Sentences with phrase «changes being sought by»

The state Senate today will consider a revised version of the Port Authority reform bill that would enact some of the changes being sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie last year.

The lead Senate sponsor, Republican Joe Griffo, plans to add amendments to the existing MMA legislation based on some of the changes being sought by Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

Change was sought by engaging those who seemed to lose out in the status quo, to mobilise them as a political force, to seek a more equitable arrangement.

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Since Wall Street usually expresses its priorities by rewarding, through higher compensation, the behavior it seeks, the firms that are offering more money to women and ethnic minorities appear to be sending the message that they want to change what historically has been a white male dominated business.

Additionally, as the nature of work continues to change, prodded by technological advances that maximize worker efficiency at the expense of regular work schedules, more workers are seeking supplementary income.

In the case of Tazreen, Li & Fung had acquired a new subsidiary that placed orders at the factory, but the changes sought by Li & Fung had not been made 11 weeks later when the fatal fire occurred, a company spokesman said.

Separately, Torstar says the officials also visited its corporate offices in Toronto to seek more information about the deal in which 41 newspapers changed hands and 36 were closed, mainly in Ontario regions served by multiple publications, at a cost of nearly 300 jobs.

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are seeking several changes to the deal, which was negotiated by the Obama administration.

NexPoint Capital, Inc. is a non-traded business development company («BDC») that seeks to provide investors access to the unique opportunities offered by the historic changes to our nation's healthcare economy as a result of significant demographic and governmental changes.

Enabling legislation allows for the spending on statutory programs without having to seek annual approval by Parliament, unless changes to the parameters of the programs are being sought.

In a new complaint seeking class action status, two women — who are maintaining anonymity — are asking a court to force the $ 69 billion ride - hail company to change many of its driver screening and other practices on behalf of all U.S. riders who were «subject to rape, sexual assault or gender - motivated violence or harassment by their Uber driver in the last four years.»

By advocating for policy changes, the Council seeks to create an economic model in which what is good for business is good for the environment and society.

But the Obama administration is currently seeking Trade - Promotion Authority (also known as «fast track») which would let the executive sideline Congress by forcing a yes - no vote instead of allowing changes to the agreement.

The government accused the holders of using the provision as an excuse to pass losses caused by historically low electricity prices on to the taxpayer, and announced that it was seeking a court order to declare the «change in law» provision void.

At first, market participants looked to a speech being given by ECB President Draghi at the annual Jackson Hole symposium of central bankers late in August, seeking hints about a change in monetary policy.

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The biblical answer to this problem is to first of all recognize that we have the gracious and loving forgiveness of God, but then to admit to God that we have actually messed up our lives by failing to live according to His instructions, and then seeking to take steps and make changes which allow us to live according to God's will.

In contrast, constitutional stipulations that are substantive contradict the provision for constitutional change because they falsely assert that they must be explicitly accepted by any political participant who seeks to change them democratically The contradiction becomes fully apparent if we recognize that the argument for permitting substantive constitutional prescriptions also permits an established religion.

It is ground owned by a congregation that, in the past, has acted in ways that made the racial tension worse; they are now seeking to change that dynamic.

... one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level... In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable barriers, in democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to place.

The conference was spearheaded by Michael Davidson, a man of God who came out of the homosexual life many years ago and heads up a group called Core Issues Trust («a non-profit Christian ministry supporting men and women with homosexual issues who voluntarily seek change in sexual preference and expression») and by Andrea Williams, dynamic barrister and CEO of Christian Concern (an organization that seeks to be «a strong Christian voice in the public sphere») and the Christian Legal Centre (a legal defense team for British Christians persecuted for their faith).

But in fact these changes, which themselves are rarely pursued by those seeking growth alone, only slow the increased stress on an already overtaxed environment.

Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients, by creating new care settings or improving existing ones, by seeking changes in methods of paying for appropriate care, by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net), by providing adequate relief of pain, by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying, by keeping company with those who are lonely, and by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.

A chosen measure is not slavishly followed, but artistic release is sought by means of frequent variation, sometimes in accordance with the varying mood of the advancing thought, but not infrequently, it would appear, for no reason other than change.

When in 169 one of the contestants, Menelaus, was returned to the office, Antiochus, who had already incurred the bitter resentment of faithful Jews by his interference, sought to correct his financial plight by entering the Temple himself and stripping it of its considerable movable wealth.31 Antiochus became at once the object of Judaism's bitterest hate; and no doubt in part in retaliation but also as an expression of this ardent Hellenist's frustration with a people slow to change, he effected an otherwise quite unprovoked attack on Jerusalem in 168.

With the advancement of the progressive Obama agenda by legislative (as distinct from administrative) means halted, Obama, now the «conservative,» will be using every ounce of his powers to sustain the parts of his program that have been enacted, while the Republicans, as proponents of change, will be seeking to reverse many of them.

Of course, some ministers have sought to break the monotony of the usual outline, but these refreshing alterations have been so rare that the minister has been self - conscious about the change and the attention of the congregation has, been stolen by the novelty of the sermon.

Even so, the twenty - seven speeches collected in We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Joy - Ann Reid, are neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boriAre the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Joy - Ann Reid, are neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boriare neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boring.

We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama edited by e. j. dionne jr. and joy - ann reid bloomsbury, 376 pages, $ 25

We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obamaedited by e. j. dionne jr. and joy - ann reidbloomsbury, 376 pages, $ 25 The one thing we know about Barack Obama — at least, we think we know it — is that he is a great orator.

Such «religious intuitions» are the «somewhat exceptional elements of our conscious experience» that Whitehead seeks to elucidate as evidence for God's consequent experience of the world.9 Only a living person experiencing a whole series of divine aims, sensitive to the way in which these shift, grow, and develop in response to our changing circumstances can become aware of their source as dynamic and personal, meeting our needs and concerns.10 Jesus, full of the Spirit, knew God personally in this intimate way, until these aims were taken from him in the hour of his deepest need, when he experienced being forsaken by God on the cross.

In addition, humane societies seek to cushion workers who lose their jobs due to recessions, foreign competition and technological change by offering them short - term unemployment benefits and financial assistance for re - training and relocating.

Male authority that does not intentionally seek change and cultural transformation and space for women who are called by God to preach and teach and lead.

«Reparative therapy,» which seeks to change sexual orientation, has been shown to be ineffective and potentially dangerous, discouraged most notably by many of the very Christian leaders who once promoted it within the Church.

The persuasiveness of religious programs toward change appear to be greatest when they are viewed by a person who is in a state of attitude imbalance or transition and seeking new forms of gratification for his or her needs; when they are viewed by a person for whom religious faith has always been a viable, if not vital, option; when the options being presented are seen as realistic and leading to a desirable end; when opportunity for demonstration exists in proximate distance to the viewing situation; and when the attitude or behavior is not central to the individual's self - concept and ego - functioning.

Without directly addressing this and changing (challenging) it with a contrary vision of truth, culture, revelation, and faith, the concepts of Catholic Modernity and Sacramental Imagination can themselves be simply absorbed by the secular relativist mind that they are seeking to engage with and ultimately overcome.

Thirdly, this Bill can and will be used by all sides to seek a change in the abortion law.

It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its sting so often departs and turns into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it cheerfully, that a man is simply bound in honor, with reference to many of the facts that seem at first to disconcert his peace, to adopt this way of escape.

Jones also sought to change the status quo by bringing more women into what is typically a male - dominated industry.

They control the majority of the World's wealth and arguably are one of the most powerful blocks in the world, hardly a quality one would associate with a «minority» Perhaps the millions of non Christians who lost land or culture (not to mention millions of lives) as a result of Christian nations colonizing the World justifiably would call this headline atrocious as it simply is historically untrue if one looks at the World over the past 300 or so years and it ignores the reality of suffering brought forth by a particular religion that seeks to change all people to any one particular religion.

«Our various proposals to change Section 46 are in essence not aimed at what happens on the playing field, but instead seek to address exclusionary behaviour akin to when one team with substantial market power has locked the other in their change rooms and is seeking to win by default.»

Launched in 2015, the Women of the Vine trade alliance is anchored by the websitewww.WomenoftheVine.com, which offers information on education through the Women of the Vine Global Symposium (to be held March 13 - 15, 2017 in Napa, CA), regional meetings, webinars, best - practice strategies, a job board, discussion forum, networking and collaboration opportunities, and tools for forward - thinking employers and employees seeking to change the industry from within.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

This problem can be resolved by changing medication and diet or seeking advice from your doctor.

With changes in some states allowing same - sex couples to be turned away by adoption agencies, some are specifically seeking same - sex prospective parents.

«Three: I believe, following in the immortal words of Mahatma Ghandi, that we should be the change we seek and, when called upon, we should strive to lead others by leading ourselves first, through the powerful force of personal example.

The great change we seek by means of this new constitution is to replace one form of democracy with another.

The changes, passed in the budget this April, were sought by the business community and are designed to save money when a worker is injured on the job.

These alternative faces of Leave were exploited to gain votes for «change,» but the exact change sought by any two voters could be very different.