Sentences with phrase «special council for»

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Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

«The American strike on Shayrat air base in Syria is an appropriate response to [Assad's] mass homicide,» said Fred Hof, the director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and former US special adviser on Syria.

Knight, a former Hill staffer who worked on the Bush administration's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, was promoted from her position as special assistant for tax and retirement policy to deputy director for policy in February, and was recently praised by the council's new head, Larry Kudlow.

That includes $ 15 million for inclusive education programs for children with special needs, and adds another $ 10 million to implement recommendations from the Council to Improve Classroom Conditions.

«When we see malicious cyberattacks, whether from the Kremlin or other nation - state actors, we are going to push back,» Rob Joyce, a special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity coordinator for the National Security Council, said in joint conference call with journalists by senior officials in Washington and London.

Blandin also served as: special assistant to the assistant secretary of administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, from 1977 to 1981; executive director of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, from 1972 to 1977; executive staff assistant in the Office of the Governor, California Council on Intergovernmental Relations, from 1970 to 1971; and just prior to joining ASEC, Blandin served nine months as executive vice president of the Council for Excellence in Government.

The numbers were alarming enough for McComb to call a special city council meeting on the issue next week.

In what would normally be an off day for city council members, they gathered for a special council meeting to discuss the situation surrounding Kane Beef's delinquent utility account which swelled to more than $ 2.3 million over the course of a year.

As special assistant to the president for Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy at the National Economic Council, Trump chose Michael Catanzaro, a fossil fuel lobbyist.

Earlier, Ms. Mann served as a Senior International Economist at the US President's Council of Economic Advisors and worked as a Special Assistant to the Vice-President for Development Economics / Chief Economist at the World Bank.

In yet another email exchange, Parrott notes that «all the investors will get this very quickly» in response to a message from Mary Goodman, a managing director at James Caird Asset Management (and a former Senior Advisor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner who later served as Special Assistant to the President for Financial Markets at the National Economic Council), who stated that the Net Worth Sweep «should lay to rest permanently the idea that the outstanding privately held pref will ever get turned back on.»

He previously spent 16 years of government service focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Special Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and National Security Council Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

This observation is underscored with a special pointedness in the 1979 report of the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, titled Fair Practices in Higher Education and somewhat ominously subtitled «Rights and Responsibilities of Students and Their Colleges in a Period of Intensified Competition for Enrollments.»

The Church and Society sub-unit of the world Council of Churches deserves special credit for having brought its sociologically oriented constituency to this recognition ratified in 1979 at the MIT Conference.

The exhibit was just beside the coffee shop that the council opens for special events and which the church uses for services.

Singled out for special attack was the National Council of Churches because of its concern for international justice, for peace, and for civil rights.

«Special care is to be taken for the improvement of moral theology,» said the Council.

Susan K. Stern, Appointee for Chair, President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Susan Stern currently serves as Special Advisor on Government Affairs to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which is a humanitarian assistance organization helping Jews and non Jews in Israel and in more than seventy countries around the world.

Of special importance for world democracy at the present time is the decisive rejection of the white man's dominance of the world, as people of every shade of skin assume places of leadership in the councils of the nations.

During a visit with me in New York, he mentioned several times that the American member churches have a special responsibility for the future of the World Council.

Media Statement 3rd July 2015 Tax on soft drinks will not fix obesity problem Responding to the Heart Foundations calls for a special tax on soft drinks, Australian Beverages Council CEO Geoff Parker comments: «Soft drinks are not to blame for obesity and tax will not solve the obesity problem in Australia.

To judge the prize, the Council will be joined by leading experts in related disciplines, including US food scientist and writer Harold McGee; Massimo Montanari, a professor of Medieval History at Bologna University and one of the leading world experts in Food Studies; renowned novelist Laura Esquivel; and Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

The club have had a few special recognition this term, in late September I was awarded the Distinguished Instructor Award by the International Taekwondo Council, we have had 16 letters from senior figures in Taekwondo sending their support and thanks for all that we are doing as a club and we got a phone call yesterday from Taekwondo Olympian Lutalo Muhammad congratulating us on all our efforts so far (Thanks Adam!).

This month the Village Council will decide whether to allow a recreation center project to move forward when commissioners consider the Park District's request for a special - use permit for the proposed site, which is zoned residential.

Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12th June 2013on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92 / 52 / EEC, Commission Directives 96 / 8 / EC, 1999 / 21 / EC, 2006 / 125 / EC and 2006 / 141 / EC, Directive 2009 / 39 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009

IAS, WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, Consensus Statement, «Asking the Right questions: Advancing an HIV Research Agenda for Women and Children», dated 8 March, 2010 IBFAN, Press Release 2012 on the Right to Adequate Food, Digest of the «Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the Human Right Council (A / HRC / 19 / 59)» IYCN Project Preventing malnutrition of mothers and children within the context of HIV and emergencies (Haiti) UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011 US Expert Panel Report & Recommendations to the US Congress and US Global AIDS Coordinator Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV, Jan 2010, Summary of successes and challenges of PMTCT, as well as recommendations for improved implementation UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 (with WHO and UNICEF) Global epidemic update UNICEF 2011, Levels & trends in child mortality, Report 2011

The majority of Family Equality Council's larger - scale events are perfect for the whole family - kid - friendly affinity gatherings, Beach Campfire Night, a special live band performance, the Movie Matinee, the Family Pride Parade and the Family Dance.

Council members voted 5 - 1, approving a special - use permit for the Downers Grove Park District to proceed with the project.

«The Commission shall, after consulting the European Food Safety Authority, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council assessing the need for special provisions regarding the composition and labelling of milks intended for young children between one and three years.

By Luke Tate, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Mobility, White House Domestic Policy Council & Josh Miller, Director of Product Management, White House Office of Digital Strategy

The March 20 special election is right around the corner, and Democratic Common Council Member Michael «Mickey» Kearns is kicking his campaign for the 145th Assembly District up a notch with an ad that slams his opponent as nothing but a «puppet» of Speaker Sheldon Silver.

A bill being drafted in the NYC Council could sound a death knell for online home - sharing services in the Big Apple, by requiring Airbnb and its competitors to provide the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement with the addresses of all their listings.

Golden defeated Gentile in 2002 with the help of nearly $ 4 million from the Senate GOP, and Gentile, who spent about half a million dollars on his Senate campaign, subsequently won a special election for the NYC Council seat Golden vacated to move up to the Senate.

The vote came at the end of a special meeting in the Common Council chambers that attracted hundreds of parents, community leaders and activists, all urging the board to take action against Paladino for the remarks that gained international attention.

Local government legislation often makes special provision for the City to be treated as a London borough and for the Common Council to act as a local authority.

State Sen. Bill Perkins is expected to win a crowded special election Tuesday for the City Council seat in Harlem that he previously held for eight years.

Also at 12:30 p.m., a special presentation on how to effectively plan for automated vehicles in New York's transportation system, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, 25 Beaver St., Suite 201, Manhattan.

Mr. Wu ran Geraldine Chapey's abortive run in the recent special election for the 32nd District Council seat.

He'll soon be in the assembly, via a Special Election, replacing his brother Mark who is running for his (David's) council seat.

The Council is crafting a bill that would require online home - sharing companies to provide the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement with the addresses of their listings — a potential blow to Airbnb if its users are revealed to be turning rent - regulated apartments into business enterprises in a city starved for more housing.

Joan Flowers, an attorney and former campaign aid to David Paterson, is running for Leroy Comrie's term - limited Council seat and will be hosting a fundraiser with special guest and former boss, David Paterson.

The Aging and Special Populations subcommittee of the OFA / OCC Advisory Council, under the guidance of Kathleen Bishop, Ph.D. has steered this project for nearly two years.

After all, in one notable revision of New York City's campaign - finance rules a few years ago, union groups got the City Council to carve out special exceptions just for (yup) unions.

She was recognized as Coach of the Year of the Erie County Special Olympics team from 1993 - 2013; served as a volunteer and Board Member for Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center from 1995 — 2000; was recognized by the Department of Special Education, Council for Exceptional Children as Teacher of the Year in 2009; and serves as an advisor for the Erie 2 BOCES Student Council at Ormsby Center & Baker Road school.

Following from this, National Council indeed met yesterday, September 13 at Alisa Hotel and approved the said special committee that would undertake this all - important assignment for the party.

Moya was not the preferred candidate back when he ran in a special election for the NYC Council seat being vacated by Monserrate when he was first elected to the Senate.

The decrease had led to a dependency on precinct staff for unplanned events and special operations, as well as a reliance on overtime to meet law enforcement demands, according to the Council.

To endorse Andy King for City Council in District 12, the Bronx, in the special election on Nov. 6 to replace ex-City Councilman Larry Seabrook.

Dr. Nduom will be the special guest at a dinner organized by the Ghana National Council for business people and professionals during the event.

STATEN ISLAND — Mayor Bill de Blasio set a special election for Nov. 3 to fill the City Council seat vacated by Vincent Ignizio, according to a proclamation filed on Monday.