Sentences with phrase «led efforts calling»

The Senate President has called for an additional $ 165 million in pre-K dollars, while the Assembly Speaker has led efforts calling for a bump of $ 110 million.

In August of last year, shortly after NYPD officers shot to death an emotionally disturbed man in his apartment, City Council Member Jumaane Williams led an effort calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to set up a task force to conduct a wholesale review of the police department's protocols in dealing with «emotionally disturbed persons,» or EDPs.

City Hall is already leading an effort called the Detroit Children's Success Initiative that will put more social workers, therapists, and family support staff into schools.

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In a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.»

He called it «an unintended consequence of the Trump - led efforts to stop many Muslims from coming to the U.S.,» resulting in «a sharp drop in foreign tourism to our nation that imperils jobs and touristic income.»

Efficiency and Speed: Research into the time and effort it takes to connect with qualified leads supports the need for the prospecting / sales development process to be fast and efficient; simply put, the more quality calls, the higher the likelihood of success.

Prior to joining Bullhorn, J.R. led call center optimization efforts for AT&T Mobility, directing the call center strategy for more than 100 contact centers.

So I hired a Sales and Marketing Coordinator that would call these incoming leads in an effort to qualify them but the conversations were inconsistent and not very efficient.

In addition to leading activism efforts in our local communities and providing pastoral care to those devastated by the verdict, we also took to Twitter, blogs, pulpits and conference podiums to call upon white Christians to wake up to the reality of racism in America.

Huffington Post: Mayans Protest «Twisting Of Truth» Over 2012 Doomsday Predictions As the so - called «Mayan doomsday» approaches, the Mayans of Guatemala are speaking out against what some are calling a government - and tour business - led effort to profit off misinterpretations of their traditions.

The emperors, however, found there were frequent disputes in the churches and their efforts to enforce uniformity soon led to the persecution of so - called «heretics», some of whom fomented discontent in the Empire or from beyond its boundaries.

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.

Coffin first caught the public eye when he helped organize and then led the effort to desegregate the interstate bus system with what came to be called «Freedom Rides.»

Unfortunately from a Reds perspective, the poor defensive work wasn't finished yet as they conceded again with Abdoulaye Doucoure taking full advantage as he slammed home an effort after a contentious offside call to restore Watford's lead heading into the half - time interval.

Brighton responded to the early Newcastle pressure and should have taken the lead on 12 minutes, but Anthony Knockaert blocked Pascal Gross» goal - bound effort before Solly March's dipping effort called Rob Elliot into action three minutes later.

GOAL: SPURS 1 - 0 EVERTON — HEUNG - MIN SON — 26 mins The Toffees goalkeeper was called into action twice in quick succession as we stepped up the pace, Kane the player with both efforts on target, before we grabbed the lead in the 26th minute.

In 2011 China and Russia led calls for the UN to endorse state - sanctioned internet censorship, and continue in their efforts to deny democracy and freedom.

«From calling for a $ 15 minimum wage to demanding an expanded immigration relief effort and reining in the greed of Wall Street, Bernie Sanders is leading a political revolution to win the hearts and minds of progressives across this country.»

Not matter what others do, Erie County will do its part to protect our children from the hidden risk that is lead poisoning and I call on the legislature to approve this new funding by the end of this month so we may strengthen our efforts to eliminate lead from our area's homes.

According to him, several efforts made by the retirees to attract governments attention through these past years has proved abortive and called on the Ayade - led government to see to their plight by ordering their payment.

For many years, a friendly division of work within the Alzheimer's Association called for the New York City office to deliver programs and the national office in Chicago to lead advocacy efforts and promote funding for major research.

The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country.

During the primary, Mr. Cuomo's longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout called the Women's Equality line «a sham party,» pointing to reports that the governor had colluded with the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agenda.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

Aluzu, in a statement on Monday, called on the Nigeria Police Force to double its efforts in making sure it unravelled the incident which led to the death of Innocent.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi called the analysis «more misguided and cherry - picked propaganda that fails to take into account the skyrocketing energy bills, increased reliance on dirty - burning fuels, hundreds of lost New York jobs and setbacks in this state's nation - leading efforts to combat climate change that would occur if these plants shuttered their doors.»

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, who has played a leading role in European diplomacy in the Ukraine crisis, has called for unity within the EU against Russian efforts to destabilise Ukraine.

Lower Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Cap by 30 Percent Between 2020 and 2030 - Cuomo «has called upon RGGI states to join New York in an effort to continue to lead the fight against climate change and drive the nation's transition toward a clean energy economy.»

General News of Tuesday, 8 May 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com USAID is working with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to address all soil fertility issues USAID Ghana Agriculture Sector Team Lead, Ms Jenna Tajchman has called on stakeholders to urgently put in place the necessary measures to restore soil fertility in the three regions of the north to complement efforts towards food security.»

The group is calling on Cuomo to lead the effort to modernize the state's lobbying laws for local governments.

Tom Watson, Ed Miliband and Chuka Umunna lead call for «redoubled» efforts to make case for remaining in the EU

The action on a so - called extender budget came after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced late Sunday night that his effort to broker a deal between the Democrat - led Assembly and the Republicans in the Senate had failed.

I immediately called on our state leaders to amend the timeline, and want to thank to Senator Ranzenhofer for leading the effort.»

In an effort to create a power source for future implantable technologies, a team led by Michael Mayer from the University of Fribourg, along with researchers from the University of Michigan and UC San Diego, developed an electric eel - inspired device that produced 110 volts from gels filled with water, called hydrogels.

A scientist at Health Canada has sued his boss, the Ottawa Citizen reports, claiming that his effort to modify the label of testosterone drugs led her to call him mentally unstable and give him poor performance reviews.

The banks made their pledges on renewable energy as part of a campaign called RE100, an effort organized by environmental advocacy groups to get leading companies to commit to shrinking their carbon footprints.

Higgins, who will be leading the society's effort to implement the report's recommendations, is counting on what she calls «the growing pressure and desire from a lot of directions» to instill in policymakers a sense of urgency.

A team led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has overcome a major biological hurdle in an effort to find improved treatments for patients with a rare disease called methylmalonic acidemia (MMA).

IMO is leading a European Union — funded effort called FUTUREVOLC to build a comprehensive database of local volcanic data and develop new tools — including new seismic stations, water chemistry samplers, and ground - and airplane - based ash detectors.

Some scientists, including Mike Rayner, the lead scientist on the team that generated the model, advocate a so - called fat tax that would make junk food harder to come by and subsidize healthy food in an effort to allow lower - income families to eat more healthfully.

The other effort, called Multi-beam MIMO, led by Sayeed, will develop a network using a state - of - the - art millimeter - wave prototype technology for simultaneously steering multiple signal beams.

Ultimately, we'd like to have motion estimates on the order of 5 - 10 hertz to accurately capture the dynamic response for a wide range of infrastructure,» says David McCallen, who leads an ECP - supported effort called High Performance, Multidisciplinary Simulations for Regional Scale Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessments.

Congress has also called on the US Office of Science and Technology Policy to recommend by October 2010 which agency or department, such as NASA or the Department of Defense, should lead US efforts to track dangerous asteroids and develop deflection technologies.

The task force, led mostly by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) put forth 14 specific recommended changes, mostly calling for revisions to state statutes and executive orders that would tighten environmental review and also make coastal development more costly in an effort to discourage building in sensitive areas.

At the Janelia Research Campus, postdoctoral research scientist Mark Cembrowski, who is part of Group Leader Nelson Spruston's lab, has been leading an effort to parse the cellular, molecular, and behavioral components of this process, called spatial recognition.

In my talk I will discuss my group's efforts to address these analysis challenges through modeling the electric current signal, leading to software for improved consensus calling, SNP calling and detecting base modifications like 5 - methylcytosine.

NEW ORLEANS — Vice President Biden called on the nation's leading cancer researchers to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease by sharply boosting collaborations and data sharing and by giving him advice on how to make the federal government a forceful ally in the anti-cancer effort.

He currently leads efforts to restore nature and culture at Herrontown Woods, maintains numerous blogs about nature and sustainability, and leads a theatrical group called Climate Cabaret.

As each so - called «healthy» lifestyle change led to dead ends, and as I saw friends struggle with weight despite their strongest efforts, I slowly realized that our health is only as good as our mindset.

This time it's Ed Helms leading the new take, simply called Vacation, playing a grown - up Rusty Griswold bent on taking his own family on a trip to Walley World in an effort to bring them closer together.