Sentences with phrase «include ongoing efforts»

Along the way he led BGI, which moved to Shenzhen in 2007, into some of its most ambitious projects, including an ongoing effort to sequence 10,500 bird genomes.

Not exact matches

«My office will continue to fight for victims» best interests throughout the bankruptcy proceedings, and engage with all parties, including The Weinstein Company and Lantern, in an ongoing effort to advance the principles we set forward when we filed our complaint: ensuring that victims are compensated, employees are protected moving forward, and perpetrators and enablers of abuse are not unjustly enriched,» he said.

But the lawsuit is also in line with ongoing efforts by legacy telecoms to block competition, including lobbying at the state level to prevent cities from building their own broadband networks.

Walt Disney Studios, Disney's theatrical, television and home entertainment arm, laid off 150 employees last month, including some senior executives, as part of an ongoing company - wide effort to streamline staffing levels.

The move serves as a coda to the administration's ongoing efforts to enhance rights and protections for workers, including making millions more eligible for overtime pay and expanding workers» rights to sue over pay discrimination.

That includes its ongoing technological efforts to get rid of the most costly part of its business model (the driver) via self - driving car tech; targeting 2020 for a demo of a flying car project called Uber Elevate; and, last week, announced it was pushing into the trucking space with Uber Freight.

The ongoing engagements including efforts to learn how these values are being modified as well as how they are affecting decisions.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the company's BlackBerry 10 smartphones; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the Company's BlackBerry 7 and 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

This effort is part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to creating pathways to opportunity for young people in Phoenix, which includes: the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative hiring fair last fall that helped 1,700 young people connect with jobs and resources needed to improve their lives; a revolutionary partnership with Arizona State University to establish the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, with 6,000 partners (employees) now completing their college degrees with full tuition reimbursement; and two Military Family stores (near Luke Air Force Base and Davis - Monthan Air Force Base) employing many baristas and managers who are veterans and military spouses.

SUPERVALU's board, however, rejected those recommendations, saying in a statement that they're «confident that their ongoing efforts to transform the Company are driving growth and enhancing SUPERVALU's unique competitive position,» which includes primarily pivoting to a wholesale business through acquisitions.

The next steps for the Calgary - based Canada GEM team include disseminating the findings and applying what they've learned to guide and benchmark the university's ongoing efforts to close the gap on some of the opportunities for improvement.

Notwithstanding the Iraqi government's «efforts to increase security for religious sites and worshippers, provide a stronger voice for Iraq's smallest minorities in parliament, and revise secondary school textbooks to portray minorities in a more positive light,» the report states, the government «continues to tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, including violent religiously - motivated attacks.»

CraftWorks» ongoing menu - related efforts include expanding its shareable appetizer offerings and adding new desserts.

Efforts include but are not limited to: developing and implementing marine habitat protection and restoration strategies, conducting ongoing coral reef research, training individuals in marine ecosystem research and management, as well as animal husbandry, the rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine wildlife including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins, creating programs to heighten public awareness of the ocean and its inhabitants and delivering marine education programs to communities and schools.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder David Papps said the partnership was part of ongoing efforts to protect and restore the internationally important Wetland and its complex of wetlands and woodlands, which provide habitat for a range of native flora and fauna including the nationally threatened Regent Parrot and the Southern Bell Frog.

This effort is part of our ongoing commitment to provide comprehensive support to farmers around the world which includes open - source agronomy research, farmer financing and access to information.

As part of Nestlé Waters» ongoing efforts to improve the water efficiency of their operations, the company has implemented a number of conservation techniques and initiatives in their factories over the years, including reverse osmosis to better filter and reuse wastewater, advanced water mapping to more carefully manage the flow of water in and out of the plants, and xeriscaping to reduce supplemental irrigation on the grounds of each factory.

These efforts include maintaining important certifications, ongoing audits and active memberships in leading organizations that support the betterment of the produce industry and its products.

Champions 12.3 will complement and build upon ongoing successful UN programs to reduce food loss and waste including SAVE FOOD and Think.Eat.Save, efforts such as EU FUSIONS and the global Food Loss & Waste Protocol, private sector action like the Consumer Goods Forum's Food Waste Resolution, and other initiatives.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

Governor Cuomo's administration was dealt a blow today in their ongoing effort to negotiate contracts with several state employee unions, including the two biggest ones, PEF and CSEA.

The Lazio campaign has posted its own Web videos throughout the primary season, including a recent one supporting an ongoing effort to entice voters to give $ 29 to «Break the Cycle» of Cuomo's 29 years in politics.

As part of the Governor's ongoing efforts to assist future homebuyers and existing homeowners, this investment includes more than $ 100 million in available funds to help new homebuyers purchase and renovate «Zombie» properties and support existing low - and middle - income homeowners with major repairs and renovations.

Champions 12.3 will complement and build upon ongoing successful UN programs to reduce food loss and waste including SAVE FOOD and Think.Eat.Save, efforts such as EU FUSIONS and the global Food Loss & Waste Protocol, private sector action like the Consumer Goods Forum's Food Waste Resolution, and other initiatives.

In addition, the honourable minister of health has directed Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to include Zika virus diagnosis as part of ongoing effort to manage Lassa Fever outbreak in the country.

Howe is an intersecting figure in the ongoing state and federal investigations into economic development projects, including the signature western New York effort known as the Buffalo Billion.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

The total would include $ 7.4 billion for the Homeland Security Department's Disaster Relief Fund, which will be used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support ongoing hurricane response efforts.

There's also some items included that are part of ongoing initiatives, like the effort to reform Medicaid and the downsizing of the state's juvenile justice system.

«The Buhari presidency assures that the ongoing efforts of security agencies, including the establishment of additional military and police bases in parts of the country, as well as the improved intelligence gathering will continue, and commends some of the recent significant breakthroughs in combating kidnapping and banditry in the country», he said.

The new study includes those observations, collected near the end of the Washington bloom, as well as other ongoing beach monitoring and water sampling efforts that filter seawater to see the life it contains.

The group is creating a movement around de-extinction, and is taking the lead on efforts to bring back the passenger pigeon while helping out on other ongoing efforts to restore other extinct species including European aurochs, Pyrenean ibexes, American chestnut trees, Tasmanian tigers, California condors, even wooly mammoths.

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

The announcement signals a huge success for the species and for ongoing reintroduction efforts initiated by East China Normal University, Chongming Dongtan Wetland Park, and WCS with the help of U.S. zoos including WCS's Bronx Zoo, and the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park.

Other ongoing efforts include improving the battery's cycling so it can retain more of its storage capacity longer.

AAAS had by that time begun a number of its still - ongoing efforts in connecting the science and engineering communities to the world of policy and broader societal interests, including having established several Board - appointed committees.

Ongoing efforts include investigation of multigenerational epigenetic inheritance.

These efforts include broadly based observing programs, frequently at different wavelength bands, challenging theoretical research, and ongoing development of instrumentation to benefit from advances in new technologies, instrument design, and computational power.

Ongoing research includes efforts to identify more of the mutant genes and proteins that cause the various disease subtypes.

Ongoing research includes efforts to identify more of the mutant genes and proteins that cause the various disease subtypes, efforts to discover the mechanisms of nerve degeneration and muscle atrophy with the hope of developing interventions to stop or slow down these debilitating processes, and efforts to find therapies to reverse nerve degeneration and muscle atrophy.

Rooted in a monochromatic black, cream and olive color palette, the collection included nylon and fleece outerwear pieces from Hyke's ongoing collaborative efforts with The North Face, first introduced with spring 2018.

Some of the more memorable moments include: Sgt. Warnicki's ongoing efforts to listen to a recording of his infant son's voice; Walker's casual reactions to his many field promotions; and a wedding ceremony which is «punctuated» by an air raid.

Based on a true story, The Mighty Macs follows Carla Gugino's Cathy Rush as she becomes the head coach for an all - girls Catholic college's basketball team - with the film detailing Cathy's ongoing efforts at both whipping her ragtag players into shape and dealing with a variety of other problems and obstacles (including the skepticism of her sexist husband).

The charisma of the various actors generally compensates, and it doesn't hurt that Welch has included a few genuinely entertaining subplots (eg Lloyd's ongoing and elaborate efforts at asking someone out).

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce class size in the early grades, proposed supplemental budget for the second year of the biennium includes $ 3.7 million to reduce average 3rd - grade class size from 26 to 20.

Both the campaign and ongoing communication will continue to acknowledge the efforts of all involved in the education of children, while demonstrating MTA's unique points of difference, including 220 - local staff, in - house customer service team and the largest educational resource field force — who visit schools and early childhood centres across Australia and New Zealand every day.

In several of the higher - performing districts in our sample (including large urban / suburban as well as rural districts), for example, district leaders and school personnel described recent and ongoing district - wide efforts to support teacher implementation of differentiated instruction.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

Highlights of this initiative include the development and support of a collaborative framework that empowers administrators, coaches, and teacher leaders as they work together; the creation and implementation of school - level action plans and follow - up activities that integrate ongoing school - based professional development activities; and the institution of leadership learning meetings to share implementation efforts.