Sentences with phrase «only public act»

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Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but only in dealing with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.

The federal appeals court in Boston said only people who work for public companies are protected by the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

This was the first application for a resource consent under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, Public Act 2012 No 72 (the EEZ Act) and, like the Northern Gateway project, it promised economic gains but only in exchange for uncertain and potentially significant environmental risks.

In 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that circumventing DRM on game devices may be legal under some circumstances, limiting the legal protection to only cover technological measures intended to prevent or eliminate unauthorised acts of reproduction, communication, public offer or distribution.

While the Act only covers complaints from within the Commonwealth public sector, the Manual states that any external complaints will also be handled in a similar way to internal complaints, that is, in the first instance, contact should be made with an Authorised Officer, before escalation to the Oversight Committee.

Quite possibly he only discouraged the public use of the term because of the danger of fomenting revolutionary acts and provoking punitive action by the Romans.

after losing friends and all our safety personnel and the consideration of the families i see no good coming from this and only animousity and ill feelings and betrayal by our public officials in asllowing this to happen... it is deplorable and an insult to the 3,000 dead and the thousands affected by this horrible act and time must pass to heal the wounds before the issue is even discussed.

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

But precisely for this reason all Christians do not only receive a complete and supposedly concrete natural law which is communicated to them by the official representatives of the Church, they also find out for them - selves the actual requirements of public life, so that all may have as much freedom as possible, a freedom that can act with God in view and thus create that personal finality which receives God himself as its eternal meaning.

Later (in the same chapter) he lists the following criteria: we must recognize that we are doing evil, we should act only out of demonstrable necessity, and only in last resort, and we must justify our actions publicly and submit to public judgment as to their correctness.

Byrne Dairy Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Byrne Dairy or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Byrne Dairy; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Byrne Dairy, or the public.

Schweinsteiger has proved himself a class act, offering only praise and encouragement to the club and the first team in public and on social media.

Challenge Success websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Challenge Success or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Challenge Success; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Challenge Success, or the public.

Get started this summer when school lets out and act as if you're homeschooling 3 days a week, Kindergarteners don't need more than 1 — 2 hours a day sitting still, you have to get yourself out of the «school is an 8 hour a day» mind set, that was set up for public schools because parents work, that is the only reason the school day is so long.

I was shocked and appalled to read that it is not only permissible for women to breastfeed in public in the State of New York, but now also punishable as a crime for anyone interfering in this act.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

Not only does Chill Mom never, ever yell in public, she never admits to yelling, either, because that is a transgressive act on par with downing too much wine before the PTA meeting.

The developments at D.C. Central Kitchen converge precisely with the public school system's recent efforts to introduce fresher, healthier foods, as well as the «Healthy Schools Act» approved earlier this year by the D.C. Council, which not only raises nutritional standards for school food but provides bonus funding for every meal that contains a locally grown component.

District Attorney Soares must now act to force - feed integrity into the Public Integrity Commission as only a grand jury can, made up as it is of everyday New Yorkers!

The Equality Act seeks to prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination not only in employment, but public accommodations, education, housing, federal programs, jury service and credit.

«Not only is the government failing to meet its obligations to teachers, it is failing in its duty to act in the interests of the public.

Other examples would include Moos and McClure (where the Court of Appeal overturned the only successful kettling case to date) and the admittedly contentious decision in Abdul v DPP - the conviction under section five of the Public Order Act 1986 of those protesting in fairly vituperative terms («baby killers», «rapists», «murderers» etc) about the war in Iraq at a homecoming for British troops.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

In the Skelos case, jurors were told that an «official act» can encompass «acts customarily performed by a public official,» including those that further long - term goals or are only steps toward achieving some outcome — language that the Supreme Court later found wasn't specific enough.

But he said his group, which has been under intense pressure from progressives to return to the fold since the election of President Trump, is «ready to move forward,» but only if any final agreement is based on a legislative agenda that includes passage of a bill to strengthen abortion laws, enact a state DREAM Act, create a public campaign finance system, and adopt a single - payer health care program.

By requiring they act only on signed complaints, government employees or members of the public can be reluctant to step forward out of fear of retribution, according to critics.

Indeed, the 2017 Audit of UK Democracy judges them, along with the post-hoc spending scrutiny work of the Public Accounts Committee (acting on the National Audit Office's reports), as «one of only two areas where the Commons is clearly contributing to detailed policymaking».

«Repealing the [2004] Hunting Act would not only mean a return to cruelty, but would fly in the face of the opinion of the majority of the general public, as 84 % of people say they are against relegalising foxhunting.»

They act horrified in public, but when it comes to the only person who might legitimately have a claim to being let down by Lord Sewel, their only instinct is to make their lives even worse.

Naomi Phillips, BHA Head of Public Affairs, commented, «Through wide exceptions that exempt religious organisations from significant parts of the law, the Equality Act gives excessive privileges specifically to religious groups, permitting them to discriminate against not only gay and lesbian people but against the non-religious and those of other religions.

WHEREAS, the NY SAFE ACT was adopted after minimal public discussion, contains serious flaws, i.e., police officers are not exempt, and having been on the desks of the members of the New York State Legislature for only a few hours, thereafter was literally adopted in the night and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo; and

Although the Wisconsin Supreme Courts» ruling on Act 10 pertains only to public employees, a lawyer who challenged the law contends there could be implications for private - sector unions.

Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest which should be decided in accordance with the relevant statutes and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

«Such conduct is not only unacceptable, it undermines public trust in our justice system and will not be tolerated in Brooklyn,» Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

But this is only «an insurance policy» for individual papers; the dark archive will not be accessible to the public, says Brian Hitson, acting director of the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

Only when public uproar over my first Sunday Times MMR reports led to the retraction of the paper's «interpretation» section in March 2004, and the UK General Medical Council invoked its formidable powers under the 1983 Medical Act, were they brought to light at a fitness to practise hearing.

November 22, 2013 — Numerous wolf supporters showed up in force in Sacramento at a hearing — one of only five scheduled nationwide — held by the Obama administration to take public comments on its proposal to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across most of the lower 48 states.

I did only a quick search, but only found comparisons of conversion rates in diets high in either saturated fat or omega - 6 PUFA, with saturated fat consumption acting as a control in the context of the public often being told to substitute saturated fat in the diet with omega - 6 rich vegetable oils.

«We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.»

Mel (Jerry Grayson), the head of the independent label that pressed his only albums, insists that public just needs time to adjust to the concept of him as a solo act, but it's not like he and his former partners had much success.

A White House proposal to bring math, science, and engineering professionals into public high schools to teach those subjects could bypass the «highly qualified» teacher mandate under the No Child Left Behind Act, while only temporarily easing the shortfall of mathematics and science teachers, education observers say.

Schools are responsible for their premises under Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (sections 2, 3, 4 & 6), Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002 (Regulations 6,7,8,9 & 12) and Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to protect the health and safety of not only their pupils and staff, but for all those who are at risk including members of public.

That will in turn put greater pressure on public school systems to clean up their own acts, if only to retain students.

Not only does the DOE have robocalls dialing our land - line, urging me to run (obviously, not me specifically; they're calling everyone with a child in the public school system), but my friends have also gotten into the act.

All this hoopla and RttT was only $ 4.35 billion (SIG was $ 3.5 billion), a tiny fraction of the $ 100 billion in education funds passed out in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and less than 1 percent of the $ 600 billion spent on K — 12 public education in the United States.

Most importantly, it takes seriously what it means to understand the relationship between how we learn and how we act as individual and social agents; that is, it is concerned with teaching students how not only to think but to come to grips with a sense of individual and social responsibility, and what it means to be responsible for one's actions as part of a broader attempt to be an engaged citizen who can expand and deepen the possibilities of democratic public life.

But where one would hope for plentiful public information to help parents understand the performance of participating schools, Section 12 of the act requires only that the department publish aggregated results, sliced by grades and income levels, and that it conduct a survey of parent satisfaction with the ESA program, not the schools.

Throughout the United States, educational institutions — from local schools to community colleges to research universities — act as centers for public culture and for instilling in our children the values and knowledge that come only from a study of the humanities and the arts.

They show, day in and day out, that not all public value is created by government bodies and that democratically controlled state institutions are not the only way for citizens to act in concert.