Sentences with phrase «so citizens like»

Boulder is only three to four percent of Xcel's total business, so citizens like Regelson say that it has been difficult to get the large utility to move forward toward more aggressive renewable goals that many people in Boulder would like to see.

Not exact matches

So I think everyone in the company wants to say I like this place, it does good things, it's a good citizen where we do business.

Like it or not, the middle class became global citizens through consumerism — and they did so at the mall.

He also notes that security experts have warned the company against weakening encryption because doing so would «hurt only the well - meaning and law - abiding citizens who rely on companies like Apple to protect their data.»

In many situations Atheists ARE treated like second class citizens (though no more so than anyone who doesn't follow a Christian religion); but I agree that doesn't necessitate the name calling.

For many people, this so - called «anti-terrorist measure» looks like Islamophobia under the guise of ensuring the safety of American citizens.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

That may not seem like much, but, as at the beginning of the first millennium so also at the beginning of the third, alien citizens know not to expect too much from the earthly city.

Ironically, such proposals come at a time when this form of government, which is but 200 years old, has been expanding rather than restricting freedom for all its citizens, and has been doing so despite massive immigration, legal and illegal, and despite having added «foreign» territories like Hawaii and Alaska.

We are a democracy, so just like many laws are based on Christian ideals (regardless of what other citizens believe other than Xtianity) laws in the future could be based on Islamic ideas - all it takes is enough voters becoming muslim.

Oh, Peabody, you make me laugh so hard, my socks are wet (as my dear best friend, a Canadian and new American citizen, likes to say!)

Maybe Bruce Smith wound up more like Willy Loman than Hobey Baker, dying the death of a so - so salesman instead of a widely sung hero, but he was an honorable man, an upright citizen.

¬ ∂ To understand why a very tall man dunking a basketball would be remarkable, one must first appreciate what Hill has been through: the five left - ankle surgeries in four years; the thousands of hours doing water aerobics alongside senior citizens; the electro - stimulator machine he wore to bed every night, promising his wife, Tamia, that he would let it vibrate for only half an hour; the clamor in Orlando that he abandon his comeback so that the Magic, like heartbroken lovers, could move on and find someone new; and most of all, the chilling day a year and a half ago when he was taken into the hospital on a stretcher, delirious, Tamia fearing for his life, after he developed a dangerously high fever in reaction to the latest surgery.

That said, pulling this off is easier said than done, so don't stress too much about having your kids act like model citizens around bedtime.

Fury over being treated like second - class citizens after spending so many years doing just that to the Democrats was in part what spurred the GOP to mount last summer's Senate coup with the help of two turncoats: Now - Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and ex-Sen.

«Our democracy is perhaps one of our greatest gifts and responsibilities we have as citizens of the United States, which is why opportunities like this event providing direct and respectful access to our Congresswoman are so important.

«He was a citizen when he came here so why was he treated like an illegal immigrant?

It is always dangerous dealing with people who may be intelligent without depth, shrewd without vision, jocular without humour.People whose friends don't like him and courageously describe them as cold and pompous.We heard Kennedy Agyepong openly insult every soul in the Npp including the flagbearer, we heard him call on Akans to wipe off Gas and Ewes from Ghana and heard Osafo Marfo one personality I hitherto admired so much, declare citizens from some particular regions unfit to occupy the executive seat.Nana did not find these inhuman and obnoxious outbursts as insulting, didn't find it expedient bringing these henchmen to order.We heard Ursula who is a spiritual confidant of Nana painfully say on public platform that had it not been free education, many of our northern appointees would have been managers of cows not human beings.This was how far people who are very close to him went.Antwi another close associate courageously referred to Fantes as «fickle minded» fit only for concert shows.

He said that inasmuch as the government would like residents to celebrate the yuletide with all the fanfare associated with the season, the security situation across the globe requires everyone to be on red alert so as to prevent unscrupulous elements from unleashing terror on innocent citizens.

So presumably, the less wealthy, after being told what to spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.

Like probably everyone else, I've read much about how Citizens United has tipped the political playing field in favor of the rich, so this statement is hardly a shocker.

«That's why I've decided to join the Independent Democratic Conference, where I can best affect progressive change on issues like affordable housing, higher education, school funding equity, homelessness reforms, economic development, infrastructure upgrades, affordable healthcare, senior citizen protections and so much more,» Peralta said in the statement.

We expected her to at least address the issue at stake instead of insulting him back but for a member of parliament to stoop so low and attack a woman in such manner, we at least expect our parliament's privileges committee that interrogated the likes of Black Rasta for talking against the honourable house to interrogate the member of the honourable who dishonourably insult a woman and a citizen of our beloved Ghana.

Do we (media / citizen) use words like radicalism, populism and nazi wrongly - so we don't have to argue for our standpoints?

So I say come to Brooklyn the Home of Mayor Bill DeBlasio and see first hand what a mayor & city look like who gives it's citizens

That's why I've decided to join the Independent Democratic Conference, where I can best affect progressive change on issues like affordable housing, higher education, school funding equity, homelessness reforms, economic development, infrastructure upgrades, affordable healthcare, senior citizen protections and so much more.

«And he's indicated that if Commissioner Kelly does not run, then he's inclined to do so, and we will be blessed as a party and as citizens of this city to have someone like John Catsimatidis as our mayor.»

«We'd like to have a couple hearings in the evenings so that people who work can come,» said Eckel, who is legislative and policy director for Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

THE Founding Fathers liked happiness so much they declared its pursuit an inalienable right of US citizens, but maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

Suzanne Collins» «The Hunger Games» series, for example, alludes to vomitoriums when the lavish inhabitants of the Capitol — all with Latin names like Flavia and Octavia — imbibe a drink to make them vomit at parties so they can gorge themselves on more calories than citizens in the surrounding districts would see in months.

Policy - makers or lobbyists who seek to remove scientists because they don't like their findings or advice do so at the peril of their citizens.

So Zooniverse — which enlists everyday people to help with big research projects — set up a website where citizen scientists like you can help map Mars» south pole, and the strange terrain that goes with it.

In terms of 2nd / 3rd / etc cuts there are a TON this week, especially if you like designer denim brands like AG, MiH, Mother, Citizens of Humanity, Levi's and so on.

It's a good event with lots of guests from other states coming so if you're a bit sick of Fresno citizens it will be like a breath of fresh air.

The senior citizens might have more time in their hands than younger ones, but they are no longer interested in the noisy clubs and yelling into someone's ear, they prefer the quiet, elegant and serious circumstance like a park, a library or a coffee shop, so the online senior dating sites should be a very appropriate beginning.

Director James DeMonaco «s high - concept horror series, where a dystopian America legalizes crime for one night a year so citizens get their murder on, sounds like an excuse to just witness depravity and mayhem for a few hours, but the series has quickly shifted its focus.

Joan Didion has written, and better than no one else, about Miami as a transient metropolis, one that's been built in the image of so many Cuban cities, and one that seems like it will, if not exactly crumble, reveal its essential ephemerality when so many of its Cuban - born citizens feel like they finally have the license to return to their homeland.

One of its most endearing qualities is its insistence to never reduce its cast — which is made up almost entirely of senior citizens — to the jokey cliches that they so often are in films like Last Vegas.

Bigger maps, more things happening on screen, like more weather effects, lighting, citizens wandering a bussling city, smarter als, and so much more.

If we're going to reinvent schools, I'd like us to do so in a manner that respects the broad purpose of the schoolhouse, which means paying due attention to the arts, to a rich curriculum, and, perhaps most important of all, to helping students develop as moral individuals and citizens.

After much outcry from Utah citizens who don't take their marching orders from a mysterious, all - knowing voice in the sky (i.e. the Eagle Forum), Herbert vetoed HB363 in March 2012, which would have shut down classroom discussion about sex, contraception and homosexuality — as sponsoring Rep. Bill Wright so eloquently put it, «This is not like all our kids are going to die if they don't learn promiscuous behavior.»

I may need to move to PC and just suck up the occasional charge I've been getting for free for 12 years... seems like none of the dozen or so credit unions I've found while surfing for my Citizens replacement offer much savings over a «normal» bank.

RT @ampressman: @AlephBlog They're saying it now so justices can point to it in fantasy opinions, just like the majority in Citizens United Jun 12, 2012

This is presumably because the government likes when citizens get educated (not so sure about this one).

So then I have a question, how come sites like elance.com, freelancer.com, etc. work with foreign citizens?

I am Mr Priscilla Gomez by name, i am a citizen of Texas USA, i have been looking forward for a genuine loan company for the past 5 months and all i got was group of scams who made me to trust them and at the end of the day, they duped me of $ 7000 without giving anything in return, all my hope was lost, i got confused and frustrated, i find it very difficult to feed my family, i never wanted to have anything to do with loan companies on net again, because i never trusted any loan company since i was scammed, so i went to borrow some money from a friend, i told him all that happened and he said he can help me, that he knows a loan company that can help me, that he just got a loan from them, he directed me on how to apply for the loan, i did as he told me, i applied, though i never believed but i tried and to my greatest surprise my loan was granted to me within 48 hours, i could not believe, i am happy and rich again and i am thanking God that upon this scams all over the places a genuine company like this still exist, please i advise everyone out there who are in need of loan and can be reliable, trusted and capable of paying back at the due time of funds to contact ([email protected]) and be free from scams on the internet.

For US citizens, you need a legal address to handle things like a driver's license, vehicle registration, passport, banking accounts, credit cards, insurance, filing taxes and so on.

By late October, it seemed like the time was right, so — after making promises to my wife that I'd turn any dog into a model citizen — I applied to a rescue organization called Retrievers and Friends of Southern California and waited.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

Cats are kept as pets to provide company to people like senior citizens who are stressed out or are heart patients, blood pressure patients, so as to help them beat stress.