Sentences with phrase «of public priorities»

Law professor at the University of South Carolina whose current research focuses on constitutional law and public education, Derek Black has written about charter schools in the context of education reform, civil rights, and service of the public priorities.

Not exact matches

In fact, in the autumn of 2008, when the rest of the world was scrambling to deal with the fallout of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, Harper made a priority of curbing public funding for political parties.

The government's priority is to ensure that public services are not disrupted, said David Lidington, the minister in charge of the Cabinet Office, which oversees the running of government.

We believe the treatment of bond investors by Detroit and Stockton represents the bleeding edge of a trend that accords a higher priority to some public expenditures over others.

In a letter to Uber, the Wall Street Journal reports Ducey said «my expectation is that public safety is also the top priority for all who operate this technology in the state of Arizona..

«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 priority review user fee required by this subsection shall be due upon the submission of a human drug application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the priority review voucher is used.

The sponsor of a material threat medical countermeasure application that receives a priority review voucher under this section may transfer (including by sale) the entitlement to such voucher to a sponsor of a human drug for which an application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act will be submitted after the date of the approval of the material threat medical countermeasure application.

The Secretary approves a drug pursuant to an application submitted under section 505 (b) of this Act or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the sponsor of the application used a priority review voucher issued under this section.

The current administration has made public statements indicating that it has made international tax reform a priority, and key members of the U.S. Congress have conducted hearings and proposed new legislation.

One piece of good news is that public - opinion polls, time after time, show that most Canadians think a top priority in this country is the support of social programs.

Public sector banks have underperformed on the total priority sector target of 40 % since 2012.

«We've got enormous gravel demand on the horizon for the Gateway Project and other public building priorities moving forward,» said Mike Proudfoot, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, who expects the Pitt River Bridge / South Perimeter Road to enter Environmental Assessment as soon as this summer.

Village officials hope making the payment will help stave off future downgrades, but the entire hotel boondoggle is already a prime example of a government's misguided priorities in public investment, which comes at the expense of taxpayers.

Support for an FTA is not unconditional, and it is only the bilateral priority of 13 % of the public.

Our unique public policy committee structure balances the priorities of our grassroots Members with the strategic direction set out by our board of directors, policy council and management team.

My goal would be to both ensure that those who depend on the program are protected, while also balancing the growing cost of Social Security with other pressing priorities — from programs for children, the vulnerable, public investments, and shoring up our education and worker retraining systems.

How do you respond to church leaders who are afraid of making education a priority within their congregations because they fear the public policy issues related to education are too political?

While a response to allegations is necessary, our priorities would be out of sorts if we were only concerned with vindicating ourselves in the public arena.

They made public service their first order of priority.

In its economic orientation it is close to the neo-liberal orthodoxy, with priorities such as monetary stability, public deficit control and fiscal concessions to the orders of capital.

As I have argued in these pages and elsewhere, the «presumption,» by detaching the just war way of thinking from its proper political context» the right use of sovereign public authority toward the end of tranquillitas ordinis, or peace» tends to invert the structure of classic just war analysis and turn it into a thin casuistry, giving priority consideration to necessarily contingent in bello judgments (proportionality of means, discrimination or noncombatant immunity) over what were always understood to be the prior ad bellum questions («prior» in that, inter alia, we can have a greater degree of moral clarity about them).

I love the fact that whenever polls are taken it is the state of the Economy that is the priority of the public, however Gay Marriage and Abortion always creep into the mix.

They show in the halt which was put to the water privatisation project in Montreal by the water co-ordination and in the foundation of a city of 30,000 inhabitants in the surroundings of Lima (Villa San Salvador), inspired by the principles of full employment, housing for all and a priority for public transport.

It gave priority to restoring the dignity of the victims, renewing their membership in civil society, and making a place for them in public history.

Even people with less than a high school education today recognize the priority of the brain over the blood, so much so in fact, that in the movie, Hannibal (about a cannibalistic serial killer), the thought of slicing out tiny parts of a person's brain, cooking them in a pan, and serving the pieces to that person to eat has become in the public's mind a more disturbing image than, say, serving a person a glass of their own blood to drink, which appears relatively tame in comparison.

The first meaning of First Things is that, for the sake of both religion and public life, religion must be given priority.

Since Stalin's death, however, science has been given top priority in financial allotment, in the educational system, and in salaries and public prestige; in addition, the climate of work has improved, and most of those exiled or disgraced have been rehabilitated.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party has in recent decades become the champion of the Church's public priorities — the protection of innocent human life, parental choice in education, the defense of marriage, church - state cooperation, and an array of issues under the rubric of religious freedom.

Remember from the beginning of the Obama administration the very public mantra was «our number one priority is to make Obama a one term president» and the Greedy Obstructionist Politicians made good on their promise with record numbers of filibusters and anonymous objections with the sole purpose of making government as non-functional as possible.

As much as we hate to disappoint the public, our first priority is the safety of our guests and pilots and crew.

No Kid Hungry aims to build partnerships that enlist influential individuals to act as catalysts to advocate the policy changes needed to achieve its end goal of engaging the public to make ending child hunger a national priority.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

And, if you do, do you think it is a real change of priorities within the fighter community or just something for public image while in backstage they are still pushing themselves as McGregor's next opponent?

It is clear that one of Wenger's priorities this summer is to get a new striker: after all we only signed Japanese prospect Asano, and made a very public chase of Jamie Vardy, which was eventually snubbed.

On the back of a strong campaign, PSG will be looking to invest in quality wingers and even though it is public knowledge that Angel di Maria remains the priority, having missed out on the Argentine player last season, Sterling's name has been thrown around after they came close to signing Memphis Depay.

In the women breastfeeding in public debate, it is the health of children everywhere that should take priority, not the «sensitivities» of adults who are perfectly capable of looking the other direction.

Mayor Dan McLaughlin said he was surprised by the latter priority, but Village Manager Paul Grimes noted that since the survey was conducted during one of the snowiest winters in recent memory, residents might have been paying more attention than usual to the Public Works Department, which plows village roads.

Risks of Not Breastfeeding: This document, published by ILCA in 2011, summarizes the evidence demonstrating breastfeeding as the biological norm and affirms it as a public health priority.

Nearly all of this property was designated a priority habitat of state - listed rare species, which is why Mass Audubon collaborated with public and private conservation organizations, as well as private landowners, to protect and manage this sanctuary.

Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: It is the position of the International Lactation Consultant Association that supporting their wellbeing should be a priority of governments, aid agencies, health workers, and members of the public.

The new Dr. Deirdre Loughlin Fund will link two of Deirdre's highest priorities: Broad Meadow Brook, where she has served for many, many years as chair of the advisory board; and Worcester Public Schools, where — as a teacher, and later, as a top administrator — she inspired generations of students to be curious and confident about science.

Shaping a city is typically a matter of striking a balance between competing priorities — cars versus people on foot, privately owned buildings versus public space.

Sadly, despite being provided evidence on the high rates of complications from Baby - Friendly practices, we were disappointed that the WHO had not identified informing the public of the dangers of infant starvation and the importance of supplementation to protect an infant's brain and life as «a top priority.»

on the high rates of complications from Baby - Friendly practices, we were disappointed that the WHO had not identified informing the public of the dangers of infant starvation and the importance of supplementation to protect an infant's brain and life as «a top priority.»

The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body composition in the first year of life, with breastfed infants gaining less rapidly than formula - fed infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18

World Breastfeeding Week 2009 is an opportunity to highlight the power of breastfeeding to policy - makers, donors and the public alike — and to ensure that it is a priority during emergency response.

Enabling women to breastfeed is also a public health priority because, on a population level, interruption of lactation is associated with adverse health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).

The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities is a nonprofit research organization focused on the impact of public policy on low and moderate - income Americans.

Healthy People 2020 The United States Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 establishes breastfeeding as a national public health priority.