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A partnership of Airbnb and WeWork launched an initial phase of a new bed - and - work pilot program last week in these five cities, because they are the most heavily traveled locations for business travelers.

One of those new features is Screenshots, which Mozilla trialled in its Test Pilot program last year under the name Page Shot.

As promised back in June 2012, the state of Delaware launched a two - week pilot program last week that targets distracted driving.

Through a partnership with Green Global USA's Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR), seven Starbucks stores in Manhattan began participating in a pilot program last week.

Penguin started a pilot program last October at the Queens and New York library.

Macmillan and Overdrive announced a new ebook pilot program last month that will see a number of titles from their Minotaur imprint become available to libraries.

After a successful pilot program last school year, Family Playlists are exclusively available on PowerMyLearning Connect: School Edition, the organization's schoolwide version of its popular platform.

Spurred by a successful pilot program last year at McPolin Elementary, a public - private partnership at the Park City School District has established an initiative to help out dyslexic youngsters and other students who struggle with reading.

This initiative is built on our successful pilot program last year with 35 schools and more than 10,000 students.

For the pilot program last spring, the 15 trainees selected by the correctional administration were at very different levels — some had been practicing yoga for years, others were brand new to it.

After a successful pilot program last year, Alachua County Schools in Gainesville (FL) has added a food truck to their free summer meals program, bringing delicious options to neighborhoods in need over the summer months.

District 112 started a pilot program last fall at Oak Terrace Elementary School in Highwood that bans peanut products from the building.

Through our bank Virgin Money we took part in a pilot program last year, and are now launching our own delivery partner, Virgin StartUps, to help provide training and mentorship, as well as money.

SPC is also taking Perfect Fruit, a fruit - based frozen dessert, into Japan, India and Indonesia with the support of Coca - Cola Amatil and CCA's biggest shareholder, The Coca - Cola Company, following successful pilot programs last year.

In addition to the deal with China State Farm, SPC is taking Perfect Fruit, a fruit - based frozen dessert, into Japan, India and Indonesia with the support of Coca - Cola Amatil and CCA's biggest shareholder, The Coca - Cola Company, following successful pilot programs last year.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

In a pilot program with Mohawk College in Hamilton last year, Game - Based Learning boosted course completion rates by 25 %.

Uber last month launched a pilot program in Tempe, allowing passengers to hail a ride in a self - driving car through the Uber app.

EdX, one of the few non-profit MOOC providers, launched a pilot program at San Jose State University last fall for students in the Introduction to Circuits Analysis class.

Khosrowshahi also briefly touched on the company's driverless car pilot program as well as the ongoing investigation after one of Uber's self - driving cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Ariz. last month.

We piloted a program called LearnStorm in the Bay Area [of California] last year and we're expanding it to three to five other areas this Spring.

Gardner Carrick of The Manufacturing Institute discussing their pilot manufacturing skills program, which will allow active duty members of the Army to obtain training during the last six months of their service.

Last year, the Creative Destruction Lab created a pilot of what is really the first - ever business program in machine learning.

«We are encouraged by the performance of the pilot programs we tested last year in categories like women's shoes, fine jewelry, and furniture and mattresses,» CEO Jeff Gennette said in a statement.

Last year, the Puerto Rican Treasury department launched an ambitious pilot program [fn1] under which it planned on auditing more than 40 tax - exempt organizations.

Le Pain Quotidien ran a pilot program in New York City last year certifying 43 of its restaurants as CO2 Neutral, a CO2logic initiative.

The first stores that implemented the program (in a pilot) more than two years ago have maintained their level of waste reduction in their operations, proving that these results are long - lasting.

Minnesota Hockey, the governing body for 40,000 youth hockey players in the state, has voted to continue with the pilot program begun last Janaury that made checking from behind and boarding 5 minute major and 10 minute misconduct penalties.

«In Arlington Heights, we're not seeing a lot of needy kids, but these families are very busy,» said Coletta Hines - Newell, the director of food services for Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25, where officials kicked the pilot breakfast program last week.

The federal plan was explored last spring when pupils, parents, and district administrators gave high marks to a pilot program launched at Jay Elementary School in Mt. Prospect.

A pilot program for NYPD officers to begin wearing body cameras this month cleared a major hurdle when it was approved last week by the federal monitor overseeing changes to the department's stop - and - frisk program.

We showed you last night how the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected Griffiss International Airport from an unmanned aircraft pilot program.

After a successful pilot program in Astoria and Brooklyn, Costco Wholesale announced last week that it would begin accepting food stamps at all locations nationwide, making one Queens elected official very happy.

County Executive Steve Bellone announced last week that the county will conduct a lottery to select 19 homeowners who will receive free advanced wastewater treatment systems as part of a pilot demonstration program study.

De Blasio has pushed back on that proposal, arguing that the pilot program his administration funded last year that provided free lunch to all middle schoolers has yielded «mixed results.»

A task force created last year by Miner and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has recommended that the city and county undertake a $ 100,000 pilot program to control the deer population on the East Side of Syracuse and in parts of DeWitt.

The New York State Board of Elections (BOE) released draft regulations governing the new pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race last week.

Last month, after criticizing public financing, New York GOP Party Chairman Ed Cox admitted that the pilot program would broaden «the field on the Republican side for potential comptroller candidates.»

State lawmakers in the budget last month approved a provision that allows for a 12 - month pilot program for testing self - driving vehicles, which automobile industry observers expect will be a multi-billion dollar business in the coming years.

The governor last week announced he would create a pilot program for medicinal marijuana, but the idea was blasted by advocates for not going far enough.

De Blasio announced last week that he would spend $ 12.7 million to prevent gun violence by expanding a pilot program using «violence interrupters» — primarily ex-gang members — to intervene in street disputes before they escalate.

New York Times: Most Fundamental Reform Missing from State Budget Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders passed New York's 2014 - 15 budget last week without a comprehensive small donor public matching system — instead establishing a very limited pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race in 2014.

Syracuse Post-Standard: Public Financing «Pilot» Program a Cop - out The Syracuse Post-Standard reiterated the shortfalls of the 2014 - 15 New York budget in an editorial last week.

The program lasts only for this year and was cast as a «pilot» program for the state comptroller's race.

Over the last month, a pilot program at the Delaware Primary and Elementary schools in Syracuse fed 200 students free dinners.

The New York City Housing Authority has a pilot program that allows tenants to report rent payments, but as of last week it only had «one person on board,» NYCHA senior advisor Tischelle George said.

The announcement, made last Wednesday during the governor's State of the State address, described the pilot program as a way to evaluate the effectiveness of a statewide medical marijuana system by allowing eligible participants to legally seek relief from pain and discomfort.

Last year, he announced a pilot pre-K program funded by $ 25 million in competitive grants which will serve 27 of New York's roughly 700 school districts.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive budget contains a public campaign financing proposal with requirements that are essentially unchanged from those used in a «pilot program» last year, even though the governor's office apparently did not seek input from the one candidate who tested the system.

Last year's budget bill, which established the pilot program, required the Board of Elections to write a report assessing the effects of the system.