Sentences with phrase «leader of the effort at»

«OMEGA can fire 12 times per day and can also provide better diagnostic access,» said Jonathan Davies, a research scientist and leader of the effort at LLE.

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Paul Brody, the man who helped drive the effort to create a new architecture at IBM for connecting devices in the so - called Internet of things, has joined accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young, known as EY, as the Americas strategy leader for the technology sector.

Greece's political leaders, more accustomed to screaming abuse at each other in parliament, issued an unprecedented joint statement after a day of talks at the president's office backing efforts to reach a deal with creditors.

In addition to featuring many individual mega-donors, we look at top leaders of both private and corporate foundations and explore women who are making an impact by catalyzing giving, through funding intermediaries or other efforts.

It's former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, characterized by Waymo's attorneys as a rapacious executive whose win - at - all - costs attitude and frustration with his company's self - driving efforts led him to conspire with Levandowski to steal the «sauce» that catapulted Alphabet's self - driving development to be the leader of the pack.

In recent years, a number of Christian leaders have rightly called lethargic and half - hearted Christians to quicken their pace, to dedicate more of their time, talents, money and efforts to serving the Lord in the local church and in evangelistic outreach at home and abroad.

Some of those leaders made efforts to shame the bloggers at the time, but when pressed, they had no more personal knowledge of the situation than any other outsider, just the say - so of a more well - known EV leader.

It mobilized group efforts at self - awareness and self - understanding; it dispelled the flatness by precipitating here - and - now involvement; and it freed the leader from any pretense of always being «on top of it,» tuned in, fully aware.

After two weeks of interviews with St. Louis faith leaders and advocates, and several days on the ground moving between mobilizing efforts in Ferguson and dialogues with evangelical faith leaders, I see the same dynamic at work here.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...

As a leader in conservation, the work of San Diego Zoo Global includes onsite wildlife conservation efforts (representing both plants and animals) at the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, as well as international field programs on six continents.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a coalition of leaders — Champions 12.3 — launched a new effort to inspire ambition and mobilize action to reduce food loss and waste globally.

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (January 21, 2016)-- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a coalition of 30 leaders — Champions 12.3 — launched a new effort to inspire ambition and mobilize action to reduce food loss and waste globally.

Finishing his efforts at Whistling Straits 15 strokes back of 36 - hole leader Matt Jones seemed somehow a fitting close to a brutal year for Woods, but he will hope once again to turn things around in Greensboro (IF he stays committed).

Many left comments insisting that they were proud of the effort from the team, and now they'll hope that they can find an away goal of their own next month and advance in the competition at the expense of the La Liga leaders.

The Sunday Telegraph quotes Lord West as claiming UK security provided by the security services, boosted measures at airports and railways and anti-radicalisation efforts have turned Britain into a «world leader» of anti-terror expertise.

His efforts at collectivisation and agrarian reform were generally a failure and better results were achieved by more moderate leaders like Lula da Silva in Brazil, primarily due to higher administrative standards and the absence of a distracting rhetorical war with Washington.

Also at 11 a.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer launches an effort to push the House of Representatives to quickly pass the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017, Old Grist Mill Restaurant, 69 Hamilton Rd., Burlingham.

The Leader and Founder of the All People's Congress (APR), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has asked President Akufo - Addo to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home.

Also at 2 p.m., women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 1 p.m., U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will launch a major effort to push a new bipartisan bill that would help cutoff the flow of illicit fentanyl from China, Mexico, and other countries into Staten Island and across the United States, 121st Precinct House, Graniteville, 970 Richmond Ave., Staten Island.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein in an interview on Wednesday took a shot at the political efforts of the mainline conference in the state Senate, suggesting he should be put in charge of electing new members.

The head of Labour's EU Remain campaign complained that «the lukewarm approach by Jeremy was bad enough but there is no doubt in my mind that at least three of his closest associates in the leader's office were actively undermining the party's efforts».

Advocates for the City University of New York this week sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly urging a contract for CUNY workers as well as the passage of a maintenance of effort bill to fix infrastructure problems at public college system's campuses.

In the days since Trump's surprise announcement, Cohn worked quietly to soften Trump's decision and convince him to backtrack — a campaign that was amplified by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill — but Trump learned of the efforts, became angry at Cohn's attempts and made that clear in the last 24 to 48 hours.

Former Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a leader of the WEQ — an effort created at least in part as a Cuomo campaign tactic to highlight the Westchester county executive's socially conservative views — said she would be delivering the pledge to Mr. Astorino this afternoon, putting him in the position of likely rejecting a promise to pass legislation that would strengthen pay equity and abortion laws.

President Sall is a guest of honour at the ceremony, while Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who pushed for mediation efforts with Jammeh during his last days in office, is also expected.

«The Senate continues to be at the forefront of efforts to battle the state's heroin crisis and was instrumental in securing $ 214 million in this year's budget for measures to prevent and treat heroin and opioid abuse,» said Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Although none of these two guys has personally met me in person or collaborated with me on anything, they have been using my name in their diabolical agenda of thwarting the efforts of Nana Akufo - Addo to unseat the most incompetent leader of our time at the presidency.

Both education and elected leaders gathered at South Park High School to dedicate a new sign identifying the high school as the home of their joint adult education effort.

But faced with a historically low level of control of state legislatures, and with congressional redistricting in 2020 at stake, the party's leaders, well - heeled contributors, and strategists are vowing to mount a never - before - seen effort to win these state - level battles.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

But we're going to make this a very urgent effort, and Aimee will have the ability to track each and every one of the schools, the ability to call in the school leaders on a rotating basis as is done at CompStat, question them, find out what they need, push them harder, make sure they're doing their job, and if she doesn't see what she likes, just as at the NYPD, there's a whole host of actions that can be taken to improve the situation and to address the leadership dynamics,» Mr. de Blasio said.

In a letter to colleagues seen by PoliticsHome, the head of Labour's EU Remain campaign said people in Mr Corbyn's office were «actively undermining the party's efforts» with the leader «at best» unable to control them or «at worst» sympathetic to their views.

Led by Senate and Assembly higher education committee leaders, Ken LaValle and Deborah Glick, a group of students, along with UUP and PSC members, are making a last - minute push to extend a «maintenance of effort» law that will expire at the end of this month unless it is renewed.

«At these visits, the Vice President will lead high - level delegations of the Federal Government that will interact with leaders and representatives of the oil - producing communities in continuation of ongoing outreach efforts of the Buhari administration towards a long lasting and permanent resolution of the Niger Delta crisis.

NY1's Bobby Cuza is at the Bronx Board of Elections with Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., who announced he has collected some 10,000 signatures — far in excess of the 1,500 requirement, which more or less guarantees he'll be on the September primary ballot in spite of Democratic leaders efforts to bounce him from the party.

Also at noon, a coalition of groups opposed to Trump's agenda, including Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club, 350 NYC, 350 Brooklyn, WE ACT for Environmental Justice urge Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to join their effort, 780 Third Ave., (Schumer's NYC office), Manhattan.

«We are at a loss why our elected representatives have apparently frustrated efforts to condemn what world leaders have described as «barbaric and criminal aggression» emanating from the state of Israel.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo met privately at the state Capitol with school and government leaders from Hoosick Falls about ongoing efforts to deal with the discovery of a toxic chemical that contaminated public and private water supplies in the Rensselaer County community

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) and City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park) sparred over their records and qualifications for Senate at a spirited debate last Thursday at Our Lady of Hope School in Middle Village, with Addabbo portraying himself as a leader who stands up for workers and families during tough fiscal times and Ulrich arguing the effort has not been enough to change New York's economy.

Jeffries backed Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's effort to hold her post against a challenge from Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan in November, and he praised the San Francisco Democrat at the time for being «incredibly open - minded» about possibly allowing junior members of the caucus to wield more authority.

Gillibrand, a national leader in the push to elect more women, praised the efforts of 21 in» 21, making the point that in order for more women to get elected on the federal level it is imperative for there to be a pipeline of women elected officials at the local level.

The deals he and the legislative leaders struck earlier this week included a package of efforts to combat opioid and heroin addiction, a growing scourge across the state; a push to expand access to mammograms and other methods of breast - cancer detection; and an agreement on improving safety at rail crossings, which carried all the political excitement of, well, rail crossings.

His resignation letter takes aim at the leader of the Senate, a fellow Democrat and his former roommate in Sacramento who was leading the effort to kick him out.

The mayor first convened a panel of progressive leaders at Gracie Mansion in April and announced plans to create an agenda similar to the Republican's «Contract With America» effort of the 1990s but focused more on income inequality.

2 p.m., Women leaders and activists will gather at City Hall to condemn Cuomo's «bullying of elected officials and community organizations» in response to his reported effort to get NYC Public Advocate Tish James not to accept the WFP endorsement to run for AG, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The Statement reads: «We appreciate the president's efforts in re-positioning the economy of the country, as well as his anti-corruption campaign which has positioned him as a leader who has the interest of the masses at heart.