Sentences with phrase «support fledgling»

When really pressed on why the USDA and the Obama administration continue to support corn based ethanol, they point to using it as helping support the fledgling cellulosic ethanol industry, which seems to always be just 5 years away from commercial viability.

Firstly, Microsoft wanted to support its fledgling platform, and by the dawn of the 21st century, it had no real competitors in the PC OS market any more.

He and his colorful coconspirators — David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and Ivar Bryce, recruited more for their imagination and dramatic flair than any experience in the spy business — gossiped, bugged, and often hilariously bungled their way across Washington, doing their best to carry out their cloak - and - dagger assignments, support the fledgling American intelligence agency (the OSS), and see that Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term.

July 24, 2008 marked the first time this model received a firmware update to support the fledgling ePub format Adobe Digital Editions 1.5 and Adobe DRM protected PDF files, automatic reflow of PDF files formatted for larger pages enlarges the text to improve readability, and support for high capacity SDHC memory card.

People are surprising in how they choose to support fledgling authors.

The MOU is the latest step to help reduce regulatory barriers to support this fledgling renewable energy technology.

In contrast to Reform Jews and the Orthodox — who for theological reasons were originally ambivalent about the State of Israel — Conservative Judaism, true to its intellectual roots, proudly supported the fledgling state from its inception.

Chester Dale (1883 — 1962) of New York, a passionate collector of French and American art, supported the fledgling National Gallery of Art by lending seven American paintings for its opening in 1941 and 25 important French paintings later that year, selected to show the development of French art from the late 18th to the beginning of the 20th century.

Not exact matches

Merrick, sometimes called «the social capitalist,» recognized it would take guts to garner support for a fledgling company that gives away half of the profits grossed from an odd family of products.

If generous amounts of financial support were allocated to help fledgling pastoral ministries, and — bearing in mind that financial resources, while necessary, are neither the only nor the most important means at the Church's disposal — if these issues really and truly became the focus of our petitionary prayers, I believe that many congregations would be overflowing rather than dwindling.

For social justice advocates who like to drink — a bottle of Fledgling wine supports literacy initiatives for children.

Thank you for your support during this fledgling year of TBP.

Marian's life is an eclectic mix: child of the Great Depression, mother of seven, global ambassador of a fledgling breastfeeding support organization, during a time period when most women were either stay - at - home mothers or were working as teachers, secretaries, or factory workers.

A case can surely be made for Indira Ghandi, for instance, who redrew the map of South Asia by providing vital support to the fledgling state of Bangladesh and, as a result, initiated, some have argued, perhaps the first humanitarian intervention in the 20th Century; a full two decades before the Americans intervened in the Balkans to prevent similar atrocities.

«There are elements of the government of Iran openly supporting terrorism in Iraq to stop a fledgling democratic process, trying to turn out a democratically elected government in Lebanon, flaunting the international community's desire for peace in Palestine,» he said today.

And in Syracuse, Common Councilor Jean Kessner, who just picked up some key support from Assemblyman Sam Roberts in her fledgling challenge to Sen. Dave Valesky, also hasn't yet formally ended her run.

After seeing fledgling support in the first round of voting, Marty Masterpole and Juanita Perez Williams bowed out of the mayoral designation race.

It's that business plan that brought Onondaga County lawmakers on board, approving seed money for the fledgling group that has broad support from the community, according to county legislature chairman Ryan McMahon.

Scruffier, as befits its subject, but covering the same three - decade period, Film Hawk shines a light on an unsung behind - the - scenes force, the indefatigable Bob Hawk, whose eye for film and support of fledgling directors has been essential to the no - budget strand of Amerindie moviemaking.

The Sundance Institute New Frontier program is supported by Cindy Harrell Horn and Alan Horn, Lyn and Norman Lear, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Time Warner Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, AMD Radeon, Nokia OZO, TIME INC + LIFE VR, Comcast Ventures, The Fledgling Fund, Ribbow Media Group, Technicolor Experience Center, Daydream, Oculus, Jaunt, swissnex San Francisco and Pro Helvetia, and David E. Quinney III.

Support from The Fledgling Fund enables us to plan expansively and strategically across the Institute, focusing our efforts where they will have tremendous impact on the independent artists we serve through our Programs and Labs.

Citizen Gangster (Unrated) Diminished dreams saga, set in the wake of World War II, revisiting the real - life exploits of Eddie Boyd (Scott Speedman), a decorated Army veteran who began robbing banks to support his family when his fledgling acting career failed to pan out.

Generous additional support is provided by Skoll Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Ford Foundation; The Charles Engelhard Foundation; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; Arcus Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; Cinereach; Discovery Channel; Liminal Fund; City Drive Films; Time Warner Foundation; CNN Films; National Geographic; Compton Foundation; SundanceNow Doc Club; Joan and Lewis Platt Foundation; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Code Blue Foundation; The Fledgling Fund; Joy Family Foundation; PBS; Signal Media Project; and WNET New York Public Media.

Their goal: to bolster a fledgling movement seeking closer ties between schools and houses of faith by building an army of religious people to support public education.

If you are a competency - based educator please comment or email me off the record ([email protected]) with additional insights into the fledgling edtech market that supports (or fails to support) your work!

While BMW denies it is yet to make a final decision on whether it place the i3 coupe into production, a high - ranking insider has revealed to Autoweek that an i3 cabriolet is also among a series of future i - car proposals, suggesting BMW's fledgling i - brand lineup could eventually support at least five models.

Danny Rakestraw, one of the few white officers to sympathize with and support the department's fledgling black police force, is further conflicted when his brother - in - law, Dale, rallies the Ku Klux Klan to «save» their neighborhood from further encroachment by black families.

But one career simply can't support his luxurious lifestyle and his wife's fledgling art gallery.

Surprisingly, Sonos also announced support for the eight - week old Kindle Fire suggesting just how important the fledgling platform is to software developers.

Though MUTTS is still a fledgling make - up, support from the community has been astounding.

Sam also provides behavior consults for two local shelters and numerous rescue groups, provides seminars to the shelter and rescue staffs and volunteers on topics ranging from Canine Communication and Behavior, Establishing Playgroups for Shelter Dogs, Pre and Post Adoption Support, Owner Surrender Prevention and others, has been asked to become a member of the fledgling company MyPetzLife, has been asked to conduct webinars for Petfinder, is the first resource for the Best Friends Animal Society NYC Programs group, provides volunteer training prior to each annual Best Friends Super Adoption event and is a Best Friends Animal Society Recommended Trainer.

With the continued support of our fans, we can fund NAIRI and build a future for our fledgling studio.»

Where developers pull their support for the fledgling console, which would be a disaster.

Last week, the PlayStation Vita received an update that finally adds support for PSone games on the fledgling handheld.

Held in conjunction with Atlanta Ballet's Barre2Bar social mixer, the fledgling support group hosted...

Founded in 1976 to support the then - fledgling medium of artists» books, the organization has since become a mainstay of all things art and publishing.

In the 1960s and»70s, Ms. Dwan combined the roles of dealer, patron and collector, supporting some of the most adventurous and hard - to - sell art of the day from a fledgling Minimalism as well as the grand Earth Art projects of Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer.

Europe is a pioneering force in cutting greenhouse gases and supporting environmentally friendly measures — just look at their far superior mass transit systems, fledgling cap and trade system (hey, they're trying), and strong support

The Billion Gallon Challenge is an effort to build the support and policies needed to bring the fledgling advanced biofuels industry to maturity.

He first leveraged this skillset early in his career with Florida Data Bank which developed one of the first scanning and image retrieval systems for litigation support, known as DocuLex, and Discovery cracker for the fledgling eDiscovery industry.

«As an ever - more technology dependent society, we should strive to make processes for obtaining IP smoother and faster and find more ways to support (suitably deserving, of course) fledgling companies in protecting their IP» — this is the opinion of Ilya Kazi, one of the Senior Partners at Mathys...

In a case called Caine v Ferguson, the court was asked to consider whether a support - paying father of a child, who now had additional children to support, should be relieved of paying $ 11,000 in support arrears, because he acted as a stay - at - home dad while pursuing a fledgling part - time music career.

«As an ever - more technology dependent society, we should strive to make processes for obtaining IP smoother and faster and find more ways to support (suitably deserving, of course) fledgling companies in protecting their IP» — this is the opinion of Ilya Kazi, one of the Senior Partners at Mathys & Squire LLP in the UK.

The One Max also supports Sprint's fledgling Spark LTE network, which the company says can potentially deliver speeds approaching 60 Mbps.

Those on Sprint may find the S4 Mini appealing for its support for the company's fledgling Spark LTE network.

If Huawei's decision to embrace Google's platform has the desired effect, though, it'll increase support for the fledgling standard.

Like Android 4.2, Microsoft's OS update includes full support for the fledgling Miracast wireless display standard, which basically acts like Apple's AirPlay technology.

The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education aims to support the effort to simultaneously scale up and improve the quality of early childhood education by bringing together relevant insights from emerging research to provide guidance for this critical, fledgling field.

Aboriginal men are seeking to regain their critical place in their own families, communities and within Australian society in general; across the country Aboriginal men's groups have been formed to provide supportive places for men to meet, yarn and help each other with advice and respect, but these men and their fledgling men's groups, like Texas in the movie, need support and effective tools to grow strong.