Sentences with phrase «national foundations as»

The DFER - DNC meeting was mostly supported by my former employer, the Piton Foundation, not the big national foundations as was reported.

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As Maclean's John Geddes reports, the federal government has put together the foundations for what may become a de facto — if not de jure — national securities regulator.

The framework within which cultures develop is God - given, as are the foundations of family, economic, and national life which constitute so large a part of any civilization.

Following Bellah's lead, most commentators on the topic have focused on the foundation documents of the republic, presidential inaugural addresses, the ritual and ceremonial involved in the observance of regular national holidays, and occasional events such as the funeral of a president.

Meanwhile, experts on urban issues such as Princeton professor John DiIulio and Robert Woodson of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise have been calling for foundations and governments to channel resources to congregations.

It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life.»

The program involves national, local and state parks, as well as business innovators, healthcare leaders, scientists, foundations and advocacy organizations.

Michael McCain, president and chief executive of Maple Leaf Foods, was pleased by the news and applauded the federal government's leadership and consultative approach to building a national food policy as the foundation for a more sustainable food system.

He has also served as president of the National Restaurant Association as well as chairman of its educational foundation and past Chairman ofDiRoNA.

About the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the industry's training and education, career development and community engagement efforts.

The cooking school brings national as well as locally - acclaimed and beloved chefs to work directly with customers, and Southern Season's Share the Food non-profit foundation, a program that fights hunger and poverty, works with local charities to reach the hungry in the local store community.

The foundation is national in scope and designed to prove that under wise use of the land a healthy ecology will result in abundant wildlife and better plant cover, yet at the same time provide long - term economic returns as great as, or greater than, those derived through overgrazing and bad farming practices.

NICA and the SoCal League exist by virtue of a range of fundraising activities, as well as generous donors, and sponsors including founding national sponsor Specialized Bicycle Components, Easton Foundations, SRAM, and Trek Bicycles; major sponsors Kenda Tire, Primal Wear, Bicycling, Clif Bar & Company, Giro, Podiumwear, and Quality Bicycle Parts; sponsors Casino Bicycles, Haro MTB, Husqvarna Motorcycles, Hyper Threads, ICE Sportswear, Jax Bicycle Center, JensonUSA, Camelbak, GU, and Maxxis.

She has served as an advisor to former Vice President Al Gore, as well as to the Tennessee Commission on Aging, the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, the Appalachian Rural Science Initiative of the National Science Foundation, and several private foundations.

Named the United States Midwifery Education, Regulation and Association (US MERA) Work Group, the objectives were to: 1) strengthen the foundation for organizations responsible for midwifery education, regulation and associations to work collaboratively to advance the midwifery profession in the U.S., and 2) grow together as leaders creating the future of midwifery in the U.S. Member organizations include: American College of Nurse - Midwives (ACNM), Accreditation Council for Midwifery Education (ACME), American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), and National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM.)

Author Jane Mattes founded her national group Single Mothers by Choice and used it as her foundation for her book, «Single Mothers by Choice».

«New York is well positioned to become a national leader in the clean energy economy as we continue to use green technology to lay the foundation for economic recovery and prosperity.

A # 150 million national scholarships programme is also being set up which will guarantee student benefits such as a free first year or foundation year to the «brightest students from poor backgrounds», officials said.

As the Reform Party rebuilds, these local victories will help build a foundation for future national success.

Donald Trump's unexpected electoral victory has put Cuomo in play as a possible national candidate, and observers say his administration these past few months has devoted more time to laying 2020 foundation blocks than concocting ways to torture the mayor.

Science Learning Goals and Curriculum.Through its two - volume Atlas of Science Literacy as well as Benchmarks for Science Literacy and Science for All Americans, Project 2061 provides a coherent set of K - 12 learning goals that serve as a foundation for state and national science education frameworks and standards, including the Next Generation Science Standards.

The award was created in honor of Vannever Bush, who served as science advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, helped established federal funding for science and engineering as a national priority, and was behind the creation of the National Science founational priority, and was behind the creation of the National Science fouNational Science foundation.

Until now, research in France has been divided among five different types of organizations: universities, elite higher education institutions (the grandes écoles), national research agencies such as the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privanational research agencies such as the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privaNational Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and privaNational de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS), foundations such as the Pasteur Institute, and private labs.

Clinical trials that charge enrollees to participate are ostensibly aimed at giving patients early access to promising therapies — often in the fields of stem cells or aging reversal — that are too unusual or have too little profit potential to get funding from traditional sources such as companies, foundations, or the National Institutes of Health.

And as well as administering postdoctoral fellowships for Japan, the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers a comprehensive list of foundations and governmental agencies that support foreign study, although not all are for Americans.

Yet as the health - environment connection evolves into a national issue, foundations are stepping up to the challenge.

«IARC defers risk assessment and risk management to national and international bodies, restricting itself to provision of hazard identification as a scientific foundation to those subsequent steps,» Wild added.

The Long Now Foundation made a serious commitment to the final clock when, in 1999 — or, as foundation literature renders this and all other years, «01999» — it bought 180 acres of desert mountain land adjoining Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada.

But, in reality, it never ended.The continuing celebration of all things brain extends, once more, with the unveiling of a mammoth Web site devoted to neuroscience.Brainfacts.org — funded with $ 1.53 million project over six years by the Gatsby and Kavli Foundations — amasses basic information from leading organizations, ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the International Brain Research Organization in France, chronicling both how the brain works as well as major brain diseases.

Conger said the data from the survey will serve as a «good foundation» as the department develops the report, required by the National Defense Authorization Act.

These instruments have formed the foundation for the biochemistry cores of two NIH Centers of Excellence (the NIAAA - funded TSRI Alcohol Research Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA]- funded Scripps Center for Cannabis Addiction Neurobiology) and have directly supported other ongoing projects at TSRI (the Methamphetamine NeuroAIDS Research Program, NIDA - funded projects on immunopharmacotherapy [Taffe and Janda laboratories], a project with Dr. Steve Poceta to measure human lumbar cerebrospinal fluid in Parkinson's patients with Restless Leg Syndrome, and a U.S. Army grant), as well as assisting non-TSRI collaborators from The Sanford - Burnham Institute, The Salk Institute, and elsewhere.

She is widely published and has received multiple research grants from the National Cancer Institute as well as private foundations.

We also are thinking of granting bodies outside of the NIH, such as the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense and disease - specific foundations, that could use our list.

Participating government agencies and private foundations include the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as Seattle's Allen Institute for Brain Science.

All in all, a number of factors that constitute the foundations of AAU research culture have helped to build inspiring research environments at the University; they include complete methodological freedom in conducting research, the recognition of diversity as a value creator, and a focus on strengthening regional, national and international cooperation.

Dr. James Anderson happens to be the chairman of the National Fiber Council, an organization that is funded by HCF [High Carbohydrates and Fiber] Nutrition Research Foundation (a nonprofit foundation reputedly funded by large carbohydrate containing food corporations and whose chairman happens to be Dr. Anderson), and other not very unbiased entities such as Procter & Gamble.

A staunch non-smoker, Hagman acted as the chairperson of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout for nine years, and following his 1995 surgery, he became the National Spokesperson for the 1996 U.S. Transplant Games sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and was recognized by the foundation for his role in increasing public awareness in regards to organ donation.

Rather than starting with a federal mandate, a consortium of states and private organizations (such as some combination of Achieve, the state school «chiefs,» and the governors) could develop the curricula and tests, ideally with initial support from major national foundations.

Program is designed to prepare graduates for a variety of system - level leadership responsibilities in organizations such as school systems, state departments of education, U.S. Department of Education, national policy organizations, national nonprofits or mission - based for - profits, and foundations / funders.

In addition to the above major sources of private and public funding, PASA has been able to raise about $ 1 million per year from other national and regional foundations as well as smaller family and corporate foundations.

«His vision of education is as a foundation not just of the economy but of a society in which people take care of each other,» explained Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, who advised Obama during the campaign and handled education policy for the president - elect's transition team, in remarks delivered in November 2007 at a National Academy of Education event.

Speaking at a special forum as part of the National Science Teachers Association's 42nd annual meeting, Leon M. Lederman, a physicist and the director emeritus of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., said he supports a national effort to revise the curriculum into a «pyramidal» model with a strong foundation of math and National Science Teachers Association's 42nd annual meeting, Leon M. Lederman, a physicist and the director emeritus of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., said he supports a national effort to revise the curriculum into a «pyramidal» model with a strong foundation of math and National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., said he supports a national effort to revise the curriculum into a «pyramidal» model with a strong foundation of math and national effort to revise the curriculum into a «pyramidal» model with a strong foundation of math and physics.

Reasons for being honored include recognition by the leading scholarly organizations in their fields such as being elected into the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering or Medicine, or into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, receipt of prestigious fellowships such as those given by the MacArthur and Guggenheim Foundations, winning major research awards from top scholarly associations, and comparable achievements.

England introduced Computing as a foundation subject into its national primary curriculum in September 2014.

Ms. Park served two terms on the board of directors of the national Council on Foundations as well as several years as chair of their Corporate Advisory Committee.

The creation of high - quality, sustainable facilities in safe environments has been gradually building the foundations for a solid and promising future for our national game over the past 15 years, and with schools and students only set to continue to benefit, many may look to the future with optimism as long as this support for the grassroots continues.

Within this perspective, Paul Weis describes refugees as «a vessel on the open sea, not sailing under any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and peace.

The ideal school invests in achieving this strong foundation of universal, high quality teaching through sound use of the SEN national budget, as well as the Pupil Premium Grant.

Through well - publicized partnerships with elected officials like Chicago mayor Richard Daley and through Bill and Melinda Gates's personal advocacy for their high - school agenda in such forums as the National Governors Association and the National Economic Club, the foundation has signaled its intention to leverage its investments through policy change.

As Thomas Jefferson put it, in arguing for a national system of schools, the idea was to have a common curriculum where «a foundation [would be] laid for a government truly republican.»