Sentences with phrase «several public organizations»

Already, several public organizations have recommended quinoa as a substitute for wheat whenever the avoidance of this gluten - containing grain is required.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Some other labour organizations have followed suit, including Toronto CUPE locals which, in the wake of a privatization drive by Mayor Rob Ford, have run several hearts - and - minds campaigns depicting individual city employees talking about the public services they deliver.

Although cyber extortion cases have been rising for several years, they have to date targeted small - and mid-sized organizations, disrupting services provided by hospitals, police departments, public transport systems, and utilities in the United States and Europe.

In recent months, revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have all stirred public anger and spurred several European governments, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based research organization for the world's richest countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.

A committed leader with an interest in both business and education, Cardenas is a board member of several organizations including Discover The Palm Beaches, the Florida Atlantic University College of Education and the bi-partisan Council of Community Leaders, which seeks to shape public policy.

Having witnessed his performance today at the Values Voter Summit hosted by Family Research Council and several other conservative organizations, I can't help but feel that America has been missing a fantastic public speaker and master of political rhetoric.

Table 11.2 lists the incomes of several of the major paid - time religious broadcasters for 1979, as drawn from their organization's public financial statements.

Several Jewish religious organizations, most notably Chabad - Lubavitch, a pietistic Brooklyn - based sect with a highly developed and zealous outreach program, are currently challenging the American Jewish consensus on public religious invisibility.

Increased public scrutiny from both government agencies and the general public following mass media coverage of several severe outbreaks of foodborne illness has elevated expectations of food service organizations to take a more proactive approach to their responsibility to protect the food supply chain.

He headed to Chicago and worked for several nonprofit organizations, including the Illinois Public Interest Research Group and the Nkrumah Washington Community Learning Center, in the heart of gang territory.

NYSHSI will incorporate our findings, conclusions, and recommendations into several deliverables for youth sports stakeholders (parents, athletes, coaches / administrators including tournament directors, general public, sport governing bodies and organizations, sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, and applied research scientists).

Several schools and hospitals in the Chicago area use sensory equipment to help people with disabilities regulate their emotions or stimulate their senses but the equipment is rarer in public recreational settings like a park district, said local occupational therapists and a representative from Flaghouse, the company that sold the sensory equipment to SEASPAR and other Chicago organizations.

The U.S. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding notes that several health organizations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Nurse - Midwives, American Dietetic Association and American Public Health Association all recommend that most infants be breastfed for a minimum of one year, with the first six months exclusively breast milk.

In settling the D.C. lawsuit, Chartwells agreed to make $ 14 million in credits and payments to the school system and committed to provide $ 5 million in philanthropic support for the schools, including $ 4 million to the D.C. Public Education Fund for «innovative programs» and $ 1 million to several nonprofit organizations that promote literacy and provide mentors, college scholarships and academic enrichment.

Whether one wants public support for the media or not is a political question (and one all developed democracies have answered in the affirmative in the twentieth century), but as people's media habits and the economics of the industry change, effective intervention probably ought to be built around the «information» part of the sentence quoted above rather than the «several large sheets» part (just as «public service broadcasters» have in many countries sought to redefine themselves as «public service media organizations» to emphasize their cross-platform ambitions).

Ride - share companies in the last several years have assembled a team of high - profile and politically connected lobbying and consulting organizations to influence city and state government in New York, records at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics show.

Several local labor organizations are behind the event, but it's open to the public... and free.

«When you look at all the public health impacts and environmental conditions that were systematically ignored there is only one conclusion, that there were other motivations and incentives at play,» said Pramilla Malick of Protect Orange County, a local organization that has been opposing the project for several years.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

Then leaders of several local political organizations made public a letter sent to Wright:

«While the independent expenditure spending aspect of the bill has been widely discussed across the nation and includes many recommendations that have been discussed for several years, including several provided to your administration by our organizations, little else in the bill addresses the strong public consensus that corruption is a serious problem in New York,» the letter states.

The Legislature's vote followed months of fact - finding, committee meetings, and public hearings in which several doctors, medical experts and public health organizations, including the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, the Buffalo - Niagara Tobacco Free Coalition, the Wellness Institute of WNY, and the Commissioner of the Erie County Health Department warned of the dangers and risks that the emissions from Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping pose to the public's health.

Several environmental organizations, boosted by the popular movie «Gasland,» have claimed that using hydrofracturing can endanger public water supplies, in part because of potentially toxic chemicals that are sometimes used to help extract the gas.

Dr. Zucker will be participating with commuity organizations to promote healthy behaviors in several events throughout Public Health Week.

Several performance reporting systems now report publicly on aspects of quality such as surgical outcomes, 8 adherence to evidence - based quality measures, 9,10 and patients» assessments of care, 11 but few public reports about the quality of health care organizations have also assessed the equity of care provided by those organizations.

She has several years of experience being a leader and representative of other nonprofit organizations, specializing in writing mass communications, creating and organizing events to increase member participation, promoting and managing fundraising contributions, and public speaking.

-- is a non-profit organization that draws from the most current research to identify harmful chemicals in our environment and several resources to help protect the public from unnecessary toxic exposure.

Several authoritative organizations have issued public health guidelines addressing dietary sugars.

Several groups, led by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, filed suit in 1993 claiming that New York State was depriving New York City public school students of their constitutional rights to a «sound basic education,» a standard that had been prescribed in 1982 by the state's highest court (in New York, the Court of Appeals).

Some books for religious and social sciences classes in use in public and private schools in several Muslim countries have included derogatory references to non-Muslims, glorified terrorist activities, and outlined students» obligations to defend Islam against the «infidels,» according to reviews by U.S. - based organizations.

NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit grantmaking organization, operates in several major cities across the U.S. CMOs in its portfolio work exclusively in urban neighborhoods, serve predominantly low - income students, with demographics that are similar to those of their local public school peers.

After - school programs can improve participants» literacy by providing intensive lessons several times a week and establishing strong bonds between instructors and participants, concludes a two - year study by New York City - based Public / Private Ventures, a public - policy - research organizPublic / Private Ventures, a public - policy - research organizpublic - policy - research organization.

As a September showdown neared, their coalition included the major teacher unions and public education associations, People for the American Way, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and several Jewish organizations, among others.

The California Department of Education and other organizations have created several resources to help educators and the public understand and navigate the new California School Dashboard, which includes data that will be used for school and district accountability purposes beginning next fall.

Given the public conversation about bias and injustice — especially recently — several prominent national education organizations including the NEA, AERA, NCTE and AFT have called for addressing equity in schools and society, specifically recommending that educators and school leaders «receive the tools, training, and support they need to build curricula with substantive exploration of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.»

His work has been widely cited in top academic journals in the fields of economics, education and public policy, and he has served on several technical advisory panels related to school and teacher evaluations for school districts, state education agencies and non-profit organizations.

Naming North Carolina as one state of several where new «parent choice» laws have been passed, the Waltons are putting even more money into the Alliance for School Choice, on organization that provides model legislation for state lawmakers to use as they introduce bills that would create alternatives to public education.

SHYING AWAY FROM GRAPHIC IMAGES: The Sun Sentinel and several other media organizations filed a lawsuit asking for video outside the school to be released in the public interest.

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and served in several volunteer capacities with other non-profit organizations.

Drastic change is needed, and the record of several local charter organizations, such as Green Dot Public Schools and the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools, at least offers hope for better management.

In 2017, after several years of success, the Rodrigue family transitioned LAA + into its own public non-profit organization to ensure the growth and long - term sustainability of the mission.

Now retired from Fenton, Joe utilizes his 45 years of experience in both the private sector and public education by advising current charter school operators and serving on several boards of organizations benefiting charter school students.

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) and several organizations that provide services to families and children across the state of Connecticut argue that the state's current education system perpetuates inadequate and unequal state aid for public schools, and that the broken ECS formula is not based on a rational, evidence - based assessment of the actual cost of education.

Several California Collaborative superintendents have built a network of K - 12 system leaders from both traditional public school districts and charter management organizations to develop their individual leadership capacity.

Today, several notable social workers, counselors, and academic researchers from prominent Illinois and Chicago organizations and universities submitted a set of statements to the members of the Chicago Board of Education detailing their serious concerns about the potential negative impact of school closings on Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students» social - emotional health.

Over the past several months, Great Public Schools Now has met with over 50 community organizations and leaders to discuss the effort — and these conversations are far from over.

In addition to his seventeen years as a public school teacher and a public and independent alternative school principal, he has also founded several alternative schools and organizations and has lectured and consulted around the world.

After several unsuccessful turnaround efforts and years of chronic low performance at Cameron Middle School, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) decided to try something different to dramatically improve student outcomes: gradually convert operation of the school from the district to a charter management organization.

Several have joined a new grassroots organization, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, which supports the creation and expansion of high - quality, racially and economically diverse public charter schools.