Besides Finland's 50 - plus «special» high schools (which
a local expert says «can just as well be called schools for the gifted and talented»), we found — especially in metropolitan Helsinki — an underground network of families jockeying to get their little ones into primary and middle schools that have impressive track records of high school and university admission.
One
local expert says people are feeling frustrated and helpless by the increasing divide and disrespect.
A native caterpillar is wreaking havoc on sugar maple trees across northern New York, and one
local expert said it could have a big impact on maple syrup production next year.
With its high concentration of Mormon residents, the state has a conservative reputation, but
local experts say it also has a dynamic economy and growing diversity - it's known as a gay - friendly state.
Local experts said commercial office and industrial prices are below construction costs in 83 percent of markets.
Not exact matches
Some
experts, such as Marcus Lemon, an attorney at Polsinelli and former chief counsel to Federal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009,
say this proposal could actually help state and
local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accordingly.
Jeff Masters, a meteorologist at The Weather Company who cofounded the weather - data website Weather Underground, recommended evacuating only if
local emergency
experts said to do so.
Ask the
local chamber of commerce to invite a disaster preparedness
expert to speak to employees as one large group, she
said.
When you're away from home and ready to eat, «you want to go to a place where there's
locals only,»
says travel
expert Anthony Bourdain.
There seems to be little to no interest in fresh overseas investment into India, and that's a mistake,
says a
local expert.
When asked by a
local news station about his tab, Boren
said he only took home $ 400,000 — less than he'd normally charge — and the rest of the money went to mental health
experts, crime - scene reconstructors, mitigation investigators (who rarely get hired outside of death penalty cases), and DNA labs.
The authorities could step in if AB InBev bought so many distributors that craft brewers lost significant access to a
local market,
said Jonathan Lewis, an antitrust
expert at the law firm Baker Hostetler LLP.
Azari - Jahromi, Iran's youngest minister and known as an innovator,
said in a tweet in February that his ministry's Post Bank had been working with
local experts on an experimental cryptocurrency model that would be presented to the country's banks for review and possible approval.
However an
expert from the
local council's highways department
said the line may have been painted in error more than 4ft from the boundary.
«Our QAI
experts in Mexico have a thorough understanding of the
local, regional, national and global organic markets,»
said Isabel Coronado, Regional Director of Operations in Querétaro for NSF International.
We worked with a
local mechanic and an electric vehicle
expert to adapt the engine of a 33,000 - pound gross weight international harvester truck,»
says Straus, organic dairy farmer, founder and CEO.
«You do not know the traffic patterns, safety issues or
local parks, so you do not have a full view of the job,»
says Tammy Gold, a parenting
expert and owner of Gold Parent Coaching.
But a
local newspaper has published editorials urging her to clarify her position on the nominee, her opponents have seized on it as a potential weakness, and some political
experts say the strategy might be shortsighted.
• Last week, Suffolk County legislators banned microbeads, those tiny plastic balls found in some shower gels that
experts say are a danger to
local waterways.
Katko
said he plans to assemble a team of
local tax
experts and financial consultants from Upstate New York to examine the new GOP proposal when it becomes available.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's plan to take away the federal deduction for state and
local taxes will hit hard in New York, but the pain will be spread unevenly among taxpayers across the state, tax
experts say.
Further, her call for a state takeover of far more of the cost of public schools may yet resonate with New Yorkers as they begin to feel the impact of cuts in staff and services to schools and
local governments,
experts said.
Senator Joseph E. Robach
said, «This conference brings together the
local leaders and smart growth
experts who are helping transform our region's economic landscape into a model of sustainability.
Local legal
experts say that's unlikely to happen, given an existing backlog of deportation cases.
Mr. Schneider
said the police department will work with other
local agencies, advocacy organizations and mental health
experts to determine how to strengthen the county's overall approach in dealing with over 1,000 sex offenders.
Budget
experts disagree with Cuomo's link of high property taxes to the number of
local governments and taxing districts,
saying much of the cost is driven by state - sponsored mandates.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens
said last week that he expects the advisory committee of
experts,
local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»
Government finance
expert Robert Ward, deputy director of SUNY's Rockefeller School of Government,
says going by Cuomo's statements so far, the property tax cap would apply to the total dollar amount a
local government collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessed values.
On the same day that the Shadow Education Secretary will
say that he wants to move away from «the narrow, «exam factory» vision of recent years a unique alliance of teachers, students, parents,
local government representatives, governors, international
experts and businesses has come together to produce a vision of what is being called Big Education.
New York's first - in - the - nation response to the new federal tax package and its cap on the deductibility of state and
local taxes is now law, but the impact of the measure remains uncertain,
experts say.
The government
said it categorically did not agree with the
experts» recommendation, but crucially left it up to
local authorities and police forces to decide.
«We are deeply concerned that some prominent
local leaders and elders have not condemned the ultimatum, hate speech and the perpetrators,» the
experts said.
The human rights
experts said though some
local and national figures, as well as some media representatives had publicly denounced any form of hate speech and incitement, other officials still needed to follow suit.
«We put together a panel of
experts, bringing together people from the equalities sector, homeless charities,
local authorities to help support work around this and actually made changes to the way some of the things were done,» he
said.
Local officials and aviation
experts have
said the customs unit is crucial to the struggling airport's viability after the loss of several domestic airlines.
A panel of
local experts testified in front of the group, which was designed,
said Hochul, for
experts to share their wish lists and sound off on state policy:
DiNapoli
says the
experts in his office will be available to counsel
local government leaders on how to better manage their finances or what steps they might need to take.
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As the Senate prepares to vote on the GOP tax bill, one
local tax
expert says the results may not be as dramatic as you may think.
Experts said one provision included in both bills would disproportionately harm high - income earners: eliminating state and
local tax deductions.
They
say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine
local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from
experts,
local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»
Experts in
local government ethics
say anti-nepotism measures can work if enforced properly.
JON SOPEL: Yes but the
local trusts are
saying, well, they're listening to the
experts who are questioning whether it's worthwhile doing.
The party State Chairman, Hon. Ebenezer Alabi, who revealed this to reporters also
said that two indian
experts were invited by the state government to trains
local hands.
«It's a little bit disappointing,»
says Jim Haywood, an aerosols
expert from the Met Office at Exeter, UK, but he is not surprised because the cuts were relatively
local and aerosols can travel far.
Addressing these questions,
experts say, will require a scientific work force that can bridge the natural and social sciences and translate research into real - world solutions and specific,
local policy prescriptions.
«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.
«Anywhere with these vectors — Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and to some degree Aedes albopictus — could get this virus and have
local transmission,»
says Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist and
expert in mosquito - borne diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That trial centers on a phone call Bertolaso made to a
local official in setting up the commission's meeting, in which he
said he was sending the
experts to L'Aquila on a «media operation» to reassure the public and «shut up» a technician in the nearby Gran Sasso nuclear physics laboratory who had allegedly made a series of alarming predictions of imminent strong earthquakes.
Local centers to test and process samples are also needed,
said Stephen Gire, a virus
expert at the Broad Institute.
Some of the
experts surveyed
said that not all stranded turtles are found and that some are removed by
local people to eat.