Sentences with phrase «local efforts by»

Local efforts by GDB and other Puerto Rican debt issuers to reach a debt restructuring are running in parallel with plans in the U.S. Congress to draft legislation aimed at solving the island's economic crisis, possibly by allowing it to restructure debt and putting its finances under federal oversight.

Not exact matches

And local efforts at changing that are not at all helped by businesspeople from affluent countries — with supposedly sophisticated markets and best - in - class business practices — show up with briefcases full of cash.

Workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) strategies can range from as simple as a company supporting an employee's voluntary skills upgrading at a local literacy centre to more sophisticated efforts, such as a custom - made WLES program delivered in - house by staff educators.

There are a host of last - minute disputes, but the Democratic Party has filed at least seven federal lawsuits in an effort to stop so - called «ballot security» campaigns by either the Republican National Committee, local Republican parties, the Trump Campaign, or Stop the Steal.

Rather, the time, effort, and resources put into the startup scene show an aggressive effort by a community to take control of its destiny and begin building a new economy from the ground up by supporting local innovators.

Infrastructure spending could come, just as it did by the efforts of Van Rysselberge in Oklahoma City, from passing local sales taxes to fund those programs.

Many cross-border solutions enable merchants to optimize these efforts by educating them about local holidays, sales seasons and more.

Currently the most troubled American team, the Phoenix Coyotes are owned by the NHL and efforts by locals to purchase the team have failed.

The race between automation and human work is won by automation, and as long as we need fiat currency to pay the rent / mortgage, humans will fall out of the system in droves as this shift takes place... The safe zones are services that require local human effort (gardening, painting, babysitting), distant human effort (editing, coaching, coordinating), and high - level thinking / relationship building.

Similar to those stores, the new location in Englewood will support efforts to revitalize the community by creating meaningful local jobs, providing a unique in - store job skills training program for youth, and investing in local minority - owned contractors and suppliers.

Remote workers also help recruitment efforts by enabling companies to conduct national or even global searches for talent instead of being limited to the local applicant pool or to those prospects willing to relocate to your city.»

«Travel retail results are driven by our investments in key local markets that are fueling our commercial efforts in airports,» he said, according to a FactSet transcript.

One aide who felt energized by the president's actions was the embattled White House chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, who shares Mr. Trump's anger at the efforts of local governments to remove monuments honoring prominent Confederate figures like Robert E. Lee.

In an effort to buoy small privately owned businesses in San Francisco and preserve the unique retail personality of the city, the Small Business Commission started a publicity campaign in 2004 to keep a larger share of retail dollars in the local economy, [6] and the Board of Supervisors has used the planning code to limit the neighborhoods where formula retail establishments can set up shop, [6] an effort affirmed by San Francisco voters.

ORLANDO, Fla. — June 24, 2016 — Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC) is pleased to announce, as a member of the Orlando business community, it will be making a $ 25,000 donation divided among several local organizations coordinating support and healing efforts to those who have been so profoundly affected by the tragic event on June 12, 2016.

Once initial relief work is complete, this fund will transition to support longer - term recovery efforts run by vetted, local organizations.

In that lawsuit, which is still pending, he accused them of «a concerted effort by state and local officials to single out, coerce and harass one coastal property and its owner for refusing to cede its private property rights.»

In recent decades, ministries that are involved in crusade evangelism have tried to increase the long - term effectiveness of their efforts by engaging local churches and ministries to perform follow - up discipleship with those who come forward at a crusade.

In addition to leading activism efforts in our local communities and providing pastoral care to those devastated by the verdict, we also took to Twitter, blogs, pulpits and conference podiums to call upon white Christians to wake up to the reality of racism in America.

With one of the most sophisticated and well - heeled lobbies in the country ($ 8 to $ 9 million annual budget), the NRA fiercely stymies all efforts by legislators to pass gun laws, even though the results of local attempts have shown beyond reasonable doubt that such laws can be effective.

Even reconstruction efforts, when handled by the IMF / WB, wind up being subcontracted to (mostly) American businesses, cutting out the locals not only from wages but also from any sense of control over teh reconstructions of their devasted nations.

Citizens who try to promote public - works projects through their local or federal governments find that their efforts are crowded out by pork - barrel projects benefiting powerful corporations.

But just as often, local efforts are part of a much bigger picture and shaped by outside players along with local ones.

For that reason, I don't go to church anymore... and, because I wouldn't wish what happened to me on any friend or foe, I too often catch myself being a vocal «church anti-witness», undoing the work towards increasing attendance that so much effort is put into by local pastors.

An analysis of both local congregational idiom and the way the gospel message confronts and yet is conveyed by that language would be a better starting point for efforts to assist the local church.

The Churches of Christ have insisted on leaving missionary work to the initiative of the local church, and any joint efforts are typically coordinated by the elders of a large or particularly active congregation.

«Spectatoritis» in any church is a dangerous malady, which has been greatly intensified of late years by the prevailing practice of securing a speaker for every occasion instead of using local effort and initiative in preparing a program.

Denominations have responded by increasing their efforts to link Christian commitment to local church and denominational support, but also by developing all - church offerings, planned giving and special capital campaigns.

«This initiative is unique in the way it provides a level of assurance, through consistent third - party verification, that all green efforts promoted by us and our supply chain partners are truly sustainable and that our local produce has been grown, harvested and delivered using safe, sustainable practices,» Yeater adds.

Originally facilitated by Ninkasi's own Local Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution team, the brewery's local distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eulocal distribution arm, the expanded partnership will allow Ninkasi Local Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout EuLocal Distribution to focus its efforts on maintaining and growing Ninkasi's draft business at on - premise establishments — restaurants and bars throughout Eugene.

State and local governments can play an integral role in this effort by developing and implementing food waste prevention campaigns.

We are committed to making a difference in our communities by partnering with local organizations and leading volunteering efforts.

In a post posted by TWE on its Chinese WeChat, the company praised the local police work on clamping down fake wines, and added that the group is going to step up its efforts to protect its intellectual property rights in mainland China and work closely with local police to protect consumer rights.

Positive Wine Industry Survey Results, but PR Efforts Still Needed: Survey results released by Sonoma State's Wine Business Institute last week ran contrary to the impression given by several recent stories about the wine industry clashing with locals about vineyard and winery development

The media was similarly critical, with a summary of the game in local newspaper Diario Vasco complaining that «when this team takes one step forward, it takes two back», and adding that their efforts on Friday night had been directed by «impulse» rather than a clear plan.

Over 2000 tickets have been issued to those directly affected by the tragedy, including families, the emergency services, volunteers, local residents and those who played their part in the recovery efforts in North Kensington.

What we'd like to see with the passage of the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act is a concerted effort by schools — whether at the state or local level — to find the best practices that work for their system, their resources, and the type of programs they already have in place.

Other: A White Paper on Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education produced by the Department of Education entitled, Healthy Children Ready to Learn (2005), highlights the need for local wellness policies and outlines steps the Department is taking to accelerate their adoption and implementation, including collaborative efforts, promoting a coordinated school health approach, and supporting state legislation supporting wellness policies.

, a weekly television segment hosted by WHAM TV 13 Associate News Director, Don Alhart, in Rochester, New York, features a local waiting child in an effort to recruit forever families.

School food efforts — governed at the district, state and federal level and implemented by each separate district — must intersect and connect with local food, public health, hunger and access, education and agriculture efforts for farm to school to succeed.

We've talked before on The Lunch Tray about efforts by school districts to source at least some of their produce from local or regional producers.

The American College of Nurse - Midwives and the North American Registry of Midwives recommend that midwives should at minimum meet the standards of midwifery established by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), which include completion of a formal midwifery education program, national certification, and licensure in the local jurisdiction of practice.32, 33 Certified professional midwives (CPMs) may achieve certification through apprenticeship and portfolio evaluation without obtaining a formal midwifery degree; within CPM professional organizations efforts are under way to uniformly adopt ICM standards.33, 34 Oregon has followed this trend; in 2015 licensure became mandatory for attendants at out - of - hospital births.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

«The scene this morning in the street near our High Commission: encourage the local authorities to step up their effort to meet the President's flagstaffghana promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020.

The committees suggested setting up a national climate change adaptation program to empower communities by using local, indigenous knowledge to help decrease disaster risk and support recovery efforts.

The creation of the banks was meant as an effort to lower the costs for local governemnts as well as boost the economy by ostensibly returning the properties ot the tax rolls.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

Wall Street Journal article on efforts by BP Adams to secure counterterrorism training programs for local businesses.

The hurricane - relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Directions Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and state Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens.