Sentences with phrase «development gains we have made»

Huffingtonpost: WB President Jim Yong Kim's recent Washington Post op - ed «Make Climate Change a Priority» warned that «global warming imperils all of the development gains we have made.»

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If Ottawa is still keen to help the housing market, he suggests it would make more sense to sell the Crown corporation and use the proceeds to reduce capital gains taxation or housing development charges.

While Petit - Frere would have a better chance to make an immediate impact at Michigan, Lemming said he considers Patterson a player who will gain a long - term development in a college football program.

These infants «have less neurological development and attain a lower IQ during childhood and adulthood,» he says, adding that parents, until further research provides conclusive answers, should work closely with their pediatricians to monitor their babys» weight and make sure they don't gain too much or too little.

I thought it would be good for us — for Elijah to see other babies, gain some new experiences, to stimulate his development - and for me to meet some other mommies, maybe make some friends in the area, and get out of the house.

The IWD otherwise known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace has since gained international recognition and celebrated world wide in different forms and even gained the status of a holiday in some countries such as Ukraine The day has also been marked under various themes encompassing peace and security, human rights, gender based violence, conflicts and hunger, education, gender equality, empowerment and affirmative actions, inclusion of woman in decision making, the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and many more.

Ghana is not a hopeless state and has made gains, president John Mahama says, pointing to the UN human development indicators which he said is a cumulative work of all the successive governments.

Professor Jianfeng Feng commented that new technology has made it possible to conduct this trail - blazing study: «human intelligence is a widely and hotly debated topic and only recently have advanced brain imaging techniques, such as those used in our current study, given us the opportunity to gain sufficient insights to resolve this and inform developments in artificial intelligence, as well as help establish the basis for understanding and diagnosis of debilitating human mental disorders such as schizophrenia and depression.»

The change would make it easier to gain approval for industrial developments such as pipelines.

Most simply, once these genes, or bits of DNA tied to the genes (known as markers), have been identified, molecular breeders can quickly target offspring inheriting the genes for further development, cutting breeding time and improving the crop's «genetic gain,» the generational improvements made to a crop, like increased height, by human selection.

McMillen concludes «the biggest mistake we made during SMB's development was killing ourselves to get into a promotion we would gain basically nothing from.»

Students of teachers who had completed an online professional - development course about fractions made test - score gains that were similar to those of students taught by teachers who had taken the same course in person.

Gaining an insight into how tablets are being used to enhance teaching and learning means that planning for implementations and professional development can make the most of the learning opportunities that these devices have the potential to enable.

Recent, more finely tuned data for New Jersey, provided by Peg Goertz, a University of Pennsylvania researcher who has closely followed developments in the Garden State, indicate that from 1999 to 2007 substantial gains were made in the Abbott districts, which were the focus of the judicial remedies.

Students of teachers who had completed an online professional - development course about fractions made test - score gains that were similar to those of students taught by teachers who had taken the same course in person.

Fortunately, we had included the professional development in the upfront cost of the technology package — purchased at the beginning of the initiative with full support — and therefore there were no financial gains to be made from cutting it, since it had already been paid.

Henry added that there have been notable gains made by Tennessee's «innovation zones» or «iZones,» a public school - steered method that allotted greater flexibility, funding and development opportunities for struggling urban districts in Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga.

What difference would it make to you and your colleagues if your professional development included training on how to differentiate different types of learning to enable you to choose the best range of teaching approaches, and to plan for assessing the depth of understanding of the learners gained as a result of your teaching?

I was wondering if you have any skill development advice for recent graduates to gain a job in insurance — is technical or programming skills the most important or perhaps making business cases, or showing that you can make sound and reasonable conclusions?

The developments in technology have made gaining a good and relevant Forex education much simpler and more accessible.

The Kicking Horse Bike Park has been gaining notoriety as one of North America's best with developments being made all in the name of more epic riding!

Craig Kielburger, co-founder of WE Charity, said: «The work of the WE Villages development programme has been able to build more than 1,000 schools and school rooms in our partner communities, giving 200,000 children the opportunity to gain an education, provided over one million people with access to clean water, and our immersive volunteer trips have been a huge part of making that happen.

Through her experience in the different aspects of the game industry, Kimberly has gained tremendous insight into the platform and games as a service structure as seen by developers and publishers, having been involved with everything that makes publishing an online game possible: business development, licensing, QA, customer support.

It took us a few days to gain players» trust by sharing all of the devlogs that we had previously made on Youtube and establishing a track record of development.

He admitted that he and his team had adopted the wrong attitude, when it came to making the PS3 development tools something that third - parties would gain from, along with Sony's core studios.

Those visiting the open studios will have the opportunity to see the students» work at a range of stages of development, and to gain a better understanding of the processes our students employ and the spaces in which they make.

Both of these projects would presumably make Spencer Bachus a happy man, since General Electric would receive support for the Long Phu 1 coal plant while Exxon stands to gain from its involvement in the LNG development in Mozambique.

«For politicians, we still have image gains to make by announcing green policies, focused on sustainable development.

By targeting new builds and housing developments and halving the standard lease duration, the partnership aims to make solar leases attractive — where previously they have failed to gain traction.

Some may question whether there is much to be gained by having regulations on conflict and confidentiality at all, if their sole purpose is to mirror developments in the common law — solicitors might just as well look to case law alone when making decisions on these issues.

Some studies have reported a plateau in linguistic attainment in adolescents, particularly for expressive language, morphosyntax (Laws 2004), and narrative production (Chapman 1998), although others have shown that they can continue to make gains in their language development into adulthood (Abbeduto 2007; Chapman 2001).

Security estates have gained steady traction in recent years, but even if your property isn't located in a gated development, there are certain steps you can take to make it safer.

While it has come at some expense, the experience gained during the development of the TV ‑ MLS project appears to have made both TREB and REBGV more aware of the strengths of alliances beyond their own borders.