Sentences with phrase «number of community supported»

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They've hired more than 100 staffers to beef up community management and development of technology to support the site's more users, which they claim number more than 350 million.

While pedometers give users feedback on the number of steps, heart rate, or steps, it is the apps that drive engagement and behavioral change over the long term through competition, community, gamification and support, she said.

Under Mr. Fairbank's leadership, Capital One has demonstrated a strong commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting a number of area programs focused on community redevelopment and youth education, including DC Cares, the DC College Access Program and Junior Achievement.

Through the use of netting, which the central banking community has consistently supported, the number and amounts of payments passing through large - value systems could decrease significantly.

Significant support is given to the local primary school and Talison Lithium employees are involved in a number of joint environmental and community based projects with the school including Clean - up Australia Day, National School's Tree Day and the annual biological monitoring of the Greenbushes Pool for the Waterwatch Ribbons of Blue project.

Our constantly increasing number of members support the Swiss Economy to remain competitive and cutting edge, give back to the community, help build successful companies, and also get the satisfaction that comes from sharing knowledge and create meaningful jobs, all while sharing the network and investment risks with like - minded investors.

Through the efforts of President George W. Bush and the support of the faith community, that number is now up to 4 million Africans are on these life saving drugs.»

@boob: «Dale McAlpine was charged with causing «harassment, alarm or distress» after a h0m0 police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of «sins» referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same s relationships.»

Dale McAlpine was charged with causing «harassment, alarm or distress» after a h0m0 police community support officer (PCSO) overheard him reciting a number of «sins» referred to in the Bible, including blasphemy, drunkenness and same s relationships.

I have suggested some of the ways this can be done: increasing the number of TV networks to six or even 12; diversifying the sources of production; increasing support of public broadcasting and community - supported stations; the use of telephone call - ins; follow - up programs with discussions; community - media projects; more use of cable, videocassettes and other less «mass» forms of the technology.

Recognizing this, the Kolache Factory partnered with a number of sports teams to promote itself and support its community.

Cooke's takes pride in its local community by supporting a number of events and organizations.

«We welcome the opportunity to lend our support to charitable organizations, and we are pleased to sponsor a large number of community events,» Kolache Factory says, noting that it also supports events that help schools, children, disease prevention organizations and the elderly.

Maple Lodge Farms supports a number of community youth sports programs as well as food drives through its Maple Lodge Farms Foundation.

«Our community involvement really distinguishes us, and we support a number of organizations.»

In September 2015, children and parents joined the Accolade Wines team to formally open the local pre-primary school following the addition of four new classrooms, two store rooms and a number of toilets, as part of the company's ongoing support of the Kayamandi community in Stellenbosch.

While it's true that there's no direct connection between the number of participants who play a sport and the spectator success of that sport, it's nonetheless a fact that Americans won't support games that are alien to their recreational community.

Earlier this month Chelsea Football Club donated our match fee from Community Shield to the Grenfell Tower fire support fund, and at last week's Community Day we welcomed a number of those directly affected to Cobham where they watched training and met the first team squad.

Factors that may have contributed to the success for women who exclusively breastfed were face - to - face contact (rather than contact by telephone), volunteer support, a specific schedule of four to eight contacts and high numbers of women who began breastfeeding in the community or population (background rates).

8 A national Healthy People 2020 objective to improve maternal and child health is to increase the number of employers with worksite lactation support programs.9 By being Mother - Friendly, businesses not only improve employee health, they also nurture the community that supplies their future employees and managers.

He relates breastfeeding support in the African American community to a whole host of issues that this community faces such as the disproportionate number of African American males in the prison system.

A number of factors that are associated with poverty may exert a negative influence on a child's social and emotional development: a lack of community support, single parenthood, low parental education, maternal depression, nutrition, low birth weight and infant health are just some of the variables.

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

I have created and support a number of initiatives within the community both in the UK and overseas to help provide support and education to parents, baby massage training and classes to those who may not be able to access these vital services.

«The number of farm to school projects has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, despite the lack of support and frequent resistance from Food and Nutrition Service,» says Andy Fisher of the Community Food Security Coalition.

A limited number of reduced price registrations are available to support professionals who come from and work within low - income or underserved ethnic, cultural, and geographic childbearing communities.

He appealed to the Member of Parliament to increase the number to benefit other needy and send this support this great benefit to other communities.

Individuals supported by this agency and their family members have forged a strong working partnership with the agency that has shaped the way the system has grown to support increasing numbers of individuals to live with greater independence in their communities.

The group invited a number of politicians to the meeting, asking them to pledge their support for its cause, testify at public meetings and pledge to vote «no» on any map that divided the community.

In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the labor community, including a public employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter schools.»]

In his «New New York Agenda,» Cuomo has called for a number of initiatives that don't sit well with the labor community, including a public employee salary freeze, a property tax cap and support for charter schools.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

«We can not allow bureaucracy and narrow self - interest continue standing in the way of a project broadly supported by the local community, as evidenced by the diversity and number of signatures affixed to this letter.

Vacca can point to a number of actions he has taken as District Manager in support of disability issues, including holding up construction of a local movie theater until there was accessible design, working for accessible schoolyards and school bathrooms, and support for community residences for mentally disabled consumers.

Point number 8 is particularly interesting, as I keep on reading how Labour politicians want to get out into communities, and increase support this way, and they seem so enthusiastic, but to me it suggests lack of boundaries.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

A SoP reader who has been keeping track of votes in the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in Orange County said it looks like the support for the congressman by one of the village's two political factions netted him about 5,000 votes (in other words, more than Maloney's margin of victory — this number has been fixed).

Mount Vernon, NY — Westchester County Legislators Lyndon Williams (D - Mount Vernon) and Ken Jenkins (D - Yonkers) joined a number of other elected officials along with community leaders at a rally Wednesday, October 29th to announce their support of the «Smart Schools Bond Act of 2014,» to fight «digital divide.»

What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

In the 2016 New York presidential primary, Hillary Clinton won the greatest portion of New York City's Democratic vote share by a better margin than pundits expected, substantially increasing her votes in predominantly black communities from 2008 and also receiving solid support from a number of traditionally white, liberal areas.

Another of Gipson's calls has widespread support from a number of lawmakers and some in the energy community.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

Green turtles in turn support a number of indigenous Miskitu and Afro - descendent communities that rely on the marine reptiles for income (by selling the meat) and as a source of protein.

We also want our campus community to know that we fully support new efforts now underway in a number of departments and colleges to address cultural issues and standards related to sexual harassment.

«These numbers are evidence that the Center has taken major steps toward our goal of forming a community of faculty and students from diverse institutions in Atlanta and supporting their research and education in behavioral neuroscience,» said CBN Director Elliott Albers.

«The cancer community needs to prepare for the increasing number of very young colorectal cancer survivors who will need long - term support to cope with the physical and psychological consequences of their disease and treatments,» Hendren says.

Our hope is that connecting new postdocs to a support community early on will ease their transition at Vanderbilt, as well as grow the number of postdocs actively engaged in VPA activities.

This Web site is supported, in part, by grant numbers 90LL0002 -02-00 and 90LL0002 -02-01, from the Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Funding: This work was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers RO1 - NS046442, RO1 - NS42820]; the Carlson Stem Cell Trust and the CareCure SCI community.