Sentences with phrase «strong local bases»

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Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the nonprofit Center for Immigration Studies think tank, told Polis's local paper The Daily Camera that «there is a much stronger case» for Start - up Visas than, say, for expanding guest worker programs or family - based immigration, both of which are included in the larger reform bill.

Also, establish a strong local customer base before thinking of expanding.

The Bank of America Fall 2012 Strong Local Economies May Shield Small Businesses From Possible National Downturn shows that the majority of small business's customers come from the community in which their business is based.

We also try to acquire some local companies to build the strong base in the local countries.

The federal government is taking an interest in the emerging technology, which could form the basis for a strong local innovation ecosystem

Driven by our growing member base, VetTogethers boost local leaders who foster a strong peer network and keep conversations going with every monthly event.

According to Fitch, Chile's biggest lenders «exhibit a solid risk management framework based on local regulatory standards and robust corporate governance practices, adequate provisioning and controlled impairment levels», whilst also possessing strong levels of liquidity.

It was just a spur - of - the - moment rant born of frustration to be honest because even though there is amazing theological basis for this kind of a marriage it never seems to make its way out of the silo of academia or even strong local churches so sometimes it feels like the popular and prolific teaching in the modern Church leans more towards a form of soft patriarchy.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

This dialogue is essential to the co-creation of an effective, coherent and evidence - based regulatory environment that enables a strong and thriving local and fair food economy.

This will require a cultural shift — driven by stronger and more strategic business leaders — away from the existing environment of price - based competition and fear of local competitors.

That's how you retrain your taste buds to pick up on subtle flavors, as opposed to the strong, artificial, chemical based flavor enhanced processed foods that are never in short supply at your local supermarket!

With the parking lot full, lines waiting outside as the casual dining restaurant / sports bar opened its doors, and a high and diverse volume of businesspeople, families, couples, sports fans, and other locals streaming in throughout the day, the new restaurant recorded very strong opening - day revenues to welcome the popular Maryland - based brand to the Northeast.

Over the past few months, our Manchester - based men's football club have been actively building strong links with local primary schools to provide coaching opportunities for children.

During that time, I learned first - hand the importance of having a vibrant community and a strong base of local businesses.

I suspect that the most important strides in PS nutrition have been made on a school - by - school basis, usually the result of strong and consistent parent involvement combined with caring and creative local administrators.

«One of the first political lessons you learn is all politics is local and I think it's really smart of her to make sure her base comes out strong for her,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

A party for those whose priorities include the Welfare State, workers» rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, grammar schools, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

But Eastleigh has been in Lib Dem hands for a long time, and the party has a strong local government base in the borough.

«We want to have a stronger base so we can go back to local elections and win more local offices,» Hawkins said.

The Belgium - based Ghanaian entertainment personality mentioned that although the «Kakai» hit maker seems to be doing well on the local scene, «I don't think the Shatta brand is all that strong on the international stage and so we will like to take over the management of that brand to make it a stronger one.»

The Utica College Pioneers have a strong local fan base and consistently sell out the Aud for games, which has led to the nation's highest average attendance for a NCAA Division III hockey team.

Based on her findings, Enkelmann shows clear evidence for a strong relationship between global and local climate change and a mountain's internal tectonic plate shifts and topographic changes.

«The integrated tool chain will allow service providers to automatically protect the assets in their mobile applications with the best local and network - based protection techniques,» notes Bjorn De Sutter, coordinator of the project, adding that «ASPIRE will make mobile software more trustworthy by leveraging the available network connection and by developing a layered security approach of strong protections.

Although the hook - up site lacks strong membership base as compared to other adult sites, it eases the chance of local gay men and groups coming together for group funs.

Agencies in the international dating industry - local service vs. foreign based: methods of work, strong and weak points, how to deal with them.

And Fargo opens with a pretty strong roundhouse slap: a title card indicating that the (totally fabricated) plot of the film was based on true crimes, implying that Minnesota is such a remote and irrelevant cultural environment that a half - dozen people could get slaughtered in one weekend and even the locals wouldn't be quite sure if they remember that actually happening.

In addition to a strong foundation of study skills, students participate in a problem - based learning group that partners with a local industry professional.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Using project - based learning, she has developed strong partnerships with the community, enabling students to innovate and create new solutions to local problems.

«As governor, I passed reforms based on the sound principles of local control, high standards, and strong accountability,» Bush said.

They also don't look for the assets and supports that are diminished through school choice practices that are represented in established, community - based schools, such as strong social and communication networks, and additional human resources provided by local stakeholders (National Education Association et al. 2016).

What helps make it work, he said, is a combination of strong community partners and local control of district funds, called site - based funding.

Fortunately, OSOL has many assets already aligned: a visionary leader, a talented team, a strong and growing base of families, support from local partners like Oakland Community Organizations [1], and district leadership that is aware of the need to embrace innovation (even when it struggles to do so).

They tend to have committed leaders, strong relationships with local community - based organizations, and a commitment to delivering a wide range of services and supports.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

Additionally, MAEP was designed to provide increased funding for poorer school districts, or those without a strong local tax base.

Recently, a coalition of local community Chicago groups offered a strong blueprint for community - based school improvement.

These model programs attract strong candidates, incorporate clinical training, have strong relationships with local school districts, and utilize performance - based assessments to determine the effectiveness of teachers - in - training.

Through small learning communities, college - preparatory curriculum and strong partnerships with local employers, career academies offer work - based learning opportunities and rigorous pathways to postsecondary education and careers.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

There is stronger evidence than ever that students need to be actively engaged in learning during the summer, whether it is checking out books at the local library, going to summer camps or in a full - day, school - based program.

She has a particular interest in relationship based learning and building stronger partnerships with whānau groups and local communities to improve the learning outcomes for their students.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.

I have nothing against, Barnes and Noble, but Borders is a strong supporter of local arts, launches new authors on a regular basis, and works with publishers in a cooperative manner.

For local authors and small publishers, libraries also have the potential to be strong partners for generating e-book sales, for providing access to other kinds of online and digital content, and for collaborating in the creation of new digital content based on the library's unique collections.

These customers make for a strong, local, and loyal deposit base — which is a small bank's key funding source and most important foundation.

However, despite some of the challenges around the execution, we continue to feel good about the deals and their fundamentals; our basis is below replacement cost and comparable sales, the submarket has strong local demand drivers, we have some positive leasing momentum, we have a great team in - place, there is plenty of capital reserves, and we maintain low leverage and a great relationship with our lender etc..

A strong connection to other local pet focused people and companies can simultaneously serve as a cat customer base and a source of referrals — and, when the store's staff is well educated, customers come to regard them as pet experts furthering the store's reputation and its bottom line.

Nooga Paws supports local rescues and shelters through events and donations; runs an ad on National Public Radio, which has a strong following in the Chattanooga area; and utilizes social media and e-mail to engage its customer base.