Sentences with phrase «substantial progress for»

Illinois has made substantial progress for young children through the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant.

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The aim was to select therapeutic areas where the market was not that crowded, where the opportunity for medical progress was substantial, and where it could find partners to share both the risk and reward.

He said the government had made «substantial progress» moving prisoners to foreign countries and was working to identify more countries for additional transfers.

The Passmark recent uptick — AMD has increased its share of the tests on the site for four quarters in a row — marks substantial progress after a decade of declining market share.

«We find the gaps between the stated procedures for MFP estimation [a measure of productivity commonly interpreted as technical progress] used by Statistics Canada and the BLS are substantial,» Michael Harper concluded in an open, written response (pdf) he co-authored with Alice Nakamura, another renowned expert on productivity, and Lu Zhang, both from the University of Alberta School of Business.

Among widely followed indicators, we can see some of this in the declining number of individual stocks achieving new 52 - week highs when the major market indices push higher, by the tendency for trading volume to become dull on advances and expand on declines (or what is a similar observation, the tendency for the market to make little progress on heavy up - volume and substantial downside progress on light down - volume), and in the recent explosion of insider selling.

The on - again, off - again deal has been in the works for years without having made progress, but the realities of needing to address the huge costs of upgrading to new 5G network standards poses a substantial competitive obstacle that could make a combination more rewarding.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

I maintain that it is possible, by following this road, to find substantial reasons for belief in Progress.

To do that we have to establish a way to prove an assumption by: 1) asserting a hypothesis and its components 2) testing the components for substantial supporting evidence, unsupported components go back to be refined 3) either agree after successful testing that in our shared reality the hypothesis is now supported, or that overall unsupported components may mean the hypothesis fails 4) for sake of ease many people call these tested and supported hypotheses «facts», but again that's just so that we can get on with progress.

To unite all Religion against all irreligion, to make the Golden Rule the basis of this union; to present to the world... the substantial unity of many religions in the good deeds of the Religious Life; to provide for a World's Parliament of Religions, in which their common aims and common grounds of unity may be set forth, and the marvelous Religious progress of the Nineteenth century be reviewed... (The World's Religious Congress, General Programme (preliminary ed.; 1893), p. 19.)

«While prices may trend upwards for the balance of the year, this progress will probably be unsteady and will likely be hampered by the substantial stocks of SMP.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

While Wenger has overseen a substantial change in Arsenal's philosophy and played a major role in their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Dyche has also had a hand in how Burnley have built the foundations for future success of the pitch, with the # 10.6 million Gawthorpe training ground redevelopment progressing well and other improvements made to the infrastructure of the club, often at Dyche's behest, paid for by the Premier League cash he has played such a huge role in securing.

In the past eight years the lack of progress is startling for a club with substantial resources.

Efforts such as School Food Focus» National Learning Lab, Center for Ecoliteracy's California Thursdays, and Meatless Mondays have helped the District make substantial progress with their farm - to - school efforts.

Stevens outlined stark consequences for patients, with clear political consequences: without substantial extra funding next year, we would turn back years of progress that have seen waiting times for surgery fall from 18 months to 18 weeks.

The NAO finds the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has made «real and substantial progress» since its last report in 2002, noting that # 6 billion was given out in pension credits to 2.7 million pensioner households last year - a take up rate of about 69 per cent.

«Over the last decade we have made substantial progress in narrowing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest - the average achievement for those pupils has risen more sharply than for others,» she claimed.

With the Liberal Democrats committed to «a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties and roll back state intrusion», the stage was set for real progress.

There has been substantial progress, made by the Afghans for the Afghans.

«We commend the Mayor and Commissioner for this move, and we will continue to monitor its implementation... Today's announcement will make substantial progress towards rebuilding that relationship.»

A former president and CEO of Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress and the Orange County Partnership, respectively, DiTullo has a substantial background in economic development including his most recent position, managing director of the Orange County Business Accelerator where he established a high - tech incubator and attracted more than 22 early stage innovators focused in such industries as the life sciences, bio-medical and web - based software development, to name a few.

In a recent article for Jacobin, Green Party Lieutenant Governor candidate Brian Jones argues that the party made substantial progress because the party's improved showing this year allows the party to move over two positions on the ballot line from Row «F» to Row «D».

During his Peconic Landing appearance and at a recent Village Board meeting, the mayor made the case for his re-election, saying his administration has made substantial progress on upgrading its waste water treatment plant and is about to embark on upgrades to the electric department.

Austin Shafran, a spokesman for Senate Democrats, said, «We're making substantial progress, and our members are going to review the details of the extender on Monday prior to the vote.»

Despite the fact that by 2014, INEC had made substantial progress on preparation for the 2015 poll, it still asked for a little extension of the timeline.»

We will support him if he is frustrated by his own party, for it opens the way for really substantial progress under the next Conservative government.

In my opinion, leadership at this level is critical for substantial progress to be made in regularizing postdoctoral education.

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Substantial progress is needed for countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia to achieve the child survival target of the Sustainable Development Goals.»

Wellness coaching teaches individuals appropriate goal - setting techniques, strategies for enhancing social and emotional support and other skills to sustain progress over a substantial period of time.

«With help from the Monash Warwick Alliance, we quickly identified a genuine opportunity to make substantial research progress by combining our expertise, which also led to an ambitious plan for continued collaboration,» Dr Steeghs said.

«The extension of our collaboration with PTC reflects substantial progress to date,» said Meg Winberg, PhD, director of discovery research for the SMA Foundation.

This year has seen extensive development in the functionality of the RD - Connect tools and services, consolidation of RD - Connect's reputation in the European rare disease community (as evidenced by invitations for RD - Connect resources to play a central role in major new initiatives), and substantial progress towards future sustainability of the RD - Connect assets, which are now mature resources for RD researchers to use in their everyday practice.

But substantial recent progress has been made by proactive collaborations among environmentalists, regulators, scientists, and industry, leading to progress in the IMO in the development of guidelines for the reduction of underwater noise from commercial shipping.

It's probably a mark of how confused the game leaves me that I've played it for about a dozen hours now, and explored more rooms than I can count (literally, since the save system, and its total lack of autosave, means that I twice lost a substantial amount of progress), but I still can't tell for certain whether I like it or whether it makes me want to throw my Vita across the room.

However, distributor IFC films will be hard pressed indeed to keep either of them in the conversation at year's end - though substantial progress in moving away from the Bella Swan phase of her career may be reward enough for Stewart.

Despite making progress in many states, and substantial progress here in Massachusetts, we are still a long way from having achieved the goal of educating all of our students for success.

Substantial progress has been made in the area of curriculum, where Risk «s recommendations could be fulfilled by rule changes, such as increasing requirements for graduation.

But after substantial progress in the 1970s and»80s, the effort has largely stalled, except for a brief period from 1999 to 2004, where there were some gains, particularly in reading, according to a report released this month by the Educational Testing Service, which develops standardized tests used across the country.

Establishes a system of meaningfully differentiating all public schools on an annual basis that is based on all indicators in the State's accountability system and that, with respect to achievement, growth or the other academic indicator for elementary and middle schools, graduation rate, and progress in achieving English language proficiency, affords: Substantial weight to each such indicator; and, in the aggregate, much greater weight than is afforded to the indicator or indicators of school quality or student success.

Over the last four decades, there has been substantial progress across the board in reading and math, especially for African American and Latino students.

A massive infusion of resources not only for schools, but also for pre - and after - school and summer programs, and for resolving aspects of poverty that clearly affect student achievement (e.g., high mobility rates; lead paint; nutrition; medical and dental care) might lead to substantial progress toward this goal, but the proposed resources in the bill are completely inadequate to the task.

Community schools are often praised for substantial turnarounds in attendance and graduation rates, and in Cincinnati, the schools that first embraced the model have shown modest progress.

Abstract In this article, I consider social class and reading performance, outline a non-categorical approach to reading disability, describe the reading intervention program we have developed for older low - progress readers, and seek to demonstrate how students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds can, and do, make substantial progress when offered effective reading instruction based on the available scientific research evidence.

Saldaña also got support from the board to consider whether a school is recognized by the state for high performance or substantial progress in closing the academic achievement gaps before the district decides on closure.

In the case when observed teaching is less than good, in order to achieve Pay Progression, there should be substantial other evidence indicative of pupil progress for the groups for which the teacher is responsible.

Matt and Linda have made substantial progress toward providing for the post-secondary education of their children.

Although substantial progress has been made in reducing canine euthanasia, the troubling picture for cats is more discouraging.