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«Buffalo Grove is considering all its options, taking the best interests of all its citizens into account, «a spokesman for the village said Tuesday.

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But a boycott isn't necessarily in anyone's interest either — it is arguably better to allow Russia a moment in the limelight, precisely because some of that light will shine into the dark corner that is Russia's treatment of its gay citizens.

Each of these risks is of significant interest to the risk management sector — and to governments and citizens round the world We were told that our task was to transform these risks into opportunities and that our contributions would find their way into the 2014 Global Opportunity Report that DNV GL co-produces.

The Center, funded by donations from over 300,000 citizens across the nation, quickly grew into one of America's most successful and innovative public interest law firms.

They restrict the ability of the owner / citizen to fully monetize or liquidate her interest or to convert anticipated future benefits into present lump sums.

My interest in this whole issue comes from the fact that if our law courts especially the highest court in Ghana, Supreme Court that is supposed to be final place in the country to deliver justice to all manner of persons regardless of one's political affiliation, religious beliefs, ethnic background etc in a just and fair manner is now seen to be turning into a place where citizens of Ghana who may belong to certain political affiliations do not feel confident or have trust in their handling of critical national issues in view of some of these «partisan» pronouncements on the part of some justices, then where would we be heading towards as a country?

Add in the video clips created by media outlets, interest groups and citizens, and the amount of political video available is going to be mind - boggling — we have to assume that the number of clips related to the ’08 elections will rise into the millions or tens of millions.

The presence of face to face moments between citizens, or the possibility of those moments, was still considered as crucial for fostering a shared sense of belonging, motivating the pursuit of the common good and securing laws and institutions from turning into mechanisms through which group interests competed.

One of the speakers, the Catholic Bishop of Gboko, His Lordship, Williams Avenya, had reminded Osinbajo of the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari's campaign promises that he would not Islamise the country and would protect the interest of all Nigerians including citizens of minority ethnic groups if voted into power.

«The speaker is going to be interested in gaining the support of the Council and may take that into consideration of her funding of member items,» said Rachael Fauss, a policy expert at Citizens Union, which authored the group's report.

By emphasizing citizen concerns rather than politicians interest, the Conversation breathed new life into the American tradition of town hall meetings, attracting 1,700 citizens, 64 elected officials, and 48 community leaders.

Confidence in government has been shaken enough as it is by the U.S. Supreme Court's horrendous Citizens United decision, which opened the floodgates of special - interest money into politics and government at every level.

«Finally, to ensure that the preparation of the Appropriation Bill is based on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, passed by the National Assembly, signed into law by the President and implemented by the Executive arm of government Section 51 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act has specifically clothed every citizen with the necessary locus standi or legal capacity to enforce the provisions of the law by obtaining prerogative orders or other remedies at the Federal High Court, without having to show any special particular interest.»

Have a Nice Day Liu Jian's Chinese animated noir about a bag of stolen money and the lowlifes drawn into its orbit is visually interesting in its depiction of a small industrialized town and its hardscrabble citizens, but it's slow moving with a paper - thin screenplay.

Have a Nice Day Liu Jian's Chinese animated noir about a bag of stolen money and the lowlifes drawn into its orbit is visually interesting in its depiction of a small industrialized town and its hardscrabble citizens, but it's slow - moving with a paper - thin screenplay.

Have a Nice Day Liu Jian's Chinese animated noir about a bag of stolen money and the lowlifes drawn into its orbit is visually interesting in its depiction of a small industrialized town and its hard - scrabble citizens, but it's slow moving with a paper - thin screenplay.

The adequacy debates are typically motivated by obvious and real shortfalls in the achievement of a state's students, but a combination of naive concerned citizens and self - interested parties invariably pushes to translate these debates into a simple dollar figure.

While thousands of so - called «interested» citizens ignored the persistent problems these Black children faced, we (Mastery Charter Schools) jumped into the arena with our families, rolled up our sleeves, and got to work.

And as educators, citizens, and parents, we need to be sure we do our own research into all sides of the CCSS inclusions and the ongoing debate so that we can be sure to stay informed and do what is in our children's best interests according to our collective conscience.

When it comes to topics like the one's listed above and the ever - important Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), change comes when we, as citizens, ensure that we have voted the right people into office that have the best interest of our animals at heart when it comes to animal welfare topics.

The Global Witness report, «A Conflict of Interest: The uncertain future of Burma's forests» has just been translated into Burmese for circulation within Burma, whose citizens have, for the first time, access to information about the true state of their country's forests.

The AP has an interesting article about a little - known government operation under which the federal government grows marijuana, tests it, rolls it into cigarettes and mails these marijuana cigarettes (in tins of 300) out to a very select group of citizens.

Indeed, taking into consideration that EU criminal law cooperation has been criticised for being one - sided and mainly focused on increased repression, the EU still has to demonstrate that this policy serves the interests of citizens and States alike and that its competences are triggered only where independent action of Member States has proved not to be sufficient.

The director of the Serious Fraud Office acted within his discretion when deciding that the public interest in pursuing an important investigation into alleged bribery was outweighed by the public interest in protecting the lives of British citizens.

Protecting lives The objection to the principle formulated by the Divisional Court was that it distracted attention from what, applying well - settled principles of public law, was the right question: whether or not, in deciding that the public interest in pursuing an important investigation into alleged bribery was outweighed by the public interest in protecting the lives of British citizens, the director had made a decision outside the lawful bounds of the discretion entrusted to him by Parliament.

The theme — The impact of open access to legal information: bridging the gap between accessibility and usefulness — presents attendees with huge scope for discussion, and as a parliamentary librarian, I'm interested to see how many of the suggested themes go beyond the courts and into areas of citizen participation in law - making.

Finally, it will conclude that allowing UK nationals to retain the substance of the status of EU citizenship provides an opportunity for the European Union to put its values into practice in contradistinction to an instrumental approach towards those citizens whose rights and status will depend on the interests of negotiators in the two years after Article 50 TEU is triggered.

(Citizenship of the Union — Article 20 TFEU − Directive 2003 / 86 / EC − Right to family reunification − Union citizens who are minor children living with their mothers, who are third country nationals, in the territory of the Member State of which the children are nationals — Permanent right of residence in that Member State of the mothers who have been granted sole custody of the Union citizens — Change in composition of the families following the mothers» remarriage to third country nationals and the birth of children of those marriages who are also third country nationals — Applications for family reunification in the Member State of origin of the Union citizens — Refusal of the right of residence to the new spouses on the ground of lack of sufficient resources — Right to respect for family life — Taking into consideration of the children's best interests)

It brings into sharp focus Parliament's constitutional role in protecting the national interest and the rights of businesses and millions of citizens, whatever the government might say.»

It was interesting to see how budget brought differently - abled, senior citizens, very senior citizens (above 80 years) and parents of girl child into mainstream insurance.

The «blockade» makes absolutely no sense to US interests: if you wish the country to modernize the best way to do this is to empower the citizens with smart phones (there are almost none today) and encourage freedom of expression and put information tools into the hands of Cubans directly.»

Community based networks comprised of a variety of citizens who have an interest in supporting and promoting quality early learning for Pennsylvania's children through outreach to families with engagement and support, partnering around transitions into early learning and school age settings, and acting as a local resource on quality early learning supports.

• She is a South African citizen who has never benefited from any housing scheme in the past • She earns R9900 per month and qualified for a home loan of R355 000, which she opted to pay back over 30 years • She qualified for a FLISP subsidy of R50 575 • Without the FLISP subsidy, she would have paid the bank the capital loan of R355 000 plus interest of R862 069, for a total of R1 217 069 over 30 years • By depositing her FLISP subsidy directly into her loan she continues to pay back the same instalment costs but will have paid back her home loan in 14 years and 11 months, saving herself a further R514 210 on repayments