Sentences with phrase «raises additional concerns»

Recent promotion of desalination raises additional concerns regarding overall resource efficiency and the potential for diminishing returns on investment, given the energy inputs required to ensure water supply, with current energy supply being from thirsty fossil - based processes.

The added introduction of the «grammar school» debate raises additional concerns, as does the push to create «free schools», which many believe is draining funding from existing schools.

Porter raised additional concerns about language used in posting tools that allows users to post about «suspicious activity,» a category she views as overly broad, as opposed to restricting reports to notifications of specific crimes that were witnessed.

These compounds were not previously known to exist, and raise additional concerns about the health impacts of heavily - polluted urban air or dietary exposure.

Processed foods also add colors and flavorings which raise additional concerns.

[ix] Additionally, given the overrepresentation of Black students in the Intellectual disability category, it is likely that Black students would be overrepresented among students instructed and assessed outside of their grade level, raising additional concerns about the civil rights of students under this waiver request.

Additionally, given the overrepresentation of Black students in the Intellectual disability category, it is likely that Black students would be overrepresented among students instructed and assessed outside of their grade level, raising additional concerns about the civil rights of students under this waiver request.

Much of the skill is in having satisfactory answers so that you don't raise additional concerns or questions, and you can make your points somewhat unmolested.

A lawyer involved in the dispute raised additional concerns,

Furthermore, collaborative contracts allow the attorneys and other professionals to communicate amongst themselves whenever they deem it appropriate, raising additional concerns about cost and economy.

Not exact matches

At the time, some market participants raised concerns with, inter alia, the control and dilution implications the additional authority would bring, especially to retail shareholders who might be shut out of institutional book builds.

Given the distressingly high levels of air, water and soil pollution in that country, this development raises additional serious food safety concerns.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has also indicated that he would impose additional taxes on international companies - moves that have raised concern in the US in particular, as the White House regards Latin America as very much in its sphere of interest.

Additional concerns about the fourth premise were also raised (i.e. «is the federal government really more efficient at managing such efforts»), but arguments about the effectiveness of the department are really ancillary to the justification for its existence in the first place.

«At the time I raised the concern that the process was set up for us to have an additional set of eyes to look at these contracts on what we call a pre-audit basis or before the approval is done,» he said.

While it can offer an additional opportunity for people to raise their concerns and highlight issues emerging during the course of a Parliament, the risk is that it, instead, becomes a focus for populist campaigns of little substance or merit.

«That process included opportunities for bidders to raise concerns about the R.F.P. directly to the authority, in - person and through additional correspondence exchanges,» she said in a statement.

Auditors had to perform additional costly and time consuming steps to conduct the audit because OFT impeded the auditors» access to staff and data, raising concerns as to whether other abuses may exist but have yet to be discovered.

An additional 3,000 to 4,000 are estimated to be living on the street, and their increasingly visible presence has helped raise concerns that the «bad old days» are returning.

One additional concern some experts raise is that the bills leave some matters vague: For example, neither bill defines what an «unreasonable» risk would actually mean besides barring the EPA from factoring in regulation costs, says Adam Finkel, a professor of environmental health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

In addition to the longstanding belief that replacing exiting teachers is difficult, additional concerns have been raised in the D.C. schools that high - performing teachers may leave because of the stress of high - stakes evaluation.

While we have concerns about some of the specifics, we also appreciate that the Administration proposes taking steps to address entitlement programs, which are the most serious driver of spending increases, and to raise additional revenues, which also are essential to serious, balanced deficit reduction.

Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our ability to raise additional capital, including from this offering.

The report concludes that if the government is able to clarify its definition and additional inspection measures are introduced, they should only apply where concerns have been raised and should not be aimed specifically at religious organisations.

They also raised concerns about gaps in training in areas such as additional support needs, behaviour management and online safety.

«Since awarding the grant to ODE, the department has received additional information that raises continuing concerns regarding ODE's ability to administer its... grant properly, particularly in the areas of oversight and accountability with respect to Ohio's charter schools,» wrote Stefan Huh, director of charter schools program for the U.S. Department of Education.

An additional panel focused on the headway being made in digital textbook publishing, with the concern still being raised that a significant amount of money that students spend on textbooks is still going to the used textbook market.

It is interesting to see the opportunity that e-books have given small time authors but also the additional concerns it raises.

Pielke's comment, «Under IPCC projections the additional burden of climate change on Africa is only a very small marginal addition to what is already a huge burden,» would raise very much concern in the public health arena.

There will be some concern that renewable energy subsidies have now indirectly spawned additional support for coal and gas, and that both will raise European energy prices which are already some of the highest in the world.

Concerns have also been raised that the additional power generated by the massive turbines could supply almost the entire capacity of a proposed new interconnector cable that would transport power to the mainland, meaning no more community schemes could link up to it.

«IGES's recent decision to remove documents from its website raises concerns that additional information vital to the Committee's investigation may not be preserved,» Smith wrote in a Thursday letter to Shukla.

The water utility serving New York City has identified heavy precipitation events as one of its major climate - change - related concerns because such events can raise turbidity levels in some of the city's main reservoirs up to 100 times the legal limit for source quality at the utility's intake, requiring substantial additional treatment and monitoring costs (Miller and Yates, 2006).

If the other side does not raise a concern, it will make them look bad later when they ask for additional terms.

The local raised its own concerns with management years ago and advocated for two additional cleaners to be hired, as there is currently only four cleaners for the whole facility, which takes up ten acres.

In some cases where particular concerns have been raised by legal mandates in other laws, we allow disclosure as required by law, and we establish additional requirements to protect privacy (for example, informing the individual as required in § 164.512 (c)-RRB- when covered entities make a legally mandated disclosure.

Additional commenters who argued that the definition was too narrow raised the following concerns: the difference between «research» and «health care operations» is irrelevant from the patients» perspective, and therefore, the proposed rule should have required documentation of approval by an IRB or privacy board before protected health information could be used or disclosed for either of these purposes, and the proposed definition was too limited because it did not capture research conducted by non-profit entities to ensure public health goals, such as disease - specific registries.

Although we share concerns raised by some commenters that research information generated from research studies that involve the delivery of treatment to individual subjects may need additional privacy protection, we agree with the commenters who asserted that there is not always a clear distinction between research information that is related to treatment and research information that is not.

From an employer's perspective, while no organization would question the importance of ensuring a harassment - free workplace, the additional obligations and powers that may come with increasing legal obligations, not to mention potential financial and human resources costs, raise a host of concerns.

How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

And in the hour just prior to the vote, a number of small boards held their own meeting in Ottawa, to raise concerns about the lack of specific details about how the additional monies would be spent.

Vancouver has an additional concern, calling CREA's flat fee approach to fund - raising «disturbing».