series is that you can look foward to seeing different character models with each new game because appearence of the characters change with each game, not because the characters have aged but for other reasons.There is one special thing that xenosaga episode three has that should have been in the other xenosaga games is the swimsuit mode because it allows you to watch movie scenes with the characters in there swimsuits but for some reason not all of the movie scenes in xenosaga 3 can be viewed in swimsuit mode, I guess it would have made the movie less serious or something.My favorite movie scenes in xenosaga are blue testament, white testament, KOSMOS verses Black Testament, any movie with Luis Virgil becaus ehe is my favorite character in the game because he's passionate and i don't think that he is a bad guy since he was able to brek free from being a testament and the only real reasons why he became a testament was because he wanted to be able to visit that old church on miltia and to gain power to prevent death.I also love Luis Virgil and all of the movie scenes that he appear in becaus they are very dramatic.The best thing about the xenosaga series is thst the story is very dee, interesting, and shocking and anyone who has played the game in order from episode one through three will definitely say the same thing.There is no doubt that anyone who has completed episode one and two will be stunned when every secret and mystery is unraveled in episode three.The one thing that I can't seem to under stand is why do some of the characters have to travel back to the earth in the end, will shion and the gang make it back to earth or will there descendants finish the mission and find earth in the end, Chaos and Nephilim told the group that the key to saving humanity lies on earth, what I want to know is what is it and how will it be used to save the universe, Even in the end new mysteries arose and remained unraveled.If there is any one outher who has has the awnswer to any of these questions please let me know when you write you're review or else there has just got to be a xenosaga four on the way, (crying) they just can't leave the story end this way.The only thing that dissapointed me about the game at first was the battle system because on the back of the case of xenosaga three said that the best aspect of the previous battles systems from episode one were combined to form a new battle system, If namco had really done this Xenosaga episode three would have had a better battle system in my opinion because I belive that the best aspect of xenosaga episode one were the special atacks wich are better than the those of episode three and the best aspect of episode three as the break system wich was also better than those of episode three.I think that namco should have given xenosaga episode 3 the battle system of episode 2 combined episode ones style of special attack, but doing this would have probably made the battle system of xenosaga episode three boring because the same old tactics would have to be used in a new game and the battle system most likely would not be as realistic as it is but it would probably be cooler.However the ability to summon all four Erde Kaisers including the new Erde Kasier Sgma my most favorite summon in the world at will and use new Ether and Tech attacks along with the new Counter and Revenge abilities gave xenosaaga episode three more than boost that it needed to have an descent battle systemThe E.S battle system of xenosaga episode 3 is way more better than those of episod one and two though, I must say that Namco really outdid themselves with the E.S battle system of xenosaga episode because the other E.S battle system from the two previos games weren't good, luckily they made up for it with the character battle system.In episode one I never really wanted to use anA.G.W.S, lucky for me they were optional but in episode two sadly it is manatory that you pilot an E.S to progress in the game in Episode three you piloting an E.S is also mandatory to progress in the game but the difference between the three episode is that will be sorry in episode three you will ge glad that you are using an E.S because their battle system is extremely cool.Xenosaga is most definitely one of the besrt RPG games in the world andit is far more better than any final fantasy game that Square Enix has ever made but for some reason it still score lower than Some Final Fantasy and other Sqare Enix games on this site.I bet that if xenosaga was actually named Final Fantasy and had a subtitle it and if it wre made by sqare Enix it would have probably been more famous and it would have scored higher even though it is still the same gameIn the end with every thing being written said and done all i can say is that I feel more at peace now that I have defended this underated game.All I have to say now is that TURN BASED GAMES RULE!

Pashigan was a key member of California's loosely affiliated Light and Space movement of the 1960's and 70's, a group of artists characterized by an interest in industrial materials and their interaction with, well, light and space.

For example, toward increasing public awareness of ecosystem services a decision - maker might «partner with key stakeholder groups to help develop and distribute key climate adaptation messages tailored for their interest groups.»

I recommend to everyone with a deeper interest in sea level to read the sea level chapter of the new IPCC report (Chapter 13)-- it is the result of a great effort by a group of leading experts and an excellent starting point to understanding the key issues involved.

Yes, we all know that politicians pander to special interest groups in the hopes of picking up key votes.

Regardless, whether we're trying to segment groups of people (by interest, industry, geography), or wanting to isolate the latest news feeds from key companies, Twitter lists is one of those social networking features that is worth investing more time in.

It is natural, then, that when last summer a number of cabinet ministers announced the review of four key federal environmental laws, West Coast Environmental Law — along with other lawyers, academics, environmental groups, Indigenous peoples and the general public — took a keen interest.