Sentences with phrase «other public projects in»

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In early April, for example, Facebook, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and others created a $ 14 - million initiative to help invest projects that «to increase trust in journalism around the world, and to better inform the public conversation,» according to an announcemenIn early April, for example, Facebook, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and others created a $ 14 - million initiative to help invest projects that «to increase trust in journalism around the world, and to better inform the public conversation,» according to an announcemenin journalism around the world, and to better inform the public conversation,» according to an announcement.

«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

Aligning content across the enterprise: Sharing your content calendar with your sales, marketing, HR, public relations, or other departments makes it easier for them to understand your content efforts, leverage them to further their own goals, and alert you when they're involved in new events or opportunities that might spark fresh ideas or impact your project priorities.

Connecticut's Green Bank is a widely praised program, and a public bank campaign in Vermont fell short of establishing a true public bank but led to the establishment of a loan program, funded through state reserves, for energy investments, weatherization, and other local projects.

Although I don't pretend to understand all the «ins & outs» of banking, public financing, etc., it seems to me to be self - evident that if Canadian governments at all levels were able to borrow, at low or preferably no interest rates, to finance infrastructure projects and other issues such as health care and education, rather than indebting Canadians in perpetuity in order to pay big interest payments to the greedy Big Banks, it would ultimately be in the best interests of most ordinary Canadians.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) writes investor protection rules and other rules regulating broker - dealers and banks in the United States municipal securities market, including tax - exempt and taxable municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other securities issued by states, cities, and counties or their agencies to help finance public projects or for other public policy purposes.

In theory, loads of cheap debt could have been used to finance incredibly useful public works projects and other social services that laid the foundations for enduring prosperity.

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.

Edgebrook, on the other hand, is in a transitional area of Danville adjacent to Fair Oaks, a 700 - unit public - housing project occupied largely by blacks, the majority of whom receive public assistance.

Mass Audubon stands with the affected communities and other interested public and private groups in supporting a strong EPA permit governing the implementation of this crucial environmental cleanup project, which may well affect Massachusetts and the Northeast for centuries.

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

- and not wasting money fragmenting the NHS, and other services, or on vanity schools projects, but focusing on the real needs in adult social care and primary school places - and bringing public services together to save money and improve services.

One project is all top secret and classified, but the other is very much in the public eye: I'm working with the wind energy industry to build an online community around the reality and promise of wind energy for America.

For instance, the Administrator said through the Schools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Library.

In simple terms, the corporation will work with other entities — a state agency or a public university, for example — to ensure their construction projects don't fall behind or balloon in cosIn simple terms, the corporation will work with other entities — a state agency or a public university, for example — to ensure their construction projects don't fall behind or balloon in cosin cost.

Cuomo has made a number of public appearances across the state, continuing to promote economic development efforts, just as he did before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged several of Cuomo's former close associates and two major real estate developers with bribery and fraud in connection with the Buffalo Billion and other projects.

While the Kingsbridge Armory battle centered on wages at one project, the wage bill seeks to expand the debate to developments across the city that receive public subsidies worth more than $ 100,000, whether in discounted land sales, tax credits or other incentives.

That means staff at the public authority review paperwork, including a questionnaire that asks, among other things, whether the lawmaker nominating the project has any financial interest in the project.

«If the project is funded by skimming property tax revenue that would have been collected anyway, that's a plain old subsidy that comes at the cost of other public priorities in the city budget.»

Russia is facing its own fiscal challenges in the months and years ahead, as revenue growth from oil and natural gas is projected to slow precipitously and the Kremlin confronts big bills from salary increases for the police, the military and other public workers that preceded Mr. Putin's return to the presidency in 2012.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Trump and other metropolitan area officials to discuss the Gateway Tunnel project, but has nothing public planned.

Given Britain's involvement in an international research consortium formed to create the most detailed and medically useful picture of human genetic variation to date, tonight's other discussion points include the scientific value of the information and the regulatory implications of providing public access to personal genome data through academic research projects, as well as through commercial organisations.

Also at 10 a.m., the Asian American Federation will partner with the Biking Public Project, Transportation Alternatives, and other advocates to hold the E-Bike Rally to Protect Immigrant Food Delivery Workers to protest de Blasio and the NYPD's planned enforcement of electric bicycle regulations starting in January, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Independent evaluation of projects before private - sector involvement was recommended by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in a 2013 report, which also calls for the creation of an oversight entity for public - partnership agreements and other changes to the state's P3 policies.

According to him, Jonathan directed the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Okonjo - Iweala, to work along with other relevant stakeholders both in public and private sector including international consultants to come up with what «we believe should be the comparative template about cost of projects particularly civil engineering projects including supply executed in the country to address criticisms on the cost of projects».

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday directed that a template for public sector projects valuation be set up to drive down the cost of contracts in the country which he said was higher than what obtains in other parts of the world.

Ending the legally required practice, uncommon in other jurisdictions, of separating the designing and construction phases of public works projects in order to save money and time.

In undertaking this important project, Omni and our other private and public sector partners are making a real difference in peoples» lives and the overall vitality of the local economy and the city as a whole.&raquIn undertaking this important project, Omni and our other private and public sector partners are making a real difference in peoples» lives and the overall vitality of the local economy and the city as a whole.&raquin peoples» lives and the overall vitality of the local economy and the city as a whole.»

He said in as much as there would not be alternative roads created specifically for the project, adequate measures have been put in place to educate the public on the staging that would be developed, saying that the project would be executed in phases, while motorists will make use of other sections of the road during construction work on a particular section.

Anthony Picente, Anthony Brindisi and other public officials involved in this project have operated in a shroud of secrecy from day one.

Why are questions of clear public interest still unanswered, in particular how much the tolls will be and whether they will have to rise on the Thruway and other bridges in the state as a result of this project?

When some residents said they feared the code change would automatically grant developers approval for their projects, Supervisor Scott Russell stressed that any proposal would have to go through public hearings and site plan approval — just like any other development project in town.

Miner stepped down as co-chair of the Cuomo - controlled Democratic State Committee last year, and most recently has been in a public dispute over whether the state should direct funds to upgrade infrastructure in Syracuse and other cities or funnel them to projects tailored for economic development.

Projects funded this year include numerous classroom upgrades, the creation of new media centers, library renovations, technology upgrades, playgrounds, auditorium renovations and other physical plant improvements in public schools across The Bronx.

We join other community, environmental, and good government groups in demanding that all permits for this dangerous project be rescinded, the project be shut down, and public hearings be held to determine what fully transpired.»

According to the forms, made public by the state ethics commission, former longtime Cuomo associate Joe Percoco earned up to $ 125,000 from Clough Harbor Associates and COR development, two firms involved in Governor Cuomo's Buffalo Billion project and other taxpayer funded high - tech developments associated with SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

The Education Investment Tax Credit will increase funds in two areas — donations to public schools, school districts and teacher - driven projects; and scholarships to help low - and middle - income students attend religious and other tuition - based schools, according to the NY Archdiocese.

The project included public training programs in defibrillators and compression - only CPR at schools, hospitals and major events such as the N.C. State Fair, plus additional instruction for EMS and other emergency workers on optimal care for patients in cardiac arrest.

The importance of engaging with the public, through storytelling, data - sharing projects that seek public feedback, and other strategies, also took center stage in a session on public opinion and policy.»

He graduated in 1993 but stayed on at Danone for 2 years, taking part in several European research projects involving Danone, the Autnoma University of Barcelona, and other public and private research centers.

Other reasons for the rebound in deforestation include illegal logging and the invasion of public lands adjacent to big infrastructure projects in the Amazon, such as roads and hydroelectric dams.

Using Epiviz and Bioconductor, the research team found consistent regions of DNA methylation changes in colon cancer samples generated by the public Cancer Genome Atlas project and similar gene expression in these regions of DNA methylation changes in other cancer types.

The tool itself, which projects a worse - case scenario of 14,176 Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by October 26, is currently built on a model developed by a Toronto - based team of medical and public health researchers, although HealthMap may try other methods down the road, says John Brownstein, HealthMap co-founder and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.

Now that Park has pitched her book, acquired an agent and a contract, and learned more about writing a book for public consumption, she sees many potential benefits to tackling this project now while her career is in full swing: it may open other doors for her, and she's come to think that early or mid-career scientists can also be uniquely inspiring to people.

Therefore HFSP wants to share the results of its funded projects in the broadest possible way - not just among researchers but also with other sectors and the general public.

The universities» multiyear project through the Wellcome grant, called PREVENT (Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics and New Technologies), is now setting sights on ethics guidance for the inclusion of pregnant women in other public health emergency research.

In collaboration with researchers, governments, industries, non-governmental organizations, policymakers and others, the Project will work to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of synthetic biology, explore public perceptions towards the field, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovatioIn collaboration with researchers, governments, industries, non-governmental organizations, policymakers and others, the Project will work to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of synthetic biology, explore public perceptions towards the field, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovatioin our knowledge of the potential risks of synthetic biology, explore public perceptions towards the field, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation.

From the Human Genome Project, we have learned that teamwork really pays off when it comes to scientific discovery,» said Dr. Collins, who noted that over the past five years, the MIT, Washington University and Baylor centers were major participants in the highly successful public effort to sequence, assemble and analyze the genomes of the human and several other organisms commonly used in biomedical research.

The 2015 mid-term evaluation report of LABEX IAST resulted in a very positive assessment by the international jury: «This is a high - risk, high - potential project that can lead to transformative research in the long term, Intersection between economics, biology, psychology, and other fields, perfectly suited for funding by a public research agency.

GENYO is the first national centre devoted to genomics that integrates the Public Administration, the University and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical business sector, which would allow the integration of research in all its phases, from the generation of knowledge to its development in clinical and pharmaceutical applications, the development of new projects and services for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated to human genetic variability, such a cancer and rare diseases, diabetes, hypertension or degenerative diseases, among others.