Sentences with phrase «years background from»

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FBI background checks, which give an indication of the state of U.S. gun sales, rose 1.1 percent in May from the prior year, according to adjusted data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

«The thing I love the most each year is coming up with what I call new «ancillary animals»» says Morris, who comes from a background in human - centric reality TV.

Students with a business background can be exempted from the first year of the program.

Besides clearing this year's bar of at least $ 5.1 billion in annual revenue, the companies in the Fortune 500 freshman class come from widely disparate backgrounds and took many different paths to arrive to the list.

A 50 - year - old Dartmouth graduate and Northwestern MBA from a prominent Boston Irish family, he has a background as a consultant, which is reflected in his propensity for management jargon.

During its first six years, the company grew so fast that its burgeoning revenues and proportionate profits prevented Nikollaj, a rookie CEO with a background in biochemistry, from taking a hard look at expenses.

The report from the auditors general is useful background for what's supposed to be a crucial year.

That policy is intended to prevent developers from collecting information in the background for months or years after people stop using their apps.

Having served six years as Executive Director of the Danville / Boyle County Visitors Bureau, Johnson comes to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail from a hospitality and tourism industry background.

In October, when a gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas and injured hundreds, background checks slumped, falling 13 percent from the same month a year earlier.

That led the authorities to uncover the files from two years ago revealing a request from the Russian government that the F.B.I. conduct a background check on the older brother to determine if he had been radicalized.

Based on my 24 years of experience, an engineering background, and MBA, you'll benefit from my proven process.

Eric has a strong financial background from his public accounting experience where he spent seven years providing audit and advisory services to companies in the transportation, manufacturing and distribution, hospitality and software industries.

Nevada — scene of the Las Vegas concert massacre that left 58 people dead in October — dropped from a C - minus to a D this year, Cutilletta said, because a 2016 voter - approved ballot initiative requiring that private - party transfers of firearms be subject to a background check has not taken effect.

We're seeing a small spike in background checks for handguns and long guns — but it's the same spike we see every year from January to February.

Young Enterprise gives young people — from all backgrounds — the opportunity to realise their full potential through a range of practical enterprise programmes, from one day masterclasses to year - long projects.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

Its CEO has less than four years of professional work experience and a non-technical background (she has an MA in business management and dual BAs in Africana studies / Spanish), and is running a company whose market cap went from $ 7.2 m to $ 60m in a single month, despite not having a finished product or revenue, much less profit.

Also, I doubt you were ever an atheist since the vast majority of us come from Christian or religious backgrounds and only became atheist after doing years of research and often reading our bibles far more than our «faithful» counterparts.

and jus a side not for critics of the bible, theres an interesting fact in which the bible has over 40 different authors from various backgrounds over a span of 1500 hundred years who wrote prophecies that were fullfulled to a t hundreds of years later.

Thirty or forty years ago, I might have held this psalm in the background and focused on the passage from Colossians.

I come from a similar conservative background, and several of the ideas and thoughts I grew up with have been shaken down around me within the last few years (mostly thanks to writers like Donald Miller, Jen Hatmaker, and Rachel, of course).

Instead, it's a reflection of how three men from profoundly different backgrounds met 20 years ago, connected and changed one another.

From teaching that course for about twenty years at Oregon State, I know that roughly twenty percent of the students who sign up for it, come from a conservative Christian backgroFrom teaching that course for about twenty years at Oregon State, I know that roughly twenty percent of the students who sign up for it, come from a conservative Christian backgrofrom a conservative Christian background.

Although my background includes graduation from West Point, Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, overseas service in Okinawa, Germany and Vietnam, combat duty as a company commander in Korea and chaplain assignments at every level of the army, including the Pentagon, none of this experience has prevented a gradual but inexorable change in my viewpoint during the past two years.

Am from a some what different background, and in my place of worship, I sit in choir next to multimillionaires, (probably an actual billionaire or two, (I never asked her)-RRB-, who would never in a million years do the «bling thing».

In 1955, modern soil conservationists from all backgrounds then piggy - backed on the Christian observance, leading to the bulletin that my great grandmother Annie found worth saving two years later.

The study included students from all sorts of college backgrounds: two - year, four - year, public and private.

One of the strongest arguments in recent years for abolishing the death penalty has arisen, not from the moral prohibition against the taking of life, but from the fact that with rare exceptions those who are executed are people who lack the means to secure good legal assistance, or lack the educational background to make full use of such assistance, or lack the social status which brings the case to public attention.11

What is it about this almost 40 - year - old series that inspires such passion from people of all ages and backgrounds?

Speaking during News Hour he said: «Last year we placed about 17 per cent of our children which were from different ethnic backgrounds.

On that day, many years ago, I was confronted with a truth that operated practically among rural Christians from a Dalit background: the church's effort to estrange Christians from their Dalit religio - cultural roots and their Dalit Hindu neighbors had not been successful when it came to community practice.

I've been reminded of this frequently this year as I've been attempting to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible and as I've been interviewing women from a variety of religious backgrounds — from an Amish housewife, to an Orthodox Jew, to a stay - at - home - daughter, to a Quiverfull mom, to a pastor, to a polygamist.

I come from a very «conservative», holiness, christian background, and I can say by experience, that it ruined and spoiled many many years of what could have been awesome sex between me and my wife!

In the early 1970s, the two befriended grower Carl «Skip» Pescosolido, whose marketing background from years spent in the oil business combined with the industry knowledge of the Wilsons, turned Sequoia into a dynamic orange enterprise.

I'm from a Lebanese background — tahini paste — the real stuff last outside of a fridge well over a year.

They spend a year following their culinary instincts, making research discoveries and painstakingly pooling flavor insights from a diversity of backgrounds and expertise.

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I get that it's hard when you come from a difficult background (to be fair I know nothing about his personal background or circumstances), to turn down cash - in - hand and a first step towards a better life, but he also was willing to throw away all that Jay built with him over the years for a quick reward, and that isn't good.

I probably would have agreed with you a year ago somewhat, but after having transparent conversations with people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, I have found that there is more truth to this social injustice movement than I would have liked to admit.

The research about two parent households, blacks and whites, with the same educational background, age, and years of employment having similar household incomes was from research by Thomas Sowell in the late 80's — it was cited in one of his books (I think «Ethnic America») and he talks about that research in many of his lectures, some of which are on YouTube.

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

Many are from backgrounds similar to that of 27 - year - old Doug Ault.

I am in the process of recruiting keen individuals from any sporting background to go into schools on a weekly basis and «take over» a Year 7 P.E session, following the curriculum but focusing on building key skills such as communication, trust and teamwork.

That's football heritage and one day when I leave the next Manchester United manager will find here [Romelu] Lukaku, [Nemanja] Matic, of course [David] De Gea from many years ago, they will find players with a different mentality, quality, background, with a different status, know - how.

Although both Henry's parents are from France, that's not stopped some fans from speculating over the 40 - year - old's background.

Part - time, 19 year old babysitter from Rocky Face, GA with 5 years of experience and a background check available upon request

From asking great interview questions to performing background checks, Debbie's tips for finding a good sitter or nanny come from years of experieFrom asking great interview questions to performing background checks, Debbie's tips for finding a good sitter or nanny come from years of experiefrom years of experience.

This may not be true for every family, but for us — when we don't build in time for each person — toddler, 3 year - old, Mama, Daddy and our extended family members — to check out in whatever way serves each of us every day — the goal of having fun together from dawn to dusk extends farther and farther out of reach until it becomes an imploding joke as each of us unravel in our own way with palm trees and amusement parks in the background.

I draw upon a background in reporting, education, and in - the - trenches parenting to offer both research - based answers and practical insight to help you enjoy the years from first birthday to preschool.