Sentences with phrase «of public buildings in»

In 1803, President Jefferson appointed Benjamin Henry Latrobe as surveyor of public buildings in the United States, thus introducing Greek Revival architecture to the country for the first time.

Other purposes the amount will serve include compensation of the victims, and the reconstruction of public buildings in some parts of the states affected by the war.

Not exact matches

«I think companies should probably go public earlier because the way they are built, they will have more success in the public market, so it's sort of a mixed bag.»

To build your company's reputation online, you need to hire people you can trust not only to excel in their day - to - day jobs, but to be the public faces of your business.

I don't want public attention because I don't want the story to be about me... I want it to be about what the US government is doing... I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.

Since the EPAct wasn't renewed in 2014, designers of public buildings will only be able to claim the 179D for the next few years.

It took its logos off the building and shut off the marquee lights — though after years of public outcry, AMC began turning on the lights in the evenings.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Members of the public can also report crime and provide statements from the street using the reporting system built in to the consoles.

Founded in April 2011 in Portland by Greg Passmore and Russell Okamoto, Celly builds mobile social networks of all sizes, both public and private, that can be accessed by any cell phone with SMS and via a web browser, e-mail and the company's iPhone and Android apps.

Even if the big public - sector research projects succeed in sparking up a fusion fire first, the cost of actually building power plants would be prohibitive.

I think with the last accord, with the escalator [automatic year - over-year increase in transfer dollars] built in it really sort of dampened down the usual federal - provincial tensions, and for whatever reason it also then fell off the media and public horizon.

«We have to look at where and how we're capable of building a business in public cloud for these tier one applications,» Burton explained.

I know a former CEO of a publicly - traded company in Silicon Valley who built a reputation as an excellent public - speaker.

Serving as the aggregate component of your company identity, your brand is often responsible for formulating first impressions, building familiarity in the public, growing your reputation, and ultimately, securing the long - term loyalty of your customers.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission, a five - member regulatory body, voted 3 - 2 in favor of the project, which would give TransCanada permission to build the pipeline through the state.

With its narrow cobblestone streets, well - preserved historic buildings, manicured public squares and trendy eateries, the capital city of Santiago de Querétaro could easily be mistaken for somewhere in southern Spain.

A few years ago, HP execs said the company would compete head on with Amazon Web Services in public cloud computing, a model in which businesses rent computing capacity from a provider like Amazon, Microsoft or Google (GOOG) rather than building out more of their own data center capabilities.

When Nike went public in 1980, the country saw for the first time that the «sneaker guys from Oregon» had built a company with annual sales of $ 270 million, net income of roughly $ 13 million, and annual production of 30 million pairs of shoes.

Experts have suggested building public housing in low - poverty areas instead of high - poverty areas, which would spur poorer families to move to better neighborhoods and increase their chances of success.

At the advent of the Internet age in the early 1990s, politicians talked of an «information superhighway,» a new public infrastructure that would have to be built to bring digital connectivity into each and every home.

After the two designed their breakthrough invention — a router that connects computer networks — and spent six years building the company, Lerner was fired by its board of directors in 1990, the same year Cisco went public.

Besides destroying homes and office buildings here, the storm caused seven of 14 subway tunnels to flood, effectively shutting down all public transportation in the city of over 8 million people.

Since Thiel's credibility as a public intellectual is built in part on the presumed validation imparted by his financial success, the financial crisis of 2008 posed a threat to everything he had created.

Schultz, who built Starbucks into a global public company, stepped down from his role as CEO in April this year but will remain as executive chairman of the company.

Called Project One America, the goal of the public relations effort is to build acceptance for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people in the states.

«In Atlanta, you can even carry a weapon in the public areas of the terminal building.&raquIn Atlanta, you can even carry a weapon in the public areas of the terminal building.&raquin the public areas of the terminal building.»

Among them are the dangers of building a media property around a single individual — Grantland was created for and by Bill Simmons, who left ESPN in May after a series of acrimonious public battles.

There seems to be an unwritten code of entrepreneurship that suggests every available penny be invested in building and expanding your business, so the emergency savings rate for business owners could be even worse than that of the general public.

«We are trying to build a different kind of company with a disruptive business model that could go public in any market,» he says.

In 1971, Trump moved to Manhattan and really started catching the attention of the public with his bold architectural designs on larger building projects.

He said he was more focused on the strategic value of going public, including the cachet of a listing on the N.Y.S.E. and building a platform for partnerships in the United States.

Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters have seized public buildings in Eastern Ukrainian cities.

To move that kind of big money, Harris began an organizational expansion of the foundation when she took over in 2010, building an outfit that has gone beyond Bloomberg's core interests of global public health and climate change to tackle new issues, like overfishing.

I believe you think we are heading for a long period of low returns, but still, with such a long investment horizon ahead of you, don't you think it could make sense to be more exposed to public equities, maybe in passive index funds, and trust the long term wealth building power of that asset class without so much attention to continuous portfolio rebalancing trying to anticipate short term returns?

In an unusually public spat, Amazon is rethinking some building projects in Seattle because of a new tax being considered by the City CounciIn an unusually public spat, Amazon is rethinking some building projects in Seattle because of a new tax being considered by the City Counciin Seattle because of a new tax being considered by the City Council.

Amazon has already sopped up various public subsidies around the country, totaling $ 613 million for 40 of the 77 warehouses, like the one on Broening Highway in Baltimore, it built between 2005 - 2014.

Credit Karma pulls in a large amount of information from traditional credit reports — account overviews, payment history, credit inquiries and public records — and builds a level of personalization on top of this to guide users and highlight items that require their attention.

«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.

Trucking Moves America Forward aims to establish a long - term industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.

In this environment, policymakers would do well to not only be cautious and forward - looking in managing the level and structure of public borrowing, but vigilant about detecting and defusing potential build - ups of vulnerabilities in the private sector as well (and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as well as onIn this environment, policymakers would do well to not only be cautious and forward - looking in managing the level and structure of public borrowing, but vigilant about detecting and defusing potential build - ups of vulnerabilities in the private sector as well (and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as well as onin managing the level and structure of public borrowing, but vigilant about detecting and defusing potential build - ups of vulnerabilities in the private sector as well (and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as well as onin the private sector as well (and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as well as on).

As decentralized applications (Dapps) are built on the public Ethereum blockchain, Ether will be required in order to interact with each of these various platforms.

Paid parking is available on the street in front of the building (free after 6 pm), in a parkade attached to the building and a public lot across 8th Avenue.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

I'm thrilled to partner with Entrepreneurs building the next generation of public companies in the SaaS, Cloud and Mobile spaces.

With every job, we build unique teams of partners that span across the graphic design, film, copywriting, public relations, and social media spaces in order to execute a stellar campaign.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

This is where I've screamed at the conferences for years that link building and public relations at the highest levels must be thought of both in tandem and as one.

And then there is the matter of allowing the public to assess counterparty risks building up at our insured banks after AIG sold credit protection derivatives (credit default swaps) across Wall Street that it could not pay in the crisis, forcing another massive government bailout.

The organization's mission is to strengthen the wealth - creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers.