(1) Last June, Gov Rick Scott signed into law an ALEC bill that blocks local governments from implementing paid sick leave.
(2) More here: UK regulator urges banks to speed up swaps mis-selling compensation 8.40am GMT More reaction to the decision to send riot police to evict people from the offices of Greece's former state broadcaster this morning , starting with journalist Nick Malkoutzis: Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) 5 mths after flicking switch on public broadcaster ERT, gov't tries to settle issue by sending riot police to remove remaining staff #Greece November 7, 2013 Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) While #ERT will be off air for good after police intervention, the stain of how its closure has been handled won't wash away easily #Greece November 7, 2013 Lady Mondegreen (@amaenad) Like a mean stupid dog appeasing a cruel master, the Greek government wants to lay ERT's limp body at the troika's feet.
(3) UK will stand by gov and people of #Ukraine March 3, 2014 William Hague (@WilliamJHague) UK will give £10m of urgent technical help for economic + political reform in #Ukraine .
(4) He also worked with gov-ernment and policing org- anisations, and in the social, educational and health services, as well as for the Church of England and the US army.
(5) link at the bottom of gov press releases is for website errors only, right?
(6) This hopeful result came on the back of a You Gov poll that found 12% support for the Green party in European election voting intentions – in front of the Liberal Democrats on 10%.
(7) The exemptions are quite adequate to protect any document, and the IC review decisions make it plain.” Following Turnbull’s ministerial reshuffle , matters relating to “public data policy, including Gov 2.0 and related matters” were added to his responsibilities.
(8) Wright ... says feds 'don't care' about black New Orleans ... claims gov't spends too much on suburbs, not 'our neighbourhoods'.
(9) 7.01pm GMT And out comes another 2016 contender, Louisiana Gov.
(10) The editorial board writes, "In the best possible light, New Jersey Gov.
(11) Which reminds me of the Techdirt post this week that probably haunted me the most: "Ed Snowden's email provider, Lavabit, shuts down to fight US gov't intrusion" .
(12) Now Alec finds two contrasting scenes among pro-Moscow demonstrators, inside and outside the government building: Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) People inside Donetsk admin building freaking out about imminent gov't assault.
(13) Mexican gov doesn’t want me talking about terrible border situation & horrible trade deals.
(14) If so, big change of heart from Gov, as political cost will be high.
(15) Meanwhile here's an unsettling Gallup headline : " Economic Confidence Plummets as Gov't Shutdown Begins: Current -34 three-day average is worst since December 2011: Gallup's Economic Confidence Index's three-day rolling average stands at -34 for Oct. 1-3, down 14 points from Sept. 27-29, and the lowest such average since December 2011.
(16) In visiting Ferguson on Wednesday , Mr Holder made this case personal, perhaps bringing a level of trust to the local African-American community that doesn’t have much faith in the efforts of St Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch or Gov Jay Nixon.
(17) Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) California Gov says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum in manditory vaccines.
(18) Even some Nebraskans who support the project, including Rep. Gov.
(19) We will work with Libyan gov on ensuring the transition remains on track and insecurity is addressed October 10, 2013 11.17am BST The president of the Libyan general national congress (GNC), Nouri Abusahmain, has been giving a press conference following the release of the prime minister Ali Zeidan.
(20) Depending on their location and relation with oesophageal varices, GVs can be classified as gastrooesophageal varices (GOV) and isolated gastric varices (IGV); each of these can be further subdivided as follows: GOV1 (extension of oesophageal varices along lesser curve) and GOV2 (extension of oesophageal varices towards fundus); and IGV1 (varices in the fundus) and IGV2 (isolated varices anywhere in the stomach).
Governor
Definition:
(n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania.
(n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
(n.) A pilot; a steersman.
(n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.
Example Sentences:
(1) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(2) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
(3) Just before Christmas the independent Kerslake report severely criticised Birmingham city council for its dysfunctional politics and, in particular, its handling of the so-called Trojan Horse affair, in which school governors were said to have set out to bring about an Islamic agenda into the curriculum contents and the day-to-day running of some schools.
(4) In an exceptionally rare turn, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, a panel appointed by the governor that is almost always hardline on executions, recommended that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison because of his mental illness.
(5) It has also been given to Sir Andrew Large, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, whose report on lending failures by RBS will also be released on Monday.
(6) Unfortunately for the governor, he could win both states and still face the overwhelming likelihood of failure if he doesn't take Ohio, where the poll found Obama out front 51-43.
(7) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
(8) Do get yourself elected as a governor If you’re lucky, your school hasn’t yet been swallowed up by a private academy chain, and so its governing body still has ultimate power, and the headteacher is accountable to it.
(9) Donald Trump and the 'war on women': GOP confident mogul will lose the battle Read more Governor Scott Walker, who recently signed a restrictive 20-week abortion ban in Wisconsin , also opposes abortion without exceptions and has said voters agree, though polls tell a different story.
(10) Hagan’s defeat came as a shock and a heavy blow for the Democratic party in North Carolina, a purple state that now has no Democratic senator or governor for the first time in 30 years.
(11) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(12) Governor General Quentin Bryce, the monarch's representative in Australia and the first woman to fill the role, had greeted the Queen by curtsying.
(13) Oregon’s governor on Wednesday signed trailblazing legislation that will raise the minimum wage to nearly $15 in six years, and do so through a three-tiered system that has not been tried anywhere else in the country.
(14) The minutes – which will be redacted – are expected to shed light on the thinking at the highest level of the Bank during the crisis, when Mervyn (now Lord) King was governor.
(15) Governor Jerry Brown has 30 days to sign the bills into law, and his approval seems likely, as he has supported the bills throughout the process.
(16) Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, and Rick Perry, the Texas governor, are both headed to South Carolina for most of the next week.
(17) The governor told business leaders in Edinburgh that Westminster would need to agree that the UK Treasury would help to bail out Scotland in any future financial crisis and act as a guarantor for Scotland's banks.
(18) Hillary Clinton said that people who are pro-life have to change our religious beliefs,” said Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal in a statement released by the American Future project , which is backing his undeclared presidential campaign.
(19) Both initiatives, which are still being developed, have been well-received by Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who says they could help get more people from their homes to public transport hubs and has offered technical support.
(20) The governor said that “not every vaccine is created equal, and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others”.