Sentences with phrase «about staking out»

It is about her staking out an area that's separate from that and defiant of that and trying to look back.»

Daytimes, meanwhile, are all about staking out a prime sun lounge position beneath a palm tree, ordering up some sushi and watching the passing parade.

Not exact matches

While there are plenty of unknowns about the shape and form of podcasting's growth, Wall is optimistic that podcast lovers have plenty to look forward to: «The people that realize that they can stake out a unique niche will be successful.

Yahoo, the company from which Hortonworks spun out, is its largest shareholder with a stake amounting to about 20 percent.

Galaxy will pay about $ 927.5 million for the stake in Wynn Resorts, allowing the company to pay off $ 800 million in debt it took out to pay off the settlement it made with co-founder Kazuo Okada earlier this month.

The investment firm BlackRock, which owns the largest stake in American Outdoor Brands and Sturm Ruger, said it has reached out to gun industry executives to see what they plan to do about gun violence.

US taxpayers, who bailed out the automaker in 2009, will be left holding about a 43 % stake, down from 61 %.

The reasons for this are mainly two: (1) the pressure of other duties makes it difficult for ministers to stake out and hold time for study; (2) their frustrations in preaching increase their ambivalence about it, and, therefore, their likelihood to procrastinate.

Slow cast - ration by fire ants followed by staking them out in the desert to be slowly consumed by vultures sounds about right.

Slow castration by fire ants followed by staking him out in the desert to be slowly consumed by vultures sounds about right.

Having staked out a place at the front of a growing industry, Ganeden has every reason to be optimistic about the future.

The Swiss pharmaceutical company will purchase Nestle SA's 52 percent stake for about $ 28 billion before carrying out a merger with Alcon that would give it control of the remaining 23 percent held by minority shareholders.

In her answer, Nestle points out that when we talk about food, entrenched financial and political interests are at stake:

Although this letter was silent about the value of the alleged 24 % stake that SSNIT was to be directed to acquire, what is apparent is that either SSNIT or the Government was expected by Woyome to fork out a colossal 24 % of US$ 25B for that acquisition which comes up to a whopping $ 6 billion!

Although this letter was disingenuously silent about the value of the alleged 24 % stake that SSNIT was to be directed to acquire, what is apparent is that either SSNIT or the Government was expected by Woyome to fork out a colossal 24 % of US$ 25B for that acquisition.

Since day one, we've been focused on our grassroots infrastructure, with volunteers out there every day to meet with voters and talk about the importance of this election, and what is at stake this November,» Recchia said.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Senior policymakers and grassroots members are furious about the Lib Dem leader's plan to stake out a middle ground «equidistant» from Labour and the Tories to boost the chances of another coalition government...

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

Despite the high stakes, the GOP is optimistic about their chances — especially after Democrats suffered a series of setbacks, as viable candidates were prevented from running or dropped out of the race.

After months of staking out conservative positions to win support from New York's Republicans, Long now faces an electorate in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 2 to 1.

Formerly energy minister, Leadsom came into politics after a career in the City, and beat both Gove and Johnson in the Tory leadership contest before dropping out after a torrid weekend in the press over comments she made about motherhood meaning she had a greater stake in the country's future.

They only had to worry about things like dealers paying out on losing hands or players slipping high - value chips into their stake after the roulette ball had landed.

Simultaneously at one of the other carcass sites about three kilometers away, another badger attempted to bury a calf that had been staked out there.

As you know here at The Idle Man we're all about helping you out in the style stakes.

There is nothing too complex or overdone about it, which is kind of what I was hoping for, but there are no real stakes aside from seeing if our main characters make it out alive, which in the end does not really matter, because they all pull of ridiculous stunts, making for a very far - fetched film.

That's really all that can be said about Avengers: Infinity War plot-wise without giving the game away, but the Russo brothers have heavily implied that the stakes are higher than ever in this Marvel outing, and not everyone will be getting out alive.

Bloom was in the qualifying trials for freestyle skiing when she wiped out, a life - derailing accident that would send her down a very different path of hosting illegal high - stakes poker games, getting raided by the FBI, and writing a book about the whole affair.

You may start to wonder about the condition of these fresh - faced young actors made to crawl on all fours, leashed as dogs; to mime the experience of gagging on excrement; and to place themselves on display during the climactic torture tableaux, staked out in the dirt like gazelles at the waterhole.

Among the certainties in the world of film criticism — there will be a series of pieces bemoaning critics» inability to stop a terrible summer film from becoming a blockbuster; Armond White will often stake out a position in opposition to many of his fellow critics; movies about middle - aged men having their mid-life crises sorted out by women well out of their league will always receive mostly kind notices; etc. — there's one that stands above all others.

Show Dogs This comedy about a canine cop staking out a dog show makes such a minimal effort, that at times it's striking.

Other than a brief introductory voiceover that gives a few hints, you find out nothing about Redford: there's no tragic backstory or specific person to get back to (even Paul Greengrass «no - nonsense «Captain Phillips» brings in Catherine Keener to humanize the stakes).

Are the stakes raised in the sequel with the addition of new allies and enemies or will this be another long and boring set up movie about a group of men out on a stroll?

By the mid-1990s, the debate over vouchers had become sufficiently prominent that just about every soul working in education had a position staked out.

But we found out, by like 90/10, that if there were a federal contest, with seven hundred million dollars at stake, at a time when we're talking about laying off teachers in districts all over the place, New York State should be doing everything they can to win it.

Similarly, we ask students to reflect through low - stakes assignments about how they did on a test, how they functioned in a group, or why they got kicked out of class.

Groups of students stake out corners and rehearse presentations they are giving to members of the school administration about proposals on poster campaigns and cultural competency professional development.

Behavior issues are typically high on the list of school problems educators talk about each year, but often not as high on the list of professional development topics school administrators stake out for the staff.

The stakes are much lower than trying out different classes at your local community college or applying to a program you're not sure about.

If teachers find out through informal questioning or a small, low - stakes test, that a small number of children have not understood what they wanted them to learn, they do something about it.

During the next two weeks, while Congress is on spring break, PAA members will reach out to their Senators and Congressmen in their home offices to share our views, talk about the reforms needed to improve our children's schools, and open up a positive dialogue between lawmakers and parents, who have the most at stake in stronger, more effective federal education policies.

But they are not likely to end a contentious, noisy debate about evaluation systems, and they are almost certain to be intensely debated, in part because of Gates» separate support for advocacy organizations that have already staked out positions on teacher evaluations.

The leaders he alludes to, including NYC Opt Out activist and mother Johanna Garcia (featured in the video above), have spoken and written powerfully about how a test - focused education system is particularly harmful for children of color and children living in poverty and have drawn explicit connections between high - stakes testing and the school - to - prison pipeline.

It would be even better to reach a point where education is no longer quite such a game of numbers, where high - stakes testing is phased out and decisions about schools don't come down to a tension - filled annual release of test score data.

In a video released on the network's website, Ravitch says families should opt out of state - mandated high - stakes testing in part because the scores provide «no useful information» about the abilities of individual students and are unfairly used to evaluate educators.

«If you're a parent of a 3rd to 8th grader, we encourage you to learn more about opting out... If you're not a parent of a 3rd to 8th grader... show your solidarity with the parent - led movement against high - stakes testing — then spread the word.

But here's why I'm worried about leaving out the link between those subjects and reading comprehension: Even if we got rid of high - stakes reading tests tomorrow (which is unlikely to happen), people would still place a huge emphasis on teaching kids to read, especially in the early grades.

Furthermore, the mayor's fundamental claim about de-emphasizing high stakes testing is at odds with the annual press conferences the mayor and chancellor have held, trumpeting any NYC score increases on the state tests — even as year - over-year comparisons have been undermined by changes in test length, vendor, and protocol, along with an opaque process of setting cut (or passing) scores only after tests are graded and persistent high opt out percentages in schools, districts, and across the state.

We heard many stories about SBAC testing that are common to high - stakes, standardized tests: the tests dramatically disrupted the educational process, deprived students of hours of instructional time, reduced stressed out students to tears, and monopolized the computer labs and libraries in service of test administration for weeks at a time.

He has written numerous letters to the Editor and editorial pieces defending teachers and informing parents and the general public about issues with high stakes testing and parental opt out rights.