Sentences with phrase «specific new measures»

The two leaders pledged in a joint statement to rid their peninsula of nuclear weapons, but didn't identify any specific new measures to achieve that.

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The initiative is intended to teach small businesses how to use Facebook to generate new customers, retain existing ones and build an online community through things like buying display ads targeting specific markets as well as other cost - free measures.

In a 129 - page report, the New York Public Interest Research Group lists 30 specific problems and initial measures that Cuomo, who has promised reform, could take immediately after assuming office Saturday.

At the same time, President Akufo - Addo told the gathering that Government has implemented specific measures which are leading Ghana and her economy into the new digital age.

A spokesman for Cuomo said the governor would have to «review» the specific bill, but said Cuomo «would support any measure that will further protect New Yorkers.»

A spokesman for Governor Cuomo says the governor would have to «review» the specific bill, but says Cuomo «would support any measure that will further protect New Yorkers.»

While the Bridgegate scandal percolates on trial in New Jersey, Cuomo did address specific reform measures being sought at the bistate Port Authority.

Tenney, after initial reluctance to support the measure, said she changed her mind after fellow Upstate GOP Reps. Chris Collins, of the Buffalo area, and John Faso, of the Hudson Valley, succeeded in convincing House Speaker Paul Ryan to include a New York - specific amendment in the bill.

The new JILA instrument also can aid in measuring individual proteins as they fold into specific positions, a process required for them to work properly.

By identifying bacterial species and communities associated with HIV risk, we provide specific targets that may be leveraged to develop new preventive strategies and to improve the effectiveness of existing preventive measures.»

The paper «The unquestionability of risk: social vulnerability and earthquake risk in tourist destinations,» published in Journal Cuadernos de Turismo, plans a new strategy of prevention and mitigation actions aimed at identifying and designing specific measures for vulnerable groups.

In addition, this new program focuses more on morbidity as a measure of surgical outcomes, rather than mortality, which Dr. Moss said better encompasses the specific nature of pediatric surgery.

Professor David Wraith, who led the research, said: «Insight into the molecular basis of antigen - specific immunotherapy opens up exciting new opportunities to enhance the selectivity of the approach while providing valuable markers with which to measure effective treatment.

The addition of docetaxel not only lengthened survival but delayed disease progression as measured by an increase in prostate - specific antigen (PSA), the appearance of new metastases, or worsening symptoms.

AO has measured the mass of the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, imaged the four massive planets orbiting the star HR8799, discovered new supernovae in distant galaxies, and identified the specific stars that were their progenitors.

A new blood test that measures levels of two specific proteins may be able to accurately detect pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages, when it is most likely to respond to treatment, findings from a new study suggest.

Researchers used a new MRI technique to measure both volume and shape changes in specific areas of the brain, which are both important indicators for tracking the development of dementia.

The all new X-Factor Meal Plan includes new meals as well as our exclusive Shred swap out features to provide you with delicious options that cater to your specific goals... and like the original X-Factor Meal Plan you will never count a calorie or measure a morsel!

The new proposals look to set up a specific point of contact at local councils for parents and teachers in order to raise concerns about a child, as well as introduce new measures to discover how many children are being home - schooled beyond the reach of inspectors.

The new guidance stresses that each school is different and is required to determine its own interpretation of the content - throughout the guidance there is specific reference to the need to assess risks and put appropriate measures in place.

Given the new frontier of accountability for states using measures of CCR, this motto is an example of how to embrace data outside of formal state accountability to focus on a specific goal and group of students.

But they may also provide more specific guidance about what is expected of the teachers in the classroom if new experiments with other measures are adopted — including tests that gauge teachers» mastery of their subjects, surveys that ask students about the learning environments in their classes and digital videos of teachers» lessons, scored by experts.

New observational protocols are likely to be more useful than value - added measures because they provide teachers with information on specific teaching practices.

New Jersey, for example, defines an SGO as «a long - term academic goal that teachers set for groups of students and must be: Specific and measureable; Aligned to New Jersey's curriculum standards; Based on available prior student learning data; A measure of what a student has learned between two points in time; Ambitious and achievable» (for more information click here).

While the Future Ready PA Index is designed to provide clarity around specific indicators, any new measure of school or district performance can evoke a feeling of uncertainty.

It is the new work of teachers and principals working together on very specific demands to do things differently, to measure the results openly and transparently, and be able to compare how students are doing this year with next year.

Every state includes at least one indicator from the four categories, and a handful of plans — Washington, D.C.'s, Louisiana's, Massachusetts's, New Mexico's, and North Dakota's — will use at least one indicator from each category.5 Overall, the 17 submitted ESSA plans include nearly 40 indicators — measured in a variety of ways — across all four categories of indicators.6 On average, these measures contribute to around 20 percent of school ratings.7 For state - specific information, see CAP's «School Accountability in First - Round ESSA State Plans.»

The more specific goal of her case was to seek a judgment: (1) setting aside or vacating Sheri's individual growth score and rating her as «ineffective,» and (2) declare that the New York endorsed and implemented growth measures in use was / is «arbitrary and capricious.»

With the federal deficit now estimated to come in at $ 18 billion (or more), there is nervous speculation that Finance Minister Bill Morneau may go beyond the specific tax changes already detailed in the Liberal pre-election platform and introduce new measures in his March 22 budget to raise much needed tax revenue.

If you make your own diet, you will need to measure urine pH, RSS and urine specific gravity after the pet has been on the new diet for 20 days.

With these changes, we see new media emerging, and we are also in a better position to measure and understand the impact of specific communication efforts.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Fittingly, an accompanying commission will take place later this summer when choreographers, Dog Kennel Hill Project, will create a new site - specific piece, entitled Marks, Measures, Maps and Mind to be performed live in the Kentish woods over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Maelstrom — a vast web of stainless steel tree trunks and limbs weighing over seven tons and measuring 130 feet long and almost 50 feet wide — is the latest in a series of site - specific sculptures by the New York - based artist that have appeared around the city over the past several years (one of Paine's signature steel trees was installed in Central Park during the 2002 Whitney Biennial and, more recently, three trees occupied Madison Square Park in 2007).

These policy actions include new legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accounew legislation requiring long - term contracting for renewables and other resources in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, revised incentives for distributed generation resources, changes to RPS polices in other states in New England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accouNew England, proposed Massachusetts - specific CO2 caps, and newly - revised forecasts for electricity sales that take the full impact of new energy efficiency measures into accounew energy efficiency measures into account.

However, people have baffled, blocked, vented, and prevented wind for centuries by countless means, and surely some adaptation from some of those measures, or some new invention, will solve this one highly specific issue.

However, ISO New England's estimates of future distributed solar and energy efficiency continue to have known deficiencies, including problematic assumptions regarding the discounting of state policy requirements, future technology costs trends for both solar and efficiency measures, disappearance of tax credits, and other state - specific incentives.

This newer approach sets out a variant approach to entropy, namely as a measure of energy dispersal or distribution at a specific temperature.

As new clean, local, and renewable energy sources come on line over the next 25 years and become more affordable than current PV prices, it is unlikely that the extreme conservation measures taken by Passiv Haus to meet the specific requirements will be considered an optimal deployment of resources for cold climate housing.

The Energy Commission will work with the California Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent System Operator, the federal Bureau of Land Management, the California Department of Fish and Game, and other agencies to implement specific measures to accelerate permitting of new renewable generation and the transmission facilities needed to serve that generation.

The concern about health effects reached a new pitch in 2011 when the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture unequivocally concluded that «solitary confinement is a harsh measure which may cause serious psychological and physiological adverse effects on individuals regardless of their specific conditions», and that the practice is «contrary to one of the essential aims of the penitentiary system, which is to rehabilitate offenders and facilitate their reintegration into society».

While specific timing on roll - out of the new training initiatives remains unclear, prudent employers in the hospitality industry are well - advised to take proactive measures in light of this important announcement to ensure compliance with the new legislative framework that is now in place.

Critically, however, that new body of law will constitute an undifferentiated mass of measures ranging from those that are mundane and highly technical in nature (and hence the type of thing that would, if enacted domestically, most likely take the form of secondary legislation anyway) to those that deal with the sort of broad, policy - heavy matters that are normally the preserve of primary legislation that is vulnerable (if at all) to ministerial amendment only to a limited extent through the conferral of specific Henry VIII powers.

There is no specific date for the control measures, but the bank says it will begin rolling them out this year in an effort to improve customer experience and monitor «new and innovative» companies.

The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), a non-profit organisation involving the New York county district attorney, City of London police and the Centre for Internet Security, will emphasise the importance of cyberfraud prevention and offer specific measures that businesses can put in place.

I recently published the article, «Attachment styles at work: Measurement, collegial relationships, and burnout,» with Arla Day and Lisa Price to present a new measure of adult attachment styles with specific reference to social relationships at work.

Coordinated with the Continuous Improvement and Design Department to reduce labor expense by 22 % Review financial statements, sales and activity reports Adjust projection data to measure productivity and manage expenses Manage staff, prepare work schedules, and assign specific duties per leadership skills Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures Determine staffing requirements such as interviews, hiring, and training new employees Plan, direct, and coordinate activities such as sales promotions across multiple departments to exceed sales goals Coach and provide real time feedback to employees to assist with development and expectations Research and analyze process breakdowns and coordinate with appropriate employees to identify and solve problems Writes and administers effective documentation.

The present study expanded upon that literature by (1) including a clinical control group to determine the specific impact of externalizing problems, (2) focusing on preschool aged children, and (3) using a new measure to directly ascertain parents» perception of impact.

The range of measures available in this very comprehensive field should minimize the necessity for developing new self - report measures of family functioning, except perhaps for specific areas where family functioning has not previously been explored.