Sentences with phrase «with general assembly»

The Senate plan would also dish out cuts to the State Board of Education, a panel of gubernatorial appointees charged with overseeing and administering the state's public schools, eliminating multiple staff positions that report to the board, including two positions directed at negotiating legislative affairs with the General Assembly.

Gov. Malloy, a major champion of education reform, successfully worked with the General Assembly to fund the vast majority of last year's education reform package (Public Act 12 - 116)-- despite declining state revenues.

Dean pledged to push for changes in state law to allow Nashville to adopt a living wage and also pledged to use his considerable clout with the General Assembly to advocate for a $ 10 an hour state minimum wage.

With the General Assembly returning to the Capitol to adopt legislation needed to implement next year's state budget, it would be nice to believe that Connecticut's elected officials won't fold under the pressure to back off the demand for transparency on the part of the privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools and their holding companies.

As with all General Assembly convenings, there were some interesting bills submitted.

That is why I worked with the General Assembly this year to increase funding for early reading intervention services for young readers who need extra help and to require schools to partner with parents in developing plans to help these students before they are promoted to the fourth grade.»

For all the theories of imperfection about the United Nations I had studied (and even witnessed during an internship with the General Assembly in NYC), my experience in Burundi proved to be most valuable.

UN observer Lorne Gunter comments: «Rather than the People's Assembly being comprised of members or deputies from around the world, elected by and accountable to the people they represent [as is at least theoretically the case with the General Assembly], it would likely be made up of the heads of civil society NGOs, and, under most scenarios, only those NGOs accredited by the UN.

FlexJobs members get a $ 200 tuition credit on any part - time course, or $ 500 towards a full - time immersive program with General Assembly!

So is Ocho's principal investor billionaire Mark Cuban, who recently backed the app along with General Assembly co-founder Matthew Brimer in a $ 1.7 million seed round.

Not exact matches

Its concerts coincide with gatherings of world leaders, such as its Global Citizen Week in New York last month during the UN's General Assembly meeting, as well as encouraging people to lobby governments and institutions year - round.

I have been lucky enough to teach this curriculum in both a General Assembly class and as a mentor at the Kaplan / TechStars EdTech Accelerator, and now I am happy to share my startup metrics philosophy with the interwebs.

We have over 37 captains of the ports in all of our major ports who work with the maritime industry... I represent the United States at the general assembly of the International Maritime Organization.

NEW YORK, April 4 - A Chinese - born executive pleaded guilty on Wednesday in New York in connection with a U.S. bribery probe involving a former president of the United Nations General Assembly.

Wang had tried to buy diplomatic posts with Antigua's government through former deputy U.N. ambassador from the Dominican Republic Francis Lorenzo and John Ashe, a former U.N. ambassador who was also General Assembly president.

Folded into an armchair more than 200 miles south of Liverpool, in the company's London headquarters on the Thames River, Polman rattles off figures more commonly heard in the UN General Assembly than the C - suite of a company with $ 58 billion in sales.

In a news release, Nixon said: «I appreciate the General Assembly for answering my call to bring forward common - sense consumer protection to make sure fantasy sports gaming in Missouri is operated responsibly and with accountability.

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With 14 votes in the U.N. General Assembly, the region can be key to Canada's 2020 bid for a non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

Coinciding with the World Trade Center Indianapolis» trip to the Netherlands for the WTC Association's annual General Assembly, I am heartened that the United States might be tracking back toward our historic perspective on trade.

Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debbie Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..

Even with the $ 5 billion tax hike, members of the General Assembly could not find a way to do what families across the state accomplish every day: spend within their means.

But with Illinois» General Assembly, getting to that point is easier said than done.

With the 2018 budget set to spend at least $ 1.3 billion more than it takes in, members of the General Assembly have hoodwinked Illinoisans once again.

(Part 2) Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day - General Assembly, 72nd session

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The Government of Canada must take all measures necessary to ensure that the laws of Canada are consistent with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations as General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on September 13, 2007 and that is set out in the schedule to this Act.

With nine days remaining in the General Assembly's annual session, business groups made a last - minute push Monday to block legislation they characterize as a flurry of new mandates that would slow Connecticut's already fragile economy.

Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, said: «We mark his passing with respect, and join with others in confidence in say, «Well done, good and faithful servant.»»

The Church of Scotland's General Assembly will be presented with a proposal to allow ministers to conduct gay marriages later.

BAC (the Black Affairs Council) went before the 1968 General Assembly with a «black empowerment» program and a demand for $ 4 million.

Of course there is a measure of ideological hype in such statements, but one can not help but be impressed with, for instance, the proposal that there should be a second chamber of the UN's General Assembly — a People's Assembly.

The Church of Scotland's General Assembly will be presented with a proposal to allow ministers to conduct... More

Friday was the United Nations, where his addresses to the General Assembly and, later, to the U.N. staff were met with standing ovations.

The reform of international institutions such as the IMF, World Bank and WTO, the democratization of the UNO and its security Council and the strengthening of the powers of the UN General Assembly are also needed for dealing with these problems.

The XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family begins with Mass in St. Peter's on October 4.

In a little - noticed resolution passed overwhelmingly by the 2001 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), delegates declared that the theology of the series is «not in accord with our Reformed understanding» of the New Testament Book of Revelation.

A Satellite Broadcasting Commission should be established by the General Assembly as the «trust» organization for an experimental period with a fixed term (five or ten years).

The General Assembly of the United Nations generally meets in September, leading to speculation that Francis might combine the Philadelphia trip with a stop in New York to address the U.N., according to Allen, a correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter.

Confronted with this dual attack, a confused and embarrassed Presbyterian General Assembly retreated from its honest attempt to search for the meaning of a religiously based sexual commitment.

The Egyptians in the neighborhood of Alexandria, and the inhabitants of Thebaïs, hold their religious assemblies on the sabbath, but do not participate of the mysteries in the manner usual among Christians in general: for after having eaten and satisfied themselves with food of all kinds, in the evening making their offerings they partake of the mysteries.»

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) voted 684 — 46 during this year's general assembly to defer action on a resolution that apologizes for «involvement in and complicity with racial injustice» during the civil rights era.

Article 8 of the «Statement of Fundamental Truths» of the General Council of the Assemblies of God states, «The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4).»

The group called on the general assembly to confess «our continued sins of racism and failure to love brothers and sisters from minority cultures» and to recommit itself «to bear fruit in keeping with our repentance.»

(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.&General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.&general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)

Fifty years ago in our country the biggest employer was General Motors, and guys on the assembly line made the equivalent of $ 50 an hour today with job security and excellent benefits.

The charge which tries to divide the confessors of the faith or guides of the flock from the general assembly of God's people, so that the latter become as sheep without a shepherd and as men carried about with every wind of doctrine, is remarkably successful even to our own day.

Presbyterian general assemblies are not universal councils of the church, and setting agendas and shaping deliberations in concert with other churches and their councils would help to avoid the conceit that authority in the church belongs to a voting majority of seven hundred commissioners.

The following is a preview from our January issue: When the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops opened with a concelebrated Mass at the Altar of the Confession in St. Peter's Basilica on October 4, it was already clear that there would be three synods: the real synod, the....

One of the most promising is the abandonment of «governing body» terminology for sessions, presbyteries, synods, and the general assembly, replacing it with the term council.

Several efforts in the Philadelphia presbytery and in the general assembly to cut off Avodat's funding met with failure.