The White House thought that our first convening was so inspiring that they wanted to hold a second, larger convening with 450 students.
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"The rules provide that a superior convening authority can take the case away from a subordinate convening authority and decide what to do with it."
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"My family, my staff, my community is certainly concerned about the possible consequences of having a hundred seasoned senators convening and then going home and convening and going home," he said.
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People are using it much more for convening around ideas.
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Now it can grow -- and really test its convening power.
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Abe is convening an emergency meeting of officials, Reuters reported.
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The agency is convening an emergency committee to determine by Feb.
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There are greedy men in pig masks convening in board rooms.
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is convening the talks in Khartoum.
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Will FBI ask DOJ to seek convening of a grand jury?
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Sometimes this energy comes down from the convening power of leadership.
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Biden was referencing Obama's work in convening the Paris climate accord.
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De Blasio's convening power is entirely local, and with other mayors.
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Convening the event in New Orleans could not be more meaningful.
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Young people are convening on social media platforms and chat rooms.
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The UN is also convening a Climate Action Summit on Sept.
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Will the diplomats convening in Puerto Vallarta seize this moment for children?
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Polis and Murphy could try convening wage boards for them as well.
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Trump is convening his top foreign policy advisers for the Abbas visit.
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The American Soybean Association, which represents farmers, is convening a meeting, too.
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"The president is a convening authority by Act of Congress," Fidell added.
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She started by convening a meeting of 20 municipal officials, all men.
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The garrison commander is convening resident focus groups to identify housing lapses.
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No wonder everyone ends up convening in the kitchen for late-night snacks.
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Republicans have refused to join Democrats in convening serious hearings into the allegations.
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The four-day convening only costs $150, or $125 for Common Field members.
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The administration has a record of convening expert panels to score political points.
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Zindi is convening Africa's data scientists to create AI solutions for complex problems.
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Yet the White House is reportedly convening a panel to question it anew.
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Group shot from our first CM all-board convening at the Philly warehouse!
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The government was planning a countermarch, convening thousands of loyal chavistas near Miraflores.
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The Manual for Military Commissions allows for the convening authority to authorize depositions.
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This isn't a convening body which is aiming to forge a tepid consensus.
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Upon convening, the presiding officer forces a quorum call to see who's present.
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I think there also needs to be a convening force in the industry.
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"They're already convening across their states to make plans for 2019," Athilingam said.
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He started that process by convening meetings of activists, farmers, and food industry leaders.
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The House of Representatives is convening now to vote on the Republican tax plan.
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Half a dozen bills and numerous partnerships emerged from that convening of unlikely allies.
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Lawmakers were convening in Manhattan because Washington, DC, wasn't even in the works yet.
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The teachers will not be convening at the high school today, CNN has learned.
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Members of Congress responded by convening the House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.
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And the convening authority was usually a very busy two-star general or higher.
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And the convening authority was usually a very busy 2-star general or higher.
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Posidonia is held every two years with the entire shipping industry convening in Athens.
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We are credible with world leaders and have 'convening power' within the private sector.
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Unlike Mr. Mueller, House Democrats can't compel document production by convening a grand jury.
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That process would include convening the Afghan national security council to discuss the matter.
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Dance, food, art, design, apparel, craft, convening, all of it is part of cultural expression.
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" Moreover, MIT's MOOCs "command convening power for latent talent from every corner of the globe.
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Rather than working with McConnell and the other Republican men convening on health care, Sen.
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South Korea's presidential office is convening a National Security Council meeting, per Yonhap News Agency.
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Now Mr. Byford is convening eight separate teams within the agency to tackle each idea.
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Brady is convening Republicans on his committee Tuesday in the hopes of achieving some consensus.
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Some online have been discussing convening elsewhere in the city, where the ban doesn't apply.
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I strongly urge the Venezuelan government to suspend the convening of the national constituent assembly.
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But now all the biggest players left alive in the Westeros are convening in Winterfell.
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Oil ministers are now convening to discuss whether to carry on or deepen the cuts.
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Eastern Time, we will be convening our summit with Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Bill Gates.
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The case was referred to general court-martial by Abrams, the convening authority in the case.
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To protect the people's freedom, he argued, convening power should instead be vested in the states.
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A nod to Top Gun, Will Ferrell plays a fighter pilot convening with a new team.
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Join Creative Time's convening for thinkers, dreamers, and doers at the intersection of art and politics.
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The papers were related to the opioid meeting that Trump was convening at his golf club.
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Museum educators and interpreters are convening around anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices in the galleries.
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He conceived the Sol Project after the 2013 Latina/o Theater Commons National Convening in Boston.
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He now has seven days to request clemency to the convening officer, according to the Marines.
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Our group hopes to aid in the hard but important task of coalition building and convening.
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It now goes to the convening authority, who can decide to accept or reject the sentence.
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The most we see is online concerts and convening, and people clapping or singing from balconies.
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The most we see is online concerts and convening, and people clapping or singing from balconies.
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The rule, which is normally waived, prevents hearings from going two hours past the Senate's convening.
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Matthew van Dalen as Acting Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority for the al-Nashiri commission.
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The country's parliament is convening for its first session since the March 4 elections on Friday.
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Organizers there achieved a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers by convening a wage board.
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Organizers there achieved a $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers by convening a wage board.
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President Trump is convening a squad of tech execs to "transform and modernize" the U.S. government.
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Top-level commanders with convening authority may not know either the alleged victim or the perpetrator.
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The Israeli leader made the remarks after convening his security cabinet to discuss the tensions with Moscow.
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The task force members are reportedly remaining anonymous and convening secretly, and Facebook hasn't confirmed its existence.
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On Thursday, Schultz' colleague went a step farther, sarcastically deriding Chaffetz for convening the hearing at all.
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And his supporters and opponents alike deserve the clarity that only convening impeachment hearings can now provide.
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Republicans will control the chamber with a 53-47 majority in the new Congress convening in January.
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Highly ranked sites also need not worry about convening a war room to rethink their SEO strategies.
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Washington Post LIVE is convening newsmakers and thought leaders for conversations on critical issues of the day.
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Republicans and Democrats are convening to nominate candidates for statewide offices in Connecticut's most consequential election ever.
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That's why I spent so much of my presidency convening young leaders in every continent I visited.
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He's seen here convening one of Congress' most explosive hearings against Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
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He is also reaching out to Hispanic voters by convening meetings with leaders in the Latino community.
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It was convening shortly before British Brexit Secretary David Davis was due to arrive about 11 a.m.
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They'll be holding their first impeachment hearing on Wednesday, convening constitutional scholars to talk about impeachment broadly.
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"Naturism" and "nudism" are used interchangeably to describe a doctrine of communally convening outdoors in the buff.
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"But as far as facilitating that meeting or convening that meeting, that is not my place," she said.
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The US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan are all convening individual meetings this week.
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So a second approach to convening the like-minded—with a broader, international focus—is also being tried.
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Wexler has proposed convening researchers and industry experts to monitor direct-to-consumer products and work with regulators.
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Cornyn blasted Attorney General Loretta Lynch for not convening a grand jury or special prosecutor to investigate Clinton.
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The elections had been expected to take place on Thursday in preparation for Congress convening on Jan. 3.
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A small subset of those where entertainment and tech executives convening to share best practices and strike deals.
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White House officials are now holding at least one daily meeting on the coronavirus and convening multiple calls.
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Convening in Iran's parliament -- the Majlis -- conservative MPs literally set a copy of the landmark agreement on fire.
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Climate negotiators convening in Morocco aim to flesh out details of how Paris agreement commitments will be achieved.
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Takata's board is convening to review bankruptcy plans over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources.
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Meanwhile, special counsel Robert Mueller has moved into a new phase in his investigation, convening a grand jury.
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As the "convening officer" of the expeditionary force, Mattis was responsible for deciding how the Corps should respond.
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Lieberman's office said he would address media at 1100 GMT after convening a special session of his party.
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But as the greatest convening force in existence, we see tremendous potential for sport to go even further.
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"What's great about publishing through the World Economic Forum is that it has great convening power," he said.
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Organizers in New York achieved a $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers by convening a wage board.
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For now, House Democratic leaders appeared to have enough leeway to pursue investigations without formally convening impeachment proceedings.
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With "Vixen," Janacek crafted a palindromic story, which begins and ends with creatures blithely convening in the woods.
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"It's a good day for Canada," Mr. Trudeau said late Sunday, after convening a meeting with his cabinet.
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The president thanked the king for hosting him and convening a Gulf Cooperation Council summit meeting on Thursday.
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Four months later, Christensen got an email from the Air Force's legal office: The convening authority, Lt. Gen.
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Whittaker says the report is so broad the city could have produced it without convening the task force.
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"Churches are incredibly influential in Black culture and serve as a safe space for convening," the association said.
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The six nations also recommended convening an "extraordinary summit" of WAMZ member states to discuss the issue further.
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In the cons, Kassotis warns convening a new board would delay any action for six to nine months.
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But Trump isn't convening a summit with Central American governments to discuss a cooperate approach to improving public safety.
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Mr Burnham reckons mayors have a "convening power" they can use to add momentum in one or two areas.
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Under Rule 809, the "Convening Authority" designates the place of confinement for those found in contempt, according to Sakrisson.
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I'll tell you, it's hard for me to imagine doing certainly the work at commerce where we're not convening.
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She said legislators would be convening on Tuesday to review the agreement and decide whether it requires congressional approval.
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Announced Tuesday, a special session is a convening of state lawmakers outside the constitutionally mandated 140-day regular session.
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The school was the site of a Revolutionary War victory and, in 2200, a convening of the Continental Congress.
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The role that home care unions play in coordinating workers, providing resources and convening stakeholders is invaluable to states.
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The Republican convention is being held in Cleveland in July, with the Democrats convening in Philadelphia a week later.
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It also was perceived by its partners as defending larger, common interests and for convening global coalitions when required.
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I will be convening a group here at Harvard to review how we prevent these situations in the future.
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Even the Bahrain conference is convening under a shadow because of growing tensions between Iran and the United States.
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A convening authority relies on a staff judge advocate (or "SJA") for legal advice on this sort of thing.
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Those 93 cases also involved civilian prosecutors, whereas the MJIA would turn convening authority over to a military prosecutor.
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Without a doubt, the business community heads in with much greater optimism than they had at least year's convening.
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Two senators are convening an investigation into Russia's election interference, joining other efforts in Congress to examine what happened.
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Trump spent Saturday at a golf course in Virginia, convening a lunch meeting with several members of his Cabinet.
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Convening the meeting would allow for global coordination of travel advisories, research priorities and infection control measures, he said.
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Robert Abrams, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command and convening authority of the Bergdahl court-martial; and Maj.
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Joseph Nye, of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, had taken note of my convening -- and maybe my bluffing, too.
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"He can have a national convening where he talks about how we move forward as a country," Ellison said.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global economic policymakers are convening in Shanghai for a G20 meeting of central bank governors and finance ministers.
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Convening panels and breakouts will address themes of gentrification, organizational transitions, collective action, race and gender equity, and critical production.
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Details: The International Energy Agency is convening the event, with roughly 50 high-level officials across private and public sectors.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also raised market concerns by convening a crisis group following the sharp pullback in stocks.
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Though overhyped and underfunded, it gives a hint of the convening and stabilising role a normalised Germany could yet play.
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Michael Jordan and NBA commissioner Adam Silver got involved, convening a meeting to try to find some sort of detente.
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In 2020, the UN is convening a global conference in China to set new decade-long goals to preserve biodiversity.
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Now the fund has raised its third vehicle of $47 million, and plays a convening in engaging West Coast VCs.
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Details: Betaworks is convening 7 synthetic media startups for a 3-month program this summer — and investing $200,000 in each.
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The rare convening of the Catholic, Coptic and Orthodox patriarchs will send a message to Christians worldwide, said Bishop Angaelos.
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Convening a grand jury does not signal that indictments are imminent or that Mueller has concluded there has been wrongdoing.
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Hundreds of mayors from across the country are convening in Miami this weekend for the annual US Conference of Mayors.
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Even in a time where video chatting is near-ubiquitous, there's still something to be said for convening in person.
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They also pinged McConnell for the Senate's schedule of convening in the afternoon on Mondays and often recessing on Thursdays.
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Read more: The Amazon rainforest fires are shaping the G7 summit, where world leaders like Trump and Macron are convening
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PEOPLE STILL WANT TO COME TOGETHER YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, RETAIL USED TO BE ABOUT KIND OF CONVENING PEOPLE.
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Bette Bolivar as the convening authority does not change the July 2 verdict by a military panel of Gallagher's peers.
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In the convening weeks, there will be many things written about the Obama presidency, as well as his overall legacy.
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This is the first time the Republican-led House of Representatives has targeted specific rules since convening on Jan. 3.
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Two former US ambassadors described the meetings as more of a bonding and convening exercise than a national security necessity.
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Speakers and other convening groups will offer instruction in organizing tactics, educational workshops and, like 2016, tactical civil disobedience training.
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They include convening a panel of experts, partnering with experts for further research and offering parents new tools and options.
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It's more likely to prevent Congress from convening in Washington, as individuals members are quarantined or engage in social distancing.
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In response, Zaghlul and his allies moved to mobilize public support, convening rallies, circulating petitions, and starting a press campaign.
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They need to do rapid sense-making by convening the best experts to collect and digest emerging data and information.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had also raised market concerns by convening a crisis group amid the pullback in stocks.
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Rubio's aides are convening top donors to a national finance meeting to coincide with the March 9 debate in Miami.
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Build consensus with other national organizations when convening NUBC meetings as they gather to evaluate changes to national billing standards.
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Christian Reismeier, the current convening authority, had no comment, said Ron Flesvig, the spokesman for the Office of Military Commissions.
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But convening a grand jury doesn't mean there will be an indictment of anyone, or even that it is likely.
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The Democratic National Committee is convening in a few weeks to hammer out its rules for the next presidential election cycle.
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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he was convening the top military brass at his Tel Aviv headquarters to discuss the situation.
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But the photos coming out of the New York Hilton Midtown, where Trump supporters will be convening tonight, are really strange.
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Last June the global forces of conservative Anglicanism challenged their liberal co-religionists by convening a 2,000-strong gathering in Jerusalem.
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Obama has sought to encourage reforms in police departments by convening a policing commission and recommending a set of common practices.
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One reading of it would have Giuliani convening outside experts every few months to pitch new responses to emerging cyber issues.
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The raucous re-election campaign rallies he's already begun convening are meant, in part, as a way to elevate his mood.
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She was fond of convening academic experts with whom she disagreed and peppering them with her well-prepared questions and counterarguments.
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The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday backed the "early convening" of planned United Nations peace talks about the conflict in Yemen.
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Abrams is what's known as the convening authority, meaning he made the decision to send the case to general court-martial.
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And he should make the shuttering of the Palestinian Authority prisoners and martyrs programs a condition for convening any peace talks.
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He has also addressed alumni on the subject, convening a panel to discuss the efforts of his working group on slavery.
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Both the House and the Senate would need to pass resolutions convening a Joint Session of Congress before the President's appearance.
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Should action be necessary, policy makers convening in the Swiss town of Basel this weekend are well placed to coordinate it.
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FaceTime is only a small step away from necromancy; it's a convening with people who are with you, but not really.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is convening Republican congressional leaders and some members of his Cabinet at Camp David this weekend.
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But two floors above Ms. Kelly's studio in 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Mr. Lack was convening a town hall for NBC employees.
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While the government was convening meetings and was finger-wagging at companies, an ideological battle over deregulation was in full swing.
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With a special legislative session convening on Monday, they have just five days to do so before the cuts become official.
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The FAA is also convening a joint review with aviation regulators from China, Europe, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, Ethiopia and other countries.
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He backtracked further after convening a White House meeting in November with public health groups, tobacco industry giants and vaping advocates.
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Three successive overseers of the military commissions, people who hold the title of convening authority, have refused to approve the case.
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The fact that Robert Mueller is convening a grand jury does not mean he is on the verge of indicting anyone.
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Tamar Zandberg, leader of the left-wing Meretz party, said she is convening a parliament vote this week to disavow the agreement.
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Instead of a randomly selected jury of civilians, the "convening authority" in the person of the presiding military judge chooses fellow officers.
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Shafer has called for a similar convening of hospitals and OPOs nationwide, like one a decade ago that substantially boosted donation rates.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is convening experts to discuss overhauling how the world's most powerful central bank manages the U.S. economy.
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Until recently, convening a conference supporting antitrust concerns in the Windy City was like holding a symposium on sobriety in New Orleans.
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The convening authority should take into account his long record of service, and whether he has mental health issues from his deployments.
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The president of the United States should be convening a meeting, should have convened a meeting with Apple and our security forces.
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"Through all its touch points — farmers, machinery, dealers, crop yields, data inputs — Hello Tractor is convening the whole agricultural ecosystem," he said.
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Zelinsky and Andrew Goldstein were later spotted at court for what our court reporter believed was a convening of Mueller's grand jury.
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Also last week, the Pakistan Stock Exchange put PIA on warning for not submitting its audit report and convening annual general meetings.
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The big powers could start by convening a peace conference in Minsk, Belarus, first called for in 1992, but never even attempted.
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The Anti-Slavery Collective's mission is to raise awareness of this global epidemic by creating a platform for and convening change-makers.
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In Germany, opposition parties in Parliament are convening a special committee that has the power to call government officials and auto executives.
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At this meeting, the U.S. will utilize the U.N.'s convening power to bring new countries along in solving this global scourge.
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News of the letter broke as Nadler was convening a House hearing on executive privilege and congressional oversight with several legal experts.
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Regardless of the quality of participants, meetings are only as good as the outcomes that their convening power is able to produce.
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Good meetings act as platforms, convening people with energy, ideas and resources to go away and make a difference in the world.
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In response, she started convening regular Afro-socialist happy hours for both DSA members and other leftists of color in New York.
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Its founder Eleni Gabre-Madhin has extensive experience working abroad, and played a central convening role in the debut Startup Ethiopia event.
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The President was originally due to travel next week to Switzerland, where the global elite are convening for the Davos economic summit.
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The Trump administration was convening meetings to discuss a new national privacy standard, one that would perhaps override California's newly minted statute.
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It is not precisely clear what Ms. Haley hoped to achieve by convening the session on Friday, which was not previously scheduled.
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In the letter, first obtained by The Associated Press this week, Mr. Kim urged Council members to vote against convening a meeting.
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The firm considered selling part of its stake last year, reportedly convening an internal assessment called "Devil's Advocate" to help it decide.
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Trump is convening a meeting on Tuesday afternoon with lawmakers on both sides of the debate to try to break the stalemate.
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President Xi Jinping has sought public shows of decisive action, including convening an extraordinary session of the Communist Party's top political body.
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The World Health Organization said it was convening an emergency meeting on Wednesday to evaluate the risk of the newly identified coronavirus.
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Demonstrating for me, I think, a real insight about being governor or being president, that the greatest power is the convening power.
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Any changes to the rules will not be binding, however, unless a separate convention rules committee convening in Cleveland agrees to it.
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Facebook went a different route, convening a small brunch at restaurant Kinship centered on a discussion of sexism, along with Glamour magazine.
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But even the good commanders who don't retaliate and want to see victims get justice aren't really helped by having convening authority.
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What's next: The group says it's opening an office and announcing leaders and staff in coming months and convening meetings with local stakeholders.
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In the digital industrial age, the companies than can make platforms capable of convening and unleashing creativity will be the ones that thrive.
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U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths arrived in Sanaa on Wednesday to meet with Houthi leaders to discuss convening peace talks in Sweden next month.
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Why it matters: Snyder wants to position Michigan as the convening authority when it comes to harmonizing global standards for self-driving cars.
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Aylward said it would move early next month to accelerate research on developing diagnostic tests and vaccines against Zika by convening international experts.
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Obama: I think Joi is exactly right, and that's why we've been convening a series of meetings with everybody who's interested in this.
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"The very process of convening the committee would catalyze international attention, funding, and research," Lucey and Gostin wrote in an article published Wednesday.
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Its roughly 20 commissioners - expected to include some world leaders - and 10 convening countries will be unveiled in The Hague on Oct. 16.
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The goal for the experts convening in Palo Alto will be to create suicide prevention recommendations specifically for the factors affecting the community.
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No more NFL/Under Armour Head Health Challenge, no more Heads Up Football, no more wasting money on convening numerous committees and subcommittees.
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"The numbers, time and procedure for convening these operational reservists is being decided by the Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie," Valls said.
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In Washington D.C., a convening of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors continues, with European Central Bank (ECB) board members speaking.
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For all their baying in 2010, the real "Death Panels" are convening right now, and I will be attending funerals as a result.
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The United States could further use its convening power and fiscal leverage, to mobilize a package of assistance for a post-Mugabe transformation.
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The U.S. should take the lead on convening this coalition of committed parties to address forced and irregular migration once and for all.
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The Federalist Society is convening in Washington on Thursday for its annual convention, a Comic-Con of sorts for the conservative legal movement.
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Convening a Congress at Versailles, the palace of France's former monarchy, is a procedure generally reserved for constitutional revisions and major presidential speeches.
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By convening these markets to business customers, not to us, that want to know what we are going to do in the future.
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The team will pack up and return home, convening over the summer to compare datasets and prepare for the 2020-21 field season.
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This week at the Stone in Manhattan, Mr. Jones will be convening some new collaborators from pockets of the New York jazz world.
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"There are none of the guarantees that justify convening elections today," Mr. Puigdemont said during a brief televised address from his government headquarters.
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Mr. Bolsonaro traveled on a separate plane that made a stop in Lisbon en route to Osaka, where G-20 leaders are convening.
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He couldn't do anything — call an expert witness, add or drop charges, strike a pretrial agreement — without the approval of the convening authority.
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But Gostin said that "the major positive action" from the Trump administration thus far was convening "a world-class public-health task force."
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So effective community resilience is really about the convening power of local governments, not central government, whose role will always be very limited.
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TikTok announced Tuesday it had hired two former congressmen and was convening a panel of outside experts to review its content moderation policies.
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She'll tour a neonatal intensive care nursery and deliver remarks at a convening conference hosted by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS).
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We are confident that convening the voice of the people in a nonpartisan forum will spark the revolution and make America great again.
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In the meantime, NASA is convening an independent review board that will examine the problems that have plagued the space based astronomy project.
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Company representatives, lawmakers and college and university officials are convening in Greensboro, N.C., this week to try tackle tech's persistent problems with diversity.
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The Attorney General is convening state attorneys general to look into whether technology companies are suppressing speech on the basis of political belief.
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The House Judiciary Committee announced that they are convening constitutional experts next Wednesday for a hearing on impeachment as it relates to Trump.
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President Moon Jae-in urged Trump and Kim to recommit to direct talks after convening an emergency meeting with his national-security team.
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She was as comfortable commanding a hearing in Washington, D.C. as she was convening scientists in a laboratory at Sloan Kettering or elsewhere.
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Griffiths welcomed the Houthi announcement and urged all parties to continue to show restraint "to create a conducive environment for convening the consultations".
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The WHO's regional office is convening a meeting of European health experts in Portugal from June 22-24 to discuss the Zika threat further.
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Adi Robertson: I'm convening this roundtable because for some reason, the world now has a "smart hairbrush," and we need to talk about it.
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The Huawei ban will likely be on the agenda, but "that is not the reason why they are convening the meeting," sources told Reuters.
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The prosecutors promptly said no, because he is not part of the chain of command that reports to the convening authority on the case.
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Join us at the 11th Creative Time Summit, an annual convening for thinkers, dreamers, and doers working at the intersection of art and politics.
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Again, Sisi said the words Copts needed to hear, convening a meeting of his top security personnel and pledging to relocate the displaced families.
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But to have someone in her position of leadership and convening power to lead that process — to myself and my successors — is a gift.
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Americans will be among the royal fans convening on the town of Windsor before Saturday's wedding, suggested data provided by Travelport website on Thursday.
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Following the conclusion of the bilateral meeting, Xi and Putin are set to attend the G20 summit convening in Hamburg, Germany on July 7.
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Working vacation Trump was back in front of cameras on Thursday, convening a roundtable focused on prison reform after playing a round of golf.
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Artists Assembly is a yearly convening of the artist fellows—past and present—that the United States Artists (USA) nonprofit supports with $50,000 grants.
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There she is, convening a round table of Dexter's old friends in Los Angeles, crosschecking the tales he used to tell about his childhood.
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That has sparked worries about the medical risk of convening several days per week in Washington to hash out a deal at the Capitol.
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Listening to her subharmonic seas of sound is like convening on the bank of a babbling brook and carefully paying attention to its surface.
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But amid growing member concerns about convening as a group in the Capitol, Democratic leaders have delayed the House's scheduled Monday return to Washington.
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In the next scene, we're on campus, where the concert has wrapped up and the crew is convening at a commons room after-party.
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The Gateses recount a series of disappointing investments on HIV/AIDS that, tellingly, broke from this strategy of convening governments and leveraging their funds.
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, policymakers took care to understand the cause of the crisis by convening the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
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Mr. Guo, posting on Twitter in Chinese, said he had done business at the club, convening a meeting of his limited partnership company there.
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Italy's parliament is convening for a vote on Friday that could pave the way for negotiations between rival parties to form a coalition government.
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" She praised the "really strong convening power" of Harry involved and added, "You can hear from his passion today that there's a long-term commitment.
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And next week, Uber is convening a bunch of experts in Dallas to discuss the possibility of establishing the world's first on-demand aviation network.
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Nonprofits like the Partnership for AI are convening academics and tech firms to research ethical issues and come up with ground rules for addressing them.
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To evaluate submissions, the MTA is eschewing the normal bureaucratic red tape and convening a panel of experts and specialists to pick the winning companies.
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Jeffrey said convening a committee under U.N. auspices to begin work on a new Syrian constitution was a "critical step" toward advancing the political process.
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That's why Omidyar Network is investing in regtech startups and accelerators, as well as convening leading financial authorities to showcase the benefits of this approach.
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The business group also proposed that convening an independent inquiry into all aspects of recent unrest over the bill could restore confidence in Hong Kong.
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"I've seen no evidence of it," one senior administration official said when asked whether Trump was convening any meetings on Russian meddling in the election.
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The president goes years without convening cabinet meetings and spends long stretches out of the country with his wife Chantal, most often holidaying in Switzerland.
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Convening the special meeting in August, when the board normally does not meet, shows that the members want to be seen as holding officials accountable.
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The group now has a slightly smaller "Convening Committee" of eleven people, who will act as managers and recruit researchers for specific, community-level projects.
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And third, US officials in coordination with key allies could propose convening a regional Summit -- potentially including Iran -- to discuss options for resolving the conflict.
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Just convening the meeting would focus attention on funding and research, they said in an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Other officials offered more clear-cut warnings to elderly Americans about traveling and convening in large groups than Trump has been willing to offer himself.
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The Senate Finance Committee is convening a hearing next week, but it is quite clearly for show, an attempt to assuage the concerns of Sen.
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One hundred senators are convening to solemnly consider whether impeached President Donald Trump should be removed from office for having committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
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In 20143, top officials at the State Department began convening secretly with Iranian counterparts in Muscat to lay the groundwork for an eventual nuclear deal.
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In this convening of vernacular art, you'll often find the application of found objects and nods to domestic work through the brilliant use of textile.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it was convening a global research and innovation forum to mobilize international action in response to the outbreak.
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In addition to convening at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Guaido held bilateral meetings with the leaders of Colombia and Britain before arriving in Davos.
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Russia and Turkey have since taken a far more active role in diplomacy aimed at ending the conflict, convening talks last week in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Crosson said that Mattis has appointed Jim Coyne, who currently serves as the general counsel at the Defense Logistics Agency, as the acting convening authority.
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He's spent nearly 80 days of his presidency there -- hosting world leaders, convening meetings with advisers, chatting to friends, and catching up with family members.
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We cannot allow ourselves to turn a blind eye to bad behavior, and this convening will provide us with a forum to discuss real solutions.
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On Monday, Mr. Pompeo joined them, with the Senate convening to approve his selection, 66 to 32, after a debate that stretched into the evening.
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Stephen Jaffe/AFP/Getty Images Blumenthal first met Bill Clinton in 1987 at Renaissance Weekend, an annual convening of various luminaries in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
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And I should mention that, May 003th and 200th in Los Angeles, Tina Turner and I are convening a summit called the United State of Women.
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Such convening laid the foundations for further opportunities to organize effective political actions down the line, essentially pushing the organizational capacity of these groups into overdrive.
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Organizers there achieved a $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers by convening a "wage board," a mostly moribund state institution dating back to the Depression.
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Members of the Federal Reserve are convening for their annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, until Saturday to discuss monetary policy and financial markets.
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Some of the best Melee and Smash 4 players in the world are convening on UGC Smash as they battle for $40,000 spread across both games.
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Going forward, I will be convening meetings w/the National Park Service and coordinating w/state and local officials on how best to address this issue.
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"So we ask you, President Tsai, to please guide the dialogue on innovation, by convening a public hearing on ridesharing and letting Taiwan decide," Uber said.
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Robert Abrams was not influenced by McCain's comments when he decided to send the case to a general court-martial in his position as convening authority.
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The Trump administration is convening a task force to consider changes to the Obama administration's policies to protect an imperiled bird native to the American West.
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As the chairwoman of the institute's board, I will be convening a meeting to launch this initiative alongside the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.
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A geographer by training, she has made environmental action a key pillar of her agenda, last month convening a global gathering on climate change and poverty.
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But Amazon has struggled to land contracts with large hospital networks, despite convening an advisory board that includes major hospital executives, according to two people familiar.
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Mr. Lovano and Mr. Kuhn have a longstanding custom of convening a Coltrane memorial band around his birthday every year; Mr. Cyrille has occasionally been involved.
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He has unique convening powers to draw a crowd, energize Democrats, make a closing argument, and then it is up to candidates to close the deal.
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Robert Abrams, the commanding general of Forces Command and the convening authority in Bergdahl's case, will review the sentence, according to Paul Boyce, an Army spokesman.
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Bennet previously questioned the White House after BuzzFeed News reported that the Trump administration was convening a multiagency committee tasked with combating public support for marijuana.
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Women in war zones across the world are spearheading the vital work of trust-building, convening spaces for combatants and communities to reconstitute their frayed ties.
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He further ordered the convening of tribunals — subsequently labeled "death commissions" — throughout Iran to re-try the thousands of political prisoners in detention at the time.
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In that vein, the corps is developing professional military education; leadership is convening focus groups of active-duty Marines to examine gender bias and social cohesion.
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Parlatore told Task & Purpose he plans to ask the convening authority for clemency and request that he drop the photo charge that Gallagher was convicted on.
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Then after sentencing, prosecutors say, Mr. Khan's lawyers can file a clemency petition with the Pentagon official who oversees the Guantánamo court, called the convening authority.
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If there were evidence that it was a huge problem for commanders to have convening authority, McCaskill said, she would have heard about it by now.
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The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will adopt a "virtual format" for their Spring Meetings next month instead of convening in person in Washington.
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There are very few companies that use augmented intelligence, although we are seeing management consultancy firms and others we potentially compete with convening around this space.
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The meeting, called SubStat, began convening regularly four months ago with the goal of tracking dozens of vulnerable users who have either been arrested or overdosed.
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The National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), at the behest of Congress, is convening a new panel to revamp the dietary recommendations for sodium.
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The ad criticizes Ward for convening a hearing where Arizonans spoke about their concerns on "chemtrails," emissions left by aircrafts as they fly through the sky.
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Waters said the bulk of meetings with delegates will occur in each state's delegation, likely convening privately in places such as delegation hotel rooms or bars.
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The most significant thing these 150 commanders can, and often do, use their convening authority for is to block a case from going forward, Christensen said.
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Ary resigned last year as the convening authority for U.S. military commissions, a job that put him in charge of operations at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tribunals.
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Or is it a shining example of the power of network effects, convening great minds to produce ideas jointly that surpass anything they could dream up separately?
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"There are fewer implications to us convening a constructive conversation," added the official, saying no decisions on a venue or who would be invited had been made.
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This week, scientists are convening at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu to discuss the latest research on our planet's increasingly desperate-looking coral reefs.
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ABC members will be convening in Connecticut for their annual conference held between July 24-26—potentially bringing the use of instant replay in MMA to life.
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"Just when we think it cannot get any worse, the power of depravity sinks lower," Ban told world leaders convening at the UN General Assembly annual meeting.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) regulations state that the protocol involves convening a meeting between stakeholders, including organisers, riders and teams, when extreme weather conditions are anticipated.
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We must begin by convening sessions with the real experts: Democrats who run – and win – in competitive electorates that turned away from the rest of the ticket.
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With the air medical transport industry convening this week in Charlotte, N.C., at the industry's largest convention of the year, these issues will be top of mind.
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Researchers, beach managers and public safety officials have been convening in recent years an unofficial "shark working group" to come up with ways to educate the public.
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This requires plenty of collaboration, including convening at events such as the AgVocacy Forum to have real dialogue about the challenges we face in a complex world.
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"We will leave no stone unturned in looking for things we can do both administratively and using our convening authority to... help solve these problems," Lew said.
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"We are at the @WhiteHouse right now for a 3-hour convening w/ President Obama re: the recent events in #BatonRouge & across the country," Mckesson tweeted Wednesday.
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The mere fact that the two leaders are convening here Monday in the Presidential Palace, against sweeping views of the Baltic Sea, gives Putin an early victory.
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The Trump administration has taken small steps toward solidifying its own AI strategy, such as convening officials, business leaders, and academics for a D.C. summit in May.
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The jurors sent a note to Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan shortly after convening Monday morning for their seventh day of deliberations.
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Amidst a changing world, a group of emerging and established artists are convening in Miami to interrogate cultural shifts, as well as what, evidently, says the same.
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To lay the groundwork in the Middle East, the White House is convening a conference on Tuesday to discuss ways to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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It would take the "convening authority" — the ability to decide whether a case goes to court-martial — away from commanders and give it directly to prosecutors instead.
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In January, the U.S. State Department said it was convening a Cuba Internet Task Force to examine ways of expanding information access and independent media in Cuba.
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President Michel Aoun has been convening high-level meetings with Lebanese politicians and foreign diplomats since Hariri resigned in a surprise broadcast from Saudi Arabia last week.
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But like this month's potential Geneva convening, the Vienna framework cast out IS and Nusra Front — two of the most powerful forces on the ground in Syria.
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On Monday in Pennsylvania — Joe Biden country — Sanders won a key endorsement from the Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America during their national convening.
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Agency officials declined to say why the E.P.A. intends to stop convening the panel next year, particularly as the agency considers whether to revise air quality standards.
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Every day, Mr. Trump appears before the cameras where he is shown doing stuff like signing executive orders or convening panels of business, labor or political leaders.
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Over the last week the US has upped the pressure on Britain, with Pompeo convening a meeting with UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab in Washington last week.
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Thank you, Madame Chair Representative Carolyn Maloney for convening this hearing on Promoting Economic Growth: A Review of Proposals to Strengthen the Rights and Protections for workers.
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For now, at least, that limits the scope of his inquiry, as he won't be using prosecutorial tools such as convening a grand jury or using subpoenas.
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The Sri Lankan government has had enough of the mystery, convening experts from around the world last week to find answers, in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
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We'll be convening, connecting, and amplifying activists in Alabama to fight for gender equity — with training tracks like women in leadership, running for office, and community organizing 101.
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In a statement, he announced that he was convening a committee to investigate allegations against Vermont priests, and eventually to release at least some of the priests' names.
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More than 4,000 women and a few good men sat in the audience in Detroit's Cobo Center for the first major convening of feminist activists in 0003 years.
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After convening an emergency session to deal with the swift spread of the Zika virus, the World Health Organization has declared the mosquito-borne outbreak a global emergency.
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MORE, who chairs the Committee, accused his colleagues of "cowardice" in refusing to even talk about convening a process to decide which facilities should be closed and repurposed.
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One of the ways we do this is convening advisory boards from across the industry to give us feedback so we can continue innovating on behalf of customers.
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The Vera List Center is pleased to announce the inaugural Vera List Center Forum, an international, annual convening of key participants in the field of art and politics.
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After convening a meeting of its Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) earlier this week, the WHO said its specialists had reviewed five potential new weapons against Aedes mosquitoes.
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Tax reform The House is convening Monday — a day earlier than originally scheduled — to vote on a motion to go to conference with the Senate's tax-reform bill.
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In convening thousands of leading voices around the world, including top officials from more than 80 countries, Macron has committed France and its allies to a similar pledge.
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Sounds like a run-of-the-mill convening of policymakers and practitioners until you consider the venue: one of our state's maximum-security prisons, the Cheshire Correctional Institution.
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The president announced that he will be convening a meeting of the companies at the White House next week over concerns that they routinely censor right-wing perspectives.
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After publicly flouting recommendations he stop shaking hands and convening crowds of people, Trump also seemed to acknowledge, perhaps too late, it was time to alter his behavior.
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In February, Francis sent the Vatican's top investigator to Chile, and that led to the pope's convening of the country's bishops at the Vatican for a collective scolding.
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But in Twitter's organizational model, this prospect is immensely unlikely: It is a crowd of people (including the president) with megaphones, convening as temporary audiences and then dispersing.
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But these momentary bad vibes were mediated by the overall feeling of freaky communion—like-minded friends and travelers with ears for the weird convening under one roof.
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The Pentagon lawyer with the title of convening authority for military commissions, Melinda L. Perritano, can decide which charges, if any, to approve for trial, Mr. Flesvig said.
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The United States could request the convening of an independent tribunal as soon as Friday to decide the case, officials said, but cautioned that the timeline could shift.
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Security and intelligence officials are convening in Brasilia to test the winds of the gathering storm, but they are at least years—and arguably decades—behind the crisis.
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The White House made a big to-do last week about the president convening the first-ever meeting of his National Security Council specifically dedicated to election security.
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No matter which party wins control of the House in November, the split between the two is expected to be narrow for the new Congress convening in January.
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If you're secretly insecure about convening, if you feel disconnected at work, if you wish you and your friends had more meaningful conversations, this book can help you.
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In 2011, he took the lead on comprehensive immigration reform, convening a brain trust of state policymakers that has now morphed into the advocacy group New American Economy.
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Tresa Undem, a partner in the polling firm PerryUndem, said that several years of convening focus groups had convinced her that women's issues can translate into political momentum.
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The government is convening meetings this week with regulators and industry executives as prices have surged, Reuters reported, citing a source at the China Iron and Steel Association.
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"Tina Tchen is an accomplished advocate for women and impact-oriented leader versed in convening disparate stakeholders for a common purpose," Portnow said in a statement released Tuesday.
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Countless business leaders, 53 heads of state, and a handful of celebrities are currently convening in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum&aposs (WEF) annual meeting.
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Just convening the meeting would focus attention on funding and research, they said in a viewpoint article published on Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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"This precautionary measure has become necessary due to the public health risk that would come from convening such a vast number of people in one place," OPEC said.
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Reliance Capital said PwC accused it of not convening an audit committee meeting despite repeated letters and instead said it might initiate legal action against the audit firm.
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The group arrived midafternoon as the President was convening sessions with representatives of the video game industry and announcing his new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.
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This week world leaders from around the world are gathering in the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the seven-day convening of the body's General Assembly.
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The Liberals followed up this promise by bringing premiers to the Paris climate talks last fall and convening a first ministers' meeting to talk about climate change targets.
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The "New Cities, Future Ruins" Convening took place at the Meadows School of the Arts at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) (6101 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, Texas) November 11–14.
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Convening, arm-twisting, cheerleading: these, to Mr Street, are the essence of the job, as opposed to what he calls the "begging bowl", "poor us" approach of Mr Simon.
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The Judiciary Committee would then be responsible for convening hearings to consider additional evidence, draft articles of impeachment and vote on whether to recommend them to the full House.
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Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told "Fox News Sunday" the president-elect was considering convening a special session of Congress on the day he's sworn in to repeal Obamacare.
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Trump has focused on Hispanic voters by convening meetings with leaders in the community as he mulls making changes to what has been a hard-line stance on immigration.
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Now, cancer researchers from around the world are convening in Chicago on Friday for the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting to discuss various treatment methods, including immunotherapy.
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The challenge now is simply to begin using the information, forming the relationships, convening the coalitions, and dedicating the resources necessary to strengthen health security in every American community.
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Castro's plan calls for ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and convening a global summit with other heads of state to address disabled rights.
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The lawmakers announced their plans on the same day the United Nations' special envoy for Yemen is convening the first formal peace talks in the war in two years.
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House Democrats will begin convening public impeachment hearings next week, they announced on Wednesday, calling three marquee witnesses to begin making a case for President Trump's impeachment in public.
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This time the WHO has moved rapidly to mobilize the response, convening an Emergency Committee and sending a vaccine to ring-fence the outbreak and stop it spreading further.
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We would spend the next few weeks convening in stairwells, hiding under covers, sneaking around and keeping our secret from friends — all while rarely talking, mostly touching, never connecting.
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The Paris conference, convening 50 countries and organizations, including Saudi Arabia, United States, Russia and Qatar, decided to set up a follow-up mechanism to track progress toward reform.
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The British government, headed by a weakened Prime Minister, Theresa May, has pinned hopes on halting this trend by convening negotiations toward striking a future trade deal with Europe.
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Read more: Trump finally gave himself permission to fill Guantánamo Bay with "bad dudes" Rishikof was replaced by an acting convening authority — a retired Army lawyer named Jim Coyne.
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Since then, fans of Sherlock Holmes — Irregulars and other smaller Holmesian societies from across the country — have been convening in Manhattan every January to celebrate his presumed birthday: Jan.
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The IMF and the World Bank said last week they would adopt a "virtual format" for their April 17-19 Spring Meetings instead of convening in person in Washington.
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It would take the "convening authority" — the ability to decide whether a case goes to court-martial — away from commanders and give it directly to experienced military prosecutors instead.
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Amazon Watch engages in a number of activist roles in the Amazon region, including providing legal defense, convening community assemblies and workshops, as well as mapping and monitoring initiatives.
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Spalding began convening meetings at the National Security Council with engineers from manufacturers like Samsung, Nokia, and Ericsson to talk about what the US should do to counter Huawei.
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The burst of activity is even more notable, she said, because many state legislative sessions are much shorter this year, and not all state legislatures are convening in 28503.
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Her previous substantive effort in the White House involved convening a women's business council, an event she helped create, when the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, visited the president.
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Vivendi reacted angrily to what it called a mean and cynical maneuver by some board members who moved secretly against Genish, convening the board while he was overseas on business.
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His interim post ended on Dec 31, but will continue until a new king is selected by the Royal Council, who were reported convening in emergency session on Monday morning.
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" The HBCU Digest described the "Fly-In" event "a rare advocacy convening" in which the administration declared its "admiration and support for the mission of historically black colleges and universities.
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Story at a glance The Trump administration announced the first convening of a new task force dedicated to addressing the multiple outstanding cases of missing, murdered and assaulted Native Americans.
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Some 2,300 pigs and 20,000 pork farmers, packers and agricultural suppliers are convening in Des Moines, Iowa this week to talk shop at a time when hog prices are climbing.
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The United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura, who is convening the peace talks in Geneva, suggested last week that a federal model for Syria could be discussed during negotiations.
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Rishikof, a civilian attorney, was appointed by Mattis to the Convening Authority, which has the power to approve or dismiss cases and make or approve plea deals, the newspaper notes.
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Instead, both sides expect further clashes between the US President and leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is convening this year's Group of Twenty meetings in her hometown, Hamburg.
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The fiery Venezuelan president is vowing to resolve his nation's crisis by convening a special assembly to rewrite the nation's constitution, while the opposition is demanding an immediate presidential election.
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The Committee recognizes the need for further clarity, convening a working group in 85033 on conflicts of interest, but updated guidance on this and other issues has not been published.
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The country overcame a 2013 crisis marked by political assassination and street protests by convening a formal "national dialogue" to build consensus, installing a progressive Constitution and holding democratic elections.
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A nation-state that is convening hundreds of other "subnational actors" from around the world next year to pledge to keep the rise in global temperature below 2100 degrees Celsius.
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His visit comes as North Korea, the US and South Korea intensify efforts towards convening a historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
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"The convening will be an opportunity to reflect on the progress made over the years and build on the momentum of those seeing success," the Foundation wrote in its release.
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Collins was instrumental in ending a three-day government shutdown earlier this month, convening a bipartisan group of senators in her office for days that slowly tiptoed toward a deal.
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But convening a joint committee is the first step to greater transformational change, and signals to the American public that their elected officials are serious about repairing our broken system.
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Although both sides convening for an historical record of a peace treaty was standard, Oswald and the British were so mortified by American independence that they declined to participate altogether.
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Some Haitians believe that the future requires the convening of a council of elected officials and civil and business leaders to stop the continuing deterioration of the rule of law.
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"A reasonable observer would conclude that the [Convening Authority]'s ego is closely connected to the offense, and thus he has a personal interest in the matter," the judge said.
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Last fall, Ms. DeVos began revising the Obama-era rules, convening a committee of department officials, higher education advocates and for-profit college leaders to hash out a new approach.
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The decision to send it there rests with the convening authority, and with the SJA (staff judge advocate) who advises him — in a quasi-judicial role, not a prosecutorial one.
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Each state will take a different approach, due to the range of laws concerning the convening of grand juries and who has the authority to subpoena documents from Catholic dioceses.
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"I've tasked these bipartisan teams to reach an agreement by the end of the day today, midnight," the GOP leader told reporters after convening the first round of bipartisan talks.
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The committee will hold its periodic monetary discussion at which the interest rate decision will be made on April 5 and 6, and will continue convening on a weekly basis.
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It has been convening weekly by phone, video conferences or face-to-face with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and its counterparts in the European Union and Brazil, Robinson said.
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The panel, however, raised concerns of cardiovascular safety risks linked to the drug, which FDA staff reviewers on Monday had cited as the main reason for convening the panel meeting.
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But after Mr. Bell spoke, one black lawmaker stood up on the floor and said her colleagues should consider what would, and would not, come from convening a legislative inquiry.
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This month, the UN General Assembly, as well as many of the governing bodies behind the UN's SDGs, will be convening and we'll be breaking down a goal a day.
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The "Phenomenal Ocean" Convening brought together artists, scientists, and lawyers to take a deep look at the "Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate," issued in September.
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Second, it should consider convening the Convention Rules Committee early, in Washington, and make it work day in, day out until the rules are settled well in advance of the convention.
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He said his father's insight was that new political agendas — the convening of a newly elected Congress, the inauguration of a president, the State of the Union address — emerge in January.
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Under military law, the top officer overseeing the court-martial, known as the convening authority, can reduce a sentence imposed by a jury or overturn a conviction altogether in certain circumstances.
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Aoun has been convening high level meetings with Lebanese politicians and diplomats since Hariri stepped down, and the visitors said the president believed that Hariri's comments showed such efforts were working.
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So Reverend Al Sharpton, thank you for this opportunity to address this convening, but I will say this the road is long and we are going to get tired a lot.
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The big picture: Guterres offers big goals ahead of the climate summit he's convening in September, including no new coal-fired power plants built after 2020 and ending fossil fuel subsidies.
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But convening the NATO-Russia Council is proving difficult with NATO and Russia at odds over issues ranging from Moscow's support for separatists in Ukraine to its airspace incursions in Turkey.
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While a preliminary hearing in the case was being held in one courtroom, a Grand Jury was convening across the street to decide whether to indict Cardell Hayes for Smith's murder.
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The subject of Huawei was expected "to come up but that it is not the reason why they are convening the meeting," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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U.S. Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, who will be convening the confirmation hearing, praised Giancarlo on Wednesday as an "exceptional member" of the CFTC who is "well suited" for the job.
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The subject of Huawei was expected "to come up but that it is not the reason why they are convening the meeting," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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This is a problem the private sector can fix — with the government playing a supportive role, convening the big players, highlighting best practices and establishing a few rules of the road.
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In addition, Ms. Clark said she had been addressing the current backlog of cases by convening weekly meetings with her senior staff members, who account for the status of old cases.
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American Humane hosted a convening of professionals on Wednesday in Washington, sponsored by the nonprofit Schultz Family Foundation and pet nutrition and healthcare business, Mars Petcare, to address this unacceptable void.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is considering convening a joint session of parliament in the palace of Versailles to address deputies and senators, government spokesman Christophe Castaner said on Sunday.
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This month, however, scientists and international delegates convening at the Antarctic Treaty's thirty-ninth annual meeting will likely launch a diplomatic campaign aimed at finding unilateral support for the environmental proposal.
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Six of the justices are age 65 or over, which puts them at high risk of serious complications or death from the virus, heightening concerns about the court convening in person.
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Leaders in the two chambers have resisted moving to remote votes up to this point, in part because it could conflict with practices established by the Constitution for convening in person.
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Mr. Cuomo has been signaling for months that he planned to collaborate with other governors in fighting the tax law, convening a conference call in December with Mr. Murphy and Gov.
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The more plot-driven "Stack-Up," part of a triple bill on Wednesday, conjures a different kind of community, what could be a group of friends convening on a Friday night.
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Of the three leaders convening in Tokyo next week, Mr. Abe, who has lately been dogged by influence-peddling scandals at home, is perhaps most in need of a domestic boost.
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It is not clear whether the settlement talks prompted the Trump administration's abrupt ouster on Monday of the official, Harvey Rishikof, who was the military commission system's so-called convening authority.
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Legislation proposing a wage rise has been blocked in the national parliament, which has not been convening due to bickering over the formation of a cabinet after last October's national election.
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"He was assured that SECDEF and the chairman are tracking," the official said, adding that Green and other SEAL leaders had been considering convening the trident boards since Gallagher's July conviction.
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A year ago, one of France's top prosecutors dealing with terrorism began convening a panel of academic experts once a month in her office at the Palais de Justice in Paris.
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"We do not permit the establishment of barracks and bases or the convening of patrols and convoys belonging to the French occupiers, to wage war against the mujahideen," the statement read.
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He served as convening lead author for multiple chapters and the Synthesis Report for the IPCC from 1990 through 2014 and was vice-chair of the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment.
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Macron, Putin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also called for the convening of a constitutional committee by the end of the year, according to their joint communique.
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German lighting group Osram's supervisory board is convening an extraordinary meeting on Thursday to discuss a takeover offer from private equity firms Bain and Carlyle, sources close to the matter said.
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The poets of the world aren't convening in my backyard to try to extract the purest poetic truth they possible can from the shot, they way we do with Matt Bonner.
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Still, it is telling that while Trump was headlining a convention that energetically projected a message of despair and exclusion, Kasich was a couple hours away addressing the NAACP's annual convening.
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"We will not allow the establishment of military posts and headquarters or the convening of patrols and convoys belonging to the French occupiers to wage war against the mujahideen," the statement read.
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Modi will be the fifth prime minister of India to visit Congress, and is the first announced foreign leader to address a joint convening of the House and Senate under Ryan's speakership.
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"The special envoy welcomes Ansarullah's (the Houthis) announcement ... hopes that all parties continue to exercise restraint, to create a conducive environment for convening the consultations," Martin Griffiths said in a Twitter post.
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Vivendi had reacted angrily to Genish's ouster, calling it a mean and cynical maneuver by some board members who moved secretly against Genish, convening the board while he was overseas on business.
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" Portnow is publicly supporting Tchen's appointment and says in a statement that she is "an accomplished advocate for women and impact-oriented leader versed in convening disparate stakeholders for a common purpose.
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Dunkerton, who quit because he could not "put his name to the strategy", wants to return to Superdry's board and has raised the prospect of convening a shareholders' meeting to facilitate that.
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Rob Portman of Ohio, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin as potential Republican converts to at least convening hearings on a Supreme Court nominee.
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The deal is part of Dakar Network Angels' mission of convening experts and capital to bridge the resource gap for startups in French-speaking Africa — or 24 of the continent's 54 countries.
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Since convening the first China-Pacific Island Countries Development Forum in 2006, China has disbursed nearly $1.8 billion in aid and investment to Pacific countries, building roads and hospitals and opening mines.
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Mr Piñera wants to overcome such obstacles by convening town-hall meetings similar to those held by France's president, Emmanuel Macron, in response to the gilets jaunes (yellow jackets) protests this year.
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Attempts to evade the FOIA law have become so routine that the U.S. Government Accountability Office is convening a team now to begin a broad audit of FOIA compliance at federal agencies.
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Therefore, we recommend that the U.S. use its unparalled convening power to launch a Partnership Development Fund, a vehicle to rally and align international political support and resources behind a prevention strategy.
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U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said he was convening what he called "rather business-like, rather short" peace talks in Geneva from May 16-19 to take advantage of the momentum.
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Several bills that would combat the opioid epidemic are currently before a select group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress who are convening the first week of July to finalize the legislation.
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The suspension was announced as the United Nations was convening its annual General Assembly meetings in New York, where the five-year-old Syria war has become the organization's most anguishing challenge.
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Many lawmakers previously supported the idea of Trump being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in convening a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier this month.
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"There were no concerns or problems ever expressed by our superiors, and our only work concerned tasks assigned by law and regulation to the convening authority," Mr. Rishikof and Mr. Brown wrote.
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Some companies have made other technologies like teleconferencing and workplace messaging software more broadly available, sometimes free of charge, so that schools and workplaces can continue to operate without convening in person.
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The government published an official decree on Saturday banning all non-essential gatherings, but hundreds of protesters, some wearing protective masks, began convening outside the Montparnasse train station, chanting anti-Macron slogans.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation is convening an emergency committee of experts on Wednesday to assess whether the coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes an international emergency, the WHO said on Monday.
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Meanwhile, outside the Longworth Building, where Nadler's committee has been convening, an equally vigorous campaign is being waged to shape how the public understands the role impeachment plays in our constitutional system.
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A number of companies that left GMA, including Kraft and Cargill, have since formed an informal group of expats, meeting quarterly to talk shop — a convening that doesn't require hefty membership dues.
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In case you missed it: President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is convening a tech summit at Trump Tower next week, and top execs from Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and more are attending.
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As the convening body for research in the country, the National Institute of Nutrition would encourage the participation of a large group of stakeholders providing important input into the science of nutrition.
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This tactic could potentially work when you're bargaining with someone— instead of meeting in a conference room, consider convening in a coffee shop so your partner is less inclined toward aggression. 21991.
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The standoff has sent the European Union scrambling to find a solution, with officials from a dozen countries convening an emergency meeting Friday to try to negotiate who will accept the migrants.
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In the context of rising hate crime and metastasizing hate groups, my organization has asked the White House to use its convening power to create a national task force to prevent hate violence.
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Asked about the convening of the review committee, he said it was formed to ensure consultation between ministries on the issue, a move he described as "a fundamental requirement of good policy-making".
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There are 12 confirmed cases in the U.S. The WHO also said it is convening a "research and innovation forum" to coordinate research around the virus with scientists around the world on Feb.
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" He said the world needed a strong secretary-general who would "provide a convening power and a moral authority at a time when the world is divided on issues, above all like Syria.
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The WHO is also convening experts in vector-borne diseases in the next three to four weeks to study "innovative tools" to control mosquitoes that carry the virus, WHO's expert Pedro Alonso said.
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A senior Jordanian source said on Sunday that Amman has begun consultations on convening an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation before Trump's expected declaration this week.
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Two other NATO allies, Germany and France, have suspended arms exports to Turkey, and French President Emmanuel Macron was convening an emergency defense cabinet meeting on Sunday to discuss options regarding the offensive.
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That these leaders, who bring crucial credibility to the conservative conversation, are convening today — the same day that some Dreamers must renew their applications — demonstrates there is real momentum to get something done.
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The Air Force then referred the review to a court-martial convening authority, but neither decided to move forward with any charge or disciplinary action against Hyten based on the lack of evidence.
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Raffaelli, who specializes in the adaption of legacy industries and previously studied the resurgence of Swiss watchmakers and pencil manufacturers, found that it boiled down to the 3 C's: community, curation, and convening.
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The show is set in the meeting rooms, bars and bedrooms of a hotel where the fictional American Conference for Letters and Culture is convening to deliver papers and bestow awards and grants.
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Ms. DeVos received a warm welcome here on Thursday at the 10th annual convening of center-right education reformers hosted by the Foundation for Excellence in Education, which was founded by former Gov.
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WASHINGTON — Not long after Senator John McCain learned last summer that he had terminal brain cancer, he began convening meetings every Friday in his Capitol Hill office with a group of trusted aides.
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Wyn Hornbuckle, a Justice Department spokesman, said the department had informed the Office of Inspector General that it was convening a working group to study the issue and to develop Department-wide guidance.
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"The firing fairly raises the question of whether it constituted unlawful influence on the convening authority, and we have an obligation to try to learn everything we can about that," Mr. Nevin said.
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Under the system, the convening authority who oversees the commissions, Harvey Rishikof, must next sign off, which includes deciding whether to let prosecutors seek the death penalty, before any case can proceed. Maj.
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On Friday, Mr. Trump is convening his staff at Camp David to deliberate over the policy, which the defense secretary, Jim Mattis, once promised would be finished by the middle of last month.
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But Hughes sees his work on the matter, including convening his $10 million Anti-Monopoly Fund — backed by the Hewlett Foundation, Omidyar Network, and Soros's Open Society Foundations — as much broader than antitrust.
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The fact that Tehran's stance has not torpedoed the convening of the meeting suggests fellow producers may be prepared to tolerate a rise in Iran's output, provided there is no new price rout.
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Despite attempts to bring the Cabinet onto the same page -- including convening near-monthly Cabinet meetings -- Trump now views his Cabinet as burdensome and more likely to produce bad headlines than good ones.
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This year, Trump's counterparts have singled out climate change as a chief area of focus, convening a day-long summit on Monday to lay out their plans to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
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I'm planning a conference called the Repair America conference that will be held in late March in Washington, D.C., with people convening to continue talking about the issues that this campaign stood for.
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The chief defense counsel said that prosecutors had informed him that they would not seek the death penalty if the so-called convening authority, which oversees the system, permitted the case to proceed.
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This five-day conference is part of North x North, the Anchorage Museum's celebration of connection, creativity, imagination, and innovation across the Circumpolar North, convening people worldwide for a discussion about potential futures.
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Although the Constitution outlines the emperor's mostly ceremonial responsibilities — including officially appointing the prime minister, convening Parliament and receiving ambassadors — it leaves matters of succession to an Imperial Household Law passed by Parliament.
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Washington (CNN)Republicans convening for their national party meeting in Washington this week struck notes of cautious optimism concerning the upcoming midterm election, even as forecasters expect a punishing year for the GOP.
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One senior administration official described Mulvaney's role as convening allies and aides when needed, such as bringing lawmakers to Camp David in recent months in an effort to keep the Republican Party unified.
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Karzai, who meets regularly with the opposition, is said to advocate the convening of a loya jirga , a traditional assembly, which could lead to Ghani's ouster and the naming of a new President.
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It criticized the United States for convening a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, calling it a "foolish thing" that would help Pyongyang make a clear decision on which path it would take.
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It criticized the United States for convening a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, calling it a "foolish thing" that would help Pyongyang make a clear decision on which path it would take.
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To produce even more great ledes in the year ahead, I'm going to be convening some of those New York Times writers whose prose regularly shines bright to hear some of their secrets.
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It was a convening of the arts community to reflect on the current crisis on our borders and hear from artists whose art addresses and/or contests the idea of borders, belonging, movement.
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And one official, who asked for anonymity to speak about the meetings, insisted that Mr. Mulvaney had simply been convening people with various views so that the president could make his own decision.
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The billionaires, chief executives and prime ministers convening in Davos from Wednesday to Saturday are acutely aware of the underlying problem of wealth and income inequality, as they have been since the financial crisis.
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Together with Kellyanne Conway, she's also been convening experts "to better understand the unique employment challenges faced by military spouses," which sounds legit enough, although we're not sure what tangible improvements this has produced.
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But after convening his Security Cabinet on Sunday, Netanyahu said his Cabinet ministers, including Bennett, had decided "unanimously" to delay action on the annexation plan until he goes to Washington to meet with Trump.
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The parade is part of this year's Common Field Convening, a four-day event that brings together hundreds of arts organizations to explore the field of artist-run and artist-focused spaces and projects.
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The new EU Parliament will start convening from early July, meaning any Brexit delay beyond the end of June would require Britain to take part in the election, something May spoke against on Tuesday.
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The Convening will take place at Little Haiti Cultural Center, a venue that celebrates the rich history of Afro-Caribbean culture and is a burgeoning center for small independent businesses of all kinds. 4.
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On Monday during the pre-trial hearing, Nance ruled that Abrams must testify on his own behalf Wednesday after the defense team filed a motion for him to be removed as the convening authority.
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"We will leave no stone unturned in looking for things we can do both administratively and using our convening authority to ... help solve these problems," Lew said at a press briefing on Wednesday morning.
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Investors looked ahead to the G8.023 Summit convening in Buenos Aires on Friday and Saturday, with U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping expected to meet regarding their two countries' escalating tariff dispute.
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It is common as well for a doctor to insist on convening a special medical committee to decide, said Viviana Bohorquez, a lawyer at the Women's Life and Health Committee, a reproductive rights group.
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WITH Republicans convening in Cleveland to nominate their candidate for president today and police preparing for violent protests in the streets, America is reeling from its second shooting of police officers in two weeks.
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That development came as Francis was convening a rare summit at the Vatican with U.S. cardinals and bishops to discuss the sex-abuse crisis that has shaken the Catholic church and threatened the papacy.
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Abe vowed that a task force he is convening will fill this gap and ensure equal pay for equal work, as well as find ways to encourage more women and older people to work.
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By using their convening power to bring together key players at federal and local levels, policymakers can facilitate a conversation about the role of redundancy, learning and entrepreneurship in the face of such threats.
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He stirred up momentum for the idea in Albany by convening a panel known as a wage board to study the potential costs and benefits of such a big increase in entry-level wages.
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As the convening state of the Singapore agreement, the United States should call urgent talks with UN member states to at least fill the current multimillion-dollar funding gap for humanitarian needs for 2018.
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"Teaching, researching, convening, engaging and collaborating with young people and together wrestling with the world's most complex issues is an exciting chapter in the journey that began for me in New Haven," he continued.
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In partnership with a multi‑generational group of advisors (all cultural critics themselves) including Eve Ewing, Hua Hsu, Margo Jefferson, Jessica Lynne, Carolina Miranda, and Sukhdev Sandhu, in December 2017, we held a convening.
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It was empowered not only as a convening body, but also with the power to place "systemically important" financial firms under the Fed's oversight and to pressure individual regulatory agencies to implement new rules.
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On Thursday and Friday, the heads of the 28 European Union member states are convening in Brussels to make a first stab at the selection, a twice-a-decade exercise that is never smooth.
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Similarly, an event in New York – set to be hosted by investor Jay Snyder – was changed to a "virtual/video event and will not be convening in person," per an email sent to donors.
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The exhibition was commissioned by More Art, a socially conscious nonprofit based in Manhattan that specializes in public art projects, and was timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly convening this week.
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And if we think back over the last few years, there were moments like the Arab Spring when I think a lot of people were celebrating the political convening power of technologies like ours.
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And there's another reason to hold back which is high on his mind today: State lawmakers are convening in a special session — dictated by Cuomo — where (fingers crossed) they could renew mayoral school control.
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Mr. Cuomo provided the answer on Monday, convening reporters to a news conference outside the Columbus Day Parade route in Manhattan to announce that the state would commission a statue to honor Mother Cabrini.
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GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation is convening an emergency committee of experts on Wednesday to assess whether the coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes an international emergency, the WHO said on Monday.
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The situation is so acute that just today the United Nations General Assembly hosted an unprecedented Summit on Refugees and Migrants this month and tomorrow President Obama is convening the Leaders' Summit on Refugees.
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"This ministerial is convening as the Arctic is unraveling at an accelerating rate," said Rafe Pomerance, a former State Department official in the Clinton administration and the chairman of Arctic 21, an advocacy group.
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"We're convening this to listen and we're trying to listen to what people have to say about the ways in which the country is being governed — the ways in which polarization rules," he said.
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As a special court martial-convening authority and an attorney who defended service-members before courts-martial, I can attest to the fact that commanders routinely deny access to witnesses and suppress exculpatory evidence.
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" The Pentagon said that Castle, in his capacity as acting general counsel, "appointed Mark Toole as Acting Legal Advisor to the Convening Authority for all military commissions except for the case of U.S. v.
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Today is seen as crucial for the U.K.'s government's final position on Brexit, with Prime Minister Theresa May convening a "clear the air" meeting at her official country residence for senior cabinet members.
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After convening meetings that included industry executives and free-market advocates, however, he said a compromise was needed to assure that regulation didn't kill jobs in the vaping industry or fuel a black market.
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The news that the world's wealthiest countries were convening to orchestrate a response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak had resonated across economies like the sound of whirring helicopters bringing relief to a disaster zone.
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Conversations carried over from gallery openings around town and from the Art Summit, a two-day convening, where the celebrated painter Kehinde Wiley, flown in by the United States consulate, was a special guest.
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I was reading Kara Swisher's excellent (and unnerving) article this week about the titans of Silicon Valley genuflecting to the President-elect, and I realized there could never be an equivalent convening in art.
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The measures included convening expert panels before approving some new opioids; strengthening requirements to study a drug after it has come to market; and increasing access to pain management training for doctors and other prescribers.
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The diplomat said the international powers convening the talks had not agreed which Syrian groups should be considered terrorist, and that discussion was likely to continue in parallel as De Mistura launches the peace talks.
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An evangelical Christian himself, Pompeo has made religious freedom his personal quest at the State Department, pushing the theme in appearances overseas and convening in Washington the first-ever, so-called ministerial on the topic.
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The company compromised by secretly convening groups of medical experts, including cardiologists, at its headquarters every six months or so, and by introducing content developed with the support of doctors at Apple specifically for doctors.
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Since it includes the convening of the director of national intelligence and the heads of the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency, scheduling of the hearing can sometimes take a while. Rep.
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Kathleen Grace, CEO of production company New Form, noted that Tik Tok's emphasis on visuals and music instead of spoken or written word makes it distinctly democratic in convening users across countries on equal footing.
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Despite failing in their efforts to craft the rules during the early week, delegates pursued a last-ditch effort on the floor of the convention hall when the rules were adopted at the full convening.
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The three leaders have issued a joint statement aimed at continuing the Syrian peace talks and finding a sustainable solution for the post-conflict period by convening a "Syrian National Congress of Dialogue," Putin said.
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The US Department of State is skilled at executing this kind of diplomatic strategy: Convening across regions, persuading other countries of the validity of an approach, and developing partnerships across the public and private sectors.
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For the past four years, Ms. Gannon-Graydon has been convening these weekly pop-up tea parties in a setting where the cast of parkgoers can range from office workers, to tourists, to homeless people.
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The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, citing concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus, on Tuesday said they will adopt a "virtual format" for their spring meetings instead of convening in person in Washington.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday is convening an urgent meeting after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with U.S. President Donald Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus, Fox Business Network reported on Friday.
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Massie quoted part of Kerry's testimony in which he criticized President Donald Trump for convening what the former secretary called a "kangaroo court" to advise him on the threat climate change poses to national security.
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To that end, we have begun convening community leaders, first responders and elected officials in St. Louis, Chicago and our hometown, Greenwich, Connecticut, to pilot the development of Drowning Prevention Action Plans for each community.
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Senior officials from around the world, including representatives from the European Union and the U.S., are convening in Beijing today for the eighth meeting of the Clean Energy Ministerial, an international forum on clean energy.
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Senior officials from around the world are convening in Beijing today for the eighth meeting of the Clean Energy Ministerial, a forum on clean energy and innovation that includes 24 countries and the European Union.
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The House Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the subject after convening a panel of experts from universities and think tanks to come up with a deepfake strategy with regard to election integrity and security.
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As reported ahead of the speech by POLITICO, the former vice president also rolled out new policy proposals, including convening a summit for world leaders that would focus on fighting corruption and defending against authoritarianism.
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Speaking to impeachment committees last month, Ambassador Bill Taylor described difficulty in convening a meeting of top-level Cabinet officials with Trump to discuss the Ukraine assistance, which was put on hold over the summer.
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Abbas has billed Monday's convening of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), a 700-member assembly within the umbrella Palestinian Liberation Organisation, as a chance to forge a united front against Israel and the United States.
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When the officers who killed Brown and Garner were not indicted, activists pointed to the power held by district attorneys—who rely on police to help them win convictions—in convening and persuading grand juries.
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Ho and Gadio allegedly exchanged countless emails brainstorming the best way to discreetly enter Chad -- they rejected Deby's proposition of convening in the capital, N'Djamena, to avoid encountering "enemies and lobbyists," according to court documents.
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We don’t claim to have all the answers, but we know that convening people in a space where they can ask the right questions may be the most important work we ever do.
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But if Trump were to decide to quit, the process would involve convening a 160-member committee of the Republican convention to select a new nominee, said Thomas Schwartz, a presidential historian at Vanderbilt University.
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Several nations that routinely execute drug offenders have set up stalls in a large, circular hall that delegates convening for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs must pass through in order to attend the proceedings.
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Other notable changes include a "Convening stakeholders" section emphasizing EPA partnerships with the oil and natural gas industry and the removal of content related to furthering the scientific community's understanding of fracking's health and environmental effects.
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With Block now having CEO-level authority, Benioff said he could afford to take two solid weeks to focus on Prop C, convening meetings in Salesforce Tower with local business leaders, non-profits and homelessness experts.
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He also did not demand any new concessions from North Korea beforehand, underscoring how determined he is to make history by convening with the leader of a country he threatened with war a few months ago.
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To work toward economic and social justice, artists and arts organizations can: Today, I am speaking in front of 200 arts administrators, policy-makers, and artists at the National Endowment for the Arts's 50th Anniversary Convening.
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With nothing to study, critics say, the task force is toothless and able to provide only broad policy recommendations — the kind that experts would have been able to suggest without convening a task force at all.
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The three ministers, who together are in charge of the talks, have not all met together since convening in Washington on Monday and officials said they were not aware of any scheduled trilateral gatherings this week.
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The waves of civil society groups convening for women's rights or marching against the immigration ban may some day result in the sea change of political power that has occurred outside of the US and Europe.
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"If the first month of the Obama administration had been like it has during the Trump administration, the Oversight Committee would have been issuing subpoenas, launching investigations and convening hearings at a record pace," Bardella said.
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As they have in other local cases that have failed to go to trial, a team of federal prosecutors opened their own investigation, convening a grand jury that has been sitting intermittently in Brooklyn since February.
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According to the historian William H. McNeill, in his book "Keeping Together in Time," people seem to have been convening to move in unison, or at least on the same beat, for a couple of millennia.
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But he declined to specify how a change he described as a forthcoming executive order would work, or why he was convening a presidential address for a policy shift that is still in the preliminary stages.
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But many of the speaker's allies in the House favor using impeachment as a pry bar for compliance — in the belief that formally convening an impeachment inquiry would effectively turn the House into a grand jury.
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It was notable how summit host French President Emmanuel Macron played a stabilizing and convening role at the weekend, inserting his nation into the spot of the mature global power once reserved for the United States.
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Senior officials from around the world, including representatives from the European Union and the United States, are convening in Beijing today for the eighth meeting of the Clean Energy Ministerial, an international forum on clean energy.
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Trump's order followed a tweet last week calling on the Navy to keep Gallagher in the SEALs, after reports that the top SEAL admiral was convening a board that would consider ejecting him from the force.
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Convening talks five time zones east of Geneva — where talks have been sputtering along without progress for years — underscored what Russia's president, Vladimir V. Putin, described recently as a desire for a "post-West" international order.
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"At this important convening, GIFCT is announcing it will become an independent organization led by an Executive Director and supported by dedicated technology, counterterrorism and operations teams," the companies said in a statement early Monday evening.
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Two people aware of the development told the Herald that Mattis dismissed Harvey Rishikof, who has been convening authority — responsible for resourcing defense teams and for approving cases for trial — for military commissions since last April.
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The ructions in the money market come as Fed policymakers are convening to decide whether to lower key lending rates to combat risks from U.S.-China trade tensions, a slowing global economy and sluggish domestic inflation.
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"At this important convening, GIFCT is announcing it will become an independent organization led by an Executive Director and supported by dedicated technology, counterterrorism and operations teams," the companies said in a statement early Monday evening.
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Determining California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard was a five-year process of listening to researchers from all across the spectrum, convening expert work groups, and finally putting the information together with state-of-the-art science.
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Alphabet is convening employees from across its various health units, including life-sciences R&D unit Verily and health-focused artificial intelligence project Google Brain, for an invitation-only two-day conference at the company's Sunnyvale campus.
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has asked the British government to consider convening a British-Irish co-operative body that would give Dublin a greater say in the running of Northern Ireland, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday.
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"Republicans should support convening a constitutional convention to pass term limits, a balanced-budget amendment and restraints on the Commerce Clause, which has given the federal government far more regulatory power than the Founders intended," Bush wrote.
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Trump attempted to get back on track Monday, convening a meeting with a roster of big company CEOs in which he promised to cut taxes and eliminate up to 75 percent "or maybe more" of existing regulations.
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Further dimming the prospects for convening the meeting in coming days are indications that Mr. Assad, emboldened by heavy Russian airstrikes against his enemies, is feeling more confident of his position and therefore less inclined to negotiate.
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Attrition The NSC, directed by the national security adviser, was created in 1947 to provide the president with easily accessible foreign policy expertise and to serve as a convening body for all of the departments and agencies.
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Fed policymakers, economists and other officials are convening at an annual monetary policy retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week, a bucolic backdrop for a tough discussion about whether central bankers can hold off the next recession.
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Mattis' remarks follow an announcement from United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley that the U.S., South Korea, France, and the United Kingdom were convening an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss North Korea on Labor Day.
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This week, the World Bank and the World Health Organization are convening hundreds of doctors, aid groups and government officials to start an ambitious effort to move mental health to the forefront of the international development agenda.
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He acquired a deep understanding of local society by convening a team of creative military officers and politicians (and by launching a long-term extramarital affair with a Filipino widow, Pat Kelly, whom he would eventually marry).
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Jeff Denham, told reporters Friday as he left one of the closed-door negotiations on immigration that party leadership has been convening to try to find another way to pass an immigration bill with only Republican votes.
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"Consumers would be well served by FDA disbanding the drug importation work group and instead convening stakeholders and administration personnel to continue a conversation on value-based solutions that do not threaten patient safety," the group wrote.
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Convening for the first time since the United States' withdrawal, foreign ministers of the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal failed to announce new measures to compensate Iran for the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions.
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Tedros said he was hopeful that there would be no further spread of the disease in the city, but he was convening the WHO's emergency committee to decide if the outbreak now constituted an international health emergency.
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If the MJIA passes, the convening authority to send cases to trial will go to a military prosecutor, or JAG (judge advocate general), who has a lot of experience with trying sexual assault cases like Christensen did.
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Ms. Chao said she did not yet "have answers" but said she had taken two steps — prompting an inquiry into the crashes by the department's inspector general and convening a special panel to look into the issue.
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The acting secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan, appointed the retired judge, Christian L. Reismeier, to the civilian job — officially known as the convening authority for military commissions — last week and the Pentagon announced the decision on Tuesday.
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"I have been convening meetings between the intelligence community and outside stakeholders in business and academia to ensure they have the full threat picture and hopefully, make different decisions about Chinese partnerships," Warner said in a statement.
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WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - The White House on Friday is convening an urgent meeting after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who met with U.S. President Donald Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus, Fox Business Network reported on Friday.
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WASHINGTON — Gary D. Cohn, the chief White House economic adviser, is convening senior climate and energy ministers from about a dozen nations in advance of next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
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This change came a few days before Sanders secured his first major union endorsement of the primary cycle from the Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America at their national convening in Pittsburgh on Monday.
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Under the military commission rules, the convening authority — not prosecutors — negotiate plea deals with the defense, and even the appearance of "unlawful command influence," or attempts by superiors to influence the handling of a case, is forbidden.
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Kelly sought to mount a defense of his own Friday, convening a meeting with aides in which he said he was responsible for securing Porter's decision to step down, according to a source familiar with the conversation.
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China and Russia are convening negotiations a day before North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's deadline for the United States to show flexibility in stalled talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.
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The BE HEARD Act has a wide-ranging set of provisions that include convening a task force that will make recommendations on strategies to prevent harassment, facilitating research on workplace harassment, and eliminating the tipped minimum wage.
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Just as he was preparing to board Air Force One to fly across the pond for a convening of the 29 NATO states, the president reminded U.S. allies that they're not spending nearly enough on their military.
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If this market were so balanced on a knife's edge, if it were about to run off to a death spiral, you wouldn't see such a wide array of states convening to a stable place so quickly.
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They are simply the "convening authority" that decides whether a case will be prosecuted, after they've reviewed the results of an investigation from separate military agencies who have looked at the case in consultation with a JAG.
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Bill Cassidy offered his version of events at the hearing, saying that he had submitted Duncan's name, along with several others, to the White House after convening a committee of local lawyers and business leaders to vet applicants.
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Sometimes that really is what happens (it's also not uncommon for heads of state convening in Brussels to nip out for frites and a beer during negotiating breaks) but that's not how the EU likes to do things.
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With the Senate convening on Monday and the House of Representatives on Tuesday for a legislative sprint leading up to an August recess, the spotlight is on James Comey, the FBI director fired by Trump on May 9.
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For example, family vlogs that feature kids at a track meet or gymnastics competition may have their comment sections shut down in an attempt to thwart bad actors and predators from convening and sexualizing the content in question.
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The Governor's Office of Emergency Services, in exercising its responsibility to coordinate relevant state agencies, shall provide frequent and timely updates to residents affected by the natural gas leak and the appropriate local officials, including convening community meetings.
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President Donald Trump has decided not to intervene in U.S. currency markets after convening Cabinet officials and top level economic advisors Tuesday to discuss the issue, according to Larry Kudlow and two other people familiar with the meeting.
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A crowdsourcing platform should relieve you of the burden of convening the crowd, parceling out their tasks and assigning work efficiently, but if it makes the workers invisible, you can't solicit additional insights that create value for you.
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An opposition council convening in Riyadh said its delegation would "certainly" not be in Geneva on Friday, saying it had not received convincing answers to its demands for goodwill steps including an end to air strikes and blockades.
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Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters France had decided on such a step because there appeared no immediate prospect of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) convening to try to restore a ceasefire wrecked by an upsurge of fighting.
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His multi-billion dollar philanthropic fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is co-convening the summit, pledged an extra $1 billion through to 2023 to fund malaria research and development to try to end malaria for good.
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TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's parliament voted for a new president without casting a single ballot on Wednesday, convening and then closing the first of five election rounds in less than 10 minutes because no candidate came forward to run.
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Maine legislative leaders last month briefly considered convening a special session to reprimand LePage for the outburst, but the effort collapsed with the two parties unable to agree on whether they wanted to censure him or pursue impeachment.
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One part of Macron's efforts was convening the Paris Peace Forum this week, intended to bring world leaders together in the goal of promoting peace just as the deadly events of 100 years ago are top of mind.
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But that didn't stop the House Agriculture Committee from convening a July 7 hearing to air concerns about the intersection of agriculture and national security, featuring a panel of retired military leaders discussing their on-the-ground experiences.
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Ms. Harrison will be the interim acting principal of Boys and Girls until the school conducts its formal appointment process, which involves convening a committee of parents, teachers and other staff members to interview her and other candidates.
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The agenda, "A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice," was created by the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table, an outgrowth of the Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland in July 2015.
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The campaign is convening a group in the coming weeks to develop a set of guiding principles for investors, akin to the Sullivan Principles, a code of corporate conduct developed in the 1970s in the fight against apartheid.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said he was "more cautious than optimistic" that a deal on the European Union's top jobs can be achieved between 28 national leaders of the bloc convening in Brussels on Thursday.
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That outcome would hardly justify spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars first on selecting the delegates in 2018, then on convening them in April 2019, and finally on holding a referendum on their proposals in November 2019.
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" Mr. Flanagan, a Republican, continued, "At the end of the day, however, there just isn't enough in this package to justify convening a special session and bringing 213 legislators back to Albany before the end of the year.
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Mr. Schneiderman said the local prosecutor had violated Mr. Cuomo's executive order by claiming jurisdiction over the investigation and convening a grand jury before Mr. Schneiderman's office had determined whether the shooting fell under the attorney general's mandate.
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Third, by convening these sessions, members will be teaching critical communications skills to tens of thousands of constituents across the country — active listening, asking questions, identifying areas of shared interest, managing conflict and engaging in joint problem solving.
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Elena Skopetos and Elana Fishbein play more than a dozen characters each in this joke-dense play about three adult sisters reluctantly convening for a family reunion, only to discover a new side to their family's complicated history.
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SEOUL, Dec 12 (Reuters) - North Korea's foreign ministry criticised the United States for convening the U.N. Security Council and warned that it is ready to respond to any corresponding measure that Washington chooses, state media said on Thursday.
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Trump will focus her attention on those that "align with the first lady's Be Best initiative," according to Grisham, who adds Monday's meeting was the first convening of the working group since the beginning of the Trump administration.
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France said it would consider with other European powers and the United States on Monday the idea of convening a ministerial meeting of major powers in the next two weeks to work out the next steps for Syria.
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It's meant to be more efficient for all the parties involved, and dozens of lawyers are convening next week in Los Angeles, where that panel will hear initial arguments and mull next steps amid an avalanche of cases.
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As we've shaped Recode's Code Commerce event over the last few years, we've made a point of convening a group of industry leaders who can share as many insights into the future of retail as into the present.
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So I think the way that we will really start to solve this problem is figuring out, again, shared strategies, technical approaches, and we've got Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Facebook all convening to participate in this with product people.
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The U.S. State Department said last week it was convening the task force to promote "the free and unregulated flow of information" on the Communist-run island that has one of the lowest internet penetration rates in the world.
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The British Government can support this work by ensuring the 300 organisations that have a relationship with the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit are aware of the support available from industry peers and potentially convening those organisations where necessary.
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They will evaluate discussions in the Kazakh capital Astana, planned for May 3-4, that are aimed at reviving the tattered ceasefire, and prospects for convening talks in Geneva between Syria's warring sides later in May, de Mistura said.
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Convening diplomats at the UN to rehash drug policy is vital, both from a messaging standpoint and in terms of how countries will now interpret the three UN conventions that have informed national laws for the past half century.
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Years before Napster and digital piracy upended the industry, rappers and beatmakers were convening in AOL chat rooms and on sites like SoundClick, an early social platform where users could host and stream RealAudio files of one another's work.
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By the early fifties, Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry were creating collages that incorporated recordings of train engines and other urban sounds; Karlheinz Stockhausen was assisting in the invention of synthesized sound; John Cage was convening ensembles of radios.
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PARIS(Reuters) - Athletes from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Russia were among the thousands of people convening in Paris on Saturday for the opening ceremonies of the 20.8645th Gay Games, which aim to raise awareness about gay and transgender rights.
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She brought the idea up at a convening organized by the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table—a coalition of racial and economic justice groups—and the non-profit Color of Change, which I attended in Atlanta this January.
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"Convening a major sporting event, which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travelers and local fans to interact in close proximity would not be the right thing to do at the present time," they added.
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Mr. Reismeier's predecessor as the convening authority, Harvey Rishikof, and his legal adviser had been discussing whether to seek life imprisonment rather than death sentences in exchange for guilty pleas by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused of being the Sept.
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"Convening a major sporting event, which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travelers and local fans to interact in close proximity would not be the right thing to do at the present time," they added.
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And then there was Cuba: In February, Democratic officials in Florida reached out to propose convening some conversations between Mr. Sanders and Latino leaders in South Florida, many of whom were nervous about his rhetoric on socialism and revolution.
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At a March convening to begin drafting a Green New Deal, leaders of the Climate Justice Alliance voiced concerns that the progressive climate platform was not being developed according to the Jemez Principles and the Principles of Environmental Justice.
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Comedy Elena Skopetos and Elana Fishbein play more than a dozen characters each in this joke-dense play about three adult sisters reluctantly convening for a family reunion, only to discover a new side to their family's complicated history.
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WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Tuesday said they will adopt a "virtual format" for their Spring Meetings in April instead of convening in Washington, given concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus.
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When I was at Georgetown, I put together this convening of people, 50 percent Republicans and 50 percent Democrats, where we brought in people to emphasize the importance of this issue and to emphasize the nonpartisan nature of it.
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In the absence of a clear, persuasive counternarrative to Trump's foreign policy success story, policy experts have been trying to fill the gap, writing articles and convening panels trying to help define what a progressive foreign policy platform might look like.
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"We are convening to uplift our long legacies of resistance and the power that we harness from surviving white supremacy in all its forms: overt, covert, institutional and otherwise," Constance Y, an organizer for the rally, said in a statement.
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Larry Chang, an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins who has worked on global HIV/AIDS response for the past two decades, singles out "the convening power of Clinton" as a key factor in getting the price reduction done.
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Even Richard Nixon got in on the game in 1969, including a warning about the risks of population growth in the introduction to his landmark National Environmental Policy Act and convening a bipartisan Commission on Population Growth and the American Future.
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The new subpoenas — issued jointly by the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Reform committees, which are leading the investigation — suggested that Democrats intended to continue the private phase of their investigation for several more weeks before convening public hearings.
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Last week, Vermont's Republican governor Phil Scott issued a press release criticizing President Trump's travel ban and calling for the convening of a "civil rights and criminal justice" panel to examine ways the state could address the new political situation.
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The officials, Stephen O'Brien and Ertharin Cousin, delivered their warnings to the United Nations Security Council two days before the scheduled convening of talks in Geneva aimed at halting the war in Syria, which has raged for nearly five years.
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The one-day convening is an extension of the San Francisco-based AfroTech conference, launched in 0003 by Black millennial news site Blavity, which boasts nearly 4,000 attendees and a roster of sponsors that include Google, Deloitte, Quicken, Facebook, and Amazon.
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Prospects for convening talks have risen as Western allies press Saudi Arabia, leader of the Sunni Muslim alliance battling the Iranian-aligned Houthis, over a war that has killed more than 10,000 people and pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.
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Staff Secretary Rob Porter has been convening a trade meeting every Tuesday in the Roosevelt Room, attended by Cohn, Mnuchin, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, hardline trade adviser Peter Navarro and top trade negotiator Bob Lighthizer.
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"As a leader in flour production for 150 years, General Mills is committed to convening experts to work with government officials to learn more and create new protocols, if needed," Jeff Harmening, the company's president and CEO said in a statement.
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Once FAC gathered its working group and landed a 2017 Andy Warhol Foundation $50,000 curatorial grant, BAMPFA hosted a Feminist Curatorial Practices roundtable convening that helped to coalesce and organize ideas for the upcoming year of feminist boosterism in the arts.
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Democratic leaders asserted their newfound control of the House on Wednesday by convening two key committee hearings on climate change that each emphasized the need for swift action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions after years of inaction under former Republican leadership.
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"The Department of State is convening a Cuba Internet Task Force composed of U.S. government and non-governmental representatives to promote the free and unregulated flow of information in Cuba," the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday morning.
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"I would have preferred to see the federal government help facilitate these facilities at the local level through its convening power and its funding power, but if it's going to abrogate that responsibility, then others will step in," he said.
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"This is a significant shift, they are much more sophisticated in trying to manage the protests because they saw how important the internet was in spreading messages, and the convening power of social media in the 2017 protests," Vakil said.
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"The Sohn Investment Conference pioneered the model of convening the most brilliant investing minds to share market-moving investment picks for a worthy cause, and this year's lineup continues that legacy," said Douglas Hirsch, Co-Chair of the Sohn Conference Foundation.
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This morning in San Jose, CA, Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, where thousands of coders and creators the world over are convening for a week of tech sessions, labs, consultations, and guest talks.
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At SXSW, brands and advertisers desperate to reach the millennial masses are convening at panels and cocktail parties to talk about how they can connect Instagram and Snapchat stars with companies like McDonald's or Macy's to create some #incredible #content.
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One of its first Fighter Fund grants was to the Indigenous Environmental Network, supporting their convening of native-led grassroots organizations to defend their right to clean water and ownership of generational lands in the context of increasing pipeline fights.
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The court filing from top Pentagon officials was the first explanation for the abrupt ouster of the officials, Harvey Rishikof, who had been serving as the so-called convening authority over the tribunals system, and Gary Brown, his legal adviser.
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This most likely includes convening key stakeholders (board-focused organizations, think tanks, key institutional investors, influential chief executives, etc.) and working with a progressive state office to get a bill passed that includes the key elements for good corporate governance.
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A senior Jordanian source said on Sunday that Amman, the current president of the Arab summit, has begun consultations on convening an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation before Trump's expected declaration this week.
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In New York, the three countries hoped that the drug session — the first since a largely hardline convening in 1998 — would recognize the failure of past policies, which have only witnessed an increase in drug use globally, along with greater suffering.
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" Max Hollein, Director of the Met, remarked, "Museums play an instrumental role in our time and have done so for several centuries, by preserving local and international cultures, helping us interpret the many worlds we live in, and convening diverse communities.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up a bid for far-right votes two days before a closely-contested election, convening his cabinet in the occupied West Bank and having it approve legal status for an unauthorized outpost.
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France (CNN)As the global economy shudders, the Middle East boils and the Amazon rainforest burns, world leaders are convening on France's Atlantic coast for a weekend of talks few believe can solve any of it.
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It is a threat entirely of our own making, and it can be remedied by facing it and doing something about it, namely convening the nuclear-armed countries to negotiate the phased, verifiable, irreversible and transparent elimination of these weapons.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Protesters on Tuesday stopped Parliament from convening to discuss a package of controversial laws that critics fear could provide amnesty for past corruption, as crowds blocked roads leading to government buildings and skirmishes broke out with the riot police.
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He could then invite President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan — two Arab leaders keen to curry favor with the new president — to join him in convening a summit meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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The president first saw early data in September and announced that he would soon issue a widespread flavor ban — but the policy has stalled amid polling figures and a tense White House meeting convening industry executives and anti-tobacco advocates.
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Mr. Kasich, who was a sharp critic of the Republicans' failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act with deep Medicaid cuts, intends to step up his advocacy by convening a series of policy forums, in Ohio and around the country.
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For Congress, a 2628G caucus can contribute to ensuring policymakers are informed about the security concerns, economic potential, and digital opportunities that will come into play with 28500G by convening experts and stakeholders from across the industry, academia, and government.
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At a morning forum convening 300 Saudi and Russian CEOs, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said OPEC+ countries were showing high commitments to the deal, and his Russian counterpart said there were no talks underway to change it.
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And then there is UNLEASH Innovation Lab, an annual convening of 1,000 millennial thought leaders from more than 150 nations who, in a different host country every year, form teams to compete for a solution to the world's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Last year, she debuted the hourlong work "Another Spell," convening what she called a "village of women" — seven performers and herself — who explored their relationships, played with dynamics of community and individuality, and ultimately commented on female camaraderie and intimacy.
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In addition to convening with Amazon investors for just six hours a year and avoiding early morning meetings, Business Insider reports that the self-made billionaire has a "two pizza rule" that helps him to banish unnecessary gatherings from his schedule.
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Trump earlier this month restored Gallagher's rank to chief petty officer and sought to ensure Gallagher maintains his SEAL status after reports that the top admiral responsible for the elite force was convening a board that would consider ejecting him.
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To tell these stories throughout the 2016 campaign, the National Restaurant Association has launched #RestaurantsDecide, an initiative showcasing the role restaurants play as cornerstones of their community during elections, convening candidates, voters and employees, managers and owners on the campaign trail.
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In an appearance on Fox News Channel on Sunday, Gallagher indicated that he hoped to retire next Saturday, "without the board" convening to decide whether he could continue to be a SEAL, considered among the most elite of U.S. fighting forces.
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Walker's latest remarks come a day after Politico reported Ryan and his leadership team had discussed over the Thanksgiving recess convening the GOP committee in charge of picking chairmen and forcing a vote on whether Frelinghuysen should keep his powerful gavel.
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The event slated for February 18-20 has been dubbed MBK Rising, and was billed by the foundation as the "first national convening" for Obama's My Brother's Keeper Alliance, an effort aimed at boosting boys and young men of color.
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The people who at the beginning of the '80s were convening Party conferences to discuss anti-Communist excesses and in the 1990s would take control of the newly established countries never cared much about anti-Communism; they cared about power.
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Having failed at something he promised to get done, President Donald Trump will turn his sights away from real guns and onto the imagined variety, convening a sort of summit at the White House about violence in the media on Thursday.
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An advance copy of Mr. Cohen's testimony was obtained Tuesday night by reporters at multiple news organizations, including The New York Times, just as Mr. Trump began meetings in Vietnam before convening with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Medical school deans and other health care leaders are convening in Washington Friday to figure out ways to change the medical education system so fewer students and physicians feel stressed or depressed — and to stem the number of doctors who are killing themselves.
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This weekend, the Women's March "Power to The Polls" tour will make it's third stop in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a day-long convening series of trainings on civic engagement, coalition building, voter registration, and other community organizing tools for local activists.
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Next week, in addition to convening the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement, the 46th sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 46) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 46) will also take place.
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On December 7, people around the country are convening at Verizon stores nationwide to demand that the company stop its attack on net neutrality protections and for Congress to take action to stop the FCC from ending the internet as we know it.
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What has Quid convening with lawyers — including powerhouse attorney Patty Glaser (she has represented Harvey Weinstein, Kirk Kerkorian and Conan O'Brien, among many others) — is a small group of former employees who Quid says stole from the company to create a rival startup.
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He later learned that Yahweh Ben Yahweh had been convening a weekly closed-door "Midwife Class," where the leader led women in genital examinations along with placing their mouth on another's private area "to give CPR to the unborn child," Amani says.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has begun consultations on convening an emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation before an expected move this week by U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a senior Jordanian source said.
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A car bomb and two suicide bombers attacked the Sayeda Zeinab district, home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, as representatives of Syria's government and its divided opposition began convening in Geneva in an attempt to start the first peace talks in two years.
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Given the uncertainties about how the North Korea issue will unfold over the coming weeks and months, the special envoy should lead the U.S. effort in convening, crafting and executing coordinated strategies about how to get ahead of North Korea's potential maneuvers.
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It gave no further details of the leaders' discussions on the future of Donbass during a phone call, but agreement on its status would be a step toward convening a four-nation summit on ending five years of conflict in the eastern region.
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A report released Friday morning by the forum, a convening organization for the global elite, is one of the strongest endorsements yet for a new technology — the blockchain — that has become the talk of the financial industry, despite the shadowy origins of Bitcoin.
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In 2015, he had a leading role in convening an international summit to explore the many issues raised by the arrival of a new class of genetic tools (such as CRISPR/Cas 9) for potential use in transforming humans, plants, and animals.
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And despite the lack of binding emissions cuts in the Paris deal, much can be accomplished through the internal assessments that are undertaken as nations commit to convening regularly to share steps on moving to more climate-friendly energy sources and development plans.
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Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has called for Rikers to be closed, and the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, also a Democrat, whose district includes parts of the Bronx, has announced that she is convening a commission to study its future.
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"The court martial convening authority considered the facts in the report, and based on advice of their counsel, decided that there was insufficient evidence to prefer any charges against General Hyten or to recommend administrative actions against the general," the official said.
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He said Tuesday that the public should "stay calm" because the coronavirus will "go away," though officials on the Sanders and Biden campaigns said they were acting on advice from public officials who were worried about convening big crowds during the outbreak.
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Afterward, at a meeting of the Wolf Advisory Group, a regular convening of ranchers, hunters, local politicians and environmentalists that helps guide the state's wolf policy, Wielgus stood up and criticized just about everyone involved, recalled Niemeyer, who was at the meeting.
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The World Health Organization is convening a meeting of its International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Friday at its headquarters in Geneva, with expectations it will declare the Ebola outbreak to be what is known as a public health emergency of international concern.
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The pope ultimately changed direction, dispatching his top sex abuse investigator to Chile and convening all the Chilean bishops at a meeting in Rome, where he accused them of mishandling and covering up an extensive child sexual abuse scandal in the country.
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Lest anyone think partisan dysfunction is unique to national politics, North Carolina's political climate has grown so toxic that lawmakers there failed to undo an anti-trans law after reaching a compromise and convening a special legislative session to do just that.
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Meanwhile, a United Nations panel convening in Geneva expressed alarm over reports that China has detained a million or more ethnic Uighurs in the western region of Xinjiang and forced as many as two million to submit to re-education and indoctrination.
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Negotiators, struggling to find agreement on some of the thorniest provisions of the trade deal, will take an extended break to consult with politicians and interest groups before convening again in Mexico City for the fifth round of talks in mid-November.
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His convening of a second special Communist Party meeting on Monday was only his second public appearance since the government in Wuhan, which is at the epicenter of the outbreak, took the extraordinary step of locking down the city on Jan. 23.
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The city of West Palm Beach in recent weeks has been blaring Mr. Gripp's earworm, as well as "Baby Shark," another maddeningly catchy children's tune, outside an event center to deter homeless people from sleeping or convening in the area at night.
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The World Health Organization is convening an expert panel today to discuss whether the Wuhan virus should be designated "public health emergency of international concern," a rare step aimed at getting more money and resources from global donors to fight an outbreak.
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Desmond's refusal to bear arms strikes these officers as a potential threat to morale, and they try to get rid of him — encouraging the other soldiers to harass and beat him, trying to arrange a psychiatric discharge and finally convening a court-martial.
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The Pentagon overseer of the military commissions, called the Convening Authority, will create the pool from those "best qualified for the duty by reason of age, education, training, experience, length of service, and judicial temperament," according to the Manual for Military Commissions.
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Within hours of the new Congress convening on Tuesday, the House plans to adopt a package of rules to clear the way for repealing the health care law and replacing it with as-yet-unspecified measures meant to help people obtain insurance coverage.
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She has traveled widely — sometimes with her father or brothers, often without them — as a fresher face of the family brand, at times convening with foreign dignitaries: an adviser to the Ukrainian president; a governor of Rio de Janeiro; Queen Rania of Jordan.
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On the other side in Vietnam, Trump will be pursuing a Nobel Peace Prize, convening a second summit and media extravaganza with North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un that will take place despite a lack of genuine progress since their first encounter.
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This week, the 69 selected sites—along with U.S. Secretary of Education John King and U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates—are convening in Washington, DC to kick off their work to develop and expand high-quality higher education programs in prison.
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Just last month, our president, Hassan Rouhani, joined by his Russian and Turkish counterparts, took an important stride toward peace at their summit meeting in Sochi, Russia, paving the way for more aid, de-escalation and the convening of a Syrian people's congress.
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" In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was convening a summit meeting of the main Pan-Islamic body next week in Istanbul to discuss the American move and to show, as his spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters in Ankara, "joint action among Islamic countries.
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"I really believe that years from now this convening by attorney general Schneiderman and his colleagues may well be looked back upon as a real turning point in the effort to hold account those commercial interests who have been deceiving the American people," Gore said.
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But the special counsel's office has continued to work during this time: meeting with people, including Manafort and Cohen, to conduct voluntary interviews; convening the grand jury hearing evidence in the special counsel's investigation; and continuing to engage in behind-the-scenes legal skirmishes.
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Local media further quoted Major-General Amikam Norkin as saying in a speech to the chiefs of 20 foreign air forces convening in Israel: "We are flying the F-35 all over the Middle East and have already attacked twice on two different fronts".
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The Summit aims to be a mirror reflecting and magnifying the peculiarities of the post-truth condition, as well as a forum of debate that can offer audiences an unparalleled opportunity to better understand the cultural and political situation while convening to envision the future.
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MONACO (Reuters) - Insured losses in the United States from Hurricane Irma could total $40 billion, according to one risk forecaster, and though that was less than earlier projections, the elite of the insurance world convening in this sunny resort were reluctant to signal relief.
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But Mr Trump, Brexit and the election of Emmanuel Macron in France have together persuaded Germany's chancellor that while talk of Germany as "the new leader of the liberal world" is nonsense, continental Europeans must now do more in unison, perhaps with some German convening.
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Vermont: A spokesperson for Governor Phil Scott told The Verge that the governor is aware of concerns about President Trump's deportation officials potentially using Vermont's data and said that he is convening a panel to discuss the issues and assess state policy under Trump.
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Capping the most devastating 48 hours of his presidential campaign, Trump stunned the country on Sunday by convening a press conference with women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct and calling the former president an abuser of women in a nationally televised debate.
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The messages, sent after West met with Trump, explained his reasoning for convening with the politician ("to discuss multicultural issues"), alluded to West's own, well-documented presidential aspirations ("#2024"), and displayed the autographed copy of Time's Person of the Year issue Trump had presented West.
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By now you've probably heard that the Dell board is supposed to be convening later this month to figure out how it might reorganize itself to deal with the mountain of debt it took on when it bought EMC in 2015 for $67 billion.
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Since its inception in 1995 as the original investment idea conference, the Sohn Conference remains the world's most anticipated investment event, convening the global financial community for an exciting day of market insights, while raising critical funds to combat pediatric cancer and other childhood diseases.
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The muscle memory necessary for convening working groups and keeping open channels of communication with GCC states is strong at present; it must remain so, as clear, direct messaging and uninhibited flows of information will be vitally important during crises, especially those involving Iran.
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"With the cessation of hostilities largely holding, Russia's announcement that it will remove half of its forces immediately and more, perhaps, from Syria, and with the political negotiations convening this week in Geneva, we have reached a very important phase in this process," Kerry said.
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This kind of convening — organized by the Vera Institute of Justice's Reimagining Prison initiative and The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (IIP) — was remarkable because prosecutors are some of the most powerful players in the criminal justice system.
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This is a debate that needs real solutions, not platitudes, and it is with that perspective that we are convening diverse experts to find new and better ways to incorporate patient input into our efforts and make patient centricity more than a talking point.
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An email sent by King to defense attorneys and prosecutors provided to Navy Times indicated that Bolivar dismissed the charges "without prejudice," which means they can be brought back in the future if more evidence arrives or a different convening authority reviews the case.
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"We're the convening authority," Mr. Lute said, and the alliance is exploring whether it can be of similar use to Europe's Operation Sophia, a naval operation intended to interrupt migrant smuggling routes in the Mediterranean Sea, especially from Libya and North Africa to Italy.
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But, in reality, this year's proclaimed theme for the four-day gathering -- Globalization 4.0, "convening 3,000 leaders from all parts of society to shape a new global architecture," as the organizers have framed it -- might have something to do with Trump's decision to punt.
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"Our series will be unique in convening a much broader group of stakeholders than is typical," Samuel J. Brannen, the think tank's lead scholar, wrote in an email to Aaron W. Jost, one of the State Department officials in charge of regulating drone exports.
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Nevertheless, there are some reforms that Congress could enact now — such as remote voting and universal vote-by-mail — that could minimize the risk that Congress will be unable to perform essential functions should the worst happen and coronavirus keeps it from convening in Washington.
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In addition to convening a group of outside experts, UNC said it would create a family advisory council to provide feedback to hospital leaders and would develop a new system for quality and safety reporting to keep administrators and UNC's board of directors better informed.
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"The real reason for convening today's meeting is not an attempt to protect human rights or promote the interests of the Iranian people, but rather as a veiled attempt to use the current moment to continue to undermine" the Iranian deal, Mr. Nebenzya said.
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Convening in a nearly empty hearing room, the Judiciary Committee's chairman, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, called on Republicans to join Democrats against an administration that he said was systematically thwarting the constitutional duty of Congress to conduct oversight of the executive branch.
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Yet even as world health leaders have pleaded for more restraint in prescribing antimicrobial drugs to combat bacteria and fungi — convening the United Nations General Assembly in 2016 to manage an emerging crisis — gluttonous overuse of them in hospitals, clinics and farming has continued.
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When the Israeli government announced last week that a planning committee convening on Tuesday and Wednesday would promote plans for 275,21967 new housing units — which are at various stages of the long approval process — opponents of Israeli settlement in the West Bank were outraged.
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On Monday morning, before convening a hearing to lay out the case for impeaching President Trump, Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, along with his staff, grappled with last-minute details as his caucus prepared to take the stage.
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The paper said in an editorial on Thursday that it had "inflamed the public" by running a cartoon showing electric chairs, effectively suggesting the death penalty just as the grand jury was convening; and that it had portrayed Sheriff McCall too favorably, among other things.
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Signaling his concern, the director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that he was convening a meeting of a group of outside expert advisers on Friday to assess whether the Ebola spread had become an international public health emergency.
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Those Asia moves followed Wall Street stocks extending their steep sell-off on Monday, with the S&P 500 down nearly 15 percent so far this month, as investors were rattled by the U.S. Treasury secretary's convening of a crisis group and by other political developments.
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There would be nothing unusual about this — convening with past supporters and advisers from his 260 campaign, making the rounds to talk up his record, congratulating the locals on their wisdom, their food, their can-do attitude — but for some inconvenient political context for Mr. Kasich.
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That August meeting, known as the Movement for Black Lives Convening and held in a city that held special resonance to the movement after the death of Tamir Rice, was part of a series of smaller meetings of black activists and a string of conference calls.
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WASHINGTON — Members of Congress will return to work on Monday, convening for the first time since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in what is expected to be a protracted fight over any nominee offered by President Obama to replace the justice on the Supreme Court.
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"Last year, the FDA approved a new pediatric use for OxyContin without convening an advisory committee even though its guidelines note that FDA decisions that relate to controversial issues or matters relating to children are particularly well-suited to advisory committee empanelment," Markey said in a statement.
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REPUBLICANS RESIST DEMS' CLIMATE PUSH: Democratic leaders asserted their newfound control of the House on Wednesday by convening two key committee hearings on climate change that each emphasized the need for swift action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions after years of inaction under former Republican leadership.
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In Brooklyn, that meant the recent convening of more than 60 people who represent criminal justice experts, reform groups, public defenders, law enforcement, formerly incarcerated people, clergy and community members to talk about programs and policies that confront the issues that lead to and prevent crime.
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"The court martial convening authority considered the facts in the report and based on the advice of their counsel decided that there was insufficient evidence to profer any charges against General Hyten or to recommend administrative action against the general," the senior military official told reporters.
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That training mandates that he determine in his own conscience that an order is legal before obeying it...Indeed, he has publicly stated that he "invites" his own court martial, and were I the Convening Authority, I would have acceded to his wishes in that regard.
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The notion of the American President convening a session simply to flaunt the relative strength of the US economy -- and taking credit for it -- isn't likely to sit well with other leaders, particularly since many of them blame his trade tactics for a slump in global growth.
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They can fill this void by creating and convening new types of policy forums in their states and districts that encourage constituents with conflicting views to come together and discuss their differing views, enhance their understanding of the issues and explore options to find common ground.
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However, the Navy's top SEAL, Rear Admiral Collin Green, commander of naval special warfare, followed Trump's move on Gallagher's behalf by convening a special five-member panel to review the case and recommend whether he should be stripped of the trident pin designating him a SEAL.
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Trump is also reaching out to Hispanic voters, convening meetings with leaders in the community as he mulls making changes to what has been a hard-line stance on immigration that has been focused on building a wall on the Mexican border and deporting illegal immigrants.
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That narrative has indeed been seized on by both the Syrian government and its Russian backers, whose air force unleashed hundreds of strikes in support of regime and allied forces as they advanced in Aleppo and other parts of the country just as peace talks were convening.
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Still, anxieties stemming from the U.S.-China trade war found no relief in a White House official's remarks that Trump is "comfortable with any outcome" arising from a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit convening in Japan on Friday.
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Later, as he greeted members of the Chicago Cubs baseball team in the Oval Office, Trump rebuffed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's call for convening an all-senators meeting to negotiate health care reform -- in what would be a break from the Republican-centric reform efforts thus far.
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After convening with 22 students, many of whom were behind the lists of demands, administrators agreed to set up future sit-downs to discuss funding for student clubs committed to social endeavors, an enhanced space for African-American students and developing more student groups representing minorities, she said.
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Some of you know, here in South Africa, my Foundation is convening over the last few days, two hundred young people from across this continent who are doing the hard work of making change in their communities; who reflect Madiba's values, who are poised to lead the way.
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Seiberg noted it's normal for the treasury secretary to talk to the biggest banks after a week of stock market turmoil, but he views the calls to bank CEOs and convening the call with regulators as a sign that the market needs reassuring about liquidity, margin and clearing.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken strides to improve the world body's response to sexual abuse and exploitation, appointing the UN's first-ever victims' rights advocate, banning alcohol and fraternization for troops, convening high-level meetings on sexual abuse and exploitation and establishing a trust fund for victims.
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Still, anxieties stemming from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war found no relief in a White House official's remarks that President Trump is "comfortable with any outcome" arising from an expected meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit convening in Japan on Friday.
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At the recent Define American College Chapters Summit, the first national convening of Define American's college chapters, program participants discussed how their respective campuses could do more to support undocumented students, including creating scholarships, allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, and protecting students while on campus.
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Some of you know, here in South Africa, my foundation is convening over the last few days, two hundred young people from across this continent who are doing the hard work of making change in their communities; who reflect Madiba's values, who are poised to lead the way.
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As the council begins its task, though, Trump sought the tech industry's help, convening a day of private brainstorming sessions with top executives on Monday afternoon — and several of those leaders, flanking Trump at a table later in the evening, responded with a few asks of their own.
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Christopher CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsDemocrats press Pompeo to help Americans stranded abroad amid coronavirus Cash assistance for Americans gains steam as coronavirus roils economy Senators balance coronavirus action with risks to health MORE (D-Del.) said people are worried about the dangers faced by senators convening in Washington.
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And the notion of the American President convening a session simply to flaunt the relative strength of the US economy -- and taking credit for it -- isn't likely to sit well with other leaders, particularly since many of them blame his trade tactics for a slump in global growth.
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The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, who is in charge of convening and coordinating the heads of government from the bloc's members, said late Tuesday that he would seek the simplest way to get their unanimous support for an extension to Britain's departure date from the bloc.
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The president's remarks on Monday came just hours after Defense Secretary Mark Esper revealed that Trump had ordered him on Sunday to ensure that Gallagher maintained his SEAL status following reports that the admiral atop the elite commando force was convening a board that would consider ejecting him.
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"Some experts believe national security adviser H.R. McMaster has been running the National Security Council as its own competitive agency rather than serving in its traditional convening capacity -- and that has caused a rift with other branches of the administration and a disconnect in the overall strategy," Kirby said.
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WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will begin formal consideration of two articles of impeachment against President Trump, convening an evening "markup" session for lawmakers to start what is expected to be a two-day debate about Democrats' charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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Queens Museum did this deftly in using its social and political capital with City Council members and the Department of Transportation to advocate for the redevelopment of Corona Plaza, a neglected public square that prior to renovation was a popular if under-utilized convening spot for local cultural organizations.
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"While the committee does not anticipate convening a hearing on vehicle fire safety next week as previously contemplated, discussions among the committee and two auto manufacturers about participation at a future date remain ongoing," Frederick Hill, a spokesman for Senator John Thune who chairs the Commerce Committee, said on Thursday.
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Directed by Trip Cullman, Lobby Hero follows a security guard, his strict supervisor, a rookie cop and her overbearing partner — all convening in the foyer of a middle-income Manhattan apartment building where a murder investigation is underway (Emmy nominee Brian Tyree Henry, of Atlanta fame, and Bel Powley also star).
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Of course, Trump set things up for the debate about two hours before the debate by convening a brief news conference using three of Bill Clinton's sexual assault accusers and the woman who says Hillary Clinton emotionally tortured her while defending the man she says raped her as a child.
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Editor's note: This essay is drawn from discussions and writings around a June 2017 convening organized and led by Samuel Woolley, Research Director of the new DigIntel Lab at the Institute for the Future, alongside fellow bot experts* Renee DiResta, John Little, Jonathon Morgan, Lisa Maria Neudert, and Ben Nimmo.
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Local 600, the International Cinematographers Guild, is also taking steps on behalf of its members, publishing an ad in the Hollywood trade journals with the names of female directors of photography and camera operators, as a reminder that they exist and are hirable, and convening meetings with studios and producers.
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Richard Moss—one of SCAN's Convening Committee members and an original ACSNCA advisor—told Motherboard in a phone call that after Trump halted funding to the advisory committee and allowed it to expire in 2017, he was approached by organizations that offered funding to help the committee finish its recommendation report.
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With the anti-Trump media leaving his absurd grand jury analogy unchallenged, he exploits it when it is useful, namely, when telling Republicans they will not be permitted to call their witnesses, and he puts the analogy aside when it is not useful, namely, in convening one-sided public hearings.
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Guerrero said one aspect of the challenge that they tackled first was streamlining communication between city and county, which handles health and welfare, convening all of the players from law enforcement, to sanitation officials, to service providers who are experimenting with pilot programs for "tiny houses" and other temporary shelter.
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THINK ABOUT WHAT A MALL IS. A MALL IS 290 ACRES AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT HIGHWAYS IN A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY A LOT OF MALLS ARE NOT LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY LOCATED IN THE MIDWEST AND YOUR CHOICES FOR CONVENING PEOPLE IS NO LONGER A TOWN SQUARE.
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But there can still be a path to success: act on the first two pillars (DACA and border security) now; and take a page from our presidential and national history by methodically integrating and resolving all of the other issues of comprehensive reform by convening a Presidential Commission on Immigration.
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This likely will mean convening a group of leading AI experts, such as OpenAI, and establishing a standard that includes explicit definitions for neural network architectures (a neural network contains instructions to train an AI model and interpret an AI model), as well as quality standards to which AI must adhere.
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This time, some former critics credit the W.H.O. for doing a better job, declaring a global emergency much quicker than it did during the SARS and Ebola outbreaks, consistently sharing information with the public and convening more than 300 scientists and research funders to help develop tests, vaccines and medicines.
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The European Union, which was also a party to the nuclear deal with Iran, is convening a conference with Iran next week in an effort to preserve that agreement and address "challenges arising from the withdrawal and re-imposition of sanctions by the United States," the bloc said in a statement.
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"Given the continued spread of COVID-22020 globally, convening a major sporting event, which is open to the public and allows thousands of international travelers and local fans to interact in close proximity would not be the right thing to do at the present time," organizers said in a statement.
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Daniel Wolfson, executive vice president of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, which has spent the last couple of years convening meetings and issuing reports on the waning public trust in medicine, sees the coronavirus as a test of trust — and whether anything in America right now can be depoliticized.
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Colonel Spath ordered General Baker confined to a trailer and fined him, but after several days, Harvey Rishikof, a former civilian Pentagon official who was then the so-called convening authority overseeing the commissions system, freed the general and overturned the fine, although he left the contempt finding in place.
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But the Justice Department, at the request of Mr. Sessions, has entered the case, taking the highly unusual step of sending an experienced hate crimes prosecutor to assist in the state trial and, according to local officials, convening a federal grand jury to investigate the death as a possible hate crime.
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There will be more photographers next week with the convening of the General Assembly, another ritual of September in New York that brings kings, presidents and other heads of state — and gridlock alerts on the East Side near the United Nations, motorcades led by police cars and security people with earphones.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada have told Mr. Trump that they value upholding the Paris deal, and Ms. Tubiana and other climate diplomats say they expect that other G-7 leaders will telephone Mr. Trump to convey the same message before convening in Italy.
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Now these same spaces will be the site of a 10-hour "convening" on Sunday by Carrie Mae Weems with the help of more than 50 artistic all-stars, centered on "interrogating the deep structures and multiple dimensions of violence, and how artists and thinkers respond to it," she said.
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By coincidence, the W.H.O. executive board is currently meeting in Geneva, so this is the perfect time for the agency to show leadership by convening an emergency committee of experts to take stock of the Zika pandemic and advise the W.H.O. director general, Dr. Margaret Chan, on how best to combat it.
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"We are confident that with good initiative in the next day or so those talks can get going and that the U.N. representative special envoy, Staffan De Mistura, will be convening people in an appropriate manner for the proximity talks that will be the first meeting in Geneva," he told reporters in Riyadh.
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Convening the Constitutional Committee, the first tangible progress since the Norwegian diplomat took up the U.N. job in January, is seen as key to paving the way for political reforms and new elections in the country wracked by 8 years of war that have killed hundreds of thousands and forced millions to flee.
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As detailed in the George W. Bush Institute's new report, "A Role Without a Rulebook: The Influence and Leadership of Global First Ladies", their influence, convening authority, high visibility and "soft power" uniquely position first ladies to have an impact on both issues of personal interest as well as advancing the administration's agenda.
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"Countries are failing to advance real solutions at UN climate talks, so the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice and grassroots leaders from around the world are convening on the final Friday of COP24 to hold a sit-in, demand climate justice, and ask people and countries, "which side are you on?
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At the end of the convening, Pakistan's foreign minister tweeted that the EU subcommittee on human rights had "asked India to immediately halt atrocities in Kashmir", which according to a prior UN report has included over 4,000 enforced disappearances, as well as violations of rights to education, health, and freedom of expression.
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Following those deaths, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis called for a temporary ban on raves on county property until a full investigation had taken place, which resulted in the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors (LA's governing body) convening an Electronic Music Task Force with the directive of making festivals safer for all patrons.
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"In light of ongoing developments resulting from the coronavirus, and after consulting with medical experts and convening a conference call of the Board of Governors, the National Hockey League is announcing today that it will pause the 2019–20 season beginning with tonight's games," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement.
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He is constantly convening meetings of subject-matter experts in the conference room off of his office in the West Wing, and he seems to understand it's exciting for many of these people to get an invite to the White House — so exciting it just might help win them to his side.
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In April 2019, members of the visual arts community will gather in Tribeca at the inaugural Art World Conference, an annual convening of artists and arts professionals focused on career development, empowerment, and the sharing of practical, actionable information on business and financial literacy to build and sustain careers in the arts.
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Not a single one of those companies told the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is convening the hearing, that they would dispatch their leaders to Washington, D.C., in the coming weeks, even at a time when the Trump administration is preparing to kill the open internet rules currently on the government's books.
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HOUSTON — With the N.F.L. hours away from convening a special two-day meeting among owners to decide on moving one or possibly two teams to Los Angeles, it seemed likely that the city would get a team, but which one and where they would play grew murkier Monday during a round of last-minute jockeying.
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Union Square Tech Hub Mockup via NYC Mayor's OfficeOn Friday, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio released the latest designs for the Union Square Tech Hub, a $250 million project that aims to "create a central convening point for technology training and networking" as the Big Apple tumbles into the increasingly digital future.
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In what he referred to as the "McCain motion," lead defense attorney Eugene Fidell said that the comments by the senator not only create a more favorable landscape for military prosecutors but also fall under the category of "unlawful command influence" and could sway the opinion of the convening authority in the case, Army Gen.
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I, together with my wife Meghan, look forward to convening young people from around the Commonwealth to hear your ideas, work with you to build platforms for you to collaborate and form partnerships, and continue to meet with many of you as we travel around in our work on behalf of the royal family.
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Still, the university holds enormous sway over Sunni theology, issuing religious edicts and convening conferences like the peace gathering Pope Francis is scheduled to address on Friday The Pope will have a delicate task in that address: Christians will expect him to clearly condemn Islamic extremism; Muslims will expect him to avoid indicting Islam itself.
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"This is not some rote exercise where we phone it in and a document gathers dust on a shelf," said Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz last week in Washington, convening the first of four sets of field hearings on the party platform, which will be approved at the convention in Philadelphia in July.
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For the rest of the course, she didn't miss a single day of school, which was a "real life-changing experience" for her, said Vo, who is also a board member of the Mindfulness in Education Network, which will be convening a conference in March for educators who are interested in bringing mindfulness to schools.
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In that first press conference, he and Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio's Director of Public Health, outlined the steps they were taking to protect public health by ramping up disinfectant measures in prisons, increasing cleaning on public transportation and convening a health summit for state and local medical officials to coordinate and ready their plans.
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The US government, for instance, threw in another $2.2 billion on top of the Gateses' $123 billion: The formation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is a similar story: the Gateses played a convening and angel-funding role in putting together an organization that would eventually subsist on funding from governments.
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What's encouraging is that across the country, from San Diego to Indianapolis, and Chicago to Minneapolis, business leaders are embracing inclusive economic growth, leading or convening diverse coalitions to advance regional priorities that help under-represented people gain relevant skills, start and grow new businesses, and afford homes in neighborhoods with good jobs and schools.
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In an effort to keep the peace, Parscale recently began convening a regular "kitchen cabinet" conference call with a group of former top Trump campaign officials and informal political advisers, from Lewandowski to pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk, seeking their input and sharing updates about the campaign, two sources familiar with the calls said.
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