Sentences with phrase «with substantial policies»

But state estate taxes could become an issue, at least in certain states, if both parents died with substantial policies.

This is a practical how - to book with substantial policy relevance.

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Turkish startups receive substantial support from the government, yet many entrepreneurs disagree with state policies, writes Case Western's Michael Goldberg.

While the assumptions about the future unemployment rate may be affected by policy, the fact is that slower U.S. population growth, coupled with an aging population, place substantial limits on labor force growth, which will leave U.S. GDP growth almost entirely dependent on changes in productivity.

We believe that our pledging policy effectively mitigates the risk that forced sales of pledged shares could prompt a broader sell - off or further depress a declining stock price, while providing our officers and directors with reasonable flexibility to use their FedEx shares as collateral for loans for needed liquidity and encouraging them to retain substantial ownership of their shares.

These actions, along with the board's assertion of «substantial liquidity» just months before the collapse and a progressive dividend policy (apparently at the expense of employees» pension fund contributions), have prompted questions on whether oversight failures relate to coziness with management, or simply competence.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

We need to say that it is possible for an individual to have faithful reasons for hanging on to substantial wealth: if, for instance, that person uses ownership in a business to pursue policies with important benefits to society, or is able to provide jobs for people that no one else would hire, or is able because of keeping their wealth to accomplish some unique and valuable good that at least equals the good that could be realized if this wealth were wisely given away.

When faced with a substantial issue such as media and violence, therefore, the first step has been for policy - makers to try to establish a clear, empirical and «objective» body of «facts» as the basis for their decision - making.

To help ensure that Rainforest Alliance, Inc. (the «Rainforest Alliance») complies with the highest standards of financial reporting and lawful and ethical behavior, the Board of Directors of the Rainforest Alliance (the «Board») has established the following procedures for the reporting of illegal or unethical conduct in connection with the Rainforest Alliance's finances, corporate policies, or other aspects of its operations, and the retention and treatment of such complaints, including confidential, anonymous submissions received from directors, officers, employees, and volunteers who provide substantial services to the Rainforest Alliance (who are referred to in this policy as «volunteers»).

Board Members covered by this policy will disclose their interests that could give rise to conflicts of interest, such as a list of family members, substantial business or investment holdings, and other transactions or affiliations with businesses and other organizations or those of family members.

It has been an honour to negotiate and then serve in the first coalition government of modern times which has substantial achievements both in reducing the economic dangers faced by our country, and in making progress with policies to tackle climate change and provide energy security.

It'll prove popular with voters, has already wrong - footed the Tories and Lib Dems, and provides a substantial, satisfying policy for journalists and experts to get their teeth into.

There is substantial political stasis in the coming years with little agreement on internal or external policies.

Any substantial increase in the number of states with legal recreational cannabis for adult consumption would represent an important milestone for US drug policy reform.

In common with the reports launched by Social Justice Policy Group and the Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group this morning's report - entitled An Unquiet World - is comprehensive and substantial, David Cameron called it «hard headed, gritty and practical.»

Background on the Warm Front and the successor scheme: Since 2000, when the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme was re-branded as Warm Front, with substantial additional funding and the introduction of heating measures to supplement insulation works, the scheme has formed a major element in fuel poverty policy.

Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK origin UK human geography is radically interdisciplinary and with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges of the current impact agenda

«On the other hand, we also observed that effective policy changes are associated with substantial gains in life expectancy.»

Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the first study to model public health outcomes if cigarette smoking was replaced by e-cigarettes «supports a policy strategy that encourages replacing cigarette smoking with vaping to yield substantial life year gains,» says the study's lead author David Levy, PhD, professor of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi.

Smoking contributes to substantial excess mortality in prisons, and prison tobacco control policies are associated with reduced mortality, through reductions in smoking and exposure to second - hand smoke, say the authors.

All three programs support research training for educational institutions with a substantial population of underrepresented minority students, and their Web pages each contain a policy statement, supplemental instructions, frequently asked questions, and a list of participating institutions.

To achieve these objectives, KIPP schools leverage strong student - behavior policies with rewards and sanctions; contracts between students, parents, and teachers; longer school days and school on Saturdays; substantial autonomy for principals; and close monitoring of school performance in terms of student achievement and college readiness.

The Alabama Best Practices Center (ABPC) ~ a professional development arm of A + Education Partnership ~ was created because its leaders believed there was great potential in forming substantial partnerships with educators at all levels in public education to help inform policy - making on the state level and address disconnects between the intent of policy and subsequent implementation.

I think in the early years of Bennett's administration he alienated a lot of support from teachers in Indiana in part because he was so accountability - oriented... That relationship seems to have recovered a bit over time as he's made substantial efforts in the last two years to foster better relationships with school corporations and teachers and to help them implement their teacher accountability policies under Senate Enrolled Act 1, but he never fully recovered from the first couple of years.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

The goal of these programs is to prepare school leaders to come to the job with substantial training, instructional knowledge, and an understanding of GCPS practices and policies.

A 2012 Mackinac Center for Public Policy survey found that many districts ignored the law, and a recent paper out of Western Michigan University also found that «substantial policy evasion occurred, with most superintendents not implementing merit pay» in part because thePolicy survey found that many districts ignored the law, and a recent paper out of Western Michigan University also found that «substantial policy evasion occurred, with most superintendents not implementing merit pay» in part because thepolicy evasion occurred, with most superintendents not implementing merit pay» in part because they can.

The President's decision to launch TTIP negotiations with the EU followed a detailed exploratory process by the Administration that included public and private sector stakeholders, as well as Congress, and determined that an agreement that addresses a broad range of US - EU bilateral trade and investment policies, as well as global issues of common interest, could generate substantial economic benefits on both sides of the Atlantic.

«You can get a substantial discount for bundling the policies with one insurer,» Barry says.

Of course on the other hand there is quite an argument to be made that large enough «green» funds should actually buy substantial positions in companies with poor environmental records and steer the company towards greener policies but that might be a hard sell to investors.

According to Troy Thompson, owner of the Minnesota - based Pinnacle Insurance Agency, there are several reasons this discount is more substantial than bundling an auto policy with condo or renters insurance.

Over time, the substantial easing of monetary policy, combined with ongoing measures to foster market liquidity, should help to promote moderate economic growth.

Out - of - control policy loans can erode a life insurance policy over time, eventually draining the death benefit — and saddling you with a substantial tax bill.

The substantial easing of monetary policy to date, combined with ongoing measures to foster market liquidity, should help to promote moderate growth over time.

I did manage to pay off two of the loans, but due to financial burden and family illness, I have been unsuccessful to get the current loan to a manageable state, I am deeply disturbed that there is no substantial relief for the current student loan debt burden, and that the banks are able to get away with unregulated policy that destroys people's lives.

According to James Lynch, chief actuary and director of research and information services for the nonprofit Insurance Information Institute, there are several reasons this discount is more substantial than bundling an auto policy with condo or renters insurance.

Each Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies.

Taken together, these goals and policies represent the ASPCA's desire to chart a pragmatic path that holds shelters appropriately accountable for the substantial responsibilities that come with the job of sheltering animals.

Even in Europe, with its strong research programs on nutrient balances and stringent policies for reducing fertilizer runoff, nitrogen pollution remains substantial.

June 16, 12:36 p.m. Updated Douglas Biesecker, a scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the leader of an international effort to chart and forecast trends in sunspots, has offered a detailed new critique of three lines of analysis predicting a long and deep lull in sunspot activity, with substantial potential impacts on Earth's climate (and climate policy).

These damages can be significantly reduced with well - designed policies, but poorly designed ones, like the current Kyoto Protocol, are unlikely to make a dent in the damages, will have substantial costs, and may cool enthusiasms for more efficient approaches.

In an interview with Reuters, Jennifer Granholm, the departing governor of Michigan, said that action on the local and state level was useful, but that national energy policy was needed for truly substantial change.

... they caution that society should fully quantify direct and indirect GHG emissions associated with energy alternatives and associated consequences prior to making policy commitments that have long - term effects on global forests; for they ominously warn «there is a substantial risk of sacrificing forest integrity and sustainability for maintaining or even increasing energy production with no guarantee to mitigate climate change.»»

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

But it does suggest that if both sides of the debate paid close attention to the social consequences of policies, rather than the present intractable debate on the reality of AGW, then we might get to a point where we can agree on some action — you might think it is pointless with regard to the climate (but a substantial proportion of people think it will), but if it produces some other good outcomes it might be ok.

But it does suggest that if both sides of the debate paid close attention to the social consequences of policies, rather than the present intractable debate on the reality of AGW, then we might get to a point where we can agree on some action — you might think it is pointless with regard to the climate (but a substantial proportion of people think it will), but if it produces some other good outcomes it might be OK.

This technical document provides the following information: - An update of global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and other commitments; - An estimate of the level of global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.

The state's ample clean energy resources — including a relatively clean electricity grid and substantial room for producing biofuels that don't compete with food supplies — mean that oil - reducing solutions are available and affordable, but need strong policies to successfully scale up.

This is a more formal review that will put substantial pressure on Dr. Jones to comply with UEA policy.