Sentences with phrase «take on an independence»

Watch voters from outside of Scotland's big cities, give their take on the independence referendum.

We start off with an indie's take on Independence Day, some formatting help, the growth of e-books, advice from a pro, and a novelist who used self - publishing to leap to his goal.

Not exact matches

Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.

As the crisis over Catalonia's independence reached fever pitch this weekend, a small team from the region took on La Liga titan Real Madrid — and won.

Financial independence in old age depends on two things — individuals taking steps to prepare themselves for retirement and the conditions to set them up for success.

The Spanish team joined a country - wide strike on Tuesday to protest against «the serious events which took place during the day of the Catalan referendum on independence.»

Just like the Declaration of Independence, it has taken a long time and a lot of work (on the part of marketers and journalists) to get influencer marketing where it is today.

Spanish government moves to squelch Catalan vote Spanish authorities are moving to prevent an independence referendum from taking place in the Catalonia region on Sunday, 1 October.

Signing his name on the Declaration of Independence, just below the phrase «We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,» he knew the risk he was taking — had he been captured, he would have been drawn and quartered, a traitor to the King.

Yep, this is one group of fun - loving, Fourth of July - celebrating patriots who learned a valuable lesson: If you rock out too hard on Independence Day, police may just show up to show you how to take it to the next level.

Each year the company also takes out full - page ads in numerous newspapers proclaiming its faith at Christmastime and on Independence Day.

Appended to the resolution are a dozen pages of information on site development, ramps, entrances, doors, stairs and rest rooms, The UCC — on Independence Day 1977 — called on «each local congregation to take affirmative action assuring the full integration of persons with handicaps into membership of the Christian fellowship at all levels.»

We would do well to look toward a different tree: not that of the knowledge of good and evil, falsely tempting us with a leap toward divine independence, but the tree that was built into a cross, on which God in lowly human flesh took the penalty for human sin and evil.

Do it like a reversed Hammond and May, take a ferry from Norway to Newcastle (after all the game is on the norwegian independence day, that's something to experience), then by air to your destination.

Dave Righetti is famous for throwing a no - hitter on Independence Day, and now he's famous for grabbing a one - hitter on Memorial Day, but seriously, folks, Hunter Strickland was acting like a freak, and it took three of his teammates to corral him.

Dressed in his National Guard uniform, the 29 - year - old Yepremian, born on Cyprus of Armenian parents, took the naturalization oath along with 918 other new citizens in a special ceremony the evening of Independence Day.

I think kids have to be ready to use the toilet, and be developing a natural sense of independence where they want to dress themselves, learn the right way to put on underwear (for us that means the bow goes in the front) and go through the motions of taking care of themselves.

Soon she'll take over and be on her way to independence.

You may not notice changes in your toddler's independence level at first, but as he or she gets older and goes to preschool or on play dates with other children around the same age, you'll be able to tell which children are more reliant on their parents and which ones are able to take care of themselves to some degree.

Depending on circumstances (age started; individual learning curve; good health; positive environment; consistency or caregiver (s); etc.) and one's definition of the term «potty trained» (ability to release on cue; ability to retain and wait to go; importance or lack of clothing factors; total potty independence), it generally takes from 6 months to 2 years.

Allowing our children to lead in developing their independence can take some of the burden off of us, but it requires a good dose of patience and a focus on teaching, not training our children.

On average, it takes three to twelve months from the start of training to daytime toilet independence.

His independence has always amazed me he has always done things on his own time without us having to push him, we have barely even started explaining potty training but just in the beginning of talking about poo poo in the potty and yesterday he pulled out his potty took off his diaper and went in the potty.

Yes, we said the whiteman was not good so we drove him away on 6th March, 1967 and declared Independence, A black whiteman took over the country and Ghana is now worse, so whose fault is it?

The yes campaign has largely taken the natural supporters of independence for granted, concentrating instead on trying to reassure those more inclined to vote no of the continuity of traditions and down playing the risks of independence — tactics more likely to appeal to those high on conscientiousness and low on openness to experience.

The Super Furry Animals on fighting the «smug» Tories, Welsh independence and Jeremy Corbyn It's telling that the main stories from this year's Conservative party conference have been about what has taken place outside the conference «safe zone» rather than inside.

«As a former federal prosecutor, Todd started his career taking on corrupt politicians from both parties, and we need someone with that independence working to clean up Albany and restore New Yorkers» faith and trust in their state government,» Rice said.

Men were frequently taken to be the only ones capable of political participation, and the emphasis on independence can easily verge on celebrating a particularly masculine ideal.

Depending on whether this first referendum takes place, and the international reaction towards it, there could be a second referendum — on RS independence — which Mr Dodik has been repeatedly announcing (most recently for 2018).

In order to come to a sound judgement on it, it's worth taking a look at the various models on offer, so that we can assess them for speed, purpose and independence.

However, I do think any Eurosceptic will end up in in reactionary territory were they to take Powell seriously as a prophet on the substance of what «national independence» means, not least because this was already a self - professed reactionary project in 1968 (with Powell believing the British Nationality Act of 1948 was the root of all of our troubles).

«I believe that it is now time to take the logical next step — to move Scotland on and grasp the opportunities offered by the independence other countries enjoy.»

Mr. Marte, as a result of several write - ins on the Independence Party line, moved to take up the option to running as an Independence Party candidate.

[69] It was suggested that, following the conclusion of negotiations, the UK Parliament would legislate for Scottish independence to take place on the date that had been negotiated.

With a referendum on Scottish independence set to take place in Scotland on 18 September 2014, the British state's survival is far from certain.

Divisive, but positive: Watch voters in Edinburgh give their take on the Scottish independence referendum

The state Independence Party threw its support behind Staten Island Rep. Mike McMahon for the first time yesterday after taking a pass on the Democratic congressman in 2008.

With Alex Salmond in a state of total confusion on the single most important economic decision a country can take — which currency to have: first he wanted the Euro — saying sterling was a «millstone around our neck» and now he wants independence but to keep the pound all the same.

The SNP aimed to capitalise on its 2015 electoral gains in the Scottish Parliament elections, Plaid Cymru sought to overtake Labour in the Welsh Assembly elections and take control of the Senedd, and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) intended to increase its overall leverage in the UK in a series of other elections held across the nation.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. has empanelled a grand jury that is taking testimony in a case involving Mayor Bloomberg's $ 750,000 contribution to the state Independence Party in 2009 that was passed on to campaign operative John Haggerty, who has never fully accounted for how he spent the cash, sources confirm.

Elaine Jones, chairwoman of the East Hampton Independence Party, said on Monday that, «We chose those we believed have really taken interest.

While her campaign boasted about the amount of money she raised, releasing the totals at 2 p.m. on the Friday of the Independence Day weekend — taken by most as a holiday — could be construed as an attempt to release the news when few are paying attention.

Candidates on the Independence line do not have to take marching orders from political party bosses or follow tooth and nail a restrictive party platform insofar as policy positions and social issues are concerned, instead they are free to make conscious and pragmatic decisions as to what is best for their constituency.

Former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at President Trump's Justice Department on Thursday, questioning its judicial independence in light of efforts by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to...

It's a seasonably mild Wednesday on Capitol Hill, a week before Congress takes its Independence Day break, and Chris Gibson is running late.

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has accepted a challenge from Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to take part in a public debate on Britain's membership of the EU.

That independence has allowed him to take on so many of New York's sacred cows: the MTA, unions, the entrenched Democratic machine and the state legislature.

Taking questions after his speech to the Reform thinktank, Mr Fox said: «Those in politics on the other side of the world can huff and puff but it will not change our resolve politically to retain the independence and the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands nor to come to their defence and to maintain deterrence as best we can.

If we may ask, what is the point of granting the judiciary independence on the one hand if it is taken away with the other, for example, by failing and / or refusing to regularly and punctually pay their salaries and allowances?