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Testing has been a contentious national issue for years, and the debate has only gotten more heated with the arrival this year of tougher tests aligned with the new Common Core State Standards in DC... [Read more...]

Testing has been a contentious national issue for years, and the debate has only gotten more heated with the arrival this year of tougher tests aligned with the new Common Core State Standards in DC and dozens of states.

Not exact matches

The issue of mandatory arbitration for harassment cases gained national attention last year when former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued network president Roger Ailes over alleged sexual misconduct.

This week's American Inventor highlighted Michael Osayi, a 53 - year - old call center employee who had developed a version of the beloved national pastime that substituted numerals through nine for variously valued letters and called some legal issues into question.

Whalen also references the REO to rental issues, regional issues driving foreclosures and an outlook for national home prices heading into next year.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Thomas Perez said earlier this year that abortion rights are a «non-negotiable» for Democrats, and urged the party to speak with «one voice» on the lightning rod issue.

Changing national mores and opportunities presented by coeducation provided immediately compelling motives for ignoring religious issues during one's college years.

We were delighted last year when the Philippine Farmers» Advisory Board, a group composed of national and regional farmers» organizations that provides input on agriculture matters to government agencies, issued a statement of support for our Golden Rice research as well, after our dialogue with their leadership.

«Approximately 80 billion pounds of food waste is discarded in U.S. landfills each year and the issue is now getting national attention following the announcement of USDA and EPA's first - ever national food waste reduction goals in September,» said Patti Olenick, Sustainability Manager for Weis Markets, Inc. «In order to achieve a 50 - percent reduction by 2030, corporations everywhere will be looking to do their part.

I was moved recalling the many sports figures remembered in Farewell in your year - end issue, but I'm afraid you forgot Ferenc Puskas, who in the 1950s was one of the best soccer players in the world and the captain of a Hungarian national team that set new standards for play.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

After a disappointing National Championship game, Jordan Poole issued the following quote about getting better for next year.

These important issues for mothers have been pushed to center stage by MomsRising, a national advocacy group for mothers and children celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

For the last 4 years, I have issued a blogging challenge during National Adoption Awareness Month as a kind of blogging blitz.

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.

The projects will be supported largely through a $ 30 million donation made last year to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health by the NFL, which is wrestling with the issue of concussions and their impact on current and former players.

In years past, I've issued a challenge to my readers for National Adoption Month.

A childbirth educator, author, and researcher for over 25 years, she has presented on cesarean and VBAC issues at national conferences and in advanced doula trainings across the U.S. Jukelevics served as Chair of the ICEA's Cesarean Options Committee and the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.

The issue generated a national debate as to whether it's really mandatory for persons who complete tertiary education either in Ghana or abroad to do one year national service.

My fear stems from the fact that a renowned economists and a vice Presidential candidate of a party whose philosophy stands on ideals of conservatism, will confidently move around with a message of establishing one factory in each district at this point of our national reconstruction.How do you implement such a policy after scrapping 70 % of taxes across, build 350 secondary schools, free secondary school etc.You sum up all these deceitful platitudes and you begin to shiver.We are made to believe that the issue of unemployment would be buried under their government forgetting that, we were made to lineup in hot sun to register for employment only to be told in 2005 by Ghana Statistical service that unemployment figure for that year was the highest do far and remains the highest today.The lowest unemployment figures recorded between 2001 - 2016 was recorded in 2013 under Mahama.So who possess the practical record to support his call.

Both the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the National Offender Management Service (Noms) have looked at the issue for some years and the idea has been quietly kicked in the long grass on «operational grounds» every time.

«For years and years, they thought of us as New York as just this giant ATM machine, and now they're actually paying attention to us and consulting with Ed — not just on state issues, but on national issues.

Even as the national Republican Party veered to the right during Tisei's years on Beacon Hill, he avoided hot - button social issues and instead staked out a common - sense, reform - oriented direction for the...

Speaking on the issue of national insecurity which he said worried him, the Sultan, after appreciating the confernment of award on him, said «as we are all aware, for the past several years, the North Eastern part of Nigeria had been embroiled in a serious insurgency which claimed the lives of tens of thousands of our citizenry and displaced over two million of its inhabitants.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

On the issuance of $ 2.5 bn for financing the Appropriation Act, Buhari noted that in order to implement the external borrowing plan approved by the National Assembly in the 2017 Appropriation Act, the Federal Government issued a $ 300m Diaspora Bond in the international capital market in June this year.

Indeed, Cuomo started laying down markers for a potential 2020 bid earlier this year, and has only increased his orientation toward national issues in recent months.

Lawrence Levy, executive dean at the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, called the phrase «brilliant» because it married the issue that typically drives Nassau voters with the one that likely did this year.

Challenges highlighted for the year ahead were: Moving forward on piloting flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel screening; a national awareness campaign on bowel cancer; improving diagnostic capacity and productivity; the needs of survivors in different post-treatment phases; providing information to commissioners and providers about patients» experience of care; giving support to tackle issues such as information provision and better communication.

The National Republican Congressional Committee is calling attention to an issue it appears will continue to be a major talking point in NY - 19 for the coming year.

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

While opting not to join issues with the opposition party, the APC, in a statement issued yesterday by its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun, averred that the erstwhile ruling party was paying for its years of impunity.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

Let me quote the President when he announced the creation of the Ministry: «All of us within the political space are now agreeing that we have to take the issue of planning and development of our economy seriously, and that is why a lot of support has been given to the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), which has come out with a 40 - year programme for national development, set out in broad terms and targetsNational Development Planning Commission (NDPC), which has come out with a 40 - year programme for national development, set out in broad terms and targetsnational development, set out in broad terms and targets».

The governor for his first six years in office, kept a low national profile, but in 2017 he stepped up his appearances on national news shows, and took on President Trump on issues like climate change.

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At the end of 2017, the science ministry issued a 3 - year plan to guide AI development, and named several large companies as «national champions» in key fields: for example, Baidu in autonomous driving, and Tencent in computer vision for medical diagnosis.

In 2011, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Menczer, the director of IU's Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, a 4 - year, $ 920,000 grant to study how so - called memes — ideas, issues, and events — are spread across the Internet.

The biofuel lobby will win big by delaying rules on «indirect land - use change» for six years, but the National Academy of Sciences may now study the issue

A coalition of federal agencies and universities have been chipping away at the issue for several years, and a 2012 National Academies report on the health of research universities also recommended changes in federal oversight.

But in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council's Institute for Informatics and Telematics present a new technique that enabled them to exhaustively analyze 150 million trip records collected from more than 13,000 New York City cabs over the course of a year.

A University of Rochester - led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, shows complication rates can vary as much as five-fold among hospitals, prompting researchers to call for the development of a national quality reporting system to improve maternal outcomes for more than 4 million women who give birth each year.

The National Institutes of Health have provided more funding for social neuroscience than any other public or private funder, and in the last several years, at least half a dozen NIH institutes have issued requests for applications specifically in social neuroscience.

The issue attracted national attention in 2008, when that year's Farm Bill included, for the first time, funding to study and improve food deserts.

The star product at the Seagate booth is the Maxtor BlackArmor hard drive, a nearly impenetrable data safe guarded by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, an algorithm issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2001 and benchmarked for five years.

But in the most comprehensive study to date of overcast versus cloud - free days in China, a team led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, reporting in the current advance online issue of Geophysical Research Letters, has found that cloud cover has been decreasing for the past 50 years.

J - 1 visas provide foreign nationals with exchange opportunities in research for up to three years, while H - 1B visas are issued for temporary employment and allows for up to six years of work.

The trend extended through the year's end, making this the longest run of employment gains for Americans with disabilities since the Great Recession, according to today's National Trends in Disability Employment — Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability (UNH - IOD).

She covered environmental issues of the Pacific Northwest for more than six years, earning numerous regional and national journalism awards including eight regional Emmy Awards for reporting, photography and editing, a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation and the 2015 international Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.