Sentences with phrase «of public commitment»

She brings up wanting her dream wedding every few months and the symbolic importance to her of a public commitment.

That leads into the other big drawback: a lack of public commitment.

This research is part of a public commitment the foundation has made to spread effective practices across districts and charter networks, develop innovative roles for teachers, and support implementation of college - ready standards.

The erosion of the public commitment to educating all kids is sadly ironic when you consider that it was Black people who pushed hardest to make free public education a reality for all.

To test the impact of public commitment on health behavior, the researchers had physicians post a large letter about inappropriate antibiotic prescription in their exam rooms.

Stevens called on the government to recognise the strength of public commitment to the NHS and make good on the EU referendum battle bus commitment of # 350m a week for the service.

Some individuals are already being censured and others have lost their jobs because of their public commitment to marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

But Bloomberg sidestepped a question about whether private dollars might replace some or all of the public commitments the Obama administration made to the Green Climate Fund if Trump withdraws U.S. support.

Not exact matches

But even after leaving public office, her commitment to improving America's literacy continued — with initiatives like a partnership with NFL player J.J. Watt to encourage parents to read to their children — until the end of her life.

U.S. officials cited the case as an example of their commitment to protect the public.

Mackey told the magazine then that his business is mission - based, with core values including commitments to the fulfillment of equitable treatment of stakeholders, as well as the health of the public, while also having a commitment to making money.

But for now, I'll point you to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, an organization comprised of some of the world's biggest companies who have made a public commitment to work together on issues of diversity and accountability in all its challenging nuance.

That commitment was quickly applied to economics, meaning so - called public ownership of production, distribution and exchange — socialism — which became a pivotal plank 20 or so years after the party emerged.

Schultz detailed his experiences growing up poor in public housing in Brooklyn, explaining the importance of his mother's commitment to the «American dream.»

There's an obvious public relations benefit to going green, especially at a time when the U.S. government has come under fire for reversing many of the country's commitments to clean energy.

We remain focused on the recent launch of Firefox Quantum and our commitment to protecting the internet as a global public resource, especially at a time when user rights like net neutrality and privacy are under attack.»

«Our investment here signifies our commitment to discovering and developing new vaccines across a range of pressing public health priorities, including those important here in the U.S,» Luc Debruyne, president, GSK Vaccines, said in a statement.

The Housing Market Recovery tool is part of the New York Fed's continued commitment to provide policymakers, the public and other stakeholders useful information about the region.

Wide distribution over the internet • Low cost, efficient, transparent capital • The «great equalizer «• Media / PR, awareness • Increase customer engagement and • Evangelize backers into investors (customer acquisition) • Reduce risk by getting feedback on new launches (product or ventures) • Market research Access to Capital Marketing Platform Validation • Raising funds via crowdfunding markets is a very public and transparent • Protect your IP and speak to a lawyer • Crowdfunding takes a lot of effort and commitment • The majority of Ideas fail to reach their funding goal • How will this affect your companies brand?

It also manages a public market fund that operates as a kind of hedge fund and quietly closed last year with an undisclosed amount in capital commitments.

He is actively engaged with many stakeholders as part of Ernst & Young's commitment to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting.

The CEO said he would indeed remain a member, reaffirming a commitment to stay part of the group he made prior to the meeting, following the resignation from the council of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in response to both employee and public reaction.

Since 2014, tech companies have been reporting the demographics of their workers and have made public commitments to increase the diversity of their workforces.

Commitments to allow the establishment of foreign for - profit institutions, for example, could undermine domestic efforts to build a strong public education system.

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

It continues to be important that provincial and regional commitments are made to fully participate in cost - sharing of the Federal Government's Public Transit Infrastructure Fund.

«Beth Comstock of GE, who is on the board of Nike, told me that given the reality of our jobs, you can only take one public board seat with the time commitment and demands of our current careers.

Conversion of preferred stock occurs automatically and immediately upon the earlier to occur of the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed covering the offer and sale of common stock in which (i) the aggregate public offering price equals or exceeds $ 25 million, (ii) with respect to the Series F convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series F convertible preferred stock, (iii) with respect to the Series E convertible preferred stock only, the public offer price per share of which is not less than one times the original issue price of the Series E convertible preferred stock and (iv) with respect to the Series D convertible preferred stock only, the initial public offering price per share of which is not less than two times the original price of preferred stock, or the date specified by holders of at least 60 % of the then outstanding Series B convertible preferred stock, Series C convertible preferred stock, Series D convertible preferred stock, Series E convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock and Series G convertible preferred stock, provided however, that in the event that the holders of at least 65 % of the then outstanding shares of holders Series G convertible preferred stock, at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series F convertible preferred stock or at least of 65 % of the then outstanding share of Series E convertible preferred stock do not consent or agree to the conversion, conversion shall not be effective to any shares of the relevant series of Series G convertible preferred stock, Series F convertible preferred stock or Series E convertible preferred stock for which the approval threshold was not achieved.

[24] We can not fail to praise the commitment of international agencies and civil society organizations which draw public attention to these issues and offer critical cooperation, employing legitimate means of pressure, to ensure that each government carries out its proper and inalienable responsibility to preserve its country's environment and natural resources, without capitulating to spurious local or international interests.

«We have paid too high a price in our commitment to the public service of this country.»

Most of the programs listed require either a public service commitment or work within a nonprofit organization to qualify.

In spite of highly public commitments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama to speed the flow of goods across the border, many companies are facing a very different reality on the ground, he said.

Teh Hong Piow, Public Bank's founder and chairman, says: «We appreciate this honor, as it is a testimony to our commitment to remain nothing short of being the best.

In both cases, Conservative parties were defeated by parties promising moderate progressive platforms that included tax increases and significant increases to public infrastructure investment and explicit commitments to run deficit budgets, for at least the short - term period in the case of the NDP.

Patrick Colford concludes by saying: «The New Brunswick Federation of Labour will be looking for political party's platforms to include commitments for improving labour laws so that all workers are entitled to paid sick leave, investing in public services to protect society's most vulnerable citizens and adopting pay equity legislation that covers the private sector.»

Eurozone officials are unanimous that it means a commitment to financial war against labor — to austerity and yet further economic shrinkage; to faster privatization selloffs (but not to Russians if they offer higher prices, as Gazprom did) and hence higher prices for hitherto public utilities; to no rejection of past insider privatization deals to higher value - added taxes on consumers; and to lower pensions for labor.

His commitment to public service began early on and as a youth Rick was honoured with the Queen's scout award by Boy Scouts of Canada.

When federal candidates knock on your door in the next few weeks, we should all try raising the topic of public pensions to see what commitments they will make.

Evidenced by a range of indicators such as; oversubscription, upsizing, as well as public commitments, green bond mandates and statements of expectation from investor groups, green bonds are also being used to successfully tap into the vast capital pool of institutional investors globally (US$ 88 trillion).

If you have a complaint in respect to a violation of a consumer protection law, a public commitment or an industry code of conduct, you may contact the FCAC as follows:

The Business Council works closely with a number of organizations that share our commitment to shaping public policy in the interests of a stronger Canada and a better world.

One of the commitments was to ensure consistency between the Estimates and the Budget / Public Accounts.

As part of White House Demo Day, President Obama will also announce new public - and private - sector commitments that will give Americans more opportunities to pursue their ideas.

«Engaged scholarship» brings into the heart of the discussion considerations related to emotion, commitment, personal identity, subjective reception, and radical enactment in the public arena.

The core assumption of Virtually Normal» and a compelling one, too» is that the absence of public laws granting homosexuals full equality has helped create a culture in which homosexuality is considered dirty or sinful, and in which homosexuals are deemed incapable of loving each other with dignity and commitment.

And it is because I see this problem as so far from solution, yet so central to my own sense of satisfaction with our public life, that I despair over our government's lack of commitment to its resolution.

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

I believe that such a commitment, coming from the highest levels of our government, without prejudice with respect to the specific methods to be employed in addressing the issue but involving a public acknowledgment of the unacceptability of the current state of affairs, is now required.

For one thing, these failures and problems describe the public schools as well, especially if you think some of the ideological commitments that animate a great deal of the educational establishment are dangerous in themselves.

When I think about the public application of ashes, I have to stretch and strain against the powerful prescriptions to be private, prescriptions which are made more complex by the deepening middle - class commitments to privacy and to the supreme value of personal freedom.