Sentences with phrase «new grants this year»

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The practice means that each new year's grants tend to end up being potentially more valuable than the previous year's, just because stock prices tend to drift higher over time.

A few years ago he went beyond critique and created the Thiel Fellowship, which gives a US$ 100,000 grant to entrepreneurial young people who «want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.»

And rather than granting requests by seniority, he has a lottery to let about a fifth of his staff leave at noon on either Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve.

Just last year, the federal government was championing a law that would have granted police sweeping new powers to monitor Canadians» e-mail and demand customer information from Internet service providers.

This dramatic rendering of a real - life tragedy recounts the final hours of Oscar Grant, who was shot by San Francisco Transit Police on New Year's Day in 2009.

In a decision released by the Baltimore Circuit Court, Judge Martin P. Welch wrote that the 35 - year - old was being granted a new trial because his initial council failed to properly cross-examine an expert from the state about the reliability of cell tower data that seemed to place him at the scene of the crime.

It was Apple's no - free - music policy that persuaded Taylor Swift — no slouch as a businesswoman — to grant Apple exclusives for both her 1989 album (named for the year she was born), and the new documentary.

I quickly learned that Turkey is the envy of many with several programs to help new businesses including tax credits to angel investors and grants to technology - based entrepreneurs to support their first year of operation.

This year, anticipating the new Administration's emphasis on energy efficiency — if not the $ 8 billion worth of weatherization grants as well as more generous tax credits in the stimulus bill — Serious has gone on a serious shopping spree.

The grant announcement comes weeks after the Canada Industrial Relations Board issued an interim order for the airline to stop recruiting pilots through two - year leaves of absence to fly for its new ultra-low cost carrier Swoop.

It would seem to be offsetting safety gains from other technologies, including not just new automatic collision avoidance systems, but even now taken - for - granted features like anti-lock brakes, which are equipped on a greater percentage of the U.S. fleet with each passing year.

Murdoch University's recent public profile announcements have included a WA Citizen of the Year award for chancellor Geoffrey Bolton, a high national ranking in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants, and new accreditation for the veterinary school.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

One economist's investigation into the St. Louis MetroLink in 2004 found that it would have been cheaper to provide every new mass transit rider on the MetroLink with a leased Toyota Prius, plus a US$ 6,000 per year grant for operating expenses, than to subsidize the LRT.

The New York State Supreme Court has granted a motion to dismiss a years - long lawsuit that tried to overturn a technology - specific regulatory regime that targeted cryptocurrency, a newly released document shows.

Greece's new debt deal would give the country an extra $ 179 billion (euro130 billion) in rescue loans from the rest of the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund - on top of the $ 152 billion it was granted a year ago.

Granted, we face new challenges this year that have caused market jitters — Ebola and ISIS, just to name a couple.

The permission granted to SQM to ramp lithium production capacity to 216,000 tonnes per year by 2025 was viewed as a negative catalyst for the sector, but this ignored the permitting necessary, enormous capital requirements (perhaps over $ 1B USD), and onerous new royalty structure which penalizes price maximization.

In a few short years or even months, it is very likely that this new definition will become the law of the land, and in all jurisdictions the rights, privileges, and duties of marriage will be granted to men in partnership with men, and women with women.

According to this view, the New Deal had a more profound impact on American society than even its most ardent admirers have suggested: it imposed norms of relative equality in pay that persisted for more than 30 years, creating the broadly middle - class society we came to take for granted.

The discoveries and scientific creations of recent years in the field of nuclear energy, transforming our period into a new power age, are directly traceable to the discoveries of radioactive elements by Becquerel and the Curies, inaugurating the new physics.9 A new depth of relations and energy revealed in both earlier and more recent experiments has routed the world - view of mechanism which Newton and his followers through the nineteenth century had come to take for granted.

Have a very happy New Year Sue and Grant!

They are Shannon Mustipher, brand ambassador for Denizen Rum and beverage director at Glady's Caribbean in New York, which has one of the most diverse selections of Caribbean rums in NYC; Erika Ordonez, who currently delights patrons with her drinks at Slowly Shirley and at Porchlight Bar in Manhattan as well as Montana's Trailhouse in Brooklyn; Selma Slabiak, a bartender for 16 years who has worked at Donna and Shanty and is currently the head mixologist at Aska; and Shantel Grant, a first generation Jamaican - American who demonstrates her bartending skills at Forrest Point in Brooklyn.

«Over the last five years, we have experienced significant growth and expanded our global footprint through the acquisition of Geyser Peak in the United States, Grant Burge Wines in Australia, Mud House in New Zealand and Vina Anakena in Chile.»

Last month, Chinese regulators granted a two - year grace period for new certification requirements for food imports.

Accolade, which is 80 per cent owned by private equity firm CHAMP, has installed a new general manager into the Grant Burge Wines business in Jeff Bond, who had been chief executive of Peter Lehmann Wines for five years until it was taken over by Casella Wines in late 2014 in a $ 57 million buyout deal.

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William Grant & Sons has announced that it intends to continue developing traditional skills with the recruitment of two new apprentice coopers for its Girvan Distillery this year.

With more than 30 years experience in various executive positions throughout the U.S., including standings at Southern Wine & Spirits, Imperial Brands and William Grants & Sons, Michael Meany has a proven history of successfully launching new brands, directing personnel and overseeing numerous financial budgets while managing objectives.

Spurs signed the right - back in August, but the 21 - year - old was unable to link up with his new teammates as he hadn't yet been granted a work permit.

Oliver Martin, who redshirted last year and is now fighting for a starting job at the slot WR spot with Grant Perry, said the new coaching staff under Jim McElwain is focusing on the WRs getting off jams at the line of scrimmage:

i have stop thinking about who will be selected as the new forward or CB, i am more pissed off on some players who have took arsenal for granted, a manager who had put too much fate in them over the last years, a manager who have left the team short of quality in certain areas, in the hope that his prodigies will fill in nicely, which on the contrary does not happen and leave us wanting in the last months of the season.

2008/09 After just about avoiding relegation the previous year, Crewe spent close to # 1 million in the transfer market to bring in new recruits John Brayford, Calvin Zola, Joel Grant, Steve Collis, Clayton Donaldson, Anthony Elding.

However, the 21 - year - old expressed his thanks and happiness toward the club for granting him a new contract.

Cech who has spent 11 years in between the sticks for the Blue's is unwilling to play second fiddle to new - boy Thibaut Courtois next season and Chelsea are prepared to grant Cech, one of their longest serving players, his wish by letting him leave to any club of his choice.

Unfortunately for Grant, West Ham's six - pointer with Wolves won't come soon enough as the Hammers will face second from bottom Wolves on New Years day, the same day where Grant is set to depart should he fail to mastermined a win over either Fulham or Everton beforehand.

Bob O'Neil, president of the Grant Park Conservancy, said even thought it's unfinished, the fountain's new landscaping and appearance is an improvement from years past.

Farm - to - school programs a hot topic at the moment, thanks to USDA's new, $ 5 million farm - to - school grant announcement, which means we will be hearing a lot more about farm - to - school efforts in the new year.

Among other major projects in this year's capital spending plan, the Park District will spend $ 60 million on fixing the downtown Grant Park garage, $ 10 million to help replace the barriers that protect Lake Michigan's shoreline, $ 7.5 million for restoration of four lagoons and $ 8 million for a new boat harbor downtown.

As I reported here back in March, House lawmakers were able to insert language in the Congressional report accompanying the 2014 Omnibus Spending Bill advising USDA to grant schools a one - year waiver on two important new school food requirements: an increase in fruit served at breakfast and the implementation of the widely lauded «Smart Snacks in School» rules.

Surfacing only days after a rally for President - elect Barack Obama was broadcast around the world and showcased Grant Park's spectacular lakefront setting, the new deal with promoter C3 Presents would extend a current five - year contract and ensure the festival as an annual presence through a...

For the second year in a row, the Naperville Park District has been awarded a state grant to help pay for developing new ballfields, paths and a parking lot at a new community park.

To be eligible for consideration for ESFA grant funding in academic year 2018 to 2019, new institutions must have been included within the high needs place change notification workbook returned by the LA in which the institution's main premises are situated (the «home LA») to ESFA.

Surfacing only days after a rally for President - elect Barack Obama was broadcast around the world and showcased Grant Park's spectacular lakefront setting, the new deal with promoter C3 Presents would extend a current five - year contract and ensure the festival as an annual presence through a potential 2016 Summer Olympics date in the city.

«To run our 8 grant funded drop - ins across North Hampshire costs the same as employing one mid range nurse — 500 new women a year access this specialist service with 1200 face to face visits.

Although the New Moms program is more than 12 years old, the new component will allow it to triple its number of clients and to teach basic life - and job - competency skills, thanks to a partnership with Ounce of Prevention funded by an annual grant of $ 180,000 from the Department of Children and Family ServicNew Moms program is more than 12 years old, the new component will allow it to triple its number of clients and to teach basic life - and job - competency skills, thanks to a partnership with Ounce of Prevention funded by an annual grant of $ 180,000 from the Department of Children and Family Servicnew component will allow it to triple its number of clients and to teach basic life - and job - competency skills, thanks to a partnership with Ounce of Prevention funded by an annual grant of $ 180,000 from the Department of Children and Family Services.

Federal officials have pointed out New York didn't spend some $ 620 million in grants of the $ 760 million sent to the city and state in recent years.

New York traditionally holds its primaries in mid-September and up until late last year was granted waivers by the U.S. Department of Defense.

«Maybe October of last year, 2014, after the Moreland Commission was disbanded, I got a call from New York State Police for an interview,» said Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant.

The Legislature and governor ended the extraordinary session by granting a two - year extension of mayoral control over New York City's schools, ending months of uncertainty over Mayor Bill de Blasio's leadership of the nation's largest school system and its 1.1 million students a day before it was to expire.