Sentences with phrase «new performance groups»

The panel is calling the new performance groups «students meeting targeted growth.»

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The Desmarais family kicked off the new year by snapping up Performance Sports Group, the company behind the Bauer and Easton brands, for $ 575 million with partner Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd..

In a pilot study, researchers will compare the skills, safety records, and performance of two groups of new drivers: those using virtual reality and those trained by traditional means.

The managers were then grouped into small task forces around these goals where they worked directly with an executive to create solutions to these problems, which ranged from HR initiatives (resulting in things like new performance review methods and a new attendance system) to customer - level projects (such as a customer referral program).

The modern Super Bowl halftime show as we know it started in 1991 with New Kids on the Block (previous shows featured a theme with marching bands and various performance groups), and it's stayed relatively consistent since: A pop star (or stars) takes over the field with props, backup dancers, probably pyrotechnics, and possibly even a live band, and goes through a rundown of their hits in a handful of minutes.

FORD has created a new experience for prestige performance car buyers with the establishment of a select group of dealers nationally to distribute T - Series Falcons and the fully imported Cougar Sports Coupe.

Not only have gold - and silver - related ETFs been the leaders in performance, they've also attracted more new assets than any other ETF group, by far.

Not only have gold - and silver - related ETFs been the leaders in performance, they have also attracted more new assets than any other ETF group, by far.

This growth was a result of the strong performance at our 23 net new restaurants across the group, which includes the 11 Eddie V's restaurants we acquired last November and blended same - restaurant sales growth of 2.7 %.

SkyCity Entertainment Group, New Zealand's only listed casino company, has posted an 18 per cent lift in first - half profit as improved trading at its key Auckland casino offset a weaker performance from its Australian and high - roller businesses.

The Underlying Index measures the performance of a select group of preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE Arca, Inc (NYSE Arca), NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market or NASDAQ Capital Market.

It includes a performance by mezzo - soprano Jessica Lloyd, greetings from the federal government and a group photo of all new Canadians.

Driven by the results of its strategic plan «Performance with Meaning» over four years, which has allowed it to double its activity and become the no. 1 French cooperative wine group, Val d'Orbieu - Uccoar is embarking on a new phase in its development.

Keurig Performance Update Since becoming a private company following its acquisition by a JAB - led investor group in March 2016, Keurig has renewed its marketing investment and improved its new brewer innovation pipeline, which has resulted in renewed top - line volume growth, increasing U.S. household penetration for Keurig brewers to 20 %, from 17 %, in the last two years.

Australia's major supermarket group Woolworths is looking for new strategies to overcome a poor performance by its Masters home improvements division.

With plans now in place for what the new - look Huddersfield Town Academy will operate moving forward, Leigh explained that performances will take priority over results for the youngest age groups.

Lyon had unveiled their new home and away kits back in May, but this new third kit will however not serve as their European / Champions League jersey following their poor performances in a group that also consists of Zenit, Gent and Valencia.

To call to order and adjourn regular monthly meetings; in consultation with the Executive Committee, to create new committees, working groups, and task forces of the Board including Standing Committees and to disband such committees as may exist; to appoint, suspend or remove Chairs of the Standing Committees of the Board and to establish and appoint, suspend or remove the Chairs of such special committees as may from time to time be deemed necessary for the best performance of the Board's function

«We're talking about a gold medal - winning corruption performance by New York,» said John Kaehny, executive director Reinvent Albany, an advocacy group.

The policy group highlighted North Carolina's state community college system as having established a new mechanism to place students in courses based in part on high school performance, rather than just through testing.

Aides particularly took note of Hillary Clinton's weak performance in New Hampshire, where she got thumped by 21 points and lost to Sanders among virtually every voting group, including women.

A group affiliated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) known as the NPP Tehisuma youth group, has commended the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly for its sterling performance so far.

Hawkins was polling 9 % statewide even before a widely - praised debate performance, and has earned endorsements from a spectrum of people and organizations, including Ralph Nader, Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, education analyst Diane Ravitch, and former Mobil Oil VP - turned - renewable energy activist Lou Allstadt; as well as Albany weekly paper Metroland, 6 teachers» unions, 6 Democratic Party clubs, Socialist Alternative, and a number of groups leading the fight against school privatization, such as United Opt Out and the New York Badass Teacher Association.

The reforms proposed by good government groups would go a long way in preventing a repeat of New York's dismal performance on those measures.

The «Only in Queens» Summer Festival will also offer a wide range of activities for people of all ages, including: • Guided tours of the New York State Pavilion's Tent of Tomorrow, the Queens Library Mobile Unit, the Queens Theatre and the Queens Museum; • Family - friendly fun including cultural performances, face painting, inflatable bounce houses, a Delta Air Lines Scavenger Hunt, activities run by the United States Tennis Association, and an appearance by Mr. Met; • Food and craft vendors offering a variety of international cuisine and merchandise for sale; • Exhibits of memorabilia from the original 1939 - 40 and 1964 - 65 World's Fairs, classic cars and a boat from the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival; • Virtual reality demonstrations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the group People for the Pavilion and Queens - based RPGA Studio as part of the international ideas competition currently underway to solicit imaginative and creative public input for how the New York State Pavilion can best be adapted for public reuse.

These research findings provide important new insights that may help explain and predict the performance of social groups, which could be beneficial in building human teams or constructing automated robot swarms.

She continued blending science and improv during a postdoc at Rockefeller University in New York City, where she participated in weekly evening practice sessions and occasional performances with a group called the Hand - Me - Downs.

«This is the first time that any hardware design has been proposed — it hasn't been built yet — that would give you this level of security while only having about a factor of three or four overhead in performance,» says Srini Devadas, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, whose group developed the new system.

Task force member Gary Holahan, deputy director of NRC's Office of New Reactors, said yesterday that the group concluded that action was needed to remedy the kinds of inconsistent performance by nuclear plant operators where safety measures covering extreme hazards were covered by voluntary guidelines.

The August study is the third published by the group and details how a new statistical model designed specifically for children can be used to reliably discriminate performance among hospitals.

This indicates that the innovation potential has been substantial for fungicides with new modes of action and excellent performance, not least because some of the older groups have suffered from an erosion of efficacy against some important pathogens due to the emergence of resistance [see also FRAC 2007 (1)-RSB-.

On September 20, 2017, Dr. Yafan Huang, President & CSO, Performance Plants, welcomed Mr. Mengshan Chen, Secretary of the Leading Party Group, CAAS at Performance Plants» new facility in Kingston, ON.

A New York City based strength and conditioning team of coaches specializing in sports performance, Olympic weightlifting, and personal training offering online coaching, workout plans, and group / private personal training.

The group migrated Christian Mingle to a new tech platform in September, and will look to implement performance marketing techniques to grow the site in 2018.

Both films follow a group of students (in 1980, Maureen Teefy, Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, and Barry Miller are the stand outs, in 2009, it's Kay Panabaker, Naturi Naughton, Walter Perez, and Paul Iacono) through their four years at a prestigious New York performance arts school where they learn to act, sing and dance.

«Doubt» pulls down another ensemble win while truly astounding group performances from films such as «Synecdoche, New York,» «Gomorrah» and, indeed, «Slumdog Millionaire» continue to be ignored.

The 2015 Gotham Awards nominees were revealed this morning and, as always, they are a nice tease at the films and performances that might get some love from New York metro critics groups in December.

Anyway, the movie opens at a club in L.A. where a popular new rap group is about to give their final performance.

However, as presented by Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters), it is competently made, with a standout performance by Liam Neeson (Love Actually, Gangs of New York), and as fine a group of supporting actors as one might hope for with a film budgeted at only $ 11 million.

Daniel Day - Lewis won Best Actor for Lincoln (he previously won for Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood), while Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was previously recognized by the group for his work in Capote, won Supporting Actor for his performance as a charismatic cult leader in The Master.

These six performances are detailed, astute, and fully committed: a group of major new screen presences have arrived.

Her world premieres include Party People by Universes (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The White Man — A Complex Declaration of Love by Joan Rang (DanskDansk Theatre, Denmark), Peggy Picket Sees the Face of God by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Luminato Festival / Canadian Stage Toronto), Eclipsed by Danai Gurira (Yale Repertory Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Good Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson (The Public Theater, Dallas Theater Center), A History of Light by Eisa Davis (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), Angela's Mixtape by Eisa Davis (Synchronicity Performance Group, New Georges), Bus and Family Ties (Play Company for the Romania Kiss Me!

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

In November 2007, the New York City DOE launched the School - Wide Performance Bonus Program, randomly selecting 181 schools serving kindergarten through 8th grade to participate from a group of 309 high - need schools.

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A group of high - powered policymakers and educators gathered here last week to build support for a new vision of educational assessment that is less a snapshot of students» one - time performance and more like good instruction itself.

To recap, thanks largely to Race to the Top incentives (a cool $ 700 million), a group of New York State reformers, including the state's Commissioner of Education and its Chancellor (the head of the Board of Regents) had pushed for teacher evaluation reforms that included linking those evaluations to student performance.

A group of chief state school officers is forming a consortium that would collaboratively develop new assessments and standards for student performance.

He has received national attention for moves favored by reformers, such as opening 75 new schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school rounew schools operated by outside groups and staffed by non-union teachers; introducing a pay - for - performance plan that will eventually be in 40 Chicago schools; and working with organizations, including The New Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school rouNew Teacher Project, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school rouNew Leaders for New Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school rouNew Schools, that recruit talented educators through alternatives to the traditional education - school route.

In Brandon Hall Group's study, many organizations reported 10 % or more in improvements to their key performance indicators (KPIs) after implementing new learning technology: 40 % of companies saw an increase in revenue, 53 % saw an increase in productivity and engagement, 26 % saw a decrease in cost, and 16 % of companies saw a decrease in turnover rate.