Sentences with phrase «few new initiatives»

A lot of the speech had to do with Dinolfo listing various accomplishments, but there were a few new initiatives she mentioned, including something called LadderZup.

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«This is a brand new way for people to contribute and give back in a way that's actually needed the most,» says Joe Gebbia, Airbnb's cofounder and chief product officer who has spent much of his time in the past few years leading the initiative.

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Uber announced the initiative but disclosed few financial details, though it said it would offer both new and used cars.

But, in order to make an impact that extends massive employers like Apple, JPMorgan, Amazon, and Berkshire Hathaway, it'll take new initiatives that don't just focus on cutting a few costs.

Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view of the somewhat better news out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July issued yesterday.

That in itself is new: interviews with several senior Conservatives suggest Harper's PMO is already less overbearing than the versions that endured constant minority government uncertainty, and that at least a few ministers have more latitude to take strong initiatives.

In addition to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, USDA has unveiled several food loss reduction initiatives over the past few years, including an app to help consumers safely store food and understand food date labels, new guidance to manufacturers on donating misbranded or sub-spec foods, and research on innovative technologies to make reducing food loss and waste cost effective.

J.O. also recently announced a few new healthy food initiatives.

Every hospital has a bit of a different flavor but with the move towards encouraging breastfeeding and the new baby - friendly initiatives, breastfeeding definitely plays a more central role in the first few postpartum days, Dr. Idries J. Abdur - Rahman, MD, tells Romper.

The «baby - friendly» initiative is not new, but it has gained steam in the U.S. over the past few years.

There are already a few legislative initiatives under way, nationally — among them the Songwriter Equity Act, a bill first introduced by Doug Collins, a Republican from Georgia, and Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, and then in the Senate by, among others, Orrin Hatch, who is himself a prolific songwriter.

Home Office minister Tony McNulty acknowledged there was «still much more work to be done», but noted there were 23,000 fewer robberies committed last year than five years ago, partly due to new initiatives carried out by police.

At the February 12 press conference, de Blasio said his administration was funding «relatively few new spending initiatives» that reflect its progressive values.

As Empire Center's E.J. McMahon wrote a year ago, «few economic development initiatives in New York State's history have been the subject of more marketing hype than START - UP NY.»

The policy is one of the few, and perhaps the most robust, of its kind in the country issued by a district attorney, said Camille Mackler, the director of legal initiatives for the New York Immigration Coalition, which worked with Mr. Gonzalez to craft it.

Republican Assemblyman Gary Finch who represents portions of Cortland, Cayuga, and Onondaga counties has renewed his call for suspension of the Start - Up New York initiative after an audit found millions worth of adverting for the program produced few results.

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.

A few of us stopped by Nagle Avenue this past Friday to picket against the announcement of Mayor Bill De Blasio and New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton's «One City» initiative.

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz used his State of the County speech Wednesday to warn about the proposed spending cuts and policy changes in Washington while also promoting new initiatives he plans to roll out over the next few months.

The money was hailed as a sign of Cuomo's commitment toward his Ending the Epidemic initiative, which aims to reduce the number of new HIV cases to fewer than 750 by the end of the decade.

Fewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds.

Creating a federal initiative to support development of new therapies for ultra-rare diseases occurring in fewer than one in 250,000 births annually.

While other Russian industry figures welcome the spirit of many of the new initiatives, few seem confident about what their long - term impact or scale might be.

But it's such a radically different Marvel that this reboot is far more significant than the empty, hollow reset DC did a few years ago its own initiative, the New 52.

Over the next few months, ACEL and Corwin will be releasing more information about the new initiatives they are launching together.

The last few years have brought long - overdue attention to the needs of high - achieving, low - income students, as well as new initiatives to ensure that they have opportunities to take rigorous coursework in high school and apply to selective colleges upon graduation.

Many initiatives that participants discussed came from a few early innovators trying new approaches within their systems.

School closings, new - school creation, merit pay for teachers, technology initiatives, and other common stand - ins for innovation have been few and far between under Payzant's tenure.

In some ways, these changes strengthened NASDC's claim of being a bold new venture in education reform, since few privately funded initiatives had ever committed to so ambitious a program.

New evaluation systems, new standards, online assessments, personalized staff development, data driven decision - making and many more — in the last few years, districts around the country have had to adopt and integrate an increasing number of initiativNew evaluation systems, new standards, online assessments, personalized staff development, data driven decision - making and many more — in the last few years, districts around the country have had to adopt and integrate an increasing number of initiativnew standards, online assessments, personalized staff development, data driven decision - making and many more — in the last few years, districts around the country have had to adopt and integrate an increasing number of initiatives.

Please take a few moments to let us know about your new school initiative.

A few promising new initiatives aim to counter this trend, however.

Gates is the leader of education philanthropy in the United States, spending a few billion dollars over more than a decade to promote school reforms that he championed, including the Common Core, a small - schools initiative in New York City that he abandoned after deciding it wasn't working, and efforts to create new teacher evaluation systems that in part use a controversial method of assessment that uses student standardized test scores to determine the «effectiveness» of educatoNew York City that he abandoned after deciding it wasn't working, and efforts to create new teacher evaluation systems that in part use a controversial method of assessment that uses student standardized test scores to determine the «effectiveness» of educatonew teacher evaluation systems that in part use a controversial method of assessment that uses student standardized test scores to determine the «effectiveness» of educators.

All of these initiatives have one obvious impact: many fewer graduates of New Jersey's high schools can even consider teaching as a profession.

Over the past few years, MMSD has been spending millions of dollars on new initiatives and administrative positions, while simultaneously cutting over 100 teaching positions.

Every month there are a few different polls that ask about new initiatives Kobo is thinking of implementing.

But I really like this new initiative because it's not talk, it's action, and it's a pretty compelling approach to a new model of publishing that goes way beyond simply converting books into electronic form and, maybe, adding a few bells and whistles.

This is the largest publishing event in the US and many companies are announcing their new initiatives a few days early to garner hype.

Currently, there are still a few rough edges around Google's new initiative, because while audiobooks will be available in 45 countries, the ability to listen to books using Google Assistant only works in English, for now.

With a bunch of new titles, strong digital initiatives and comics from sources few publishers are looking to these days, they're a company you'll want to keep an eye on.

But it needs to continue to offer up distinguishing features that are both useful and marketable to maintain the allure of its platform in the face of such intense competition from Amazon, which seems to introduce some new Kindle initiative or feature every few weeks.

While the new initiative currently achieves that for families earning under $ 140,000, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) report that was just released warns that may not be true in a few years.

Over the past few years, the Institute has published national reports inspiring food leaders to action and the development of new healthy and sustainable food initiatives in parks across the country.

There are a few things you need to know about this new initiative.

This initiative has supported the work of curators from Tate Modern, London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; to name just a few.

One of a few new platforms selling prints, including the RA's own Art Sales scheme, this initiative helps mark the beginning of an era where it becomes acceptable to not see a work of art in the flesh before purchasing.

The Environmental Defense Fund, which works extensively with energy companies to help ensure fossil - fuel production is done safely and with the fewest methane emissions possible, launched a new initiative last summer called Smart Power that promotes renewable energy above all fossil fuels, including natural gas.

Perhaps the most visible initiatives are pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by New Jersey's 56 colleges and universities; by a few major corporations; by a coalition of nine religious denominations and more than 6,000 congregations; by public schools; and by the state's dominant utility, the Public Service Enterprise Group Inc..

A few eco celebs, like Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Kevin Bacon, made an appearance at this party in SoHo; but the main event of the evening was the announcement of a new initiative and website: TheDirtyLie.com