Sentences with phrase «even as an obligation»

Not exact matches

So boards of directors do have some public obligations related to how they choose to compensate executives (even if, as I've argued before, outsized compensation isn't automatically unfair).

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

As of September 30, 2009, we did not have any debt or notes outstanding in which fluctuations in the interest rates would impact us as even our capital lease obligations are fixed rate instruments and are not subject to fluctuations in interest rateAs of September 30, 2009, we did not have any debt or notes outstanding in which fluctuations in the interest rates would impact us as even our capital lease obligations are fixed rate instruments and are not subject to fluctuations in interest rateas even our capital lease obligations are fixed rate instruments and are not subject to fluctuations in interest rates.

Once other e-governance and trade facilitation initiatives proposed by the FTP are implemented — such as online issue of export obligation certificates, acceptance of mobile applications and 24/7 customs clearance at 18 major seaports and 17 air cargo complexes — business conditions for traders will improve even further.

Trump can put a little more money into the pockets of coal executives, the ones trying to escape pension and health care obligations to retirees even as they hoover up bonuses.

So, while your at it how about you providing that irrefutable proof that there is no such God out there who does not want to be made known but would rather have us rely on having faith and that through relying on faith to see whether we would be willing to follow God on our own accord even when there is no irrefutable proof as opposed to having that irrefutable proof and thus having to follow becuase of having really no choice because of obligation.

«Our military neglected, out of ignorance, long - established correct procedures for handling religious materials,» said Lavoy, «even as we were fighting to help the Afghan people secure and govern their country, we as the military did not meet our obligations to the Muslim community.»

By refusing to admit the metaphor of governor into his discussion, Meeks relieves himself of the obligation even to consider seriously this line of argument and the attendant possibility that some form of nuclear deterrence might be acknowledged as a morally acceptable lesser evil.

As to obligations of a more personal nature I have many people to thank — colleagues who have advised me, students at Union Theological Seminary who have stimulated me with their responsive interest, members of the congregation of The Riverside Church, New York, who, by their attentive listening to mid-week lectures on the subjects handled in this book, have kept alive my confidence that even difficult and recondite problems concerning the Bible are of vital, contemporary importance.

But valuable as these lessons may be, it should not be thought that such explicit religious education exhausts the obligation to teach religion or is even the principal part of it.

But even before they had freed themselves from the bonds of English society they had undertaken an «Agreement» in Cambridge, England, the year before and bound themselves to a new covenant with obligations both to God and one another.16 The «Agreement» of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a beginning that contained its own principle, just as, as we have seen, the acts establishing the new republic did.

Even David Moberg, for example (someone I have aligned with the perspective of The Reformed Journal), believes that the church's social task is best described using terms such as «social ministries, social obligations, social responsibility, social concern, social service, social welfare, or social action.

Your story is a reminder that miracles happen even in the darkest situations & we all have the opportunity (not obligation — its a gift, not a burden) to help each other in this very tough love lesson, known as life.

We can even take away your life and family, as you do not «need» them and don't have any «moral obligation» to them.

As I thought I had made reasonably clear in my article, the just war way of thinking about the moral exigencies of world politics begins with a presumption for justice — a presumption that the magistrate has the moral obligation to defend the common good, even at the risk of his own life — and then proceeds to a moral analysis of the various means available for securing justice, which can include proportionate and discriminate armed force.

He will rather tend to a state in which he is freed from the obligation of the content of the various moral norms and precepts themselves because he can grasp the saving forgiveness of God even as a sinner and while remaining one.

In the «prayerful communion» of savages with such mumbo - jumbos of deities as they acknowledge, it is hard for us to see what genuine spiritual work — even though it were work relative only to their dark savage obligations — can possibly be done.

But even with that, even in this new environment, Lillard still has an obligation as a role model to not delve too deeply into the subjects that Lil Wayne otherwise can.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

«Even doing those groins not to allow the water to break cost a lot of money and then with frozen taxes in the last eight to ten years, there has not been any increase in taxes unlike in the United Kingdom for instance where any young person living there knows that once you start working at the age of 18, your civic obligation is that you must pay tax but here nobody takes it as their business that the new road I am using I need to pay something and so they only pay tax when they are inside the real tax net that is you are paying pay as you earn.

Because the Vienna Convention provides its own system of remedies by way of declaration of persona non grata and breach of diplomatic relations, even manifest abuse can not be relied on to justify forcible entry as a form of reprisals for breach of the obligation under Article 41 of the Convention to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State.»

Other policies can be highly local, for example, health coverage could easily be done on a state or even county level without an easy way for the policies to be circumvented - sure, people can move to a different state / county but what counts as a policy in this case is the obligation residents have to pay in to the system and what their benefits are from it, so moving from state to state would not subvert the policies, it just changes the number of people subject to these policies.

The Executive Budget again proposes to require «marketplace providers,» such as entities that provide on - line sales venues for third party sellers, to collect New York State sales taxes on sales by third party sellers, even when such third parties have no New York «nexus,» i.e., no legal obligation to collect sales tax on behalf of the state.

Even if they find a way around the arguments for a legal obligation, there is a strong ethical case which they would be advised not to spurn - particularly as the cameraman hired, Danny Dewsbury, is a student in substantial debt.

I would even argue that science communicators have an obligation to make sure the information on Wikipedia is as accurate as possible,» said Greg Boustead, program manager for education and outreach at the Simons Foundation.

Consider your current beliefs; for even just a moment, detach from an obligation to believe or not to believe anything as true or false.

Even as Ben instructs Dick in the obligations of his profession, their community gathers to mourn (or pretend to mourn) the passing of another agent who has just killed himself.

Adequacy cases decided in favor of plaintiffs in numerous states, such as Campbell County v. Wyoming, have emphasized that the state has a unique obligation to fund schools at high levels, even if other parts of the budget must suffer.

As employers, independent schools will now have even more of an obligation to ensure we create employment packages that allow us to offer our students the very best educators.

«These are tenets of my commitment as an educational leader, and I believe this chair comes with the obligation to work even more knowledgeably, collaboratively, and courageously to impart to my students what HGSE has imparted to me — a quest to impact the world through education,» she said.

Even though European countries such as Germany and Sweden shared their responsibility on the refugee crisis and accepted a large number of refugees within their borders, others such as Hungary, FYROM and Slovakia failed to respond properly to their international obligations.

However, even if you are still in training, you have the same obligation as qualified teachers and lecturers to take reasonable care of students.

As Stephen Knack, now a senior economist at the World Bank, explained in a 1992 essay, «Civic Norms, Social Sanctions, and Voter Turnout,» even people with a weak personal sense of obligation have a greater likelihood of voting in a place that is populated with duty - bound compatriots.

Because movement conservatives of that time such as William F. Buckley Jr., and Barry Goldwater didn't view state - sanctioned racism as the great moral question that it was, because their fetish for preserving tradition led them to believe that the federal government didn't have the obligation to address segregation, because of their concerns about communism and the expansion of federal government, and because they viewed the civil disobedience by activists such as Martin Luther King (as well as their push to force social change) as an affront to the order they craved, they essentially gave succor to Jim Crow segregationists even if that wasn't their original intent.

Either Success Academy is not meeting its obligation to provide information to the NYSED, taxpayers and parents, or Success is suspending students for incidents that are so trivial they are not even listed as a category on the VADIR report.

Classroom security could be diminished as a result of a recent court ruling that found charter schools are under no obligation to notify neighboring school districts of a student's dismissal - even if the separation was the result of dangerous or threatening behavior.

Even though, as my colleagues have pointed out, pensions are not an effective way for the majority of today's teachers to save for retirement, that isn't an acceptable reason to retreat on existing pension obligations that current teachers rely on and need in their retirement.

But I don't see this as inevitably leading to confusion, even if independent authors choose to avoid the costs and obligations of the ISBN system.

At a time like like this, the lack of alternatives is driving money market funds to grab T - bills and highly rated CP, even as those with higher ABCP exposure wonder what will happen if the ABCP conduits extend the obligation, and at the end of the extension period, are still inverted?

Higher turnover in some actively managed mutual funds can lead to even more fees, and also to tax obligations, since earnings may be realized as investments are changed out.

Your car acts as collateral for the loan and repayment remains an obligation, even if the collateral no longer exists.

Known as collateralized debt obligations, these new instruments were also a type of derivative, and were even larger and more diversified than mortgage - backed securities.

Strong as the GSEs are, even they could fail in a large enough crisis, though the US government would likely stand behind senior obligations.

As a result, you have no obligation to file an amended tax return after the relevant limitation period even if the correction would increase the amount of tax you owe.

Even in a Chapter 7, some debts such as child support obligations, spousal support, criminal restitution and fines can not be discharged.

If you are required to pay legal obligations such as back tax bills or child support, you can get into serious trouble for defaulting on even one payment.

They were, in fact, building blocks for even more esoteric vehicles known as collateralized debt obligations, or C.D.O.'s.

Even if you have other monthly debt obligations, like a car payment or a student loan, your front - end DTI will remain the same, as it only accounts for housing costs.

Partial payment on open account restarts SoL on purchases made within 3 years of payment date, if acknowledgment can be inferred, starts the statute anew as to the full obligation acknowledged, even if all of the charges were not made within the last three years.NC Continued...

With respect to investments in zero coupon or other securities which are sold at original issue discount and thus do not make periodic cash interest payments, the fund will be required to include as part of its current income the imputed interest on such obligations even though the fund has not received any corresponding interest payments on such obligations during that period.