Sentences with phrase «more local efforts»

Looks like more local efforts will be needed for the next 4 years.

The international negotiation was already dead when they passed Byrd - Hagel, and more local efforts have been killed by the economic downturn.

Not exact matches

Workplace literacy and essential skills (WLES) strategies can range from as simple as a company supporting an employee's voluntary skills upgrading at a local literacy centre to more sophisticated efforts, such as a custom - made WLES program delivered in - house by staff educators.

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

To drive traffic to the stores we direct our efforts in guiding you to implement a variety of marketing tactics and the development of a Local Store Marketing plan which includes proven tactics such as on - site sampling, direct mail campaigns, bounce back coupons, loyalty programs and more.

It closed in 1996 and held a few more events in 2010 and 2011 in an effort to revitalize interest in the space, but the local city council backed out of allocating funds to reopen it.

The more involved in the local community a firm is, the more its efforts boost its image and lead customers to respond with increased support and loyalty.

In addition, if you make an effort to recruit a wide variety of candidates — not just those who went to the local college or who match the ethnicity of the rest of your staff — your company is more likely to hire the best and the brightest in the labor market.

The charges were announced less than an hour after The Intercept published a top - secret document from the U.S. National Security Agency that described Russian efforts to launch cyber attacks on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and send «spear - phising» emails, or targeted emails that try to trick a recipient into clicking on a malicious link to steal data, to more than 100 local election officials days before the presidential election last November.

Still, Pynt hopes there will be a more focused effort to continue the push for a local food movement while preserving the heritage of Singapore's famously multicultural cuisine.

Many cross-border solutions enable merchants to optimize these efforts by educating them about local holidays, sales seasons and more.

Our efforts represent the single largest block of community support in the history of New Orleans, contributing more than 54,000 volunteer hours and investing more than $ 1 million in local projects like painting, landscaping, and building playgrounds.

That effort has heated up recently, and Geppert says the group of about 15 local philanthropists has pledged more than half the money needed to buy the newspaper assets.

In recent years, a number of Christian leaders have rightly called lethargic and half - hearted Christians to quicken their pace, to dedicate more of their time, talents, money and efforts to serving the Lord in the local church and in evangelistic outreach at home and abroad.

Beyond the formal dialogues and the surprising moves of Pope Francis to increase friendship, more efforts should be made at the local level to forge a common witness to the gospel.

The second task, that of penetrating existing media with religious images and vocabulary, requires considerable organization, time and money, making national efforts more feasible than local ones.

One hopes local efforts will set in motion a trickle - up effect, inspiring more home boards and committees to look squarely at the fact of an aging church.

Since its inception, the Blue Project Foundation has funded more than $ 5 million to support conservation and Atlantis» marine biologists, aquarists, veterinarians, lab technicians and international and local partners who contribute to these important research efforts.

whichever terminology you prefer, from scratch with fresh local blueberries they require little more effort than a boxed mix and are a delectable regional experience.

«We've also shifted more from a national marketing effort to a local store marketing effort so the restaurant operators can interface directly with their own trade areas to retain loyalty,» he continues.

But in an effort to dig up more shares for the US - based doubters, it's understood prime brokers have been seeking to borrow ASX - listed shares from local fundies, which can then be borrowed in the US market.

The plan may also include efforts in parts of the world where ingredients are sourced — like Indonesia, a huge source of palm oil for processed food manufacturers — such as providing communities with technology and resources to harvest and utilize local foods more efficiently.

Instead, he started working with local youths and traveling around to speak to various high school baseball organizations, extolling the virtues of throwing more often while regulating effort, controlling the strike zone — down and away, down and away — and learning how to pitch.

MAC agreed to source local collards and sweet potatoes to Dawson Elementary, G.N. Smith Elementary, Pecan Park Elementary and Rowan Middle School in conjunction with the local FoodCorps effort to build school gardens, teach nutrition education through gardening and cooking classes and bolster the school food system with healthier and more localized options.

He still applauds the company's continued efforts to move towards more local, sustainable practices and food education.

HISD is partnering with the Texas Department of Agriculture and local farmers and growers in an effort to serve more homegrown fruits and vegetables in district schools.

It's not too hard to imagine a future where your local stores are forced to close their doors as more manufacturers move to give Amazon exclusive retail rights in an effort to «protect» their intellectual property.

2012 marks the third annual Neighborhood Toy Store Day, and I hope that the shop local effort grows even more powerful this year.

Fate intervened in several unlikely ways in the two ensuing decades and then last fall, Weber, now a fixture in the national Farm to School Network, found himself waxing enthusiastic about local produce to a woman who was part of an effort called Homegrown Minneapolis, which would like to see more of that farmstead goodness put before MPS kids and other locals.

If you receive SNA's Smart Brief newsletter you may recognize this story out of Holmen, Wisconsin, where students will add «raising chickens» to their efforts to bring more local food to cafeteria trays.

This is a more state and local - level effort to combat misleading attacks and other information spread with intent on social media.

I don't have a solution for the institutionalization problem you posit, except to say that probably a few Occupys will become non-profit organizations and most will disperse their energies into established organizations or more amorphous, but local, efforts over time.

At the same time, this is one of the more formalized and concerted efforts by Cuomo, harnessing the state committee that he controls, to aid Democrats who are running in down - ballot local races as he seeks another term later this year.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

At 11:25 a.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will host a roundtable with local businesses and advocates to discuss bolstering efforts to help close the broadband gap in rural areas and create economic development opportunities to bring more good - paying jobs to the North Country, Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce, 6301 NYS Route 30, Indian Lake.

That was because their efforts to control the grassroots were based on a misconception of local parties and members, who were seen as dangerous radicals who would thwart the modernisers» ambition to make the party more responsive to more moderate voters.

In terms of specific local efforts, left - leaning voters enjoy more disfranchisement efforts, so there's not a lot of control samples to compare.

The Oneida County STOP DWI Program honored local law enforcement members Thursday for their 2016 DWI enforcement efforts at the 23rd Annual Selective Law Enforcement Recognition Breakfast at Mohawk Valley... Read more

«Leading by example in making state buildings more energy efficient will save taxpayers money, create thousands of local jobs, and bolster New York's broader efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

DeFrancisco's campaign, meanwhile, criticized Cuomo's «convoluted» tax proposal he says would create more layers of government in an effort to circumvent the cap on state and local tax deductions.

Cuomo, meanwhile, touted on Wednesday the regional economic development plans, which he framed as an effort to give more control to local officials, even as the awards themselves are determined by the state.

He has been hailed as a transparency champion by the taxpayers» alliance, and his efforts to make local government more transparent have gained support from some unlikely places.

In an effort to create more affordable housing options in Southold Town, the Town Board passed a local law last Tuesday that would permit up to six «moderate income» rental units near village centers.

But Clinton has taken a more nuanced position, saying that although she supports local efforts to reach $ 15, she wouldn't commit to that nationally, aligning herself instead with legislation establishing a $ 12 hourly federal rate.

Local success boosted the party's chances in Westminster elections as voters were more likely to support the Liberal Democrats where it had a chance of winning, thereby diluting concerns that voting for the party would be a wasted effort.

Picente stressed that local officials have been working on consolidation, and took offense at what was perceived as an effort by Cuomo to force them to do more.

He touted his club's efforts two years ago to run 70 people for an even more obscure political office called county committee, and promises to bring the vitality of his organization to local elected office.

More than 80 local government leaders are making a last ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

Follow this link to read more about her efforts to bring mandate relief to Erie County: Supporting New York State Assumption of the Local Share of Medicaid

Dear Neighbor, In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, I and eight other local Senators representing Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties have formed the Hudson Valley Delegation — a bipartisan coalition to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of the residents, communities, organizations, and elected officials of the Hudson Valley.