Not exact matches
The findings
of the
report differ from those presented in an earlier
draft, seen by Reuters in July,
which had concluded that the growth
of renewable power had not harmed the reliability
of the grid and that significant increases in renewable power generation remained possible.
U.S. lawmakers are close to delivering a
draft of the Federal Aviation Authority's reauthorization bill,
which will include rules for nonmilitary drones, and drone opponents are lobbying hard against the unmanned flying machines, The New York Times
reports.
Canada was also called a prime target for cybercrime, state - sponsored attacks and lone hackers, said the final
draft version
of the April 2016
report,
which was obtained by The Canadian Press via the Access to Information Act.
Rosenstein's comments came at the end
of a wide - ranging conversation at the Newseum in Washington to commemorate Law Day,
which happened to fall a day after the Washington Post
reported that conservative allies
of President Trump had
drafted impeachment articles against the Justice Department's No. 2 official.
As we
reported this week, there is a document floating around titled «Crisis Strategy
Draft,» in
which Mt. Gox thinks its insolvency will lead to «the end
of Bitcoin, at least for most
of the public.»
SB 1146 «could destroy the ability
of numerous faith - based colleges and universities to pursue the mission for
which they were created,» warned Ed Stetzer, the executive director
of Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, in a recent post
reporting on an earlier
draft.
«We will be bringing out a
draft report in February or March
which will provide more transparency on how the banks make their interest rate decisions and how the market structure and the level
of competition in the banking sector impacts those decisions... that will be quite an important
report... there are some surprises.»
Whether by accident or design, the royal commission's background paper, titled Some Features
of The Australian Banking Industry, echoed themes raised in a
draft report released days earlier by the Productivity Commission,
which noted that the last time Australia's financial system was fiercely competitive was in the early 2000s.
CLM's restaurant division includes: Restaurant 1833, named one
of Robb
Report's 2012 «Best
of the Best» and a James Beard Foundation 2012 «Best New Restaurant» nominee; Cannery Row Brewing Company, home to one
of the largest
draft and bottled craft beer selections in Central California; and is recognized as the founder and visionary behind Los Angeles» iconic Faith & Flower,
which under CLM's leadership was an Esquire magazine national Best New Restaurant» honoree in 2014.
But that was the unnerving conclusion
of a
draft report released last week by the National Toxicology Program, part
of the National Institutes
of Health,
which said exposure to BPA may be linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer and early puberty in girls.
According to WHO,
which drafted the International Code
of Marketing for Breast - milk Substitutes in 1981, just 37
of the 199 (19 %) countries that
report to it regarding the Code have passed legislation reflecting all its recommendations.
The
draft report notes the administration
of Mayor Paul Dyster's pattern
of using casino revenues —
which have steadily decreased in recent years — to balance the city's budget, despite warnings against using so much
of the casino revenues to do so.
The committee's mandate, as noted earlier, is to streamline all the proposals for constitutional amendments and by that, determine the «substance and workability»
of each proposal and present their
report,
which shall be in the form
of a
draft constitution to national conference, through national council for consideration and adoption.
In a joint response to the
report dated Oct. 16, Champlain Supervisor Larry Barcomb, Champlain Mayor Greg Martin and Rouses Point Mayor Daniel Letourneau said they have
drafted a new inter-municipal agreement,
which is in the process
of being revised by each respective board and will be reviewed annually.
The Cuomo administration's
draft bill comes weeks after the Republican - led Senate released a
report detailing dozens
of recommendations,
which included 27 legislative proposals.
It follows
reports that the Conservatives are considering publishing a
draft bill
which would guarantee a referendum on Britain's membership
of the EU.
The Observer was the first to
report yesterday about a meeting scheduled for Thursday convened by Mr. Freidman at
which the mogul was expected to ask several bankers to help
draft a plan to bail out medallion owners whose lenders were getting cold feet as the value
of the medallions plummeted.
Council member Dan Torres agreed, and said that the proposed by - laws are being
drafted in the context
of a New York State Comptroller
report which was highly critical
of the corporate structure.
Yesterday's event,
which looked at the state
of resilience in the United States, came the same day as FEMA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a
draft report outlining 32 indicators that measure a community's resilience.
It is partly based on
draft versions
of the
report's many chapters, the final text
of which will be released within the next two days.
Japan will push nuclear operators to
draft plans to scrap a quarter
of the country's 48 reactors,
which are either too old or too costly to upgrade to meet new standards imposed after the Fukushima disaster, the Nikkei
reported on Friday.
Under the Carter administration, CEQ (along with the U.S. Department
of State)
drafted The Global 2000
Report to the President (pdf) in 1980,
which proved prescient about a host
of environmental issues, from climate change to biodiversity loss.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program,
which coordinates the National Climate Assessment
report process, also released draft versions of two other reports for public comment: the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report and the Fourth National Climate Asses
report process, also released
draft versions
of two other
reports for public comment: the Second State
of the Carbon Cycle
Report and the Fourth National Climate Asses
Report and the Fourth National Climate Assessment.
The Integrated Nitrogen Committee
of the EPA's science advisory board,
which held a June public teleconference on the issue
of reactive nitrogen in the environment, has generated a
draft report that lays out the details, including management options for nitric acid rain.
The Journal - Sentinel,
which obtained
draft copies
of the statement and interviewed scientists in the group, first
reported on the document Saturday.
Specifically, the
draft report says that «equilibrium climate sensitivity» (ECS)-- eventual warming induced by a doubling
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere,
which takes hundreds
of years to occur — is «extremely likely» to be above 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), «likely» to be above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.4 degrees Fahrenheit) and «very likely» to be below 6 degrees Celsius (10.8 Fahrenheit).
The U.S. government should tweak its approach for estimating the financial impacts
of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution,
which it uses in
drafting new regulations, according to a
report released today by the U.S. National Academies
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS).
On the face
of it the range of the IPCC models is centrally within the A&H 90 % range, but visual inspection of Figure 1 suggests that A&H find that there is about a 45 % probability that climate sensitivity is below the lower end of the range quoted by Meehl in August 2004 (Of course the IPCC draft report, which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC
of it the range
of the IPCC models is centrally within the A&H 90 % range, but visual inspection of Figure 1 suggests that A&H find that there is about a 45 % probability that climate sensitivity is below the lower end of the range quoted by Meehl in August 2004 (Of course the IPCC draft report, which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC
of the IPCC models is centrally within the A&H 90 % range, but visual inspection
of Figure 1 suggests that A&H find that there is about a 45 % probability that climate sensitivity is below the lower end of the range quoted by Meehl in August 2004 (Of course the IPCC draft report, which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC
of Figure 1 suggests that A&H find that there is about a 45 % probability that climate sensitivity is below the lower end
of the range quoted by Meehl in August 2004 (Of course the IPCC draft report, which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC
of the range quoted by Meehl in August 2004 (
Of course the IPCC draft report, which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC
Of course the IPCC
draft report,
which I have not seen, may include models with lower sensitivity than 2.6 ºC).
The workshop,
which was led by Chory and Joseph Ecker,
of the University
of Pennsylvania, produced a
draft report called The Project 2010.
The recommendations are part
of a larger package
of proposed reforms included in the final
draft of the commission's
report,
which is scheduled for public release in April.
He should instead examine the extensive 2006 National Research Council
report on «Systems for State Science Assessment» or the excellent assessment section in the
draft «National Educational Technology Plan 2010,» from the U.S. Department
of Education,
which describes multiple ways
of making alternative assessments practical.
A 2005 NCREL
report draft (
which we received special permission to cite for this article) finds «new evidence supporting the apparent effectiveness
of online programs and schools and generally demonstrating the potential
of online learning as a promising instructional intervention that can, when implemented judiciously, and with attention to «evidence - based» practices, apparently improve student academic performance.»
In a study released by the College Board in 2003 (the panel's majority
report cited a 2001
draft version
of this study), Brent Bridgeman, ETS's principal researcher, and his colleagues analyzed the degree to
which the SAT is «speeded» — or how much the SAT's standard three - hour time limit affects students» scores.
Last week, Stephen Sawchuk
reported that delegates to this year's NEA Representative Assembly approved a resolution
which directs the union to
draft model legislative language that would prevent districts from punishing students who opt out
of standardized tests.
The Department
of Public Instruction (DPI) is
drafting a plan to measure student outcomes under new federal regulations
which do not match the current state law for school
report cards.
The
draft accountability rules, to be released this summer, will encourage states to identify high - and low - performing teacher preparation programs across all kinds
of educational models, not just those based in colleges and universities; urge a transition from current input - based
reporting requirements to a focus on more meaningful outcomes; and likely limit program eligibility for TEACH grants —
which are available to students who are planning to become teachers in a high - need field in a low - income school — to only effective teacher preparation programs.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the State Board
of Education approved, with suggestions for changes, a
draft of the
report,
which districts will send home within two months after students take the new test.
Groups already endorsing the
draft report,
which was released Wednesday, include the American Federation
of Teachers and the United States Chamber
of Commerce.
AUSTRALIA: University
of Melbourne ACTS,
Draft White Paper 1 Defining 21st century skills A draft white paper from the University of Melbourne regarding the teaching and assessment of 21st century skills, which serves as a report to the 2010 Learning and Technology World Forum in Lo
Draft White Paper 1 Defining 21st century skills A
draft white paper from the University of Melbourne regarding the teaching and assessment of 21st century skills, which serves as a report to the 2010 Learning and Technology World Forum in Lo
draft white paper from the University
of Melbourne regarding the teaching and assessment
of 21st century skills,
which serves as a
report to the 2010 Learning and Technology World Forum in London.
At that presentation, we explored some
of the global trends in education and how the
draft K - 9 BC curriculum is a piece
of a larger puzzle
which will need to include changes in several areas including assessment and
reporting.
Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some
of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers;
draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association
of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with
reports and summary
of actions affecting import and export
of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing
of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export
of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.
The present AR4 - WGI process started back in April 2004 when the author teams
of the
report were selected and the Lead Authors first met in September in Italy to launch the composition
of the «zero order
draft»
which was subsequently submitted to the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for an informal review by invited experts (mostly well - known scientists).
The documents were posted Thursday at Stopgreensuicide.com, a Web site launched by Alec Rawls, a passionate foe
of restrictions on greenhouse gases (with a very quirky pedigree) who signed up — like almost anyone could — to be one
of 800 reviewers offering more than 30,000 comments on this
draft report,
which focuses on the basic science examining the extent
of the human influence on the climate system.
(Another fine point: This is slightly less than the central estimate
of 43 cm for the A1FI scenario that was
reported in the media, taken from earlier
drafts of the SPM, because those 43 cm was not the sum
of the individual best estimates for the different contributing factors, but rather it was the mid-point
of the uncertainty range,
which is slightly higher as some uncertainties are skewed towards high values.)
The United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was expected to delivery its fifth Assessment
Report (AR5) next month, but over the past weekend, a draft of that report was leaked to Reuters, which reported the early fin
Report (AR5) next month, but over the past weekend, a
draft of that
report was leaked to Reuters, which reported the early fin
report was leaked to Reuters,
which reported the early findings.
But contrary to the Journal's claim that the EPA disavowed that finding because the agency had been «barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities,» it was actually changed after the EPA's scientific advisory board,
which evaluates the agency's «use
of science,» pointed out that the
draft conclusion wasn't supported elsewhere in the
report:
At the upper end
of those ranges, the cost
of fighting climate change could outstrip the cost
of dealing with the effects
of climate change, according to data in the
draft of the second installment
of the UN
report,
which hasn't yet been finalized.
It is a «significantly more ambitious effort than previous assessments» in terms
of scope and the extent to
which the public was engaged, according to the National Resource Council's review
of a
draft copy
of the
report.
The UK Daily «Mail on Sunday has obtained the final
draft of a
report to be published later this month by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),»
which is the holding company, if you will, for all the hoax data.
On 30 May the council met to discuss the chief executive's
report on the public consultation in response to the first
draft of the development plan,
which included a passive house motion based on an adapted version
of a wording submitted by Passive House Plus editor Jeff Colley.