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Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of petitioners for immigrants are US citizens petitioning for family members (or American businesses petitioning for employees).
It is thinking of petitioning the regulator to raise prices.
She's more confident with her technique — petitioning the state court.
Morales is currently petitioning for asylum from the US government.
The Saudi royals are petitioning the Israelis to save them.
There's calling, petitioning, and writing to politicians, or lobbying them.
Jaimie Alexander is petitioning to bring Chris Hardwick back to TV.
They are petitioning the court to move the start date, ASAP.
So are hundreds of artists petitioning Congress and the European Commission.
Then, they tried a different tack: petitioning India's Supreme Court directly.
Lee, with the goal of petitioning Unicode to introduce interracial couple emoji.
In that case, a petitioning platform that skews right, such as StandUnited.
Now the mom is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear her case.
Mr. Gokal was one of the activists petitioning against Mr. Farooqi's candidacy.
The town began petitioning the state for municipal water four years ago.
Her sister, a US resident is currently petitioning for permanent residency for her.
If you ran out of money, you could always try petitioning the owner.
They're petitioning lawmakers and retailers to allow the use of food stamps online.
Fans have been petitioning to have the role recast in the upcoming sequel.
Connecticut requires a candidate petitioning gather 9081 signatures, or 2% of registered Republicans.
Now both sides are petitioning the Supreme Court to take up the case.
After his defection, he sought his family's release by petitioning governments for help.
"The reason is that the process of petitioning is very simple," Beletsky says.
Here's a trend I find worrisome enough to consider petitioning the Word Police.
In practice, however, Asians petitioning for citizenship simply contended that they were white.
"Honestly, I'm petitioning — I want you to be on the show," Roberts told her.
The official said he was petitioning to bring his wife to the United States.
The animal rights group, PETA, spent years petitioning against the treatment of circus animals.
Zimbabweans are petitioning Disney to lift the trademark on the phrase 'Hakuna Matata' Why?
She said she had been in Beijing petitioning the government over a land dispute.
Since 1992, it has been petitioning Cites to permit trade in farmed tiger products.
Chris Christie (R) and the state's two U.S. senators petitioning against the drilling proposal.
New York-based lobster restaurant Luke's Lobster has also been petitioning for the emoji.
Supporters on social media clearly hoped Disney might change its mind under pressure and petitioning.
Nonetheless, Al-Sisi's supporters have already begun petitioning for him to contest the 2018 election.
Transgender veterans are petitioning the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover gender transition-related surgeries.
The Yankees are petitioning Major League Baseball for permission for Miller to wear a brace.
She is petitioning Bristol Council to prioritize women in refuges on the social housing register.
The doormen were petitioning management to provide a proper chair for them to sit in.
Hundreds of thousands of people are petitioning Target to drop plastic bags from its stores.
In October, Harder's office announced it was petitioning the court to hear an argument against Yelp.
After petitioning the FDA, Juno was permitted to continue the trial without the use of fludarabine.
Why does the government encourage these feedback systems even as it cracks down on petitioning bureaus?
But Uber drivers in New York are petitioning officials to force the firm to change this.
Now, the vocal mom is petitioning the park to make its restrooms truly accessible for all.
Some Uber and Lyft drivers say they were misled into petitioning against their own worker rights.
He now weighs 255 pounds, and the clinic is petitioning Medicaid to pay for bariatric surgery.
Anything short of that was an inevitable byproduct of citizens petitioning their representatives for policy preferences.
You would have to make the case by petitioning the mental health court in a hospital.
I actually went out with Arianna a bunch to Facebook, and we were petitioning for features.
Using sweeping rhetoric and direct petitioning, vigilantes translated their violence into a broader cry for exclusion.
Some depositors and their descendants spent more than thirty years petitioning Congress for reimbursement for losses.
Nobody wants to be spotted in mesh shorts, certainly not while petitioning a birch for luck.
"You may just want to go to meetings and start petitioning to get some clean water."
Thousands demonstrated, petitioning the government to even the playing field by reducing taxes and regulatory costs.
A faction of the tribe is currently petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs for federal recognition.
He points out that the two petitioning companies employ a tiny fraction of America's solar-energy workforce.
Risking arrest by petitioning our legislators in the People's House became a baptism into the Moral Movement.
He's currently petitioning to become a naturalized citizen of the Philippines with a hearing scheduled for October.
Lawrence W. Schonbrun is the Berkeley, California attorney for the petitioning class member in the Laffitte case.
The process of issuing a GVRO in most states starts with someone petitioning the court for it.
Almost 2,000 people are petitioning Costco to add a vegan hot dog to its food court menu.
Some of the prisoners opted out of petitioning for clemency, knowing the board usually issues a denial.
In fact, it's proved so effective the SFWMD is petitioning to add $750,000 to the program's funding.
In recent years, they have begun petitioning for their rights, but their situation is still very bad.
Students at a Wilson-branded high school in Washington, D.C., are also petitioning for a name change.
Google employees are petitioning management to shut down work on a controversial censored search engine for China.
As a hometown Belfast boy, light heavyweight Karl Moore has been petitioning for a debut at the event.
Now musician John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats is petitioning Senator Al Franken to help make that happen.
Muslim groups are petitioning the courts to interpret the law in a way that would criminalise extramarital sex.
She has already started petitioning the International Boxing Association to have a religious exemption added to the rulebook.
The Obama administration is changing the process for petitioning the government to protect an endangered or threatened animal.
But that hasn't stopped the Lawrence stans from petitioning Rae to bring back everyone's favorite puppy-eyed bae.
According to documents recently released by the FDA, Ferrero has been petitioning for the change for two years.
Conservatives are petitioning the constitutional court to make gay sex a crime punishable by five years in prison.
Mr. Gonzalez-Davidson, who lives in Barcelona, is petitioning to be allowed back to attend his own trial.
DOJ spokesperson Melanie Newman recently announced that the department is petitioning the Supreme Court to rehear US v.
That prompted a flood of legal disputes, with athletes petitioning to compete even after the Games had begun.
Part of his role would include formally petitioning the president to ask Mr. Zaev to form a government.
"We are unaware of any paid petitioning efforts taking place on our behalf," Breck said in the statement.
"Every campus will have a different set of timelines for petitioning for a room change," says Dr. Routbort.
"The right of petitioning is the only political right that women have," Angelina Grimké pointed out in 1837.
As a result, beginning in 1870, those petitioning for American citizenship had to be either black or white.
LGBTQ employees within Google are petitioning San Francisco Pride to kick the company from its official festivities this weekend.
Smart and her legal team are petitioning the New Hampshire governor to grant her clemency or a sentence reduction.
Now, All About the Message is petitioning the FCC to make the loophole officially recognized as an acceptable procedure.
Petitioning for a higher credit limit was most popular overall with consumers, 43 percent of whom asked for it.
Hardly. After all, petitioning government is a feature of democracy, but those who petition it most effectively usually prevail.
A majority of voters in Washington, D.C., voted in favoring of petitioning Congress to become a state in 2016.
After months of petitioning by US government officials, journalists and media advocacy groups, Rezaian was released in early 2016.
The group has been petitioning for several months to get aging deemed as a disease and force governmental change.
This reporter can number among her proud achievements petitioning Words With Friends to add "ew" to its word list.
John Dawson, a lawyer in Sydney, had been petitioning Malaysia Airlines for the records for more than a year.
However, it would take an estimated nine years to even get such a complaint heard through the petitioning process.
A bipartisan group of legislators is petitioning immigration authorities to reconsider a hike in naturalization fees proposed in May.
Campaigners are petitioning Kenya's high court to repeal the sections, saying they violate constitutional rights to equality, dignity and privacy.
Some former students have been petitioning for such developments for over a decade, and are unsurprised by the current findings.
Because today, a group of senators (led by Markey) are petitioning for a vote on 2017's net neutrality repeal.
He says he fears persecution because of his sexuality and is petitioning for asylum, with a hearing scheduled for August.
They're petitioning Washington and telling them they care about these matters, and they're asking for people in Washington to listen.
It's bad news, of course, to the hundreds of fans on Twitter who are petitioning ITV to save the show.
Amnesty International is petitioning for the Sudanese government to repeal the death penalty against Hussein, and allow her a retrial.
The state officials were joined by the web company Mozilla and consumer groups including Public Knowledge in petitioning the court.
Petitioning higher authorities for redress of local injustices is an ancient tradition in China that has continued under Communist rule.
Kelly was greeted by constituents, some wanting to talk politics, one woman petitioning for help in finding a second job.
OutRight is petitioning American oil companies that do business in Russia to speak up about this violation of human rights.
One group, Flyers Rights, is petitioning the Federal Aviation Administration to set minimum dimensions for airline seat width and pitch.
All About the Message, the ringless voice mail provider petitioning the commission, uses technology developed by another company, Stratics Networks.
Endangered: The Obama administration is proposing new rules for the process of petitioning the federal government to protect endangered animals.
Or, other duties may take priority over the time-consuming task of petitioning a court and then serving the warrants.
Richard Blumenthal, wrote to Obama Thursday petitioning for the creation of the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts national monument.
Because state policymakers have rebuffed these attempts so far, special interests are now petitioning Congress to pass a federal law.
Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, petitioning the Justice Department to open a criminal probe into the US Olympic Committee.
A group of Oregon residents is petitioning to have two counties in their state join Idaho, citing Oregon's Democratic leadership.
White supremacists seem convinced that the novels' "white genocide" is coming to life, and are petitioning Mr. Trump for help.
Likewise, if the US seeks data from foreign law enforcement, it must follow the privacy protections of the government it's petitioning.
This involved petitioning the courts to repeal the law, lobbying MPs and encouraging international partners to impose economic sanctions, Byarugaba said.
Two public defenders representing the Delaware man are now petitioning the court for information about the museum's security protocols and correspondences.
CAVUTO: And China also was petitioning the U.N. Security Council to lift sanctions that are in effect from the world. Right?
Since 2009, Weinstein has been petitioning the state to require better safeguards against sexually transmissible infections in the adult film industry.
He also praised her "defense of human life, those unborn and those abandoned and discarded," emphasizing her relentless petitioning against abortion.
Instead, he said, it was meant to ask Barr to help the committee in petitioning a court for the material's release.
There have been protests organized; groups are petitioning the council for its protection, and I'm doing as much as I can.
The producers are petitioning an important government official, Nabhan Garcia, appointed by President Bolsonaro to open up the Amazon for development.
Medical marijuana patients themselves, they've also assumed roles as political advocates, petitioning state legislators to expand Texas's severely restrictive cannabis regime.
If petitioning appointed leaders does not work, siding with the Taliban is one of the few means of protest they have left.
Since his arrival at Dragonstone, Jon Snow has been petitioning Daenerys for her help in the impending battle against the White Walkers.
However, before you start petitioning the app, there are a few important things to remember that will, we hope, ease your mind.
Mills, however, complain that they are losing money and are petitioning for market-based pricing and subsidies for farmers, the attache said.
After spending four years petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug eteplirsen, the agency initially advised against it.
Juno is petitioning to continue the trial with modifications, namely dropping fludarabine from pre-conditioning, in favor of a cyclophosphamide-only regimen.
Watch the music video for "Runner" below, and join me in petitioning Abstract to write a TV show: Follow Lauren on Twitter.
It seems that a few thousand fans have been clamoring, begging, even petitioning for Olly's death in the time in between seasons.
Kate Hudson's ex-husband Chris Robinson is petitioning the court to reevaluate the custody agreement over their 13-year-old son, Ryder.
She became one of the most flamboyant advocates for transgender people, petitioning to recognize the category on all official documents including passports.
The removal inspired the creation of a Facebook group petitioning the return of the snow penis, which more than 3,000 people joined.
They're throwing showers, petitioning for nursing rooms on campus, stockpiling itty-bitty baby socks to symbolize their steadfast opposition to Planned Parenthood.
Aaron Schock MORE (R-Ill.) is petitioning the Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision not to throw out his indictment.
The Petitioning release was a nice added bonus to them but, for us, the first proper album was When Forever Comes Crashing.
In 1996, he wrote a letter to NASA, petitioning the agency to consider adding a microphone to the upcoming Mars Polar Lander.
Booker, a non-participant for the upcoming debate, is now petitioning the DNC to revise its qualifying rules for the next round.
Nearly 50,000 people signed a first round of petitioning that was required for the Division of Elections to consider the recall application.
Industry producers, after petitioning the U.S. government (Commerce Department), have received many favorable rulings, claiming they have been injured by illegal trade.
As part of her work with the group, Kardashian West has been visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
The majority of the minors involved in the petitions were 17 years old, and most of the petitioning adults were 20 years old.
The "lonely forerunner" had to go on needling the party, struggling against the odds, petitioning for democracy and an official reassessment of Tiananmen.
Game Of Thrones is over for good, and no amount of wishing or petitioning will change what went down in the series finale.
On Tuesday, Harder's law office issued a press notice saying that it was petitioning the court to hear arguments on Hassell v. Bird.
A denizen of Bradenton is petitioning the city to replace a memorial to Confederate soldiers with one for the beloved, recently deceased Snooty.
James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma and a pastor himself, tweeted Thursday that he was petitioning the White House to reverse the policy.
For years, the tribe had been petitioning to help manage the range and the herd, citing historical and cultural ties to the bison.
As part of her work with the group, Kardashian West has been visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
One Direction fans angry about a racy animated scene featuring Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are petitioning HBO's "Euphoria" to remove the scene.
The National Milk Producers Federation is petitioning the FDA to prohibit dairy-free products from being labeled with terms like milk or yogurt.
Barr had the option of petitioning the federal district court in Washington, D.C., to relieve him of the demands of grand-jury secrecy.
And that's exactly the home the artiste envisioned for it, petitioning the National Portrait Gallery to make the masterwork Trump's official presidential portrait.
Spain's government warned it would take steps, including dissolving the Catalan parliament or petitioning the courts to rule that a secession is unconstitutional.
Currently, airlines are petitioning the government for a bailout totaling $25 billion, but as of yet that relief hasn't been pushed through Congress.
What's next for Qualcomm: The chip maker's Hail Mary — petitioning the government for a national-security review of Broadcom's bid — paid off handsomely.
More than 2,000 have begun the long process of petitioning for asylum in the U.S. Others are trying to cross the border illegally.
Now fans are petitioning the N.B.A. to change its logo — inspired by another former Lakers star, Jerry West — to feature Mr. Bryant's image.
The ACLU added that the school has also violated Kincaid's First Amendment rights by banning her from the classroom for petitioning the principal.
Anita spent three years petitioning the Air Force to restore dependent coverage, then another two applying for Social Security disability benefits, including Medicare.
It's just that, there's a way to go about doing it—there's a petitioning, and there's an asking, and then there's a warning.
That doesn't mean going into politics or petitioning the authorities, but speaking directly to the women and girls that she wants to empower.
In response, Amazon employees, shareholders, as well as civil rights groups wrote letters petitioning Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to end the contracts with police.
For now, the ship has returned to Marseille, where it lies in the dock petitioning for a new flag to let it sail again.
For the past few years, Aaliyah fans have been actively petitioning MAC to launch a collection in honor of the late R&B icon.
That office then pre-screened the child and arranged a DNA test to confirm the biological relationship between the child and the petitioning parent.
Three days later an appeals court struck down the order (the second attempt by the same judge and petitioning lawyer to block the deal).
Ferrero has been petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration for the past couple of years to change the serving size on the labels.
His government is petitioning the courts to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the only opposition group that threatens his grip (see article).
The Academy did not end up nominating Uggie for an acting award, but that didn't stop thousands of fans from petitioning for his inclusion.
It's just joined the Freedom from Facebook Coalition, which is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to break up the growing "monopoly" power of Facebook.
After spending three months in a coma and nine months in rehabilitation, she began researching acid attacks and petitioning the European Parliament for change.
JB: In the book, you chart how long it took to get soda out of schools — that health advocates started petitioning in the '60s.
Olympia' Shawn Rhoden ... as more than 12,000 fans are petitioning to allow him to defend his title in 2019 ... despite his ongoing rape case.
This is the latest in a series of investigation materials made public after media organizations, including CNN, went to court petitioning for their release.
Within weeks, about 22,000 signatures, more than double the number needed, were collected, petitioning the city to put the stadium project to a vote.
This is the second in a series of investigation materials made public after media organizations, including CNN, went to court petitioning for their release.
The government declined their request and, after a month of petitioning, dozens of workers were detained by police in July, according to the group.
Exclusions from the 10-percent import duty are granted if the petitioning company can prove it cannot source equivalent products in the domestic market.
The Petitioning record doesn't look like the Jane record, but you can kind of see the path to get from one to the other.
The Attorneys General from 85033 states are petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft a policy to collect more data on harmful asbestos.
Ms. Meeropol tours the plant, interviews workers there and speaks with activists who are petitioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to deny the plant relicensing.
Hungry Harvest is also petitioning Unicode, Apple, and Android to make ugly fruit and part of their standard emoji keyboards, arguing on its Change.
Mr. Saleh appeared to relish the leverage that the terrorist menace gave him, cheerfully exploiting his country's problems in his petitioning for outside aid.
Driving the news: Domino's is petitioning the Supreme Court to take up the case after a federal appeals court sided with Robles in 2016.
Erik D. Olson, director of the health program at Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the groups petitioning the E.P.A. to ban chlorpyrifos, disagreed.
Rodriguez later re-entered the United States after petitioning for asylum, invoking the dangers of drug cartel violence in her home state, Guerrero, Mexico.
"The law had not been finalized yet when we were petitioning," she said, adding that the website showed no commitment to posting factual information.
He is scheduled to deliver a commencement speech at Taylor University, another Christian establishment in rural Indiana, where students are petitioning against his visit.
But the group, which has been petitioning the FDA for increased scrutiny for years, is heartened that many of their safety suggestions are being evaluated.
Plan is calling for better teacher training on how to spot girls at risk, and are petitioning the UK government to improve training in schools.
But one of his personal attorneys petitioning a court on which Trump personally appointed two justices likely won't hurt the effort to get a hearing.
Despite previously petitioning the EPA four times in 2016 to crack down on the upwind pollution, the governor said the state has not gotten relief.
Internet providers weren't happy about it because it could cut into their revenue streams, so they've been petitioning the government to get the rules overturned.
After years of petitioning the Supreme Court, the FBI and DOJ were granted their wish of broadly expanding Rule 41 of the Federal Criminal Procedure.
In 2014, amended guidelines for petitioners instructed people to stay home and petition local officials with written letters, emails or through the online petitioning system.
These included things like petitioning businesses like Accenture, Citi, Ernst and Young, and Procter and Gamble to source more from women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.
The company is taking its mission further, currently petitioning to encourage Unicode, Apple and Google to adopt the imperfect produce into their standard emoji keyboards.
" However, Union Pacific Corp spokesman Aaron Hunt told Reuters on Tuesday the company had "communicated with other railroads for the purpose of petitioning the government.
With a brief two-page glance at the Grimké letters, and virtually no information on Louisa's statement on petitioning, it leaves readers hungry for more.
Weier will spend at least three years committed to a mental institution before petitioning for her release, her attorney Maura McMahon said at the time.
In August of this year the founders of 116 AI and robotics companies signed a letter petitioning the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous systems.
"If you end up with a smaller market, you haven't helped anybody, let alone the plant in Washington that is petitioning for this help," Sen.
Two years later, newly enfranchised women in San Francisco flexed their political muscles by petitioning for the recall of a police court justice, Charles Weller.
After security guards stopped her from presenting a letter petitioning for her husband, Li said judges had behaved in a "lawless" manner around Wang's trial.
Hundreds of Facebook employees are petitioning CEO Mark Zuckerberg to change the company's divisive rules on political advertising that allow politicians to lie with impunity.
Banker was largely silent on the issue, but some Signal Corps women took up the cause, petitioning Congress for decades to give them veteran status.
U.S. airlines have been petitioning the federal government for years to intervene in what they see as unfair competition by the three major Gulf carriers.
The bill includes language that would require employers to hire American workers before petitioning for migrant workers, language aimed at ensuring U.S. employees aren't displaced.
Once they do, they will be petitioning an agency that Mr. Trump has ordered to be less lenient than it was under President Barack Obama.
Despite petitioning the facility's officials, the meal service times, he said, had not been altered for Ramadan, and on occasion Muslims were even served pork.
One that takes both sides of the aisle to task for their censorious instincts, and for petitioning authority figures to protect their sensibilities from discomfort.
Cory Booker has asked his fellow presidential candidates to sign a letter petitioning the Democratic National Committee to make its debate qualification rules less exclusionary.
The group has been petitioning the Fish and Wildlife Service to relist the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
The French union, which has been around since 2009, has been relentlessly petitioning mutual health organizations to hold interviews to discuss the status of sex workers.
But the case Harder is petitioning to the Supreme Court — centering on a Yelp review that Harder claims to be defamatory — could muddy those publisher protections.
Jones, with ALEC, said that any successful petitioning of Congress would result in a "convention of the states" and not, specifically, a broad-sweeping constitutional convention.
Roof actually could kick off his federal appeal by petitioning for a second federal sentencing trial, former South Carolina prosecutor Holman Gossett told CNN affiliate WSPA.
However, the fundamental issue I am petitioning against is the fact this law and advice exists in the first place when it is so obviously discriminatory.
Residents and the American Civil LIberties Union were still petitioning the EPA to act in October, long after the agency first became aware of potential problems.
The investment manager is petitioning the government to reconsider selling some of its stake to the general public after UKFI recommended scrapping a discounted retail offer.
That's why when Stanford students began petitioning for on-campus access to emergency contraception a few years ago, they looked to vending machines as a solution.
The farmers petitioning Bidco said they are determined to get their land back - and Muyisa remains hopeful that the court will soon rule in their favor.
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Where did we get the idea that petitioning the writer of a story for a different ending to the story would get some kind of result?
Unfortunately, the family eventually had to move back to the UK, and have since been petitioning the government to allow Dingley access to the oil here.
Elliott said it had filed a suit with Amsterdam's Enterprise Chamber petitioning judges to order an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of shareholders to debate the proposal.
But even as Cosby's lawyers were petitioning to have the case thrown out, they filed a lawsuit alleging Constand violated the terms of the 2006 deal.
It was certainly a propaganda victory for Nasser, especially considering that Egyptian representatives had long been petitioning a European-dominated FIFA for an independent African tournament.
Chavez-Macias's wife is currently petitioning to become a U.S. citizen, and the couple has four children protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
We felt we'd given them the two albums and the optional third, Petitioning, When Forever, and Jane, and we said we were choosing to move on.
" I've seen Vermin Supreme attention-seeking and smirking, wearing a fake plastic ass and a rubber cone on his head, petitioning gawkers to "Vote Vermin Supreme.
Muslim women in India have demanded a ban to triple talaq with several women petitioning the nation's top court, the Supreme Court, to overturn the practice.
She's currently petitioning that a school board member in her hometown of Athens, Ohio be removed after failing to investigate her sexual assault in middle school.
After that decision, a lawyer for the men said their last chance at release was through petitioning the country's legislature or its president, U Win Myint.
In petitioning to seize Mr. Cole's weapons, law enforcement officials said Mr. Cole was believed to be the cell leader of Atomwaffen's chapter in Washington State.
Panera is petitioning the FDA to define the term "egg" to better inform consumers about what they are getting when they order "egg" from a restaurant.
One mother has been petitioning authorities since receiving a letter on March 30 from her daughter - one of at least 20 Belgian women in the camps.
They have made some headway in reducing juvenile incarceration rates, with DiIulio himself signing an amicus brief in 2012, petitioning to end life sentences for juveniles.
Western diplomats and media, including Reuters, were denied entry to both court sessions this month and escorted from the building, despite petitioning to let them attend.
Also, the Justice Department, in petitioning to have Mr. Bundy held until trial, criticized his ranching practices, saying he neglected to vaccinate, feed and control his cattle.
Although petitioning is legal, police often round up those who submit complaints, fearing that they may try to gain attention by airing their grievances on the streets.
The ACLU considered petitioning the Supreme Court to take up the case, at one point asking the court for a deadline extension, but ultimately decided not to.
Shortly after a group of Uber shareholders asked Benchmark to relinquish its spot on Uber's board of directors, Sherpa Capital's Shervin Pishevar is petitioning Benchmark via Change.
Since being set up, the ministry has received almost 20,000 complaints lodged via its petitioning system, Veterans Minister Sun Shaocheng said at the briefing, without giving details.
She joined Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, an organization that advocates for gun control, and started visiting lawmakers in Texas, petitioning for gun violence prevention efforts.
Around the same time, an advocacy group, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), started petitioning the government to make medical use legal again.
But if they say they fear targeted violence or persecution in their home countries, they can begin the long process of petitioning for asylum in immigration court.
Driving the news: The coalition formed last month in response to two foreign-owned companies petitioning the U.S. International Trade Commission to recommend tariffs on cheap imports.
The king is also believed to have a half sister, the sculptor and artist Delphine Boël, 48, who is currently petitioning the nation's courts for official recognition.
The mother of Heather Mack's ex-boyfriend is petitioning a Chicago court for guardianship of the pair's young daughter, a source close to Mack confirms to PEOPLE.
"When somebody petitioning a public servant for action provides any kind of extra resources — money or a gift or anything — that affects the process," Mr. Abramoff said.
Halvorson began petitioning counties to accept the over 1,85033 Democratic write-ins for his name in an effort to run in the general election in the fall.
"Suicide Squad" currently has a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a site that some fans are petitioning to shut down because of "unfair" reviews of the film.
And it's here the U.S. Government wants to step in as an amicus curiae — petitioning the court to be able to offer its view on the matter.
The backdrop: Saxum represented Plains All American Pipeline, which is currently petitioning the EPA to discharge hydrostatic test water from a Texas pipeline, reports the Washington Post.
Western diplomats and media, including Reuters, were denied entry to the hearing and escorted from the building, despite petitioning to attend amid global scrutiny of the case.
The department is petitioning the Supreme Court to vacate a lower court's ruling in the case, which could have consequences for other pregnant minors in Doe's position.
Petitioning, disruptions, and general harassment were common tactics at first; but now that arsenal has expanded to include rioting, looting, and lobbing Molotov cocktails at police officers.
The initiative effectively tasks the DC Council with petitioning Congress to approve statehood — and it's extremely unlikely that Congress will approve the petition, for reasons noted below.
Dozens of solar companies are now petitioning to be exempted from the tariffs, and a bipartisan group in Congress has introduced a bill to overturn them altogether.
Frome, a market town in the county of Somerset, is petitioning the British government to grant the River Frome "legal personhood" – in effect, giving it human rights.
But rather than do that, they're petitioning the USDA to police the use of certain terms on labels and skew the playing field in the cattlemen's favor.
"Export Development Canada (EDC), is petitioning the courts to ground the aircraft," said Phil Taylor, a spokesman for the agency, which provides Canadian exporters with trade financing.
"We don't do civil disobedience as a first effort but we've been petitioning and writing and marching and begging the government and they don't hear," she said.
It's through community organizing and petitioning that Virginia and her contemporaries, Shondae (Amirah Vann) and Robert (Michael Beasley), bypass their Congresswoman's hesitancy to push for radical change.
The youth themselves are lending their voice to the issue of getting gun violence under control, petitioning the legislature for long term changes that will protect them.
A group of former prosecutors and Justice Department officials is now petitioning the Supreme Court to review the years-old murder conviction of an intellectually disabled teen.
There have been plenty of fans petitioning to see the lightweight title fight booked for the main event of the Madison Square Garden show on November 12.
He had every reason to despise the government; he was about to go to jail for simply petitioning for democracy in China and asking people to sign up.
Whether you're petitioning your boss for a raise or trying to land a deal with a client, it helps to know how to argue for what you want.
Doing so could inadvertently aid anyone petitioning for a stay, providing them with a real-life example of how the ISPs new behavior will irreparably damage their business.
In June hundreds of army veterans staged protests in the eastern city of Zhenjiang after an ex-soldier petitioning at a government office was beaten by security guards.
Avenatti is petitioning to represent Daniels in the litigation over the materials seized from Cohen, since he says documents relating to Daniels are part of the seized information.
"Nothing is ever completely scrubbed from the internet," Vick said in a call to Mashable, noting that petitioning a website to take something down is not always effective.
She also mentioned ways that those outside of the community can help, including the petitioning of record labels Sony and Live Nation to drop him from their lineup.
But for online petitioning to maximize its impact on public policy — and by extension, to register on any future such survey of congressional staffers, two things must happen.
I know a guy .... The Green Bay Packers won't have Aaron Rodgers for the rest of the season, but fans are petitioning for the perfect replacement -- Colin Kaepernick.
Two US Democratic politicians have thrown their support behind the Facebook workers who are petitioning CEO Mark Zuckerberg to change the firm's policy on lies in political ads.
Ben Grob, a video game developer in Montreal and the creator of Reddit's popular UFO subreddit, is asking people to allocate their energy to petitioning their elected leaders.
Romano had been dealing with a similar problem in California, after petitioning for the release of thousands of prisoners under recent changes to the state's Three Strikes Law.
The label felt that Petitioning the Empty Sky was not an album, and did not count as a release that was part of our agreement with the label.
After a lot of public outcry and petitioning by movers and shakers in and around the city ... Meek was finally released, much to the chagrin of Judge Brinkley.
Each week we'll learn a new step of the process of running: putting together an exploratory campaign; putting together a team; petitioning; canvassing; phone banking; and fund-raising.
During a press conference in El Paso, Ebrard said Mexico is also considering petitioning for the extradition of the man accused of killing 22 people, including eight Mexicans.
Eriq Ebouaney and Bibi Tanga play teachers from the Central African Republic who now work menial jobs in the less picturesque parts of Paris while petitioning for asylum.
Records show that Mr. Luthmann was paid $1,650 for petitioning expenses by the campaign of Kamillah Hanks, who is trying to replace Deborah Rose in the City Council.
The campaign #DeplatformPredators has especially focused on petitioning YouTube to ban Onision, since nearly all of his alleged victims were first drawn to him because of his videos.
Workers at Instacart have done this by petitioning key business partners of the company, such as Costco, which accounts for 24% of the startup's business by one account.
He's petitioning the government to start taking this seriously, and has an idea about an obscure part of the Canadian tax code that could even help fund it.
Jeff Denham on petitioning to force vote on immigration Why did conservative House members have to go around Paul Ryan's back in effort to achieve a vote on immigration?
She is petitioning the court to certify Hunter is the child's father and order him to pay child support, including health care costs, as well as her attorney fees.
It comes as a delegation of British lawmakers and international lawyers are petitioning Saudi Arabia for the right to visit Hathloul, in addition to seven other detained women activists.
Tepco joins the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., Nagasaki Peace Park, and the Auschwitz Memorial, in petitioning Niantic to exclude pokémon, PokéStops, or gyms from appearing on their premises.
Activists are mobilising supporters through a host of internet forums and messaging app groups, taking out ads in international newspapers and petitioning diplomats to raise awareness among world leaders.
As you might imagine, the people arrested as part of Operation Playpen are pretty pissed about the whole thing and are petitioning the court to throw out the indictments.
Its chief competitor - a partnership of investor Carlyle Group and the Port of Corpus Christi to build an onshore port - has responded by petitioning regulators to kill Trafigura's project.
Activists are mobilizing supporters through a host of internet forums and messaging app groups, taking out ads in international newspapers and petitioning diplomats to raise awareness among world leaders.
They're are also petitioning for members of the public to vote for their favourite feel-good drink, with hopes that the most voted-for brew will be distributed nationally.
Ms. Post, who spent years petitioning the United Nations for redress, said high levels of lead among camp residents had led to miscarriages, stillbirths, premature births and developmental disorders.
Whether it was late nights, hard days, pocket change, emotional investment, hard & soft skills, door knocking in the heat or petitioning in the bitter cold - we did this together.
The White House's online petitioning system was created under the Obama administration in 2011, and petitions require at least 85033,000 signatures to elicit a response from the White House.
Many of the group's members have signed a letter petitioning to delay leadership elections, which are scheduled to take place promptly upon Congress's return the week after Election Day.
Australian lawmakers told reporters that party rebels were petitioning for another vote as early as Wednesday, though it appeared unlikely that the move would get enough support before Thursday.
Put another way, if the White House wins, the voters will have greater difficultly shaping immigration policy through congressional elections, and petitioning Congress on immigration will serve little purpose.
She became an activist, founding the Black Student Union, petitioning the City Council to remove the Lee statue and speaking out at school board meetings about the achievement gap.
There are many ways to engage in compassionate sanctuary work locally — from petitioning city councils to pass legislation welcoming migrant communities to joining rapid-response squads mobilizing against deportations.
High-profile prisoners, including Michael Cohen and Teka$hi 6ix9ine, have already made headlines petitioning for their release to house arrest in order to escape the threat of illness.
She then thrust herself into the suffrage movement, addressing the House Judiciary Committee in January 1874 as part of a group of women petitioning for the right to vote.
The Republican brief that was filed on Friday came in response to Democratic attorneys general petitioning the court to take up the preexisting conditions case on an expedited basis.
But, after petitioning Congress, the platoon was awarded four Distinguished Service Crosses, five Silver Star Medals and the remaining soldiers received Bronze Star Medals for their actions that day.
Yet instead of seeking another Division III conference, St. Thomas chose a bold, unusual path: petitioning the N.C.A.A. for a waiver to reclassify directly to Division I in 0003.
" One patent expert, writing for the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, foresaw the potential for abuse in 85033, citing the likelihood that the change could encourage "sham petitioning.
Since his July 2 arrest, TMZ has reported that Rocky's been subjected to horrible conditions at Kronoberg Remand Prison, and fans and celebrities are now petitioning officials on Change.
Undocumented parents of Dreamers who would qualify under the new Republican bill would be barred from petitioning to stay in the United States based on their children's legal status.
His daughter has since taken up the mantle of petitioning for his release and raising awareness for what many see as China's communist party cracking down on democratic Hong Kong.
According to a spokesperson for the company, fans have been petitioning Planters online through Facebook groups and forums to bring the addictive food back since they were discontinued in 2006.
China has a system inherited from imperial times allowing citizens who have been on the receiving end of official injustice to go to a "petitioning bureau" and appeal for redress.
He was well aware that was the group that had been petitioning for 20 years and I would have to think he would be pleased with the decision we made.
Dutton presented Turnbull with the signatures of just over half of his parliamentary colleagues on Friday morning, petitioning the leader to hold a meeting in preparation for a leadership vote.
Roberson sees other paths to a state single-payer system, including petitioning the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, or trying to set up a system under Affordable Care Act provisions.
The organization is petitioning the Canadian health authority to make psilocybin available medicinally, but only for people with dire need, similar to a trial planned in Melbourne, Australia this April.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the department plans to take the "rare step" of petitioning the Supreme Court to step in and circumvent the 9th circuit court later this week.
In January this year, prosecutors placed more than 1,000 academics under investigation for petitioning the government to end armed operations against Kurdish insurgents in the south-eastern part of Turkey.
Pulizzi, who is Busone&aposs sister, said Busone was petitioning for full custody and wanted Ligurgo to undergo drug testing and a psychological examination as a condition of his visitation.
" Roberts continues, "Honestly, I'm petitioning — I want you to be on the show … I'm like, 'We need to bring in some of my cute friends on here and kill them.
The movement started in earnest in 2011 when college students began petitioning their institutions to remove their assets from stocks, bonds, and mutual funds that invest in fossil fuel companies.
The Fed takeover of the economy has turned Main Street into Mean Street; it has gelded Silicon Valley, reducing our most creative entrepreneurs to climate cranks obsequiously petitioning in Washington.
Shahid Shafi, a trauma surgeon in Fort Worth, said precinct Chairwoman Dorrie O'Brien is petitioning to have the Tarrant County Republican Party "reconsider" his appointment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
And north, at 220 Riverside Drive, Ian Shrank, the owner of a 1,900-square-foot 36th-floor condo, has been petitioning to have the Trump name removed from that building.
He began petitioning counties to accept Democratic write-ins for his name in an effort to run as the Democrat in the fall, which would require at least 1,000 votes.
So right now we're petitioning to get as many people in the North End as we can to say they support our requests to obtain the titles for our property.
The video has been retweeted 35,849 times and counting, and folks have even started petitioning The Ellen Show to bring on this water-bottle-flipping master with the #MikeToEllen hashtag.
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women lawyers in Thailand are petitioning to change a dress code that bars them from wearing trousers in court, saying the regulations are sexist and discriminatory.
With the process of petitioning to get on the city's ballot having begun last week, the most energized challengers are in the Republican Party, where a primary battle is likely.
Earlier today, the International Trade Commission ruled on a Section 201 case, brought by two bankrupt solar manufacturers who are petitioning for a massive increase in tariffs on imported panels.
"Resigning the plaintiffs to the petitioning administrative process is tantamount to a death sentence for those patients who need cannabis to live," said Michael Hiller, an attorney for the plaintiffs.
Therefore, to raise awareness for dugong conservation as well as celebrate Pig's 21st year, SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium is petitioning for a dugong emoji to be added to our lexicons.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said at a Friday press briefing that his committee is petitioning for Robert Mueller's grand jury material, including testimony from former White House counsel Donald McGahn.
What we did not predict, however, is how this digital generation would keep many traditional forms of activism – voting, petitioning, contacting representatives – and combine them with actions taken via social media.
Museum leaders and the Massachusetts Attorney General reached an agreement to keep Norman Rockwell's "Shuffleton's Barbershop" on public display, but opponents of the sale are petitioning the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The discussion came out of a broader conversation among the Gayglers listserv, one of Google's LGBTQ groups, about petitioning San Francisco Pride to remove the company's float from this weekend's parade.
Before you start petitioning for a Threesomes category in your Netflix queue, let's take a look back at some of our favorite scenes from the Hollywood three-way hall of fame.
But the beauty of a name change is that, unlike, say, obtaining hormones or petitioning your insurer to cover top surgery, there's an actual process already laid out for trans people.
Despite Google employees petitioning San Francisco Pride to exclude the company from participating in the Pride parade this weekend, SF Pride says Google will be allowed to march in the parade.
Zafar, her family, gym (Circle of Discipline) and The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, have been petitioning the USA Boxing Association to add a religious exemption to its policies.
In newly filed papers, the lawyer for 38-year-old Pablo Lucio Vasquez, known as the "Vampire Killer," is petitioning the United States Supreme Court seeking a reprieve for his client.
Snowden, who in 2013 leaked thousands of government documents that fundamentally shifted public opinion about domestic U.S. spying, is currently receiving asylum in Moscow and petitioning President Obama for a pardon.
Beyoncé led the way yesterday in asking her fans to convert their sorrow and anger at recent police brutality into democratic action by petitioning their state and national lawmakers for change.
Right now, shareholders of a company that is the target of a corporate takeover can protest the price being paid by petitioning a court to appraise the value of their shares.
A solar panel manufacturer petitioning the government for relief against cheap imports is promising to hire up to 200 workers following a win before the United States trade board last week.
Together with her husband John, Trimble organized what is now recognized one of the first grassroots fan campaigns in Hollywood history: a letter-writing chain petitioning NBC to renew the series.
Warehouse workers are petitioning the company to provide paid sick leave regardless of whether someone tests positive for coronavirus, given how difficult it can be to get access to a test.
Kanal Istanbul is one of the most ambitious of the mega-infrastructure plans undertaken in Erdogan's 17-year rule, and has drawn criticism from environmentalists, petitioning citizens and the city's mayor.
He has also been credited with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980s after petitioning the US government for assistance, which led then-President Jimmy Carter to sign the Chrysler Corp.
Rivers, a software engineer, was involved in petitioning the company to stop its work with governmental agencies like the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Customs and Border Protections.
They were released into home confinement with GPS monitoring on $10 million and $5 million unsecured bail bonds, respectively, last week and are now petitioning the court for more flexible conditions.
The makers of apalutamide, Johnson and Johnson, have already applied for FDA approval, while enzalutamide's makers, Pfizer and Astellas Pharma, are petitioning the FDA to expand its use, according to The Times.
I was surprised, the number of beefs and problems that President Obama had with the Canadians and in petitioning the WTO, I think, no fewer than 23, 2000 times during his presidency.
Bezeq said on Sunday a court has allowed it to join the group of banks that are petitioning to break up and liquidate Eurocom in the hopes of recovering 119 million shekels.
It then attempted to skip the circuit courts, petitioning the Supreme Court in November to hear the cases before any appeals court had ruled, a move that's generally disfavored by the justices.
So, when MAC recently announced that, after two years of online fan petitioning, they plan to release a collaboration inspired by the singer next year, Aaliyah superfans and Black women everywhere cheered.
While Floyd appears to be petitioning that Vulcan keep the Stratolaunch program alive, especially by retaining the company's intellectual property, Jody Allen would like to sell the company outright, the person said.
In the last year, employees of several major software companies have been petitioning their executives to disengage with government agencies involved with the enforcement of certain immigration policies since the 2016 election.
Sanders himself has stoked fears of superdelegates, railing against them as undemocratic elitists who subvert the voters' will while also bizarrely petitioning them to ignore the public and give him the nomination.
Thousands of decommissioned army veterans have been petitioning for years for retirement benefits, which have led to confrontations with police, who break up even private meetings in restaurants, said veteran Qin Shuiyan.
Catherine Bearder, a member of the European Parliament, has been petitioning for the European Union to save the world's vultures and eagles; the UN, too, has been discussing what action to take.
The energy I would have spent thinking about the magical hedgehog who steals pearls in the Fantastic Beasts trailer will instead be spent petitioning the city to fix potholes on my street.
In 2012, the March of Dimes Foundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics joined groups in petitioning the FDA to allow folic acid to be used to corn masa flour as well.
According to an internal letter obtained by The New York Times on Monday, 250 Facebook employees are petitioning CEO Mark Zuckerberg to change the company's policy not to fact-check political advertising.
According to an internal letter obtained by The New York Times on Monday, 250 Facebook employees are petitioning CEO Mark Zuckerberg to change the company's policy not to fact-check political advertising.
Mr. du Toit said that prosecutors could decide to contest the sentence by asking Judge Masipa to grant leave to appeal or, failing that, by petitioning the Supreme Court of Appeals directly.
In the meantime, he is obliged to crisscross the country to appear at hearings in 50 of the country's 64 judicial districts, and is petitioning the country's high court to consolidate them.
Some states have been petitioning for years for the right to force Medicaid recipients to take jobs, and this week the Trump administration declared that it would allow them to do so.
Mr. Biden finally landed a seat on the judiciary panel in February 1977, and wrote to Mr. Eastland again, petitioning to be put in charge of the subcommittee overseeing prisons and sentencing.
The battle to strike down this law has been a long one, entailing years of petitioning at various courts, momentous wins at the lower courts, and further petitions that revoked such triumphs.
Freight carriers that want to experiment with automation and cut redundant crew would have to go through the hugely costly and time-consuming process of petitioning the FRA to change its rules.
Rama Issa-Ibrahim, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, said many people who have been petitioning to bring relatives to the United States are confused and anxious now.
The RNC has been petitioning to speed up the process, arguing that the State Department's schedule was unreasonably slow and would drag out the disclosure of the documents well past the Nov.
They were released earlier this month into home confinement with GPS monitoring on $85033 million and $5 million unsecured bail bonds, respectively, and are now petitioning the court for more flexible conditions.
Tom Lorenzen, an environmental law attorney at Crowell & Moring who frequently represents industry clients in regulatory matters and litigation, said the petitioning states can likely prevail in getting the EPA to act.
Another election will be held in November to fill out the final two years of Ms. James's term; petitioning for a June primary started on the same day as the special election.
James Bevel to be chained to his sickbed, who clubbed a Negro woman registrant, and who callously inflicted repeated brutalities and indignities upon nonviolent Negroes peacefully petitioning for their constitutional right to vote.
"'That dreadful apology' has already changed the narrative, reassured those of our petitioners who might choose to keep petitioning and brought us absolution from most moderates," she wrote, according to the Yale newspaper.
For more than 25 years, women activists have campaigned to be allowed to drive, defiantly taking to the road, petitioning the king and posting videos of themselves at the wheel on social media.
Since nuts don't have nipples, the FDA is well within its existing authority to deny the term "milk" to plant-derived products, according to farmers, who have been petitioning for this since 1997.
Fans of the new Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer are trying to take the law into their own hands by petitioning President Obama to free two men that they claim are innocent.
Generally, these laws require SLAPP plaintiffs to demonstrate a probability of prevailing on their claims in order to proceed in court, when those claims are based on defendants' free speech or petitioning activities.
According to an internal letter obtained by The New York Times on Monday, 250 Facebook employees are petitioning Zuckerberg to change the company's divisive rules on political advertising that do not prohibit lying.
STATES PETITION TRUMP OFFICIALS ON ASBESTOS RULE: The attorneys general from 15 states are petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to draft a policy to collect more data on the harm from asbestos.
While Forbes' lawsuit drags on, three advocacy groups—Friends of Belltown, Historic Seattle and Vanishing Seattle—are petitioning for The Showbox to be granted landmark status, which would protect the building from demolition.
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Christian groups and land-rights campaigners are petitioning the Hong Kong government to abandon a plan to develop artificial islands, saying it is unnecessary and could harm the environment.
But records showed that Mr. Luthmann was paid $1,650 for petitioning expenses by Ms. Hanks's campaign, and Facebook Messenger conversations reviewed by The Times suggested both politicians were tied to Mr. Luthmann's efforts.
Mexican officials, however, said the migrants were under no legal obligation to apply in Mexico, and, indeed, more than 200 of them ended up crossing onto American soil and petitioning for sanctuary there.
In effect, the amount of paperwork and data exchanged will be dramatically reduced and will provide an overall time and cost savings to US Citizenship and Immigration Services and, importantly to petitioning employers.
James Bevel to be chained to his sickbed; who clubbed a Negro woman registrant, and who callously inflicted repeated brutalities and indignities upon nonviolent Negroes peacefully petitioning for their constitutional right to vote.
His range, steadiness and turnover-hoarding aptitude at free safety have powered the Steelers' resurgence to such an extent that their fans might very well consider petitioning to rename the city after him.
For example: If you're mad about the pothole on your street, or tactics by your local police force, don't invest all your time petitioning your member of Congress when that's not their job.
If WoLF truly believed in the abolition of gender, as it claims, it would be petitioning to allow Stephens to present at work in whatever gender she wishes without risk of being fired.
Amazonians United Sacramento is one of several worker-led groups that has organized in recent months at Amazon's delivery stations, and it has had some recent successes in petitioning for better working conditions.
And for those who were not happy with the decision to name the ship after Attenborough, they have new goals: petitioning for Sir David Attenborough to change his name to Sir Boaty McBoatface.
Worth, known to her friends for her radical honestly, informed me that she's been doggedly petitioning her city to allow her to bury herself in her own front yard, but to no avail.
Like Malaysia's many refugees, Othman isn't legally permitted to work, forced to live off his savings while petitioning to get back to the wife he's seen only a handful of times since their wedding.
One in particular, Spain-based visual artist Anna Gimein, has published a public letter on Facebook petitioning the French courts on behalf of Pavlensky and signed by hundreds of artists, arts workers, and artists.
Ultimately, he said, challenging the law might require petitioning the European Court of Human Rights, which is generally a years-long process that can only begin once national courts have finished reviewing a case.
Each sponsored post appears to be a DM conversation between the candidate himself and the meme account in question, with Bloomberg's messages petitioning the account to make him go viral with a funny meme.
For over 30 years, her immigration status was a big family secret, but her green card finally went through last summer — after eight years of me petitioning — so I can finally talk about it.
"As we now believe he is being detained by the Maldivian authorities, we will be petitioning the United Nations Special Procedures in Geneva, in particular the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention," Cadman added.
For generations, middle-school civics classes have studied how a bill becomes a law by petitioning their legislature to honor the otter as state animal, or the blueberry muffin as the official … state muffin.
Those without that proof, like Ms. Koester, can still get a credential valid only for voting by petitioning the state — the credential that Judge Peterson ordered officials to provide speedily to anyone who asked.
Yet of those, only 200 mothers were actually admitted — less than 20 percent — according to Save the Birthing Center, a group of mothers, midwives and doulas petitioning to keep Mount Sinai West's center open.
By the 28s, local businesses were petitioning the city to change its image by cleaning up the riverfront, where vacant stores sat along the banks of the river, and by reviving the withering downtown.
Ms. Naim has become a central figure in a drive to reverse the decision, petitioning City Hall, and demanding documentation from the municipal electricity utility, ACEA, to better understand how the move came about.
So it was gratifying to see five former ITT students take matters into their own hands this week by petitioning a federal bankruptcy court to consider loan forgiveness as part of the company's liquidation.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads In the 1960s, Jamaican Rastafarians began petitioning the British Crown for reparations for slavery to fund their repatriation to Africa, even presenting a petition to the United Nations.
She has been working with Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
While avocados may never realistically reach those rock-bottom carrot prices, if what we all want is cheaper avocados, may I suggest petitioning the Trump administration to stop turning them away at the Mexican border?
JOHANNESBURG, May 22 (Reuters) - South African retailer Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. said on Wednesday it had postponed a hearing with shareholders who are petitioning looking for an inquiry into the company before a Dutch court.
LGBTQ Google employees ask SF Pride to remove the company from celebrations Megan Farokhmanesh reports that LGBTQ employees within Google are petitioning San Francisco Pride to kick the company from its official festivities this weekend.
But with a fresh show of support from one of the most legendary names in football, former FSU coach Bobby Bowden, he&aposs supporting Kennedy&aposs petitioning to get his case to the Supreme Court.
Chinese farmer burns to death in dispute over 'nail house' Begging and scavenging Some people have spent as many as 40 years in Beijing petitioning, according to Zhang, whose organization offers homeless petitioners legal advice.
"We have intelligence reports that these leaders were inciting people to riot yet they have other lawful avenues, like petitioning a higher court, to seek redress about their fate of their colleague," Kayima told Reuters.
Multiple industry groups, including The American Petroleum Institute and the Texas Oil and Gas Association, have been petitioning for Pruitt to get rid of the requirement, originally set to take place in June, all together.
Proponents are petitioning Florida, Missouri and Oklahoma to include ballot measures asking residents if they want to broaden out the federal health care program to cover more low-income adults, many of whom are uninsured.
Neblo says that a third function of town hall meetings is that it's a form of petitioning governments for redress of grievances, or the right to make a complaint or seek assistance from the government.
Barb became a viral phenomenon after her sudden and gruesome death on the show, prompting online tributes and songs to the character and fans petitioning "Stranger Things" creators The Duffer Brothers with the hashtag #JusticeForBarb.
While many women in tech applauded the move as a sign that boards would boot visionary founders over bad behavior, some Uber employees bemoaned Kalanick's exit — with a group reportedly even petitioning for his return.
Attention naturally goes to whether some challenged practice is constitutional, rather than, for example, whether the challengers have standing to sue or sufficiently raised their claims in lower courts before petitioning the justices for review.
Student Victims Seek to Become Creditors in ITT Bankruptcy Five former ITT students took matters into their own hands by petitioning a federal bankruptcy court to consider loan forgiveness as part of the company's liquidation.
After getting married in Chicago, I was allowed to simply begin assuming my husband's name without petitioning the court in a separate process because our marriage certificate could serve as a legal name-change document.
Local Motors is petitioning the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, complaining that "smaller, innovative American vehicle manufacturers" like themselves are at a disadvantage, hindering competitiveness and endangering American leadership in autonomy and new technology development.
If you feel these types of games should be removed from all app distributors, you're certainly not alone: Many parents are petitioning to censor any plastic surgery scenarios that might damage their child's developing self-image.
The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will take the unusual step of immediately petitioning the US Supreme Court to challenge a judge's order that partially revived the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program.
"She uses that account for political/policy commentary, so to shut a citizen off from her statements is a problem — as well as blocking me from petitioning her or seeking redress," he told the news outlet.
A Brazil court has granted Ghosn access to the property, owned by Nissan, in the Copacabana neighbourhood, but the company said in a statement that it was now petitioning a higher court to reverse the decision.
Scott and other Cabinet-level officials implemented a rule that offenders – including nonviolent offenders – had to wait at least five years after completing their sentences before petitioning the state for the restoration of their civil rights.
As electoral officials prepared to certify that Mr. Imamoglu had narrowly won, the president and his party alleged irregularities so broad that they took the extraordinary step of petitioning for the election to be held over.
According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, an attorney for the former 'Love & Hip Hop' star is petitioning the court in her child abuse case to allow Tommie to get treatment for a serious mental illness.
" Pine Nuts, Salmon and Other Foods "With all due respect, we find it profoundly unfair to have to repeat the process of petitioning for removal of pine nuts from the list of products to be tariffed.
"If the governor is thinking about petitioning the Supreme Court, it would be nice to develop that policy in town halls where fire victims and ratepayers can speak out," said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog.
Kentucky sold a billion dollars in lottery tickets for the first time … O.K., here's a real one: Women's involvement in politics seems to be skyrocketing — they're doing everything from petitioning Congress to planning their own campaigns.
Then, Mr. Cuomo said, petitioning would allow him to take his campaign "to the people" and to run against "a culture of dysfunction in Albany" — lines that could be revived verbatim by Ms. Nixon in 2018.
They united different community factions, opened an office in Washington, D.C., and began engaging in one of the oldest of American traditions – petitioning their government to do something to stop the killing and rape in Kosovo.
If it hadn't been for his stepfather petitioning for him and his two younger siblings, they would still probably be relying on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for work permits and protections from deportation.
Starting in 21.3, the local government awarded people points for good behaviour (such as winning a national honour of some kind) and deducted points for everything from minor traffic offences to "illegally petitioning higher authorities for help".
Surely they will be demanding action, petitioning congressmen, demanding the Department of Justice to step forward and make sure that every American has a right to arm themselves without fear of being gunned down by the police!
The remarks also come as Defense Secretary Ash Carter and current DNI James Clapper are reportedly petitioning to remove Rogers from his dual-hat position as head of the NSA and the military's specialized cyber warfare unit.
But while the appeals court acknowledged that the delayed entry meant "hundreds of millions of dollars in profits," it said that the petitioning activity had ceased and thus the company was not in violation of the law.
The state is now petitioning for a review of the case in the Supreme Court of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault is looking into rewriting the law's language if the Supreme Court bid fails.
Wolff has Kushner petitioning Henry Kissinger for his advice on international affairs, even floating the suggestion of Kissinger as Trump's secretary of state soon after the 2016 election; at the time, Kissinger was already 94 years old.
But years later, as evidence emerged that gangs had been attacking gay men in the cliffs around Sydney during the 1980s and '90s, Mr. Johnson's family began petitioning for a second inquest, which was held in 2012.
" (Nonbinary people do not identify as either male or female.) Meanwhile, in a separate lexicological dispute, tens of thousands of people are petitioning the Oxford Dictionary of English to strike derogatory synonyms from its definition of "woman.
Thousands of people who are 60 years of age or older or suffering from "extraordinary and compelling" circumstances now have the opportunity to seek relief by petitioning the Bureau of Prisons or a judge for their release.
Now, at 32, Anjali's name will finally be on a title as joint owner of land allocated by the state, after months of petitioning local officials, and addressing age-old traditions and superstitions that deny women land ownership.
More broadly, the ACLU is also petitioning the US District Court for the District of Columbia to issue an order that would prevent the Trump administration and the ORR from blocking any future undocumented minors from receiving abortions.
Finally, there's TheraPsil, a group of seven Canadian health care professionals who formally announced their intent to challenge the illegality of psilocybin by petitioning Health Canada to allow access to mushrooms in a medical setting for terminal patients.
In petitioning the Supreme Court to hear an appeal, Apple argued that letting the decision stand would "harm competition and the national economy," ultimately changing rules that "govern disruptive entry by dynamic companies into new or stagnant markets."
A Bayer spokesman said the German company was petitioning the court in Russia to be given more time to discuss demands made by the regulator about the deal, which would create the world's largest seeds and pesticides company.
A Brazil court has granted Ghosn access to the property, owned by Nissan, in the Copacabana neighborhood, but the company said in a statement on Sunday that it was now petitioning a higher court to reverse the decision.
The Doctor Sleep actor, 333, filed court documents on Monday petitioning a judge to dissolve his marriage to ex Eve Mavrakis and declare them both single before they've finalized their divorce, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
After the Charleston massacre and subsequent petitioning of the South Carolina Confederate Flag in mid 21843, a Facebook group called for the Nashville painting to be taken down, and it was soon removed and returned to the artist.
But Democrats said they did not expect Mr. Barr to break the law and unilaterally release grand jury secrets, but rather to join them in petitioning a judge to unseal material for the grand jury for committee use.
"I'll have 30 birds on my bird feeder at one time; some of them are almost my friends," said John Collins, the chairman of Omaui Landcare Trust, the community group petitioning the council to institute the cat ban.
"We ask kindly that anyone visiting the Aaliyah wax figure @TussaudsVegas please treat it with respect, this has been a lot of years of hard work by her fans petitioning and her family's @RAD_6 support," the account wrote.
The FTA, which represents members from the road, rail, sea and air industries, said it was petitioning government to urgently seek an extension to the transition period before the planned departure date at the end of the year.
It's good that Avaaz and other groups are pressuring social media companies, but the fact that citizens of a democracy are petitioning multi-billion dollar corporations to restore respect for truth and decency is not a good sign.
" In the paragraphs that were posted below a stock photo of a smiling chef, the site said that the restaurant, called SKIN, had been granted its license after "petitioning the state and federal governments over laws against cannibalism.
Also frequently called red flag laws, they create a process for petitioning a court for an order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms when there is evidence someone poses an extreme risk to self or others.
Allowing police to petition judges to seize guns This was another strong one, with 239% of those polled saying they're in favor of police petitioning a judge to confiscate weapons from someone deemed at risk for violent behavior.
In 2007, a software internationalization team at Google decided to lead the charge, petitioning to get emoji recognized by the Unicode Consortium, a nonprofit group that works sort of like the United Nations to maintain text standards across computers.
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Attorneys for Lula, a leftist icon who remains one of the most influential opposition figures in Brazil, have been petitioning the Supreme Court for his release and seized on the reports to argue that his sentence should be overturned.
Shortly after Brady's statement, the NFLPA announced that they would not be seeking a stay of the four game suspension in the Second Circuit, however they did leave open the possibility of petitioning the Supreme Court in the future.
The essay, which draws on centuries-old traditions of scholars petitioning the mighty, condemns the Communist leader for his draconian security policies, for eliminating term limits on the presidency, and for reviving Maoist-style propaganda, political campaigns and purges.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that legal heirs who are Indian citizens can reclaim so-called enemy property, following decades of petitioning by the family of the erstwhile Raja of Mahmudabad, who left India after partition in 1947.
Petitioning to the Dean of the University of Sydney's School of Business, professor Greg Whitwell, it points out that Wu's comments were taken out of context, and that the outrage is an act of curbing dissent among overseas Chinese.
His riff on how gays "always have some kind of political argument" comes with a curious example about how he had argued with a gay man who was petitioning to remove the words "husband" and "wife" from marriage licenses.
Republican and Democrat-controlled legislatures swiftly learned that they could use this power to smother rising third parties like the Populist Party, and gave themselves automatic lines on the ballot while instituting onerous petitioning requirements to hinder other upstarts.
Over 400 millionaires and billionaires from the United States plan to send a letter to Congress this week petitioning on lawmakers not to cut their taxes — but to raise taxes on the wealthy, according to a Washington Post report.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Late last year, the Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Büchel launched MAGA, a nonprofit ostensibly lobbying and petitioning to have the eight prototypes for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall designated a national monument.
DOJ's challenges to the First Step Act has "a chilling psychological effect on those who have been released or are petitioning for release," according to a USA Today column from criminal justice reform activists Fred Davie and Julio Medina.
Zharqynbek Otan, 31, a cook who was arrested in January 2017 and held in a camp for seven months, said he probably owed his freedom to the unceasing petitioning of his wife, Shynar Kylysheva, who is a Kazakh citizen.
Petitioning the FDA to change the rules over what can be called "eggs" on a menu, asking that only "food made from a cracked shell egg without addition of additives or further processing" be allowed to bear the egg name.
Some of the most vocal #MeToo discourse has subsequently taken place in academic settings, with students and professors at Beihang University and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) petitioning their universities to enforce more anti-sexual harassment measures.
Kardashian West has been working with author and CNN commentator Van Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
However, Mexicans who want to keep the brave pup's visage in circulation are now petitioning to have Frida be the face of the 500 peso bill, replacing Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo who both currently, and separately, front the new bills.
She has been working with author and CNN commentator Van Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors and attending meetings at the White House.
She has been working with author and CNN commentator Van Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
She has been working with author and CNN commentator Van Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors and attending meetings at the White House.
The family of Kathleen Durst, the first wife of real estate heir and alleged murderer Robert Durst who went missing in 1982, is petitioning a New York court to formally declare her dead, according to court papers obtained by PEOPLE.
The country's largest independent refiner is petitioning Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy to tweak the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to move the responsibility of complying with the program further downstream, according to a letter from Valero dated June 13.
In an hour-long chat by Skype, he said the fight goes on — petitioning companies like PayPal, Twitter, Facebook and Google to shut down accounts that he thinks support Russia's cyber war, and hacking into them himself if that doesn't work.
The President and Chief Exec of News Media Alliance David Chavern said the goals for petitioning the government to take action are better protection for intellectual property, more support for subscription models, and a share of both revenue and data.
Wayfair was in the news earlier this year when 500 employees (10 percent of its staff) walked out after petitioning their executive leadership to cut ties with a contractor responsible for furnishing children's detention camps at the US-Mexico border.
Gun Owners of America (GOA), is petitioning lawmakers to include a new provision in banking reform legislation under consideration by Congress in reaction to two major national banks for putting pressure on clients to implement gun control measures, Reuters reported.
National construction organizations such as the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) are backing their local state chapter organizations in petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review the rule the Department of Labor finalized last month.
New Zealand's gun laws have been widely criticized in the wake of the mosque shootings, with thousands of Kiwis petitioning for a ban of semi-automatic weapons—something University of Waikato International Law Professor Alexander Gillespie is pushing for, too.
Neal, who has also been petitioning for gender-neutral toilets in British schools, added that administrators need to understand the importance of respecting students' preferred pronouns and gender expressions (as any uniform conversations or changes ought to take into account).
Other countries are reluctant to directly intervene in the utterly inhumane treatment that Myanmar is perpetrating against the Rohingya, but we could perhaps bring worldwide shame upon her and her government by petitioning the Nobel Committee to revoke her prize.
But once they realized that they would probably live out their days in the United States, they took the brave step of petitioning Meaher for land, arguing that he owed them compensation for the free labor they had provided during bondage.
Baskin's flamboyant personal style and shadowy personal past piqued the interest of Tiger King fans, so much so that some are petitioning for her to step into the spotlight as the next lead of ABC's dating reality series The Bachelorette.
But the last month has seen Mr. Cuomo's glossy coronation as the party's preferred candidate at the state convention in late May, forcing Ms. Nixon — making her first run for public office — to begin petitioning to challenge him on the Sept.
Garrett Bradley's documentary follows Fox Rich, who has spent 21 years doggedly petitioning for the release of her husband Rob, from prison, where he's been sentenced to spend 60 years following a youthful crime in which they were both involved.
Two weeks earlier, a law for which he had lobbied tirelessly—petitioning lawmakers and posing with cast-off carrots—went into effect, requiring French restaurants that produce more than ten metric tons of food waste a year to recycle their scraps.
"After a bunch of shouting, screaming, and petitioning... we have managed to get the attention of the people at the top, and they have heard us and want to protect us," Jamil said via an Instagram post announcing the step.
While GOP Senator Lindsey Graham has been quietly leading the fight for undocumented students on a national scale, Gabriela has been busy petitioning her school to declare itself a "sanctuary campus" and pledge not to turn undocumented students over to federal immigration officials.
As Ars Technica explained, the Supreme Court's decision not to consider another appeal basically means he is out of options to reclaim the assets except by petitioning courts in New Zealand and Hong Kong, where they are held, not to release them.
WIRED reported on vulnerabilities in the keyless entry systems of roughly 100 million Volkswagens, open Internet advocates are petitioning to keep web access unfettered in Brazil, and hacking newswires to get embargoed press releases is actually a decent way to do insider trading.
Yoli swallows a Ritz cracker and gulps down some water, and we watch other cases before a judge in a nearby courtroom: a Honduran boy seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile status, a Venezuelan teenager petitioning for asylum on the basis of his sexual orientation.
Kardashian West, 38, has been working with author and CNN commentator Van Jones and attorney Jessica Jackson, cofounders of #cut50, a national bipartisan advocacy group on criminal-justice reform, for months, visiting prisons, petitioning governors, and attending meetings at the White House.
JERUSALEM, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Bezeq Israel Telecom has asked a court if it can be allowed to join three banks petitioning to break up and liquidate its debt-laden parent company, Eurocom Communications, in the hopes of recovering 119 million shekels ($34 million).
According to current published USCIS guidelines, many individuals applying for employment-based green cards have their interview waived, especially if they have extraordinary abilities and if the employer petitioning on their behalf is the same one that sponsored their initial work visa.
Geoffrey Nunberg, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, who served as an expert for Native Americans petitioning to have the federal government cancel the Washington Redskins organization's trademark registration, said the term was a qualified form of a reclaimed epithet.
In contrast, in 2001 the government offered an opportunity for permanent residency for immigrants through the LIFE Act (the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act), which offered legal status to some undocumented immigrants with family members who were US citizens petitioning on their behalf.
I think that the conduct of the profession should be as bottomless as its subject matter: If we are going to have professional, intramural discussions about the ethics of the profession, we should do so philosophically and not by petitioning one another.
Workers strongly support the rule but corporate special interests have fought it and prevented the DOL from updating the beryllium standard for more than 40 years, despite Public Citizen petitioning the agency to force a stronger and safer standard for workers since 2001.
I think that the conduct of the profession should be as bottomless as its subject matter: If we are going to have professional, intramural discussions about the ethics of the profession, we should do so philosophically and not by petitioning one another.
The proposed route runs on government-owned land that is flat and straight; those petitioning for the hyperloop include business and government leaders, as well as academics; and it would provide a huge economic boost to the state by connecting its two largest population centers.
The simple fact is one of the ways, Maria, to solve the problem you described is narrow the number of people coming by family petitioning to what every other country has so that we have the best and the brightest that come to our country.
Austin Rutherford Colby and his mother, Gwendolyn Denise Phillips, 57, have spent four years petitioning the New York County Surrogate's Court to establish Colby's right to inherit from the estate of Michael Morgan Taylor — the man they claim was his father, according to court documents.
While countries like Peru and Bolivia have fought back against the culturally myopic and violently neo-colonial enforcement of these laws, eventually legalizing the plant in their respective countries and even petitioning the UN to change its views worldwide, Colombia has historically played along.
These specialists help youth and their families navigate the various systems that are encountered after a violent injury, such as advocating for safe housing, handling police reports, and accompanying the victims to court, and even petitioning schools to create independent education plans and safety plans.
Liu was first jailed for his role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement after the military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- and later for petitioning for political reform and co-writing a paper on policy toward Taiwan that was at odds with the government stance.
Liu was first jailed for his role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement after the bloody crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- and later for petitioning for political reform and co-writing a paper on policy toward Taiwan that was at odds with the government stance.
Even then, Gazans were aware of how they were viewed by most of the world, leading them -- young and old, male and female -- to repeatedly voice gratitude that I thought to come to their "little Gaza," while simultaneously petitioning me repeatedly to consider returning someday.
Endangered Bodies has over 100,000 signatures from around the world on the petition and says it will continue petitioning until it gets confirmation that Google, Apple and Amazon will implement policies for app developers stating that these games are no longer acceptable for children.
As Sandra travels across Seraing petitioning her co-workers for her livelihood (she's married with a couple of kids, and losing her job will force the family out of their home and back into social housing), Cotillard is jittery, constantly on the verge of tears.
The second is collapse as the result of Israel's punishing economic, military and political power, and political and economic pressure, mostly American, in response to Palestinian steps that violate the status quo, such as petitioning the International Criminal Court or leading a non-militarized uprising.
The commutation had bipartisan support from lawmakers and had become a cause among many leading voices in the legal community, petitioning the Obama and Trump administrations to draw attention to a sentence they said was wildly disproportionate to the crime that had been committed.
Tillis and Lankford have tried to address that demand by barring Dreamers who would obtain green cards through their legislation from petitioning family members, although they would be able to sponsor them if they become citizens, according to a person familiar with the legislation.
On February 13, more than six weeks after Wyden began petitioning the administration for action, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told Wyden in a meeting in the senator's office that a multi-agency probe into the cases in Oregon and beyond had begun.
In future site visits, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agents will investigate incidents where an employer's basic business information cannot be validated; businesses that have a high ratio of H1B employees compared with U.S. workers; and employers petitioning for H1B workers who work off-site.
So filmmakers, and in particular cinematographers, whose work crafting the look of the movie is most affected by these settings, began petitioning TV companies to either turn motion processing off by default or create some kind of easily accessible method for users to disable it themselves.
The new short picks up Niander Wallace — presumed to be the villain of Blade Runner 2049, largely based on the fact that he's played by Jared Leto and looks incredibly evil — petitioning to have that prohibition overturned so that he can create new replicants of his own.
The petitioning lawyers were hoping to see the chimps released and sent to a sanctuary; Tommy is currently caged in a warehouse at a trailer dealership in Gloversville, NY, and Kiko is in a storefront cage in Niagara Falls, NY.Should a Chimpanzee Be Considered a Person?
In recent months, campaigners have been pushing to secure Meadows' release and petitioning the court for all charges to be dropped, arguing that she was failed by the agencies that were supposed to protect her, and resorted to extreme measures in the hopes of staying safe.
For example, Xi Guozhen has spent the past two decades in and out of prison for petitioning the government to investigate the death of her husband, who was burned to death when the local government cleared her neighborhood to build the high-rise I now live in.
The carriers were not interested in turning over messaging control to Google, though, and after years and years of petitioning from Google and consumers, eventually Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile went behind Google's back to create the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI) in October 2019.
I remember recording the vocals for the Petitioning the Empty Sky seven-inch with Brian McTernan at like one or two in the morning at his old studio in Watertown, Mass, and that was one of the first times I felt really content in what I captured.
Last weekend, Freddy "SmAsH" a disgraced Peruvian Dota 2 player posted a long, open letter on the Dota 2 subreddit, petitioning Valve for his reinstatement into the game's professional scene, and an end to the ban he received as a result of a match-fixing scandal.
Then her third album, 2005's Extraordinary Machine, finally arrived after a protracted delay because Apple shelved an original version she felt was overproduced; her fans ended up petitioning her label to release it because they thought it was corporate douchebags holding things up, not Apple herself.
Mr. Gantz went from petitioning the Supreme Court on Wednesday to censure the previous speaker, Yuli Edelstein — a Netanyahu ally who resigned rather than allow the election of a new speaker — to accepting Mr. Edelstein's support in the Thursday vote that elected Mr. Gantz as speaker.
But for some, that is part of the calculation: Having grown impatient as they wait for their asylum appointments, they hope to speed things up by getting caught and petitioning for asylum on the spot, a provision in the law that Mr. Trump is trying to end.
Last May, when Women on 20s, a nonprofit organization that was petitioning to put women on American money, announced that Tubman was the polled favorite, Jay Smooth argued that America's legacy of enslaving human beings for profit made Tubman an imperfect choice for the $20 bill.
Ms. Atwood was recently criticized in the Toronto news media for Nimby-ism after joining her neighbors in petitioning city officials to revise plans for an eight-story condo development that, Ms. Atwood wrote in a letter, might affect privacy and trees shared along the lot line.
Rocket Lab is part of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, an industry consortium that also includes SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Relativity Space and others that is petitioning the FAA for reforms to regulations that would update them to better suit the current state of the commercial space business.
The attorney general on Thursday jumped into the dispute, accusing local officials in Chester and Orange County of violating fair housing laws and discriminating against the Hasidic community, and petitioning a judge to join a lawsuit filed earlier this year by the Greens at Chester, the developer.
Now, those killjoys over at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals—more commonly known as PETA—are petitioning to get live seafood dishes taken off the menu, reasoning that butchering a living creature and then consuming its still-convulsing limbs for pleasure is somehow cruel.
Cancer hotels show China's healthcare misery Imperial tradition The act of petitioning is a Chinese tradition that stretches back centuries to the Imperial era when aggrieved people could directly appeal to officials in the capital, and even to the emperor in some cases, in their quest for justice.
Through his lawyer, Norman Siegel, he is petitioning the two companies that commissioned the new sculpture from artist Kristen Visbal — financial services firm State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) and advertising agency McCann New York — as well as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to have "Fearless Girl" relocated.
But less than 226003 miles away, in Orient, the easternmost part of the North Fork, the community is holding a petitioning campaign over a 34.5-acre farm that a New York restaurant chain, Fresh&co, is establishing on bayside land to raise vegetables and animals to supply its kitchens.
To get Ms. Bruns's license taken away temporarily required petitioning a judge, even though city records indicated that during the past two years, the car she was driving had been caught on camera violating speed regulations around schools four times and running red lights on several other occasions.
Yet, so far, the program has been met with support in many corners of the city, with neighborhood watch groups petitioning for more cameras and some residents believing that it could be as effective at monitoring police officers on patrol as it could be for spotting criminal activity.
The island is petitioning for relief under a federal law for insolvent territories, called Promesa, which contains certain bankruptcy provisions but also recognizes that Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, is not part of any state and must be treated like a sovereign nation in some ways.
To lay the groundwork for future lawsuits, Saño and a group of other citizens and NGOs are petitioning the Philippines' top human rights tribunal to declare fossil fuel giants like ExxonMobil and Shell responsible for violating the fundamental rights of the Filipino people by contributing to climate change.
In between your visits to the homes of tech and Hollywood executives for high-dollar fundraisers, go visit places like Theodore Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights, where Latino youth are petitioning to close a corporate tax loophole in order to increase funding to their local schools and communities.
More interesting than Pence's nice gesture for a rival fanbase, however, is what is mentioned slightly lower down in ESPN's writeup: apparently there is a group actively petitioning Major League Baseball to block off some time for fans to come onto the field and spread the ashes of dead loved ones.
And it didn't…Read more ReadAs outlined in a letter to US Copyright Office, the RIAA and 14 other groups are petitioning authorities to either update or replace the Digital Millennium Copyright Act with a system that would put most of the burden for tracking infringing content on internet service providers.
Those survey findings are more than five years old now, but while there's little reason to think that those percentages would be much different today, one method of advocacy and of facilitating citizen engagement that wasn't asked about then has since taken on a much higher profile; namely, online petitioning.
WeChat owner Tencent did not respond to a request for comment about the new regulations, but they appear to be widely implemented: Last month, 40 members of a group chat in Hubei province were disciplined for "publishing improper remarks" by spreading letters petitioning the local government, according to state media.
Puerto Rican celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, and Ricky Martin, as well as artists like Princess Nokia and Hurray for the Riff Raff, have been petitioning people to support these organizations, but there's only one initiative so far created to aid musicians struggling after the calamity: the PRIMA Fund.
The ability to build thinner, and therefore cover less of the lot, has allowed developers to create very tall projects in some neighborhoods "as of right," without petitioning the city and going through a lengthy review process, said Frank E. Chaney, a lawyer with Rosenberg & Estis, a real estate law firm.
By the early 7093s, the Chinese leadership under Jiang Zemin was taking a relatively soft approach to ideological conformity — in part because the country was petitioning for membership in the World Trade Organization, which required American approval at a time when United States officials were pressing China on its domestic policies.
In September of this year, Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes -- a pair of writers for the prominent legal blog Lawfare -- and Stephen Bates, who worked for independent counsel Ken Starr, announced they were petitioning for the documents that Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski sent to Congress as Nixon faced impeachment.
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Yesterday, just hours after workers removed a large clock face featuring Banksy's stencil of a rat from a building at Fifth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan, the State Senator for that area began petitioning the building's owner to put it back on view.
This has not kept the Trump Organization from petitioning New York City to expand its role at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, the municipal course that it manages in the Bronx, in part on the basis that the course could then more easily attract the United States Open or other prominent tournaments.
During the 2020 presidential candidate's town hall on CNN, a Harvard University student asked the Minnesota senator about a 2010 letter she sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) petitioning for tomato sauce on frozen pizzas to count as a vegetable after a new rule no longer counted it as such.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorneys general from California, Oregon and New York on Thursday filed a motion to intervene in a case between the securities industry and the U.S. Department of Labor, petitioning the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit its earlier decision on a rule governing investment advice for retirees.
This provision provides important relief from the annual cap on H-85033B visas by exempting an H-2B worker from the current fiscal year's cap if they have worked for the petitioning employer during the previous three years, allowing employers to rely on workers who have previously utilized the H-2B program.
In any case, you find yourself here among song and embraced by deep, strenuous feeling and you know you are in a black church and that it is indeed Sunday morning, and that the people around you are petitioning their god to be hear them to come inhabit the place where they are.
Progressives are not asking courts to raise the probable cause standard, or petitioning Congress to add more reporting requirements for the F.B.I. Instead, progressives complain that law enforcement officials, along with judges, will always act in bad faith and try to circumvent the law altogether — and that's why the FISA process can't be trusted.
"We should also remember the women who toiled quietly in the background, doing the more boring but no less necessary work of lobbying, petitioning, persuading," said Caroline Criado-Perez, who led petitions drive that led to the Fawcett statue and to a portrayal of the novelist Jane Austen on the new 10-pound bank note.
After Alonzo Mann, another man who worked in the factory, acknowledged in 1982 that he had seen a janitor carrying the girl's body, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith joined with the American Jewish Committee and the Atlanta Jewish Federation in petitioning the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reverse the verdict.
My friend, my Independent American Party friend again, he's like, hey, we in the Independent American Party want peaceful solutions, but when you petition your representative a million times and then nothing happens… When something like this happens, you get a little bit excited, like, wow, you're doing more than petitioning the government now.
Other measures the Trump administration has announced this week: USCIS announced a targeted approach for site visits to employers who use H-1B visas Justice Department reminded employers petitioning for H-1B visas to not discriminate against American workers Labor Department pledged to investigate H-1B program violators and would consider changes for future application cycles.
So now, these nine tech giants are petitioning the FCC to approve a new Very Low Power (VLP) category of Wi-Fi where small, low-power devices like smartphones that transmit below a certain power threshold (14 dBm EIRP) could traverse the 6GHz spectrum without restrictions or worries, according to a letter unearthed by Wi-Fi Now.
Around the time of his recusal, Inamed was petitioning the FDA for reapproval of its controversial silicone breast implants, VaxGen was still trying to develop an anthrax vaccine despite withdrawing its AIDS vaccines after faulty test results were uncovered, and Eli Lilly was facing charges that it was illegally marketing its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa and hiding serious side effects.
They came up with great lists, ranging from researching to voting to praying to talking to bullies (if they seemed not to realize that they were hurting people) to standing next to someone being bullied to protesting to petitioning to becoming doctors, lawyers, or teachers to help people…We all needed to end on a positive, empowering note.
A representative for a group of scientists petitioning for stricter rules regarding radiation exposure said the study supports their mission: This $25 million study, executed by the U.S. government, provides support for what we are stating in the 'International EMF Scientist Appeal' that precautionary approach should be exercised and lower electromagnetic field exposure guidelines should be set.
The women's party's support was even more ludicrous given that Ms. Grechen Shirley, after petitioning the Federal Election Commission, used some of her campaign funds to cover child-care costs incurred during the race, a move that signaled just how intimately she understands the economic stresses of raising children even in what would appear to be comfortable circumstance.
Little Sisters of the Poor back at the Court The court could also consider case involving the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic religious order for women, petitioning the court to affirm religious exemptions under the Affordable Care Act's long controversial requirement that employer-provided health insurance plans cover birth control as a preventive service.
In protest, women's rights campaigners are petitioning the US Mission to the UN to streamline visa procedures for those traveling to the UN. The Commission on the Status of Women is an annual conference, running this year from March 11–22, where representatives from member states, NGO workers, and women's rights activists gather to evaluate the global progress on gender and equality.
The four immigrants — represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center, two civil rights legal groups — said they were taking the unusual step of directly petitioning the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, asking it to cancel Judge Hanen's order or delay it until after the Supreme Court makes its decision.
Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, and Steyer, the former hedge fund manager now petitioning for President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's impeachment, dropped heavy campaign donations in the midterms.
"Everything indicates that the authorities are planting drugs on their targets to shut them up with a jail sentence," Nataliya Zviagina, Amnesty's Russia office director, told the AP. Kolokoltsev said in his statement he would be petitioning Russian President Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Can we do business with Kim Jong Un?
Her FEC victory had a ripple effect: Women across the country began petitioning election commissions on the state level, asking them to grant similar requests, and some city council members and state legislators began working on bills that could enshrine the right to use campaign funds for childcare into the law; women wrote to Grechen Shirley personally, thanking her for standing up for mothers with young children.
Among the administration's efforts: banning trans troops from serving in the military, petitioning the Supreme Court to roll back employment protections under Title VII, proposing a rule to undo Affordable Care Act nondiscrimination protections for trans patients, allowing federally funded shelters to bar trans people from homeless shelters consistent with their gender identity, and requiring prisons to house trans prisoners according to their assigned sex at birth.
In another compelling testimony, Marc Rotenberg, president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Epic) in Washington DC, recounted the long and forlorn history of attempts by US privacy advocates to win changes to Facebook's policies to respect user agency and privacy — initially from the company itself, before petitioning regulators to try to get them to enforce promises Facebook had renaged on, yet still getting exactly nowhere.
Thousands of current students and graduates of a Pennsylvania university are petitioning the school to rescind the honorary degree it awarded President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE in 1988 after he delivered the school's commencement address.
Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE, is petitioning the incoming administration to ask a grand jury whether Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonLewandowski on potential NH Senate run: If I run, 'I'm going to win' Fighter pilot vs.

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