Sentences with phrase «primary interest of the state»

The court also noted that the primary interest of the State is to protect the public.

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His emphasis on hard power and intelligence - gathering as the primary means of pursuing Canada's interests is now echoed by the current administration in Washington, which has gutted the State Department, allocated record amounts of funding to the military and appointed military - minded men in key foreign policy positions.

At a campaign stop later in the day at the Pink Cadillac Diner in Rochester, N.H., during a motorcycle tour of the first primary state, Mr. Walker defended his battle with unions and portrayed Mr. Obama as a tool of entrenched interests.

While institutions often focus on rewards as the driver of product adoption, younger consumers continue to state that pricing — annual fees and interest rate — are their primary concerns.

Though a good part of the book is necessarily historical, his primary interest is in the recent past and the changing fortunes of Christians as a result of the Arab awakening and political developments that have altered the face of the region in the twentieth century (e.g., the founding of the state of Israel).

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

Just days after surviving a primary challenge, State Senator Tim Kennedy said Monday he's not interested in challenging Erie County Democratic Committee Chairman Jeremy Zellner for leadership of the party.

Whereas the 2011 U.S. Strategy to Combat Transnational Organised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.»

Long's small business focus is interesting, considering the fact that Ulrich is one of just two GOP Senate candidates (the other being Bob Cohen, who is running for retiring Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's seat, is also facing a primary challenge and, like Ulrich, is repped by Bill O'Reilly) to proclaim support for raising the state's hourly minimum wage.

Google searches spiked, politicians and the media took notice of the public interest, and income inequality took over political ground ranging from President Obama's State of the Union to the Republican presidential primary process.

Bill Lipton, the state political director of the Working Families Party, told the AP that if Nixon should lose the September Democratic Party primary to Cuomo, his party leaders will meet with her and «make a decision that puts the interests of working families first.»

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

The deadline to switch was in October of last year, long before the primary season began and serious voter interest in this state was sparked.

James Freedland, a spokesman for attorney general candidate state Sen. Eric T. Schneiderman (D - Manhattan), who voted in 20 of 24 years since registering said: «It's up to Ms. Rice to explain to New York's Democratic primary voters why they should choose a longtime Republican who never participated in the civic process until it served her own political self - interest.»

It was the Golden State's first regularly scheduled «jungle» primaries in a federal election cycle, and there was no lack of interesting finishes.

William Neuman of the NY Times wrote an interesting article on State Senator Adriano Espaillat and his growing influence after the historic primary victory.

We wish to stress that the primary interest of any truly free State as Ghana, is the preservation of its sovereignty and the autonomy of its people.

A reader with a lot of knowledge of the state of play in various New York House districts emailed to note that the possibility of three separate primary dates in New York — April 24 (presidential), June 26 (House and US Senate) and Sept. 11 (state Legislature)-- raises «some interesting, theoretical, maybe far - fetched but not impossible scenarios» that would give not a few elected officials and party leaders heartburn.

But Mr. Dean hasn't shown any interest to this point in running, and you might recall that his 2004 campaign, for all its passion and fund - raising prowess, yielded just two primary victories, in the District of Columbia and in his home state of Vermont.

I am sticking to the interest of the state and I stand against how our common wealth is being used wrongly in the state in the name of feeding 1.8 million primary school children every day.

State Assemblyman Michael Miller (D - Woodhaven) said an attack launched against him by a supporter of his primary opponent, Nick Comaianni, on a sex offender bill he sponsored was full of inaccuracies and denied claims that the legislation was watered down due to concerns from special interest groups.

It will be interesting to hear how Cuomo explains that Schneiderman is not, as the AG's many surrogates intimated (and several of Schneiderman's primary opponents charged outright), in fact too much a creature of Albany to be the state's top attorney at at a time when Cuomo is running on a platform of cleaning up Albany.

Donohue says lawmakers put «their own political self interest» ahead of the retirement security of future state workers, and he says the union is considering backing primary challengers to key incumbent legislators.

Some of the most interesting contests in the state today are being fought in Erie County — where there are Democratic primaries for the Assembly and a State Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the Bstate today are being fought in Erie County — where there are Democratic primaries for the Assembly and a State Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the BState Senate seat — as well as in areas of Queens and the Bronx.

Cuomo defeated Buffalo developer Carl Paladino in the 2010 general election (Lazio lost the primary), with the blessing of the state's business council and the financial backing of many of the financial sector's Democratic stalwarts as well as deep - pocketed real estate interests.

The group called on delegates to vote with the interest of the state at the back of their minds, saying Bamidele stood out among the 33 aspirants seeking the party's ticket at the primary.

Almost 200 candidates were kept off Democratic and Republican primary ballots (for state legislature and local partisan office) because of confusion over the deadline for filing a Statement of Economic Interests.

Because the overwhelming majority of primary voters are not interested in choosing a minor party's primary ballot, and instead choose one of the major party primary ballots, the effect is that minor parties can never place nominees on the ballot for state legislature.

More than 20,000 first - time voters have registered with New York state in what state officials are calling an «unprecedented surge» of voter interest ahead of the state's April 19 presidential primary.

The primary mission of the branch is to conduct research and development (R&D) programs in solid state electronics and related technologies that support U.S. Navy and Department of Defense (DoD) interests and capabilities in the full range of new weapons capabilities enabled by high - power solid state electronic devices.

Although a primary focus of EPSCoR is to enable strong research and education programs and expand the states» technological capacity, the economic impacts are also of interest.

He and his team weren't trying to make Suburbicon a direct allegory — as he stated over and over, his primary interest was making an entertaining film in the spirit of the original script.

Primary themes of interest to high schoolers: genetic manipulation, state power, drug use, individualism and society.

I have written and presented at state, national, and international conferences on his primary interest in the design of innovative physical and virtual learning environments.

Primary themes of interest to high schoolers: totalitarianism and state power, individual freedom, the mutability of historical truth, the power of propaganda, the cult of personality.

However, the report, based on an online survey completed by teachers in more than 500 state secondary schools, 600 state primary schools and 120 independent schools, found that interest in the subject after the age of 16 was losing appeal.

Within this perspective, Paul Weis describes refugees as «a vessel on the open sea, not sailing under any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and peace.

Its primary audience consists of teacher educators, program administrators, international transcript evaluators, and registrars in the United States working with students (professionals) who have prior teacher preparation in the Mexican system and are interested in teaching in the United States.

Regardless, the most interesting factor is that the State Department of Education created a job that required no college degree or any formal experience with the primary and secondary school system.

Prospective and current partners are subject to eligibility criteria to ensure partner organizations are aligned in their commitment to student achievement, value the trusted environment CCSSO fosters through its activities, and respect that the primary function of the state education agency is to serve the best interests of its students, schools and public.

Ref Rodriguez, the primary winner who won with 54 percent of the vote to beat Kayser, is a charter school co-founder who had heavy backing from the state's charter schools association and other reform interests.

The total yearly cost of a mortgage stated as a percentage of the loan amount: includes the base interest rate, primary mortgage insurance, and loan origination fee (points)

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

The primary appeal of these bonds is that the interest is generally exempt from federal income tax, as well as from state and local taxes if you live in the state where the bond was issued.

Be sure not to miss booths by Benrubi Gallery from New York, a leading gallery with a focus on 20th Century and contemporary photographs; Blindspot Gallery from Hong Kong, a gallery with a primary focus on contemporary image - based works; Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery from New York, a gallery with a major commitment to representing new media artists who are exploring the intersection of arts and technology; Dittrich & SCHLECHTRIEM & V1 from Berlin, a gallery representing emerging, mid-career and established artists from around the world; Fraenkel Gallery from San Francisco exploring photography and its relation to other arts; Gagosian Gallery from New York, Hong Kong, Beverly Hills, Athens and Rome; Hamiltons Gallery from London, one of the world's foremost galleries of photography; Galerie Lelong from Paris focusing on an international contemporary art and representing artists and estates from the United States, South America, Europe, and the Asia - Pacific Region; Magda Danysz from Paris, Shanghai and London dedicated to promoting and supporting emerging artists and favouring a larger access to contemporary art on an international level; Mai 36 from Zurich focusing on trading and presenting international contemporary art; Pace Prints / Mac Gill, a publisher of fine art prints and artist editions affiliated with the Pace Gallery; Richard Saltoun Gallery from London specialising in post-war and contemporary art with an interest in conceptual, feminist and performance artists; Roman Road from London; Rosegallery from Santa Monica, an internationally recognized gallery of 20th and 21st century works on paper; Taka Ishii Gallery from Paris, Tokyo, and New York devoted to exploring the conceptual foundations and implications of contemporary (photo) graphic practice; White Space from Beijing; and Yumiko Chiba Associates from Tokyo, among others.

(a) state the country endorses the Framework for the Coalition (b) state the country endorses meaningful action to reduce short - lived climate pollutants (c) identify particular areas of interest related to short - lived climate pollutants and any specific actions taken or planned to address near term climate change, and (d) identify a primary point of contact, with name, title and email address for communication.

It is worthwhile to note that the Court made a clear reference to the child's fundamental right under Article 24 (2) of the Charter which states that «in all action relating to children, whether taken by public authorities or private institutions, the child's best interests must be a primary consideration».

Indeed, FLP filed an amicus brief in the National Veterans Legal case stating that the FLP is a «nonprofit organization established in 2013 to provide free, public, and permanent access to primary legal materials on the internet for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes to the benefit of the general public and the public interest.»

The first is R (on the application of Malik) v Waltham Forest NHS Primary Care Trust (Secretary of State for Health, interested party)

While there have been many bar - organized efforts to provide mentoring over the years, state bars and others interested in the primary and continuing education of lawyers have recently begun to act in earnest.