Sentences with phrase «through private efforts»

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It's wonderful,» said Frankel, who has been using her social media to urge companies to join her efforts and says that private companies and citizens are really pulling through for the island where government has fallen short.

In addition to featuring many individual mega-donors, we look at top leaders of both private and corporate foundations and explore women who are making an impact by catalyzing giving, through funding intermediaries or other efforts.

In this spirit, the award shines a spotlight on private companies that approach growth in a strategic, sustainable and holistic manner — and, through their efforts, contribute to the strength of our national economy.

Yesterday's decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, the U.S. Supreme Court's third major decision involving the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), continues a trend of reining in human rights activists» efforts to police private businesses» overseas conduct through ATS litigation.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the company's BlackBerry 10 smartphones; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the Company's BlackBerry 7 and 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

From a founder perspective, instead of diluting their stake in the company through various rounds of private financing and spending a vast amount of time and effort on building up both a brand and a customer base, the issuance of proprietary tokens to over 10,000 investors (as was the case with Bancor for example) creates an immediately incentivised populace willing to spread the company's name if it delivers on its promised product or service whilst simultaneously having not given away a single share of the company to institutional investors.

Through various means, efforts are increasingly being made to be more inclusive of diverse managers in private equity portfolios.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

Through evidence - based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting - independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school - and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

If the plan does move forward as Park District Commissioner Ron Ory hopes it does, he said he would like to see it happen through volunteer efforts and private funding.

To amplify our efforts, USDA is joining with First Lady Michelle Obama in aggressively promoting the Let's Move campaign, which will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources.

Through a partnership of the State Department of Labor, Empire State Development and other public and private partners, the effort will strategically augment services in Bronx, Jefferson, Lewis and Kings Counties.

I look forward to working with the task force to build upon that success through a multi-faceted public / private effort to fight hunger and improve nutrition statewide.»

What is shaping up instead, officials said, is a set of cooperative measures on a range of measures that will include promises of technical assistance from the United States and financing for renewable energy efforts through export credit agencies and the Overseas Private Investment Corp..

MB - 003 was developed through a decade - long collaborative effort between private industry and the U.S. government, with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

«We are putting significant amounts of effort into how to make them sufficiently private, mainly through special encryption techniques unique to individuals,» says Lamming.

«These findings can be used to inform the prioritization of strategies within the new infant mortality Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) that originated in the South and through other public and private efforts to improve birth outcomes and reduce infant mortality at local and national levels.»

Through SunShot, the Energy Department supports efforts by private companies, universities, and national laboratories to drive down the cost of solar electricity to $.0.05 per kilowatt - hour.

Since 2010, he has focused his efforts on mediumship and psychic advice, maintaining a full - time, private practice dedicated to helping people around the world connect with loved ones on the other side through his spiritual gift.

Communications only take place through the website, until you're ready for more, and if you join a trustworthy site, every effort is made to keep the details of your affair absolutely private.

Through our efforts, PM best practice is widely known and appropriately applied at all levels of public and private sector organizations.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

Given the missed opportunities and forced efforts on DVD this week, The Missing Person (Strand) looks all the better, a low - key private - eye pastiche with a disaffected detective and a running stream of hard - boiled narration winding his way through a missing persons case that resonates with the losses and anxieties of 9/11.

At the same time he starts private tuition with Professor Dumbledore, learning the secrets of Voldemort's past in an effort to find a method through which to defeat him.

Remind your child that life online is «public by default, and private through effort.»

active support by private foundations and community groups of efforts to continue local desegregation plans and programs, through research, advocacy and litigation;

Federal involvement also carries political risks for private school choice, as the Obama administration learned through its efforts to promote Common Core standards and more robust teacher evaluation systems.

From services such as tutoring, mentoring, and college readiness programs to larger efforts to fundamentally reform a district — all is done through private foundations.»

We went through another round in the early 90s with «New American Schools» — a purposeful effort by Bush 41, Secretary Lamar Alexander, and former Xerox head David Kearns to «reinvent» the school — and a parallel effort led by Chris Whittle in the private sector (the «Edison Project»).

Hamilton and Baker were led by principals who supported the reform effort and who already understood how to hustle for resources within the district bureaucracy and through private organizations.

We oppose the Bush Administration's efforts to bankrupt the public school system — the bedrock of democracy — through private - school vouchers.

We oppose diverting public funds to private and parochial schools through vouchers or similar efforts such as school choice.

As Catharine MacKinnon argues in the pages of this Issue, these decisions have undermined efforts to hold schools accountable through the private right of action because schools can do very little and still satisfy the standard.

58 As Catharine MacKinnon argues in the pages of this Issue, these decisions have undermined efforts to hold schools accountable through the private right of action because schools can do very little and still satisfy the standard.59 As such, it is possible that this state of affairs further encourages individuals to seek relief from OCR, elevating the need for OCR to provide «effective protection» and decrease the time it takes to investigate claims.

The group, in turn, successfully beat back efforts by reformers and school choice activists in the Sunshine State to expand choice (and abolish the religious bigotry - driven Blaine amendment banning the use of public school dollars for expanding access to high - quality private school options for poor and minority kids) through the passage of Amendment 8.

The platform will now read: «We oppose making Colorado's public schools private or run by private corporations or becoming segregated again through lobbying and campaigning efforts of the organization called Democrats for Education Reform and demand that they immediately stop using the party's name Democrat in their name.»

7) National: MuckRock's Beryl Lipton urges us to redouble efforts to keep the spotlight on private prisons in 2018, especially through scrutiny by local activists.

During her tenure as a superintendent, she led the school district through many initiatives that led to increased graduation rates, additional school choice options, increasing public / private partnerships and initiating efforts that supported struggling male students of color.

But rather than holding Perry accountable for his failings, Governor Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, has supported his taxpayer - supported entrepreneurial efforts by pushing through approval of a plan that would allow Perry to use his private company to a charter school in New Haven.

Dowling, who previously ran the network's KIPP Through College effort, said another factor in students» sense of belonging could be that those who choose an HBCU — particularly a private one — know it's often more expensive to attend than a comparable state university.

undertake research, and promote research, with a view to reducing barriers to the employment of older persons, and the promotion of measures for utilizing their skills; publish and otherwise make available to employers, professional societies, the various media of communication, and other interested persons the findings of studies and other materials for the promotion of employment; foster through the public employment service system and through cooperative effort development of facilities of public and private agencies for expanding the opportunities and potentials of older persons; Sponsor and assist State and community informational and educational programs.

In the face of a disaster or some other emergency situation, the FAA can and does use its regulatory authority and operational capabilities to sustain the NAS while supporting, often through the DOT - led Emergency Support Function 1 activities, response and recovery efforts undertaken by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial interagency partners, as well as the private sector.

USMI welcomes the focus of FHFA on credit risk transfer (CRT) over the last three years, but urges FHFA and the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) to further advance efforts to reduce taxpayer risk through greater up - front risk sharing with the private sector, including private mortgage insurers (MIs).

The Gathering, a year - long tourism extravaganza of events, festivals and programs designed to bring record numbers of visitors to Ireland, is being planned through a coordinated effort of the Irish government, local communities, private businesses, clubs and other organizations.

PMIERs create the strong foundation for efforts to further «de-risk» the GSEs through expanded use of private capital with MI.

Some firms including New York - based KKR are hoping to score retirement money through an effort started by Pantheon Ventures, a London - based private equity firm that's trying to get companies with 401 (k) s more comfortable with the asset class.

FOTAS supplements the County's care through private donations and volunteer effort.