Sentences with phrase «rights challenges of»

Climate change exacerbates global injustice for present and future generations, and poses one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time.

The new platform called education choice «one of the greatest civil rights challenges of our time» and detailed the Party's support for education savings accounts (ESAs), vouchers, tuition tax credits, and portability of federal funding:

Ensuring a high - quality education for all students is the civil rights challenge of our times, and in my view, the raison d'être for every educational leader.

During his speech, Cantor called access to a good, safe education the «greatest civil rights challenge of our time.»

«For more than three years, Commissioner Cerf has served New Jersey as one of the most passionate and articulate voices for the greatest civil rights challenge of our time: delivering a high quality education for every child in our state, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status,» Christie said in a statement.

Transcript of Archbishop Tutu's remarks on climate change: «The destruction of the earth's environment is the human rights challenge of our time.

Not exact matches

To start a sales relationship off right, you have to offer value out of the gate, but just as important is attempting to understand a prospect's challenges.

«The greatest risk is not on the battlefield but in standing up for what's right,» McRaven told the cadets, adding, «The truly great officers know that real victory is achieved when men and women of character take professional risks and challenge the weak - kneed, the faint of heart, the indecisive, or the bullies.»

I like the fact that this challenge was «just right» in that it caused me to consider my own waste production instead of managing other's waste.

If you get the strategy and the values of the business right, the execution, while no less challenging, is at least a little easier to pull off.

«At Wazoku we are all about innovation and as a start - up we know that one of the biggest challenges faced by new businesses is getting seen and found by the right people.

Just the sheer scale of it is also challenging, because you've got ta lay out the carbon fiber in exactly the right way on a huge mold, and you've got ta cure that mold at temperature, and then it's... just really hard to make large carbon - fiber structures that can do all of those things and carry incredible loads.

Farmers in Tanzania can do all the Google searches they like right now, he says, but buying Google ads to sell their crops is a challenge because of currency translation issues.

On CNBC's «Fast Money,» as part of their madness challenge, the traders debate some of the best tech plays right now.

After losing out to Bell for FIFA World Cup rights in October, CBC's executive director of sports, Jeffrey Orridge, whose network had also lost out on rights to the Canadian Football League and Canadian Curling Association, told The Globe and Mail, «It's a challenge for the sports media landscape in general, to sustain these types of levels, what rights are currently commanding.»

Who in their right mind would take on that kind of challenge?

While he looked right for the part of Gambit in the first solo Wolverine flick, it was the mutant's Cajun accent that proved a challenge.

«After getting the right talent into the organization,» wrote Gubman, «the second traditional challenge to human resources is to align the workforce with the business -; to constantly build the capacity of the workforce to execute the business plan.»

Whether in the halls of Congress or the halls of a small business in middle - America, identifying the right leaders — those with character and moral excellence running through their veins — should be a top priority to swiftly challenge the pervasive status quo.

When I was faced with a new challenge, I would reach out to contacts, ask advice, find the right person to manage the specific challenge, and work with that person to develop and execute a plan of action.

Passed amidst bitter partisan division and an ambivalent public... the right depends on private actors, private health insurance companies, and willing states to administer and participate in a newly transparent, competitive, and streamlined private health insurance market, while these same actors hesitate to invest in the infrastructure of this market due to uncertainty from legal and political challenges to the ACA.

Our biggest challenge right now is the fact that we have so many ideas (generated from our customers and employees) and most of them depend on our IT and Web - development department!

The first order of priority to make the workplace a safe place for all is to identify and place the right leaders — those with character and moral excellence running through their veins — in positions to swiftly challenge the pervasive status quo.

The challenge, of course, was convincing ourselves, and the committee, that such a simple solution was the right one.

In our world of trying to make everything bigger and faster, the challenge for companies ranging from SAP to Google (GOOGL) has been how to get more information into the DRAM, because if you want real - time data processing (for example, the Internet of things or for business transactions) you want jobs performed right next to the computer processor.

«One of the things that is challenging new companies right now is that they want a mentor.

Additionally, doing social media right requires a time commitment, which poses a challenge for busy executives — regardless of age.

That can be a challenge for those who toil in marketing's vineyard, given how rich it is with the scent of manure right now.

«I think the challenge with a Siri, or Cortana, or Google Now right now is that they're kind of baked into the operating systems,» says Yeager.

Many of the companies are strong national retail chains, he said, and the challenge is finding the right retailer or mix of retailers.

Transportation policy experts say that high - speed transit in the United States has been stymied not so much by technological challenges as by the challenges of acquiring rights of way and getting enough money for the required infrastructure.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Ben Wyatt's short - lived challenge for leadership of the Labor Party has highlighted the influence of the key powerbrokers, namely unions on both the right and left.

But the association has mounted a legal challenge to Seattle's new law, saying it infringes on customers» rights by requiring hotels to keep logs of complaints against guests.

Companies often struggle to find the right workers — a challenge that can be multiplied by a limited pool of local talent and competing employers.

While challenging, it can be accomplished with the right mix of change, learning, coaching and new faces.

And challenging traditional ways of thinking can be beneficial — if done the right way.

But the challenge they face is a big one: to get that content in front of the right people — and impress them.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

Get the right team to help you with the growing challenges of your business.

«I know that part of the challenge that folks across the Lower Mainland and B.C. are facing right now is related to the fact that we are connected so closely to the U.S. market and to what happens in the United States,» Trudeau said as the price of gas exceeded $ 1.60 a litre in the Vancouver area.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

And although I'm pretty busy right now, there is always that space in the back of my mind that's thinking about the next step and wanting to take on a new challenge.

Having run several multi-million dollar companies and being a certified meditation teacher, Natalie MacNeil is going to show us how to clear your mental and physical clutter to help you get started on the right foot, along with the importance of building a weekly reflection time for your goal - achieving challenge.

The left side of the brain, for instance, might have evolved to carry out routine operations — things like foraging for food — while the right side was kept free to detect and react rapidly to unexpected challenges in the environment — an approaching predator, for instance.

Having run several multi-million dollar companies and being a certified meditation teacher, Natalie MacNeil showed us how to clear our mental and physical clutter to get started on the right foot, along with the importance of having a weekly reflection time for our goal - achieving challenge.

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy challenged Facebook's current user agreement, saying it is established to «cover Facebook's rear end» and not as a way to inform people of their rights.

Chinese state media also praised May for her wisdom and pragmatism in sidestepping calls to challenge Beijing over issues of human rights and Hong Kong's sovereignty.

Observe their ability to self - evaluate, their sense of right and wrong, their willingness to challenge the status quo.

His steady leadership during the challenging times of the civil rights era was transformational for the people he served, in addition to countless others across nations decades later.