Sentences with phrase «adopt new efforts»

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

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When traditional ways of doing business are no longer relevant it only makes sense to adopt new ways to measure the ROI of our marketing efforts.

New York City adopted the rule, which took effect on Tuesday, in an effort to help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Similarly, an effort in Congress to pass legislation that would preempt the new net neutrality rule was abandoned on the eve of the commission meeting adopting the rule.

Capturing the emerging - market opportunity is a long - term effort: management processes and structures may need to be changed, and new models adopted.

The two of us — a former SEC commissioner and a former labor solicitor — have a word of advice for Labor concerning its recent efforts to adopt new rules on broker conflicts of interest: It's time to pass the baton.

In an effort «to maintain the value, integrity and relevance of the CFP ® certification,» the CFP Board adopted a new Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, which shall become effective on October 1, 2019.

Arla Foods UK has increased the standard price it pays to dairy farmers for milk and adopted a new, more transparent milk pricing and sourcing model in an effort to «build confidence in the British dairy industry.»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) In a new industry - wide effort to reduce consumer confusion about product date labels, grocery manufacturers and retailers have joined together to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.

The governor told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that there was a «political cost» after he led New York's efforts to adopt new gun control legislation shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in late 20New York's efforts to adopt new gun control legislation shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in late 20new gun control legislation shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre in late 2012.

As she doubles down on her effort to win big in her adopted home state's presidential primary, Hillary Clinton is prepared to hit the airwaves today with her first New York TV ad.

Latimer, a Democrat, demanded utilities adopt «a new philosophy» when it comes to recovery efforts.

New York City could become the first city in the United States to adopt supervised injection facilities — also known as safe injection sites — in an effort to combat drug overdose deaths and the opioid epidemic.

Instead, they are persistent and constant in their efforts, which means making a lot of sacrifices and struggling to adopt new habits, and those things pay off in the long run.

Hitting that sweet spot between comedy and tragedy, this faith - restoring German film conjures moments of surreal hilarity out of a somewhat bleak situation: an estranged dad adopts a jokey new persona in an effort to connect with his miserable, corporate - slave daughter, with increasingly unpredictable results.

It starred Steve Carell as Gru, a bumbling supervillain who tries to further his evil plans by adopting three girls (Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, and Elsie Kate Fisher), but finds himself growing fond of his new children despite his efforts to stay focused on his competition with fellow villain Vector (Jason Segel).

Murphy argues that leaders will inevitably fail to find the right strategies for every situation, make occasional public gaffes, renege on commitments in the face of competing demands, be caught off guard and flummoxed as they struggle in a turbulent world, be misunderstood and unable to respond because of confidential information, and be rejected in their efforts to promote change or adopt new approaches.

If this is not articulated clearly then most employees fail to see the benefit of making an effort of adopting a new tool.

Adopted March 6, the new policy caps a decadelong effort to increase participation of students with disabilities and ELLs...

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

Perhaps the two most obvious reasons are: 1) public opinion drives political actions in state legislatures, such as repeal efforts and efforts to adopt new assessments outside the Common Core - aligned consortia, and 2) public opinion likely affects schools» implementation, as politically active groups involve themselves in school board meetings, contact teachers directly to express their concerns, and «educate» parents with information or misinformation.

It's pretty much par for the course, where hurried efforts to adopt a new enthusiasm wind up disappointing in practice, breeding cynicism and adding fuel to the ceaseless search for the next big thing.

Put bluntly, why should a tenured classroom teacher go to the effort of altering her long - standing instructional protocols to adopt new technologies when her pay, professional status, and job security are only remotely related to improving her effectiveness or her clients» satisfaction?

Brandon Wright and others have already weighed in on some of the implications of this move, and how it could hamper efforts to implement the new law and states» ability to meaningfully use ESSA to innovate and adopt novel approaches to school accountability and improvement.

Some of the foundation's other education efforts in the state include helping schools adopt the new national academic standards and supporting colleges to improve their graduation rates.

This year was the second year that New York's tests were designed to incorporate the Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by most states in an effort to boost academic rigor.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

2013 — CPS Arts Education Plan Released Building upon 15 years of momentum and citywide efforts around improving arts education for all Chicago Public School students, CPS announces a new master CPS Arts Education Plan approved and adopted by the Chicago Board of Education.

With any new innovation to be adopted as part of a system reform effort, teachers need to understand and embrace how the new technology - integrated learning experiences will enhance the existing curriculum.

Last year, new high school equivalency exams were introduced nationwide in an effort to update the decade - old General Educational Development (GED) test and align it with new high school standards, known as the Common Core, adopted by a majority of states.

A School - Based Behavioral Healthcare Framework adopted in Alameda County to inform practice — intended to: create a common reference from which educators, service providers, funders, and evaluators can collaborate; serve as a training and technical assistance tool for current, new, and potential partners; serve as a foundation for schools, districts, and providers to target improvements in existing school - based behavioral health systems; and function as a basis for evaluation improvement efforts,

Williams - Bishop also noted that questions and issues around the Common Core should have been raised by the governor before the state adopted the new standards and invested considerable «time, effort and taxpayer dollars.»

>> I'm also wondering, Dan, what your thoughts are on adopting new policies or what's federal or state or local barriers should be removed in effort to improve school climate, to help with school discipline issue.

Like other Allroad models before it, it adopts new body cladding and a higher ride height, all in an effort to improve off - road usability.

It will adopt the new MQB platform, thus saving weight, further easing the manufacturing efforts and open a possibility of a plug - in hybrid powertrain.

What is even more encouraging for the libraries adopting the new model is that such efforts of selling off a a part of their collection is indeed reaping benefits.

The competence gained from these projects are very valuable to me in my current work in the book industry and particularly in my efforts to promote the benefits of adopting new technology as early as possible even when you are the incumbent.

As she spent time at the shelter, she realized that it would be helpful to offer some basic training tips to new dog owners in an effort to help adopted dogs settle into new homes successfully and reduce the number of dogs that are returned to the shelter.

Huffman — who adopted her own pooch, Tucker, from a shelter — is heading up an effort to find homes for one million orphaned animals by the new year.

Safe Harbor Lab Rescue welcomes your support of our efforts to rescue, foster, and care for Labrador Retrievers in need and to adopt these special Labs to loving forever homes where new beginnings await.

We adopted a new dog and in my effort to entice him to eat, I introduced him to a regular wet food with his kibble and let my older one have some as well.

Adopting a puppy is like having a new family member, very much similar to a newborn baby, as it takes almost similar painstaking efforts to take care.

However, if a cat is not adopted within 21 days, the cat is either returned to the shelter or moved to another offsite location and marketing efforts are increased (new photo and / or new write - up) to give him or her a better chance of finding a home.

Rescue Express initially transported 5000 homeless animals annually, primarily from high - kill shelters in southern California to rescue groups along the I - 5 corridor to the Northwest where they were adopted out to new forever homes through the hard work of the rescue partner groups who collaborate in the effort.

The TSA chief said that combining the two programs would also make sense in adopting new security - related biometric technologies like the facial recognition effort that CBP is testing for Global Entry.

In an effort to craft a new portrait of American Millennials — the generation born after 1982 — photographer Keliy Anderson - Staley has adopted techniques similar to predecessors such as Weegee (Arthur Fellig) and Diane Arbus, who documented the youth of their time.

They also adopted a range of decisions designed to implement the 2010 Cancun Agreements, including launching a new Green Climate Fund and developing stronger requirements for the reporting and review of countries» mitigation efforts.

The EU is currently in the process of adopting new legislation to ensure its continued leadership on the energy transition and is delighted to team up with the IEA and key IEA Members in the global efforts needed.»

Ona's efforts led to an unprecedented victory for civil society in Gabon, with the government adopting new environmental oversight regulations and significantly reducing the size of the mining concession.

In my continuing effort to tally the states that have adopted the duty of technology competence, I have two more to add: New Hampshire and New York.