Sentences with phrase «as a pilot project on»

The move by Uber, announced as a pilot project on Wednesday, follows the end of its partnership with Banco Santander's U.S. lending unit earlier this year.

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He worked with the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R - AK) and the late Senator Daniel K. Inuye (D - HI) on the project and recalled that Stevens, who served as a pilot in the Army's air force during World War II, was eager to investigate claims that service members were often hesitant to report sightings to their superiors due to fear of being laughed at or stigmatized.

As executive vice-president and chief information officer for Indigo, Serbinis was the point person on Shortcovers, which he now describes as a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplacAs executive vice-president and chief information officer for Indigo, Serbinis was the point person on Shortcovers, which he now describes as a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplacas a «pilot» project designed to take the company's theories off whiteboards and out of conference rooms and test them in the marketplace.

Canada Student Grants and Loans has expanded eligibility for part time students, as well as full and part time students with children, and introduced a three - year pilot project that will provide adults returning to school on a full - time basis after several years in the workforce with an additional $ 1,600 in grant money starting Aug 1, 2018.

OR, ID, MT.. She also served as an advisor for the National Indian Council on Aging for the Seattle Pilot Project with Outreach and Enrollment to Benefits and an advisor on Inclusion for Philanthropy Northwest.

Based on the published results, Legacy is now being pilot tested in a variety of community settings, such as the Administration for Children and Families» Early Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration's Healthy Start, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Project LAUNCH, the American Academy of Pediatrics» pediatric primary care, and Tulsa Educare.

Greg Helsmoortel served as town supervisor and was steamrolling through this privately owned proposed tax - payer funded rental project in spite of numerous pleas and petitions to withdraw the town's support as an advocate for state funding and the pilot (payment in lieu of taxes) which would place heavy burdens on Saugerties tax payers.

ID cards could cost as much as # 2,857 each based on the amount of money the government has already committed to the pilot project, politics.co.uk can exclusively reveal.

The increase and improvement of such facilities consisting of the following projects: (i) Waste Water Treatment Plant disinfection system at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,200,000; (ii) baseline Waste Water Treatment Plant projects at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,300,000; and (iii) inflow / infiltration pilot project and reduction program improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $ 1,000,000; all as more fully described in the report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of said District on June 21, 2016 (the «Report»).

These training programs share features such as courses, seminars, and workshops focused on clinical and translational issues; access to specialized equipment and databases; mentorship from established clinical and translation scientists; and pilot funding for research projects.

For the 12 - week, $ 170,000 pilot project, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will begin later this month, Young's team plans to recruit about 60 patients from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center who are experiencing chronic pain, are on long - term opioid therapy, and have reported other behaviors — such as drug or alcohol abuse — that put them at high risk of addiction.

A small technical pilot scheme has been planned in Trondheim, as well as a larger demonstration project next year involving 200 electric cars on the road between Oslo and Kongsberg.

The first phase of this project started in 2012 as a pilot study and was then published on the journal Prehospital Emergency Care (Spanish edition, 2014), and was presented in the 6th Annual UK Simulation in Nursing Education Conference at the Leeds Metropolitan University in 2012.

In remarks published on the website of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (www.mep.gov.cn) on Friday, minister Zhou Shengxian said China was working on new regulations for pollution permits and would also publish proposals for new pilot trading projects as soon as possible.

The Consortium will launch pilot projects in each state that focus on the use of virtual technology platforms, such as the iPad, to address state - specific concerns.

With the hot duo of Angarano and Larson in the lead roles, the project looked good on paper: Stoller described it to Vulture as being about «four twentysomethings who work in advertising in New York all sleeping with each other,» and said that «the pilot actually turned out really well and I'm excited about how it came out.»

But whether it's dipping in for the pilot and then handing the reins to a showrunner and moving into a producing capacity, as per David Fincher and «House of Cards,» or merely coming on board as a director for hire to give a project a profile boost, it seems every week or so we're reporting on another big - screen directing star spinning the small - screen roulette wheel.

The signs are this could be good as Anthony and Joe Russo, aka The Russo Brothers, the chaps behind Captain America: Civil War are developing the project with Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick on board to direct the pilot, and possibly other episodes.

The comic book series was originally developed as a pilot for Fox back in 2011, but the company ultimately passed on the project.

NBC has ordered a pilot of the project, which will debut as a special on NBC after the Winter Olympics.

In television she has worked on such distinguished shows as EARLY EDITION (Kyle Chandler), THE BIG C (Laura Linney), THE MINDY PROJECT (Mindy Kaling) and most recently worked with Adam McKay and Will Ferrell's company, Gary Sanchez Productions, on the pilot MISSION CONTROL and the limited TV series BAD JUDGE starring Kate Walsh.

She has since worked as project coordinator with Professor Catherine Snow on a word - generation pilot study, with Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux on predicting Spanish - speakers» growth in reading, and with former Lecturer Barbara Pan on developing methods for tracking the language development of bilingual children.

Some schools from last year's pilot, which drew more than 100 schools, have changed curricula as a result: One school, chagrined that its kids did poorly on scientific problem - solving, has begun requiring a senior year science project.

While most teachers around the country see the month of June as a time to finally relax with the arrival of summer, the teachers in the CityBridge Education Innovation Fellowship (EIF) have their eyes focused on the launch of their blended learning pilot projects.

June, 2014 — Program Day Six While most teachers around the country see the month of June as a time to finally relax with the arrival of summer, the teachers in the CityBridge Education Innovation Fellowship (EIF) have their eyes focused on the launch of their blended learning pilot projects.

Through the pilot program, large and prime contractors will establish an agreement with small businesses to provide developmental assistance in areas such as project management, financial assistance, technical support, marketing techniques, cooperation on Joint Venture projects, and rent - free use of facilities among others.

Credit card company Discover signed on, as they normally participated with pilot projects at Amazon.

As it was unclear from Payton's statements whether all the cast - Â including star Jason Patric - Â had been let out of their contracts, CBR reached out to a representative from FX who said, «I won't comment on any of the actors contracts, but I'll tell you this project is not dead, and it is still to be determined if we'll move forward with reshoots on the pilot.

Canada Student Grants and Loans has expanded eligibility for part time students, as well as full and part time students with children, and introduced a three - year pilot project that will provide adults returning to school on a full - time basis after several years in the workforce with an additional $ 1,600 in grant money starting Aug 1, 2018.

My contribution to the Front Mission 5 series was originally supposed to be minor, working on editing the pilot information but as soon as the project grows with some breakthroughs in editing and replacing the Japanese text, LegaiaRules offered work for the cut - scene subtitles and bases.

More on my Facebook page... where I am both active artist & feature filmmaker about the art world noting my background as USAF jet pilot & as scientist for deep space projects.

The pilot project ended on 26 November as Papirøen will be vacated per.

As all the other 7 members of the network of Ambassadors for Climate Change Learning, Mr Maikut and Dr. Tachie - Obeng have played a key role in the national UN CC: Learn pilot projects and are motivated to share their technical knowledge and experiences with new partner countries on a bilateral or regional basis.

We have both been working as data - wranglers on a UK government funded pilot project on science visibility (OSID: Open Science Information Demonstrator), on which Peter Murrray - Rust is PI.

It began as a one - year pilot project, and the lease has since been renewed on two occasions by a unanimous City Council vote.

This web platform for exchange of experience between the pilot projects contains some of the first transboundary adaptation strategies developed wordwide, such as those on the Neman and Dniester Basins, developed by UNECE and partners, and those developed by river basin commissions such as the Danube and Rhine.

The web platform for exchange of experience between the pilot projects contains some of the first transboundary adaptation strategies developed wordwide, such as those on the Neman and Dniester Basins, developed by UNECE and partners, and those developed by river basin commissions such as the Danube and Rhine.

The bill authorizes farmers in four counties to grow plots of nonpsychoactive hemp as a pilot project, but has no effect on federal legislation.

It draws on experiences and lessons learned from a pilot Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) / Government of Lesotho project, and makes recommendations as to how on - the - ground community - based responses could be scaled up to other parts of the country, and possibly to other vulnerable countries across southern Africa.

ACR selected the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to highlight the organization's pilot activities, such as reforestation and fertilizer management projects to be registered on ACR, that will not only provide quantifiable water quality benefits for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, but will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Building capacity in climate, agriculture, livestock and food security experts through users» specific workshops and pilot application projects Improve understanding of the impacts of climate variability on key agricultural production areas including input / output markets and vulnerable areas in the region such as arid and semi-arid areas.

-- Not later than 90 days after the date the pilot program is established under this subsection, the Secretary shall select 2 sites that are appropriate for the development of a solar energy project, and 2 sites that are appropriate for the development of a wind energy project, on covered land as part of the pilot program.

The FID, which follows yesterday's granting by the Scottish government of a marine licence for the development, pushes the button on investment of some NKr2bn ($ 236m), pointing to a potential per megawatt cost reduction as great as 70 % compared to the company's original pilot project off Norway, Hywind 1, which was switched on in 2009.

Experimentally, solar reactors range from 1 meter to 5 meters to demonstrate the concept or as pilot projects, depending a little on the technology.

The results on the case studies and pilot projects have been published as the book publication «Women feeding Cities» by RUAF and Practical Action Publishing (UK).

With the success of pilot projects such as the cycle tracks of Richmond & Adelaide, the contra - flow lane on Shaw Street, the Bloor Street bike lanes; the popular Bike Share program run by the City through the Toronto Parking Authority and with the success of organizations such as Cycle Toronto, Bike Sauce, Bike Pirates, Bike Chain and Charlie's Freewheels, CBN can finally go to rest knowing that cycling advocacy and services are in good hands.

According to a pretty extensive review based on surveys from 7 European countries with NoMix pilot projects, «NoMix - technology is well accepted; around 80 % of users liked the idea, 75 − 85 % were satisfied with design, hygiene, smell, and seating comfort of NoMix - toilets, 85 % regarded urine - fertilizers as good idea (50 % of farmers), and 70 % would purchase such food.»

As part of a larger collaborative practice and research initiative, the authors are undertaking research on a pilot project funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario on the use of Views of the Child Reports.

So rather than striving for perfection, it is better to launch a limited risk field trial, a pilot project, and as soon as possible — then modify, adjust, revamp and fine - tune... on the fly.

«That's why we've pitched it as pilot projects — because it can begin immediately, perhaps on a two - or three - year basis, and then evaluated at the end and expanded on the basis of what we learn from the pilot.»