Sentences with phrase «by additional innovations»

Subsequently, those initial measures were buttressed by additional innovations, including the curtailing of social promotion for students who failed to learn to read in the early elementary grades.

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Apart from starting the day by being surrounded by the people you love, this also has the additional benefit of ensuring your day begins in a playful, creative space, which often leads to innovation in your business.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

Increased innovation would benefit consumers, by giving them additional choices, more convenience, greater access to capital and lower costs when choosing financial products.

The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) is a collective of progressive palm oil companies and brands together with environmental and social NGOs that are working to build on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standards and commitments by both demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical issues.

«These new members will continue to support the transformation of the palm oil sector by demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical requirements, such as ending deforestation, the development of peatlands and gross labour and human rights violations.»

The park district has a small innovation fund, created by using the additional fees charged to non-residents when registering for park district programs.

• Moving Buffalo Manufacturing Works, the industrial innovation center operated by nonprofit EWI, to the Northland Corridor in the Fillmore - Ferry area; expanding greenway space in the Niagara Gorge corridor; and additional state funding at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, historic sites, and in waterway access areas.

The additional GO - Bio funding will now enable the team led by Professor Heilbronn to quickly bring their innovation to the patient,» says Dr. Rolf Zettl, CFO of BIH and the Board Member responsible for Berlin Health Innovations.

Districts should be key drivers within comprehensive accountability systems by supporting continuous improvement, tracking additional measures of school quality and student success, using these measures to inform local decisions about resources and supports, and serving as laboratories of innovation for the state;

Additional information on incorporating games into personalized learning strategies can be found in a report written by the Center on Innovations in Learning.

Together, Teachstone and NHSA are committed to addressing the field's needs related to CLASS implementation by sharing innovations and best practices and providing additional resources to help Head Start teachers improve their classroom interactions.

Prepared by: Community Partnership for Arts and Culture CLEVELAND, Ohio — Twenty Cuyahoga County artists will receive $ 20,000 awards and additional support services for their outstanding work and innovation in the field.

AEIC supplemented the initial investigation from the Breakthrough Institute by uncovering additional information about the complicated innovation ecosystem that led to today's shale gas boom.

It is back, better than ever and the idea for this trackball innovation was inspired by our users, who invented creative ways to achieve their desired level of comfort, sometimes adding additional wedges under their trackball for elevated angles,» said Anatoliy Polyanker, global portfolio and

Dolby Atmos achieves this immersive innovation by combining additional sound channels with object based steering.

While many decry reforms like these — especially the one relating to banks — as nothing more than Washington, D.C., political game - playing and Wall Street favors, each in its own right highlights the larger problem with business method patents: instead of spurring innovation (as the patent system is intended to do), they often harm businesses by imposing additional costs (in the form of licenses or litigation), which in turn harms the consumer, as well as the economy at large.

Similarly, technology orientation and entrepreneurship orientation lead to the development of innovation by creating additional knowledge learning behaviours [123].