Sentences with phrase «with earlier programs»

Pardon my skepticism, but it feels like we have been here before with earlier programs designed to address concerns about failing schools, like A Nation at Risk and No Child Left Behind.

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The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

Google is launching a new program to pour money and other resources into early - stage start - ups that work with its digital assistant.

Google is launching a new investment program to pour money and other resources into early - stage startups that work with its digital assistant.

Besides contributing capital, the Google Assistant Investments program will connect start - ups with the company's engineers and product people, provide early access to upcoming Smart Assistant features and support them through free marketing and Google Cloud credits.

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.

The program helps companies with promising early data — often obtained overseas, because of the high cost of medical testing in Canada — design and execute the key study provincial authorities need to see to sign off.

Google is launching a new investment program to put resources into early - stage startups that work with its digital assistant.

Announcing Entrepreneur Factory, a program that helps early - stage companies by providing subsidized office space along with media coverage of each and every sponsored organization.

Earlier this year, for example, it launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner with Weiss.

Seacrest earlier this month was named permanent co-host of the «Live with Kelly and Ryan» syndicated morning show, in addition to hosting his daily radio program.

The programs are still in early days, with the Parkinson's program aiming to start its clinical trials in 2018.

With an early success on its hands, Econet is staking much of its future growth in Zimbabwe — and other African countries in which it does business including Nigeria, South Africa, and Botswana — on non-voice revenues that come from programs like EcoCash.

Gramegna continued: «We are still at early stages here, because this is a new element compared to what we had with other bailout programs.»

That's a large commitment from Facebook, especially considering that it was reported to pay $ 250,000 for half - hour, scripted shows (and $ 10,000 to $ 35,000 for short - form programming) when it signed deals with digital outlets like Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, and Group Nine Media earlier this year for online programming to fill Facebook Watch.

To facilitate those transactions, Draper co-founded and serves as CEO of Boost VC, a 12 - week accelerator program in San Mateo, Calif., that offers housing, office space and mentoring to early - stage startups with a focus on Bitcoin - related businesses.

Booth's full - time MBA program focuses on training students for real - world business scenarios through experiential learning and lab courses where students work with actual early - stage startups.

A large portion of the spread compression happened in reaction to two events: the Fed's decision to begin winding down its large - scale asset - purchase program known as quantitative easing on Dec. 18, and Janet Yellen's first meeting as Fed chair on March 19, which coincided with the release of forecasts by Fed officials who anticipated earlier rate hikes than before.

The earliest programs in central Canada air at 6 a.m. and Atlantic Canada at 7 a.m. Numbers from the Television Bureau of Canada show that consistently for the past six years, the 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. slot has had the fewest viewers, with an audience size about one - fifth of the peak time between 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Still, Canadian broadcasters aren't overlooking the value of starting early.

«Early in my career, I worked at an industrial supply distributor with a well - known operations management program.

Nokia, for instance, earlier this year launched «Invent with Nokia,» a program that invites would - be inventors to submit ideas for new technology inventions.

Since launching its early rider program in April, Waymo formed an alliance with ride - hailing company Lyft, issued a safety report outlining how it plans to navigate the risks of self - driving vehicles, and revealed more about its technology.

In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to social and environmental issues like political spending and climate change.

As Bloomberg reported earlier this summer, a «sea of dudes» climate among AI developers has some concerned about gender bias cropping up in AI programs even before those programs start interacting with users.

We're increasing enrollment in high - quality early education, raising standards in our public schools as a leader in implementing the Common Core curriculum and working with the business community on STEM programs that are relevant to the job market.

It started with the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to unpeg its currency from the euro earlier this month, followed by a larger - than - expected bond - buying program from the European Central Bank (ECB) on January 22.

The APA survey mentioned earlier found that 91 percent of workers at companies with well - being programs have a positive relationship with supervisors, and 93 percent of employees reported positive relationships with coworkers.

Sullivan said a manager confronted her Thursday with the tweet, told Sullivan that her College Program stint would end early and took her identification.

Earlier this year, however, BusinessWeek still ranked Kellogg as the number one EMBA program, with Wharton in third place.

When Berkeley first agreed to offer an executive program in the early 2000s, the school decided on a partnership with Columbia because it was in the midst of a number of initiatives and administrators were concerned about stretching the school's resources.

Meitu became available to investors in mainland China in early March under a program linking stock markets there with Hong Kong.

The South China Morning Post notes that approximately 4,000 Chinese police officers already have body cams with 720 degree viewing and facial recognition tech on board as a part of an early roll out of a pilot program.

«We're thrilled to be a part of the PayPal StartUp Blueprint program, as it directly aligns with our goal of helping early - stage startups compete in the global marketplace,» said Tom Bronfield, co-founder and managing director of Elevator.

The app will also tie in with the CrownBet rewards program, with points earned on bets able to be redeemed for offers at specific club venues and presumably at the Crown casino complex at Barangaroo when it opens in early 2021.

As early as 2015, the firm partnered with Ele.me for a program similar to «UberEATs», the food delivery service run by Uber.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

Creates a platform with the ability to accelerate sales growth: Through their agreements with Marriott International, MVW and ILG will have exclusive access for vacation ownership to the Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest and Ritz - Carlton Rewards loyalty programs, which have over 100 million members and which are expected to be combined into a single loyalty program in early 2019.

Following early successes working with municipalities, school districts and corporate subscribers, US Solar plans to launch a residential pilot program in 2017.

Earlier this year, Kraken in partnership with The Economist, launched a contest that posed an important question to MBA programs across the country.

She further explained that, «this program incentivizes stronger relationships with fans where fans gain access to behind the scenes parties, sponsorship opportunities, early releases and more.»

With the objective of learning from the rich experiences and lessons that other countries have gained from their own programs, in early 2016, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada announced a competitive policy research grant for research on best practices by foreign SME export assistance programs.

There is also no doubt that without these tax cuts the government would have been in a much better fiscal position to deal with the 2009 - 2010 recession; that any resulting deficit, would have been eliminated much earlier than 2015 - 16, and without the need for draconian cuts in federal programs and services.

Most recently, she's been with Techstars since it's early days as a humble program in Boulder, Colorado, and has helped expand the brand and operations.

For example, German fashion retailer Zalando has already launched a loyalty program called Zalando Zet, with which its members get various benefits including faster delivery, on - demand returns pickups, earlier access to deals and even personal fashion advice.

This reduction was driven primarily by restructuring charges associated with the fiscal 2017 store closures and voluntary early retirement program.

She's been with Techstars since it's early days in 2009, has run 8 programs and has close to 90 companies in her portfolio.

Social Capital kicked off a trial of Carroll's model last year with a referral program of sorts — the fund asked other venture capital firms to direct promising early - stage companies to apply through the system.

Meanwhile the Phase I surface drill program that began earlier this month with a 1,500 - metre goal has been increased to 2,000 metres in approximately 20 holes.

These programs are often set to sell instantly when their algorithms recognize something adverse but, often, these applications of artificial intelligence tend to be more «artificial» than «intelligent» (as was also seen early last month with the overall stock market).

Earlier this summer United announced the new «bug bounty program,» which will reward hackers that discover systems vulnerabilities with between 50,000 and 1 million MileagePlus reward miles.