Sentences with phrase «as early advocates»

As early advocates to this type of feeding, educating pet parents has been a critical component of their mission.

As early advocates of the streaming service, the brothers had sold The Puffy Chair, their debut feature, to Netflix for distribution in January 2006.

As an early advocate of color photography (mid-60's), Meyerowitz was instrumental in changing the attitude toward the use of color photography from one of resistance to nearly universal acceptance.

As an early advocate of the Internet as a tool for real estate sales, Scott's company launched its Web site in 1995, posting all of its listings online.

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Women's health advocates got a partial win on Tuesday as Ohio Governor John Kasich, a devoutly religious social conservative, vetoed a controversial «fetal heartbeat» bill that would have outlawed abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

The repeal followed a similar legislative defeat in Santa Fe, New Mexico earlier in the year and was seen at the time as a loss of momentum for soda tax advocates.

Development advocates in College Park pitched the area early last week as an excellent candidate for Amazon after the governor and others backed Baltimore as Maryland's best bet.

So it came as a particularly harsh blow to advocates of work - life balance when Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly scrapped the company's ROWE policy earlier this year, calling it «fundamentally flawed from a leadership standpoint.»

Third, it advocates for governmental actions to promote blockchain's success, such as calls to enact laws that give blockchain the same type of support as the internet had in its early days or to consider blockchain to meet the President's stated goals of building an internet more secure against foreign attacks and generally «doing cyber better.»

As one of the early advocates for concentrated investing in mutual funds, we at Oakmark thought this would be a good opportunity to revisit the case for concentration.

«I Cite You and John Walter Russell in My Paper as the Earliest and Strongest Advocates of This Approach [New School Safe Withdrawal Rate Research].»

Roger Ver, also known as «Bitcoin Jesus», is an inspirer and advocate of Bitcoin Cash, and is well respected as key influencer in the crypto community; not just because he was one of the earliest supporter and adopter of bitcoin, but also because of his early investments in crypto - related startups including Ripple, Blockchain.info, Bitpay and Kraken.

They are devilishly trying to portray early Christians as advocates for those who can't help themselves.

Early in his career, he was something of a Trotskyite, but in the years following September 11, 2001, he emerged as a strong advocate of the Iraq war and, much to the chagrin of his colleagues on the left, a supporter of George W. Bush.

As the ills of capitalism became apparent in the late 19th century and as various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practicAs the ills of capitalism became apparent in the late 19th century and as various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practicas various forms of socialism — Soviet, democratic, Chinese - developed in the 20th century, notable Christian theologians — Tillich, the early Reinhold Niebuhr, the early Brunner and, more recently, liberation theologians - have advocated the wedding of Christian ethics with socialist economic practice.

The animal, known to science as Anchiornis huxleyi (named in honour of Thomas Huxley, an early advocate of Darwin's ideas) is an older species than Archaeopteryx by some 10 million years, being dated to the lateJurassic period, c. 151 - 161 millions years ago.

As we noted earlier, Hogg has become a vocal advocate for gun reform in the wake of the shooting.

Dave Colson Farmer: Durham, Maine As owner / operator of New Leaf Farm Dave was an early advocate for local and organic foods.

As the first chairman of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, Dolan was an early advocate for self - assessment.

It's certainly possible that plaintiff wanted to bring this case much earlier but counsel advocated to wait until the «iron is hot» as someone else put it.

These well trained bereaved parents and professionals can help guide you and be your advocate as you navigate the early waters after receiving the news.

Karen also served as the past president of the Broward Association for the Education of Young Children and is a lifelong advocate for developmentally appropriate early childhood education.

At the end of the 1800s and early 1900s, the cesarean section became advocated as the way wealthy women had babies.

As much as I don't advocate pushing potty training too early, I do believe you should have the right products to help you along — and pretty soon, you'll need a great potty to kick off the no - diaper dayAs much as I don't advocate pushing potty training too early, I do believe you should have the right products to help you along — and pretty soon, you'll need a great potty to kick off the no - diaper dayas I don't advocate pushing potty training too early, I do believe you should have the right products to help you along — and pretty soon, you'll need a great potty to kick off the no - diaper days.

U.S. Advocates Human & Property Rights Solely for Those Nations Who Have the Power to Demand Them Dean Baker, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, took note this morning of the Obama Administration's perverse rationale regarding the compensation of the poorer nations bearing the earliest and worst effects of climate change, as spelled...

Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

Advocates suggest that such early toilet training enhances interaction and communication between parents and babies, prevents diaper rash, avoids the struggles associated with diaper changing, saves money on diapers, and is better for the environment — as 22 billion disposable diapers end up clogging landfills in the U.S. each year.

Every community needs well - prepared, compassionate advocates who act as loss companions to offer continuous care to bereaved parents from the time of the news through the early days and weeks of grieving.

Earlier this year, García - Padilla announced Puerto Rico's public debt reached $ 72 billion, leading some advocates to ask that the island territory be given the authority to declare a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, as states and local governments can but territories can not.

That would be Wendy Long, an early favorite of Chairman Mike Long, who was advocating on her behalf long before the Queens congressman was even mentioned as a potential contender.

Burrowes advocated selecting local candidates, and picking them early in the cycle (as the title suggests).

Nixon, an actress and education advocate who has worked with the Alliance for Quality Education, could receive the backing of the WFP as early as this weekend in Albany, The New York Times reported this afternoon.

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

Despite her earlier career as a «radical» on the far left of city politics, first as a campaign manager for Council member Tom Duane and then later a Council member herself, Quinn has emerged as the real estate community's favorite for mayor, besting Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, co-sponsors of a rent control bill that has plagued the industry.

Specifically, the Vote Better NY advocates call on lawmakers to adopt the following common - sense reforms: Early voting: (A8582 / S3813B) New Yorkers should have a two - week period including Saturdays and Sundays to ease long lines on Election Day and give voters flexibility as they juggle work and family obligations.

Koch and good government advocates met earlier with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos who formally informed them he does not intend to meet today's deadline to support an independent commission, as required by the ex-mayor's NY Uprising pledge.

As an advocate for housing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cuomo pushed to develop the site as public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban communitAs an advocate for housing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cuomo pushed to develop the site as public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban communitas public housing for the county's homeless, one of his first major poltical victories in his solo public service career in the face of opposition from the wealthy, mostly white, residents who lived in the suburban community.

As we noted earlier, today is a busy and very noisy day at the Capitol, with hundreds of advocates holding demonstrations for and against same - sex marriage.

Earlier today, Long also floated the name of cosmetics billionaire and term limits advocate Ron Lauder as a potential Schumer opponent, but a source close to Lauder dismissed that, saying it's unlikely he'll run.

As reported earlier, the legislature removed the ballot access improvements after the chair of the House Rules Committee said advocates for greater ballot access improvement had been rude to him, so he was removing those parts.

Governor David A. Paterson An Early Fierce Advocate for LGBTQ Rights David Alexander Paterson served as the 55th governor of New York State, between 2008 and 2010.

Michael Ameri was known as an early Vision Zero champion who worked well with street safety advocates.

As reported earlier, the legislature removed the ballot access improvements after the chair of the House Rules Committee said advocates for greater ballot access improvement had Read more»

It should come as no surprise that a host of Democratic politicians rallied last weekend in New York City with good - government advocates to seek money for statewide early voting in the upcoming state budget.

But three years earlier, when he was public advocate, de Blasio listed Indig as one of the city's worst landlords.

Public Advocate Tish James — contrary to early rumors — does not want to be the next Brooklyn DA because she still want to be Mayor (possibly as a jumping point to State AG).

Helping seal the deal was a $ 1 million independent expenditure by anti-horse carriage advocates that flooded the airwaves early with their «Anybody But Quinn» message, driving up Ms. Quinn's negatives as voters began to tune into the race.

Earlier in the weekend, on Saturday, the mayor delivered remarks at Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, a synagogue in Manhattan, and delivered remarks at the UFT Spring Conference, as did other elected officials including Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letitia James.

The Senate passed a highway bill earlier this year that included the program, as advocated for by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and other Northeastern senators.

It also comes amid repeated calls from criminal justice advocates to close the city's largest jail complex at Rikers Island, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo blasted earlier this month as «intolerable.»