Sentences with phrase «particularly high gain»

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Billionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky, whose firm manages $ 35 billion in assets, wrote an op - ed for the Financial Post that says higher taxes on capital gains would, «hammer another nail in the coffin for Canadian investments, particularly at a time when our economic outlook is already relatively weak.»

These adventurous feats are filmed using tiny, wearable, high - quality cameras that have gained exposure — particularly because of the rising popularity of video - sharing websites such as YouTube.

Institutions with high exposure to overseas assets, particularly superannuation funds and public unit trusts, recorded the largest asset gains in the quarter.

«People who are very wealthy, particularly payers of capital gains tax, people on very high incomes who get substantial income relief under the income tax system should pay more, in order that poorer people and indeed people on middle incomes are lifted out of tax altogether.»

Superintendent Kriner Cash said he's concerned about unusually high gains for the Class of 2015 — particularly among students who earned their diploma after taking summer credit - recovery classes.

For older adults there's proof that an even higher level of protein intake, particularly around exercise can offer significant gains in muscle.

We could talk all day about whether creatine should be supplemented before or after a workout, or at any other time of the day, but if your goals are to lean out, gain muscle and improve performance, particularly during short, high intensity bursts of exercise, it actually doesn't hurt to use creatine as a pre - and post-workout supplement.

Um, did anyone think of the possibility that because meat is high in complete protein (and chicken is particularly high in lean protein, which is why bodybuilders eat it) the weight gain might be due to lean mass gains (ie muscle).

Lots of kids in their last year of high school have questions about the future, but Greg Gains (Thomas Mann) is particularly perplexed after spending time with a classmate (Olivia Cooke) who has been diagnosed with cancer.

Koretz's research focuses on educational assessment and policy, particularly high - stakes testing and its effect on schools, as well as the validity of the score gains.

Recipients of the Star Award go above and beyond to help students, particularly those that are low - income, first - generation students, gain access to higher education.

For charter school students in New York City, the gains in Math are particularly notable — over nine percentage points in proficiency (the largest gain for any group or sector)-- and underscored by data showing that 15 of the 20 highest gainers among New York States» high - poverty schools were charters (most located in NYC).

These retention and persistence realities deeply hamper the ability for schools, particularly high - poverty schools, to initiate and sustain school improvement efforts necessary to achieve real gains for students.»

The gains at the high school level were «particularly noteworthy, as there is little systematic evidence that any of the many high school reforms attempted to date have had a positive effect on student achievement.»

Compounding this problem, children from low - income families, on average, begin kindergarten approximately a year behind their peers in preliteracy and language skills.106 This fluency gap widens as students continue in school and has a significant impact on economic success later in life.107 As a result, gains from high - quality preschool programs — including improved health, better social - emotional skills, and better cognitive outcomes — are particularly beneficial for children from low - income families.108

This method, sometimes called highest - in, first - out, or HIFO, produces the smallest gain or largest loss, although it is not necessarily the ideal method in all situations, particularly if it results in a short - term gain in a situation where you would otherwise have a long - term gain that is only slightly larger.

Investors would get hit particularly hard, since they'd not only be paying higher income taxes but also higher tax rates on capital gains and dividends.

Particularly with the abnormally high market returns of equities - based securities during the last two decades of the 20th century, many investors became very lax about managing their investment costs and capital gains tax realization.

Wave Hill's Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship is a 14 - month program offering motivated New York City high school students a unique opportunity to gain in - depth knowledge of the principles of ecology, focusing particularly on ecological restoration in New York City, and to participate in important field research with working scientists — all while getting paid!

There were scattered examples of progress on clean cooking, particularly in Indonesia which achieved promising gains by rolling out strategies using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a clean cooking «transition» fuel in place of high - polluting fuels like charcoal.

The gains can be particularly high if there is a bottleneck congestion when you get a morning and afternoon queue.

The grey curve below Curve 5 shows the slight benefit gained by increasing wall R - value from 20 - to - 40, particularly at high glazing ratios.

Many times, those for whom PPLI was designed want to invest in hedge funds, but hedge funds can carry significant taxes: If the wealthy individual invests in them in his or her personal name, in a taxable account or in a trust, every trade the manager makes can generate a capital gains distribution, and any ordinary income is taxable at particularly high rates.

Alternatively, it's also possible to gain an entry - level job in facilities management, particularly after gaining a HND or other higher education qualification accredited by the BIFM.

• Successfully process 89 out of 95 requests for financial aid, resulting in a high number of students receiving financial aid for further studies • Introduce 14 student employment programs which contribute immensely to lessening the burden of financial aid applications • Investigate a particularly shady applicant and successfully discover that he had already been granted financial aid • Confer with students to determine their financial aid needs and provide them with information on different avenues to gain it • Respond to questions put forward by parents and students in writing, over the telephone or in person • Design, develop and implement outreach programs to provide information of available financial aid sources to eligible students • Assist applicants in filling out forms to apply for financial aid and provide them with information on process time and procedures • Provide loan and indebtedness counseling to students individually and in groups

Regarding the child, the importance of the intrauterine and early postnatal environments for metabolic programming and modifications of the epigenome is increasingly recognised, 12 — 14 particularly for metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.15 Thus, GDM is related to macrosomia at birth (> 4 kg), to excess body fat and (central) obesity and to insulin secretion in infants and children, the obesity being in part mediated by maternal body mass index (BMI) or birth weight.16 — 23 Intrauterine exposure to GDM also doubles the risk for subsequent type 2 diabetes in offspring compared with offspring of mothers with a high genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes, but with normal glucose tolerance during the index pregnancy.24 Maternal prepregnancy overweight and excessive gestational weight gain also predict high birth weight and adiposity during infancy.12 25 This is highly relevant, as up to 60 % — 70 % of women with GDM are overweight or obese before pregnancy.26 Finally, maternal lifestyle behaviour such as a high fat diet or lack of physical activity during pregnancy can influence offspring adiposity independent of maternal obesity.12 27

This becomes particularly important when considering the potential significant health gain to be made by the high proportions of treatable and preventable conditions that are not currently being addressed as shown in the NATSIHMS (discussed in Chapter 1).

«There is significant and growing demand for high quality investment programs, particularly among aging baby boomers seeking to defer capital gains taxes while continuing to benefit from the income derived from professionally managed commercial real estate programs.»