Sentences with phrase «affect a community over»

This may have been caused by the strong geographical isolation, but also by the process of fragmentation affecting these communities over time, first by Latin and then by Germanic peoples.

«Intense rainfall, flash floods, extreme winds and a life - threatening storm surge will severely affect communities over a wide area.»

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Which again is is right, but not a priority of the church over matters that affect everyone like poverty and other areas of community service.

In this myth the Paraiyars, firstly, presented as being a helpful community; they are even willing to suffer persecution in the service of protecting a refugee.28 Secondly, this remythologised version of the emergence of the goddess reinforces the notion that the Paraiyars are the recipients of undeserved violence; they are caught within the various subtle conflicts of the caste community and they are affected because of it spilling over onto the Dáevas.29 What is most interesting in this regard is the association of this victimization with symbolic figures of Women.

What we hadn't realized at the time was that this one article is a small part of a continuing debate over cloth versus disposables for low - income families in Salt Lake City... perhaps everywhere since it is a topic that affects communities nationwide.

I felt it was essential to give this film over to the people who are affected by the issues it explores, and we are currently arranging free screenings for people on estates and in local communities.

The heated debate over how government cuts have affected local councils, and campaigns to save local public services such as libraries has demonstrated how people are deeply engaged with what happens in their communities.

Over 100 immigration reform advocates, many from uptown communities, gathered outside a Lower Manhattan court building this past Fri., Oct. 25th, for a candlelight vigil commemorating families affected by deportations.

The remarks were unmistakably set in the context of recent tension over policing issues in New York City involving the Bill de Blasio administration, the police department, and the communities most affected by controversial policing policies.

There is no underestimating the impact this will have on our community; it is quite simply one of the biggest issues ever to affect this area and I speak as someone who has lived here for over forty years.

Mark, who will be among the conference delegates asked to endorse a ballot for a national strike over cuts to jobs, pensions and pay, said: «As a rep I witness firsthand how the government's cuts are affecting people and communities, so as well as cycling I'll be campaigning for the alternative along the way.

Meanwhile Bishop Kukah, a Southern Kaduna indigene lamented over the attacks and killings in the affected communities, saying, «I think the visit is more of a solidarity with the people of Kaduna State.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

The late chief ruled for over 40 years and his absence has affected the development of the community.

Some affected residents were also seen leaving the communities, especially Ilofa, as they expressed fears over another round of attacks.

As Ashland continues working with FEMA over reimbursement for needed repairs to the new water supply system and existing water treatment facility, FEMA Spokesman Matthew Russell says the agency has made significant progress in helping affected communities.

Improving Police - Community Relations: Reducing unlawful stop - and - frisks, which disproportionately affect African - American & Latino New Yorkers with a 97 % decline over four years.

Over the past 20 years, evidence that humans are affecting the climate has accumulated inexorably, and with it has come ever greater certainty across the scientific community in the reality of recent climate change and the potential for much greater change in the future.

But even in places were the water is rapidly recharged, using it a lot can move water around in ways that affect the location and extent of contamination,» said co-author Ben Bostick, a geochemist at Lamont, who with co-author Alexander van Geen of Lamont has been working for over a decade with communities in Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh to avoid arsenic contamination and locate safer water sources.

Several reasonable explanations arise given these results: (1) all players were exercising, and exercise produces predictable changes in skin habitat conditions that are likely to affect bacterial communities over time; (2) players were acquiring microbial transients from the built environment; and (3) players were coming into repeated physical contact with their teammates and those from opposing teams, often using the sampled area of their upper arms, and potentially sharing portions of their skin microbiomes.

But even in places were the water is rapidly recharged, using it a lot can move water around in ways that affect the location and extent of contamination,» said coauthor Ben Bostick, a geochemist at Lamont, who with coauthor Alexander van Geen of Lamont has been working for over a decade with communities in Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh to avoid arsenic contamination and locate safer water sources.

For over 10 years, This is MS has provided an unbiased community dedicated to Multiple Sclerosis patients, caregivers, and affected loved ones.

In an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenage life of juggling two boyfriends and an over protective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a bizarre virus which has randomly plagued the woman in her community for decades and shamefully forced those affected into hiding.

Directly advising players to complain to the publisher, Whitehead was clearly affected by the idea to slap the controversial software onto his game through fear of it alienating and splitting the community up yet again - something Sega have struggled to keep together over the years.

Such a transformation has to be built on a process of economic and political localisation where local communities (rural and urban) have control over decisions that affect their lives.

Following the November 6 elections, members of the Ed School community gathered for an Askwith Forum exploring the question of how the election — most notably the re-election of President Obama — might affect education policy in the United States over the coming years.

Students aged 6 - 15 lead their own projects over the course of a school year, focusing on problems affecting their own communities.

These community professionals, business officials, public policy leaders, and leading citizens offer their time and talent to serve on the governing boards of this century's most innovative higher education institutions - community, junior, and technical colleges - and make decisions that affect more than 1,200 colleges and over 11 million students annually.

Grassroots community organization Empower DC plans to sue the District over Chancellor Kaya Henderson's school - closure plan, saying that the closures disproportionately affect black students.

SEDL's policy research focused on the following school reform strategies as they played out in selected states and local districts: resource allocation in local districts, teacher mentoring, policymaker participation in community dialogues on education reform, and the charter school as a policy instrument affecting school - site influence over education reform.

Over the past four years Austin Voices has convened hundreds of people to weigh in on the education issues that affect them — from the neighborhood level with public housing «community conferences» to the national level with hearings on No Child Left Behind.

The new e-book entitled: «Closing the Homework Gap: A Guide to Increasing Student Success with Home Connectivity» by Daniel Neal, CEO and founder of Kajeet with a foreword by Chris Dede from Harvard Graduate School of Education discusses the homework gap — how it affects a community, barriers school districts face and strategies to over this new gap which is emerging today, one which affects millions of school - aged children.

«Through community meetings, faculty meetings, and other active outreach, we've personally communicated with over 700 people whose communities could be affected by this process,» said Hardin.

Selected works in series, such as The Maori churches of Northland, community alls and Freemasons lodges, are presented alongside affecting single images: a light suspended over a Toowoomba street, the blurred movement of a child in the dappled shadows of the undergrowth and the graffiti of an unknown poet discovered in the dunes.

The news comes a week after DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens announced that the agency will turn part of the review over to the Department of Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to address persistent questions about how shale gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing will affect public health in communities where it is allowed.

(YONKERS, June 26, 2007)- At a riverfront press conference today, Scenic Hudson unveiled its conceptual vision for waterfront development in Yonkers based on over a dozen meetings with community organizations, residents and homeowners who will be directly affected by planned changes along the city's riverfront.

Additionally, when climate - related disputes over affected resources arise, women are the most likely to be sidelined along with an increased amount of domestic and community - linked violence against them.

However, a clear understanding of how national emissions reductions commitments affect global climate change impacts requires an understanding of complex relationships between atmospheric ghg concentrations, likely global temperature changes in response to ghg atmospheric concentrations, rates of ghg emissions reductions over time and all of this requires making assumptions about how much CO2 from emissions will remain in the atmosphere, how sensitive the global climate change is to atmospheric ghg concentrations, and when the international community begins to get on a serious emissions reduction pathway guided by equity considerations.

Floods and droughts become more frequent and severe, which is likely to seriously affect farm productivity and the livelihoods of rural communities, and increase the risk of conflicts over land and water.

«While we understand and appreciate the attractiveness for building dams for electricity as green energy, we need to recognize the impact of these «green developments» on local communities; from increasing poverty because of loss of lands, to increased conflicts over less grazing and water,» said Angelei who continues to advocate for dam - affected peoples.

The effectiveness of repeated visits over time and powerful communication strategies such as diagrams enabled community members in Lao PDR to learn from scientific climate studies that diseases affecting rainfed rice would be more problematic in the future than the community climate stories suggested.

After requesting and reviewing proposals from several emerging artists from all over the nation, Oxfam America selected Louisville, Kentucky resident Ashley Cecil, who is a self - described «painting activist» to create a work that would illustrate how climate change affects poor communities.

Published Mon 12 Nov 2012 00:05 Climate change is affecting communities around the world The impact of climate change on many aspects of cultural life for people all over the world is not being sufficiently accounted for by scientists and policy - makers, according to a new study.

Over the coming five years, we will engage the full range of our functions and powers to address human rights issues within the systems that powerfully affect communities» experiences of marginalization.

Over the next three months, he will meet with communities affected by proposed pipelines, liquefied natural gas plants, and marine terminals.

Train accident victims A train accident can affect just one person, such as when someone slips off a platform and is run over by a train, or they can affect an entire community such as with a toxic chemical spill.

Over the past forty years, asbestos - related litigation has forced over 100 companies into bankruptcy — devastating workers, retirees, shareholders and affected communitOver the past forty years, asbestos - related litigation has forced over 100 companies into bankruptcy — devastating workers, retirees, shareholders and affected communitover 100 companies into bankruptcy — devastating workers, retirees, shareholders and affected communities.

World CP Day is an opportunity to connect with members of the cerebral palsy community and gain further insight into a condition which affects over 40,000 Canadians.

Self - government agreements give Aboriginal groups greater control and law - making ability over their internal affairs, and greater responsibility and autonomy over the decision - making that affects their communities.

For over 10 years, This is MS has provided an unbiased community dedicated to Multiple Sclerosis patients, caregivers, and affected loved ones.