As the earliest urban populations, they were distinguished by literacy, technological progress (notably in metals), and increasingly sophisticated forms of social and political organization (formalized in religious-legal codes and symbolized in temples and walls).
"There has been some progress, notably in removing fake accounts and limiting the visibility of sites that promote disinformation.
The IMF's report said: "In the United Kingdom, the recovery is progressing slowly, notably in the context of weak external demand and ongoing fiscal consolidation".
While there has been some progress — most notably in allowing more independent newspapers to operate — many issues have festered.
About 15 years short of the near end of that spectrum, there is definite progress, most notably in the form of Kernza, which is not yet sold commercially but has been domesticated in Salina and elsewhere.
And when you get closer to home – state-level offices and local races – you can see policies rolling backwards years of progress, most notably in reproductive health, gay rights and, most alarmingly, voting rights.
There has been some progress since, notably in the ascent of gifted women architects like Levete and Hadid, neither of whom could possibly be mistaken for "embroiderers". But the type of furniture produced by architects today isn't so different today from that of the early modernists, or their studios.
Nevertheless, increased awareness of pain disparities and the initiatives to address these disparities have yielded only modest progress, most notably in the form of growing appreciation that pain disparities likely result from multiple factors, including biological, psychological, environmental, health system, and cultural factors.
Distributed video coding (DVC) architecture designs, based on distributed source coding principles, have benefitted from significant progresses lately, notably in terms of achievable rate-distortion performances.
There's even a badge system to help reward users as they progress, most notably a "mother-in-law" badge for members that religiously nag their friends and keep them from back-sliding.
Eva Cosse from Human Rights Watch admits that there has been some progress, notably the appointment of a special prosecutor in Athens, but "there is still a lot of work to do".
