Sentences with phrase «aimed at combatting»

The FCA is a federal law aimed at combatting fraud against the U.S. government.

There have been plenty of programs aimed at combatting that problem.

Plastics Makers currently have more than 260 projects underway around the world aimed at combatting marine litter.

Cuomo's administration adopted regulations in 2016 that are aimed at combatting harassment and discrimination in the areas of public and private housing, employment, credit, education and public accommodations.

UNITED AGAINST HATE: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND RIVERDALE JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS RALLY AGAINST RECENT WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM Senator Klein highlights the IDC's Religious Freedom Package aimed at combatting hate crimes Bronx, NY — As anti-Semitic hate crimes sweep the nation -LSB-...]

The state is opening a $ 25 million treatment center on Wards Island aimed at combatting opioid abuse.

New York State is failing to keep up with at least two federal initiatives aimed at combatting lead poisoning in children, a particular problem in Buffalo.

Officials in western New York want the state to pass a tree removal tax credit aimed at combatting the Emerald Ash Borer.

At 10 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James joins Council members and the Share Better Coalition at a press conference to protest Airbnb ahead of a Council hearing aimed at combatting the growth of illegal hotels and penalties for Airbnb, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

A number of provisions in the 2018 agenda have already been released over the last several weeks, including measures aimed at combatting climate change, bolstering airports and encouraging shared services on the local government level.

Republican state senators are cheering a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate that is aimed at combatting heroin and opioid addiction introduced this week.

There have been plenty of programs aimed at combatting that problem.

And of course, there are battle fleets aimed at combat, especially if you're playing as the Klingons.

These three - day retreats are aimed at combat veterans (and their family) from any of America's wars, including Korea and Vietnam.

Not exact matches

As of now, the country aims at using Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws to combat the issue.

Multiple approaches are needed to combat VAD, including nutrition education and consuming a diverse and nutrient rich diet; promoting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; vitamin A capsule supplementation; food fortification; and other public health measures aimed at the control of infectious diseases.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to make permanent his Task Force To Combat Worker Exploitation, which is aimed primarily at protecting immigrant workers, permanent, and would also addressing the misclassification of employees.

The Assembly Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction and Community Response held a regional forum aimed at identifying problems and weaknesses in current efforts to combat the rampant heroin epidemic.

The United Federation of Teachers is taking aim at Andrew Cuomo's proposal to extend the charter cap as it hones its strategy to combat the governor's ambitious package of education - policy changes.

In the ongoing effort to combat the growing use of heroin across Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Monday announced a new strategy aimed at making a special drug more accessible to addicts at treatment centers and county facilities — though experts warn it's no panacea.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito assembled a coalition of female activists today to launch the Young Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of color.

«Weight - loss technologies train the brain to resist temptation: Psychologists have designed a computer game aimed at improving users» inhibitory control and a mobile app that combats unhealthy urges before they strike.»

«To combat HIV effectively,» they wrote, «we need to know where treatment resources need to be aimed at and where new health risks are developing.»

January 25, 2013 Comer Children's Hospital, White Sox Team Up to Target Childhood Obesity The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital and the Chicago White Sox have joined forces to combat childhood obesity through a partnership aimed at educating youth and families on ways to be active and make healthy eating choices.

And they have a real facility for action: from that first water - bound set - piece, the choreography is consistently strong, with a crunchy, weighty (if sometimes arguably too violent, for a film ultimately aimed at kids) quality to the hand - to - hand combat.

«Budget 2016 and Budget 2017 include many measures aimed at reducing the gender wage gap, encouraging greater workforce participation among women, and helping to combat poverty and violence.»

In our continued efforts to combat pet overpopulation through increasing spay / neuter resources, AHS is introducing the Furry Family Fix program, aimed at helping families that have had litters of puppies and kittens.

There are a number of organizations that aim to combat breed discrimination, and while they are doing great work, change needs to happen at all levels, which is why one shelter in Florida has stepped up to the plate and removed all of its breed identification labels from kennel cards and their website.

Also the QTE hand - to - hand combat isn't QTE, instead the player is tasked with aiming at a certain point on the opponents body and pressing A before time runs out.

This in itself perhaps isn't massively shocking given the state of Assassin's Creed: Unity at launch, but what is surprising is what the revamp aims to do: «The game is going for a Witcher feel, with player progression, freeform combat system.

The problem is that both yourself and Henry need to train at absolutely everything, but the game itself doesn't communicate this fact very well and it's going to result in a lot of people feeling frustrated that their horse can't jump a small fence or that they seem to be getting stomped in combat or that aiming with a bow is a nightmare.

Either way combat is dull since you aim at the big floating target which accounts for distance and travel and just hold down the fire button until the target explodes.

Also, due to the distance items being fuzzy and a little hard to see, it sometimes made combat a little hard as you try to aim at something you can't 100 % make out.

The targeting reticle — provided for secondary weapons and some non-targeting special weapons — makes aiming easy, but then at times it's hard to aim, especially if you're moving and shooting at the same time, which is unthinkable in a car combat game.

You can choose to do so either with the game's clunky gun combat — aiming barely functions at all unless you go into the more precise aiming mode, which also happens to slow you down immensely — or use Bryce's comically oversized sword, which you can't swing unless you press the lock - on button, and then use the right analog stick to swing with.

This makes long - range combat tricky, especially as enemies seemingly have little difficulty taking aim at you.

This is primarily used as a vehicle for introducing you to the game's Nemesis system, which is a gameplay mechanic aimed at bringing a more strategic angle to your average moment - to - moment combat.

Instead, you'll spend the majority of combat aiming down your weapon's iron sights, which must be manually adjusted in order to reach long range targets as well as mentally track how many shots exist in your gun at any given time.

I do like the idea of the cover - based combat but it did get a little annoying after a while when you are aiming at someone, trying to kill them, and about three people are shooting at you and you die.

It's a game of cat and mouse, as you dodge in and out of combat range, string together attacks aimed at your foe, and learn to feint by cancelling out of one attack only to surprise your opponent with another.

The Swords and Sorcery series aims at bringing back a form of gameplay that briefly translates into party - based, turn - based, first person view RPGs with a focus on tactical combat.

Sure, Outcast isn't a game that puts emphasis on combat, but given the tremendous amount of rabid enemies constantly shooting at you, you'll need to fight some people every now and then, and it's not very enjoyable, given the input lag, overall dated aiming system, very slow camera movement, and the fact your character moves at a snail's pace.

Being a game aimed at children, obviously there can't be much violence, but Ubisoft manage to create the perfect non-violent combat suitable for any child.

At times, combat can be a little unpredictable, as enemies are targeted by a combination of free - aiming and auto - aiming.

Bigtime publisher Gameloft is building an iPhone - sized football field for NFL 2010, as well as taking aim at the First - Person Shooter genre with Modern Combat: Sandstorm.

«Clash» offers a static combat arena with specific intense challenges and leaderboards offering an aim at speed running, engagement strategy, and general action with a narrative getting in the way.

This development — aimed at reducing CO2 emissions through increased fuel efficiency — is part of Toyota's efforts to combat global warming.

Although traditional conservation efforts have been aimed at protecting apes from bushmeat poaching and habitat loss, efforts to combat organized wildlife trafficking has been largely unsuccessful.

The multilateral treaty handling all aspects of biological diversity, including genetic resources, species and ecosystems, is one of the three U.N. conventions aimed at protecting the environment along with the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention to Combat Desertification.

New York, NY (Law Firm Newswire) May 14, 2018 — Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created new software that aims to combat cyber-bullying through email moderation.