Sentences with phrase «years of progress under»

«After seven years of progress under the Affordable Care Act, the Republican Congress has proposed an inadequate, ill - conceived and unacceptable plan that places the coverage of more than 1 million New Yorkers in jeopardy and, once fully phased in, would shift more than $ 2.4 billion in costs onto taxpayers and hospitals each year.»

Not exact matches

THE URGENCY OF NOW: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER — A KEYNOTE CONVERSATION Under Vice President Biden's leadership, the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force catalyzed novel, innovative and impactful collaborations among twenty government agencies, departments and White House offices and over seventy private sector entities designed to achieve a decade's worth of progress in five years in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of canceOF NOW: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER — A KEYNOTE CONVERSATION Under Vice President Biden's leadership, the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force catalyzed novel, innovative and impactful collaborations among twenty government agencies, departments and White House offices and over seventy private sector entities designed to achieve a decade's worth of progress in five years in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of canceof progress in five years in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of canceof cancer.

Similarly, preparations for new transit lines in Surrey and in Vancouver have progressed enough that they could be under construction by the end of the year.

Baltimore has made incremental progress reforming its police department under its year - old consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, but is still far from where it needs to be and faces significant technological hurdles in getting there, city...

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.

FOR ENTIRE 66 YEARS, ON DAY TO DAY BASES, ALL THEY WERE DOING IS CRIME CONTEMPLATING AGAINST US INSIDE OF THEIR BACK OFFICE CUBICLES (on job torture / bullying / mobbing and forceful unemployment to progress humanity as Obama exclaimed over and over) PER EEOC AND NOW, THEY WANT YOU TO RAISE COMMUNIST FLAG UNDER AMERICAN SKY!!!

For the past seven years, the popular press has from time to time published eye - catching progress reports on the work of the Jesus seminar under headlines such as «Most of Jesus» words ghostwritten,» «Jesus probably didn't recite Lord's Prayer, scholars say,» «Is the Bible the gospel truth?»

By looking at the month - by - month results, it's rather apparent that 1H unders get worse and worse as the season progresses and are ultimately almost fade - worthy at the end of the year.

Arsene Wenger has come under a lot of pressure this season as his side have been inconsistent and they haven't progressed as was expected after the side won their first trophy for nine years.

For the size of club that Arsenal are and the money the club has coming in, they have under - achieved this season, and haven't made any genuine progress in the league for years now.

Off the pitch, it seems as though Simeone has been keeping a keen eye on Southampton's progress in recent years, as he hired their Director of Football Les Reed and poached their Under - 18s coached Tom Henson.

After progressing through the youth system of his hometown team (enjoy seeing that sort of sentence while you can — cheers EPPP), he signed professional terms under Steve Cotterill in 2007 before Owen Coyle handed him his debut in December of that year.

The 23 - year - old has had his critics since arriving from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2014, but he has made immense progress under the tutelage of Jurgen Klopp, just like several other players including Adam Lallana.

Walcott represented his country at the 2012 European Championship finals, three years after being an integral part of the England team that progressed to the final of the Under - 21 European competition in Sweden.

A report from the World Health Organisation on the progress in implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes suggests «breastfeeding has the potential to prevent about 800 000 deaths among children under five each year.»

Hillary Clinton told an audience of LGBT advocates last night that the progress they've achieved in recent years may not be secure under the Trump administration, and urged them to keep fighting.

He further expressed his overriding hope that Ghanaian - American relations, will grow from strength to strength under his Presidency, which has, over the years, been based on a shared agenda of freedom, development, progress and prosperity.

Although in recent years he's come under fire for the tuition fee review, Lord Browne, former BP head honcho, will use this lecture to reflect on the progress made since he spoke about the risks of climate change.

Other sustainability and development programs that have been initiated or reformed over the last six years under Governor Cuomo include: · Cleaner, Greener Regional Sustainability Plans · Regional Economic Development Councils · Land Bank Act to convert vacant properties · Legislation to combat zombie properties · Complete Streets design initiative · Upstate Revitalization Initiative · Hudson Valley Farmland Preservation and Southern Tier Agricultural Industry Enhancement Programs · Clean Energy Communities · Brownfield Redevelopment Reform · Historic Preservation Tax Credit · Climate Smart Communities Grants · Community Risk and Resiliency Act Elaine Kamarck, Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution and Author of Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again said, «Whenever I get a chance to come home I'm always impressed at the rapid progress being made here in the Finger Lakes.

Fitch in September this year affirmed Ghana's rating at «B» / Negative on the back of progress made in fiscal consolidation and macroeconomic stabilisation under the IMF programme, as well as downside risks, including around the election.

Indeed, even the welcome progress made over the last 15 years under the tax credit system is at risk of being dismantled.»

The four - time African Player of the Year met with CAF President Ahmad Ahma, where he commended the latter on the progressed attained by African football under his watch.

Davey, who was energy and climate change secretary in the coalition government of 2010 - 15, said there was frustration that the party had failed to make progress in the polls since last year's general election under its new leader, Vince Cable, another former coalition minister.

Writing in a linked Comment, Professor Peter Byass, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research says «Undoubtedly child mortality is falling, and the world should be proud of this progress» but he adds»... Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.&raquof this progress» but he adds»... Of the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.&raquOf the estimated six million under - 5 child deaths in 2015, only a small proportion were adequately documented at the individual level, with particularly low proportions evident in low - income and middle - income countries, where most childhood deaths occur... That six million under - 5 children continue to die every year in our 21st century world is unacceptable, but even worse is that we seem collectively unable to count, and hence be accountable for, most of those individual deaths.&raquof those individual deaths.»

Giving money to SENS research is a great way to help ensure that more progress occurs in the years ahead, moving down the road towards therapies capable of bringing aging under medical control, preventing age - related disease, and greatly extending healthy life.

In the grand scheme of things, it can seem like progress in science and medicine moves pretty slow — but in reality, when you put science and medicine under the microscope, you find that a single year can bring big, meaningful gains and exciting advances.

After passing national science boards, they progress through the second two years of the program where they intern under other doctors in a clinical setting as well as receiving extensive training in natural modalities.

Those of you bummed at Pikmin 4's repeat absence from E3 this year can rest easy as Miyamoto himself confirmed the game is still under development and progressing swimmingly (assuming you're a blue Pikmin, of course).

Under the «No Child Left Behind» Act of 2001, states must determine each year whether school districts have made «adequate yearly progress» in academic achievement.

By the 2006 - 2007 school year, Csar Chvez had made annual yearly progress (AYP) two years in a row, and started the year in Phase Zero — meaning the school did not meet AYP for a year, and then made it back to AYP, so the school had been headed back to «in need of improvement» under NCLB, but now is back on track to meeting AYP goals.

Under this approach, excellent progress would be an expectation of every student — even those who began the school year well ahead of their age peers.

For last school year, 187 Georgia schools did not make «adequate yearly progress» under federal law solely because they fell short of the required participation level.

These pupils were due to progress to the new CfE Higher courses this session but last year, under pressure from unions and others, the Scottish Education Secretary (Mike Russell) has allowed schools to continue with the existing Higher courses if they felt it to be in the best interests of their pupils.

A Title I school that fails to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years is considered a school in need of improvement under the No Child Left Behind Act.

(i) Conduct a self - assessment that evaluates the program's progress towards meeting goals established under paragraph (a) of this section, using aggregated child assessment data where applicable, compliance with program performance standards throughout the program year, and the effectiveness of the professional development and family engagement systems in promoting school readiness, using classroom, professional development, and parent and family engagement data, as appropriate;

In the event that a school placed under registration review prior to the 2010 - 2011 school year demonstrates previously established progress to be removed from registration review and is not identified in the 2010 - 2011 school year as persistently lowest - achieving pursuant to subparagraph (9)(ii) of this subdivision, the school shall be removed from registration review.

Except as provided in subparagraph (vi) of this paragraph, a local educational agency (LEA) that received funds under title I for two consecutive years during which the LEA did not make adequate yearly progress on all applicable criteria in paragraph (14) of this subdivision in a subject area, or all applicable indicators in subparagraphs (15)(i) through (iii) of this subdivision, or the indicator in subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, shall be identified for improvement under section 1116 (c) of the NCLB, 20 U.S.C. section 6316 (c) and shall be subject to the requirements therein (Public Law, section 107 - 110, section 1116 [c], 115 STAT.

Under that system, whether a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress is determined primarily based on the share of students scoring at proficient levels in math and reading in a given year.

At that time, and under his leadership, the school was the only middle school in the district to have earned an A grade and make Adequate Yearly Progress every year since the inception of No Child Left Behind.

But the U.S. Department of Justice contends that last year's voucher program damaged civil rights progress by erasing school integration gains in 13 of the 34 school systems that are under long - standing desegregation orders.

Academic progress in Boston increased steadily under his leadership, with Boston's 4th and 8th graders handing the 65 - year - old Boston native a nice farewell gift by coming out on top in math improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 assessments among ten participating urban districts (see Fiprogress in Boston increased steadily under his leadership, with Boston's 4th and 8th graders handing the 65 - year - old Boston native a nice farewell gift by coming out on top in math improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 assessments among ten participating urban districts (see FiProgress (NAEP) 2005 assessments among ten participating urban districts (see Figure 1).

Dissatisfied with his lack of progress under his Individualized Education Program (IEP), his parents withdrew him from public school in 2010 and enrolled him in a private school specializing in serving autistic students... Drew's parents believed that under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), they were entitled to reimbursement from the Douglas County School District for the cost — $ 70,000 per year — of Drew's private education.

An article in the Oct. 25, 2006, issue of Education Week on charter schools in the District of Columbia («At Age 10, Booming D.C. Charters Feel «Growing Pains»») should have said that 118 out of 146 regular public schools in the city did not make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act for last school year.

Examining the days forfeited to snow and other «unscheduled closings» in Maryland in 2002 - 2003, he concluded that two - thirds of the elementary schools that failed to make «adequate yearly progress» (the federal benchmark under «No Child Left Behind») in math that year would have done so «if they had been open during all scheduled school days.»

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst - performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no verdict on its effectiveness.

Under the law, Adequate Year Progress, or AYP, required states to increase the number of students rated proficient on state tests each year, with the goal of reaching 100 percent proficiency by 2Year Progress, or AYP, required states to increase the number of students rated proficient on state tests each year, with the goal of reaching 100 percent proficiency by 2year, with the goal of reaching 100 percent proficiency by 2014.

Also, because of the anticipated approval of a waiver from requirements under the federal No Child Left Behind law, schools and districts won't be judged as failing to meet adequate yearly progress this year, Johnson said.

(c) Beginning with teacher evaluations for the 2015 - 2016 school year, if a teacher's schedule is comprised of grade levels, courses, or subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply, nor is student progress determinable using the assessments required by division (B)(2) of this section, the teacher's student academic growth factor shall be determined using a method of attributing student growth determined in accordance with guidance issued by the department of education.

The state Department of Education last week released a mostly positive report on the initial year of the system as dictated under the TEACHNJ tenure reform law, citing some challenges but praising the progress in meeting requirements for additional observations and goal setting for teachers.

In previous years, schools had to get 65 % of pupils to a Level 4 (under the old measure) in maths, reading and writing and see pupils make the expected progress.