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The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

It is designed to engage citizens of all ages in hands - on, technology - enabled exploration of our natural environment.

Paul visited Athens and wasted no time engaging the citizens of Athens in conversation.

«Reading and math are fundamental to educational success, but there are equally important subjects for a student's success in higher education, in employment, and as active and engaged citizens of our nation,» said Les Francis, chair of the Federal Policy Task Force of the Civic Mission of Schools Campaign and a panelist at the event.

Every year, Project Tomorrow — an education nonprofit dedicated to «ensuring that today's students are well prepared to be tomorrow's innovators, leaders and engaged citizens of the world» — conducts a survey of students and stakeholders designed to gather input and opinions on education, technology and 21st Century skills.

Distinguished faculty members are internationally recognized in their respective fields, contribute significantly to the stature of VCU, and are committed to mentoring the next generation of artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, scholars, and engaged citizens of diverse communities around the world.

Not exact matches

As the White House engages in a fierce fight to restrict travel into the U.S. by citizens of some Muslim - majority countries, a record number of Americans are voluntarily renouncing their citizenship.

A way of evolving from a sophomoric wonderer and critic into a rounded, open, and engaged intellectual citizen.»

The bill's introduction also comes amid various actions and statements by the Trump administration, including a fourth round of sanctions that restrict Venezuela and Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a state - owned oil company, from issuing new debt or from engaging in other financial dealings with U.S. citizens.

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

We are an engaged corporate citizen, committed to the safety of our employees, customers and the public.

«Service members and military spouses are the best example of engaged citizens.

That it would be allowed to engage in QE4 in the next crisis is highly doubtful since QEs have proven to be financial bubble makers, income inequality makers and of little help to the average citizen.

The arrival opens a new era of U.S. - Cuba travel with about 300 flights a week connecting the U.S. with an island cut off from most Americans by the 55 - year - old trade embargo on Cuba and formal ban on U.S. citizens engaging in tourism on the...

Although written by a supporter of Amendment 2 (which was overturned by the court in a decisionnow on appeal), the book provides a convincing analysis of the crosscutting interests and passions engaged when citizens attempt to hold government democratically accountable.

But emphasis on the personal responsibility of blacks takes the political pressure off those outside the black community, who also have a responsibility, as citizens of this republic, to be actively engaged in trying to change the structures that constrain the black poor in such a way that they can more effectively assume responsibility for themselves and exercise their inherent and morally required capacity to choose.

'' [I] ts sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function,» a Wisconsin judge wrote in the ruling, referring to the 1952 law that created the National Day of Prayer.

It is appropriate to remind us, as Matthew Spalding did in his 2009 book, We Still Hold These Truths, that the Founders would have expected the «perpetuation of liberty» to «depend on spirited citizens... actively engaged in the democratic task of governing themselves» and «holding to the truths of 1776.»

It has indeed caused «severe embarrassment» to the nation, as he laments, for the Senate investigation has laid before the public the elements of a terrible irony: that acts which are illegal and unethical for citizens to engage in at home are condoned, even aggressively pursued, by American law - enforcement officers and secret agents both at home and abroad.

It is disgusting to stereotype or engage in closet (or open) bigotry of anyone because of their religion — and this certainly includes Muslim - American citizens.

The 2nd Amendment guaranteed individual citizens the rights to own arms JUST AS GOOD as those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries had.

A systematic effort to encourage church members to become involved in the activities of the local Mental Health Association, a citizens group which engages in educational and preventive programs on all three levels.

When we outfit police like the military instead of as officers of the peace, they will treat the citizens as enemies and engage in war tactics.

To illustrate, a citizen ought not to be arrested for expressing an unpopular opinion; he can properly be arrested for inciting or engaging in acts of violence, but the physical force with which he is restrained ought not in turn to become counterviolence.

Not to mention the persistence of yet a different group of «troglodytes,» in this case more sophisticated ones, who with their invention of the Cold War were constantly endangering the country and its young citizens with their longing to engage in jingoistic military exercises.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

Of course I also spend time taking pictures of the beautiful world, spending time with my wife, reading books or magazines, playing video games, enjoying a great meal, engaging in citizen scientist projects, spending time in thought or contemplation about the universe or our planet, or in other words generally loving and enjoying lifOf course I also spend time taking pictures of the beautiful world, spending time with my wife, reading books or magazines, playing video games, enjoying a great meal, engaging in citizen scientist projects, spending time in thought or contemplation about the universe or our planet, or in other words generally loving and enjoying lifof the beautiful world, spending time with my wife, reading books or magazines, playing video games, enjoying a great meal, engaging in citizen scientist projects, spending time in thought or contemplation about the universe or our planet, or in other words generally loving and enjoying life!

In fact, much of Nussbaum's own rather unconventional view of democracy in this book derives from the Gandhian idea of Swaraj (self - rule), in which control of one's inner life and respect for other people create self - aware and engaged rather than passive citizens.

I have no problem with anyone's faith / religion, but this is supposed to be America, the right to have freedom from.freedom to engage, not the damned Middle east where it is crammed down the throats of every citizen.

This resolution is a concrete milestone amongst others for an ever - growing association of social forces and citizens engaged in the struggle.

We have seen in particular how these laws are used by the government in an attempt to compel citizens to sacrifice their deepest convictions on marriage and what it means to be male and female, people who serve everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, but who can not promote messages, engage in expression, or participate in events that contradict their beliefs or their organization's guiding values.

The same citizen was, beyond dispute, actively engaged in encouraging espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, and to his dying day advocated the revolutionary replacement of the American government by a Communist regime.

Its Web site offers this rationale: «Qatar Foundation understands that the future of Qatar and the region depends on well - educated citizens, actively engaged in the international marketplace of ideas, creating and finding uses for new knowledge.

Those of us who have made the effort to engage Mormons in friendly and sustained give - and - take conversations have come to see them as good citizens whose life of faith often exhibits qualities that are worthy of the Christian label, even as we continue to engage in friendly arguments with them about crucial theological issues.

We owe our fellow citizens a socially engaged witness to the truth about marriage, which, with the family, is the unalterable foundation of a healthy, humane society.

One note about calling the tinpot dictator of NK names: if you can't call a homicidal maniac that starves most of his citizens, engages in human trafficking, tortures and kills American students, etc names, who can you call names?

After graduating one child already, and two more here now, I feel the Waldorf School of Garden City has prepared and continues to prepare the children in their charge to become engaged and contributing citizens of the world.»

Educating and engaging the public to learn more about wildlife through citizen science is also a hallmark of conservation at Mass Audubon.

Our multiple award - winning shows and books not only engage and entertain young children (ages 2 - 7), but also nurture the social and emotional skills essential to become kind, communicative, and compassionate citizens of the world.

By engaging citizens in a wider discussion, it is shaping a certain type of Romanian citizen, a critical one, capable of engaging in civilized discussions with his fellow citizens, of taking action whenever needed and of holding the political leaders accountable for their actions.

As an example of the kind of direct engagement he's prescribing, Barger said that his staff had stayed on Twitter until midnight on the day that the auto bailout plan hit the press, engaging both journalists and citizens online.

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

The two citizens» assemblies — Assembly North in Sheffield and Assembly South in Southampton — provided a chance for a small group of ordinary members of the public to engage in structured deliberation on the hot topic of local and regional devolution.

In the thousands, citizens engaged in a strategy of peaceful resistance against the aggression of the central state.

Irregular forces, enemy combatants, illegal combatants fight or engage in an act of warfare but they may not be citizens or they may not be part of the national army.

In these public spaces, they have manifested directly the republican ideal of the active citizen engaged with others in seeking a common good.

Second, the assemblies are explicitly organised as pilots to showcase the potential of the citizens» assembly model as a way of engaging citizens on constitutional decisions in the UK: an explicit response to conservative voices that suggest they are not suitable for, and would not work, in the UK.