Sentences with phrase «from recent efforts»

The bill was sponsored by Republicans and explicitly mentions sea level rise in a handful of places, a departure from recent efforts by some Republicans in Congress to downplay threats posed by climate change.

There may be important lessons to be learned from recent efforts to address similar structural deficiencies in the mortgage market.

While whole genome sequencing studies have failed to identify coding mutations in 40 % of the cases, there is evidence from recent efforts to annotate the non-coding sequence that over 80 % of the genome is biochemically active.

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But, in recent years, chatbots, or «bots» for short, have morphed into exceptionally intelligent computer programs able to assist companies with essential tasks ranging from marketing and human resources functions to sales efforts.

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

Big tech companies have had a fraught relationship with intelligence agencies in recent years, with prior revelations of surveillance programs leading to efforts to reassure consumers that their devices are safe from snoops.

And businesses could see more individualized intervention, akin to Trump's recent efforts to prevent Carrier, the Indianapolis, Indiana - based air - conditioner manufacturer owned by United Technologies, from moving 2,000 jobs to Mexico.

But analysts covering the beverage sector now largely agree that Cott's recent diversification efforts insulate the business from the industry's volatilities.

An analysis of Building 8's recent hires and job listings by Business Insider, as well as conversations with people close to the company, shows an ambitious effort to create and sell millions of consumer hardware units, from a supply chain outpost in Hong Kong to a planned retail push and customer call center operation.

Trudeau credited the co-ordinated efforts of business, labour and political leaders for securing an exemption for Canadian steel and aluminum from the recent threat of U.S. trade duties.

Ernst came from behind and surged in recent weeks despite herculean efforts by powerful Democratic figures to save Braley, including a campaign visit by Obama's wife, Michelle.

In recent months, they have poached a group of robotics specialists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to staff the effort.

Despite recent efforts at regulatory reform, our supply chains still suffer from the «tyranny of small differences.»

Recent efforts to reduce incidence of insider trading based on non-public information have originated from regulatory authorities and companies.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

First, here is the most recent tax cut talk from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: â $ œI can assure you that our government is by no means finished in our efforts to improve our tax system for the benefit of Canadian -LSB-...]

And their most recent efforts have centered around drawing venture capital from nearby Los Angeles, and, of course, from a day's drive up north in Silicon Valley.

A recent task force report from APF Canada and the Canada West Foundation points to the importance of export diversification for the Canadian economy and how trans - Pacific energy trade can provide the vanguard of a broader effort to develop new Asian markets for Canadian products and services to service growing middle class demands in Asia.

This recent pick - up in export volumes stems from rising global demand and efforts to redress capacity constraints; it has been most pronounced in exports of coal.

A private letter from Oliver to the chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission reaffirmed what's been going on behind the scenes: «The introduction of Target Benefit Pension Plans will be an important innovation in Canada and will complement recent efforts by the government to further strengthen Canada's retirement income system.»

The analyst pointed out that the recent increase of quarterly dividend to $ 0.30 from $ 0.20 suggests management to continue to build on the company's capital return efforts given strong cash position and FCF profile.

The Assembly planners would have benefited from pondering the wisdom of that great ecumenist and former WCC Mission Director, Lesslie Newbigin, whose recent work, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, challenges both the complacency of conservatism and the constant effort to reconstruct the gospel:

But recent efforts to exclude from missionary appointment all who have a «private prayer language» seemed to many ordinary Baptists both intrusive and unnecessary.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

Recent efforts in Europe to ban the face veil (the niqab or burqa) are not so much concerned with women's rights and security as they are with obtaining votes from an electorate that is increasingly xenophobic and anxious about national identity.

But the term «relative» must be used here not only because the Mother Church has for years contributed substantial sums to relief efforts in wartime and emergency situations, such as the recent earthquake in Mexico, but because it continues to publish the Christian Science Monitor, in itself a far from negligible social commitment.

The preacher who is doing his reading these days has been encouraged by the fact that there are a number of recent attempts «to find a new way through from exegesis to the sermon».1 That these efforts among biblical scholars, systematic theologians, and practical theologians are taking place has several clear implications.

One of the project's more recent efforts has been to rescue from general oblivion the never - published third volume of Bentham's Not Paul, but Jesus.

Simultaneously, I want to resist two relatively recent innovations: efforts to banish God from the public square, and efforts to turn public talk of God into public talk of Christ.

But it is also referenced in a recent Arizona legislative effort to prohibit abortions after twenty weeks, which includes the language, ««Gestational age» means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman.»

In light of recent political decisions to withdraw the nation from global efforts to address climate change, reverting to mother nature may be the...

Liverpool look to be making significant progress in their efforts to sign two players from La Liga to complete their summer spending, according to various recent reports.

Kidd points out that the recent rise of SDP coincides with the fall of apartheid as much as it follows from the efforts of Koss and MYSA.

They have only a 2013 Emperor's Cup trophy to show for their recent efforts, from the same season they finished a solitary point behind league champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

There has been no lack of effort from the team in recent weeks and yet just 12 points have been gleaned from the last 33 available.

But equally recent weeks have seen the worrying return of his difficulties getting down quickly at his near post, with both Yannick Bolasie and Kevin De Bruyne stealing crucial points from Arsenal with tame efforts.

It will take a monumental effort from the Golden Eagles to find a goal in this match, particularly given their recent history against the Red Storm.

In recent times fans have seen no lack of effort from their side, even if the end result hasn't always been the desired one.

While I do not dismiss the recent grassroots efforts that have gained significant strength via a petition to get pink slime out of school cafeterias, I worry that the focus on it detracts from bigger and more important food system issues, and provides the meat industry with a convenient distraction and an easily fixable problem that can effortlessly be spun into a public - relations success.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

But in recent years, Summer Infant has put more effort into their line of strollers and today they have three to choose from: the 3D Lite, an umbrella stroller, the Fuze, a more luxurious reversing - seat convertible stroller, and then the one we look at here, the Spectra, their lightweight model right in between.

As well as being the first time in recent memory that meals have been made from scratch in D.C. Public Schools, the program represents the culmination of innovative efforts by D.C. Central Kitchen to build a successful economic model around concepts that don't normally associate in the public mind: local farming, job training for the down - and - out, and feeding the indigent.

This inquiry undergirds most recent efforts to examine what we feed our kids in school, yet from Two Angry Moms to Jamie Oliver's School Food Revolution, the focus has tended to be on documenting what is wrong with school lunch: the chicken nuggets, the greasy crackerbread pizza, the nacho cheeze products, and the mozzarella sticks.

The campaign, which features 30 - second videos on YouTube, is part of an effort from Families for Excellent Schools opposing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent reduction of $ 210 million in capital as well as a new charter rent policy.

The governor has been pushed in recent days to broker a unity effort in the state Senate that would enable Democrats to regain majority control, which they last held from 2008 to 2010.

Democrats have also been resistant to substantive ethics reform efforts in recent years, passing a weak law last year that barely limits who politicians can take money from.

The panel is expected to discuss topics ranging from the impact of climate change on New Yorkers» health, the increase in extreme weather such as heightened flood risk, and recent efforts by the state to respond.

The People's Forum - Ghana in the recent past has done some works to protect the sanctity of our State institutions such as The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Statistical Service of Ghana (SSG) from the effect of the works of political speculators who sought to cast doubts on the efforts of our hard working professionals, only for the purpose of gaining political advantage.

He however revealed that government efforts are targeted towards easing economic hardship due to the country's recent exit from recession.

Opponents, including the trucking industry, have condemned the idea, saying it detracts from the state's recent efforts to be more business friendly.