Sentences with phrase «year mandate at»

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In May, CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took the reins in March with a clear mandate to stop years of sales bleeding at the world's largest restaurant company, announced a series of steps to shake up the company.

Six years after New York City's mandate that calories be listed at chain restaurants, researchers have found that these labels, on their own, do not reduce the overall number of calories ordered.

When Seattle hiked its minimum wage to $ 15 an hour from the state's mandated $ 9.32, for instance, at least one small - business owner was pleased: Makini Howell, who owns the nine - year - old vegan restaurant chain Plum Restaurants.

The group, known as Dilbit Committee, had been mandated by Congress last year to look at bitumen and spill risks and review pipeline safety regulations if necessary.

Nick joined Leith Wheeler in June 2011 after spending the previous four years in London, England working as a Portfolio Manager at Brevan Howard Asset Management and as an Investment Analyst at Sofaer Capital, where he managed natural resource - dedicated funds with global mandates.

That's dampening what little inflation exists in the economy, which is troubling for the Bank of Canada because it's mandated to keep prices advancing at a rate of about 2 per cent a year.

These contracts, valued at approximately $ 27 million over the next five years, will keep the aircraft flying and in compliance with Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS / ATM) mandates.

Flows into EPFR - tracked U.S. Government Bond Funds this year have tilted to those with short - term (zero to four - year) mandates, although the rotation so far has come at the expense of funds with intermediate - term mandates.

According to gold - demand trends in first quarter 2017, published by the World Gold Council, the mandate for the precious metal dropped at an annual pace of 18 percent to 1,034.5 tons in the first quarter of 2017, from 1,260 tons a year earlier.

It matters when they get legislation passed at the state level to mandate illegitimate «science» be taught in schools, such that refutes big bang cosmology, evolutionary biology and an 11 billion year old universe / multiverse and 4.6 billion year old solar system.

What did you think of the 28 states that already implented this mandate at the state level years ago.

And, for some of us — these aren't New Year's resolutions, but health mandates that require we give up certain ingredients (lookin» at you, EOE).

A new PGA Tour rule for this season helped: it's a mandate that players who didn't have at least 25 starts in the previous season to add an event to their schedules that they hadn't played in the last four years.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Northern Illinois» selection for last year's Orange Bowl, mandated by a rule meant to allow mid-major champions into the process but applied here to the detriment of four SEC teams in the final top 10, made the Huskies the lowest - ranked BCS at - large team ever.

At the time, the best measure was the graduation rate calculated under the federally mandated methodology that was based on a six - year window and did not take transfers into account.

According to the Energy Commission which is mandated to ensure that energy supply meets demand at all times, even though the expected power supply this year is a significant improvement over that of last year, it will still not eliminate the threat of load - shedding until the country is able to obtain significant imports from neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire to augment supply.

«The state has frozen aid to municipalities for the eighth year, and at the same time continue to pass down unfunded mandates at record levels,» she said.

Executive Director of the New York State Association of Counties Stephen J. Acquario said, «For years, counties have fought to reform state mandated services delivered at the local level.

New York's constitution mandates that all wishing to run for governor reside in New York for at least five years before the next general election.

Assemblyman Dan Stec, a Republican from the southern Adirondacks, has signed on to an Assembly bill mandating the state keep emails for at least seven years, which would reverse a Cuomo administration policy of automatically deleting messages after 90 days.

If the proposal to mandate season shutdowns starting next year were truly meant to cripple Indian Point, it would represent the boldest assertion of political muscle by Cuomo in the service of that goal at least since his first year as governor, when his aides reportedly informed Entergy that the administration intended to work toward the plant's closure.

At the turn of the year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order mandating cities statewide to give homeless people shelter when temperatures hit 32 degrees.

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

«Another difference which is being overlooked is that President Kufuor was exhausting his eight year mandate and his interpretation of the Constitution and the laws of Ghana can not be binding on an incoming Government that has routed the incumbent Government soundly at the polls.»

Police Commissioner William Bratton is opposed to legislation mandating the changes and said at a hearing last year that the bill represents «unprecedented intrusions into the operational management» of the police department.

He faced questions at the time over not meeting New York's residency requirements, which mandate that candidates live in the state for five years before running.

Turnout at last year's metro mayor elections in neighbouring city regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA mayor.

Combine that with the federally mandated Star ID taking effect next year, and we're looking at a nightmare.

There had been an assumption that with another overall majority the SNP would have a «mandate» to demand one at some point during this five - year parliament (assuming the right conditions were in place), the precedent being the 2011 election.

The possible return of John Dramani Mahama for a third and last bite at the presidency, has forced President Akufo - Addo, into an early campaign mood, instead of concentrating on the rest of his 4 - year mandate, which has been reduced to 3 years, a month and few days.

Hansen added that a new safe yield figure would likely be calculated later this year as the department weighs raising the capacity at Cooper Lake as part of a state - mandated dam upgrade.

The key principle, which the Liberal Democrat leader has set out for at least a year now, was repeated in an interview in The Independent 10 days ago: «If a party with no majority has the strongest mandate, we accept the principle that that party has the right to govern either on its own or to reach out to others.»

Legislation to require such wage mandates has been pending at the council for more than a year.

One year after entering office with a mandate for change, Mayor Shayne Gallo has pushed ahead with an agenda centered on revitalizing the city by battling blight, forming partnerships with state, federal and county government and ending what he calls a «culture of entitlement» at the highest levels of municipal government.

Bolstered at last with a mandate of his own, he pressed on until the end of the year, winning an electoral reform referendum.

The Chief of Odumase No. 1, Nana Kwasi Yeboah, while addressing a gathering of people when President Mahama paid a courtesy call on him this week at his Palace, said the NDC government's achievements in the last four years has been very impressive, and called on Ghanaians to extend President Mahama's mandate.

Op - Ed by Tom DePrisco NYS law mandates voters be asked every twenty years, or at other times, if they would like a Constitutional Convention.

Molinaro also said that, despite state - mandated costs at the local level, «most our municipalities stayed under the [state - set] property tax cap, and Dutchess County has had three successive years of property tax reductions.»

Rivers People are fully behind me — Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State disclosed at the weekend that his mandate as governor came from the people of the state who trooped out to vote for him in April this year pointing out that he would not fail them.

Among them was a one - year extension of mayoral control when he wanted at least three and a mandate that the city show it funds each of its schools, which theoretically could prove embarrassing to a mayor who speaks out about income inequality if it shows schools in poorer areas are losing out.

Freeman said he has not consulted with state legislators who are drafting bills that would establish a different retention schedule for various records or mandate their preservation for at least five years.

School Board Vice President Thomas Ham echoed the senator's remarks regarding the relationship between mandates and funding, and said any additional funding Saugerties has received in the past few years has been offset by increased mandates, leaving the district at «status quo.»

WHEREAS, there will be significant financial and time impact to the law - abiding gun owners who will now have to renew their pistol permits every 5 years at a cost, and significant financial and time impact to the Counties if they are mandated to become responsible for the 5 year re-certification process; and

Former assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R - Shoreham), whose district covered the North Fork and who worked on the tax cap legislation and pension reform during his two years in office, said he believes the mandate has been successful at controlling spending.

ALBANY — A Republican from the southern Adirondacks has signed on to an Assembly bill mandating the state keep emails for at least seven years, which would reverse a Cuomo administration policy of automatically deleting messages after 90 days.

They include incorporating in vitro fertilization coverage into the state's infertility insurance mandate, extending the time that rape kits are preserved from 30 days to at least five years and requiring that new or renovated buildings with public restrooms provide at least one diaper changing station to both genders per publicly - accessible floor.

But Owen Hathway, Wales policy officer at NUT Cymru, said there was a mandate for strike action among teachers despite the ballot being two years ago.

«We shall get justice at the Supreme Court and if PDP wins Saturday election, we shall have our four - year mandate to rule Ondo State.

During its first year, not only did its students greatly outperform an equivalent group of at - risk high - school students, but they also performed on a par with average Binghamton high - school students on state - mandated exams.