Sentences with phrase «major local history»

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History was made on Friday 8th September 2017, when the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar, in line with the direcrive of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai held a stakeholders peace meeting of traditional, religious, political and youth leaders of the conflicting communities of Azuofia Edda, Okpuitumo, Ofomana in Osofon of Abakaliki Local Government Area, Ebonyi State and their counterparts in Ogorunde and Ofumuna communities in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State.

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

HMRC is pleased to make available the two major policies that guide staff in developing and protecting HMRC collections, the HMRC Archival Collections Management Policy and the HMRC's Texas and Local History Collection Development Plan.

On July 1, the local animal rescue community celebrated a major milestone, marking the first time in San Diego history that no healthy...

On July 1, the local animal rescue community celebrated a major milestone, marking the first time in San Diego history that no healthy or treatable animal would be in danger of euthanasia.

Despite Mexico's troubled history with cartel violence, local governments in the Yucatan Peninsula have worked hard to keep their major tourist attractions crime - free.

When we were senior art history majors at Williams, the class was taken to a local collector's house.

Initiated in 2001, Making Histories Visible excavates creative histories and works with major museums to connect communities with their local and international Histories Visible excavates creative histories and works with major museums to connect communities with their local and international histories and works with major museums to connect communities with their local and international heritage.

Their major accomplishment, through perseverance and dedication of local volunteers, has been the Fort Simpson Heritage Park: identifying local historical landmarks and building a museum which will house artefacts and information about the history of the Dehcho.

For the more recent project Local Industry, Wilson created a temporary textile factory at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee from February to April 2010, drawing on Tennessee's history as both a major center of industrial textile production in the United States and a region associated with hand weaving traditions.

«If you look at local institutions for grad school, they're comprised mostly of women getting master's and Ph.D. s in art history, but as of 2014, women are running only 25 percent of major U.S. museums, according to U.S. News and World Report.

As a high risk hurricane zone, Lake Charles has a long history of major storms that caused significant damage to local homes.

Clarksdale faces an elevated risk for tornadoes, with a long history of serious summer storms that have done major damage to local businesses.

Art history majors could volunteer or do an internship at a local gallery.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

These independents have a history of support and participation for the local, provincial and national associations that facilitated the ability of the Franchise Brands to at first exist and then become major players.

«When lenders read your credit report, they'll be looking for issues such as a problem making your mortgage payments on time, a high level of debt and the maturity of your credit,» says Jeffrey Taylor, managing partner of Digital Risk, a provider of mortgage processing services and risk analytics in Maitland, Fla. «If you have a four - or five - year history with a major credit card, that's better than six months with a local store credit card.»