Sentences with phrase «between authority and power»

Not exact matches

Negotiations between creditors and government officials over the $ 9 billion owed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as Prepa, have been taking place for more than a year.

Ron Paul also recognizes that there is a fine line between a lawful power whose authority comes from God, and a wicked tyranny that is the devil himself.

As Roosevelt exercised emergency power to deal with the banking crisis, revise the relationship between American currency and gold, and establish the Tennessee Valley Authority, editors hailed the arrival of «a new United States.»

It means restoring a good relationship between humanity and its ecological home, stirring the heart, setting about work in a spirit of thanksgiving, discovering power under the authority of the Spirit, confronting evil with confidence in the sovereignty of God and sharing in the generous economy of God so that nothing is wasted.

Jesus may or may not be claiming that power — there's a tension between «your sins are forgiven» and «the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins» — but he is clearly asserting the man's forgiveness.

In order to convince the confused and alienated masses, we must be able to demonstrate that Catholic social thought treads the middle path between theocracy — the ambition of strict Islamist ideology — where the spiritual authorities simply subsume the powers of the State, and the atheist secularist agenda, which eventually leads to the State assuming God - like powers, yet without the compassion and respect for human freedom that is characteristic of the true God of Love.

This understanding of the gospel as earthly power resulted in struggles for authority and territory between medieval European rulers and the Western church centered in Rome.

He saw power involved in all life's arenas — personal, economic and political — because contests are never simply between force and force or authority and authority.

Indeed, to invoke the separation between religion and politics in order to uphold this sort of Platonic dualism is to suggest that human beings somehow belong to the powers that be, that is, they are at the mercy of political authorities who can do what they please with them without any fear of rebuke from God through the prophetic ministry of the Church.

It is quite a step from the authentic teaching of Lumen Gentium to conceiving of the relation between the authority of an individual bishop and that of the universal Church in terms of a power struggle.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

A slave mentality There will always be a struggle between priestly authority and prophetic challenge in institutionalized religion because institutions are intrinsically conservative and will always choose social stability over justice which works to the advantage of the socioeconomic / political power - elites whose interests are served by sustaining the status quo.

The first key point to understand is the difference between the Prime Minister's roles as head of the Cabinet, who wields executive power via the confidence of the House of Commons, and as Tory leader, whose authority rests on the faith colleagues have in you as a general election winner.

That radically changes the power relations between people and the authorities.

In his paper, Bugaje raised a few posers such as the difference between power and authority, legality and legitimacy, as well as eligibility and sustainability.

But if we are unwilling to be placed in this perilous situation; if we still will adhere to the design of a national government, or, which is the same thing, of a superintending power, under the direction of a common council, we must resolve to incorporate into our plan those ingredients which may be considered as forming the characteristic difference between a league and a government; we must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens, — the only proper objects of government.

The UK government's decision to press ahead with new nuclear power stations in England highlights one of the areas where significant policy differences exist between the UK and the Scottish authorities.

The power authority's service provider, PSEG Long Island, caused an uproar in East Hampton when it began installing a six - mile - long high - voltage transmission line between East Hampton Village and Amagansett, without, according to local officials, fully informing them of what was planned.

It seeks information on interactions between Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former senior aide, Joseph Percoco, Department of Public Service chief of staff Tom Congdon, New York Power Authority president and CEO Gil Quiniones and Len Walker, who has worked as a director of special projects at NYPA.

The ability to use the proceeds of this sale for awards to eligible businesses and nonprofits in St. Lawrence County is one of the key elements included in a tentative agreement reached this month between the New York Power Authority and the St. Lawrence Local Government Task Force.

Cuomo aides say the project will be funded through a financing agreement between two state run agencies — Empire State Development Corp. and the New York Power Authority.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or more States; — between a State and Citizens of another State; — between Citizens of different States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

The DEC would have authority to restrict mechanically powered fishing gear in those shallows, identify harmful chemicals and pesticides and recommend restrictions, and prohibit coastal residents from applying fertilizer with phosphorous between Nov. 1 and April 1.

The project is a collaborative effort between Con Edison, the Long Island Power Authority, and the New York Power Authority.

Second, disagreements between members of the combined authority (made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)-- and with the Government — mean that the public consultation needed to unlock the powers and resources on offer as part of the city region's devolution deal has not yet taken place.

The relationship between any governor and New York City mayor is important, with state law delineating the City's power and authority and state government cooperation and / or approval needed for much of what any New York City mayor seeks to do.

As the electrical service provider for the Long Island Power Authority, PSEG Long Island began work in 2013 to upgrade power transmission lines between its East Hampton Village and Amagansett substatPower Authority, PSEG Long Island began work in 2013 to upgrade power transmission lines between its East Hampton Village and Amagansett substatpower transmission lines between its East Hampton Village and Amagansett substations.

Three years after Christie's deputies at the Port Authority closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, tying up traffic for days and spawning the scandal known as Bridgegate, the New Jersey governor — who early in his term promised to bring about a more favorable balance of power between his state and New York — is now largely deferring to Degnan and leaving the authority to its ownAuthority closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, tying up traffic for days and spawning the scandal known as Bridgegate, the New Jersey governor — who early in his term promised to bring about a more favorable balance of power between his state and New York — is now largely deferring to Degnan and leaving the authority to its ownauthority to its own devices.

«In issuing these extra powers to Local Authorities, care must be taken to ensure there is no conflict between handling building control applications and enforcement within the Local Authorities.

The project was launched as a collaborative effort between Con Edison, the Long Island Power Authority and the New York Power Authority.

One only has to recall the difference between the aura of power of Tony Blair in 1997, and the lack of authority of successive Tory leaders of the Opposition to see how authority has passed from Labour to the Coalition.»

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a statutory partnership between local authorities, working alongside the LEP for the conurbation and with additional powers over transport.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which normally would help pay for storm recovery, warned that it might refuse to cover any costs if the contract between Whitefish Energy and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as Prepa, was found to be improper.

PSEG has been seeking a resolution since it took over service from the Long Island Power Authority that tried in 2013 to place new underwater cables between the Greenport and Crescent Beach.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's goal of seeking broader authority over moving money between state authorities and inking certain contracts isn't about power, but streamling government, he told reporters at a cabinet meeting earlier this afternoon.

It required many meetings for almost a year with sometimes countless people in the room from: all levels of government; public benefit corporations from ECIDA, to the Power Authority, to the Water Authority, and Empire State Development; our private sector partners like land owners — Tecumseh, Gateway and South Buffalo Railway; from Welded Tube; a lot of help from organizations like the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise and Partnership; and, then about 5 layers of lawyers in between.

Mr. Percoco's wife, Lisa Toscano - Percoco, is also listed on the Jcope filings as earning between $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 from Chris Pitts L.L.C., which appears to be related to a Democratic operative in Connecticut who has worked for Competitive Power Ventures, one of the entities being investigated by federal authorities.

The New York Power Authority is looking to use drones instead of helicopters or boats to inspect the ice boom between Lake Erie and the Niagara River.

Sookie Stackhouse and her supernatural cohorts have a disturbing new political power play to deal with in Season 5 — a growing war between the Vampire Authority and «vampire fundamentalists» — and the outcome could decide the fate of human existence.

The experience opens with a bombastic, but not - entirely - serious confrontation between a power - hungry Lego figure named Lord Business (Will Ferrell, back in evil - with - a-wink «Megamind» mode) and good wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman, poking fun at every voice - of - authority figure he's ever played) for a force that gives whoever possesses it control of the entire Lego universe.

First he drew the contrast between power and authority (terms we often confuse and conflate).

Basically, it gave the power / authority to the president to enlist males between the ages of 21 and 45 for military service.

In group portraits, the power plays between the represented countries are illustrated through references to sexual scenarios from BDSM culture, with the dominant authority marked with a «D» and the submissive player marked with a «S.» The artist employs queer models of all shapes, sizes, and genders whose anonymous bodies, decidedly distinct from those of the men whose faces they are wearing, peek through holes in their masks and costumes in jarring ways.

Reflecting on the troubling relationship between authority, conformity, and power, Lewis notes, «The book presents a myopic power in the form of conventional wisdom, in the form of general sensibility and common decency.»

Investments of this magnitude, which in the US alone might have to be hundreds of billions per year between efficiency and renewables indefinitely, need the government to ensure that they happen, and both private and public funding will be required, as with the creation of TVA and the Bonneville Power Authority in the 1930s, and thereafter.

The treaty was the result of eighteen months of secret negotiations between Scenic Hudson, N.R.D.C., the Hudson River Fisherman's Association, Con Ed, Central Hudson Gas & Electric, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, the Power Authority of the State of New York, the New York DEC, New York Attorney General's Office and the EPA.

But that also didn't lead to a contract agreement between the OPA and OPG as noted in OPG's press release (four months later) of April 15, 2014 disclosing: «OPG is currently seeking suppliers for the advanced biomass fuel and negotiating a power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority.&rpower purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority.&rPower Authority.»

Because customers can switch between alternative suppliers and utilities, the purchasing authority, the IPA, only signs short - term power purchase agreements, but bankers want to see long - term PPAs to back up the financing of renewable power projects.

Halifax — Bullfrog Power, Canada's leading green energy provider, is pleased to announce an agreement with Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA), a partnership between the Towns of Berwick and Mahone Bay, to source clean, pollution - free electricity from a proposed wind farm in Nova Scotia developed by Minas Energy.

The ongoing saga of the conversion of Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Thunder Bay 300 - MW coal plant took another twist on Budget Day, May 1, 2014, as Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli used his hammer to force a contract between the Ontario Power Authority and the OPG in respect to the allowable cost recoveries after conversion.