Sentences with phrase «lobby system in»

Lobbies at launch only support inviting one friend to play with you, and even with that minimal implementation I could not successfully start a single match through the lobby system in my first 72 hours with the game.

There's also no lobby system in place, so whenever you win or lose a match you get kicked back to the main menu.

The menu and lobby system in place for Gears of War: Judgment is exactly the same style as Gears of war 3, so if you own that game then finding your way around Judgment will be very easy and feel familiar for checking your stats, unlocks and character choices.

Thanks to Zen Studios multiplayer experience, there is both a strong lobby system in place and stable online code.

We are all aware of the lobbying system in the U.S. and the persuasive power of campaign contributions, for example, and we can surmise that similar incentives exist in Europe.

You may be thinking that the solution would be to join someone else's game, but here's the kicker: There are no quick join or lobby systems in the game at the moment.

Not exact matches

Hartsock harks back to her own status as a Chilean immigrant in describing the less obvious, more emotional impact of lobbying Congress to maintain the H - 1B visa system.

Business Insider reported last week, meanwhile, that the California State Teachers» Retirement System, one of the biggest pension funds in the world, was lobbying shareholders to vote against the proposal.

Yet in spite of this power, most S&P 500 companies lack a formal system of lobbying oversight and don't fully disclose how monies are being spent, particularly through third - party organizations like trade associations.

Unchecked corporate cash in the form of political donations and lobbying expenditures has the power to exert undue influence over public policy and regulatory systems and threaten our democracy.

In a week when business lobby groups are appearing before the House of Commons Committee on Finance and calling for more tax breaks, the federal R&D Panel appointed a year ago released a very good report saying Canada's very generous system of R&D tax incentives haven't been effective and what we need instead are more direct grants -LSB-...]

But recent bank lobbying has been remarkably successful in distracting attention away from classical analyses of how to shape the financial and tax system to best promote economic growth — by public checks on bank privileges.

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

After MAT (a campaign that will continue with the shift to the WTO where there is a project to coöpt, in the framework of the American lobbying system, a part of the opponents) concentration could be focussed on the tax on capital (Tobin tax etc.), the struggle against the plans of the IMF, the struggle against Third World debt.

«Power to the people» was originally a rather provocative phrase with what sonic considered anarchistic or socialistic overtones; today it predicates a middleclass, in - the - system attitude acceptable to 200,000 members of the citizens» lobby Common Cause.

The strength of the European food industry's opposition to the traffic - light system is illustrated by the volume of scientific reports produced by food industry bodies in Europe and the intensive lobbying of EU parliamentarians around the time of the vote.

Read a sample of e-mails sent to MEPs by lobbyists High time for CIAA to come clean on its lobbying CIAA's $ 1 - billion campaign to promote the GDA labelling system was clearly a key element in its political strategy to combat other, stricter labelling options which it feared would damage sales of unhealthy food, such as the «traffic light» system.

Not only are we up against a school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is passed.

In addition to lobbying for more funds for school lunch — and the schools as a whole — we need to focus on conserving resources and reducing waste, as Chef Ann has done in her school systemIn addition to lobbying for more funds for school lunch — and the schools as a whole — we need to focus on conserving resources and reducing waste, as Chef Ann has done in her school systemin her school systems.

The green paper exhibits a genuine desire from the Government to promote integration, but until it stops feeling obliged to bow to the every demand of a small but noisy religious lobby, genuine integration in the education system will never be achieved.

An analysis conducted by the pro-charter school lobbying group Families for Excellent Schools shows NYC's Special Commissioner of Investigation charged with policing the school system opened the fewest cases in at least five years in 2016, even as complaints of school worker's misdeeds reached record levels.

The West Wing is undergoing renovation over the next couple weeks, while Trump vacations in Bedminster, N.J.. On the list of repairs: the replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, as well as restoration of the South Portico's steps and repairs to the Navy mess kitchen and the lower lobby.

The progressive validators were for a purpose: Cuomo is lobbying for the W.F.P.'s endorsement later this month, and pointedly promised during his speech to push for a public campaign finance system — the party's biggest priority at the moment — before the Legislature adjourns in June.

Guido Fawkes criticised the parliamentary lobby system today for its «unhealthy» political culture, in a robust performance at the Leveson inquiry.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the justice system.»

Advocates spent a million dollars on television ads and countless hours lobbying and holding demonstrations in favor of adopting a publicly funded, matching small donor system for statewide races, including the governor and the legislature.

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school systeIn Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school systein New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school system.

Can a democratic system be structured in a way that doesn't rely on ethics or brute - force, police - state-esque measures to disable lobbying?

Besides, the lobby that endorses the present police system live in secure and prosperous neighbourhoods nationwide, which experience near - zero crime rates.

Control of the city's public school system was given to the mayor in 2002, following a massive lobbying effort by Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

The scope of work for the two 18 - story buildings included: replacement of exterior windows; replacement of kitchen cabinets, counter tops, sinks and faucets, stoves and refrigerators; painting of all kitchens, upgrade of fire alarm system; repair of roof parapet railings, new carpet in common areas and community rooms and replacement of vinyl tile in elevator lobbies.

«While the UFT focuses on political stunts and lobbying to keep bad teachers in the classroom, the mayor, governor, and State Education Department are working collaboratively to implement a rigorous teacher evaluation system that will help ensure our students have the best teachers,» she said in a statement.

Lobbying Disclosure Reports Available on JCOPE Website The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has recently implemented the nation's first system of disclosure of funding sourcesfor specified entities spending in excess of $ 50,000 per year on lobbying expenLobbying Disclosure Reports Available on JCOPE Website The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has recently implemented the nation's first system of disclosure of funding sourcesfor specified entities spending in excess of $ 50,000 per year on lobbying expenlobbying expenditures.

In addition to his work with the CFI, Polak is chairman of the advisory board of a consultancy called The Westminster Connection, which has lobbied MPs successfully on behalf of Elbit Systems, Israel's major defence contractor.

The Farm Bureau heavily lobbied against the House and Senate bills to create a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gases in 2009.

Yet without investing more resources in skilled public managers in health care, energy systems, and national security, we are probably doomed to remain stuck in the hands of vested interests and lobbies.

It is a confederation of non-governmental organisations and pressure groups lobbying for a ban on producing and deploying fully autonomous weapon systems — where the ability of a human to both choose the precise target and intervene in the final decision to attack is removed.

The online shines above that of most sandboxers however - taking a group of friends to raid a hideout is great fun, not so much as a lone wolf, although the posse system works well in public lobbies.

The game could do more in regards to its online lobby system, but everything else is pretty much spot on.

For instance, this morning: without any warning whilst loitering in the lobby of the Savoy cinema, the shrill house alarm system was triggered, and for no good reason.

The lobby system is actually nothing new for the developers as they have featured it in their Guilty Gear series, but the way it works here is rather different and feels like a step back from Guilty Gear Xrd.

It's just that Tekken 7 doesn't do anything as creative as the virtual lobbies of Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 or the gear system in Injustice 2.

They also noted that in this installment of the DoA series they will be doing away with the online lobby system introduced in Dead or Alive 4.

In recent weeks, Arthur E. Wise, president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, has begun lobbying for what he calls «a truly national system of accreditation.»

Albert Shanker commented that while revamping NAEP didn't top the education lobbies» agenda for the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) reauthorization cycle then under way, strengthening the assessment system was «one of the most important things we can accomplish in this round» of federal education legislation.

The lobbying of HMCI has succeeded in enabling MATs to be inspected which should reduce the risk to the system, but whether Ofsted is the right organisation to fulfill this role is another matter.

Teachers have also become vocal Common Core backers, lobbying parents and politicians to keep the new system in place.

Look for them to push for systems in which schools could get good ratings for either high proficiency rates or strong growth; to embrace squishy «other indicators of student success or school quality» (such as «teacher engagement») and make those indicators count for as much as possible; and to lobby for school categories that all sound positive.

Needless to say, when a public education cabal uses a communication system funded by taxpayers to lobby against those same taxpayers while helping create PACs dedicated to electing tax - and - spend educators, any action in opposition becomes like screaming into the wind.