Sentences with phrase «local efforts at»

And local efforts at changing that are not at all helped by businesspeople from affluent countries — with supposedly sophisticated markets and best - in - class business practices — show up with briefcases full of cash.

Not exact matches

Workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) strategies can range from as simple as a company supporting an employee's voluntary skills upgrading at a local literacy centre to more sophisticated efforts, such as a custom - made WLES program delivered in - house by staff educators.

But their efforts to get shelf space went nowhere, Campbell says, until they served their coffee at a local event the chain was sponsoring in April 2011.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

There are a host of last - minute disputes, but the Democratic Party has filed at least seven federal lawsuits in an effort to stop so - called «ballot security» campaigns by either the Republican National Committee, local Republican parties, the Trump Campaign, or Stop the Steal.

He has counseled political leaders, led economic development efforts, endowed programs at local colleges, and donated considerable sums to local philanthropies, individually and through Cascade.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

In an effort to get press, one entrepreneur made an appearance at a local bookstore and literally drew a 20 - mile circle on the map around their appearance location.

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

The charges were announced less than an hour after The Intercept published a top - secret document from the U.S. National Security Agency that described Russian efforts to launch cyber attacks on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and send «spear - phising» emails, or targeted emails that try to trick a recipient into clicking on a malicious link to steal data, to more than 100 local election officials days before the presidential election last November.

Local efforts by GDB and other Puerto Rican debt issuers to reach a debt restructuring are running in parallel with plans in the U.S. Congress to draft legislation aimed at solving the island's economic crisis, possibly by allowing it to restructure debt and putting its finances under federal oversight.

Michael McNiven, Ph.D., a Managing Director & Portfolio Manager at Cumberland Advisors, has written a guide called, Personal Finance in a Nutshell, in support of our efforts to drive financial literacy in our local community and wider society.

Sorry for the rant, but this effort to be hyper local with local pages on Facebook will drive your marketing team and / or it's agencies crazy at scale and it's not worth the time, effort or money.

Prior to Citi, he helped drive sales at Zappedy and was a Partner at Battery Ventures, where he helped build out the India investment effort as well as develop the local commerce and fin tech investment areas in the US.Ramneek started his professional career as a design engineer at PMC Sierra and worked on the hardware design team at TiVo.

Manafort's last consulting assignment in Ukraine ended less than six months before he started working for the Trump campaign: He spent at least a month in Ukraine advising the Opposition Bloc ahead of local elections in October 2015... In [July], Manafort made a previously reported effort to patch his soured relationship with [Russian oligarch] Oleg Deripaska,... [and] offered to give private briefings about the campaign to Deripaska.

One aide who felt energized by the president's actions was the embattled White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who shares Mr. Trump's anger at the efforts of local governments to remove monuments honoring prominent Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee.

Though the looming Brexit has put a damper on all things to do with the U.K., Wealthsimple is one of at least five Canadian fintechs making moves across the pond in recent months in response to the U.K.'s increased efforts to attract fintech investment and a collaboration between the Ontario Securities Commission and its local counterpart to facilitate fintech expansion.

In recent years, a number of Christian leaders have rightly called lethargic and half - hearted Christians to quicken their pace, to dedicate more of their time, talents, money and efforts to serving the Lord in the local church and in evangelistic outreach at home and abroad.

Pursuing this argument to its logical conclusion, the local Planned Parenthood places its annual sex - education course at the center of its outreach efforts.

Beyond the formal dialogues and the surprising moves of Pope Francis to increase friendship, more efforts should be made at the local level to forge a common witness to the gospel.

In recent decades, ministries that are involved in crusade evangelism have tried to increase the long - term effectiveness of their efforts by engaging local churches and ministries to perform follow - up discipleship with those who come forward at a crusade.

Our previous efforts were aimed at a local nursing home.

There was no serious effort to provide local programming at all.

One hopes local efforts will set in motion a trickle - up effect, inspiring more home boards and committees to look squarely at the fact of an aging church.

In appreciation of his efforts here, the local authorities cordially expelled him, with the firm invitation for the future to do his preaching at home — or anywhere but Bethel.

In his 1994 apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente, Pope John Paul II urged the faithful, both in local churches and at the highest levels of the hierarchy, to make a serious effort to recover those stories.

Peggy is also currently working with the Alabama Agriculture Commissioner and the Agriculture Department at Alabama's Auburn University to create an organic farmer's co-op, in an effort to encourage local farmers to plant and harvest organic grains that To Your Health can use.

Local executive chef Michael Pillarella of the Wianno Club in Osterville led the effort to bring the American Culinary Federation back to Cape Cod after winning the 2017 Northeast Region Chef of the Year title at the federation's competition in February in New Rochelle, New York, the statement says.

Cascadura, as well as sugarcane, sheep, goats, rabbits, swine, poultry, cattle and water buffalo are some of the goods studied at Trinidad's Sugarcane Feeds Centre (SFC) in an effort to support the local economy.

The River Murray system is a key focus of efforts to improve environmental outcomes through the collaborative management of environmental water at federal, state and local levels.

Originally facilitated by Ninkasi's own Local Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eulocal distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eugene.

Greener Fields Together — A national sustainability and local produce program that ensures sustainable efforts are implemented at every stage of the produce supply chain, to ensure safe quality produce from seed to fork.

Local councils commended at City Hall event for their efforts to improve food accessibility and sustainability.

In addition, the partnership with Feeding America not only invests in the food bank network, but also allows Starbucks the opportunity to lend support to advocacy efforts around hunger relief programs at the national and local levels.

When a gardener anticipates growing vegetable crops during the fall or winter, it would be wise to contact the local agricultural representative in an effort to find out which types of vegetables grow best at specific times of...

With a tenable local site it would seem the prospects for B1G teams (m & w) in the future (with the fundraising efforts) would become at least possible.

They have performed annually for 25 years at Bay Area KidFest, along with performances through the years at Concord Fall Fest, Police Olympics and at local schools in an effort to promote the benefits of martial arts training for all ages.

Actual supporters of the Magpies will probably think different, with the team's 5 - 1 annihilation of local arch-rivals Sunderland a fortnight ago extremely hard to eclipse, but to win at The Emirates, against all the odds and expectations, takes some doing and considering the amount of effort they put, the manner in which they set themselves up, kept their positional discipline and their application was second to none makes their 1 - 0 win over Arsenal in the capital unquestionably their best result of the season to date — As controversial as that may be.

What we'd like to see with the passage of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is a concerted effort by schools — whether at the state or local level — to find the best practices that work for their system, their resources, and the type of programs they already have in place.

School food efforts — governed at the district, state and federal level and implemented by each separate district — must intersect and connect with local food, public health, hunger and access, education and agriculture efforts for farm to school to succeed.

Endangered Bumble Bees The Focus Of Chicago Groups» Protection Efforts - DNAinfo.com Chicago - January 13, 2017 The bee is occasionally found in local parks and gardens, according to Allen Lawrance, Living Invertebrate Specialist at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

For every day you spend indoors, make an effort to have a day out, either at the local park or walking in the countryside.

We've talked before on The Lunch Tray about efforts by school districts to source at least some of their produce from local or regional producers.

The American College of Nurse - Midwives and the North American Registry of Midwives recommend that midwives should at minimum meet the standards of midwifery established by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), which include completion of a formal midwifery education program, national certification, and licensure in the local jurisdiction of practice.32, 33 Certified professional midwives (CPMs) may achieve certification through apprenticeship and portfolio evaluation without obtaining a formal midwifery degree; within CPM professional organizations efforts are under way to uniformly adopt ICM standards.33, 34 Oregon has followed this trend; in 2015 licensure became mandatory for attendants at out - of - hospital births.

Empowering local school districts to produce and serve nutritious, scratch - cooked meals was at the heart of the School Food Initiative's efforts to improve the health and life outcomes for children in Santa Barbara County.

FRAC leads efforts at the state and local level to implement important 2004 child nutrition and 2002 food stamp reauthorization gains.

Advocacy efforts at the state and local level have been critically important in strengthening and safeguarding federal food and nutrition programs.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

Give back in the schools: We also provide STEM workshop in French free of charge to locals schools and happily donate weeks at camp to local schools» fair and fundraising efforts.

But through my research and writing on the topic, and through my active participation in local school food reform efforts here in Houston, I've come to believe no proposed «solution» to the crisis will get us anywhere at all — unless kids themselves become invested in change.