Sentences with phrase «promoted as an action»

It such a shame to say so as well, it was promoted as an action film that could be entertaining whilst maintaining some level of intelligence.

She studied with the German - born guru of painterly abstraction Hans Hofmann, but she shunned the modes of fervent expressiveness — promoted as Action painting by Greenberg's agonistic rival critic Harold Rosenberg — that engaged most artists of the so - called second generation of Abstract Expressionism.

Not exact matches

In so doing, it created a new definition of supervisor, essentially as someone who can take tangible actions against the employee, for example, by hiring, firing, or promoting them.

We saw a big difference on the same piece of content in a Promoted Post vs. a Sponsored Story Post — a 12X difference as far as action, and the click rate was higher for the promoted onePromoted Post vs. a Sponsored Story Post — a 12X difference as far as action, and the click rate was higher for the promoted onepromoted one.»

Similar to direct marketing, social media should be used as a call - to - action marketing tool, that promotes brand positioning and helps sustain and enhance brand loyalty.

The Vancouver Board of Trade is strongly supportive of the announced Action Plan for Women Entrepreneurs, as well as its promise to modernize Canada's corporate governance framework through amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act to promote gender diversity among public companies, using the widely recognized «comply or explain» model.

Third, it advocates for governmental actions to promote blockchain's success, such as calls to enact laws that give blockchain the same type of support as the internet had in its early days or to consider blockchain to meet the President's stated goals of building an internet more secure against foreign attacks and generally «doing cyber better.»

Establishing relationships with overseas partners, create more legitimacy globally as well as promotes collective action to promote the development of entrepreneurship.

President Donald Trump promotes himself as pro-business, but his plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — also called DACA — is the most anti-business decision he's made.

The action star is reportedly promoting the cryptocurrency as it heads towards its ICO.

Cases such as this, the Court explained, illustrate why environmental assessment in Canada is designed to «promote co-operation and co-ordinated action between federal and provincial governments.»

Calomiris proposes (1) internal governance reforms that would decentralize power within the Fed and promote diversity of thinking; (2) policy process reforms that would narrow the Fed's primary mandate to price stability and require the Fed to adopt and disclose a systematic approach to monetary policy; and (3) other reforms that would constrain the Fed's asset holdings and activities so as to avoid actions that conflict with its monetary policy mission and that risk undermining its independence.

Faith has been redefined as mental ascent, or agreement, instead of what the context contends as belief that promoted action.

Unfortunately, these same words, actions and roles can promote injustice as well as justice.

Our actions to promote peace, justice, and liberation are not on the same plane as the qualitatively other kingdom which God has brought from beyond our world of possibilities through Jesus Christ.

Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine kingdom on earth.»

In other cases moral action will be promoted through persuasion, as in the way clauses are frequently added to laws and injunctions in order to motivate the people to conduct themselves in a certain manner (as in «Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land,» Exod.

He concludes that more attention to the Bible did not necessarily mean more virtuous action; that personal engagement with the Bible did result in self - sacrificing service, but also in divisive hubris, mistaken interpretations (such as the identification of America with ancient Israel), and blindness to social evils; and that Protestant spiritual individualism undercut corrupt hierarchies and supported democracy, but also promoted political excesses and violent anti-Catholicism.

Remedial action on this front will require extreme vigilance over foreign aid budgets, and careful attention will have to be paid to the Clinton Administration as it tries to square its adherence to an international agreement that flatly rejects abortion as a means of family planning with its commitment to huge increases in U.S. aid funding to organizations that actively promote precisely that evil.

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

The teleological basis of Mill's ethics is clear in his statement of the principle of utility: «actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness» (U 10).

In the field of action, the religion of Islam has been used to promote causes such as nationalism, or fascism; religious associations do not exist to promote spiritual fellowship — they seek to realize the aims we associate with political clubs or parties.

As far as they are concerned, the only standard is whether nor not a certain action or policy promotes the national interesAs far as they are concerned, the only standard is whether nor not a certain action or policy promotes the national interesas they are concerned, the only standard is whether nor not a certain action or policy promotes the national interest.

To continue promoting Anchorman 2, Will Ferrell is making another appearance as Ron Burgundy on TSN to call live curling action...

A few potted things the boycott and campaign has achieved: The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (despite what Nestlé told the bloggers, it opposed the Code - scans of documents from the time are on our site), the Code's implementation in 70 countries to greater or lesser degrees, breastfeeding rates in countries taking action to stop malpractice increasing (Brazil from median duration 3 months in the 1980s to 10 months today), Nestlé changing its policy on milk nurses and baby pictures on formula, stopping specific cases of malpractice such as Nestlé promoting formula in Botswana as preventing diarrhoea etc. etc..

«Promoting» means being active and not passive: the statutory equality body and inspectorates will look for action and positive change as evidence of compliance.

Mike Brady, Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, is quoted: «Toddler milks have been described by the World Health Assembly and Department of Health as unnecessary, but companies continue to spend a fortune in promoting them.»

This move by world's largest baby milk company is described as «terribly cynical» by Baby Milk Action as Nestlé continues to promote its formula with claims such as it is the «natural start» and «protects» babies.

As an example of the failings: Baby Milk Action had denounced Nestlé for promoting its formula in Botswana with the claim it counteracts diarrhoea.

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action have outlined their 8 Millennium Development Goals for WBW2014 under the slogan «Breastfeeding: it is a vital, life saving goal... to fight poverty and promote healthy and sustainable development in a comprehensive way by 2015... this year's theme responds to the latest countdown by asserting the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in the post 2015 agenda, and engaging as many groups, and people of various ages as possible.»

API's core ethos is a frame of mind that we promote as a practice: respect, empathy, compassion and reflection in thought, speech and action toward yourself and others.

As I wrote in my previous post on action people can take to promote WBW, formula companies have two objectives in trying to hijack it.

Baby Milk Action took Nestlé at its word and entered into this «dialogue» — as a result Nestlé had to publish corrections and apologies in subsequent issues of the Code Action Report, including a full - page right - to - reply from Baby Milk Action after it disputed our evidence regarding its use of community health workers to promote baby milks in the Philippines.

The UN Global Compact is promoted as an alternative to regulation, but it is worse than useless as it posts misleading reports from companies on its website without any form of checking and does not investigate reports of egregious violations when reported by Baby Milk Action.

The UN Global Compact is promoted as an alternative to regulation, but posts reports from companies on its website without any checking and has not investigated allegations of egregious violations of the Global Compact Principles when reported by Baby Milk Action.

The theme for 1998 was «Breastfeeding: The Best Investment» and aimed to initiate actions to promote, protect and support breastfeeding as one of the best investments in the health of a nation.

Tigers is a new film by Oscar - winning director Danis Tanovic based on the true story of a former Nestlé baby milk salesman in Pakistan called Syed Aamir Raza taking on the industry with the help of IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

As of this writing, many bloggers are also using the social network / micro-blogging site Twitter, a good reason to start a Twitter feed and use it to promote your content and actions.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

As in past election cycles, LCV Action Fund supported federal candidates who demonstrated a commitment to leading on climate change, promoting clean energy, and protecting our air, water, land and wildlife.

A West Side neighborhood group has filed an ethics complaint against Kristen John Foy, a top lieutenant of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, for failing to register as a lobbyist even though he's promoting Airbnb.

«It is a well - known fact that Ghana as a country has been quick to approve and give its assent to international conventions and treaties that purport to promote women, their well - being and affirmative action.

The American Action Network is a 501 (c)(4) that describes itself as encouraging and promoting «center - right policies based on the principles of freedom, limited government, American exceptionalism and strong national security.»

A one off tax on «social polluters,» such as the alcohol, gambling and payday loan industries, might also help fund a # 250 million Early Action Loan Fund to promote better working across different budgets.

In this regard, he enjoined the citizenry to desist from promoting and tolerating corruption through their action of encouraging corrupt officials to live above their legitimate means by making requests of them that they can not meet within their legitimate income as public officials.

David Cameron made big claims about promoting women but as usual his actions don't match his words.

Mr Akuffo served as Director of Communication & Research for Mass Action for Development (MAFOD), a pressure group in the Eastern Region that promotes good governance and economic development.

Both organizations «promote the same goals of good governance and fair democratic participation but in ways particular to their specific corporate goals; joint and coordinated action between the two entities is not only legally permissible but efficient and desirable as a matter of charitable and social welfare work.»

«I believe his actions are as irresponsible as they are reprehensible, and would hope that he do the right thing and apologize for using this footage to promote his campaign.»