Sentences with phrase «local changes are considered»

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THE state's screen funding and development agency, ScreenWest, is considering changes to its funding guidelines to provide support for local game developers.

It seems to me that the most promising mechanisms for real change are at the federal level, by influencing Congress at it considers the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, and at the most local of levels — the individual school — where parents and sympathetic principals can work together to, for example, eliminate treats in the classroom or the sale of objectionable a la carte foods.

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Ali Najmi, an attorney and activist, Bob Friedrich, a local civic leader, Sally Frank, a staffer to Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Rebecca Lynch, a former Democratic district leader, are all said to be considering campaigns for the bucolic eastern Queens district, where public transportation options are limited and a booming South Asian population is changing the make - up of the once predominately white neighborhoods.

In May, alongside the local and (in Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to consider.

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.

The governor has the power to remove any criminal case from a local prosecutor and assign it to the state attorney general's office, governor Cuomo may be considering a permanent change in the 2015 legislative agenda to be announced in January.

An electoral review considers whether the boundaries of wards or divisions within a local authority need to be altered to take account of changes in electorate.

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

The results suggest that recent changes in global vegetation have had impacts on local climates that should be considered in the design of local mitigation and adaptation plans.

The researchers analyzed the effects of a 2014 policy change that allows lower - quality kidneys — considered the bottom 15 percent of available organs — to be immediately offered more widely in a region without seeking patients only in the local area.

Prior to considering adaptation in global or regional models, or implementation at local level, drivers of change and their impacts (and thus uncertainties) require analysis — here are a few examples.

«This is an important dialogue space between governments and indigenous and forest peoples to consider local and global needs for development and climate change mitigation.

Ministers are currently considering changes to the recruitment processes, but the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, which represents the vast majority of Scotland's councils, said their role in recruitment was «invaluable».

Second, state and local circumstances must be very carefully considered in advance of introducing changes.

Two changes she considers particularly significant are the $ 1.25 billion allocated for districts to use specifically for CCSS implementation efforts and the passage of the Local Control Funding Formula.

The solution to this problem should not result in denying parents their inalienable right to protect their children from what they might consider harmful which is what this bill does by punishing local school districts into pressuring parents to comply with state testing requirements that the education leaders refuse to change.

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet change.

Built originally as a rigid non-floating jetty for ferrying tourists and locals out to snorkel and scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef one important thing to consider at the time was not planned for and that was that the Palm Cove beach faces south east and the change in tide levels made it difficult to board passengers with a rising and descending ocean making it quite dangerous so nowadays the jetty is a mecca for fishing enthusiasts all year round and both day and night.

A dealer who has lived in the neighborhood for decades — who is a member of the museum and considers it her local institution in the same way others express loyalty for a local bar — told me she always brought a change of clothes to the summer preview, just in case she walked in and felt underdressed.

These changes, their authors hope, will help the AAMD play a more vital role in its field, as well as in local communities and in Congress, arenas where art museums have not been considered particularly relevant of late.

Some local and global environmental impacts of how we use resources, and how our actions and choices can change our effect on the world for the better, are considered.

Prior to considering adaptation in global or regional models, or implementation at local level, drivers of change and their impacts (and thus uncertainties) require analysis — here are a few examples.

Certainly we are gaining commitments and financial support from many different stakeholders (including the cruise lines) to this process but perhaps the most profound effect of this project is getting everyone to rethink business as usual and instead consider what it is that they can do to change certain aspects of their own business to create a better experience for the tourist, the local host community and at the same time help protect some of the World's most special places.

Now possibly the readership you are aiming at is merely US based, but if you are interested in helping your readership gain an understanding of Climate and Climate Change, surely one of the key aspects is to make sure they understand the need to maintain a global focus in considering the questions, rather than the very local and parochial stance of what is happening to just 1.5 % of the world.

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

During the Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change 2016 conference in London, 27 - 28 May, a panel was convened to considered the intersections between environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions, and local innovative reactions characterizing the Arctic in the early 21st century.

The lapse rate, strictly speaking, applies to elevation above ground level (which is strongly affected by local atmospheric conditions such as absolute humidity and the rate of change of the absolute humidity in space and time) and this should be considered when making certain kinds of comparisons.

Thus, it is essential to consider the conditions in study species» habitats when applying global change scenarios to experimental designs, and in assessing how local baseline levels of temperature, pH / pCO2 and carbonate mineral saturation may change in a future ocean [24,26,39].

Local concerns about wind farms can be related to perceived threats from changes to their place and can be considered a form of «place - protection action», recognised in psychological research about the importance of «place» and people's sense of identity.

Local climate, as well as potential changes in local conditions over the life of the investment (such as changes to sea level or permafrost), are carefully assessed and considLocal climate, as well as potential changes in local conditions over the life of the investment (such as changes to sea level or permafrost), are carefully assessed and considlocal conditions over the life of the investment (such as changes to sea level or permafrost), are carefully assessed and considered.

In this case, the EAT considered whether there had been a service provision change where the provision of adult care packages for a local authority was fragmented and allocated to multiple providers.

It should be noted that the requirement for providers to register with Ofsted was considered by some to be an unnecessary burden and a barrier to making the most of these changes, so the proposed removal of this requirement is likely to be welcomed and encourage more local authorities to consider different ways of delivering children's social care.

Department of Health guidance provides that local authorities should consult service users before increasing charges and «where changes in charging policies would result in significant increases in charge for some users, this should be specifically explained and considered as part of the consultation» (see Fairer Charging Policies for Home Care and other Non-Residential Social Services, Department of Health 22 February 2002).

The Importance of a Good Resume in Grand Rapids It makes sense to be optimistic about the local employment landscape, especially when the considering a career change.

This plan will consider the impacts of the changing climate on natural resources, including land that is significant to local Indigenous people.

Changes being considered include the elimination of the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, a proposal to double the standard deduction — which would effectively nullify the value of the mortgage interest deduction for all but the highest - earning families — and a cap on the amount of mortgage interest that could be deducted.

Local REALTOR ® Steven Beazley recalls that the city was considering some zoning changes in Riverton, Wyo..