Sentences with phrase «as a call to action by»

As a city with such a huge population of Puerto Ricans who are U.S. citizens, we must approve this resolution as a call to action by Congress to use its power to aid the U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico.»

The biggest and best surprise of the year, Frailty treads the delicate line dividing exploitation and cheese (crossing over into both on occasion) before finally gelling into something as hopeful and existentially terrifying as a call to action by a malevolent deity.

Not exact matches

Proponents of the bill were hoping a passage by the legislature would have been a call to action for other states, as more than 20 others have considered passing their own Internet privacy bills.

As Confederate statues and memorials are being removed across the U.S. following the violence at a weekend rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to complain about the actions, calling it «sad» and saying the «culture of our great country [is] being ripped apart.»

«At the time it was a radical idea for a band to add a «call to action'to an album as an overt way to build their mailing list — and by extension, their following,» write Halligan and Scott.

The only call to action was for governments to do more to encourage economic growth, as finance ministers acknowledged they had fallen behind on their 2014 promise to increase GDP by 2 %.

By explaining away the violent portrayals of God in the Old Testament, or by calling such evil actions as «good,» we are trying to get God down off the crosBy explaining away the violent portrayals of God in the Old Testament, or by calling such evil actions as «good,» we are trying to get God down off the crosby calling such evil actions as «good,» we are trying to get God down off the cross.

Oh yes, and by the way, interesting to note that you refer to the actions of many here (which includes the calling of names) as «Spiritual McCarthyism» (a bunch of Joe McCarthys they are, eh Mike?

Well, as many posts on ProBlogger.net explain, two ways of doing this is by writing quality content and having a clear call to action.

From the pulpit, Hall delivered the liturgy with a strong message to his faithful to call for action by their legislators to institute stricter laws banning access to semi-automatic rifles, such as the one police said the gunman used in Friday's massacre.

It goes on to call for recognizing the legitimacy of a religious worldview «as a basis for socially significant action (including those taken by state) and as an essential factor which should influence the development (amendment) of international law and the work of international organizations.»

«As a person he works, he performs various actions belonging to the work process; independently of their objective content, these actions must all serve to realize his humanity, to fulfill the calling to be a person that is his by reason of his very humanity.»

The prophet knew himself addressed by the divine «I» and as he became aware of the tension between the requirements of that «I» and his own thought and feelings, he found himself called to responsibility for his actions in a new way.

Liberalism still spiritualizes the incarnate Christ by confining his actions to so - called history, as if that were a realm in which nature and the material elements of creation were not present.

The alleged subordination of the gospel to Karl Marx is illustrated, for example, by charging that «false» liberation theology concentrates too much on a few selected biblical texts that are always given a political meaning, leading to an overemphasis on «material» poverty and neglecting other kinds of poverty; that this leads to a «temporal messianism» that confuses the Kingdom of God with a purely «earthly» new society, so that the gospel is collapsed into nothing but political endeavor; that the emphasis on social sin and structural evil leads to an ignoring or forgetting of the reality of personal sin; that everything is reduced to praxis (the interplay of action and reflection) as the only criterion of faith, so that the notion of truth is compromised; and that the emphasis on communidades de base sets a so - called «people's church» against the hierarchy.

Mod is an action by a person in an environment, depending on legality or hinduism, illegality by hindu atheism, criminal self center ism, it has nothing to do with environment at large, as it is used today to define matters, because actions of a person are subject to scrutiny individually, not collectively, bases for call to treat individual acts as individually not collectively.

But we especially come to call testimony an action, a work, the movement of a life insofar as these things constitute by themselves the mark and the living proof of a man's conviction and devotion to a cause.

So it is not at all surprising that presently another popularly chosen leader, after succeeding in the crisis that had called him forth, was frankly acclaimed as king, perhaps through the scheming of his friends; but also it is entirely possible that he was chosen by spontaneous action of the associated tribes who actually felt, as it recorded in a late account of the incident, that the exigencies of the disordered time required them to have a king, as did other nations.

Such anthropological discussion and hoped for actions are somewhat more specific than, though overlapping with, the more theological dialogue proposed by the Islamic scholars who suggest the call to «total devotion» to the one God as our starting point.

Turning away from orthodox Christianity because of the emotional excesses of frontier evangelism, he found it easier as a young man to accept what was called the Doctrine of Necessity, which he defined as the belief â $ ˜that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.â $ ™ Later, he frequently quoted to his partner, William H. Herndon, the lines for Hamlet: â $ ˜Thereâ $ ™ s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough â $ «hew them how he will.â $ ™ â $ œFrom Lincolnâ $ ™ s fatalism derived some of his most lovable traits: his compassion, his tolerance, his willingness to overlook mistakes.

The first thing to give us pause, as we survey the progress of human collectivization, is what I would call the inexorable nature of a phenomenon which arises directly and automatically out of the conjunction of two factors, both of a structural kind: first, the confined surface of the globe, and secondly, the incessant multiplication, within this restricted space, of human units endowed by ever - improving means of communication with a rapidly increasing scope for action; to which may be added the fact that their advanced psychic development makes them preeminently capable of influencing and inter-penetrating one another.

Our calling as Christians is to bear witness to this reality, both by seeking to discern the print of God's life - giving action in the world, and by action in the world which proceeds out of our loving response to him.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

These writers believed themselves to be inspired by the Spirit and called as teachers, and their writings, argues Wright, «were not simply about the coming of God's Kingdom into all the world; they were, and were designed to be, part of the means whereby that happened... Those who read these writings discovered, from very early on, that the books themselves carried the same power, the same authority in action, that had characterized the initial preaching of the «word.»

He adds that just as an infinity of functions may have the same differential (functions which differ from each other by a constant — the so - called «constant of integration») so the integration of physico - chemical elements (a «summation» which, inversely, proceeds from the derivative to the function) would determine the vital action only in part.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Businesses from the Consumer Goods Forum and Champions 12.3 coalition have issued a call to action to simplify and standardise food date labels worldwide by 2020 in a bid to reduce food waste as Champions 12.3 releases a progress report on global efforts to reduce food waste.

This week is National Obesity Awareness Week, launched by the National Obesity Forum and billed as a call to action to challenge the increasingly serious issue of obesity.

Watford, westbrom, but to be honest i do nt blame losses on officials we get 90 mins to win games bit i think across the league its been poorer this year more than previous esp.linesman decisions i end up watching more than just the arsenal games but arsenal is where my heart and loyalty lies and its been week in and week across the league this year on officials i understand close offsides and fouls here and there cause football has a tremendous gray area in terms of constant action but linesman have missed multiple offsides by 5 yards and more and the consistency hasnt been there one week a call is this way next week the call is the other way but i am going to stop going on about officials as of now as you said and i agree its down human error an apart of the game

Shaw, who cost the Red Devils # 30M back in the summer of 2014 as per the Telegraph, made his third appearance for the U23's, and despite the side falling to a 2 - 0 defeat, the left - back looked solid when called into action and ended the game without any further injuries, as reported by Manchester Evening News.

Within two minutes of the restart, Mewitt was called into action as he got down well to parry a low shot, before Crichlow - Noble completed the job by clearing the ball into touch.

Grimshaw had already been called into action by Chong before the young keeper produced an outstanding save to deny Boonen and then lady luck was on his side as Zachary Dearnley beat him, only to see his effort go the wrong of the right post.

Tigers is a new film by Oscar - winning director Danis Tanovic based on the true story of a former Nestlé baby milk salesman in Pakistan called Syed Aamir Raza taking on the industry with the help of IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

Well, I live by the day and somehow leave my next line of action or ambition to God, I remained a very committed party man, in politics by call, I can honestly restate that I came into politics by call, I left a very lucrative job as a senior staff of NNPC and with 20 yes experience to politics that is full of uncertainty, I voluntarily retired my job and not sacked.

Ogbonnaya who rose from the All Progressives Congress (APC) South - East stakeholders meeting said the call is uncalled for, as President Muhammadu Buhari has directed relevant agencies to take appropriate actions in halting the killings by suspected herdsmen.

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

On 19 January 2012, Evans revealed that he had been attacked by a dog which left a one - inch scar on his middle finger as he called on the government to take action against irresponsible dog owners.

We therefore see this action by the GLC as very selective, targeted, ill - motivated and an affront to justice and fairness and wish to call on the Council to reverse its decision.

Not only has DA DiFiore failed to indict to the officers who killed his father, she also justified their racial actions by saying that White Plains Police calling his father the «N - word» (which should have classified it as a hate crime) was just a tactic to distract him.

Democratic Members of the Board of Legislators were joined at a press conference Monday afternoon by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Paul Yanovsky from the Newtown Action Alliance, as well as numerous advocates to call on the successful implementation of the ban of gun shows on County property.

She has written to Ofcom calling for action from the regulator to ensure a better balance, as so far male politicians outnumbered female counterparts by nearly five to one on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme.

He said he will file a class - action lawsuit and restraining order early next week to block the shutdown, and curb what he called «character assassination» by the media and Cuomo, who, as state attorney general, initiated the investigations into Espada's management of Soundview.

According to him, the call was followed by the fact that as the Chief Security Officer of the state, he does not have the authority backing him to order the police or soldiers to take certain actions.

The prospect of an election is what has triggered the action against Corbyn and comes as a leaked poll commissioned by the party revealed that over one in four (27 %) of Labour voters was less likely to vote for the party following the referendum campaign in which 214 Labour MPs called on people to vote to remain in the EU.

Calling the actions by the PAC an effort by «big money trying to take over the neighborhood,» Shafran said at Tuesday's news conference that «anyone who benefits» from the fliers «is just as bad as those behind them.»

They promise to study the views of public and professional interests before deciding whether action by government is needed on delicate issues such as screening for the condition called fragile X syndrome.

The case for action rests on the realization that for the first time since the beginning of the Enlightenment era in the mid-17th century, the very idea of science as a way to establish a common book of knowledge about the world is being broadly called into question by heavily financed public relations campaigns.

Southern tidewater goby has only been found in three lagoons in San Diego County, making this new species critically endangered, and the researchers call for conservation actions to prevent possible extinction as the habitat is threatened by California's drought.

By injecting molecules called short interfering RNAs directly into tissue known as the trabecular meshwork, researchers have been able to silence the action of disease - relevant genes.

Yet Desplechin's wildly discursive style calls so much attention to itself that even his heroes are overwhelmed by the aesthetic gamesmanship, left to flounder as the director skips from Leda And The Swan to breakdancing to a Hong Kong - style action sequence at a convenience store.