Sentences with phrase «new efforts toward»

«This is sure to spark major new efforts toward the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs, particularly for the prevention of asthma.»

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No commitment was made regarding equity, the company claimed, and Bell was dismissed as the firm transitioned to a new line of business that she «put little effort» toward developing.

March 9 (Reuters)- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.

These factors made our experience and initial cost to invest in the franchise much different than new franchisees; however a ballpark estimation would be $ 200,000 cash and a $ 500,000 SBA loan ($ 340,000 on construction, $ 325,000 on FF&E, $ 65,000 toward soft costs and $ 10,000 toward marketing efforts).

Indeed, the opposite might be true: the new scale for mozzarella, they believe, is more an effort to shore up the system than a first step toward taking it down.

Other new employees will devote their efforts toward helping Circle's institutional trading desk — Circle Trade, which manages about $ 4 billion in volume per month — begin processing trades in Asian fiat currencies.

He became president of the Kiva Club, the Indian society at the University of New Mexico, and guided its interest toward both a recovery of traditional Indian thought and efforts to improve the conditions of Indians in American society.

We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.

The fruit of that effort was published in 1973 under the title The Bible in Human Transformation: Toward a New Paradigm for Biblical Study (Fortress).

The tendency toward pluralism and the participation of the schools in the confusion of churches and ministers becomes even more apparent in their efforts to add to the traditional core of theological studies new disciplines which are to serve as bridges between the heritage and modern men, or, more immediately, between it and the needs of ministers in modern churches.

Efforts toward a new understanding of the life of the parish have significance for the priest as well.52 Some individualistic forms of traditional priestly piety such as the private Mass are being questioned, and simpler yet more demanding forms of prayer than the formal meditation are being urged.

It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in Queens on Friday unveiled an environmental policy platform that is geared toward shifting the state to 100 percent renewable energy, strengthening the state's efforts against climate change and rejecting new infrastructure for gas pipelines and other fossil fueles.

«New York proudly leads the fight against this public health crisis and this campaign will further our efforts to provide support, aid recovery, and take one more step toward a stronger, healthier Empire State.»

The new commissioner of the city's child welfare agency expressed «significant concerns» about a NYC Council legislation package aimed at tightening scrutiny over his embattled department — saying it could «inhibit our efforts toward reform.»

A pair of police reform measures vigorously opposed by New York City's largest officers union is moving toward passage in the City Council, a last - ditch effort by its departing speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who has staked her legacy on criminal justice reform.

The mayors had been hoping that a hefty chunk of that surplus would go toward the Rebuild New York effort to repair and replace aging infrastructure.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

What happens in New York does not stay in New York, and so through all of our combined efforts, our state is leading the way toward a more just future where hard work is rewarded with fair pay.»

There is a new attitude in our state toward business as a result of Governor Cuomo's efforts.

Lower Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Cap by 30 Percent Between 2020 and 2030 - Cuomo «has called upon RGGI states to join New York in an effort to continue to lead the fight against climate change and drive the nation's transition toward a clean energy economy.»

Much of that spending went toward consultants and public relations firms, which were attempting to boost the mayor's efforts to secure funding for a universal pre-kindergarten program in Albany in 2014, and toward the mayor's effort to set up a new nonprofit geared toward advancing his national political platform.

«Now we'll redouble our effort to move toward a clean energy economy and more renewables in the future,» said Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

The New York Fights Back campaign plans to solicit the college educated potential voters thought by those tied to the effort to be trending toward the Democratic party.

On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City has raised $ 120,000 in pledges through the Fallen Heroes Relief Effort, money that will also go toward helping the officers» families.

Though the speaker pledged no particular money or support toward local clean water efforts, leaving agenda - setting to the Western New York delegation, he said he is committed to seeing all parts of the state thrive.

Toward High School Biology is designed to align closely with a new set of science education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phenomena.

This work lays the foundation for a concentrated effort toward refining and improving the new sea - level record.»

One New York City neighborhood's efforts to pool local renewable energy sources reflects a larger push toward decentralized power production and consumption

I initiated discussions with them geared toward expanding the signs available for mathematics and statistics, and in 2014 the center put me in charge of these new efforts.

A $ 20 million gift from Rebecca and John Moores boosts philanthropic efforts toward a new cancer center facility.

These centers focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers on defined areas of inquiry, to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments and vaccines to prevent and cure type 1 diabetes, cancer and infectious disease.

AMP seeks to harness collective capabilities, scale, and resources toward improving current efforts to develop new therapies for complex, heterogeneous diseases.

The survey information will be available to individuals, families, service providers and employers and will educate research and advocacy efforts toward new employment approaches.

This effort drives ground - breaking science through collaboration and innovation by bringing together scientific fields, ideas, and technologies to fuel creativity, create new approaches, and advance progress toward cures for devastating diseases.

As part of the global effort toward malaria eradication, phenotypic whole - cell screening revealed the 2 - aminopyridine class of small molecules as a good starting point to develop new antimalarial drugs.

In it, Canfield argues that more effort and funding needs to go toward the design, discovery and growth of materials that exhibit new or exotic properties.

Newer apps recognize that people are looking for something to tell them whether they have a chance with someone before they invest time and effort, so online dating is trending toward niche apps.

Miyazaki went on to say that, to him, «personally, Dark Souls is over,» and that he is now directing his efforts toward a new endeavor.

Continuing the welcome trend toward more female - focused efforts, this new NBC series features three excellent actors long overdue for lead roles: Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Mae Whitman (Parenthood), and Retta (Parks And Rec).

TheWashington Post's Jay Mathews pointed out, in 2012, that the new assessments would «delay, if not stop altogether, the national move toward rating teachers by student score improvements» and that radical change would force systems «to wait years to work out the kinks in the tests» before they could resume those efforts.

Whether it is to increase the ROI of your company, to develop the skills of your employees, to conduct a change, to introduce a new product or process... There must be a solid reason why you are putting efforts toward your eLearning games.

The new initiative grew out of The Wallace Foundation's years of work in youth development, including a dozen - year effort to encourage citywide coordination for afterschool that yielded more than 40 publications and found, according to a study by RAND, «that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data - based decision making and sustainability.»

Looming over everything else has been a constant effort to get more money into the state's public schools (either through new state spending and / or through a growing number of local levy requests) and there is movement toward revamping the state's dated system of school financing.

These results show that several thousands of New Orleans» children have brighter futures because of current reforms, and these efforts — and the progress they promise — must continue to anchor education policy as we transition toward unification.

Resources developed by two entities that dedicate their programmatic and research efforts toward talent development in schools: the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (2017) and the New Mexico Public Education Department (n.d.).

It is also probably reasonable to conclude that the leader of the opt - out crusade has been New York State, where animosity toward the Core has been high since the state first rushed implementation and state officials, in an effort to calm things, actually inflamed them with a condescending approach to public engagement that launched weeks of recriminations.

This network transforms status quo systems and approaches in education by sharing ownership of the change efforts, engaging communities in defining and working toward success, serving as role models for young people to pursue roles with influence and risk, and accessing financial capital and power brokers to develop new solutions.

Future Ready is a free, bold new effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship.

With these efforts, we aim to expand our reach, shift toward systemic engagement, and increase awareness and understanding of California's new funding formula to support equity in public education.