Sentences with phrase «time filling seats»

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To all of you who are looking to fill an independent board seat, my advice is take the time to go out of your network, and don't stop until you find someone who is just right.

Had Vitter stepped down, the Democratic governor of Louisiana at the time would presumably have appointed a Democrat to temporarily fill his seat — an important factor in a closely divided Senate.

At the time, Kalanick inserted a provision that gave him the «absolute right» to select three directors to fill the seats.

At times, it feels like an absurd arms race, with colleges and universities building bigger stadiums and more grandiose practice facilities, then feeling the pressure to fill those seats.

«Seats will fill up fast, especially for Thanksgiving because it's the busiest time of the year for travel.»

Even before The New York Times reported that the White House was considering running Sessions as a write - in candidate, it would've been pretty hard to avoid the elephant in the room: the accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around the race to fill Sessions's old seat.

Millions of people flock to Mecca each year all at one time for the Haj and it gets larger and larger every year, therefore that one must be even better than someone who can fill up 4,000 seats, yes?

Former Tesco executive Christine Cross and one - time Kellogg chief David Mackay revealed they would not be seeking re-election as independent directors, leaving Mr Cairns with three seats to fill at the boardroom table.

Plus, we are having a tough enough time time filling seats with Terp fans; putting in a boring offense isn't going to help.

... though probably not in my life time, it will be filling in the south end with an upper - deck under the score board and complete the upper decks on the sidelines with another 5k seats as designed.

The fans begin showing up in the arena an hour before puck drop and by the time an organ recording of the national anthem clicks on the seats are mostly filled.

The decision opened up one of the most prized seats in motorsports and ultimately saw Tony Kanaan fill the void with Ryan Briscoe returning to full - time competition in the fourth Ganassi Racing entry.

She announced in September she was leaving Stewart - Haas Racing, co-owned by three - time Cup champion Tony Stewart, due to a lack of sponsorship and as other seats filled her options to remain in NASCAR became limited.

There is every reason in the world to not be physically active; reading to our children, providing quality meals, addressing their social needs, researching all medications / foods / education, shopping to have the «best» deals on the highest quality, spending quality play time with our children, limiting screen time, grooming them, keeping house, bonding, learning and executing proper child passenger safety (installing that perfect car seat that took 3 weeks of research and a small loan to purchase), and being sure every minute of their every day is filled with only the best developmentally appropriate activities.

The coffee mornings stop, the soft play venues are quiet and facebook feeds are filled with pictures of cuddly new babies meeting family for the first time, toddlers running around on grass and the classic shot: child - in - an - aeroplane - seat (additional expat cachet for business class).

The Chicago Park District Board welcomed a new commissioner Wednesday, filling all the board seats for the first time in more than a year.

Long Grove — After serving just three months as the village clerk, Ed Hoak has been promoted again, this time to fill the trustee seat left by Bruce Klein.

Given that our number of openings can be fewer than our number of qualified applicants, we do at times maintain an active wait list until our seats for the next fall are all filled.

If it fills a need for your family, and it's the car seat you'll use correctly every time, the price may be worth it for you.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Gillibrand spent considerable time wooing the labor - backed party along with other so - called «progressive» interests (the LGBT community, black and Latino stakeholders etc.) Her initial selection by Gov. David Paterson to fill the seat vacated by former Sen. Hillary Clinton was met with considerable skepticism — and, in some cases, flat - out hostility — from a number of key liberal figures, who subsequently either considered challenging her in a primary themselves or encouraged others to do so.

Republican Fred Akshar holds a 28 percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election to fill a state Senate seat in the Southern Tier, according to a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

A separate incident with curious timing involves the filling of the Common Council seat vacated a year ago March by Mickey Kearns when he won election to the state Assembly.

There are those who believe it's time to do away county committee votes for party nominees for state level seats, perhaps by shifting to the New York City system, which requires non-partisan special elections to fill vacancies.

Yeah, this is a strange race because she was appointed, and by New York State law, once you're appointed to fill out the seat, you don't actually fill out the entire time.

This moves on to the party which got the second most votes, but fewer seats, and is repeated until all of the seats have been filled, sometimes cycling through the parties several times.

Paterson initially said he wanted to call a special election as quickly as possible to fill the vacant seat but later backtracked, citing excessive costs at a time when the state's budget is in disarray.

BY EILEEN STUKANE Every seat in the Fashion Institute of Technology's Morris W. and Fannie B. Haft Theater, capacity 700, was filled by the time City Council Speaker Corey Johnson's formal inauguration opened on January 28.

Town employees of Clarkstown and Ramapo who are registered Democrats have done a large share of the petition gathering for Conservative Party director Ed Lettre's efforts to fill committee seats, the Rockland County Times has learned.

Hyndman, running in a seat with 20 times as many Democrats as Republicans, will likely fill the vacancy created by the conviction of former Assemblyman William Scarborough.

The calendar — with an early Easter and the April 19th special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat — has placed added pressure on state lawmakers to get the budget done on time, if not early.

The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie threw his support behind long - time Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright's run in the June 28 Democratic primary to fill the seat of retiring veteran Rep. Charles Rangel.

Registered Democrats have been doing Ed Lettre's dirty work this season BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Town employees of Clarkstown and Ramapo who are registered Democrats have done a large share of the petition gathering for Conservative Party director Ed Lettre's efforts to fill committee seats, the Rockland County Times has learned.

They may be worried about the seat, or Ole Joe is just filling out his dance card until he gets word at one of his weekly lunches with O that its time for Hil to take over the number 2 spot to keep the White House.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo called special elections (much to the chagrin of the good government advocates and the New York Times) to run concurrent with the Sept. 13 primary to fill six vacant Assembly seats and the House seat formerly held by ex-Rep.

The time to see if Mangano's fundraising picks up is in June, some Republicans suggested, after the April 19 New York presidential primary and the special election the same day to fill Skelos» former State Senate seat.

Fill every seat 18 and one - half times and you can count the number of Erie County residents who regularly visit and rely on their local library for materials, services, programs and a place to appreciate them all.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Tight - lipped on when he will set a special election for Congress, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the New York Observer Monday that he has no time frame for the election to fill the vacant seat left by former Congressman Michael Grimm.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calling for a special election to fill former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos district seat and a the future of a seal that was captured in the Hudson and released near Long Island.

Democratic state Sen. Adriano Espaillat's win in New York's 13th District on Tuesday night marks the first time since the 1960s that someone not named Charles B. Rangel was elected to fill that seat.

Then the floor drops for the second time, as Colter suddenly appears strapped into a seat inside an enclosed, metallic capsule full of video monitors and polygonal panels — a small window at the top reveals an expanse of unending blue sky — as the voice of a woman named Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) fills the air.

There may be a day when computer graphics completely supersede the need to have celebrities in the middle of films, but given the costs of production today for animation, as well as the lack of the movie star draw to fill in the seats, Final Fantasy is a reminder that the day of the human actor will be with us for a long time to come.

Legendary horror director and 2 - time Academy Award ® - winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (The Skull, Tales from the Crypt) directed this classic Amicus chiller which is filled with surprises and keeps its viewers on the edge of their seats.

Although 15 seats were filled by incumbents from one chamber running for election in the other, the vast majority of open seats were filled by first - time legislators.

School operators to explore entirely new models of schooling, particularly those challenging traditional models in use of time, space, technology and staff in school; reconsider how students experience learning in schools, creating new models that provide personalized and authentic learning experiences; and improve existing models by reconsidering how facilities are used and funded, how to reach full enrollment capacity more quickly and how to maintain steady revenues by «backfilling» (filling vacant seats each year).

Los Angeles — A new report from the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project, Suspended Education in California's Public Schools, estimates that more than 400,000 students were suspended and removed from classrooms at least one time during the 2009 - 10 school year in California — enough to fill every seat in all the professional baseball and football stadiums in the state.

When the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee meets for the first time tomorrow from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Legislative Office Building many of the seats will be filled with corporate education reform industry representatives.

Decades into the charter school experiment and more than a decade into the DeVos influenced school landscape, Detroit has 30,000 more school seats than it needs and schools go into heated competition to fill those seats in time to get state money determined by headcount.