Sentences with phrase «citizens of a city at»

Acclaimed Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, commissioned on behalf of YARAT, set out to make a «Portrait of a Country,» reflecting a unified vision of diversity, in the heterogeneous citizens of a city at the crossroads between contemporary Turkey, Russia, Iran, Armenia, and historical Persia, Albania, and the Ottoman Empire.

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At the same time the new technologies - notably the combination of mobile and Internet of Things - means that the really smart cities can create an experience for their citizens that saves energy and reduces the stress of traditional urban living.

During a gun control debate at the most recent Greensboro City Council meeting city resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&raCity Council meeting city resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&racity resident Mark Robinson rose to speak and made known that the citizens of the city are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.&racity are «going to keep [their rights], come hell or high water.»

During his 41 years at Calvary Baptist, Barbour served on a variety of city policy - developing committees, including the Chester Water Board and the Citizens Council on Urban Renewal.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

3) The typical story of an emperor visiting a colony or province, in which the citizens of the country would traditionally go to meet him at some distance from the city.

That may not seem like much, but, as at the beginning of the first millennium so also at the beginning of the third, alien citizens know not to expect too much from the earthly city.

This seems in fact to be the gist of his confession in A Sort of Life, where Greene contrasts his state of resolve at the time of his conversion with his condition more than 20 years later, at a point (which Sherry suggests remains characteristic of the present) when «continual failure or the circumstances of our private life finally make it impossible to make any promises at all and many of us abandon Confession and Communion to join the Foreign Legion of the Church and fight for a city of which we are no longer full citizens.»

If you'd like to participate in a peaceful protest along with other citizens of Abbotsford, please join us at City Hall on Monday 24 February at 12 noon.

At that time waves of new immigrants were arriving in the cities of North America, and etiquette books emerged which taught these newcomers, who would become middle class citizens, how to avoid misbehaving in public.

A person who retreats from public life because it is too inconvenient or unpleasant or fails to accord with his nice ideals acts as a citizen of the city of man, seeking his own good — peace of mind, ideological purity — at the expense of the common good.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

CURFEW Sirs: Your mention of the city of Saskatoon in the article on Gordie Howe (March 16) may lead our police force to indulge in some wishful thinking about «all our citizens disappearing at 10 p.m.» However, we enjoyed the rest of the article, especially the cover picture by Bernie Fuchs.

Richards was a youth product at City, but despite breaking into the England squad during his time with the Citizens, he fell out of favour as injuries affected his progress.

As for Thiago, Guardiola knows him well having worked together previously at Bayern during the Spaniard's stint in charge of the Bavarian giants prior to joining City, and with a lack of midfield depth particularly in the holding role to offer competition for stalwart Fernandinho, it could be a sensible addition for the Citizens.

Edin Dzeko has insisted that he wants to stay at Manchester City, amid speculation linking him with a move to Juventus, and his remarks should be music to the ears of Citizens fans.

They have won seven matches in a row and will head to Man City with plenty of confidence — especially after the Citizens were the victims of a 4 - 0 away defeat at Everton last weekend.

Regarding mutual encounters, Spurs have won seven of the last ten games against Manchester City at home, while Citizens have won five and lost just once from the last five games against Tottenham.

City thought they had landed the highly - rated Athletic Bilbao centre - half back in 2016 — but he then penned a new deal, much to the annoyance of the Citizens's hierarchy at the time.

A scheme of this sort combined with the legacy project at Goodison and the other significant EITC projects demonstrate real commitment to the City of Liverpool and its citizens.

After first league defeat (Chelsea 2 - 1) and elimination from Uefa champions league, Manchester City will look to bounce back, and Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled squad face their first real test of the campaign.Although they still sit two points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, and in their 15 matches racked 49 goals, with possible defeat and Man Utd win over QPR (video) will they lose top spot of Premier league.What make this match more interest is several Arsenal players which now play for Citizens.

Everton won home and away in the league last season against Man City, while their recent record against the Citizens is imperious: They've won each of the previous four meetings, as well as seven of the last eight, including each of their last four visits at Eastlands.

The Baggies (3.80 VCbet), though, have won the last four competitive meetings and with their unbeaten home record still in tact — 3 Wins and 2 Draws — will fancy their chances of inflicting another defeat on the Citizens, as they did in the Carling Cup earlier in the season when beating a weakened City side 2 - 1 at The Hawthorns.

Manchester City have all the form going and after a quick turn around of matches, it may be worth looking at somewhat of a conservative win for the Citizens in this one.

The Citizens have been leading at half time in all but four of their home games this season so a Man City / Man City half time / full - time bet isn't without its appeal.

The Citizens can be backed at a price of 21/20 at bet365 to deliver on a Man City / Man City half time / full time option.

But it is a massive concern for punters, especially if the Italian doesn't resolve the issue in time for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa, where the Citizens will line up against a player they know all about in Darren Bent — the former Sunderland striker scoring the only goal of the game, from the penalty spot in stoppage time, when City suffered their very first defeat of the season away at Sunderland way back in August.

The Citizens have been winning at half time in eight of their home games this season so a Man City / Man City half - time / full - time wager at Bet365 will have some immediate appeal and you would imagine that they will want to come out strongly and shake off that loss against Liverpool.

Join fellow citizens on Friday, September 11 at 6 PM the Red Hat Amphitheater for the 9/11 Day of Service Evening Commemoration coordinated by Activate Good with support from the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, City of Raleigh, and Triangle area businesses.

A committee of citizens and park and city officials is studying whether to keep open the public pool at Reed - Keppler Park or to pursue building a water recreation center similar to facilities in Wheaton and Lisle.

«I can assure you I will never risk the safety and the security of one New York City citizen at any time at all — no matter who comes to my desk and no matter who tries to pander to get into higher elected office,» Concannon said.

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

At 8 a.m., the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) will host «Options for Enhancing New York's Health Home Initiative» — the second tele - video, dual - city symposium on challenges in implementing Medicaid redesign strategies, 1285 Ave. of the Americas, Manhattan and 99 Washington Ave., Albany.

He also worked as an attorney and advocate at Demos, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, on a nationwide effort to secure the voting rights of low - income citizens, and was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Election Law Committee.

«So, what used to happen was every year or two years there would be an extender that would go to the governor and put police and firefighters back in tier 2, but Paterson vetoed it in [20] 09,» said Maria Doulis, director of City Studies at the nonpartisan Citizens» Budget Commission.

MIDTOWN EAST — Disability rights activists accused the city of treating them as «second class citizens» at the unveiling of an accessible taxi they say is being downplayed by Mayor Bloomberg's administration.

«I am honored to have been selected by Commissioner Nigro to lead the establishment of an independent agency to operate the Fire Pension Fund and enhance the quality and level of service afforded to firefighters and fire officers as they approach retirement after providing years of selfless service to the citizens of New York City,» Cassidy said at the time.

Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, said, «Though deputy mayor is not just a City Hall desk job, it doesn't look good to taxpayers when she is too often at another job location, and with other staffers who didn't get Conflicts of Interest Board clearance.»

Both concerned citizens and prominent politicians were able to ask questions and voice opinions at last night's debate on merging Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse.

«Half of the citizens live at or below the poverty line in one of the wealthiest cities in the world,» he said.

As a City Council Member Madeline helped make the East Bronx a better place, and was a champion for the creation of a new golf course at Ferry Point Park and a fighter for the needs of senior citizens and youth throughout the community.

Rachel Fauss, policy and research manager for Citizens Union, said in her testimony that the platform «would put New York City at the forefront nationally,» with the only similar known examples on the local level being Oakland and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

«At this stage, there is an entire host of outstanding questions and legal concerns surrounding this project that have not been answered to the satisfaction of anyone, including oversight and expert bodies such as: the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Citizens Advisory Committee of the New York - New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program and the Westchester Municipal Officials Association, not to mention members of the State Legislature and the New York City Council,» Perkins writes.

At 6 p.m., the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City hosts their Seventh Annual Awards Reception honoring former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Mutual of America, 320 Park Ave., 35th floor, Manhattan.

At 8:30 a.m., the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City Milstein Criminal Justice Policy Forum breakfast is held, with remarks from NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill, Sea Level Cafe, 6 E 43rd St., Manhattan.

At 5 p.m., the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City hosts a panel discussion on the role social media plays in gun violence, with New York University's Dr. Shabnam Javdani and others, John Jay College, Moot Court Room, 524 W. 59th St., Manhattan.

At the start of the year thousands of British citizens marched in cities across the country in opposition to Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

At 8 a.m., ABNY hosts a panel on the impact of proposed federal policies on the New York City budget, featuring the Citizens Budget Commission's Maria Doulis, the NYC Budget Director Dean Fuleihan, state Budget Director Robert Mujica and Deputy New York City Comptroller for the Budget Preston Niblack, Hilton Hotel, Mercury Ballroom, 1335 Sixth Ave., Manhattan.

Under the «progressive» failures DeBlasio Dinkins we had 1990 anti-Asian anti-Korean Boycotts, the 1991 anti-Jewish riots in Brooklyn (which Gov Cuomos Girgenti report called the worst in NYC history, directed at Jews), the 1992 riots that tore apart Washington heights, and the crazy mugging and murder rates in the inner city brought on by the ivory tower left wing progressives who inflict criminals on all of us law abiding citizens of all races.

Despite non-stop protesting by disgruntled union workers and citizens calling for justice for Dontay Ivy, Albany Mayor Sheehan delivered her State of the City address Wednesday night at City Hall.