Sentences with phrase «long public response»

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When the company went public in 2004, Page and Brin publicly declared that Google would never sacrifice long - term goals in response to pressure from shareholders.

But there are many things public company boards can do to better align with their core responsibility to the stockholders — and they can do it in a way that is proactive and more long - term in nature than if it is in response to an activist.

Perhaps it was an inflated sense of public trust, an attitude of invincibility, or an unwillingness to own up to responsibility that led Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook executives to take a painfully long time to formulate a response to the news that data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to millions of its users» data three years ago.

As long as PS Fund (along with any of its Related Persons) does not otherwise engage in (or has not otherwise engaged in) conduct that would otherwise result in its becoming an Acquiring Person by becoming the Beneficial Owner of 10 % or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, PS Fund's solicitation and receipt of one or more revocable proxies from the Company's stockholders to be counted toward the number of shares of the outstanding Common Stock needed to cause a special meeting of stockholders to be called pursuant to and in accordance with the Bylaws, which proxies are given to PS Fund in response to a public solicitation of proxies made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14 (a) of the Exchnage Act by means of a solicitation statement filed with the Commission on Schedule 15A, should not, of itself, cause PS Fund to become an Acquiring Person.

He suggested that one response might be for dioceses to produce authentically Catholic text books to act as a primary resource for teachers, as long as they did not «compromise the principles and syllabuses of public examining boards».

«The Government supports this recommendation as a long term reform option, further to its response to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure inquiry report.

Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months - long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high - profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk.

I have just been contacted by Nestlé Global Public Affairs Manager with the company's long overdue response to IBFAN's 2014 monitoring report.

Baby Milk Action comment: UNICEF's Legal Officer confirmed long ago in response to a request for clarification on contact with the public from Baby Milk Action: «Article 5.5 of the Code states quite clearly that the marketing personnel of companies manufacturing products within the scope of the Code, in their business capacity, «should not seek direct or indirect contact of any kind with pregnant women or with mothers of infant and young children.»

«Peaceful protest and civil disobedience have a long and proud history in this country, and are a perfectly legitimate response to plans that no - one voted for and no - one wants,» Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), said.

Success Academy also released a fact sheet in response to the criticism, arguing that its schools already offer significantly more instructional time than traditional public schools thanks to longer schools days and a longer school year.

We also examine if the very public response of Parkland students (and other American teens) will have a long - lasting impact and whether any of this will affect the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections.

The state's response to Petersburgh and Hoosick Falls follows a similar pattern of early awareness and then a long period of inaction, followed by a flury of activity when the situation became public.

UPDATE: Johnson released a lengthy statement in response to the AFL - CIO attack, noting he has been a «strong supporter» of a property tax cap and charter schools, was «proud» to support Tier V — «a move that will save Long Island taxpayers $ 8.5 billion and save this state $ 35 billion over the next three decades» — and has been urging teacher and public sector unions to sit down with elected officials to «hammer out revised wage agreements that reflect the current economic reality.»

FiOS1 News reached out to Standard Amusements, who said in a response: «We are committed to fulfilling the terms of our long - term management contract that will ensure Playland remains a public asset for generations to come.

«The DOH made a very very clear commitment at a public meeting to a long - term response and commitment to Newburgh.

Governor Eliot Spitzer just concluded an angry press conference in Albany — his public response to today's rebellion by the State Legislature, which voted to make Long Island state assemblyman Tom DiNapoli the new state comptroller.

These approaches can focus on long - range planning perspectives, continuous public consultation, and institutional self - reflection and course correction in response to public input on new (Einsiedel, 2014)

In collaboration with many researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty elsewhere), we have examined the role of cross-immunity on the evolution and dynamics of influenza; the impact of behavioral changes, long periods of infectiousness, variable infectivity, co-infections, prostitution, social networks, and vaccine efficacy on HIV dynamics; the role of exogenous re-infection, variable progression rates, vaccination, public transportation, close and casual contacts on tuberculosis dynamics and control; the impact of life - history vector dynamics on dengue epidemics; and on the identification of time - response scales for epidemics of foot and mouth disease.

He has long advocated global cooperation in the surveillance of circulating flu viruses to spot emerging new strains so public health officials could plan a response and drug companies could get a head start in making vaccines.

«The scientific community has long recognized the urgent need to summon science with its adherence to the identification, collection, and inspection of data, so that evidence may emerge and guide public policy,» Schaal wrote in an Op - ed published on 12 Sept. in The Hill, adding later, «Such scientific research is lacking in response to today's gun violence epidemic.

This is particularly important for cardiac arrests that occur in residential areas and in areas with a long EMS response time, where public access defibrillation programs are unlikely to be implemented.12, 26

Read, for example, the response to dianeravitch posted by Linda174, part of which says: «I think it's good they're not longer pretending to advocate on behalf of existing public schools

Caprice Young, founder of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) and CEO of Magnolia Public Schools: «If I did a Lexus Nexus Google search of every abuse at every school district in the state of California, the list would be about 40 times that long... What I would say in response to (the ACLU report) is that charters are required to have their entire enrollment procedure approved by whoever their authorizer happens to be.

In response, the Battle Creek Public Schools district has developed a plan to lengthen the school day by 50 minutes and delay start times from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. (Editorial, Longer school day makes sense (Nov. 22, 2011) BattleCreekEnquirer.com.)

Traditional public schools intensify their improvement efforts in response to these new choices available for families, but are no longer burdened with the challenge of trying to be all things to all students.

In response, Andrea Johnson and the Hartford Federation of teachers did exactly the right thing by revoking their endorsement of Bronin's campaign and making it clear that as long as he is unwilling to commit to making Hartford's public school students, parents, teachers and schools a true priority, he is simply not ready for the critically important job of serving as Hartford's mayor.

Cowen, in response to the Education Next findings, said, «Education Next's annual public opinion survey confirms what we've long suspected: it's time to stop fighting about the words «Common Core» and move forward.

Amazon finally issued a public response to the festering battle with book publisher Hachette, claiming that the negotiating tactics it has pursued in contract talks are commonplace, justified and aimed at giving better long - term value to Amazon shoppers.

Keep in mind that no one with experience and an established Internet presence can scam her clients for long without getting numerous public responses.

They are no longer kings of the hill, and some have chosen public condescension and polemics as the response to the wave of increasing popularity and viability of indie published authors.

... «In response to feedback during the consultation, the 5 % tax - free allowance will be removed for those working in the public sector, reflecting the fact that workers no longer bear the administrative burden of deciding whether the rules apply.»

The Art Gallery of Ontario is going to be distorting reality a little while longer as its hit summer exhibition Surreal Things receives a two - week extension due to a strong response from the public.

In approaching the health implications of climate change it is of paramount importance to find ways to understand and incorporate complex atmospheric data and both short and long range climate projections into public health planning and response activities.

Under the new rules, which the NEB put in place at the direction of the federal government in response to overwhelming opposition from the public during the NEB's review of the Northern Gateway pipeline, Ontario residents who live along the 639 - kilometre pipeline route and want to submit public comments about their concerns — are you ready for it — fill out a long and complex application to ask permissionfrom the NEB, Canada's pipeline regulator, before they can even submit a letter to the NEB on the Line 9 pipeline proposal.

Under the new rules, which the NEB put in place at the direction of the federal government in response to overwhelming opposition from the public during the NEB's review of the Northern Gateway pipeline, Ontario residents who live along the 639 - kilometre pipeline route and want to submit public comments about their concerns — are you ready for it — fill out a long and complex application to ask permission from the NEB, Canada's pipeline regulator, before they can even submit a letter to the NEB on the Line 9 pipeline proposal.

Not long after the release of Ross Gelbspan's 1997 «The Heat is On» book, words in its book jacket sleeve about him being a «Pulitzer - winning journalist exposing industry efforts to confuse the public about global warming» drew a response from skeptic climate scientist Dr S. Fred Singer, who categorically denied any quid pro quo arrangement with «big coal & oil», while also directly saying Gelbspan was not a Pulitzer winner.

I'll argue that if you're one of the ~ 3M persons living in the Ben Tre and Long An provinces of Vietnam situated on the Mekong Delta, unsupported claims such as Lindzen's «The evidence is that the increase in CO2 will lead to very little warming, and that the connection of this minimal warming (or even significant warming) to the purported catastrophes is also minimal» is hardly a tight argument and is ethically extremely dubious, aimed as it is at paralyzing the public policy response necessary to protect those people at risk.

In response to Ehrlich» s published claim that «If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000» — a proposition Simon regarded as too silly to bother with — Simon countered with «a public offer to stake US$ 10,000... on my belief that the cost of non-government-controlled raw materials (including grain and oil) will not rise in the long run.»

A very long and detailed response to myriad contrarian attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency made during the EPA's public hearings in 2009 is

The order was entered in response to a motion filed in February by Syracuse School of Management Professor Susan B. Long, codirector of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data - research organization that compiles government statistics for the public.

After a long, awkward silence, Facebook has issued its first official statement since Saturday morning in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that is rocking its business and public image.