Sentences with phrase «local action leaves»

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Furthermore, Hoge and Wenger discovered a consensus among judicatory officers regarding pastors who have left local church ministry: «These pastors tended to be loners in the district or presbytery, for whatever reason not part of ministerial friendship groups or action groups.

It also declares that «several violent actions motivated by religious intolerance against non-Catholics have been committed» in Bolivia» giving as its only example a stoning incident from 1949 that was, according to «some witnesses» left unnamed in a local newspaper account, instigated by a Catholic priest.

If DEC were to take no action, the decision would then be left to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said Pramilla Malick, who heads a local group opposed to the project.

It would also allow local authorities to take action to fill the gap left by any agencies that closed.

As a local citizen of Vault 101, you wake up to find out your dad had left the vault andd thus start a long journey to find him and ask about his actions.

It's not hard to give her some leeway early on (she is, after all, a grieving mother haunted by her own actions just before her daughter's horrific murder and left in a state of emotional and legal limbo by the lack of progress on the case), but by the end it's hard not to be sick and tired of the manner in which she constantly uses that as an excuse to dehumanize everyone around her, whether it be her surviving teenage son (Lucas Hedges), a local with an inexplicable crush on her (Peter Dinklage), or the aforementioned Sheriff Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), who isn't so much a bad man as he is a complacent one.

He added: «Regional Schools Commissioners are using their local knowledge to hold schools to account and thanks to that expertise, and the support of head teacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.»

That reference resonated with the other piece I read this weekend — the wonderful report by my heroes at the National Education Policy Center, «Democracy Left Behind: How Recent Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Action.»

In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

On one hand, since teachers» work lives often leave little time for professional reading and professional community, social media may serve important functions by providing teachers with quick access to current events in education and crucial access to professional communities or political action campaigns that otherwise might not be available through their local schools, communities, or teacher education programs.

With NCLB Waiver All but Dead, State Officials Look to Soften Federal Sanctions In a largely overlooked action last month, the California State Board of Education formally designated another 56 local educational agencies as failing as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Thanks to that expertise and the support of headteacher boards, they are able to take swift and targeted action to tackle underperformance rather than schools being left to stagnate under local authority control.

Like my uncle, Léone had spent her entire life watching the strong arm of authority in action, be it the American marines who'd been occupying the country when she was born or the brutal local army they'd trained and left behind to prop up, then topple, the puppet governments of their choice.

If action is not taken quickly, overcrowding at our local shelters means that cats and kittens left behind will be euthanized.

We love the action, but no fish is wasted, everyone will enjoy the fresh catch and what is left will feed plenty local families.

With only 52 months left to achieve this Global Warming Solutions Act target, Massachusetts will need quick action from its Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, along with strong collaboration from legislators, environmental advocates, utilities, and local governments.

Expensive action to mitigate climate change creates little or no net benefit, especially given that we are, apparently, committed to some level of climate change, leaving fewer resources available to local adaptation.

We are all leaving Germany with a renewed sense of hope and optimism for the coming year — that together we can unleash a huge groundswell of local action for a Fossil Free world globally in 2018.

Previous court and arbitrator decisions in Ontario had determined that court actions could be brought in disputes about an employer's administration of the Program in unionized environments (Rathwell v. Hershey Canada (2001), 152 O.A.C. 1 2001 CanLII 8598 (C.A.), leave to appeal to the S.C.C. denied, (2002) 164 O.A.C. 279, and Hershey Canada Inc. v. United Steelworkers of Canada, Local 461 (1997), 50 C.L A.S. 249, 1997 CarswellOnt 6984 (Thorne).

By once again leaving those concerns to the side the Action Plan instead reinforces growing reticence and opposition in many communities, where there is little or no confidence that when a Canadian mining company shows up it will be of sustainable local benefit.

If retained by a parent who is alleged to have abducted a child to a foreign jurisdiction, international counsel will assist the client to retain local counsel in the foreign jurisdiction, assist in preparing the defense and assist in defending any actions that the left - behind parent asserts in the state from which the child was removed.

Throughout law school, Lauren was active with the University of Ottawa's branch of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), serving on the executive committee and facilitating LEAF's education programs in local schools.

But while Kansas City may literally be in the middle of the action — it is a stone's throw from the Geographic Center of the US — local residents often feel left on the sidelines when it comes to shopping for insurance.

These organizers left with real action plans to win sex education campaigns, to fight for better transportation access so folks can get health care, and start local volunteer teams.