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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.
«We think this is one of the most egregious [conflicts of interest] we've seen in recent years, and it seems to be
more widely
practiced... To me, it sounds like a commission, and clients approach the adviser
operating under the banner of fiduciary expecting those biases to not exist.»
Even if a company doesn't meet best
practices, this approach by investors gives the firm a chance to explain how it
operates —
more along the lines of the «comply or explain» model often seen in Europe, he explains.
Jurvetson, Stein and Stavropoulos sat on the management committee for DFJ's 12th early - stage venture fund, which
operates quite independently of its growth
practice, a fund that focuses on
more mature companies.
Like the pragmatists, who also thought they were attacking the Enlightenment, they in
practice need to presume a
more universal moral standard in order to
operate.
My wife and I
operate an emerging Church in our own home Thursday nights and a counseling
practice that
more and
more is becoming focused on freedom from the suffocating bonds of religion.
More than 80 Sprouts Farmers Market stores are saving an average of $ 76,000 per store via new sustainable
operating practices, including using data to track metrics on waste, water, and energy, and then taking steps to save resources....
Because of the kinds of things you talked about under the name of Fabianism, instead of democratic
practices and accountability like popular participation and protests and other forms of civic or popular review, we've gone the route of professionalisation in the civil service and accountability via targets and standardisations and numbers, which enable what is often merely an appearance of accountability, and actually
operate in a very different way from other
more politicised forms of accountability.
In recent months, authorities arrested journalists covering protests; suspended dozens of newspapers and broadcasters permission to
operate; permanently banned three newspapers from publishing and their publishers from
practicing journalism; and sanctioned dozens
more journalists.
Even
more amazingly, we are paying down the deficit bond out of our
operating expenses, taking further steps to pay what we owe with income generated by conservative budgeting
practices.
In
practice, however, the ban — which applies to wells using
more than a certain amount of fluid — will eliminate the most attractive sites because drillers now won't «have enough water» to
operate effectively, says Robert Jackson, a professor of environmental earth system science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
District schools are
operated by
more than 14,000 locally elected boards, and this decentralization also creates the potential for wide disparities in school
practice.
Common sense seems to track with the data: Kids who
operate within safe spaces and
practice regular self - reflection are
more likely to take academic risks, engage in collaborative problem solving, and be aware of their own strengths and weaknesses.
While the
more advanced students might be interested in the details of
operating a fire station, a mildly retarded student will benefit from the reinforcement of the basic lesson about community and also be able to
practice adaptive behaviors such as waiting one's turn, listening, following laws for pedestrians, and cooperating in a group.
Penicillin saved many lives, and discovering
more sanitary
practices in the
operating room and in field hospitals forever changed how treatment worked.
Meanwhile a 2003 study by Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Co. found that non-profits in the U.S. could free up $ 100 billion a year by changing
operating practices to become
more efficient.
Two of my vet - friends
operate veterinary
practices which are little
more than store fronts - the new protocol to boost profit and reduce liability.
Dr Wendy Bernstein bought the clinic from the original owner in 1996 and
operated a successful
practice for years before realizing that she would need
more room to expand the hospital's services.
Her experience is varied and includes developing and implementing training programs for dog owners and veterinary professionals; working as a research assistant on several canine behavioral genetics projects at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; serving as editor for a scientific working group tasked with establishing consensus - based best
practices for the use of canine / handler detection teams and setting standards for their certification; serving as the first editorial assistant for the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research; co-authoring
more than 10 peer - reviewed publications and owning and
operating a home - based editing business.
Tracy has been helping veterinarians and their teams
operate successful
practices for
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The behind - the - scenes
operating procedures and
practices reveal the nature of the business
more fully, Mellace contends.
But some vets will have had significantly
more practice operating on them than others.
Clearly there is
more work to do in improving municipal awareness of the issues and ensuring that municipalities who
operate shelters implement best
practices.
After playing the Beta last month, it became clear what Destiny had become and even with the restricted experience with this beta, which
operated more like a demo (if you know Bungie do things you will be accustomed to their
practice) we got a very good impression of the kind of experience that awaits us next month.
Both of these works, and the overall
practices of each of the artists, point at once to details of the current world in which most of us still
operate and yet signal ways that the importance of individual identity is gradually melding
more and
more with the robotic, the mechanic, the faceless.
They soon realised that they were their art, and have been
operating as «living sculptures» ever since — sacrificing their individual identities in order to devote themselves to a
more democratic art
practice.
In this way, we
operate more as a formal gallery and aim to keep our own
practices separate from our curatorial
practice.
Lacking a standard
operating procedure or prioritized material, Tonsfeldt «s work is culled from experiential residue
more than formal studio
practice.
The physical and expressive sphere within which Block
operates, as fully in the round and representative of both objective histories and
more abstract emotional memories, established Whiteread as one of the most innovative and timeless sculptors
practicing today.
Of the numerous concepts that have emerged from Michel de Certeau's The
Practice of Everyday Life (1980), few have had
more productive afterlives than his formulation of the tactic: «a way of
operating,» of «making do»
practiced by the urban masses he describes as «invisible.»
In
practice, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
operates more like a straight up carbon tax than a cap and trade — and a small one at that.
Open to all CanWEA Leading Edge, Champion and Advocate level members, the new Operations and Maintenance Program is designed to enhance the productivity and value of Canada's wind energy fleet by facilitating improved operations, maintenance and safety
practices and advocating for
more favourable regulatory frameworks and electricity market rules for
operating facilities.
Solar industry insider Pamela Cargill shares management best
practices to help solar contractors
operate more effectively and increase profits.
While it's clear that some companies are taking advantage of best
practices to reduce these emissions, there are also now many
more companies
operating in this space — it's impossible to determine how many of them are actively reigning in fugitive methane.
There are few lawyers who
operate general
practices any
more — specialization has been the trend for many years.
Moreover, the Georgia bill is
more detailed in terms of the operations of the veterans courts, specifying they are to
operate under standards and
practices to be established and updated by the Judicial Council of Georgia.
First, NSU Law describes its course in Business Operations in this way, «In every area of legal
practice, one or
more of the parties in a transaction or dispute are business enterprises
operating using a common set of disciplines and tools to share information, evaluate risk, and make financially - based decisions.
You might
operate a niche
practice, but you might have
more competition than you realize.
«Under our new
operating structure, we can devote
more time to the site, do
more research,
more reviews of products, bring on
more writers, generate
more «best
practice» articles, create
more services, basically
more of everything, including members and readers.»
But much of this talent is
operating in a new way, keen to adopt
more flexible working
practices.
More firms are
operating in a «lean and mean» mode and are interested in retaining partners and elevating those associates to partner status who are exceptionally bright, possess a high level of legal intelligence and capable of «retooling» quickly to work in diverse
practice areas, in teams, or multi-client matters.