Sentences with phrase «additional measures included»

Additional measures included high school GPA, grades in prior English and math coursework, results from the Early Assessment Program (EAP), and counselor or instructor recommendations, among others.

EIA recommends that CARB rapidly pass additional measures including bans on using HFCs above a GWP of 150 in many new kinds of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment beginning in 2021.

The environmental campaign group is calling on the EU and member states to introduce additional measures including:

The Bill already includes an 18 % reduction in the budget of the EPA but the additional measures include a rider preventing the EPA from issuing any regulation on greenhouse gases for the next year, a rider stopping the EPA from bringing in proposed fuel - efficiency standards for all automobiles (which were approved by manufacturers) a refusal to label toxic ash spill left from coal combustion as hazardous waste, a rider preventing uranium mining in the Grand Canyon and a prevention on stopping limits on mercury usage.

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If it outperforms those targets, it will activate a set of measures offsetting the impact of additional austerity, including mainly lowering taxes.

In February, the B.C. government unveiled additional measures in its budget to tackle the housing market, including raising its foreign buyers tax and expanding it to areas outside of Vancouver, while bringing in a new levy on speculators.

Other main measures include expelling any immigrant convicted of a crime, boosting the police force, and creating 40,000 additional prison places.

Central banks had eased monetary policy aggressively, including taking short - term interest rates to near zero in several cases, and some were considering or implementing «unconventional» measures to deliver additional stimulus.

The proposed 2015 Stock Incentive Plan would amend, restate and rename the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan and would include additional criteria by which performance - based awards of cash or stock may be measured, and would otherwise amend the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan as described below.

There could be several factors that had investors on edge — including news that North Korea had completed a fifth nuclear missile test and the European Central Bank had declined to announce additional measures to help stimulate Europe's sluggish economy — but many strategists pointed to a speech Friday morning by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, in which he said that «a reasonable case can be made» for tightening interest rates in the U.S..

Making substantial resources available to schools, at their discretion, for security measures, including the opportunity to purchase enhanced security screening, install classroom panic buttons wired directly to law enforcement and hire additional school resource officers.

SBA Export Loans require additional documentation, including copies of the lender's credit memo, which includes information concerning foreign partners, transaction terms and currency, and risk mitigation measures (export credit insurance, letters of credit, partial prepayments, etc.).

If the Nominating & Governance Committee determines that an additional or replacement director is necessary or advisable, the Nominating & Governance Committee may take such measures that it considers appropriate in connection with its evaluation of a potential director candidate, including interviewing the candidate, engaging an outside firm to gather additional information and making inquiries of persons with knowledge of the candidate's qualifications and character.

In fact, a broad range of emerging - market assets enjoyed a favorable backdrop, boosted by a number of additional factors, including solid demand from China — which bolstered revenues for many commodity producers — and an absence (to date) of protectionist trade measures from the Trump administration.

Some firms also commented on additional measures to avoid forced job cuts at their plants, including work - share arrangements and greater efforts to boost productivity.

New Age's 100 % - owned River Valley property is the largest undeveloped primary PGM resource in Canada, with 3.9 million ounces of palladium equivalent in the measured plus indicated category, including an additional 1.2 million ounces in inferred.

The church has a budget of $ 3000 to stage the event but the additional security measures, including the hire of a traffic management company and security staff, would see the expense exceed $ 10,000.

Immediate research needs include additional human clinical trials and investigations of measures to improve the bioavailability of curcumin.

Additional comparison measures were generated from 10 elementary schools from 10 states in the Midwestern and Eastern United States (not including New York State).

Earlier this year, after coming under pressure on the issue, the government announced a package of measures to help tackle the problem, including additional funding for services.

He said the coalition had worked to strengthen measures against tax evasion and avoidance, including spending on additional tax inspectors, adding: «All of those things serve to ensure we will raise more and more money from those who choose not to pay their fair share of taxes.»

Additional space is needed after the «Raise the Age» measure was included in the final 2017 - 18 state budget agreement.

I am also still fighting for other additional measures to prevent the epidemic of gun violence and protect New Yorkers, including my microstamping bill.

Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.

Update: An additional source on Friday evening added that the situation remains fluid, and Cuomo will must convince the WFP's state committee he is firmly behind a variety of issues, including fully funding the Campaign of Fiscal Equity agreement as well as other measures such as decriminalizing certain amounts of marijuana and backing the women's agenda, a package of bills the governor first introduced in 2013.

This directive will build upon additional measures to expedite referrals and treatment, including expansion of Project TEACH to connect primary care providers with mental health specialists, enhanced screening and referrals at WIC clinics and increased access to telepsychiatry for those in rural communities.

Additional measures proposed largely by GOP lawmakers include a suspension of the sales tax on certain goods for flood victims.

Paterson slammed the Legislature's decision to include a «poison pill» formula change that would require an additional $ 600 million in school funding along with other spending measures he would otherwise approve in a veto message signed Wednesday but released to the public on Thursday.

The WIG prepared a report that determined the «should include consideration of... prohibiting such drilling in that (NYC) watershed» — and «should include additional protective mitigation measures.»

Aftermath of new suicide bombing attacks, ambushes by Boko Haram terrorists, including NNPC staff abductions that has seen 69 people dead so far, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has introduced additional measures aimed at increasing its operational capability in the ongoing operations in the North East.

The legislative changes will include provisions to help video lottery terminal operators, located at several harness tracks and Aqueduct Race Track, generate additional revenue; measures that will increase aid to education.

DeFrancisco backs other reform measures, including a bill to provide greater oversight over the governor's economic development projects, which are at the root of the Percoco trial and other corruption trials for additional former Cuomo associates scheduled for the spring.

Commenting on reports of that the Secretary of State for Education is introducing additional measures to tackle pupil indiscipline including anonymity for teachers facing allegations from pupils, no notice detention and extended powers to search, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

Among its many provisions, the measure includes nearly $ 70 million in mental health assistance to the schools, $ 6.7 million for youth mental health awareness and training, and $ 9.8 million to the Department of Children and Families for additional Community Action Treatment Teams, an alternative to out - of - home placement for minors with serious behavioral health conditions.

The additional police classes were included in the Council's response to the mayor's proposed budget - but the mayor and Commissioner Bill Bratton have opposed the measure.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

DOT will explore additional potential measures recommended by the Task Force today, including:

Additional measures undertaken include «the reorganization of the commission's administrative structure; staff capacity building and professionalization; institutionalization of long - term planning processes; introduction of technology such as biometric registration and authentication processes (Permanent Voter Cards and Smart Card Readers), collation and results management as well as the tracking and monitoring of electoral activities».

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Additional safety measures include the removal of sidewalk scaffolding and the installation of security cameras and lighting.

The measure, passed by the House on December 11 and by the Senate on December 13, also includes an additional $ 5.4 billion in aid and research funds for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

As a research partner of an $ 11.7 million Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) grant from the National Institutes of Health to the George Washington University Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorders Institute, the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National will continue investigations into sex differences, and aims to develop self - reporting measures for adolescents and adults that better capture additional populations — including females and non-cisgender males.

The researchers then examined whether playing the more difficult games improved performance on additional measures of working memory as well as enhanced other skills, including math, reading, writing and following instructions in a classroom.

Other measures, however, must be included, because additional particulates are constantly being created — walking, for instance, generates about five million of them per minute.

Additional Services (back to top) Phenotypic characterization of ethanol exposure: The Animal / Cell Core will also provide basic phenotyping measures including ALT / AST, triglyceride concentrations, Oil Red O, Sirius red staining, hydroxyproline concentration, blood ethanol and CYP2E1 expression or activity on a fee for service basis for all NOAC investigators.

«Additional neuropsychological measures should be included in future studies,» she added.

Equatorial Current Meter buoys include additional instruments to measure ocean currents, precipitation and ultraviolet radiation.

Additional exploratory objectives include assessing the impact that each compound has on the toxic mutant protein known to cause loss of brain cells in HD, as well as evaluating potential clinical effects and impact on brain atrophy as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»

Challenges included: Measures for exemption needed; There is a significant challenge in selecting an appropriate test at the outset; A single test measuring a single skill will not be valuable or productive, not flexible enough to meet the needs of teachers or students; Don't want to overtest students; Parents / teachers may be sceptical or unhappy with additional testing.