Agencies Sentence Examples

Sent her to half a dozen agencies on rotation.

Both agencies are now employed side by side.

Outside the United Kingdom it has its own agencies or secretaries in twenty-seven of the chief cities of the world, and maintains depots in zoo other centres.

The society's foreign agencies extend to China, Japan, Korea, the Turkish empire, Bulgaria, Egypt, Micronesia, Siam, Mexico, Central America, the South American republics, Cuba and the Philippines.

Private banks are numerous, but foreign banks are not encouraged to open agencies.

The data gathered by the Federal census have never made possible a satisfactory and trustworthy calculation of the birthrate, and state and local agencies possess no such data Birth-rate for any considerable area.

The work of the live-stock branch is directed towards the improvement of the stock-raising industry, and is carried on through the agencies of expert teachers and stock judges, the systematic distribution of pure-bred breeding stock, the yearly testing of pure-bred dairy herds, the supervision of the accuracy of the registration of pure-bred animals and the nationalization of live-stock records.

Among other provincial agencies for Agri imparting information there are farmers' institutes, cultural travelling dairies, live-stock associations, farmers', dairymen's, seed-growers', and fruit-growers' associa- tions tions, and agricultural and horticultural societies.

All streams, from the tiniest rill to the greatest river, are continually engaged in transporting downstream solid particles of rock, the product of weathering agencies in the area which they drain.

Indirectly, however, there have been many agencies which have operated towards this end.

Such conventions obviously remove occasions for friction and are therefore among the most effective agencies contributing to the preservation of peace among civilized peoples.

In the trans-border agencies the valleys of the Swat, Kurram and Tochi rivers yield abundant rice crops.

In his Principles of Psychology he twice quotes his point that " what we are conscious of as properties of matter, even down to its weight and resistance, are but subjective affections produced by objective agencies which are unknown and unknowable."

Nothing could be more like Hume than his final statement that what we are conscious of is subjective affections produced by objective agencies unknown and unknowable.

By the operation of meteoric agencies, iron pyrites readily pass into limonite often with retention of external form; and the masses of "gozzan" or "gossan" on the outcrop of certain mineral-veins consist of rusty iron ore formed in this way, and associated with cellular quartz.

The ferric hydrate is also readily deposited from ferruginous waters, often by means of organic agencies.

It is not possible to follow in detail the history of the hundred or' more organized societies of some size that have thus come into being since the end of the 18th century, still less that of the three or four hundred smaller agencies.'

The Australian Presbyterians have important agencies in the South Seas and in Korea, the Australian Baptists in Bengal, the Canadians of various denominations in the Far North-West of the Dominion, and in India and China.

Besides the Protestant agencies already named, the Roman Catholic Order of the Sacred Heart has been working in the island since 1886; its centre is at Yule Island, and it works up the St Joseph's river.

The American Baptists in Liberia (1821) and the Basel Mission in the Gold Coast (1827), the Congregationalists of the United States of America and Canada in Angola, and the English and American Baptists on the Congo (since 1875) have also extensive and prospering agencies.

The Paris Society, represented especially by Francois Coillard, has been successful along the Zambezi, and Scottish, German, Moravian and Jesuit agencies are also well represented.

Northward, Central and East African organizations, following the Cape to Cairo route, are in touch with North African agencies working up the Nile.

German Missionary agencies have also come in with German colonization.

The all-decisive conflict is that between Christianity and Islam, and the Christian agencies must show much more co-operation if they are to be successful.

One of the most interesting features of missionary work in China is the comity that prevails among the workers of different societies and agencies.

The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Presbyterian Board, both of America, entered the country in 1885, and were soon joined by similar agencies from Canada and Australia.

In the Archipelago most of the work has naturally been in the hands of the Netherlands Missionary Society (1812) and other Dutch agencies, who at first were not encouraged by the colonial government, but have since done well, especially in the Minahassa district of Celebes (r50,000 members) and among the Bataks of Sumatra (Rhenish Mission).

Within this zone the crust of the earth has been ridged up into a complex system of creases or folds, out of which the great mountain chains of southern Europe and Asia have been carved by atmospheric agencies.

Within the Carboniferous rocks, but due to the action of various agencies long after their deposition, are important ore formations; such are the Rio Tinto ores of Spain, the lead and zinc ores and some haematite of the Pennine and Mendip hills and other British localities, and many ore regions in the United States.

The fourth period is that in which the various subaerial agencies of abrasion, and especially the streams which drain the mountain chain of the Apennines, have produced the present features of the Campagna, a plain furrowed by gullies and ravines.

Machinery was invented for disintegrating the leaves and freeing the fibre, and at the same time experiments were made with the view of obtaining it by water-retting, and by means of alkaline solutions and other chemical agencies.

The propaganda agencies of all the nations, and especially of the Central Powers, had flooded the mails, used the lecture platforms and organized their semiofficial press.

For it is not supported by temporal agencies like the spiritual authority of the Christian priesthood in the middle ages, but is a pure power of knowledge over the ignorant masses, who do nothing without consulting their spiritual advisers.

In the case of the freshwater algae, however, belonging to the Chlorophyceae and Cyanophyceae, although they required to be immersed during the vegetative period, the reproductive cells are often capable of resisting a considerable degree of desiccation, and in this condition are dispersed through great distances by various agencies.

Any Contents which used or transmitted for or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities (U.S. Government), is provided with Restricted Rights.

In the effects of exercise, of physiological activity and the gross results of such external agencies as food, temperature, climate, light, pressure and so forth the intrinsic factor appears to become more important.

Although the national God was at once a transcendent ruler of the universe and also near at hand to man, the unconscious religious feeling found an outlet, not only in the splendid worship at Jerusalem, but in the more immediate intercessors, divine agencies, and the like; and when Judaism left its native soil the local supernatural beings revived - as characteristically as when the old placenames threw off their Greek dress - and they still survive, under a veneer of Mahommedanism, as the modern representatives of the Baals of the distant past.'

Opium is issued for local consumption in India from the government manufactories at Ghazipur and Patna in the Behar and Benares Agencies, and sold through private retailers at a monopoly price.

The wholesale trade thus rests ultimately with a comparatively small number of persons, who have agencies, or rather corresponding firms, at the great central marts.

The Dai Ichi Ginko (First Bank of Japan), which has a branch in Seoul and agencies in other towns, was made the government central treasury, and its notes were recognized as legal tender in Korea.

There are bank agencies in Sandakan, and the company does banking business when required.

The existence of ancient lacustrine beaches, upheaved between the two basins by volcanic agencies or left dry by some enlargement of the San Juan outfall, and a consequent subsidence of the water-level, seems to indicate that the lakes were formerly united.

He also founded orders of School Brothers and School Sisters, to work in the various educational agencies he had called into existence, and he laboured to institute orphanages and rescue homes.

The Central India agency is divided for administrative purposes into eight units, two classed as residencies and six as agencies.

These are the residencies of Gwalior and Indore, and the agencies of Baghelkhand, Bhopal, Bhopawar, Bundelkhand, Indore and Malwa.

Education, relief of distress, regulation of labour and trade, are duties now in great part performed by public agencies, and their increasing prominence involves augmented expense.

Alike in expenditure, in forms of receipt, and in methods of administration the central government has the right of directing and supervising the work of municipal and provincial agencies.

Another limiting condition is found in the practical impossibility of levying by local agencies such imposts as the customs and the income-tax in their modern forms. The elaborate machinery that is requisite for covering the national area and securing the revenue against loss can only be provided by an authority that can deal with the whole territory.

In 1806 Davy communicated to the Royal Society of London a celebrated paper on some " Chemical Agencies of Electricity," and after providing himself at the Royal Institution of London with a battery of several hundred cells, he announced in 1807 his great discovery of the electrolytic decomposition of the alkalis, potash and soda, obtaining therefrom the metals potassium and sodium.

Just as the emperor is kami, and provincial officers of rank, so also mountains, rivers, the sea, thunder, winds, and even animals like the tiger, wolf or fox, are all kami.7 The spirits of the dead also become kami, of varying character and position; some reside in the temples built in their honour; some hover near their tombs; but they are constantly active, mingling in the vast multitude of agencies which makes every event in the universe, in the language of Motowori (1730-1801), the act of the Kami.

Broadly speaking it may be said that a distinction may be drawn between " spirits " and " gods," but it is a distinction of degree rather than of kind, obvious enough at the upper end, yet shading off into manifold varieties of resemblance in the lower forms. Some writers only recognize friendly agencies as gods; but destructive powers like the volcano, or the lords of the underworld, cannot be regarded as the protectors of the life of man, yet they seem in many mythologies to attain the full personalised stature of gods with definite names.

There is no state bank, though the Bank of Chile, with its numerous agencies and its paid-up capital of 20,000,000 pesos, may be said to fill the place of such an institution.

In April 1890 it took over thePersian business of the New Oriental Bank Corporation, soon afterwards opened branches and agencies at the principal towns, and issued notes in the same year.

The Imperial Bank of Persia, which had already advanced a large sum of money, and thereby greatly facilitated the shahs early departure from Tabriz and enabled the grand vizier at Teheran to carry on the government, started buying up the copper coinage at all its branches and agencies.

There appears to be no trustworthy record of his formal conversion, assigned to various times and various agencies.

The lavas and ashes which form these cones are mostly andesitic. Mud " volcanoes " occur upon the Makran coast, but it is doubtful whether these are in any way connected with true volcanic agencies.

Not only is the primitive substance God, the one supreme being, but divinity must be ascribed to His manifestations - to the heavenly bodies, which are conceived, like Plato's created gods, as the highest of rational beings, to the forces of nature, even to deified men; and thus the world was peopled with divine agencies.

Further, these molecules in the nervous system present the same susceptibility to heat and other physical agencies as does tetanus antitoxin.

The Confederates established agencies in England for the purchase of arms, which they despatched in ordinary merchant vessels to the Bahamas, whence they were transhipped into fast steamers especially constructed for the purpose.

Malwa opium is produced in a large number of states in the Central India and Rajputana Agencies, chiefly Gwalior, Indore and Bhopal, in the former, and Mewar in the latter.

The idea that systematic efforts should be made to improve the breed of mankind by checking the birth-rate of the unfit and furthering the productivity of the fit was first put forward by him in 1865; he mooted it again in 1884, using the term "eugenics" for the first time in Human Faculty, and in 1904 he endowed a research fellowship in the university of London for the promotion of knowledge of that subject, which was defined as "the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations, either physically or mentally."

Other denominational agencies have been concerned with the printing and circulation of Swedenborgian literature, a training college for the ministry (founded in 1852), and a Ministers' Aid Fund (18J4), and an Orphanage (1881).

Statistics of every kind - of climate, agriculture, mining, manufactures, trade, population, births, marriages, deaths, disease, migration, education - are liberally furnished by government agencies.

None of them arrested, some actually accelerated, the natural agencies of damp and disintegration, decay and mildew.

It is important for our purpose to notice that the condition of coloni was developed as a result of historic necessity by the working of economic and social agencies in the first centuries of the Roman empire and was made the subject of regular legislation in the 4th and 5th centuries.

The loosening of bondage is also, to a great extent, prepared by the working of local economic agencies.

Quartz being a mineral very resistant to weathering agencies, it forms the bulk of sands and sandstones; and when the sand grains are cemented together by a later deposit of secondary quartz a rock known as quartzite results.

The effects produced by desiccating agencies are beyond all comparison more powerful than those which result from the earthquakes that are so frequent in Turkestan.

The system was thus shown, apart from unknown agencies of subversion, to be constructed for indefinite permanence.

This serves to distinguish flints which have been fashioned by human agencies from those which have been split merely by the action of frost and the weather.

The specific feature of Christianity is its mediatorial element, its profound feeling of the striving of the finite individual to reach the unity of the infinite whole, and its conception of the way in which Deity deals with this effort by mediatorial agencies, which are both divine and human.

Metrodorus, rivalling some recent flights of conjecture, resolved not only the gods but even heroes like Agamemnon, Hector and Achilles " into elemental combinations and physical agencies."

Far from having impressed its own direction on the orientation of the chain at large, this crest is merely the resultant of secondary agencies by which the primitive mass has been eroded and lessened in bulk, and though its importance from a hydrographic point of view is still considerable, its geological significance is practically nil.

The primitive philosophy of animism involves the ascription of all phenomena to personal agencies.

As phenomena are good or evil, produce pleasure or pain, cause weal or woe, a distinction in the character of these agencies is gradually recognized; the agents of good become gods, those of evil, demons.

There are native agencies at Nancowry harbour and on Car Nicobar, both of which places are gazetted ports.

A physiological classification according to an action on the brain, heart, kidney or other important organ becomes still more bewildering, as many substances produce the same effects by different agencies, as, for instance, the kidneys may be acted upon directly or through the circulation, while the heart may be affected either through its muscular substance or its nervous apparatus.

Fluorine and its compounds are often supposed to have been among the agencies which produce this change, but more probably carbonic acid played the principal role.

It is important to liaise with other agencies contributing to the care of the child.

The basic premise of a CSC is to develop partnerships with industrial affiliates and other government agencies to benefit human space flight.

But early talk of compulsory purchase aroused some local anger and the agencies backed off.

The HLF should develop a working relationship with funding agencies which are supporting pure research to identify areas where synergy is possible.

These agencies may provide invaluable assistance in these environments.

Referral to other agencies e.g. audiology, schools psychological service, child development center.

Or your spouse each year for at those agencies the strategy backfired.

However the agencies who were doing their job properly stood out like shining beacons.

Residents in Bedford's Goldington ward have a cleaner environment on Thursday following an early morning blitz by local agencies.

However, the state agencies ' incapacity to meet this demand opened the terrain for local institutional bricolage and competition.

Q.34 Do the agencies need any fresh powers, for example, to make bylaws?

Outside agencies can and should advise and even cajole, but I don't think coercion works.

Despite considerable research and promotion, both by government and external agencies, few farmers cultivate other cereals.

Community entrepreneurs are overcoming the social challenges that are defeating the agencies of the state.

For others it was deemed necessary to refer them to other agencies for treatment or support; eg. the community chiropody service.

He then went commercial, working for agencies Ogilvy & Mather and TBWA.

Find out about the work of international aid agencies who support those displaced by conflict.

This linking is amplified by a fiscally conservative environment that asks agencies to do more with less.

There is no evidence of an organized conspiracy against Labor by the intelligence agencies.

Running scared of successful community-supported workers co-ops; government agencies have been ignoring the cooperative's attempts to become a legal entity.

In some cases communicative agencies have radically decentralized for participatory media.

East Midlands development agency (EMDA) EMDA is one of nine regional development agencies in England.

Also looks at which agencies can provide help in securing employment.

Has any aspect of secular eschatology impacted on these agencies?

These agencies often turned their skills toward economic espionage.

Agencies, individuals, and corporations are encouraged to post jobs on a free job board for hurricane evacuees.

International relief agencies began to respond as a huge exodus of refugees began to require immediate emergency relief.

Those who wished to pursue this theory were free to apply to funding agencies for resources to conduct such experiments.

International agencies are investing heavily in temporary pre fabricated buildings to provide as many homes as possible before winter.

The business of buying and selling recruitment agencies creates work for a variety of interested parties, including corporate financiers, lawyers and brokers.

Certain coastal fora have also been set up by the country nature conservation agencies.

Agencies everywhere are taking a collective gasp of horror.

Individuals and agencies worse broker Georgia license mortgage experts believe.

Nobody wanted governesses nowadays, said the agencies, when these preliminaries were over; every-body sent their children to properly organized schools.

Agencies failing to observe the rules could be left with a nasty legal hangover once the festivities are over.

The conservation agencies and others have extensive data holdings coded using the NVC.

Home Improvement Agencies assist vulnerable homeowners or private sector tenants who tend to be older, disabled or on a low income.

Sadly, we feel it lacks the features and versatility to make to the mainstay of larger agencies or publishing houses take notice.

Such individuals are sometimes called ' participating informants ' by law enforcement agencies.

Similar hacker intrusions are regularly experienced by all other US military services and government agencies.

Often, agencies are not sufficiently knowledgeable of other agencies in their area.

As a result we respond to a wide range of consultations from Government and other agencies, including many pertaining to rural issues.

Many simply got bigger and slowly metamorphosed into full-service advertising agencies.

There are huge stocks of picture showing human misery held by all the agencies.

Specialist agencies are usually multidisciplinary and are resourced to offer specialist treatment and referral.

How we assess organizational effectiveness in multilateral aid agencies During 2004, DFID established a framework for assessing the way multilaterals work.

Yet in practice UN agencies have not always acted with strict neutrality.

We promote global collaborative learning through partnerships with schools, government agencies, other nonprofits and NGOs internationally.

They will normally have a medical consultant and may also be known to other agencies, including occupational therapy and Physiotherapy.

Since 1999, the company has been consulting with agencies and advertisers to drive campaign objectives and achieve optimal ROI.

Utilizing san-serif fonts that echo the agencies visual style while using a simple two-tone color pallette that emphasizes each organizations brand identity.

Is the Internet itself set to become the plaything of hidden agencies?

At the same time, they are a convenient channel through which offical agencies can promote political pluralism.

TsunamiReady promotes tsunami hazard preparedness as collaboration among federal, state, and local emergency management agencies.

We may check your details with fraud prevention agencies.

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Partner agencies were also willing to take the advice and expertise NDT provided whilst remaining proactive in the discussion and service planning process.

The old individual puffer has vanished, his place taken by agencies that are often household names throughout the world.

The group then involve all referral agencies to modify the referral criteria in line with their service needs.

The agencies ' key purpose is to promote economic regeneration by the setting up of small firms.

Can the UN, supported by the host of, admittedly good intentioned agencies, redress the imbalance and restore equity in gender relations?

The post holder will also reroute any inappropriate referrals to local agencies, keeping the family informed at all times.

A majority of the organizations were identified through the questionnaire respondents, others were identified by working with local volunteering infrastructure agencies.

The conservation agencies have major concerns over the risks to top predators from exposure to second generation rodenticides.

The department works closely with other agencies to ensure public safety.

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Government agencies may use this information to investigate suspect companies and individuals, uncover new scams, and spot trends in fraud.

What plans does the operator have to co-operate with other relevant agencies to ensure good signage to the station from the surrounding area?

See also other useful sites for links to some of the above mentioned agencies.

Agencies defined by subsection (4)(b) are voluntary organizations which place children with foster parents in their own right.

Large estate agencies are effectively retail outlets employing very few qualified surveyors.

In Denmark, many tour agencies run boat trips to take visitors to see the offshore wind farm at Middelgrunden, near Copenhagen.

The doctrine of Anaximenes, who unites the conceptions of a determinate and indeterminate original substance adopted by Thales and Anaximander in the hypothesis of a primordial and all-generating air, is a clear advance on these theories, inasmuch as it introduces the scientific idea of condensation and rarefaction as the great generating or transforming agencies.

Bearing in mind these precautions, we may classify the proximal causal agents of disease as I.External agencies.

In the same year there were in the city 227 social, health, religious and welfare agencies.

It is on our familiarity with modes of transmission such as these, and with the exact analyses of them which the science of mathematical physics has been able to make, that our predilection for filling space with an aethereal transmitting medium, constituting a universal connexion between material bodies, largely depends; perhaps ultimately it depends most of all, like all our physical conceptions, on the intimate knowledge that we can ourselves exert mechanical effect on outside bodies only through the agencies of our limbs and sinews.

The great variety in the form, colour and scent of flowers (see Flower) is intimately associated with pollination which is effected by aid of wind, insects and other agencies.

It is true that many of these ranges are characterized by the rounded tops and the rather evenly slanting, waste-covered slopes which ncrmally result from the long-continued action of the ordinary agencies of erosion; that they bear little snow in summer and are practically wanting in glaciers; that forests are often scanty on the middle and lower slopes, the mord so because of devastation by fires; and that the general impression of great altitude is much weakened because the mountains are seen from a base which itself is 5000 or 6000 ft.

Other destructive agencies were epidemics, such especially as measles and small-pox, which swept away 30,000 Fijians in 1875; the introduction of strong drinks, including, besides vile spirits, a most pernicious concoction brewed in Tahiti from oranges; Maori Religion and Mythology, p. 26.

They include the whole of the Zhob and Chagai political agencies, the eastern portion of the Quetta tahsil and other tracts, among which may be mentioned the Bolan Pass, comprising 36,401 sq.

Engaging the community In top-down regeneration initiatives, how lead agencies made their initial approach to communities often proved important.

There are golf courses, tennis courts, horse riding stables, 4 x 4 safaris, biking rental agencies in many locations.

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Key stakeholders, agencies, staff and students were consulted in the course of the project.

Capacity Building OSW plays an important role in strengthening the capacity of its partner agencies to deliver services.

Work may be subcontracted, many workers are self employed and others supplied through agencies.

We work with a range of agencies in Cumbria to act quickly to tackle issues such as these.

For this type of travel, local asian travel agencies may give you a bigger discount than online ones.

Underpinned by a public library ethos, WWR produces reader development resources for libraries and other agencies.

Maintenance of genetic identity of locally adapted races is a responsibility of agencies which plan to reintroduce wolves into the wild.

Many agencies claim that they can help families adopt a child within a year or less.

While private adoption agencies can handle all kinds of adoptions, they are most often used for the adoption of infants and very young children.

Some agencies actually use a sliding fee scale, but you can expect to pay anywhere from $5,000 to $30,000.

If you have a questions about any of the expenses, and your question is not answered adequately enough to satisfy you, then check out some other agencies.

Private adoption agencies match parents with children in several different ways.

Sometimes agencies often search for parents to match with a particular child based on religious preferences, race, and special needs issues.

In many agencies, the birth mothers select the prospective parents by searching through detailed portfolios that prospective parents have made.

Adoption agencies vary in the types of adoptions they handle, so be sure to do your homework on each potential agency before you sign any papers.

Search for adoptive parents who have already completed the process, and ask their advice on prospective agencies and attorneys.

Most communities also have local childcare resource and referral agencies; a quick check with your neighborhood phone book or through the county government office will provide you with contact information.

If you are interested in becoming accredited or looking for a superior program, two outstanding agencies are the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the National Association for Family Child Care.

Child Care Aware is a nonprofit organization that provides an excellent resource for finding an assistance program and other information such as local rates and resource agencies.

Nannies can sign on with agencies, and the company may then add the nanny to their database.

Background Checks-Some nanny agencies do background checks before signing a nanny with their company.

Referrals-In many cases, agencies will look at the nannies listed in their database and try to create a match based on a family's preferences.

Follow-Ups-Most nanny agencies remain in contact with the employing family and the nanny.

Nanny Contract-Many agencies suggest both parties sign a contract that protects the interests of the family and the nanny.

With so many nanny agencies available online, it may be difficult deciding on the right agency for your family.

There may also be agencies in your area, however, so don't forget to search through the yellow pages of your phone book.

The following agencies will get you started.

Nanny services are often referred to as nanny agencies, and they can be found in your local phone book, through word of mouth, and on the Internet.

Even today in our enlightened world, some adoption agencies still prefer to place a child in a two parent home.

Contact several adoption agencies to find out their views on single parents, their fee schedule, their success rate, and their general services.

Internet. There are several placement agencies, such as Great Au Pair; Au Pair Care; Au Pair USA; and the International Au Pair Agency.

Adoption agencies, especially those specializing in international adoption, know the legal ins and outs of the country from which you might adopt your child.

Licensed agencies should have good reputations.

If the Better Business Bureau in the area doesn't handle complaints regarding adoption agencies, then contact the Federal Trade Commission.

Although some adoptions are arranged privately, the majority of adoptions in Guatemala are facilitated with the help of adoption agencies.

Look for honest, up front agencies that admit the possibility of the laws regarding Guatemala could change.

In addition to finding the right agencies and professionals to work with, many parents can benefit from other types of adoption help, such as support groups.

Many parents turn to international adoption agencies in their quest for a child.

Most adoptions are handled through private international adoption agencies.

The membership of this organization is comprised of international child welfare agencies, international medical clinics, advocacy and parent support groups, and more.

Don't be afraid to ask for their advice and help regarding international adoption agencies as you work to achieve your dream of adopting a child.

Prospective parents often turn to Christian adoption agencies in their quest to adopt a child.

Parents choose adoption agencies for a variety of reasons.

Those who seek out Christian adoption agencies typically do so because they are interested in the agency's philosophy.

Some agencies are actually supported by particular denominations, and they may choose to only work with those parents who follow the same faith.

Other agencies may not be quite so restrictive and require only one parent to be affiliated with their denomination.

Other agencies may consider themselves independents, meaning they aren't associated with any specific religious organization.

These agencies may only require a parent or parents to proclaim to be of the Christian faith without evidence of any particular Christian affiliation.

As with any adoption agency, Christian adoption agencies may have specific requirements established regarding prospective parents and adoptable babies.

For example, some Christian adoption agencies will accept gays and lesbians as prospective parents, providing their home study meets with approval.

Other agencies, however, may not be open to working with singles or couples of these sexual orientations.

Christian adoption agencies may also handle international adoptions.

While agencies may still have prerequisites set regarding religious beliefs, age, and/or sexual orientation, Christian agencies typically have to follow the guidelines established by the countries from which parents are adopting.

The following is a list of agencies that are located on the Internet.

Be sure and do your homework before you sign on with any of these or any other agencies, however.

You may have to shop around for an agency that will work with you, since some agencies will only represent couples.

For example, finalists sometimes win modeling contracts with premiere agencies, as well as scholarship money and more.

Because of this, adoption agencies typically advise potential parents to refrain from becoming too emotionally vested in the adoption until it has been finalized.

Many agencies do not "move" parents up the list in a first-come, first-serve manner.

Instead, agencies encourage birth parents to select the families with which they want their child to be placed.

Avoid unlicensed agencies and adoption facilitators because they may not follow state guidelines, which can create more risks for the adoptive family.

In most cases, adoption agencies attempt to keep siblings together and adopt them out to the same family.

Adoption agency - Most adoption agencies concentrate on handling the adoptions of newborns, but you may be able to locate some agencies that deal in toddler adoptions as well.

State agencies - Another option involves checking with your state's department of human resources and/or child services to find out information on any available adoption services.

The results of your search will likely include listings posted by real estate agencies, individual apartment and condominium owners, travel agents, and organizations that provide multiple apartment postings.

The rescue works closely with local animal shelters, disaster agencies, humane societies and veterinarians to identify animals in need of their help.

This program has been adopted in a number of communities all over the United States and is financed by local businesses, civic organizations, government agencies, school districts, and individuals.

The website for the Federal Trade Commission should be one of the first places you look when you are dealing with collection agencies.

Falling behind on your bill payments is stressful enough without the added hassle of dealing with collection agencies.

Collection agencies are usually the last resort for financial organizations.

Collection agencies employ a lot of scare tactics to get you to pay up.

Unfortunately, knowing this doesn't really make it any easier to deal with collection agencies.

Collection agencies don't have a lot of power to force you to cough up your cash.

Since many collection agencies and their representatives work on commission, they may resort to guilt and intimidating tactics.

The government is sympathetic to consumers who have to deal with collection agencies and has set up a number of guidelines companies must adhere to.

Debt doesn't usually go away, even if you don't have the means to pay back the collection agencies.

Third party collection agencies trying to collect on a debt.

Some unethical agencies promise help but do not deliver on the promise.

Many of these agencies are categorized as non-profit but have tricky loopholes that let them funnel huge profits back to a for-profit corporation or give themselves huge salaries and "expense accounts."

Reputable agencies either have or are willing to start relationships with virtually every creditor.

Essentially what these agencies do is charge a fee to dispute negative information on behalf of the consumer.

Order a copy online from companies offering identity theft services or order a copy through the mail from the three main reporting agencies.

Restaurants, rental car agencies, and other establishments which place a preauthorization onto the card for an amount higher than the actual purchase might attempt to place an authorization onto the card for more than the available balance.

Today they have more competition, but they are still the leader with over 100 member agencies and 900 offices through the United States.

Get a complete report from all three reporting agencies -- Experian, TransUnion and Equifax -- since that's what a lender or employer will look at.

Collection agencies may not allow collectors to threaten customers or make false statements that might scare the customer into making payments.

Law enforcement agencies are constantly looking for frauds and hackers who break the law.

Also, if this person has been hounded by collection agencies, relief from the calls and letters will be very Zen in itself.

Believe it or not, some people need the contact from the collection agencies or the continued flow of bills to motivate them to repay their debts.

The FDCPA was enacted by Congress in 1977 to stop the negative actions taken by some collection agencies such as threats, deception and harassment.

Those who avoid contacting their creditors are likely to receive phone calls and pursued aggressively by collection agencies, attorneys and the creditor themselves.

The final set of programs the government has made available to provide debt relief for the public include grants from government agencies.

Many agencies have money set aside to be distributed to citizens that are under economic hardship and not able to pay their debts.

The U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission works in conjunction with several other government agencies to offer free debt counseling and information to U.S. citizens.

The FTC is one of the agencies working through the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.

These agencies can assist you with debt counseling, budgeting advice, and bankruptcy prevention.

Accepting debt settlements can be financially feasible for creditors and collection agencies, especially when the debt was purchased from the original creditor for pennies on the dollar.

Most creditors and collection agencies already have a specific percentage of the full debt amount that they will accept for a settlement.

These companies work on your behalf to negotiate the settlement directly with the creditors or collection agencies.

This is similar to how collection agencies make money.

Federal law prohibits creditors or collection agencies from threatening you with arrest if you don't pay your debt.

Read the reports carefully and if you see any discrepancies, report them to the agencies.

You need to mail the police reports and related information to one of the agencies and include a completed form that is available on the Equifax site.

The agencies do not release specific information on how the data translates to a particular score, and this is a closely guarded industry secret.

Once that agency has processed your request, it will be forwarded to the other two agencies.

Government agencies are the only organizations that have the need for your Social Security number.

Child support enforcement agencies are directed to pursue their work to locate non-custodial parents (and collect child support payments owing) in the same vigorous manner, no matter where the children involved happen to reside.

Vitalchek.com claims to pull records from more than 400 government agencies across the United States to form its database of records.

Keep in mind that these agencies work with many families everyday and it may be a while before they can actively work on your case; don't stop searching on your own just because you have the child support enforcement office involved.

If you would rather speak to other women who are going through what you are right now, you can contact counseling agencies to ask if they have a list of resources for divorced women.

If you have children, contact the school district and ask for referrals to helping agencies for the kids.

Many government-funded agencies have free workshops and classes on co-parenting that are administered at local levels during evenings and weekends to accommodate working parents.

Usually, scientists and workers from government agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, measure water pollution by taking samples of water from different sources and analyzing them to see what pollutants the samples contain.

While government agencies do their best to combat pollution, individuals should also do their part by using biodegradable, organic products and conserving water.

There are accrediting agencies and licensing systems, and naturopaths are able to practice medicine with freedom and the protection of the government.

With agencies like this, opportunities for research and more education, naturopathy with its important past also has a bright future.

At first, the new rules seem to be yet another attempt of government agencies to regulate what people have been using for centuries.

Check with county and state agencies before enrolling in a design program to make sure your degree will comply with local regulations.

Modeling agencies are a vital tool for anyone who aspires to see her face grace the cover of magazines or to set foot on European runways.

If you live in a major city such as Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York, you will have a bountiful list of agencies to choose from.

Ultimately, no matter where you reside, all modeling agencies basically operate in the same manner.

Presentation is the key to submitting to agencies.

Rather than jumping the gun and skipping vital steps to the process, seek out small jobs on your own through online classifieds and casting agencies.

Reputable modeling agencies will never ask you for money up front.

Modeling agencies make money when you make money, end of story.

Remember, people are already banging down the doors of modeling agencies, and many of these places receive literally thousands of submissions per week.

Local modeling agencies are your best bet when you are first starting out.

In fact, it is almost impossible to land a contract with one of the larger modeling agencies until you taken a few steps up the ladder.

Best of luck to you as you encounter the crazy, glamorous, and rewarding world of modeling agencies.

Accredited colleges have been approved by state or federal agencies as providers of education that meet a predetermined standard.

Unfortunately, Monster's popularity comes with a price - ad-rich pages (often, an ad loads before you're allowed to go to the next page) and copious job postings for temp agencies and recruiters.

The site offers specialized job searches and stores resumes for job hunters, and even links to career fairs and temp agencies.

You're new in town, and your job hunt just isn't going as planned, so it may be time to check out temp agencies online.

Temp agencies flood job banks and online classifieds because they have positions to fill - fast - and they're listing more opportunities than ever before.

Temp agencies may ask you to lay out specific information on an online form, such as salary requirements, years of experience in your chosen field, and your availability for an interview.

Sure, you've sent in your resume to recruiters and temp agencies.

The Internet is a blessing to those who are seeking the best travel deals, and perhaps a small nightmare to the traditional brick-and-mortar travel agencies.

That's not an action most businesses know how to take on their own, but these agencies know how to do it for you.

People who are seeking pets can use the site to narrow their search and find contact information for agencies that have animals they're interested in adopting.

The Internet is saturated with photo stock agencies.

Amateur photographers should seek out microstock agencies.

These companies don't pay as well as traditional royalty-free photo companies; however, they also don't employ the same strict restrictions as full-fledged royalty-free agencies.

Microstock photo agencies cater to novice photographers who are passionate about taking pictures, want to share their work with others, and are interested in generating cash from the process.

If you are looking to get your foot in the door and expose your work to millions of potential clients, however, you'll find that microstock agencies can be very valuable.

Set up appointments with local agencies and let them know you are available to photograph any properties.

Each includes listings of magazines, newspapers, book publishers, photo agencies, greetings card, calendar and poster publishers, who offer freelance work.

Agencies like Alamy, iStockphoto and Getty Images all require a sample of your work to be submitted before agreeing to sell your images.

In addition to the agencies above that help match teens to jobs, you can do some of the footwork on your own.

Unfortunately, many so-called modeling agencies and photographers want to take inappropriate photos of clients, especially of young teenage girls.

Many agencies in an area may send dozens or even hundreds of model photos to a business.

It is also important to avoid any modeling agencies that require you to pay for modeling, makeup or acting classes through them.

Try using Yellow Pages.com to find listings for modeling agencies in your area.

A teenage model search is a lot like an interview with many agencies or clients at one time.

Whether you want to be a plus size, petite, or fashion model, you can find clients and agencies looking for people just like you.

Agencies look for candidates who have a beautiful smile, so make sure you show your pearly whites every time you meet someone.

Before you attend, practice what you will say to potential agencies and clients.