Sentences with phrase «thirds of my working life»

We spend close to a third of our working lives sitting in the office in our own work area or cubicle.

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Already by 2001, when Health Canada conducted a massive survey of 31,571 workers on the subject of work - life balance, a third of respondents said they enjoyed high flexibility in working hours and location, and another 39 %, moderate flexibility.

For our Main Street Entrepreneur tour — a road trip across the U.S. in which we interviewed founders from all walks of life — about one - third of the entrepreneurs we interviewed worked in the industry in which they started their business.

With the motto «God first, family second, career third,» she encouraged sales reps to take control of their work lives — «They are presidents, literally, of their own little companies, and they can make them as big as they want,» she told Inc. — an enlightened attitude, particularly in the hardscrabble world of MLM.

More than half of retirees tell T. Rowe that they're living as well or better than they did when they were working — and nearly two - thirds like not spending as much.

Trading money for time work but trading time for money in the third of your life doesn't.

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

If a company can find a third party company which can provide cheaper labour, less regulation and fewer taxes, but also treats its workers fairly and provides them with a safe working environment and better quality of life, as many do, it can be an excellent option.

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Tearfund said a third of all food produced globally is not eaten and waste on this scale is «fueling climate change, causing more droughts, floods and less reliable rain, making life harder for the people in poverty across the world that Tearfund works with».

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

but on the third day using his Power of Resurrection rose from the dead to claim his seat next to God in heaven, I mean next to himself since he was also God and then told the masses that he died for their sins, though oddly enough being God he could have simply absolved them of their sins and he really didn't die because he lives and is coming back to judge man based upon the original sins... but not sure if that would work since man can clearly kill a God with wood and nails... I know, I know confusing and likely to be labeled heresy... but debates about nomenclature and religion... i mean story telling... just don't mix.

As it enters its third decade of life, COCU is working consciously to foster such togetherness, in theological agreement, in ministry and mission and in congregational life.

The first two sections in themselves offer a useful historical overview of the developments in biblical criticism and the third section offers numerous insights into the theology of St John and the life of the primitive Church while the whole work together could help usher in some long - awaited commonsense in New Testament studies.

I explore ways in which Jacob's work reflected life as it was in the beginning in my booklet Work and the Christian Family.3 Here, though, we take as our starting point the text from the third chapter of Genesis that focuses on the entry of suffering into our family relationshwork reflected life as it was in the beginning in my booklet Work and the Christian Family.3 Here, though, we take as our starting point the text from the third chapter of Genesis that focuses on the entry of suffering into our family relationshWork and the Christian Family.3 Here, though, we take as our starting point the text from the third chapter of Genesis that focuses on the entry of suffering into our family relationships.

Come to Life through Faith in Jesus Finished work on the cross to take away ALL SINS, his burial, which is the proof of death, and his resurrected Life on the third day.

This condition is one factor behind the steady decay of purpose and the decline in identity among mainline denominations: The second volume of the United Methodist Church's «Into Our Third Century» series argues that the denomination's most pressing need as it approaches its bicentennial in 1984 is «to develop a clear sense of purpose and identity for its life and work.»

Glasgow and Dundee are also the principal centres of urban blight with only two - thirds of the working age populations in employment, and the highest Scottish levels of children living in poverty, to which can be added high levels of ill health and of alcohol and drug abuse.

A third contribution comes out more clearly in Schweitzer's other major work among the considerable number he wrote, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle.8 There he maintains that Paul's conception of the kingdom, though he expected an imminent end of the world, was far from other - worldly in its bearing on the Christian life.

«47 And third, it is through this work of reinterpreting its own traditions that Israel as a community develops a historical consciousness, thereby becoming a historical reality, if it is true, as critical scholarship suggests, that Israel did not exist as a unified entity until the amphictyonic period after the settlement of Canaan, then we can say that «by elaborating this history as a living tradition, Israel projected itself into the past as a single people, to whom occurred, as to an indivisible totality, the deliverance from Egypt, the revelation on Sinai, the wandering in the desert, the gift of the Promised Land.

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The third noteworthy feature of a theological school as an «intellectual center of the Church's life» is that its intellectual work is at once disinterestedly theoretical and driven by a passionate interest.

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P.J. Quesada represents the third generation of family leadership for the company, and he says Ramar Foods works hard to live up to the values his grandparents instilled in their family and their company.

My third visit to Paris was just last year, in the middle of my work trip, when I was, it seemed living someone else's life for a bit.

Since 2004, Zotter has been a permanent licence partner of FairTrade Austria, and according to its founder Josef Zotter, they believe that as a cocoa processing company, they carry the responsibility for the living and working conditions of the cocoa farmers in third world countries.

«It was very difficult to leave West Brom because I had spent nearly a third of my life there and had made a lot of good friends and worked with good people.

Fathers» working hours: parental analysis from the third work - life balance employee survey and the maternity and paternity rights and benefits survey of parents.

And yes, it's also true that many of us (at least those of us who are white and middle - class) are a bit self - absorbed or extremely focused on our careers (we're the «third waver» feminists, and many of us from Day One saw our lives as defined by our work.

One third of fathers live apart from their children, experiencing a unique range of challenges which often impact negatively on work performance.

As outlined in our new blog, numerous internationally respected studies make clear the importance of secure father - child attachment — including, for example, work by Dr Paul Ramchandani of Imperial College London which shows that «disengaged and remote father - child interactions as early as the third month of life» predict behaviour problems in children when they are older [1] and US research showing that «verbal exchanges between fathers and their infants and between mothers and their infants each, independently and uniquely, predict pre-schoolers» social competence and lower aggression» [2].

A father involved in caring can assist mothers to work [see note a][2.13] and mothers are more likely to work when living with their partner (in these families fathers do one third of parental care).

The third and most fundamental reason for men to embrace a more egalitarian and open - ended distribution of family work is that doing so can foster a more diverse and fulfilling life.

Roughly two - thirds of adults (67 %) say the increasing number of women working for pay outside the home has made it easier for families to earn enough to live comfortably.

Whether you're getting ready for baby for the first time or it's your third pregnancy, one of your chief concerns in the coming months will be figuring out how you're going to manage a work - life balance now that you're a new mom.

Almost two - thirds (62 per cent) of children growing up in poverty live in a household where at least one member works.3

As part of their Rebuilding Shattered Lives project, research by the homeless charity St Mungo's revealed that a third of the women they work with say domestic violence contributed to their homelessness.

Third it questions the capacity of philosophical approaches to acknowledge that judgments and decisions are made right, not by conforming to an abstract principle, but by being made, committed to, and seen through in the imperfect world in which we live (a view known as «decisionism» and linked to the work of Max Weber).

«On behalf of the families who live and work in my district, I am grateful to all of the helping hands who are responsible for the opening of this new residence on Third Avenue,» said Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz.

Report author Stewart Lansley said: «Up to a third of those of working age are facing a deepening livelihood crisis, one which has brought weakening job opportunities, low living standards and a range of new economic uncertainties compared with the immediate post-war decades.

«Second we need to unite our country and third we need a strong, new positive vision for the future of our country - a vision of a country that works not for the privileged few but works for every one of us, because we're going to give people more control over their lives and that's how together we will build a better Britain.»

And two thirds of the children growing up in poverty live in a household where someone works.

Of course, this completely ignores the fact that, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), nearly two - thirds of children in poverty actually live in working householdOf course, this completely ignores the fact that, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), nearly two - thirds of children in poverty actually live in working householdof children in poverty actually live in working households.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Over a third (37 %) said secure employment with fair access to pay progression would most encourage them to remain; Excessive workload was the biggest problem being experienced during the induction year, followed by a lack of support to deal with poor pupil behaviour; Nearly six in ten (59 %) say they do not have a reasonable work / life balance.

And that's an increasingly important problem: a new analysis of official figures by ECP shows that the number of children in poverty in working households has risen by 300,000 since 2010 to reach 2.4 million - meaning that nearly two thirds of children in poverty live in working households.

Katko makes no apologies for accepting the money, and emphasizes that two - thirds of his donors (not total cash contributions) are people who either live or work in the 24th District.

«One in four working parents has been plunged into debt due to the crippling cost of childcare, a report warned yesterday... The poll of more than 4,000 working parents also found nearly two - thirds «can not afford not to work, but struggle to pay for childcare»... The average bill for sending a child under the age of two to a nursery for 25 hours a week is # 96, while a live - out nanny in central London costs about # 32,000 a year.»

Fewer than a third of men and women without children reported work - life balance as a career obstacle, compared to 47 % for men with children and 72 % for women with children.

Understanding these pocket rain forests and how they sustain themselves in the middle of a rugged desert has become the life's work of a small cadre of scientists who are only now beginning to fully appreciate Fray Jorge's third and deepest surprise: The trees that grow here do more than just drink the fog.