Sentences with phrase «best state in its region»

• If each state instead meets the achievement level of the best state in its region, gains would still amount to roughly $ 35 trillion, more than twice the nation's current GDP.

• What if each state instead meets the achievement level of the best state in its region?

1) Bringing every state up to the best state in the United States (Minnesota) 2) Bringing every state up to the best state in its region 3) Bringing all students in each state up to the NAEP basic achievement level 4) Bringing each state up to the best state, but assuming others do not make any gains at all, thereby isolating the direct impact of a state's efforts.

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U.S. and Kurdish officials said the YPG's power on the ground and its readiness to attack are already well - known to the Islamic State militants, who are getting pounded in the Raqqa region by coalition airstrikes and firefights with YPG forces.

(Reuters)- Lowe's Cos Inc reported higher - than - expected comp sales and profit on Tuesday, helped by lower costs as well as higher demand for emergency supplies and rebuilding material due to hurricanes battering several regions in the United States.

Venezuela's plunging output comes amid strong demand as well as concerns that supplies from the Middle East, by far the world's biggest oil producing region, could also be disrupted, especially should the United States in May re-impose sanctions against OPEC - member Iran.

Obtaining timely intelligence on hostages has always been difficult, especially in volatile regions where the United States has limited access and where militants have well - established operations.

Hartford - based insurer Aetna Inc. has jointly released a new ranking of healthy communities across the country that it hopes will show other regions how to improve the health and well - being of their residents and slow the soaring cost of health care in the United States.

Though the Near - Term Tax Free Fund seeks minimal fluctuations in share price, it is subject to the risk that the credit quality of a portfolio holding could decline, as well as risk related to changes in the economic conditions of a state, region or issuer.

There are well more than 2 million small businesses in New York, operating in every region, community, and neighborhood throughout the state.

Unlike the best places for renters insurance in Iowa, the places with the most expensive renters insurance are located everywhere except the northeast region of the state.

However, not all banks in the region are unattractive to us and we continue to see opportunities in French and UK banks that offer relatively solid balance sheets, are well - leveraged to a resumption of credit growth and have exposure to parts of the world other than Europe, namely the United States or Asia.

While we continue to find select value in the United States, we are particularly cautious about the expensive sectors, regions and stocks that have fared so well over this protracted bull market, and we currently favor potential opportunities elsewhere.

The British, who held a colonial mandate for Palestine until May 1948, opposed both the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state in Palestine as well as unlimited immigration of Jewish refugees to the region.»

Though a good part of the book is necessarily historical, his primary interest is in the recent past and the changing fortunes of Christians as a result of the Arab awakening and political developments that have altered the face of the region in the twentieth century (e.g., the founding of the state of Israel).

American and British theologians oft en find themselves in significant agreement — drawing on similar sources and reaching shared conclusions — but geographical distance as well as the very different church - state relations in the two nations have meant that Christians in one region are often unaware of theological developments in the other.

Blue Mountain Growers (BMG) packages and sells 13 types of cherries from farmers in the Walla Walla Valley and Columbia Basin regions of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington state, as well as the Grande Ronde Valley in Oregon.

The restaurant's extensive wine list features wines produced in regions known for the world's best seafood, throughout Europe and the United States.

There will also be the chance to hear directly from producers and wineries in all the key wine producing regions about the state of this year's harvest and to get the competitive edge on where the best value grapes will be over the coming year.

He said crops across the state's main growing regions looked «remarkably good» but farmers were looking for good follow up rains in early to mid-October.

A record crop will add to swelling global stocks as farmers in the Black Sea region, the United States, Canada, and India also enjoy good growing conditions.

Mr Errington on Monday upgraded his profit forecasts for 2019 - 20 by 9 per cent and by 12 per cent for 2020 - 21 because of a better than expected Australian grape harvest that has just finished in major grape - growing regions, along with the marketing sizzle in the United States.

With the expertise of ProWein in Germany — the world's leading trade fair for wines and spirits, ProWine ASIA 2016 will provide a compelling platform for buyers, sellers, industry experts and customers from across Southeast Asia to share knowledge and best practices with many of the leading wine producing nations and regions from around the world, including «newcomers» to the international wine business, participating at the event,» stated Beattrice J. Ho, Project Director at Messe Düsseldorf Asia.

Bih jolokia, botanically known as Capsicum chinense is extensively cultivated in North Eastern Region of India especially in the states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur.The plants grow to well over 1 meter and has heaps of fruit, that turn from a light green through a beautiful orange and maturing to a bright red.

The region — now one of the most desirable for Pinot noir in the United States — began its rise to prominence in the 1960s, and has been defined by the trailblazing spirit of its diverse producers, as well as its unique climate and soils.

Baseball as the national pastime was taken with the utmost seriousness, so that having a team that was best in the region or the state was an exciting proposition — like having an extra portion of the American Dream dished out to your hometown.

USA Ultimate Men's College Director for the Southwest Region Kerry Karter stated, «We are looking forward to returning to Maidu this month, in 2015 we played our Regional Championships on those fields and I am excited to be back for that event as well as the Conference Championships.»

Also, despite being a 5 - seed, Purdue has the third - best odds of any team in the region, higher than 3 - seed Utah and 4 - seed Iowa State.

It was also interesting to see that despite being the 2 - seed in the Midwest Region, Michigan State -LRB--360) has better odds of reaching the Sweet 16 than the 1 - seed, Virginia.

VCU, the # 7 seed in the West Region, is actually a 3 - point underdog to # 10 seed Ohio State and our Bracket Simulator agrees - Ohio State even has the best chance of all double - digit seeds to make the Final Four.

A Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) is a collection of data about all of the birds that breed in a particular state or region and exemplifies citizen science at its best.

Intake of rice early in childhood has not been well characterized in the United States, and there are only limited data from other regions of the world.5, 6 Moreover, biomarker concentrations of As among infants consuming rice are virtually unknown.

However, President Obama in a CNN interview last week did seem to speak of self defence when he said «there is no doubt that when you start seeing chemical weapons used on a large scale... that starts getting to some core national interests that the United States has, both in terms of us making sure that weapons of mass destruction are not proliferating, as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region.»

However, he noted that there are public schools in some regions of the state that perform better than others.

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Recognizing that strategies to revitalize different parts of the State depend upon numerous factors unique to each region and that the best ideas come from the people who live in those regions, Governor Cuomo is proposing a process that will include and engage local stakeholders in developing and executing sustainable long - term, regional economic development strategies.

«During his 23 year tenure in the State Assembly, Joe Morelle has been a tremendous advocate for his constituents in the Rochester area as well as the entire Upstate region.

«Well, I'm dedicated to serving our state as our senator and I'm running for re-election so I can continue to be their senator,» she said during a stop at Fort Drum in the state's North Country region.

There are several Gas Pipelines, which will transport Hydrofracked Gas from the Marcellus Shale region and other states, despite the fact that many of the wells especially in PA are already showing signs of being exhausted, and that is why there is much attention on the Southern Tier and Lower Western portion of NYS; the Delaware Valley and Catskill region south to New Jersey, where the «Industry» is slated to construct 100,000 new wells; an estimated 8.9 % of which will leak and contaminate our water resources according to the «Solutions Project» led by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University and other noted scholars from other institutions, (Cornell University and Pepacton Institute).

His final selection was seen as a concession to the state's senior senator, Chuck Schumer, who wanted a low - profile politician who wouldn't dim his own star power, as well as a sop to the upstate region in a state where nearly all of the political power was concentrated in New York City.

Speaking to Journalists in the Eastern Region during the inauguration of a C4C Homeopathic Clinic on Monday, the ex-Moderator stated that it will be better if the critics of the Akufo - Addo government supports the president to succeed during his term in office.

Hon Nuhu Putiaha popularly known as Action Man, also stated on the same programme that the Incessant falsehood peddling that have been the daily bread of the Npp, can not in any away deceive the good people of Wa Central and the Upper West Region.

The 163 page report, which is very detailed on current affairs on the African continent, also mentioned the leader of Togo's main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change (ANC), Mr. Jean - Pierre Fabre, who challenged the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe 2010 and 2015 but lost as the second most peaceful opposition leader in Africa and the best within the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWA) Sub-region region.

The Capital district provided the highest amount of net tax exemptions per capita in the state, with the Finger Lakes and Mid-Hudson regions high up on the list as well.

That means two - thirds of the wells tested by the state could have dangerous levels of PFOA, suggesting an extensive pollution plume or multiple plumes in the region.

Political and private sector leaders from around the state are spending three days at the Capitol, making their best case to win a share of $ 1.5 billion in economic development monies for their region.

Last week the Governor's Regional Economic Development Council named the North Country region as a best plan awardee and gave the region $ 103.2 million in state support to fund 70 projects, including the Beaver Meadow Apartments.

This is closely mirrored by the statute that created the state's Energy Planning Board, which includes Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester in the «Downstate region,» as well as Ulster (which lacks a Metro - North station).

The state is spending $ 10 million to install 1,500 private well water treatment systems in the region and to plan for a new water system.

The John Mahama 2016 Campaign has extended its best wishes to the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state in the Volta Region, Togbe Afede XIV who was elected as the new President of the National House of Chiefs on Thursday.