Sentences with phrase «including local changes»

Abrupt climate changes have repeatedly affected the planet, including local changes of as much as a 10 °C in a decade and changes in hydrology by a factor of two.

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That mix will change as the program recruits more local companies eager to expand across Latin America, where the 10 largest cities, including Santiago, make up nearly a third of the region's GDP.

Half of the board of Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has walked off the job, including chairman John Cooper, after it flagged a change in direction, a number of redundancies and cost - saving initiatives in response to the tough climate for local contractors.

This would include deductions for state and local tax payments, a change that could alienate support from lawmakers in states such as California and New York with higher state taxes.

The components of sales change include organic local - currency sales, acquisitions, divestitures, and translation.

And young Mexicans, exhibiting renewed pride in local traditions in this huge, rapidly changing city, are flocking to pulquerias new and old — including La Risa, which dates back to 1905.

For each CEO's tenure, the researchers calculated three metrics: the country - adjusted total shareholder return (including dividends reinvested), which offsets any increase in return that's attributable merely to an improvement in the local stock market; the industry - adjusted total shareholder return (including dividends reinvested), which offsets any increase that results from rising fortunes in the overall industry; and change in market capitalization (adjusted for dividends, share issues, and share repurchases), measured in inflation - adjusted U.S. dollars.

Changes to the tax code, including capping the mortgage interest deduction and state and local tax (SALT) deduction, will increase the burden of state and local taxes in these states.

It's not yet clear how those projections would change under the compromise plan, which reportedly loosens the state and local tax deduction to include income tax but still caps the total SALT deduction at $ 10,000.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It reduced the cap on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes, at $ 10,000.1 These changes, in combination with a doubling of the standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the changes represent a significant shift in the federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.

Most previous tax proposals put forward by Congressional Republicans and the President, including the recent Unified Framework, implicitly or explicitly called for repealing the state and local tax (SALT) deduction — a change that raises $ 1.3 trillion according to the Tax Policy Center.

But other areas have seen a steady drumbeat of changes, including overhauls of the banking system and measures to clean up local government finances.

Some of the risks of investing in real estate include changing laws, including environmental laws; floods, fires, and other Acts of God, some of which can be uninsurable; changes in national or local economic conditions; changes in government policies, including changes in interest rates established by the Federal Reserve; and international crises.

Okeechobee, FL, routinely closes and hands over entire public side streets to allow expansion of church campuses / At urging of local monied «fundamentalist believers» including major insurance agency heads and realtors, city just approved a full scale commercial restaurant open to public on COG campus without changing tax status or collecting fees.

The promise of God's grace made manifest through the symbol of baptism is that we will always belong to the body and no matter of works (which, in my mind, includes the work of attending a local congregation) can change that.

Resources: Ammerman lists a host of resources that assist congregations in adapting to their changing environments, including new programs, denominational partnership with local congregations, strong pastoral leadership, an energetic laity, education and imagination.

This all changed when I recently tried a fresh, crispy salad at my local Wegmans supermarket, and it included fennel!

Supermarkets and grocers continue to tailor their assortments to include ethnic, organic, natural and local foods to meet changing consumer needs.

Highlights of the recent changes include an expanded chocolate section with more local chocolatiers (and more than 100 chocolate bars), more loose bulk candy, a slushy machine, unique (and tasty) gift items, and a bright new look.

Through our local Chapters, special events, and dynamic online forums, HMN members share life - changing information and advice on a variety of topics including pregnancy, breastfeeding, natural childbirth, healthy eating, positive discipline, alternative medicine, and all aspects of green living.

CPS lunch officials have made some positive changes in the last two years, including removing deep fryers, expanding its breakfast program and offering local vegetables to students twice a week.

But most scientists and nutritionists, including those employed by local school districts, say that changing sweeteners makes little dietary difference if the total calorie content stays the same.

His experience also includes six years in the Urban Institute's Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, where Randy studied factors in neighborhood change and worked to analyze and democratize local indicators available in federal data.

Institutions have been included within their home local authority (LA) high needs place change notification workbook for 10 or more places.

Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment

Kaminsky, meanwhile, released a five - point ethics reform platform that include bans on lawmakers earning outside income, expanding penalties for corruption, campaign finance law changes and enhancing the powers of local district attorneys.

A number of provisions in the 2018 agenda have already been released over the last several weeks, including measures aimed at combatting climate change, bolstering airports and encouraging shared services on the local government level.

Supposedly final, agreed - upon program bill language, including changes to arbitration as part of a local «financial restructuring board» law, was released by the governor's office to the AlbanyTimes Union and posted on the paper's Capitol Confidential website at 11:49 a.m. on June 18.

However, in West Africa mainly Ghana where there was an already established market for cloths and textiles, the client base grew and it was changed to include local and traditional designs, colors and patterns to cater to the taste of the new consumers.

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

Republicans Lee Zeldin and Peter King, along with Democrat Tom Suozzi, want to change the plan to include state and local tax, or SALT, deductions.

Krueger said the tax overhaul plan now being negotiated by the Republican - led House and Senate is an «endless list» of policy changes that will cost New York, including the ripple effect of ending deductions for state and local taxes.

To improve mobility and traffic patterns, the project will include: · Improved access to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets · Replacing the Route 32 bridge over Route 17, which will include standard Interstate height clearance over Route 17 · Reconstruction and expansion of Park and Ride facilities which will include a bus stop and solar - powered bus station to promote public transit · Reconfiguring the Route 17, Exit 131 eastbound ramp leading to the Thruway · A new interconnected and adaptive traffic signal system along Route 32 to minimize delays and enhance access to local businesses and schools · Intelligent Transportation Systems to adapt to changing traffic conditions and optimize signal responses

Also, GENDA supporters yesterday released a letter to the Senate leaders from NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, who noted that the New York City Human Rights Law was amended by Local Law 3 in 2002 to protect against bias in areas including public accommodations and no there was no «significant increase» in crime as a result of that change.

It must, however, be difficult for serving officers to understand how the most recent «significant» change, which included performance and role pay, supported by national and local Government and Chief Officers through the PNB, now appears to fail to find any support in those three bodies.

The debate, for now, has been waged by groups in favor of making changes to the cap, including the New York State United Teachers and representatives of local government lobbying groups like the New York State Association of Counties, New York Conference of Mayors and the Association of Towns.

Planned changes include the creation of a new independent adjudication role and the appointment of «responsible officers» to supervise the conduct and performance of doctors at a local level.

School districts, local government advocates and the state's teachers unions had sought more sweeping changes to the tax cap, including making the limit easier to override as well as eliminating the provision that has essentially limited levy increases to the rate of inflation.

The changes include protecting students and teachers from the impact of state assessments and reducing the amount of local testing associated with the teacher evaluation law.

Several unions and community groups are expected to show up in force, including the United Federation of Teachers, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Service Employees International Union Local 1199, along with NY Communities for Change, Strong Economy for All and the Working Families Party.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

[i] Enacted in 1982, the amendment mandates that all provisions of a public employee union contract — including those providing for automatic annual pay increases — must remain in effect even after the contract expires, regardless of changing local priorities and fiscal conditions.

Recommends expanding the School Property Tax Report Card to require school districts to include information displaying the three year change in the school tax levy compared to the change in the consumer price index thereby allowing local taxpayers to review school spending trends.

Cuomo, increasingly worried that many cities and counties face the threat of financial bankruptcy, is also considering tying pay hikes to «significant» mandate relief for local governments, including possible changes in «Triborough Law,» which favors public - employee unions over local governments in contract talks, a source close to the Legislature said.

A controversial proposal to change how local governments and school districts are compensated for state - owned lands in the Adirondacks and Catskills by utilizing a payment - in - lieu - of - taxes system was not included in the final spending plan, a decision roundly praised by local stakeholders.

It is tax reform that is needed, including the above change in the local property taxes.

County Executive Molinaro said, «During almost a quarter - century of service to Dutchess County, Valerie Sommerville has seen significant change in our national and local economic climate — including the Great Recession and its continued lingering impacts.

That's why we put forward with six names, Local Law 12 - 2, which obviously worked because we got the other side of the aisle voting for it, too,» said Mills, who maintains the Charter Revision contains other positive changes, including a stronger Ethics Board, and full pay for County employees in the military who get called up for active duty.

In the past when the county has threatened to leave the MTA, including in 1988 when the county had the needed state consent to do so, local lawmakers changed their minds after the MTA made offers of increased service or created relatively small annual funds.