Sentences with phrase «fact finding trips»

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WARRENSBURG — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) visited the Cornell University Cooperative Extension in Warrensburg as part of a fact finding trip related to agriculture in the Empire State.

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Update (Nov. 10): After a fact - finding trip, the Church of Pakistan claims that «revenge for unpaid bills» was the real reason a Christian couple fell afoul of blasphemy rumors that led to a mob burning them to death.

It may be proven during the season that trips by other clubs to Selhurst Park or St James Park may find it just as difficult to win the points, but another fact is that teams that have watched our home games against West Ham and Liverpool are not going to be very scared of coming to the Emirates!

Represented newspaper in 10 - day human - rights fact - finding trip to Germany through the German Consulate.

Factoring in the Target printables, the 5 % RedCard discount and the fact I'm usually there anyway (saving me a trip elsewhere and gas) Target generics usually beat out most anything else I can find.

Jo was less than enthusiastic about these fact - finding trips and usually spent her time emptying the towel cabinet, as opposed to getting helpful pointers from Mommy.

Not mentioned is the fact that Rangel hasn't been Ways and Means chairman since the spring of 2010, when he stepped down following after an ethics panel found he had violated House gift rules by accepting corporate funding for trips to the Caribbean.

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook, left for Israel on Monday for a week - long fact - finding trip of the region that will include meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, his office said.

It worked out beautifully: the Mayor won and Mr. Linares, who was term - limited out of his Council seat in 2001, got a plum sinecure that enabled him to make fact - finding trips to the Caribbean as often as he liked, to walk in parades, and to speak sonorously about Federal immigration policies that he had no power over.

Senator Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat who sponsored the gambling bill, said he had decided to push the legislation after taking a fact - finding trip to casinos in neighboring states.

In late March and early April 2007, Ellison was a member of a congressional delegation on a «fact - finding trip to the Middle East».

During my two day fact - finding trip, funded by the Gibraltar government, I have been impressed by the warmth, the can - do attitude and the resilience of the people who live here.

A group of state senators went on a fact - finding trip to Colorado and consulted with 75 experts to come up with a number of recommendations on how the state legislature should respond if the legalization ballot initiative passes in November.

The Ukip leader put aside his ongoing feud with the deputy prime minister after Clegg returned from a fact - finding trip to Colombia with a pledge to complete a Lib Dem investigation into international alternatives to drug prohibition.

Mr. Meeks is traveling to Europe on a fact - finding trip to discuss the deal, according to Politico.

Close to Conservative leader David Cameron, Barker, in his capacity as Shadow Environment Secretary, accompanied Cameron on his trip to the Arctic Circle in April 2006 for a fact - finding mission about global warming.

The ethics committee found that two Rangel aides knew about the source of funding for the trips, but it found no evidence that Rangel himself was aware of that fact.

«Why not be aboveboard if it is indeed a kind of fact - finding trip or a trip to benefit something about New York or New Yorkers?»

King said he and Paterson were on a fact - finding trip to Israel sponsored by the New York Board of Rabbis to see the damage that Hamas rockets have done in places like Ashkelon.

He has taken more than 70 Tory MPs on fact - finding trips to Israel since then.

I'm a huge fan of a quick trip to a playground: in fact, I'd secretly quite like a swing in the garden, even although I know people might find it a bit odd as I don't have children.

He is almost immediately deported back to the States, where the businessman who paid him for this fact - finding trip now wishes to assemble a mercenary force to assassinate Kimba and replace him with a designated ally.

In fact, we come to find out that Rango is just a pet in a glass tank sitting in the backseat of a car on a highway road trip.

is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

Rabbit - Proof Fence is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

You will, I hope, see the results of my road trip fact - finding in future Fordham publications, but for now I can confidently report that, despite economic challenges (which are real), good things are happening in the provinces (i.e. anywhere not on Capitol Hill or Maryland Avenue).

Ofsted criticised the trust last summer for «poor financial management» and an investigation by the Education Funding Agency, published in 2014, highlighted concerns over governors» expenses, a fact - finding trip to New York and unadvertised jobs that went to family members.

It followed an earlier investigation by the EFA in 2014, which highlighted concerns over governors» expenses of # 45,000, including for a fact - finding trip to New York, and unadvertised jobs that went to family members.

The program includes, to name a few, fact - finding trips and meetings with pre-vetted buyers in key emerging markets; importation of vehicles popular globally but not sold in the United States, make / model data for key worldwide markets; international roundtables with international buyers at the SEMA Show.

Four employees of Animal Care Clinic (Bonnie Markoff, Travis Morris, Ashley Ventimiglia, and Nicole Gunkel) took a trip to Mexicali, Mexico in what we deemed a «fact finding mission.»

The trip doesn't bring Carey (or indeed the reader) much enlightenment about the country (in fact, the book only serves as a reminder of the generational gaps and East / West divide), but that's most of the fun, for even in a global age, it shows we can still find meaning in impenetrable and bewildering things when they are presented to us in an engaging way.

It's an interesting fact that I find it psychologically easier to book trips speculatively far in advance than concrete plans in the near future.

I hinted earlier at the fact that I found a great stopover opportunity for the return trip.

While we've accepted the fact that a trip for four people will be our one big expense of the year, we've also found some ways to stretch our travel dollars.

Now I am all for checking out different surf spots, but at the same time (due to the fact that I don't surf as much as regularly as I would like to) if I only have a week for a surf trip I do like to find a spot and spend some time figuring it out.

On our fact - finding trip we found that the quality of the dive sites is fairly poor.

Finding these operators will be difficult, as many tour operators will say yes they reuse the rafts when in fact you will find out at the end of your rafting trip they do not.

Check out my airline facts & figures, the reviews of flights and lounges and of the airline reward programs to find the right one for your dream trip!

Every trip is accompanied by an educator from the Aquarium of the Pacific to provide us with very informative and interesting facts about the marine life we find off our coast.

«On my last trip to Luxembourg I learnt a couple of things: a. I am not the only one to have know the story of the Burton brothers [Walter John (1863 - 1880) and Alfred Henry (1834 - 1914) Burton]; b. this american artist did meet and even masturbate Peter [Berlin], an old friend of mine; c. somebody from Chicago (might that be a pseudo-archeologist, this fact is currently out of my knowledge) has found facts that relate Romantic bucolic painting to the «eurotwink» aesthetics (Bel Ami et al.).

Over the past several months, I completely two relevant fact - finding trips: one to West Virginia to get a firsthand look at surface mining for coal, aka mountaintop removal, and the other to Pennsylvania to get a sense of the impacts of natural gas drilling.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

Kochladze also forged important alliances by organizing a fact - finding trip of NGOs from around the world and public meetings that led to the creation of an independent council of scientists to investigate the BTC project.

But the raise may come with an added cost of its own: a ban on judicial junkets (ABC.com, 2/4/08), i.e., those all - expense paid trips and lavish gifts funded by special interest groups, and disguised as seemingly benign «fact - finding missions» or educational seminars.

No arguable case exists for overturning its findings of fact concerning trip rates.

One of the findings of fact the Agency was compelled to make, in the absence of actual data from the carriers, concerned the average number of trips taken by persons who would be eligible for IPIF.

Travelers may find fraudulent charges on your card or reduced balance in your bank account when you return home, only realizing after the fact that their personal information was stolen during their trip.

So before you fill out those brackets, have a cold pint of green beer, or start planning that awesome trip to the beach, talk with your teens, find out what they know and educate them with facts.

• Effectively accomplished fact find business trip to Taiwan and Philippines.