Sentences with phrase «make public their contributions»

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If you make a $ 200 contribution to public radio and receive a coffee mug in return, you must reduce your deduction by the value of the mug.

«But the key is this — the job satisfaction that comes from making a concrete contribution to the public safety of Canadians is an extremely motivating thing.

Governments have made efforts to improve accountability by requiring lobbyists to register their activity and making campaign contributions public, predicated on the idea that transparency will reduce the risk of undue influence.

Those considering current year charitable contributions who are also facing long - term capital gains tax on the sale of highly appreciated shares after an initial public offering may realize a much more favorable income tax result and charitable impact by making a timely donation of a portion of their IPO shares (either during or after the lock - up period) directly to charity.

«We believe there is an opportunity to act in the public interest and make a meaningful contribution to society by building sustainable technology that respects users and does not rely on the commoditization of personal data,» Acton wrote.

These organizations can receive unlimited corporate, individual, or union contributions that they do not have to make public, and though their political activity is supposed to be limited, the IRS — which has jurisdiction over these groups — by and large has done little to enforce those limits.

But Canadian public - sector workers, who are even less responsible for the crisis, are expected to make a monetary contribution to addressing its consequences.

Public Eye has been supported for the past two years by a small group of readers who have made monthly $ 10 contributions to keep me filing freedom of information requests, poring over government reports and holding politicians of all stripes to account.

He has also made huge contributions to the community as a volunteer board chair of numerous organizations, including the Centre in the Square, the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, the Waterloo Public Library and the BarnRaisers Council, and was recently appointed to the board of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

The Trucking Moves America Forward campaign launched in March 2014 at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky to inform policymakers and the public about the many contributions trucking makes to our daily lives.

I think you could appeal a bit more directly to readers for voluntary contributions to cover research costs since you are providing a free public service as opposed to a profit making business service.

Large contributions to employment growth over the past year were also made by the public sector and the property and business services industry, which has benefited from robust sales activity in housing markets.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

The Frankel Fiduciary Prize was established to acknowledge individuals who have made significant contributions to the preservation and advancement of fiduciary principles in public life.

And many of these people should stay in the workforce where they can represent Christ in the public square while making major contributions at their church.

Nonetheless, Professor Evans has made a well - argued and civil contribution to the never - ending debate about religion and public life.

Likewise, he didn't note that this scholarly document has already made significant contributions to the public debate....

The present book may also make a contribution to what Walter Lippmann calls «the public philosophy.»

Despite living in separate areas called aljamas and being barred from public office, the Jews made an important contribution to society, especially in the fields of medicine, trade and banking.

If the readers of texts in both the Jewish and Christian communities took their responsibilities seriously and understood that they were making a significant contribution to worship, we too can recapture the enthusiasm for public reading which the early Christians enjoyed!

He said he was making a «genuine contribution» to an important public debate and said he was «entitled to express his religious views».

What hope is there that this still very large but mostly confused and silent religious center of the American population may yet rouse itself and make a contribution to public civility worthy of what it made in the past?

Neither of us, I think, was quite certain just what contribution I might be making to the enterprise, but I was a reasonably educated and reasonably pious» though hardly properly observant» Jew who had worked for many years as an editor, and since Religion and Public Life had recently begun publishing First Things, I suppose it was thought that I was qualified to add some, albeit hardly scholarly, expertise to the enterprise.

Granting the contributions they can make to our public life, perhaps it is still the case that the first task of believers is to learn again what makes them distinct from the larger public sphere, lest, when the opportunity presents itself, they have nothing to say that others could not think of without their help.

Graham's visits to Hungary and Poland changed his emphasis in regard to the communist nations, and he states in a public letter in the Other Side (January 1981): «It is out of a deepening sense of Christian responsibility, therefore, that I have sought after my visit to Hungary in 1977 to make whatever contribution I can to building bridges of understanding and peace....

William M. Sullivan has made an important contribution in this direction in his Reconstructing Public Philosophy (Berkeley: University of California Press, forthcoming).

Established in 1853, The University of Melbourne is a public - spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, learning and teaching and engagement - consistently ranked number 1 in Australia.

Findings indicate that both consumers and foodservice operators must play a role in relation to broad issues associated with public health and the environment, with the biggest contribution the foodservice industry can make toward environmental sustainability being the reduction of red meat consumption as part of a larger shift toward more plant - based dishes.

But «it appears that youth sports practices are making a less - than - optimal contribution to the public health goals of increasing physical activity and preventing childhood obesity.»

The study concluded that «youth sports practices are making a less - than - optimal contribution to the public health goals of increasing physical activity and preventing childhood obesity.»

The police are clear that the most important contribution that the public can make is to carry on reporting anything suspicious and to be vigilant, and I would ask them to do that.

It is often difficult to put a figure on the contribution that a public affairs function makes to an organisation, making resourcing a constant concern.

PCS says the government's announcement this morning about public sector pension contributions makes a mockery of the ongoing negotiations and proves that the government is determined to make people pay more and work longer in return for smaller pensions.

We in the Labour Party value the huge contribution that public services - and public service — make to the strength of our economy and the fairness and stability of our society.

The resort to thinly - veiled attacks on past regimes and the effort made to run down their contributions towards economic growth and national development as a whole has long since fallen out of favour with the Ghanaian public.

They are requesting the public make a memorial contribution to it in lieu of flowers.

The national debt could be apportioned by reference to the historic contribution made to the UK's public finances by Scotland, or the historic contribution made to the UK's public finances by Scotland, or on the basis of our population share.

[1] Earlier in September 2013, Tarek Mitri, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya, described it as a process that «would give voice to many Libyans and opens a space that does not exclude any of those who may have contributions to make to public life and are otherwise isolated, separated or entrenched in their partisan attitudes... [to] promote a national capacity to address urgent priorities and ensure public support to the efforts of state - building.»

Mr Mac - Manu said the public is not even aware of the work being executed by a «secret» consultant in cleaning the register and noted that any review of the electoral roll by a consultant must be made public with contributions from political parties.

Pettit's work (see his contribution to the Democratic Wealth series) has been influential in making known to a wider public the basic aspects of republicanism.

Public transport makes a strong and positive contribution to the local and national economy, underpinning jobs, driving growth, connecting friends and family, and delivering cleaner and safer travel.

State comptroller DiNapoli can make a big contribution by making the Public Authorities «PARIS» database actually useful to the public and journalists, and continuing to push to get state payments put oPublic Authorities «PARIS» database actually useful to the public and journalists, and continuing to push to get state payments put opublic and journalists, and continuing to push to get state payments put online.

[16] First Minister Carwyn Jones said, «He made a big contribution to Welsh public life and fought tirelessly for those he represented both as a minister and as a local Assembly Member».

He has accepted significant contributions from Ravenel Boykin Curry, a wealthy supporter of education reform and trustee of Girls Prep charter school, which made the news in 2010 when Joel Klein used emergency powers to displace the public school program for autistic children with which Girls Prep was co-located.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

When asked specifically whether they support creating a system of public financing in New York that would limit the size of political contributions to candidates and match smaller contributions made to candidates for state offices, 61 percent answered in the affirmative.

«It certainly raises questions when contributions are made to groups that then turn around and endorse you,» said Goldfeder, who worked on public integrity matters for Cuomo when he was attorney general.

Indeed, legal scholars — and even Bharara, during public events — have suggested it is difficult to make cases if the only evidence surrounding an official action is a campaign contribution.

[15] He has also stated in a letter to the House of Lords Appointments Commission that «I feel that, given my accumulated experience and deep sense of public service, as well as being able to devote the time to undertake the responsibility effectively, I would be able to make a contribution to the parliamentary process.»

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