Sentences with phrase «who ran events»

There are bookstores in Second Life and there are authors who run events and retreats there too.

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The following year, the Make Poverty History event in Sydney attracted the attention of Kevin Rudd, who was then in the running to become prime minister.

The event drew stars like Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos and Montreal Canadiens sharpshooter Mike Cammalleri, who, alongside a group of the league's most promising prospects, all paid for the opportunity to press iron, grunt through excruciating exercises and run skating drills on the storied ice surface at Toronto's St. Michael's College School Arena.

Based on the news release, it is unknown who's responsible for creating the upcoming Super Bowl ad as well as how long the spot will run on the Feb. 7 sports event.

In my experience as a digital media professor and a startup founder who has attended the past 10 CES events, I usually discover a handful of new devices and services that make running a startup a little easier, faster or more efficient.

TELETHON is to launch its own version of the Variety Club's bash, appointing the man who has run the famous event to coordinate its new Channel Seven Telethon Celebrity Trek.

Uber hosted a «jobs event» for prospective and current drivers to showcase how many New York residents» jobs would be cut if the vehicle cut were to take effect, and also ran TV ads, bought banner ads on websites, sent out direct mailers to constituents of City Council members who are proponents of the proposed legislation, and even reportedly tried to persuade the Rev. Al Sharpton to oppose the for - hire - vehicle cap.

«In just the last 48 hours, I've spoken to a female tech executive who was grabbed by a male C.E.O. at a large event and another female executive who was asked to interview at a venture fund because they «feel like they need to hire a woman,»» said Dick Costolo, the former chief of Twitter, who now runs the fitness start - up Chorus.

Our ecosystem, of millions of professionals and businesses around the world, is supported by a strong localized community team and local on - the - ground staff who run highly targeted events.

The truth is that, there are several business opportunities an aspiring entrepreneur who is still keeping a paid employment can test run without leaving their jobs, and one of such opportunities is event planning.

Some time ago, a friend of mine who has spent many years running such events told me how the «techies» — those who look after the sound, the PowerPoints...

Hajj is very busy event where about 3 million people in remembrance of prophet Ibrahim (a.k.a. Abraham) and his wife as ordered by God running between 2 mountains, sacrificing animals on 10th day, stoning symbolic satan who tried to deceive Ibrahim.

In the firestorm after last year's interim report, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, who will again preside, announced that the language group reports would not be made public — which led to another uproar in which synod participants, notably both progressives and traditionalists, accused the committee running the event of manipulation.

Natural Products Scandinavia is organised by our UK division — who are also the organisers of Natural & Organic Products Europe, an annual trade event that they hosted in London for the last 21 years, plus The Nordic Organic Food Fair that runs alongside Natural Products Scandinavia.

For comparison's sake, look at Jack Swagger, who cashed in his briefcase and got a brief title run, then never sniffed the main event scene again.

Saban, who discussed the current QB situation and how his team ran out of gas during their Sugar Bowl loss to Ohio State, was asked about the satellite camps that Jim Harbaugh and Michigan have used this summer as his first question at the event.

The 124th Run for the Roses has more than a few intriguing entries vying to win the first leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.

The only disturbing event of the day for the Pirates was the temporary disablement of their fine young left fielder, Bob Skinner, who wrenched his back slightly and suffered minor cuts and abrasions when he ricocheted off the fence while taking an earlier bid for a home run away from Aaron.

Bascomb holds up the great August 1954 duel between Landy and Bannister as the titular «perfect mile,» but how perfect could it have been given that Santee, who had joined the Marines, was denied leave to run in the event?

It's a thorny subject for those who run the league, and they will have been furious that someone campaigned for the introduction of promotion and relegation at the league's show - piece event on Sunday.

m. on Tuesday night of last week, leaving Bears running back Thomas Jones anddefensive end Adewale Ogunleye, who were guests at the event, few options as tohow to spend the rest of the night.

As a coach 1st Person ever inducted into the HEADFIRST BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Has Most Championships and Games Won in Headfirst History Coached the most players to move on to a 4 Year College Baseball Program Managed the 2007 Headfirst World Series team who won a National Title Managed the 2015 Headfirst Bercovich 24 World Series Team in Texas Runs multiple baseball clinics, camps and trainings for Headfirst Baseball Has created many connections with college scouts over the years for players Coached Varsity Baseball at Castro Valley High School for 3 years Coordinates «ESTL» program for players who need more development training Coached Events for USA Baseball with teams and showcases Was a Baseball Camp Instructor at Santa Clara University for 3 years Managed and Coached Headfirst Baseball teams now for 8 years Has trained and worked with players from all ages and all levels up to college Been a Role Model for dozens of players throughout the years at Headfirst Has been doing Baseball Private Lessons and Videos with players for 8 years Manages all «Bercovich 24» teams in the Headfirst Upper Division Program General Background Has been in charge of the Headfirst Upper Division as Coordinator since 2015 Received Bachelors Degree in Business at California State University - Eastbay Was the Leading Scorer twice for the only 2 seasons in Headfirst Basketball Huge Sports fan, has Season Tickets to the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and Sharks

A few years back, I met with some folks who organized and ran the event at Colonial (then known as the Crowne Plaza Invitational).

«I went to Athens, Greece, to run for International Children's Games with Tommie Smith,» said Cantrell who was in eighth grade for the event.

Nine racers — the Fast Nine, who had the nine fastest runs in the initial qualification rounds — already have their tickets booked to next week's big event, but everybody else is fighting to find a way into the 33 - car field.

A Painesville, Ohio, judge ordered a man, who ran from police after being stopped for drinking in a car, to compete in a five - mile race; the faster his time in the event, the shorter his sentence will be.

It was hardly surprising, though, that Woods, who had not booked four consecutive rounds since his awful outing at the Hero World Challenge in December and not in an official event since the British Open in July, ran out of gas down the stretch.

Sincere thanks to all those who made May 4th yet another stellar club event: our President for running the show, the two Toms for sorting out race entries, and our drivers Michael Hirst, Marie McHugh, Sam Banner and Andy Dyson for getting us and our bikes there and back.

The event was organised by American Race Car Experience, who run driving experience days around the oval circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby.

The fourth annual Run for the 96 5K was launched this week, with the charity event in May continuing to remember the 96 fans who lost their lives in the Hillsborough tragedy.

Former Chelsea striker and club ambassador Tore Andre Flo, who attended last year's event at Stamford Bridge, said: «It is a fantastic event run by the Chelsea Foundation and most importantly a great opportunity for these young children.

The event also sees a return to the UK for Collins, who last year at the age of 38 ran a 100m PB of 9.97 at the Lausanne Diamond League, while double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah, Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford and world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu are among the other athletes confirmed for the meet.

With just three months to go, Hynes, who finished third in last year's Great North 10k Gateshead, offered training advice to participants of the north - east's biggest 10 km running event, which returns on Sunday July 3.

Each time there is an event on the pitch which comes to an end — for example an Arsenal player running forward, but then the cross goes astray or the ball bobbles out, or anything else that can be classified as an error or mistake happens, the camera focusses on the player who has made the error walking or running back up the field.

Completing the Kenyan dominance of distance events in Gent was Ismael Kombich, who ran a world - leading 3:34.13 in the 1500m.

Based on this, we decided to get as many people involved in the process as possible by running it as a community event, and rather than asking for fully - finished designs we chose to ask for ideas, slogans or designs to open it up to makers who don't have graphic design skills.

When Nestlé runs mass media advertising campaigns, targets parents with baby clubs or throws a promotional event for health workers at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London to encourage them to promote SMA — who pays for it?

As we prepare for our 2nd Anual No Child Wet Behind 5k, 1 - mile Family Fun Run, and Diaper Drive on May 13th at Wolfe Park in Columbus, Ohio, we want to take a moment to recognize the fabulous companies who help make this event a fun filled morning and get diapers to the families who need them most.

Who do you think will take action when baby food companies are running events for health workers to promote their formula brands?

As part of our second annual Choose Your Charity Event, which runs from November 10 to 25, 2013, we're helping to build awareness about cloth diaper charities that collect and distribute new and used cloth diapers to families who need help with the initial costs of purchasing diapers.

«While the run is the main focus of the weekend, it's great to see local businesses and lodging accommodations fill up with Mudders before and after the event, who all enjoy and appreciate what our valley has to offer.»

The blog hop runs from april 1st through april 8th, to find out more you can visit 5 minutes for mom who hosts the event.

I'd check with Green-Mary.com who runs biodegradable events with picnic supplies made of potato derivs and such... she supplied two events we attended recently, the Digital Earth symposium (which I wrote about on Shaping Youth here: http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=473 And also the Craigs List Nonprofit Bootcamp which was a huge event / undertaking on the «all green» level.

Upon my arrival at the venue, after being greeted by the enthusiastic volunteer mums who organized and ran the event, I had a wander round.

Many of our wonderful GCDC Hosts have asked us to keep this event alive, and in that spirit, we have passed on the organizing of the GCDC to a group of veteran GCDC Hosts who will work to keep the event running.

Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

They run from the centre - left to the hard right, from Remainers who feel betrayed by Labour's Brexit support to Brexiters who feel the party is too soft on the issue, from those outraged by the anti-semitism scandal to those aghast at Labour's flirtation with Putin - orchestrated conspiracy theories about events in Salisbury and Syria.

Though he attended the gala in 2010 when he was the state attorney general preparing to run for governor — an awkward moment that saw him sharing a table with Paterson, who looked to be on a political collision course with Cuomo until he decided not to follow through with his plans to seek a full four - year term — Cuomo generally avoids the public portions of caucus weekend in favor of private events at the mansion where he has more control — both over the guest list and media access.

In addition, the event would be run by an independent public body who would provide trained facilitators to manage the event.

Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, who's running in the GOP primary against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has recently given his campaign a big boost in the form of a million dollars, he announced at a Sunday event hosted by the Brooklyn Tea Party.