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Today, White, once called «Jindal's boy» by political insiders, is the governor's most celebrated public enemy, and a statewide education reform initiative years in the making may end up falling by the wayside, adding chaos and confusion to Louisiana's already beleaguered school system.

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The federal government and private organizations have tried to encourage sharing in recent years through initiatives like the Genomic Data Commons, a «unified data repository» intended to hasten cancer cures by making research public.

«While revenue for Q4 and FY18 was below expectations due to lower than anticipated smartphone unit volumes, Cirrus Logic made meaningful progress this past year on numerous strategic initiatives that we expect to position the company for a return to year - over-year growth in FY20,» said Jason Rhode, president and chief executive officer.

Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

The initiative takes ongoing tests Macy's has been conducting at its «petri dish» of a store in Woodbridge, N.J. — such as mobile checkout in store and new lighting to make shopping more inviting to 50 stores this year — as a launching pad for a series of initiatives it can roll out to a much greater number of stores in 2019.

In making the year - to - year program a permanent one, he cited the experimental ethos that informs so many innovation initiatives.

Apple started manufacturing iPhones in India last year, aligning with the Make In India initiative, and it has helped the tech giant to meet local sourcing requirementin India last year, aligning with the Make In India initiative, and it has helped the tech giant to meet local sourcing requirementIn India initiative, and it has helped the tech giant to meet local sourcing requirements.

Encouragingly, this is just one of many feminist initiatives that has made headlines and engaged people outside the movement in recent years, including plenty of Christians.

Shechtman, with 34 years of experience in the gourmet food, gifting and branding world, says a goal of the company is to facilitate a «rebirth of a regional [Hebert] brand into a national presence,» and she says the combined skills of the companies and her management team, as well as some new initiatives, will make that happen.

«Lion has invested significantly in a range of initiatives and expects to realise the benefits of past site rationalisation during Financial Year 2013, however we are still a considerable distance from making an acceptable return, and this can not be delivered by a focus on costs alone,» he added.

He said the company's focus in the second half of the financial year was to continue to make revenue and margin gains in its existing operational businesses while expanding its revenue base with a number of 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.

President Container became an ICPF corporate partner in October 2013 by making a partnership pledge of $ 50,000, to be paid over 10 years, to support of ICPF's educational initiatives with students and faculty.

That's because Sony Pictures chose the Institute as its partner in its Dance or Donate #ForThePlayers social media campaign; an initiative designed not just to publicize the movie but to promote our 15 - year effort to make youth football and all sports safer (which is why the Institute is hosting the Boston screening)

Under an initiative backed by the First Lady, USDA is making the first radical changes to school lunches in 15 years.

Finally, Mr. Chairman, I recall your address in Boston some years ago stating that companies should not feel obligated to «give back» to the community and any initiatives should be pursued with an underlying intention of making money for investors.

«Vermont schools are making the regulations work and increasing school meal participation through a variety of strategies,» says Anore Horton, Nutrition Initiatives Director at Hunger Free Vermont, «While there was some initial increase in plate waste as schools made adjustments to the new rules in the first year, they have since mostly leveled off.»

Earlier this year, on January 26th, 2010, the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Stephen Harper, announced his intention to make maternal and child health a development priority for the upcoming G8 Summit, saying that «Canada will champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and children in the world's poorest regions.»

It's easy to find myself in agreement with him on this as it's pretty much the same suggestion John Prescott made with his «Northern Way» initiative fifteen years ago, which planned to connect - up northern cities.

In July, Governor Cuomo announced the commitment of $ 10 million for a three - year initiative to create homeownership opportunities, make needed home repairs to prevent foreclosure, and fund a targeted zombie property prevention strategy for Buffalo's East Side and the Town of Cheektowaga.

Over the last three years in office, de Blasio has made some attempts to win over borough voters with specific initiatives and new funding, like curbside electronic waste pickup and increased Staten Island Ferry service.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

A New York City Council candidate who had made his name as a technology consultant and spearheaded an open government initiative several years ago found parts of his website copied by another City Council candidate in a different borough, as Politicker first reported.

«That is why he makes a point to let his community know about his role in balancing the budget and restoring funding to numerous initiatives in the community and around New York over the past four years.»

Gennaro and Bloomberg have worked together on green initiatives in the city and on Earth Day this year, Gennaro joined Bloomberg to launch a six - point plan to make existing large buildings energy - efficient through retrofits.

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is becoming a senior fellow for a campaign called What Works Cities — an initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies last year to encourage 100 mid-sized cities to better leverage data and evidence in their policy making.

In a pilot initiative with the Hansard Society, he has made a video urging 16 to 25 - year - olds to give their experiences of crime and explain why they think young people might break the law.

The new initiative will be phased in over three years, starting for New Yorkers making up to $ 100,000 annually in the fall of 2017, increasing to $ 110,000 in 2018 and reaching $ 125,000 in 2019.

Last year through the initiative, the Youth Bureau funded such community service projects as a bicycle giveaway for Utica children; making Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members; soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's and Making Strides to End Breast Cancer Walk; cleaning the yards of senior citizens; preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries; youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activmaking Christmas cards to send to veterans and service members; soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Walk to end Alzheimer's and Making Strides to End Breast Cancer Walk; cleaning the yards of senior citizens; preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries; youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activMaking Strides to End Breast Cancer Walk; cleaning the yards of senior citizens; preparing food and serving meals at local food pantries; youth mentoring and tutoring and other community activities.

«We need to challenge anyone that has a role to play in supporting candidates to make sure that we are creating pathways of opportunity for young women in government,» said Mark - Viverito at a City Hall event for her Young Women's Leadership initiative earlier this year.

While the GOP - led federal government has thrown Albany off course in the last year, Gyory said Cuomo was wise to pursue parallel initiatives and not make himself a simple foil for the president.

Said County Executive Anthony J. Picente «This year we have added our pink ribbon initiative and lighting of the County Building as well as raising $ 1305 for our Team Oneida County participation in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, with a dress down day.

«This government has made it a priority to help children in their early years and this initiative does just that, providing every child with a free school meal in their first years at primary school,» she said.

Funded through roughly $ 3.27 million in local, state and federal appropriations, health officials said the initiatives have made a difference over the last 15 years.

This $ 240 million initiative aims to sequence 200,000 genomes over the next four years, making it among the largest sequencing studies in the world.

A five - year - long, bottom - up initiative scrutinising the way in which we «make policy» and allow scientific evidence and stakeholder opinion to influence it ends in Manchester in the margins of ESOF 2016.

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With the dominance of superhero films in the past decade, it was also quite different in the mid-90's, as Hollywood star Wesley Snipes, who was in a wave of box - office hits that skyrocketed him to superstardom, took a bold initiative to make a film about the Black Panther, which was supposed to release many years ago.

The initiative was launched to showcase live British theatre performances in cinemas around the world, and this year, multi-awarding winning play A Disappearing Number made the line - up in the National Theatre Live's second season.

Launched in 2011, NCS is a youth empowerment initiative open to 16 - 17 year olds that aims to build young people's skills and confidence whilst facing new adventures and challenges, making friends along the way.

In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

«As a student in the program this year, Nicole has not only excelled academically, but taken initiative and collaborated with others to make this a memorable year for all in the program, facilitating many conversations between students and global leaders of thought and practice, all while keeping a focus in sharpening the professional skills that will help her advance educational opportunity in Brazil upon graduation.»

It is made possible by $ 1 million in funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and builds on a two - year initiative funded primarily by The Joyce Foundation.

The Japan ICU Foundation will provide a dollar per dollar match up to $ 50,000 for donations made for the Study Abroad Scholarship over the next two fiscal years, in the hopes of attracting further investment from alumni and friends for this new initiative.

In the first year of the new initiative, the number of offers jumped to 452 and this year the university made 511 offers in primary teachinIn the first year of the new initiative, the number of offers jumped to 452 and this year the university made 511 offers in primary teachinin primary teaching.

Reed: The initiative would put language into the California Constitution that does two things: protects the benefits public employees have earned, as they're earned; and, two, allow elected officials around the state — the cities being the most important to me, but the state of California as well — to negotiate changes to bring down the costs of retirement benefits by making changes to benefits that would be earned in the future under future contracts for future years of service.

«Looking forward, the Arts Council's two major policy initiatives, the 25 - year Creative Talent Plan and the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education, will be exploring the importance of culture in young people's lives, and make proposals to government on unlocking creativity in children through education.»

When Hollywood director Rob Reiner proposed a ballot initiative (Proposition 82 in 2006) calling for an income tax increase to make preschool universal and free for all of the state's four - year - olds, the governor sided with opponents, who noted that the measure would use precious potential tax revenue to pay for a service that a majority of the state's youngsters already received.

However, in recent years, recent political and legislative initiatives that disfavor bilingual education have made these educational options difficult to access, despite evidence of their success (Goldenberg, 2009).