Sentences with phrase «practice statements for»
«She knows what I like»: Student - generated best - practice statements for encouraging recreational book reading in adolescents.
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«We support the important role that the FTC plays in encouraging appropriate standards and best practices,» a spokesman for LendingClub said in a written statement.
For a general sense of the contractor's security policy and practices, review their ISO 27002 compliance statement.
David Treat, managing director for Accenture's financial services industry blockchain practice, says in an emailed statement: «As we move into production implementations, bank executives will need a clear roadmap for how and where to rethink their strategies and redesign their operating models, which is why we undertook this unique study.»
«Each of these 2,769 franchise stores are run independently and solely responsible for their employees, management and adherence to regulations and labor practices,» the statement said.
Building on an op - ed in American Banker, KBW explores best practices for SMID - cap banks» quarterly earnings statements.
Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.
Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Walmart has specific Privacy Statements for its personal information practices relating to the Pharmacy and Vision Centre operations in our retail stores.
When preparing for a sales call, you must develop and practice the delivery of two statements that are geared toward this specific opportunity:
«We've had the political neutrality statement on the website for a number of years, so this is merely a further restatement of policy and practice,» LDS spokesman Dale Jones told CNN.
Here's the Mormon logic behind baptisms for the dead: (1) Bible says you have to be baptised to get into heaven, (2) lots of people died without any chance to get baptised, (3) the Bible mentions baptism for the dead, which was practiced by early christians but isn't practised by anybody now (other than Mormons), and (4) God lvoes everybody but he is also truthful, so baptism for the dead reconciles the statement that everybody must be baptised with the unfair situation of not everyone being able to do so.
As for the suggestion by the Society for Christian - Jewish Co-operation that an interfaith committee advise on revisions, he referred me to a statement by the burgomaster of Oberammergau dated May 13, 1960, which asserted that all matters pertaining to the play are entirely the business of the community of Oberammergau, that the Society for Christian - Jewish Co-operation had overstepped its bounds, and that if revisions became necessary Oberammergau would consult only the church, the poets and the experts in theater practice.
In our discussion we shall ask first what theological statements can be made on the subject of private prayer, examining afterwards if liturgical prayer (as distinct from the Eucharist and the administration of the sacraments with which we are not here concerned) can be preferred to it at all, and if so, what such a preference means for the practice of the Christian life.
or an incomplete statement, such as, «After months of practice with ---- , I think I'm finally ready for ---- .»
In its more modest statement of purpose, the project is to be a «clearinghouse» for the bishops, providing them with «best practices» in business management.
As to your last statement, IF the ADL did as you suggest, you'd just criticize them for taking care of their own and not practicing what they preach by coming to the aid of ALL religions.
The Apostolic Truth Tabernacle posted a statement on its website that says in part: «The Pastor and members of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle do not condone, teach, or practice hate of any person for any reason.»
Where our legal system provides for the right of conversion, it should not be the case that in reality the practice of these rights are denied, or made nearly impossible, to certain religions or races,» it said in a statement.
«The church is committed to preventing the misguided practice of submitting the names of Holocaust victims and prominent individuals for proxy baptism,» spokesman Michael Purdy said in a written statement.
(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)
For example, Celsus in his work The True Doctrine, written during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 C. E.), criticised Christians and Christian practices by «tailoring out» certain statements of Scriptural material available to him and also by making «some adjustments so as to fit in with his purpose of criticising Christianity.»
The implications of this for church practice include a new sense of the participatory style of liturgy, an emphasis upon the freshness of statement, the continual working out of the expressive forms of church understanding, and the rejection of all forms of performer and spectator mentalities.
Not only had a woman running for the U.S. Senate once lumped witchcraft with Satanism, a horrible insult in and of itself, but she also went on to distance herself from that earlier statement by calling those who practice witchcraft «questionable folks.»
For it is necessary that the faith of the Church, as this has been articulated during the two thousand years of Christian history in the form of theological statements, should be made known to the people; it is equally necessary that the developed principles of Christian life, in respect to devotional practice and in terms of daily conduct, should be taught.
For example, their community developed a statement of beliefs to show people that they were not a cult, but they also developed a statement of practices to show they were not just believers (p. 125).
Outside its practice of lightings for Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah and Eid al - Fitr (the end of Ramadan), the Empire State Building «has a specific policy against any other lighting for religious figures or requests by religions and religious organizations,» ESB owner Anthony E. Malkin said in a statement.
It requires doctrinal theology for critical assessment of the ideological distortion and faithlessness of its practices insofar as they are statements of its outlook, and it calls for constructive proposals of preferable formulations of its outlook.
But as practiced in a strict and thorough - going way it has two major flaws as a tool for interpreting the Bible: first, it prohibits us from making any statements at all about God; and second, it fails to do justice to the language of the Bible.
«Denominational conference statements of the mainline Protestant churches in the South have almost uniformly affirmed the incompatibility of segregation with Christian principles and the need for revision of local practice.»
As Nikolaus Lobkowicz points out, «One only has to forget for a second that for Scotus the ultimate secret of will, and thus of practice, is love, in order to be reminded of statements such as: the only knowledge able to reach God is practical, not theoretical (Kant); the only source of meaning in the whole universe is praxis (Marx).»
These various statements of the limiting criteria differ from one another, and Ignatieff's readers must figure out for themselves where they come from, why these criteria and not others should be employed, and what it might mean in practice to design defenses against terror that involve evil actions whose punishment may be mitigated by the extreme circumstances.
The faith that comes to word in Jesus is the root of the authority he had; thence, the faith come to word in Jesus becomes Jesus» faith, and leads to the thought of Jesus» prayer life; from there we move to faith come to word in the future for men of the future, and their prayer practice; and, finally, we arrive at the climactic faith statement.
Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess or in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.
However, positivists were unable to carry out in practice their programme for translating theoretical into observational statements.
College students are looking for a simple ingredient statement, a company known for ethical practices and sustainability when purchasing food and beverages.
«Ensuring that the high expectations consumers have for organic foods are met preserves the organic seal's reputation as the gold standard for agricultural production practices,» Laura Batcha, CEO of the Organic Trade Association, said in a statement about the USDA's proposed rule.
Not long ago he circulated to his colleagues a statement of his situation as a student, explaining he has completed 10 of the 16 one - semester courses he needs to finish at Harvard and sketching a remarkable plan for flying back and forth, starting in February of 1981, to take Harvard midterms, participate in UCLA recruiting and spring practice and take his divinity school finals.
This privacy statement relates to our information collection and dissemination practices for www.worldrugby.org («the site»).
Gunfest, Being the 6th richest club in the woeld and having great tradition and history means nothing if you do nt uphold or practice these values and at leastvTRY to show the AMBITION that falls into line with where Arsenal should be, I know we both know how our season will go but your statement about us being too big or financially dwarfing other clubs has applied every season for the past eight and weve still had cup exits against Bradfords, Blackburns, league home defeats vs wigan and hull, etc, etc..
So while, you emphatically state that these are the reasons «YOU» do not practice CIO, you go on to post all of these one sided absolute statements that leave no room for dissent.
Published in the June 2011 issue of the Journal of Athletic Training, the statement presents athletic trainers and other health care professionals with recommendations for safe weight loss and weight maintenance practices for athletes and the physically active, and guidelines for coaches and parents that will allow athletes and active individuals to safely achieve and maintain weight and body composition goals.
July 11, 2013 — In light of the recent attention on safe birthing practices and the newly released AAP policy statement on Planned Home Births, the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) hosted a national webinar,» A Home Birth Primer for MCH Programs,» on Thursday, July 11, 2013.
Because the ICM Standards are supportive of independent midwifery practice, this statement is a nice complement to the ACNM - ACOG Joint Statement and is evidence that ACOG has expressed support for autonomous midwifery practice multiple times.
The 1998 and 2005 AAP policy statements and the Back to Sleep campaign not only addressed the importance of back sleeping but also provided recommendations for other infant care practices that may reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep - related infant deaths.1, 9 Unfortunately, the ability to measure the prevalence of these other risk factors is limited by lack of data.
Although Health Canada's policy statements recommend that infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life and sustained breastfeeding to two years and beyond, adequate support systems need to be in place for mothers to achieve optimal breastfeeding practices.
The main problem is that as a trade organization you can not come out with strong statements for best practice without offending some of your friends on the board who are manufacturing the products that have proven to be less than optimal for baby.
The FDA issued a policy statement about the use of domperidone in breastfeeding mothers, as the drug passes through to the breast milk; however, many respected medical doctors whose practices focus mainly on lactation indicate that while most drugs pass through to the milk supply, most are safe for both mother and baby, including domperidone.
(2006) Discussion paper prepared for HIV and infant feeding technical consultation, 25 - 27 October 2006 HIV and infant feeding counselling (2005) From research to practice Update on dissemination and use of new and revised HIV and infant feeding publications (2005) UNICEF and WHO call for stronger support for the implementation of the joint United Nations HIV and infant feeding framework (2004) Full text [pdf 117kb] HIV and infant feeding data analysis (2004) Workshop report HIV and infant feeding generic slide set (2004) UNICEF and WHO joint statement on HIV and infant feeding (2004) What are the options?
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Practice Physicians, and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), have policy statements and clinical guidelines for providers to best support mothers and babies.