Sentences with phrase «continued progress under»

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«Given the continued progress we've made in decreasing our delivery times across the board, we are retiring Fastbite in NY and SF to offer even more ways for more diners to experience their favorite restaurants fast with the new Under 30 Minute option.»

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Al - Doura continued its progress and growth under the shadow of Saddam Hussein's almost secular state.

Under the circumstances,» he continues, «this was amazing progress, reflecting as nothing else did the impact of the social crisis upon conventional modes of religious behavior.

Having made his first - team debut at the age of just 15, the defensive midfielder has continued to make progress and has featured for Wales at Under - 19s level.

One major stumbling block for them though could be the fact that he has a # 35m release clause in his current contract, while no progress is expected for the next fortnight or so as he continues to represent Portugal at the Under - 21 European Championship this summer.

Kane has hit 30 or more goals in three of the last four campaigns, but that hasn't translated into trophies for the club as they've continued to fall short despite making real progress under Mauricio Pochettino.

However, he's certainly taken his game to the next level as he has developed and matured under Jurgen Klopp, and in turn he's become an important piece for the German tactician as the club look to continue to make progress.

Even though the latter appears an impossible task, the chicken sellers will nonetheless by delighted with the progress the team has made under their short leadership as Sam Allardyce continues to squeeze results out of a team with limited potential.

We have the power to change that narrative and continue the progress the party made under David Cameron with his brand of compassionate conservativism which resonated with voters in 2010 and 2015.

«We formed the Senate majority coalition because we believe that it is the best way to continue to build on the progress we've made over the last two years in ending government dysfunction, bringing spending under control, enacting a property tax cap and helping businesses create new jobs.

New York state education officials say School 91, the B.U.I.L.D Academy, didn't make enough progress last year to continue efforts to turn around under local leadership.

However, it added «the Center continues to note with dismay, however, that governmental accountability and responsiveness have remained highly insufficient (despite delivery of considerable voice to citizenry under the 4th Republic); public corruption remains pervasive; progress of the constitutionally - mandated political, administrative and fiscal decentralization has stalled; the economy remains characterized by jobless growth; income and spatial inequality are on the rise in spite of poverty reduction; and the nation's two main political parties which have alternated in power in the 4th Republic have increasingly taken on the features of rival cults (whose primary purpose seemingly is to win elections, achieve «state capture» and practice «winner - takes - all» politics).

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Peter Byass, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research says «Undoubtedly child mortality is falling, and the world should be proud of this progress» but he adds»... Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.»

-- If you are operating under a deadline — a physique competition, race or a photoshoot, or your own stubbornness — then it's fine to focus on continuing your current rate of progress.

These pupils were due to progress to the new CfE Higher courses this session but last year, under pressure from unions and others, the Scottish Education Secretary (Mike Russell) has allowed schools to continue with the existing Higher courses if they felt it to be in the best interests of their pupils.

Ensuring Fairer and Better Tests Under Title I - A The first proposed regulation focuses on ensuring states continue to administer tests that are fair measures of student achievement for all students, with particular focus on ensuring states appropriately capture and measure the progress of English Learners and students with disabilities.

A new paper by USC assistant professor (and Emerging Education Policy Scholar) Morgan Polikoff and his colleagues finds that many of the state accountability systems approved under the waivers continue to rely predominantly on proficiency rates instead of individual student progress over time.

This past May, Jenny Sedlis of StudentsFirstNY wrote an editorial about Bill de Blasio's plans for the city's «failure factories,» which she alleges «have made little progress under this mayor's leadership» and continue to operate without appropriate standards and accountability.

What it is: The Center for American Progress, a liberal public policy think - tank, this week released a report titled «The State of Teacher Evaluation Reform,» which looks at new teacher - evaluation systems in New Jersey and five other states as they continue to evolve under new state and national mandates.

Numerous provisions contained in S. 1177 represent a huge step forward from current legislation: the elimination of adequate yearly progress and the 100 percent proficiency requirements, tempering the test - and - punish provisions of No Child Left Behind; the continued requirement of disaggregated subgroup data; removal of the unworkable school turnaround models required under the School Improvement Grant and Race to the Top programs; clarification of the term school leader as the principal of an elementary, middle or high school; inclusion of the use of Title II funds for a «School Leadership Residency Program»; activities to improve the recruitment, preparation, placement, support, and retention of effective principals and school leaders in high - need schools; and the allowable use of Title II funds to develop induction and mentoring programs that are designed to improve school leadership and provide opportunities for mentor principals and other educators who are experienced and effective.

Breakthrough and Measured Progress will continue serving a consortium of states administering the NCSC assessment under the new Multi-State Alternate Assessment contract.

To support the increasing progress from events and myriad of infrastructure improvements under way and planned, the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP), which manages the Laguna Seca Recreation Area for the County of Monterey, is strengthening its financial department by adding highly - skilled individuals to continue enhancing and streamlining procedures.

This is because there is no way to stop or slow down the resorptive process and it just continues to progress under the filling.

The tradition continued with vigor through the 20th century in the work of the great Mexican painters and the American artists employed under the Works Progress Administration.

But despite continuing technological advances, from the 1870s onward, the idea that history and civilization were inherently progressive, and that progress was always good, came under increasing attack.

In his sunlit top floor studio in Manhattan, under a wide, square skylight, a large canvas on the working easel, others in progress on the walls nearby, and a paint covered and stained work table beside them, Kahn continues to invent landscapes of often unlikely color combinations and expressive brushwork.

I'm thrilled New York will support public projects like LED conversions to reduce costs, cut emissions, and continue our progress on climate change under Reforming the Energy Vision.»

Shifting currents, increased freshwater input from melting sea ice and glaciers, and changes in upper and lower sea - level circulation patterns are already occurring, and they'll progress rapidly if anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission continues under a business - as - usual scenario.

In the case of the China, seven pilot CO2 cap - and - trade regimes at the local level are under development, while in the United States, California's ambitious AB - 32 cap - and - trade system continues to make progress, and in the northeast, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is witnessing higher allowance auction prices due to the more severe targets the RGGI states recently adopted.

Disappointing progress to say the lease, given it is leaving villages under threat of demolition for expanding coal mines, and continued uncertainty for communities and businesses trying to move forward to a better future.

After decades of dictatorships, under which shady financial dealings and corruption perpetuated a vast social disparity and a virtually crippled economy, Brazil held its first free election in 1985 — though remnants of the old system continued to hamper its progress.

After all, while he attempts to interfere with progress by making such statements, our entire energy infrastructure is crumbling, our natural gas supplies continue to dwindle, we don't have nearly enough engineers and skilled labor to expand nuclear development the way they claim we can, and our decision - makers (until very recently) have been under the false assumption that we have 250 years worth of coal reserves.

The progress has continued under global chief executive officer Peter Hasson, with a focus on US growth where the firm has recently opened offices in Chicago, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles.

The existence of measures to allow and encourage a person servicing a sentence of imprisonment for public protection imposed under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003), s 225 to progress is as inherent in the justification for his continued detention as the Parole Board reviews themselves; without them detention falls to be condemned as unlawful as if there were no such reviews at all.

Connecticut Under the excellent leadership of Holly Martin, CMA (AAMA), the Connecticut Society of Medical Assistants has continued to make steady progress in regaining the right of medical assistants to be delegated administration of medication (including by injection).

Preference may be given to previous recipients of assistance under this Section, provided they continue to maintain eligibility and maintain satisfactory academic progress, as determined by the institution at which they enroll.

-LSB-...] Such a capering and hiding; stitching, knitting, clipping, cutting, and pasting; red paper and blue paper; spangles of gold and silver; purses, cuffs, lamp - rugs, slippers, and neck - ties; gewgaws, and filigree, and gimcracks; green trees, hung all over with colored balls, little angels, and candy horsemen; wax tapers and bits of looking - glass; such surprises hid in fancy boxes and bags, on the tops of the wardrobes, behind the bureaus, and under the sofas, for Tom, Dick, and Harry; mysterious whisperings, secret conferences, knowing looks, nods, and winks, and sudden hidings away of articles in progress of manufacture but not yet to be seen Continue reading Victorian & Edwardian Christmas Gifts — Part 1 →