Sentences with phrase «if significant progress»

If significant progress is made or the concept is otherwise found to be promising, a second «Phase II» investment of up to $ 500,000 can be made at NASA's option.

Readers will need no reminding of the blood that was shed thereafter, and even if some significant progress has been made since the US «surge», the cost in money and lives has been severe and even the most optimistic commentators have ceased to speak in terms of ultimate victory.

If significant progress is to be made, best practices research and the use of quality materials should drive the components and content of the lesson plan.

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Accordingly, a year - over-year increase in new claims of about 20 % (which would currently equate to a level of about 340,000 weekly new claims) would create a significant concern of a new recession in progress, particularly if coupled with other evidence such as equity market weakness and slowing growth in real personal income.

If there's no significant progress during the third round of negotiations, starting Saturday in Ottawa, they say there's no chance a deal can be struck by year's end.

The religious opposition to the Vietnam War was certainly more effective than the opposition of those who spelled America with a «k.» And if we have made some significant progress with respect to the place of racial minorities in our society in the last twenty years, it is due mostly to religious leadership.

While the signings this year might not be the «mega» signings some of us were hoping for, there is the feeling that if everyone in the team performs to their abilities, we could make significant progress this year — maybe a trophy or even two.

In nulliparous women, a period of 8 hours of augmentation resulted in an 18 % cesarean delivery rate and no cases of birth injury or asphyxia, whereas if the period of augmentation had been limited to 4 hours, the cesarean delivery rate would have been twice as high given the number of women who had not made significant progress at 4 hours.

She wasn't anywhere near where she would be if she didn't have selective mutism, but she definitely made significant progress.

The card reader is to complement and confirm the integrity of the voter register and that is why the unusual moonlight figures of the past years are disappearing and, if those against the use of the card reader succeed through the court, that would be a major setback and total reversal of the reformative mileage we have covered as a country on election matters, a significant progress that has resulted in other African countries calling on Nigeria's INEC for assistance.

He argued that the country still had a rough road to go when it comes to economic recovery, adding that the economy must be diversified if Nigeria must make significant progress, particularly in foreign exchange earnings.

While the IAEA could not determine if the explosion came from a hydrogen bomb as North Korea claimed, Amano said the bigger yield of this latest test means «it is safe to assume North Korea is making significant progress.»

New York has made significant progress in storm recovery efforts - Democratic Ulster County Executive Mike Hein says they're ready if and when there's a «next storm» on the horizon.

Significant recent progress to improve mental health will stall, and a «historic opportunity» to ditch its status as the «poor relation» of physical ailments will be lost, if ministers do not put more than the promised # 8bn extra into the NHS by 2020, Norman Lamb said.

Modern sequencing technology gives us unprecedented access to these microbial communities, but only if we can correctly interpret the pooled DNA that sequencing generates can we hope to make significant progress.

If you're only deadlifting once every few weeks, you shouldn't expect to see significant progress.

If you struggle to make significant progress regarding your health and fitness, it's probably because you don't tackle the big rocks first.

It is not readily apparent when the player is making significant progress, similar to how it's hard to tell if Raiden is growing as a person or succeeding in his mission.

It means that traditional public schools are really capable of making significant progress if only they become more open to learning from successful charter schools.

A few weeks ago, I bemoaned an Education Trust report positing that schools shouldn't get A grades if they have significant achievement gaps, even if their students are making lots of progress.

If the research community were to combine IES's post-2002 emphasis on evaluating interventions with more creative strategies for engaging state and local decisionmakers, U.S. education could begin to make more significant progress.

For example, additional literacy supports should be added to classroom activities if child progress monitoring finds significant delays in emerging literacy skills.

Unfortunately, we believe that the proposed regulations, if adopted without changes, will derail the significant progress being made in our state towards creating a single, aligned system.

Or, if a student appears to have made significant progress from math fact fluency intervention lessons, how well does the student apply improved math fact skills when completing applied problems during core math instruction?

«We could realize significant progress in public education if proponents of standards - based reform joined hands with critics of high - stakes testing and effectively outlawed the use of high - stakes tests as sole indicators of student success,» says Panasonic Foundation executive Scott Thompson in a Phi Delta Kappan article.

«We will monitor progress closely, and if we don't see significant improvement we will not hesitate to take further action.»

But although its problems seem overwhelming — endemic corruption, high levels of debilitating poverty and vast numbers of children needing help — India has made huge investments in education and is making significant, if slow, progress toward its goals.

«Yet significant graduation rate gaps remain among various student subgroups and progress must accelerate over the next five years if the 90 percent goal is to be met equitably.»

«Many, if not most, students will need to make significant progress to reach the standards set for math and literacy that accompany college and career readiness,» according to the news release.

Here, she must ascertain if there is anything significant worth saving in the deep pit of a canyon before plans for a major dam can progress.

If you're like most people, you've been making the minimum payments on your debts in order to keep them at bay, but you probably haven't made any significant progress in paying them off.

(And, if anyone's wondering — our BoA interest rate WAS 28.99 % at one point, so we've made significant progress by torturing them on the phone — you got ta look at the bright side!)

If you have verifiable proof that your credit report includes inaccurate information or if you have made significant progress in reducing credit balances, your new score may improve enough to get you a better interest ratIf you have verifiable proof that your credit report includes inaccurate information or if you have made significant progress in reducing credit balances, your new score may improve enough to get you a better interest ratif you have made significant progress in reducing credit balances, your new score may improve enough to get you a better interest rate.

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

If their work has made any significant progress from its usual mixture of deliberate taboo - breaking and personality - cult - worship, I have not noticed.

If the Paris Agreement's goal of no more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) warming is to be reached, significant progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions must be made soon.

11 020201 Neural engineers have made significant, if not remarkable, progress in interfacing with the nervous system in the last ten years.

Multiple proposals on the table are clear indication that there has been significant political progress on the issue of HFCs, and instead of questioning if HFCs should be addressed under the Montreal Protocol, countries are trying to answer how to address them.

If the Paris Agreement's goal of no more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) warming is to be reached, significant progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions must be made soon,» the research group said in a press release.

Listen to a snippet of his speech above.DeChristopher is absolutely right: we're going to need to see more direct action from young, engaged people if we hope to see serious progress in arenas like halting mountaintop removal mining, shuttering dirty old coal plants, and making significant inroads towards climate mitigation in general.

Significant progress in reducing emissions and limiting climate change could be achieved if companies 1) unequivocally communicate to the public, shareholders, and policymakers the climate risks resulting from continued use of their products, and therefore the need for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the 2 °C global temperature target; 2) firmly reject contrary claims by industry trade associations and lobbying groups; and, 3) accelerate their transition to the production of low - carbon energy.

If you are wondering how a significant corporate cultural war can be in progress without making headlines, it is because the three generations involved process the world with different primary cognitive stances.

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

«Even though one can find no evidence whatsoever that there were scaling pressures in litecoin, this upgrade went ahead and if it is even slightly predictive of a path that can be taken in bitcoin, one that will at least show progress if not resolution, the price impact could be significant.

That it's only against the likes of Core m3 means that Apple still has a way to go, particularly as A9X still loses by more than it wins, but it's significant progress in a short period of time and I'll wager that it's closer than Intel would like to be, especially if Apple puts A9X into a cheaper iPad Air in the future.

I assume that she wants you to write an update on your progress toward meeting the goals of the project — what's been accomplished so far, any significant milestones you've met, obstacles that might have become issues (if any), what remains to be done and by when, and so forth.

However, if all of the members of the family attend, significant progress could be made because all of the members of the family get to voice their frustrations and get to receive constructive criticisms that will help the family heal.

The report also highlights that if we are to be a reconciled nation, we must make significant progress against all dimensions of reconciliation.

I have sleep walked into this situation — my soon to be ex wife took my youngest abroad working by way of a separation — then had to return suddenly — we tried again but are getting a divorce now — I took my flat close to the school my boy was due to go to and she put him in another — I asked for her to help me and encourage contact but she refused telling me to sort this out with him directly — ok if he ever answered emails or texts or anything at all infact — she would tell me that I was seeming — clingy — and now 10 months later he is repeating to me appeals for me to contact them ahead of time when I want to see him — asking me to give him space — actively not wishing to see me while she takes them on holidays over significant dates like birthdays — christmas — new year — not asking or even informing me first — no info on parents evenings — on progress in school — no information on anything whatever... this is PAS — I am not imagining it... am I...