Sentences with phrase «of local causes»

The goal of the Summit Fund is to provide donations to a wide variety of local causes that provide a positive long - term impact on a wide variety of people.

Chicagoland automotive dealerships do not only sell cars, they also participate in a number of local causes, helping and enriching their communities.

Twenty - six of the 51 members of the Council charged in the letter that the world's biggest retailer's support of local causes is a cynical ploy to enter the market here.

She has also volunteered for an array of local causes, according to an East Greenbush Education Foundation biography from 2015.

She has also volunteered for an array of local causes,

He first presents a mathematical proof, inspired by Bell's theorem, that a contradiction results if one assumes: (a) the principle of local causes, (b) an elementary theorem of quantum mechanics, and (c) what Stapp calls the «assumption of contrafactual definiteness» (roughly the assumption that measuring procedures which were not carried out would have yielded definite results had they been carried out and that these possible but unrealized results are restricted by the same laws that apply to the results of actual measurements).

In a series of papers (3:1 - 10, 4:1303 - 20, 5:270 - 76, 6:313 - 23, and 7) Henry Pierce Stapp has argued that quantum mechanics is incompatible with the principle of local causes.

The second part of his argument is that the proper, if not the only, way to remedy this situation is to reject the principle of local causes.

He rather develops a version of «Bell's Theorem» which is intended to show that, given certain very general assumptions, quantum mechanics itself, as it manifests itself in a simple theorem, is incompatible with the principle of local causes.

Not exact matches

«The agency should include and explain the... investigations conducted in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Pavillion, Wyoming; and Parker County, Texas where hydraulic fracturing activities are perceived by many members of the public to have caused significant local impacts to drinking water resources,» states the advisory body's review.

According to local lore, back in the 1800s the governor of the Dutch colony decided that the color white caused his migraines.

«I recognize this is causing inconvenience for our passengers, and in particular some of our local residents,» airport CEO Robert Sinclair said in a statement.

No official cause for the fire has been made public, although fire officials believe it was fueled by spools of PVC pipes being stored under the overpass, according to a local FOX affiliate.

Some of the causes are regional and local, but other factors are relevant to vacation areas across Canada, leading to worries that the malaise could spread east.

Among the dozens of protest causes were transportation costs; Native Indian rights; government spending on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics; corruption in state and local governments; and a bill in the Brazilian congress that would authorize psychologists to try and «cure» homosexuals.

Several skeptical researchers and authors have been hammering away at the foundations of the foodie cause, arguing that everything Pollan and his acolytes stand for — from the dangers of GMO foods to the benefits of local farming — is based on sketchy evidence at best, and at worst is just plain wrong.

Autopsies are typically ordered by local officials when the cause of a death is in question or foul play is suspected.

«We take this report extremely seriously and are investigating the cause of this incident in close coordination with local authorities.

It accomplishes this by building healthy, sustainable communities through local engagement and partnerships and by focusing on the leading causes of mortality for mothers and children in targeted communities throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

«We take this report extremely seriously and are investigating the cause of this incident in close coordination with local authorities,» the statement said.

Saudi dairy company Almarai, which in 2014 bought 9,600 acres of farmland in Arizona, has expanded its U.S. farmland holdings to 14,000 acres, causing growing worries about the state of local water reserves in drought - stricken Palo Verde Valley in southern California.

Chinese authorities have taken some of the strongest actions so far by banning initial coin offerings and causing local bitcoin exchanges to close.

It said cleanup operations were being co-ordinated with the Department of Emergency Management and other local authorities, and that the cause of the spill was being investigated.

Doing so ignores the root causes of radical violence as well as local factors.

The company famous for its innovative design experienced at least two incidents of men walking into glass and causing injuries serious enough to warrant calls for local emergency services in the early days of its new «spaceship» campus, according to documents MarketWatch obtained via a public - records request.

The cost of borrowing in China has been cut aggressively since the autumn of 2014 in response to the slowdown in the economy and the distress caused to property owners, local government and corporations by high debt - servicing costs.

The theft of the Coinsecure funds occurred four days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred local banks and financial institutions from dealing in cryptocurrencies, causing a mass panic on the Indian cryptocurrency market.

I expect you'd even tithe $ 1m annually to good causes, which probably gets you named Man of the Year for a big local charity.

Opportunities to be involved with «good causes» at the local level, many of which are enabled by employers, provide millennials with a greater sense of influence.

Today, despite the recent major price correction of bitcoin caused by the Chinese government's nationwide ban on local bitcoin exchange, bitcoin price remains above $ 3,600.

We give something back by getting involved in our local communities, supporting great causes and developing the creative talent of the future - for free.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

There are campaigns of both local and international level, geared towards promoting the need for everybody to go green; it is perhaps our only options to saving our planet from degradation that are caused by humans.

Last month, President Trump expressed concern over Amazon, declaring, «Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!»

Canadian regulators wanted to know if the customers of Apple have spent higher for mobile phones as caused by some mobile phone deals made by the company with local carriers.

On the investment side, while the detention of Canadian investors John Chang and Allison Lu for commercial disputes with politically connected counterparts in China has gotten most of the publicity, other practices, such imposing technology transfer requirements on foreign investors, targeting foreign over local firms in enforcing environmental rules, and denying reciprocal treatment of investments in resource projects, banking, telecommunications and professional services are also cause for serious concern.

All the talk of networking, webs, computers, and globalization causes Taylor to overlook one of the most important aspects of college and university education: its local character.

According to the prelate, the church attack has caused alarm among the local community, as the mainly Christian south of Nigeria has not suffered from the terror attacks carried out in the north by Boko Haram.

And to be reminded of that parable is to recognize Binx as a wanderer within a limited local compass: a small geography that provides all the complexity of place as one might discover that complexity the world over, insofar as man is wayfarer, that is, insofar as man is a soul seeking its cause as a «self.»

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

Geez you and Austin should look in to sharing a bouncy room together at the local asylum... you're both infected badly with the religion virus... it has caused a blockage and you need help to cure yourself of it before it is too late.

Because it was my pastoral experience that congregants rarely supplied at least 10 % of their income to God - be that through their local church or to other worthy causes.

(1) The inconsistency was stated thus: The Disciples churches by requiring the rebaptism of members of other churches who apply for membership in a local church of Disciples deny their fundamental commitment to the cause of Christian unity.

in context that GOD created... He can cause it to happen in HIS way... laws of nature did not exist until there was something for it to influence... the writers of the Bible did not believe in flat earth or the sun revolving around the earth... seems to me you cant see figures of speech, but only false stuff... so why don't you tell the weather man at your local TV station to stop saying surinse and sunset eh?

Local police spokesman Herilalatiana Andrianarisaona explained the cause of the crash was due to the bus struggling to climb a road on a hill.

I have instructed the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to: Appoint an advisory committee on alcoholism; establish in the Public Health Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism; develop an educational program in order to foster public understanding based on scientific fact; work with public and private agencies on the state and local level, to include this disease in a comprehensive health program.

Because so many residents of Rome go on vacation during the summer, there's been a shortage of volunteers at local soup kitchens — causing several to close.

From hosting events to raise awareness and funds for causes across the globe, to volunteering at local soup kitchens, college has a built - in focus on social justice, and brings with it a veritable smorgasbord of opportunities to get involved.

That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

If people travel to Mexico or other third - world countries, it will most likely be to take advantage of beautiful beaches and favorable exchange rates rather than to explore the causes of hunger and poverty.16 The majority of people, rich or poor, who actually follow the news rely heavily on major television networks and local newspapers.