Sentences with phrase «driven by citizens»
«Vancouver's [Olympic] commitment for sustainability was really driven by the citizens,» notes Coady.
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The move reversed an almost equally feverish rise in recent days that had appeared to be driven by concerns that China will introduce new measures to stop its citizens moving money out of the country.
When traumatized citizens discover that shops and restaurants have reopened — acts driven by entrepreneurs — people start to reclaim the faith that a sense of normalcy is possible.
While it remains uncertain whether the rate increase will pass legal muster, by focusing solely on short - term financial consequences rather than long - term growth and innovation, the PUD is shortchanging Washington's citizens by driving new technology businesses away from the state:
@Tim, I was going to go with, because the Catholic church tries to force its way into the US legal process and drive the creation of laws that support its own religious agenda, that is not shared or recognized by all of our citizens.
For «law - abiding citizens» this does not generally require the penalties of the law to be invoked, though one need only to ask himself how far his driving is affected by known traffic regulations, or his income - tax filing by fear of penalties, to realize the degree to which the law is in the background as a restraint to his self - centeredness.
A citizens group began the drive to disband the Gurnee Park District earlier this year after the group was angered by a series of actions that it feared would drive up property taxes.
The commissioners «decision was praised by citizens concerned about the environmental impact of the golf driving range on nearby Bakers Lake, a nesting spot for herons and waterfowl.
Bertrand drove expansion of our sanctuary system to ensure a Mass Audubon presence close by for every citizen of the state.
It is important to drive the point, and forcefully, that, the queuing and voting, as was done in December, 2016, was not the signing of death warrant by citizens, let alone the signing of same by officers in uniform.
Now, with blogs driving a lot of the political debate, hundreds of millions of emails sent by tens of millions of citizens to Congress, social networks boosting civil society, and millions of political dollars and volunteers being raised and organized online.
One of the key deliverables that came out of the AU Summit that year was support for Agenda 2063, a forward looking strategy document aimed at transforming Africa into «an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in international arena».
«Obviously, the vision is there, the plan is there but again it is not driven by anything than the citizens themselves and the area that we need improvement is for citizens to have trust or confidence that the taxes they are paying will be returned back in terms of infrastructure but I can tell you that I am also concerned; I see a lot of things I don't like but I am inhibited by the amount of money I have,» Governor Ambode said.
«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle stated.
Koch, who was joined at today's event by Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey and former city Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, who heads the good government group New York Civic, said he received signed pledges from all three GOP gubernatorial candidates and a letter from presumptive Democratic nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, agreeing to veto any redistricting plan that is conducted in the traditional, politically - driven manner.
Rochester, NY — WXXI's Bob Smith interviews Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens» Union nonpartisan good government organization about on a new report concerning the turnover in the State Legislature and how a significant portion of it is driven by revelations of unethical and / or illegal conduct.
He said he was driven by the reality that an agency involved in crime fighting but lacks professional knowledge is a danger not only to itself but to the country and citizens it is supposed to protect.
The increase has been driven by a big growth in the number of European Union citizens coming to Britain.
But it began rising again last year, driven by a drop in the number of British citizens emigrating to other countries and an influx of job seekers from struggling EU nations - especially Spain, Portugal and Greece.
«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle said in the statement.
By elevating these issues in the public dialogue, U.S. citizens gain a fighting chance of learning whether those who would lead them have the education, wisdom and courage necessary to govern in a science - driven century and to preserve democracy for the next generation.
Yet as our dependence on the internet grows, we are more vulnerable to those who seek to disrupt — whether they are hackers exposing the internet's weaknesses, governments intent on keeping their citizens under control, or corporations driven by profits.
Social science surveys suggest recent protests in Turkey, such as this one earlier this month in Istanbul's Gezi Park, are being driven by relatively young and apolitical citizens.
He is hoping that this method might be turned into an easy tool that can be used by consumers, citizen scientists and enforcement agencies to quickly detect fish that have been illegally caught with cyanide, which would hopefully drive down the trade.
She is supposed to be part of the propaganda drive by the rebels as they seek to liberate the citizens of Panem but her real intention is to make Snow pay for all the suffering she has endured.
The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip, dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains why he's done with movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.
The lie of America's interest in deposing dictatorships and righting apocalyptic injustices for humanitarian reasons is the shame that hangs over the picture — and over every single citizen of our «enlightened» culture who still views selective intervention as anything but a personal crusade driven by impulses that are only eventually humanitarian.
Where it's most effective is when it plays the up to the heroism of everyday citizens, driven less by altruism than hatred for the enemy, and in the telling little touches strewn through the film, like the carefully sharpened pencils lined up like soldiers on the desk of a Gestapo officer, or the crates of beer from the collaborator's brewery stacked up at Gestapo HQ.
«By teaching D&T, we are ensuring that all children are not just passive bystanders in our increasingly technology - driven world, but are informed citizens who understand how design impacts on their quality of life and how technology can be used for the benefit of mankind.»
This paradox is explained by David Halperns new book The Hidden Wealth of Nations the extent to which citizens get along with each other independently drives both economic growth and wellbeing.
The relationship between NAEP performance and the grades citizens assign their schools could easily be driven by other variables, such as the prosperity level of the state, that influence student achievement levels and could also influence school grades.
Driven by their Madison Avenue advertising mentality, the corporate education «reform» industry's narrative seeks to convince our nation's citizens that our public education system is failing,» parents need market - based «school choice» so their children can escape dismal neighborhood schools.
Many fear the drive to expand charters is powered more by powerful interests outside the city than by the desires of Nashville parents and citizens.
Given the powerful, well - funded interests behind the plan, no one would describe it as the kind of grassroots effort the Founding Fathers had in mind when they dreamed of a dynamic democracy driven by engaged citizens.
In order to help our students succeed in an global economy driven by dramatic, rapid and powerful changes in technology, we need to harness new approaches and new possibilities to provide students with innovative, project - based, experiential learning opportunities that better prepare them to be global citizens and lifelong learners.»
Over a span of almost two months, we're offering these selfless citizens an opportunity to stop by our Ford dealership serving Asbury Park, NJ and test drive the Ford vehicle (s) of their choice.
Identifying Future Trends Due to campaigns by local governments advising citizens to take all animal - safety precautions and efforts by shelters to prevent the return of adopted pets into the system, public conscientiousness is driving the demand for innovative identification options.
When another police car arrived, the dog attacked it, as well as two cars belonging to citizens who were driving by, police say.
A recent analysis of shelter data by an independent group of citizens, with the help of UCLA statisticians, has shown that dramatic drops in intake have been conclusively shown to be driving parallel drops in euthanasia.
citizen - driven, community based organization recognized as a § 501 (c)(4) by the Internal Revenue Service.
Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions is an Ohio citizen - driven, community based organization recognized as a § 501 (c)(4) by the Internal Revenue Service.
Senior Citizens with wiggly pets, arthritis or mobility issues, ask us about our «drive - by» applications.
When Repower / Senvion was spruiking the virtues of its planned 600Mw Ceres wind farm here in SA in 2012 its then head honcho «Pretty boy» in the face of an uproar from local citizens declared at a business lunch in Adelaide that «Opposition to wind farm development in South Australia is driven by political ideology dressed up as a grass roots movement.»
Next week: Subsistence hunters serving as «citizen scientists» help Brinkman's team by providing detailed observations about climate change - driven changes in their areas that have made hunting, fishing and trapping more difficult.
Cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles driven by U.S. citizens are to blame for about two - thirds of greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector.
Ironically, when I was making that argument myself (licensing schemes) a few months back you posted one of your infamous drive by posts shooting straw man bullets with your gat turned sideways, linking me to the misnomered «sovereign citizen» movement.
Open Source Design «By opening up the designs, source code, materials, instructions, and other resources necessary to recreate each project, UP [Urban Prototyping] aims to catalyze a new global community for sharing and scaling citizen - driven urban design and technology work,» the organizers write on their website.
Our supposed blossoming of «conspicuous conservation» in transportation, a large scale trend foreshadowed by broad popularity of the Prius, will allow TV pundits to ask: «Who'd have thought that US citizens would be driving cars that look European?»
Afact believes that the push for milk from untreated cows is being driven by advocates like Consumers Union and PETA, «who make a profit, living and business by striking fear in citizens,» Mr. Miller said in an e-mail message.
For example, individuals who continue to endanger citizens on Illinois roadways by repeatedly driving under the influence of alcohol, will have another barrier that can prevent them from getting back behind the wheel.