Sentences with phrase «local causes large»

REALTORS ® are the backbone of a community, often times supporting local causes large and small, helping people realize their dreams of homeownership and volunteering their time to help improve the communities in which they live.

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During the «dark ages» in Europe, a lack of centralized government caused local land owners to hire large personal armies.

To a large extent, state fiscal policies have caused great pressure on property taxes in needy cities, counties and school districts, including decisions: to reduce revenue sharing; to decrease the share of local school budgets covered by state aid, to divide the non-federal share of Medicaid costs without considering ability to pay, and to allocate STAR benefits... (read more)

The local election results are a consequence of the Government's disregard for the mounting pressure faced by councils «and the pain it is causing their residents», according to Steve Houghton, a Labour councillor and chair of SIGOMA, the collective voice of urban areas representing many of the large towns and cities in the Northern, Midland and South Coast regions of England.

«The New Capacity Zone would cause quite a bit of damage to our local economy, to households and businesses in the area, with higher energy bills, on the order of up to 6 percent for our residential customers or higher and 10 percent or higher for our large industrial customers.»

It shows that the blockage of one vessel causes a local loss of oxygen in the retina, which triggers release of VEGF that spreads over a larger region, which, in turn increases the probability of blockage in the surrounding vessels, creating a «domino effect.»

«We know that these large global mean changes are going to be associated with local and regional changes that are going to cause real problems in some areas,» says Andy Challinor, an expert on climate and agriculture at the University of Leeds in England.

For example, the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia resembles a classic subduction zone with the potential for tsunamigenic M > 8 earthquakes at millennial time scales, but the absence of a large earthquake since 1492 is cause for complacency among local populations.

The large amounts of additional data, researchers say, has helped refine previous work, fill holes in the data coverage, and also to rule out other possible causes of some sediment deposits, such as major storms, random landslides or small local earthquakes.

Realistic large - scale solar panel coverage could cause less than half a degree of local warming, far less than the several degrees in global temperature rise predicted over the next century if we keep burning fossil fuels.

Because of this local effect, they typically do not cause many side effects and have little to no effect on the beneficial bacteria within your large intestine.

We support our local community, as well as the larger global book publishing industry, and are always looking for new opportunities to invest in causes that are near and dear to our book - loving hearts!

After all, it's clear that the paths to No More Homeless Pets are as varied as the communities committed to the cause... animal services partnerships with large humane organizations, local rescue — driven missions, community collaborations, government programs that address root causes and charismatic leaders who rally the community to heroic achievements.

There is a lot of controversy regarding early neutering of large breeds as some believe it hinders growth and causes certain health problems so get as much information as possible from the breeder and your local vet.

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Seen from that perspective the regional change becomes part of changes on a much larger scale, even though proximate causes are by definition always local.

However, I've never seen a single media article in any U.S. press outlet that covered these issues — the large - scale evidence for global warming (melting glaciers, warming poles, shrinking sea ice, ocean temperatures) to the local scale (more intense hurricanes, more intense precipitation, more frequent droughts and heat waves) while also discussing the real causes (fossil fuels and deforestation) and the real solutions (replacement of fossil fuels with renewables, limiting deforestation, and halting the use of fossil fuels, especially coal and oil.)

This is true for primary insurance, which is impacted by an increasing attritional loss burden caused by severe local weather events, as well as for reinsurance losses caused by large - scale catastrophic extreme events.»

Local microclimates cause large differences in temperature, which is useful to those homogenizing data with a purpose in mind.

When I look at all of this, I see a handful of the 100 large solar system bodies showing some evidence of local warming (Jupiter's spot), some evidence of systemic warming with known causes that are a lot more likely than the Sun heating up (like well - understood orbital variations), and some evidence that any warming experienced by these bodies is possibly being exaggerated in the reporting.

Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Upper Valley Food Co-op Gathering Room, WRJ Free Workshop and Discussion: The Future of Money: Creating a Human Scale Local Economy Presenters include Gwen Hallsmith, Co-author Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies Monday, June 4, 6:30 pm, Colatina Exit, Upstairs 1st Monday Film: Gas Hole What caused America to go from being a leading exporter of oil to the world's largest importer?

Conclusion # 3: Since Conclusions # 1 and # 2 are derived from the actual empirical science evidence, policymakers at the national, state, and local levels have no rational basis to make large expenditures and impose unnecessary regulations in an attempt to stop what has now become a fact-less, irrational, anti-science belief of human - caused catastrophic global warming and climate change «tipping points.»

But burnt carbon in local places can cause smog and in very large amounts can change the global climate.

Such action would take the form of «climate accountability letters» sent by the local governments, demanding fossil companies to take responsibility for the harm their product are causing, but we are also asking the local governments to consider bringing a class action lawsuit — a joint lawsuit on behalf of all BC local governments — against some of the world's largest fossil fuel cartels.

Since its founding, Sacks Tierney has distinguished itself through a tradition of cause - related volunteerism and legal involvement in local and national issues; the advancement to the bench by some of its members, including the late Carl Muecke and Robert Corcoran; litigation services and experience competitive with much larger firms; and expertise in legal areas of special value in Arizona, including construction law, healthcare law, Indian law and water law.

One of Arizona's oldest law firms, Sacks Tierney has distinguished itself, since its founding in 1960, through cause - related volunteerism and legal involvement in local and national issues; offering litigation services and experience competitive with much larger firms; and pioneering expertise in legal areas of special value to Arizona clients.

In the spring, severe storms often deliver large hail and even occasional tornadoes, causing widespread damage to local homes.

Good work is being done here to further the cause of medicine and science, in large part with the assistance of local universities.

Any local business that provides the goods and services needed by the residents of Bastrop has the potential to thrive, but is also at risk for large financial losses caused by such hazards as severe weather, property crimes, and liability lawsuits.

The January 2017 directive caused uncertainty in the local bitcoin community, which is among the largest in Africa, with trading volumes on the P2P marketplace Localbitcoins showing an average of $ 3.2 million worth of trades being conducted every week.

Folks must realise readers are not acquainted with that context, that they are not statusing a peer and this is in alignment with what you mention about providing a short sentence on the company, the mission cause a very large local multinational at a given country may be entirely unknown to readers.

I want to become more involved with the local scene and use my experience in planning and promoting large - scale events for a cause I believe in.

For the same year, by comparison, revenue losses caused by deductions for mortgage interest and local property taxes by individual homeowners were much larger: $ 84.3 billion and $ 36.9 billion, respectively.