Sentences with phrase «last years effort»

This is a far cry (and massive improvement) n last years effort, which only involved playing through the five stages in order in a championship.

Last year efforts to boost available green cards and create a new visa class for immigrant entrepreneurs fizzled.

Last year her efforts raised $ 3,600 for the new emergency ward at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH).

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North Korea has long been largely shut to foreign investors, an isolation that deepened when the United Nations ratcheted up sanctions last year in an effort to curb its development of nuclear weapons.

At the beginning of 2017, just before the big crypto boom that defined last year, See started to devote all of his efforts to the new venture.

«CFIRA and its partner organizations are working diligently with the SEC to ensure that investors and borrowers are protected from fraudulent practices, and we welcome NASAA to join us in this effort,» Klein said last year in a news release.

Those efforts have started to pay off, said Arbid, who noted that around 39 percent of the country's revenue last year came from non-oil sectors.

In an effort to build a creative economy, the South Korean government has invested heavily in its start - up ecosystem and last year appointed its first start - ups and small and medium - sized enterprises minister.

Twitter (twtr) said last month it had suspended about 200 Russian - linked accounts as it investigates propaganda efforts related to last year's U.S. presidential race.

Last year, the United Nations» heritage body expressed concern about the state of the Great Barrier Reef and urged Australia to boost its conservation efforts.

The effort grew out of our meeting at the Vatican in 2016 and a follow - up in New York last September, and we will be gathering again in San Francisco June 25 - 26 this year.

Even last year, despite all the efforts by Beijing to rein in its stimulus efforts, investment in fixed assets was the fastest - growing segment of the economy.

When you look at what's happened in Chattanooga these last few years, it's been a cooperative effort.

«Within the last year, the OPM has undertaken an aggressive effort to update its cybersecurity posture, adding numerous tools and capabilities to its networks,» the statement read.

In an interview for dog blog Napa's Daily Growl last year, Lavigne expressed the hope that his co-workers would show more appreciation for his efforts: «Give me treats, damn you!»

For the last three years, Intel (intc) disclosed specific results for its mobile efforts.

Sagawa headed the ministry division that submitted the documents before he was tapped as tax agency chief in July, an appointment critics saw as a reward for his efforts to diffuse the issue with his statements to parliament last year.

One thing to know: While the Cardinals came up a bit short this season, Larry Fitzgerald had himself yet another career year, including a 119 - yard effort last week against the Giants in which he threw a pass that resulted in his first career completion.

Last year, in an attempt to address the growing STEM skills gap in Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) led a collaborative effort by 29 organizations to give every 7th grader in the country a pocket - sized programmable computer that helps teach coding in a simple, fun, and accessible way.

Struggling with mobility over a year after a Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis, the community activist brought his wife and 1-1/2 - year old son to Washington, DC for a last - ditch effort to stop the Republican tax bill.

As the company grew, she played a role in its marketing and recruiting efforts, before becoming CEO last year.

Not every bid works out, as the failed effort to buy Botox - maker Allergan last year proves.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

It's this career philosophy that has fueled her turnaround effort at Yahoo since she joined the company as CEO last year, at age 37, after more than a decade at Google.

Around this time last year, when Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, attempted to introduce «Qwikster,» a Netflix spin - off that would, essentially, just cost more money for customers, he addressed complaints, abandoned the effort, and he, too, issued an apology.

Icahn's efforts last year to overhaul the biofuels program - while acting as an adviser to Trump on regulatory issues - drew scrutiny from federal investigators after lawmakers said it raised ethical concerns.

Countries in the Baltics have warned of more ambitious Russian espionage efforts, and NATO aircraft have tangled with their Russian counterparts numerous times in over the last year.

Glen Lucas, general manager of the BC Fruit Growers Association, said the Chinese tariffs will be disruptive but is hopeful that American efforts over the last 20 years to develop export markets will prompt Americans to sell more to other markets.

The Late Show host also spoke to Cook about his decision last year to publicly announce that he is gay, as well as the Apple CEO's efforts to increase the company's charitable works: «It became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated against, kids were even being [disowned] by their own parents,» Cook said.

«Conservative pundits all too often sound alarms over an effort to take over America and of undocumented immigration's alleged horrific impact on the U.S. economy,» said Román, who authored a book released last year on immigration.

Dark Matter comes just a couple of weeks after the anti-secrecy organization released a trove of documents describing how the CIA over the last several years has targeted electronics made by a slew of prominent tech companies to further its espionage efforts.

Speaking via a recording at the TED International conference in Vancouver last night, the pope's talk was the culmination of an extraordinary effort to get him to speak (including a year of asking).

The Air Force — as well as specialized units like the special forces — have been especially burdened by ongoing military efforts over the last 20 years.

But during the last year especially, there has been a concerted effort in Washington to cut back some of these new regulations, with the Senate passing a bank regulatory relief bill earlier this month.

By 2013, they had fallen to $ 1.46 billion, despite the company's efforts to steady the business in the last couple of years through steps such as improving reps» cut of the action, and streamlining its product assortment to focus on lower - priced products.

«Aside from that, the number of districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government had been one of the last remaining publicly available indicators for members of Congress — many of whose staff do not have access to the classified annexes to SIGAR reports — and for the American public of how the 16 - year - long US effort to secure Afghanistan is faring,» he added.

The pricing issue, which has drawn scrutiny from members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, and Chairman Robert Coury's nearly $ 100 million pay package last year have caused a group of investors to launch an effort to vote down the company's board at its annual meeting on Thursday.

In the next year, they hope to host the largest food packing event in the world: an effort that would take place in a local stadium and last a full week.

As the price of the currencies rose last year, the groups had incentives to devote ever greater computing resources to their mining efforts.

As part of its ramp - up efforts, Nissan said last year that ProPILOT will allow cars to automatically change lanes by 2018.

Convinced they could have done better, Huffington's co-founders, Jonah Peretti and Ken Lerer, threw their efforts behind Buzzfeed, which quickly eclipsed HuffPost as the hot social - news juggernaut, and was valued at $ 850 million in a funding round last year.

Those reductions came on top of the 5,000 jobs the company has cut since it launched a restructuring effort last year.

In an effort to rectify these concerns, President Trump last April signed the «Buy American, Hire American» executive order, which seeks to crack down on visa fraud and authorizes USCIS to tighten oversight of the annual application process, which opened this year on April 2.

The company has made smaller tweaks over the last year to combat clickbait, but Facebook's VP of product management Adam Mosseri tells Business Insider that this is the most dramatic change that it has launched since its initial efforts in 2014.

Last year, the company embarked on its boldest effort yet to boost foot traffic: accessories.

Two earlier efforts were struck down by the courts as lacking adequate backing in law, until the most recent 2015 plan was upheld last year.

Erik Solheim, the head of UN Environment, said that while the last few years had seen an enormous uptake in renewable energy, a redoubling of efforts was needed «to ensure these new low - carbon technologies are able to thrive.

«The number of districts controlled or influenced by the Afghan government had been one of the last remaining publicly available indicators for members of Congress — many of whose staff do not have access to the classified annexes to SIGAR reports — and for the American public of how the 16 - year - long US effort to secure Afghanistan is faring,» he added.

In a press briefing Thursday, State Department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the commercial flight resumption is «just one step» in the two countries» efforts to normalize relations since last year's restoration of diplomatic ties.

The fried - chicken chain diversified its menu last year, adding a kale - and - broccolini salad, a premium coffee line, new sauces, and a barbecue - bacon sandwich in an effort to take on competitors.