Ellis, who participated in the New York FinTech Lab last year, said the programs were similar in the mix of participating companies.
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The Department of Homeland Security has processed 500, 000 more Global Entry passengers in 2012, compared to the same time in 2011, and more than 1.5 million people, including more than 325, 000 new members this year, have access to Trusted Traveler Programs.
But it's hard -- no, impossible -- to believe that Congress will cut spending next year on any of these programs from their new, higher levels.
Even at companies that designed bonus programs specifically targeted at retaining year-2000 workers, it's now too late for new workers to be eligible for many of these programs.
Its new leadership has made social programs a focus of its five year plan as well.
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Marino will lift the proportion of men in the program from 13% to 30% of new customers by next year, a level rarely seen in dieting programs.
The benefits of gap year programs have long been celebrated anecdotally, but there is new evidence in support of these educational experiences, confirming what students and their parents have always known.
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Over the past year, the Administration has engaged in a number of new, innovative partnerships on key programs that are leading to real benefits for state, local, and tribal governments, as well as the American people.
Based on the pipeline of new business opportunities and the ramping of new programs in fiscal 2013, we should see improvements in the second half of the year.
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Generally, the first and last years of any five-year plan are the weakest, with the middle years being the strongest when the new programs are in full swing.
As a result of those changes--and of new initiatives and programs underway at the surveyed campuses--the rankings have changed radically since last year.
The Humanitarian of the Year honor went to Emeril Lagasse, whose Emeril Lagasse Foundation in New Orleans supports nonprofit and educational programs aimed at disadvantaged children.
Last year, PTC supported over 100 teams around the world, even helping to start up a few new FIRST programs in countries like China and Romania from scratch.
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Many of these programs are still small including MIT's new finance program, which is in its first year.
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