Sentences with phrase «thousands of members of the public»

Last month, the board caused a furor when it released — over the objection of NYPD officials and hundreds of thousands of members of the public — Herman Bell, a reputed Black Liberation Army member who was Bottom's accomplice in the killing of the two cops.

Thousands of members of the public protested by writing to their MP and the minister then responsible for Lords Reform Nick Clegg.

It was only possible through the participation of thousands of members of the public in the work's biggest ever climate modelling exercise: they offered up spare processing capacity on their home computers to run the calculations via the Climate Prediction citizen science climate modelling programme.

We also believe the video risks undermining the work of the many thousands of members of the public, schools and universities, local authorities and many businesses, of which Sony is one, who support the long - term aims of the 10:10 movement and who are actively working towards the reduction of carbon emissions.

There, the aircraft will be viewed by hundreds of thousands of members of the public, flown in displays, and at special events.

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Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Online polling is growing more responsive since the days when YouGov was set up and the ability to contact several thousand members of the public daily - built up thanks to the respectability afforded by a politically - balanced editorial position - gives PH a step advantage in being able to provide authoratitive data.

«Indeed, journalists and members of the public may face thousands of dollars in attorney's fees and other litigation costs simply to enforce their statutory right to obtain government information,» the letter states.

If a member of the public wants to see which officials might reap financial awards from legislation that would help a particular corporation, they to manually read through thousands of pages.

At 03:15 GMT yesterday afternoon 4,640 members of the public had agreed to become co-owners of the plot, and numbers continued to rise by approximately a thousand people per hour.

Thousands of members will wonder when Peter Hain wants to give the public free votes in the party.

ALBANY, NY (06/07/2016)(readMedia)-- The American Arbitration Association in Manhattan today counted thousands of ballots from New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) members who overwhelmingly voted in favor of a tentative one - year agreement with the state.

Thousands of union members will take part in a series of protests today against controversial plans to reform public sector pension reforms.

The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) which has thousands of members in the Department for Work and Pensions says the tests for claimants fail to address many serious health issues.

Organized in 1925, NYSAC's mission is to represent, educate and advocate for member counties and the thousands of elected and appointed county officials who serve the public.

The Public Employees Federation can send thousands of members to a rally.

Thousands of police officers and members of the general public are expected to attend Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner's funeral Wednesday inside KeyBank Center.

Festivals generally bring together temporary exhibits, museum - type activities, scientists, art organizations, students, and members of the general public — attracting thousands of visitors (Jensen & Buckley, 2014).

Experiments generating these results were conducted as part of a 2013 Internet survey of several thousand members of the U.S. public, including oversamples of teachers, parents, African Americans, and Hispanic respondents.

The main title, «Education Research in the Public Interest,» was also the theme for the last annual convention of this important professional association, which publishes a half - dozen journals, has 20,000 members, and attracts thousands to its annual conventions.

The Idaho Charter School Network advocates, supports and gives voice to its members to ensure charter schools have the flexibility, public support, and funding to deliver high - quality education to their students and to the thousands of students on Idaho's charter school wait lists.

The Save Our Public Schools campaign, coordinated by the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance, has been mobilizing thousands of community members to knock on doors and make phone calls to defeat the measure.

This lopsided no vote was mainly accomplished by a unified grassroots effort, led by thousands of teachers, parents, and community members rallying their communities — telephoning, canvassing, knocking on doors, and engaging the public in conversation.

Thousands of Chicago teachers, for instance, have felt the sting of layoffs and furloughs in the past two years, even as the massive Chicago Public School system, bound by contract, continues to annually hire a specified number of TFA corps members.

Consider some of the things that have happened because tens of thousands of public school educators remain strong dues paying members:

It is now time that members of the PFT join the thousands of public school employees across the state who already contribute to their health care costs.»

As children across Boston move forward into a new school year, opportunities to participate in social and emotional learning are available to thousands of students in dozens of Boston Public Schools member schools.

The media bombards the public with stories of dog fighting rings and other incidents of aggression involving Pitbulls, but has little to say about the thousands of Pits who are members of loving, stable family homes.

As a charity we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public.

Thousands of club members answer questions from the general public, questions that cover the gamut from «where do I find an Akita puppy» and «how do I house - train this dog I adopted from a shelter» to «I'm getting divorced and can't keep my Rottweiler; can you help me?»

Reports by past employees, the records submitted to VDACS by PETA itself, past inspections by VDACS, and PETA's own admissions collectively indicate that the organization routinely rounds up thousands of dogs and cats every year by promising members of the public surrendering animals to them that they will find homes, only to immediately kill those dogs and cats without making an effort to do so.

«Ebates rewards members with cash back on purchases while also providing access to thousands of coupons, discounts, promotions, and special deals — including free shipping,» Priti Khare, Ebates» director of public relations told RewardExpert.

Her work ranges from intimate, graphic body explorations to large - scale public performances involving literally hundreds of performers and thousands of audience members.

Nasher Museum members help support exciting, internationally renowned exhibitions and free K - 12 education programs to thousands of students from Durham public schools and beyond.

Her prolific career encompasses work from intimate and graphic body explorations to large - scale public performances involving hundreds of performers and thousands of live audience members.

So, their solution is to offer a measly $ 30,000 to a member of the public to achieve a better result than large numbers of highly qualified rocket scientists with thousands of peer reviewed papers.

That science came from an array of highly respected, peer - reviewed sources from both within the United States and across the globe, and took into consideration hundreds of thousands of comments from members of the public, which were addressed in the finding.

The letter to Congress is signed by public and private organizations from every state, including community development organizations; nonprofit service providers; banks and credit unions; state and national trade associations and chambers of commerce, including the American Bankers Association and other groups representing thousands of members; affordable housing organizations; schools, universities and education nonprofits; city governments, state and local elected officials and agencies; and many other businesses, ranging from very large businesses to small, family - owned businesses.

For more than 90 years, Thompsons Solicitors has helped the families of thousands of trade union members secure personal injury compensation in a wide range of claims involving road traffic accidents, medical negligence, serious injuries, and accidents in public places.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

The total size of the vehicle commitment isn't exactly known as of yet, but FCA has already supplied Waymo with 500 vehicles in total at least, and now that number will cross into the «thousands» as Waymo prepares for its public launch, and for the expansion of said service beyond its initial target launch market of Phoenix, where Waymo has been conducing its first pilot trial involving members of the public as passengers and customers.

Beginning last year, the ESA has allowed members of the public to attend the show, resulting in over 68 thousand attendees in 2017, 15 thousand of those being from the public.

Petitions were also organised that gathered tens of thousands of signatures from members of the public.