Sentences with phrase «initiatives of the past year»

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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.

Because of my own work these past few years with organizations and individuals who are in some form or fashion working to address inequality, I have come to understand that many of the initiatives that are often described as entitlements or preferential treatment are usually neither.

The Stop's so - called social - enterprise initiatives, in fact, have grown 100 % a year in the past three years, and now represent 12 % of their annual revenue — approximately the same amount the organization receives in government funding.

Financial Activism» Over the past three years, the number and intensity of financial activism initiatives has increased.

A company's reputation is earned by consistently doing the right things over a long period of time, and we are pleased that our programs and initiatives continued to earn recognition during the past year.

2016.10.18 RBC celebrates 150 years of Canada by inspiring young Canadians to #Make150Count To celebrate Canada's remarkable past and looking to its bright future, RBC will launch its Canada 150 initiative by giving thousands of young Canadians $ 150 with one simple request:...

Amazon has rolled out a number of initiatives over the past year to make Prime more affordable.

While the rate of margin erosion could improve from negative 250 basis points in the past two years as the company slows down its investments and initiatives.

'' Over the past three years, the number and intensity of financial activism initiatives has increased.

Chef Asif has been serving as corporate chef for the Seminole Tribe of Florida for the past 4 years, where he has developed and managed many healthy eating and culinary initiatives in collaboration with the health department.

These guidelines will be soon updated to include more practical examples of real PGS initiatives that have been implemented in the past years.

Over the past 28 years, ICPF has conducted numerous other educational initiatives, programs, and competitions to advance student and faculty knowledge of the corrugated packaging industry, and the exciting career opportunities this $ 30.8 billion - a-year industry offers.

«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.

As in past years, I'll give a recap of the winners, focusing on their sustainability initiatives....

«With today's announcement, this initiative has awarded more than $ 1.3 million in childhood obesity prevention funding over the past three years,» said Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Over the past year several initiatives have been undertaken in both flexible packaging and labelling segments, resulting in reduction worthy of celebration.

To broaden the understanding on the persistent barriers that despite various global policy and advocacy initiatives over the past 30 years, continue to impede improvement in exclusive breastfeeding rates and violate the human rights of those affected;...

global policy and advocacy initiatives over the past 30 years, continue to impede improvement in exclusive breastfeeding rates and violate the human rights of those affected;

For that reason, and because of the multitude of community projects that I have been responsible for, such as: construction of low - income housing; repair of train stations; re-pavement of streets; Implementation of charter schools; services for senior citizens, immigrants, non-medallion taxi car drivers, and many more initiatives, I believe that the residents of the 32nd Senatorial District in Bronx County have been well represented during the past 15 years,» he said.

The initiative seeks to export the business model used to develop the nanotechnology sector in Albany, which has grown the past 12 years to include some 13,000 jobs at more than 60 companies and the development of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of SUNY Albany into a world - class university program.

These findings are an affirmation of the many initiatives the Department of Social Services has implemented in CPS over the past year, and this report is a testament to the hard work and dedication of CPS workers.

«Over the past seven years, the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood initiative has been a positive and empowering force in the lives of so many children and families in our city,» said Brown, while hailing the city's $ 50 million investment in the neighborhood during his years in City Hall.

«Despite the mayor and first lady touting their mental health initiative, they continue to be silent about the repeated killings of people in emotional distress by police, which now totals at least 11 in the past four years,» Pierre said in a statement.

Besides pointing out the highlights and challenges of the past year, Horrigan also looked to the rest of this year, announcing a new initiative he's calling Operation Jump Start.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has lauded the program as a departure from the secretive «pork barrel» spending of the past — «It's a waste of money, we did it for a lot of years, it failed,» he told Politico New York in February — the program has come scrutiny by lawmakers and fiscal watchdog groups as at best, overly optimistic and at worst, lacking oversight and tainted by scandals that have marred other economic initiatives, including the Buffalo Billion.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, announced the next set of parks added to the Community Parks Initiative portfolio the City's first major parks equity initiative investing $ 318 million to revitalize everyday community parks that have received less than $ 250,000 over the past 20 years.

De Blasio, who spent much of his first year in office blaming his predecessor for various ills plaguing the city, was all smiles and compliments at an event with the former mayor in South Bronx marking the planting of one million trees over the past eight years in New York City — a Bloomberg administration initiative that was completed two years ahead of schedule.

Offering a history of broadband initiatives in Ulster County this past week, county Comptroller Elliott Auerbach noted a 2012 resolution supporting applications to the Connect NY Broadband Grant for broadband service to the towns of Denning, Wawarsing, Hardenburgh, and Rochester; a 2014 State of the County address request from County Executive Mike Hein to the Ulster County Legislature to set policy on «some important issues still facing Ulster County including Broadband expansion and improving internet access for county residents»; a request from the legislature later that same year «that the county executive develop a plan... and the plan should include a one year, two year and five year plus proposal for broadband expansion»; and resolutions and letters directed to the state Public Service Commission this year directing Verizon to provide high speed fiber optic internet across Ulster County.

Noble responded by pointing a series of layoffs, job cuts, efficiency initiatives and other actions undertaken over the past eight years that had significantly reduced operating costs.

«For that reason, and because of the multitude of community projects that I have been responsible for, such as: construction of low - income housing; repair of train stations; re-pavement of streets; implementation of charter schools; services for senior citizens, immigrants, non-medallion taxi car drivers, and many more initiatives, I believe that the residents of the 32nd Senatorial District in Bronx County have been well represented during the past 15 years.

In northern Australia a research team not connected to the GWC initiative is currently undertaking fieldwork with the equally sensational goal of rediscovering the thylacine, or «Tasmanian tiger,» which has been presumed extinct for the past 80 years.

«Today, the role of patients as partners permeates the R&D landscape,» and «[t] he past year has ushered in a «perfect storm» of policy initiatives in biomedical research and opportunities for patient engagement,» the authors wrote.

As such, one of engineering professor Abts» main initiatives over the past eight years has been to develop an engineering Advanced Placement test for high school students.

In the past three years, the RNTCP has introduced private sector engagement initiatives to encourage active reporting of TB cases and standardised management protocols by private providers.

Chalmers says that the largest systematics research institutions in Britain, including the Natural History Museum, have taken many new initiatives themselves in the past year, such as standardising databases with those of American institutions.

Heart disease deaths have almost halved over the past 40 - 50 years, particularly in high income countries, thanks largely to the identification of the common risk factors involved and national public health initiatives, say the authors.

Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed at lowering labor standards Education and parenting articles offer expert tips and information on raising kids.

The proportion of UK female high earners has not changed for the past six years, despite initiatives to.

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.

This past year, CHANEL strengthened its initiatives to support female filmmakers with Tribeca when it became the presenting partner of the Nora Ephron Prize.

As CEO of dominKnow Learning Systems, Luke has overseen the development of several learning and development software initiatives over the past 10 years — including Claro, dominKnow's award winning elearning authoring platform.

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.

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

Well over half of the initiatives have been enacted in the past five years.

Over the past three years, the Center has been pursuing this mission by creating an R&D platform in North America under the auspices of the Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) initiative.

John Tighe: One of BAM Education's most significant initiatives we've introduced over the past two years is incorporating distance learning technology and digital engagement across our programs.

Education secretary Nicky Morgan claimed the landscape of English education had been «transformed» over the past five years and that initiatives such as funding academy chains in the north of England and «creating a National Teaching Service» were extending opportunities to every single child

I find that (over the past year) Malloy prefers to stand before rallies and press conferences that are of his own initiative and ideas.

The City has implemented a number of initiatives in the past three years to improve middle school students» academic performance, including expanded after - school programs, the School Renewal Program (providing the most challenged schools with additional funding), instructional resources and experienced leadership, and the Community School expansion.

She helped bring Google Apps for Education to her district; founded the middle school student tech team, which is now part of a districtwide initiative; and has run Middletown's only elementary technology club for the past three years.