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The announcement expands national efforts to streamline date labels in the United States, United Kingdom and Japan to the rest of the world.

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Qualcomm's appeal tapped into gathering concern among some congressional Republicans and the Trump administration about U.S. national security and competitiveness with China, especially in advanced technologies — sentiment that already was fueling an effort to expand the power of CFIUS.

In California, efforts to expand the list of those who could petition for restraining orders to include co-workers and employers drew opposition not only from pro-gun groups like the National Rifle Association but also from the A.C.L.U.

Since then, the program has expanded to hundreds of schools nationwide, thanks to the efforts of Rosati's national brand ambassadors for children's nutrition: Sean Trotter, Nate Todd and Greg Hoffman.

Last year, the NFL Foundation — with the National Athletic Trainers» Association and Gatorade — expanded this effort through a contest open to high schools nationwide.

To its credit, the National Republican Congressional Committee saw an opening in many of these seats and invested resources in about half of them in an effort to expand the playing field.

Nolan's comments come as leaders of Long Island's anti-testing movement, whose boycott efforts captured national attention last year, are expanding their campaign as the April testing period approaches.

Leaders of Long Island's anti-testing movement, whose boycott efforts captured national attention last year, are expanding their campaign of encouraging parents and students to opt out of the state's standardized Common Core assessments, scheduled for next month.

MIRA «is part of an effort across the National Institutes of Health to expand the agency's use of awards that support people based on their track record, not projects,» but the problem is that, «[o] n average, the new awards amount to a 12 % cut in a recipient's overall average NIGMS funding for the past 5 years, with much deeper cuts for some.»

NASA, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and other science funding agencies are expanding adventurous undergraduate research opportunities in the United States and other countries in an effort to encourage students to choose careers in science and engineering.

Now, expressing concern that few native - born citizens are entering scientific careers, it calls for an intensified national effort to expand domestic production.

A 1998 report from the National Research Council recommended that the Ph.D. remain a research - intensive degree but added that «graduate programs should expand their efforts to help students learn about the diversity of career opportunities open to them, and university departments should examine possible alternatives to the research Ph.D.»

Kriegstein's team recently received a 5 - year $ 5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative to expand this effort, and to make the resulting data available publicly to all in the field through an interactive data browser built in collaboration with colleagues at UC Santa Cruz.

The budget also calls for expanding NOAA's existing efforts to study ocean acidification and for upgrading the National Weather Service's infrastructure.

The Precision Medicine Initiative includes $ 130 million spread across NIH's institutes to create a 1 - million - volunteer study to explore links between genes and health; another $ 70 million would expand National Cancer Institute efforts to treat cancer by targeting genes that drive tumor growth.

In his first campaign speech devoted to science and technology, President Bill Clinton today pledged $ 100 million to a National Science Foundation (NSF) effort in 1998 to improve and expand the Internet.

In the longer term, Revive aims to nucleate an even larger scale effort that will bring together an expanding number leading scientists, clinicians and biotechnology companies into a national Consortium for stem cell - based regenerative medicine and drug screening.

To meet this need of bioinformatics effort, the national bioinformatics infrastructure at SciLifeLab is now expanding with a total of 12 new bioinformatician positions to be opened before Christmas.

Their efforts gave rise to 2010's Dead Rising 2, a sequel that succeeded in expanding the Dead Rising concept with a larger playground, tweaked mechanics, and a weapon - crafting system that made zombie killing the new national past time.

It is disappointing, therefore, that during national efforts to expand financial aid, the importance of the basic issue of access has been lost.

Washington — Efforts to provide state - by - state comparisons of student - achievement data moved forward last week with the announced formation by the Council of Chief State School Officers of a planning group for a new, expanded National Assessment of Educational Progress test in mathematics in 1990.

Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.

The Time Collaborative, a joint effort of the Ford Foundation and the National Center on Time and Learning, advances a Broader, Bolder Approach through efforts in five states to demonstrate how expanding and redesigning...

The city's efforts to dramatically expand high quality summer learning slots began when the mayor and superintendent came together to find out whether and how summer learning loss — a topic gaining increasing amounts of national attention — affected Providence students.

In the run up to the 2008 presidential election (and before we could get too deep in the education work), Be the Change's first campaign, an effort to expand national and community service called ServiceNation, started getting real traction.

The National Science Foundation plans to create regional science - education resource centers to help the agency «significantly expand» its efforts to improve precollegiate instruction over the next five years.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced today that 31 organizations have joined the Teach to Lead initiative as supporters in the effort to advance student learning by expanding opportunities for teacher leadership.

Nasue Nishida, executive director of Washington - based Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession said: «This funding facilitates the continued efforts of the Washington State National Board Partners to strategically connect the dots and expand our work along the teacher continuum.»

While more than 13 schools have either launched or expanded school voucher and tax credit programs in the past two years, efforts by National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers affiliates to shut them down, either by voter referendums (as in Florida) or through lawsuits, are reminders of the challenges to expanding choice that remain.

In addition to reviewing the status of national service programs, this brief provides examples of some of the myriad ways national service programs create an infrastructure for traditional and charter schools; alternative certification programs for teachers; nonprofit out - of - school - time providers; and other efforts to expand educational opportunity.

BART was featured in an article published by the Wallace Foundation on our arts program and extended learning time, part of the Foundation and Mass 2020's efforts to expand learning time at the state and national levels.

WASHINGTON — October 6, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Education and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced today that 31 organizations have joined the Teach to Lead initiative as supporters in the effort to advance student learning by expanding opportunities for teacher leadership.

Develop standards and assessments in subjects vital to protecting national security, like science, technology, and foreign language, by expanding the Common Core State Standards effort.

«It's not necessarily new work, but it is certainly expanding work,» said Kim Cook, executive director of the National College Access Network, an organization that helps coordinate the efforts of groups focused on increasing college access.

For the fourth year in a row, the Partners, a consortium of national education and nutrition organizations, continue to expand efforts to fight against childhood hunger and improve participation in the federally funded School Breakfast Program.

Nolan's comments come as leaders of Long Island's anti-testing movement, whose boycott efforts captured national attention last year, are expanding their campaign as the April testing period approaches.

This study from the Century Foundation is a two - part study, including «background on how universal pre-K programs fit into the national landscape of early childhood policy, outlines the main features of New York City's current UPK expansion efforts, and draws lessons for other cities and states interested in expanding their programs,» and «an in - depth look at the issue of preschool classroom diversity in UPK, highlighting the opportunities and obstacles for integration embedded in current policies and recommending policy changes to address this issue in New York City and beyond.»

The grants, made possible by the Doris Day Animal Foundation and Abaxis, will help further the recipients» community spay / neuter efforts and expand the impact of the national day.

The newly expanded National Take Your Cat to the Vet Week resulted from the positive response Feline Pine received from both veterinarians and the general public about its educational efforts.

The May event also included more than 200 stores — double the number from the last National Adoption Weekend event held in February — and expanded life - saving efforts to include small animals such as ferrets, guinea pigs and rabbits with 530 small pets adopted.

Rimer says that many mass retailers are expanding their pet categories in an effort to better compete with national pet chains, although they still have more work to do, she adds.

The federal government contributed restoration funding, primarily toward infrastructure improvements; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - organized philanthropy funded the «post to park» conversion effort; and Bay Area Discovery Museum contributions expanded and improved this popular and renowned facility (located adjacent to Cavallo Point Lodge).

New America Media, in its mission to «expand the news lens through ethnic media,» covers the «Parks For All» conference on April 22 and highlights ongoing efforts to reach out to communities that historically have not visited the national parks and to tell their untold stories.

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The New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) was established in 1986 to act as the national focal point for expanding efforts to develop and introduce renewable energy technologies to Egypt on a commercial scale together with implementation of related energy conservation programs.

to expand our national network in an effort to inspire more individuals to take responsibility for Earth.

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Since joining Rodale Institute in December 2010, he has brought heritage livestock back to the institute's 333 - acre farm, expanded and enhanced its research efforts, and launched Your 2 Cents, a national campaign to support and promote new organic farmers.

During the past eight years, one of the signatures of the Obama Board was its effort to expand the application of the National Labor Relations Act's relevance to non-union workplaces.

Becoming a part of the D4 family enables Landmark to better serve law firm and corporate clients in Philadelphia, while expanding D4's national footprint to support local and national sales and service delivery efforts.