Sentences with phrase «cities changed as»

In what ways have children's opportunities, services and education systems in each of the consortium cities changed as a result of the cities» redesign work?

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While cities shouldn't change based solely on Amazon's wishes, many saw the experience as a way to benchmark themselves against other similar - sized cities around the country and see where they might be falling short.

That mix will change as the program recruits more local companies eager to expand across Latin America, where the 10 largest cities, including Santiago, make up nearly a third of the region's GDP.

In so doing, Hopewell is working to change people's opinions of real estate development as home prices surge in many Canadian cities.

As the world population grows and concern about dwindling resources and climate change increase, there has been a push globally towards creating more sustainable cities.

Perhaps Ms Scaffidi could have chosen word more wisely than «Business as Usual» at the City of Perth as that phrase would suggest that nothing has changed.

In 2017, the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, and Imperial Beach, as well as Santa Cruz county, Marin County, and San Mateo County attempted to sue oil majors over climate change damages, citing a theory called «public nuisance.»

The U.K.'s challenges are somewhat different from Canada's: as a result of the Conservative Party's austerity campaign, the U.K.'s economy has suffered more than Canada's, which has taken more of a Keynesian approach; and the City, as London's financial hub is known, has had a reputation for a much looser approach to regulation than that found in either Canada or the U.S. Tal says the U.K.'s finance sector has to change and he expects Carney will attempt to move it in the direction of greater regulation.

It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the council change its position, but the company had been asking the city for more time as it worked with regional air - quality officials on a plan to make the smell go away.

As more cities and states begin mandatory nutrition labeling on menus — so far New York City, Oregon, California and several major cities, with similar legislation pending in 15 states — Repole sees consumers making a major change in their eating habits.

In 1971, a year after the Women's Strike for Equality March — during which 50,000 women marched down New York City's Fifth Avenue demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies — Congress passed a resolution designating Aug. 26 as Women's Equality Day.

«People realize they can't prosper [in San Francisco] as much as in other cities, so that causes a lot of changes,» Michael said.

As a result of the case, both the DOJ and the city of San Francisco have changed several policies.

Toronto's Sutton Place wasn't part of the deal, but it will likely have to change its name if, as the media - shy Gaglardi vowed in a statement last summer, Northland expands the chain to every major Canadian city.

In New York, Gróf would change his name to Andrew S. Grove, get work as a busboy, learn to speak English, and enroll in the City College of New York.

Once you've put such a plan in place, ideally by the time you're in your forties, «the plan should be able to survive everything except major changes in your life, such as the death of a close family member or failure of part of your business,» says Dick Cummins, director of personal financial services in Coopers & Lybrand's New York City office.

As more energy companies move to Vancouver, their presence could change the city into a new kind of industry centre.

By their last NHL season, the Jets had trouble attracting fans to the rink, but as the Conference Board of Canada said in a report earlier this month, plenty has changed in the city since.

Finally, A Handbook for Business To Change the World and Make a Profit — As General Motors, Patagonia, Ben & Jerry's, the City of New York, and Others Have Done (book launch press release)

One trend we've identified is that American cities are positioning themselves as the true US leaders in combating climate change, making it clear that action is wanted, needed, and possible.

American cities are positioning themselves as the true leaders when it comes to tackling climate change, making it clear that action is wanted, needed, and possible.

Well, as the largest city in the Lone Star state, Houston is transitioning towards a low carbon future by taking lead on tackling climate change.

This Columbian city rose to infamy as the home of Pablo Escobar's violent drug cartel, but the city has changed a lot since the Medellin Cartel fell in the early 1990s.

The aim of the dialogue was to exchange ideas on the topic of low - carbon city development as well as share research conducted on climate change, renewable energy, and environmental governance in both Canada and China.

«If the Mayor did have advance knowledge of changes at the Madison location as he has suggested, the city's residents deserve an explanation as to why no action was taken,» Fitzgerald said in the statement.

«As alleged, if Uber is committed to safe rides for all consumers, including women, it needs to make drastic changes to prevent rapes, sexual assaults and gender - motivated harassment that occur on a regular basis in cities throughout the U.S.»

As a result of these back - to - back meetings, India and the U.S. are moving ahead on a whole range of issues, including regional security, defence, nuclear power, smart cities, and even climate change.

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says market conditions in the city are changing as sales in April fell to a 17 - year low for the month.

Twenty - five of the 40 banks who said they would make changes to their business as a result of Brexit said they have taken steps such as applying for licences, hiring more office space elsewhere in Europe or moving some contracts with clients to cities in the EU.

Winthrop became a city when it changed its governance to a council - manager form in 2005, but chose to remain known as a «town.»

As consumers seek out greater convenience and choice via the Internet, «We believe there is significant room for Alibaba to further improve people's awareness of online retailing, change the lifestyle and user behavior of residents in lower - tier cities, and educate them to shift from physical stores to online stores,» UBS analysts wrote.

Cities are projected to require at least USD 1.7 trillion a year for climate change mitigation and adaptation above business as usual in order to align GHG levels with those that limit global warming to 2 °C and avoid the worst effects of climate change.

The city was once recognized as Madison Station, but the name was changed to Madison.

He's always been tough, but he changed when he started to have national ambitions,» said George Arzt, former press secretary to Democrat Ed Koch, one of Giuliani's predecessors as New York City mayor.

But getting to that city also included human decision - making, and my wife a job and me a job (and a second change of jobs) and a lot of other details as well.

Halfway through the book Harris» perspective changes from describing her sheltered and skewed childhood to recounting her coming of age: At college (the conservative Hillsdale), she finds her own identity, steeps herself in the humanities, embraces biblical egalitarianism, and develops an interest in journalism, which leads her to New York City to begin her career as a writer for a Christian magazine.

As noted by Harvey Cox, the author of The Secular City, in an interview with Krista Tippett, secularist and religious sentiments will ultimately seesaw between one and the other — Yes, this is off topic, but to say that the Church will change drastically will ultimately mean that it'll take two steps back, then two steps forward, and so on.

As part of sweeping changes to the area's judicial system, a judge in Ferguson has issued an order to withdraw every arrest warrant issued in the city before the start of 2015.

Despite the withering contempt of experts and allies alike — even the architectural critic Lewis Mumford, letting his unfortunate susceptibility to vanity get the better of him, could not resist dismissing Death and Life as a «preposterous mass of historic misinformation and contemporary misinterpretation» assembled by «a sloppy novice» — this unaccredited journalist - mother, with no college education, no training in planning, and no institutional support, wrote a book that would change the way the world thinks about cities.

As part of sweeping changes to the area's judicial system, a judge in Ferguson has issued an order to withdraw every arrest warrant issued in the city before the start...

Hundreds of people attended and even more stood at the gates waiting to get in — a 300 person limit had been placed on the gathering — as politicians, city officials, interfaith leaders and activists spoke from the steps telling Mayor Bloomberg why he should change his mind.

It has been my ongoing involvement — as a pastor serving first a black congregation, then a Hispanic one, and now a largely West Indian and Haitian congregation — with the lives of inner - city families that has forced me to change the direction of my efforts as a public official.

A single - volume history of Istanbul from the seventh century BC to the present is an ambitious project, for no city has seen as much religious and political change over the course of its history.

Yet the change that began with David, confined as it was first to Jerusalem and then to other cities and royal residences, in course of time transformed Hebrew society, leaving only vestiges of the old institutions.

In spite of these changes, the city's leadership was as rife with hedonism and intrigue as previous generations had been.

The city's changes are perhaps emblematic of those of Britain as a whole — with the Church standing, still surprisingly assertively, amid everything.

They are so wedded to this connection that when President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which denies American aid to any NGO that provides, counsels, or refers for abortion, or that promotes a change in a country's laws towards permitting access to abortion, not a single NGO (as far as I am aware) agreed to sever its contraception work from its abortion advocacy.

I'm probably the first to shrug off the change of season, the change of moving cities, and the change of traveling a ton as no big deal....

As numerous cities make energy choices to tackle climate change, so too should municipalities invest in farm - to - hospital and farm - to - school programs that deliver healthier food and strengthen rural communities while emitting fewer greenhouse gases.

«The change is about more than just a brand flag — it's a statement about our long - term commitment to the City of Saint Paul as well as our commitment to delivering excellence in all of our business ventures.»