Sentences with phrase «who last year»

A startup tied to Australian academic and businessman Craig Wright, who last year claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, has been sold.

The case, Impression Products v. Lexmark International, is on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who last year affirmed its own precedent allowing patent holders to restrict how consumers can use the products they buy.

Intex, the Indian smartphone manufacturer who last year forayed into the fitness trackers business, has unveiled their second generation activity trackers, the fitRist Pulzz.

Australian tax authorities are reportedly beefing up their investigation of Craig Wright, who last year was alleged to be bitcoin's creator.

Reader Mahir, who last year designed a bunch of full - size Switch cases for downloadable titles, has come back in 2018 with something different.

Carleton University sociology and anthropology professor Aaron Doyle, who last year organized a public forum on conditions at the Ottawa - Carleton Detention Centre, said he believes Ontario jails are at a «crisis point.»

Others can't resist the temptation, and one label that has been bandied about is Weymouthgate, for Katharine Weymouth, the former lawyer who last year became the newspaper's publisher and now finds herself the center of unwelcome attention.

Alan Miller — who last year was ordered by the House of Lords to hand over # 5m to his childless wife of three years — is taking his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

A female litigation partner at Chadbourne & Parke who last year filed a $ 100m gender discrimination suit against the firm has been expelled from its partnership.

But that's not the case when referring to NYU professor Wafaa Bilal, who last year implanted in the back of his head a camera that takes photos every 60 seconds for an art project.

Then there's an article by Ian Sample, also a science correspondent, who last year reported that

Patricia Espinosa, who last year took the helm as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was in the UK this week to speak with businesses, NGOs and Nick Hurd, the UK climate change minister, on how to sustain and increase momentum on climate action.

The pieces were produced in collaboration with Portuguese manufacturer De La Espada, who last year invited Hubert to design his first complete collection.

At the same time, GM's chief economist - who last year forecast that oil prices would average $ 40 a barrel when in fact they topped $ 60 - was predicting that oil prices would fall this year as new oil supply came on stream.

Nor does Ted Cruz, who last year agreed that his climate position is «full out denial.»

You may be following the reports of the Taliban shooting attack on Malala Yousafzai, the 14 - year - old Pakistani girl who last year won Pakistan's National Peace Award but now, as Times journalist Adam Ellick put it in his potent post yesterday, is «fighting for her life after being gunned down by the Taliban for doing what girls do all over the world: going to school.»

Grenier, who last year signed on as the «social good advocate» for Dell, was there with the company's sustainability and supply - chain directors and a remarkable virtual - reality «ride,» for lack of a better description, in which goggle - wearing people siting in vibrating, hissing chairs plunge deep beneath the sea.

To celebrate Stoschek gave carte blanche to British digital artist Ed Atkins, who last year at the age of 33 years old was hailed «one of the great artists of our time» by Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.

The Vinyl Factory who last year partnered with the Hayward Gallery to bring London «The Infinite Mix», one the best shows of the year, is to stage «EVERYTHING AT ONCE» a homage to 50 years of the Lisson Gallery.

Marten said a precedent for sharing prize money had already been set by US artist Theaster Gates, who last year pledged to share the # 40,000 Artes Mundi prize with his nine fellow nominees.

«She's now considered a superstar in the art world,» said Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, who last year brought Ms. Golden onto his board.

For more than a dozen years, the Mexico City - based artist — who last year created a commission for the Turbine Hall at London's Tate Modern — has produced sculpture that unites a global array of histories and themes, both personal and universal.

«I was writing, thinking, playing tennis and carrying on,» she said in an interview with critic Bruce Hainley, who last year published a study of her work that sheds light on, among other things, her largely unknown early work in performance.

He succeeds Christopher Bedford, who last year was named director of the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Linzy, who last year received a Guggenheim Fellowship, plays most of the characters himself, electronically changing the pitch of his voice from squeaky to alto to baritone, donning wigs, minidresses, or spandex leotards, depending on the character.

Mike Arnold is a young Illustrator from Gloucester who last year started his journey into freelance Illustration.

Now, Grosse — who last year had a spectacular, immersive, room - filling painting at the Venice Biennale — is taking her all - over-an-then-some approach to her medium to the Rockaways, where she has bliss - bombed a beachfront building in Fort Tilden into a psychedelic eruption of purples and reds (organized by MoMA PS1).

That's bound to change this month when the artist, who last year won the Guggenheim's $ 100,000 Hugo Boss Prize (and was recruited Marian Goodman Gallery), debuts his solo show at the museum.

A simple binary, it represents the decision - making that Montgomery — who last year showed at Paula Cooper alongside Sherrie Levine — sees as the basis of the artistic process.

The new - found interest in centenarian Carmen Herrera, who last year had an acclaimed exhibition at the Whitney, seems to owe much to the efforts of Lisson Gallery.

The exhibition at Ameringer McEnery Yohe, who last year presented a show of work by Wolf Kahn (see more in this video), sees Brian Alfred capturing small slices of time that aim to capture the emotions of watching the races.

Opie, who last year had a two - part exhibition of her photographs at the Hammer Museum and Los Angeles» Museum of Contemporary Art, has taught at UCLA for 16 years and says the new studios can't arrive soon enough.

One such developer is Black Forest Games, who last year had a successful project with the multi-platform hit Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams.

Talking of Zynga, who last year offered to buy Rovio for $ 2 billion, he says: «Zynga is a game company.

All of this holiday comfort food will be served by some familiar faces, of course: Danica McKellar, who last year anchored Coming Home for Christmas, will star in one of Hallmark Channel's 22 films.

Let me end this section by telling you about one of the good guys of Wall Street, my long - time friend Walter Schloss, who last year turned 90.

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Krakauer also takes up the case of Elizabeth Smart, who last year, at the age of 14, was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City to become the «bride» of her fundamentalist kidnapper.

The hero of the list is the late Stieg Larsson who last year became one of the first members of the Kindle Millions club for ebook sales.

I talked to a kid with a heavy beard in a mangled straw hat who last year for some reason we started calling Swaggamuffin.

At This Year's Races: Woman on the Move Female drivers signed up for this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion include Karen Barry (Westchester, Calif.), who last year raced a front - engine Formula Junior and this year will race a 1934 three - wheeled Morgan Sports Racer, produced by the British motor car manufacturer Morgan Motor Company and made especially popular in its day when it escaped a British tax on cars by being classified as a motorcycle.

The union is supporting a separate slate of candidates, including incumbent Steve Zimmer, who helped push through the new teacher evaluation system and who last year proposed a two - month moratorium on the approval of new charter schools.

Patricia Bombelyn, a lawyer representing three Camden students who last year sued for immediate access to better schools, said the state's decision to take over the city schools bodes well for the lawsuit.

«I'm not opposed to the idea of having standardized tests and having them be important,» said Mr. Van Dusen, who last year was an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator fellow.

«I always found nothing in there that would help the consumer determine if this stuff really works,» said Lyon, who last year ended a 10 - year stint as chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which sponsors studies on reading.

Clarke's call to abolish the law mimics the sentiments of the Bishop of Oxford, Rt Rev John Pritchard, who last year argued the requirement should be changed due to the decline of Christianity in the UK.

Playing a leading role in this effort is Kasama Varavarn, Ed.D.» 78, who last year became Thailand's second - highest education official and the first woman named to the post of...

NCLB «is pushing school districts to do things out of their comfort zones,» says Robert Maranto, who last year surveyed state education officials throughout the country about NCLB.

Marsden has starred in «Enchanted» and the «X-Men» movies, and in «Anchorman 2» he appeared with Big Slick hosts Paul Rudd and David Koechner — who last year tried his best to one - up Marsden by vamping his way on the red carpet as well.

The Killing star Joel Kinnaman has landed the lead role in the upcoming Robocop remake.The Swedish star, who last year (11) enjoyed a part in the...