Sentences with phrase «public status for»

An excellent documentary in charting how celebrities can use their public status for good, especially if they have the guts to turn their backs on what made them famous for a greater good.

In Nigeria, where there are large Muslim and Christian populations, Muslims can not, for example, ask the government to provide Islamic law courts without being pressured to acknowledge an equal public status for Christianity.

Not exact matches

I've made a score - card here.The chart shows the public pension replacement rate for the status quo CPP plus five different reform proposals.

The recent FDA approval for its herpes test was the first public sign the company is making headway on this goal, though the company and the FDA declined to comment to the WSJ on the status of the more than 130 other tests it has submitted to the agency.

«Secretary Kelly hasn't made a decision on (Temporary Protected Status) for Haiti,» Joanne Talbot from DHS's Office of Public Affairs told NBC News.

And then there's the question of how a not - for - profit foundation like Mozilla can even consider these kinds of commercial deals, given the higher public disclosure requirements for nonprofits, not to mention the restrictions on money - making activities that accompany the favorable tax status.

Bonds get their «tax - free» status because the money raised by the bond issue is usually for a «public good or service» such as schools or roads.

But in public, the major federal parties are unanimous in their support for the status quo.

H.B. 929 Status: Failed Relates to promotion of cybersecurity in the Commonwealth, initiates several efforts to promote economic development, research and development, and workforce development of the cybersecurity industry in the Commonwealth, creates two new matching grant funds, adds one administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority for private entities that collaborate with one or more public institutions of higher education on research and development related to cybersecurity.

The Department concludes that it can best protect the interests of retirement investors in receiving sound advice, provide greater certainty to the public and regulated parties, and minimize the risk of unnecessary disruption by taking a more balanced approach than simply granting a flat delay of fiduciary status and all associated obligations for a protracted period.

This margin is determined based on our total leverage ratio for the preceding four fiscal quarters and our status as a public or non-public company.

The calculations are based on the status of the Account at the end of 2009 - 10 as per the Public Accounts of Canada and extrapolated using the March 2011 Budget projections for EI premium and benefits.

May 2014 — Facebook only now switches off the public default for users» photos and status updates, setting default visibility to «friends»

For example, it will prompt users to review information they've shared on their public profile, including religious affiliation or relationship status.

««Virtual currencies» means a digital representation of value that is neither issued by a central bank or a public authority, not attached to a legally established currency, which does not possess the legal status of currency or money, but is accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange or for other purposes, and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically.

The foregoing change is material, as it means that private / internal, centralized blockchains are given the same favorable status as public blockchains under the law, and may even leave a backdoor for legacy systems like encrypted Credit Card records stored multiple times to qualify as a «blockchain.»

(For the record, I earn a 64 — good enough for «thought leader» status and probably the only time I'll be this close to Jay - Z in any public rankinFor the record, I earn a 64 — good enough for «thought leader» status and probably the only time I'll be this close to Jay - Z in any public rankinfor «thought leader» status and probably the only time I'll be this close to Jay - Z in any public ranking.)

Flanked by his team of public defenders and over a half dozen Broward Sheriff's Office deputies, suspected Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appeared in a Broward County courtroom Wednesday afternoon for a status hearing into whether he can afford to pay for his own defense.

By my reading of both the human condition and our current culture, a project like Hart's is more important to the status of religion in public life than, say, arguments for a natural law.

Sadly for the media, the Independent public has awoken, and the status quo will be changed, with or without the approval of CNN and MSNBC and the rest.

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

It might be supposed that we could turn to the schools, since the task of the schools is constantly being enlarged, but the very nature of the modern school precludes this, as we have already noted in Chapter I. (For a careful and scholarly study of this problem see Alvin W. Johnson, The Legal Status of Church - State Relationships in the United States with Special Reference to the Public Schools, University of Minnesota Press, 1934.)

Academic theologies (with their focus on such questions as method, the disciplinary status of theology in the modern university, the relationships of theology and religious studies, and the development of public criteria for theological language) are obviously related principally to the public of the academy.

In 2014, the pastor also admitted to paying a public relations company $ 200,000 to bump his books to The New York Times bestseller list, though Driscoll later apologized for the agreement and voluntarily retracted his bestseller status.

Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax - exempt status for religious institutions: «Rather than try to rescue tax - exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of....

Quite apart from the ontological status of these, how do we make the inferential leap from those actual, but diverse, private experiences to the normative or public veridical judgment, «That is a penny on top of the desk» (where «penny» now stands exclusively for the normative description just given, as opposed to the particular ensemble of sense data we happen to perceive from a particular frame of reference)?

When Isaac Bashevis Singer wow the 1978 Nobel Prize for literature, his status seemed to change from that of coterie hero, loved by a dwindling but enthusiastic Yiddish - speaking public, to that of world hero.

I've sat through church services or conferences or workplaces or public arenas where the only women who are visible are the ones who are extremely thin, who are white, who are blonde, who are American, who are fashionably dressed and professionally done - up, who are able - bodied, who are bright without being intimidating, who are pretty without being sexy, who are unthreatening to our status quo of appropriate, who are ticking every box for what our culture tells us is acceptable about womanhood.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

Two days after the Obergefell decision, New York Times columnist Mark Oppenheimer suggested that it is now time to rethink the idea of tax - exempt status for religious institutions: «Rather than try to rescue tax - exempt status for organizations that dissent from settled public policy on matters of race or sexuality, we need to take a more radical step.

In describing such worship as «public,» we do not mean, of course, that it was opened to all and sundry, but rather that it was public for the Church and for all members of the Church who by their baptism had been initiated into the community and thus had been given the status which made it possible for them to participate in what went on when the community engaged in its regular worship of God in Christ.

The Druid Network, which has about 350 members, sought charitable status for «the advancement of religion for public benefit and no other purpose,» the commission said in its ruling.

This is why the law until the 1960s resisted or delayed divorce, gave a privileged status to monogamous marriage and upheld the need for public commitments of a mutually consenting man and woman as the ground for the formation of legal families.

Johnson's anti-Obama sermonizing likely violated the so - called Johnson Amendment, an Internal Revenue Service rule that forbids churches that receive tax - exempt status from the federal government to intervene in «any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.»

I think that preachers should avoid recommending or endorsing specific candidates for public office even though they should have the right to do without jeopardizing their tax status if nonreligious nonprofit organizations can do so.

To provide information for public health or public policy purposes, a larger long - term trial targeting individuals with marginal vitamin A status is needed.

A large portion of the general public thinks athletes should be able to sell their likenesses, for what is generally marginal profit, without risking their NCAA eligibility or changing the status of their antiquated - as - currently - defined «amateurism.»

She has previously worked in public and academic libraries, and currently writes applications for non-profit organizations seeking 501 (c)(3) status.

We used multivariable logistic - regression models to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal race or ethnic group (non-Hispanic white vs. other), parity (nulliparous vs. multiparous), insurance status (public or none vs. other), extent of prenatal care (≥ 5 visits vs. < 5 visits), advanced maternal age (≥ 35 years vs. < 35 years), maternal education (> 12 years vs. ≤ 12 years), history or no history of cesarean delivery, and a composite marker of conditions that confer increased medical risk.

Although public awareness of PPD is increasing and the condition is losing some of its taboo status, many women are still reluctant to seek help for their symptoms and PPD often goes undiagnosed.

For over 25 years, Mass Audubon has supported the status quo that prohibits hunting on Sundays in keeping with our long - held belief that hikers, families, bird watchers, wildlife photographers, amateur naturalists, and others should have one day a week free of hunting to enjoy in safety the serenity of nature on public and private lands.

Thatcher praised Mass Audubon for earning two consecutive 4 - star ratings, terming the designation «exceptional,» and conveying a status that «differentiates Mass Audubon from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust.»

David was also the producer of «An Inconvenient Truth,» and just as that film served as a wake - up call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal government.

There is evidence to indicate the presence of the «what is must be best» belief where the public values the status quo over options for which they have little experience [40, 41].

And the reason for that, is however much the public may not be keen on the status quo, they are even less keen on the alternatives.

To help him and the Commission in their task I suggest the following ten reasons for judging that any religious organization fails to provide a public benefit and should therefore be excluded from charitable status:

Commenters on a first draft of this post have said that the foregoing analysis understates the instability of the status quo, and the relevance of this, the public or the Tories notwithstanding, for what the Political and Constitutional Committee has undertaken.

Although the amendment wouldn't directly affect funding (and such) for public schools, in the long term anything that makes alternative education feasible for more people could lead to a reduction in the status of public schooling.

His idea of «rottamare» («scrapping») the entire political class had an extremely wide impact on public opinion and soon became a slogan for all those who wanted to contest the status quo in Italian politics.

It keeps the status quo when it comes to taxes, adds $ 1 billion in new public education spending and includes expanded child care tax credits and a new $ 163 million initiative making state college tuition free for students from families earning $ 125,000 or less annually.