Sentences with phrase «among several efforts»

The move to bring Echo devices to India is the latest among several efforts by Amazon to establish a larger presence in the country, a quickly growing market for e-commerce operations.

«These crash tests will give FHWA important data about how the ET - Plus performs, but they are only one action among several efforts we're undertaking on behalf of the American driving public.»

Not exact matches

The passage about Telegram is included among several paragraphs describing Russian cyber efforts to hack Western political and commercial targets.

In 2015 he consolidated the company's engineering efforts under three executives — Terry Myerson, Scott Guthrie, and Qi Lu (who has since left Microsoft for health reasons)-- and bid adieu to several more, among them former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop.

Quoting «people familiar with the matter,» the Wall Street Journal reported that several investors had been pushed Kalanick to resign in an effort to steady the company's course as he struggled to clean up, among other things, charges that its workplace was sexist and oppressive for women.

ORLANDO, Fla. — June 24, 2016 — Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC) is pleased to announce, as a member of the Orlando business community, it will be making a $ 25,000 donation divided among several local organizations coordinating support and healing efforts to those who have been so profoundly affected by the tragic event on June 12, 2016.

Two Christian organizations were among several groups that spoke out against the town's efforts to prevent the mosque's construction and filed an amicus brief on the Islamic Society's behalf, including the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and the National Association of Evangelicals.

The preacher who is doing his reading these days has been encouraged by the fact that there are a number of recent attempts «to find a new way through from exegesis to the sermon».1 That these efforts among biblical scholars, systematic theologians, and practical theologians are taking place has several clear implications.

Again and again we have remarked that some of the chronic evil seemingly inseparably associated with mankind has displayed several of its colossal dimensions among peoples who have called themselves Christian, but that repeatedly efforts to counter this evil, some of them at least partly successful, have been put forth by men and women inspired and sustained by Christian faith.

Several Republican donors said watching that effort run into headwinds among conservative House members, combined with the tortured standoff over the government shutdown and potential debt default, had left a sour taste in their mouths.

The effort to nab these suspects, said Derenda and others, were made possible through partnership among several law enforcement agencies as well as the community.

A Stoneman Douglas freshman, Anthony Borges, is suing several agencies and individuals he believes were negligent in their efforts to prevent the shooting, among them the school district for its PROMISE practices.

Denno incurred the mayor's wrath for, among other things, holding up several capital spending requests — for police cars, fire equipment and DPW trucks — in an effort to force the administration to make concessions on other, loosely related issues.

«There are several steps that scientists, health care professionals and systems can take to better serve the individuals who have bravely served their countries, including an honest reckoning with the growing evidence base showing a disproportionately high burden of childhood abuse among military personnel, a genuine and continuous effort to diminish the stigma of disclosing childhood abuse, and allocation of resources for epidemiologic efforts and treatment modalities to address issues of childhood abuse among military personnel,» write John R. Blosnich, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Robert M. Bossarte, Ph.D., of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Several studies echo a high level of satisfaction among short course participants and found measurable impacts, but it is important for students to come in with realistic expectations and make an effort to further their learning after the program is done.

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

Jafet is an active member of her community and has led several grassroots efforts focused on increasing civic and political participation among the Latino community in Whittier.

Included among Deal Booth's patronage and philanthropic efforts are serving on the boards of several arts organizations, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Menil Collection, the Centre Pompidou Foundation, Ballroom Marfa, and The Contemporary Austin.

With 20 rarely seen works, it covers a brief period when Mr. Overstreet's disavowal of painting's usual standards and practices was unfolding rapidly in several directions, alongside efforts by Sam Gilliam, Harmony Hammond, Alan Shields and Howardena Pindell, among others.

While there will be no single technological silver bullet, the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems as one among several technologies that will be essential to any credible effort to develop an energy system that does not rely on using the atmosphere as a waste dump.

The e-mail exchanges among several prominent American and British climate - change scientists appear to reveal efforts to keep the work of skeptical scientists out of major journals and the possible hoarding and manipulation of data to overstate the case for human - caused climate change.

This policy document represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water - based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog process.

* According to the Berkeley group, the Earth's surface temperature will have risen (on average) slightly less than what indicated by NASA, NOAA and the Met Office * Differences will be on the edge of statistical significance, leaving a lot open to subjective interpretation * Several attempts will be made by climate change conformists and True Believers to smear the work of BEST, and to prevent them from publishing their data * After publication, organised groups of people will try to cloud the issue to the point of leaving the public unsure about what exactly was found by BEST * New questions will be raised regarding UHI, however the next IPCC assessment's first draft will be singularly forgetful of any peer - reviewed paper on the topic * We will all be left with a slightly - warming world, the only other certitude being that all mitigation efforts will be among the stupidest ideas that ever sprung to human mind.

The Guidebook is the culmination of several years of enjoyable efforts of the authors (most of whom are lawyers specializing in areas of law directly related to environmental and social sustainability) grappling with the relationship between norms like the Performance Standards and legal obligations addressing the same topics: environmental management, labour standards, human rights, health, safety and security, indigenous relations and corporate governance, among others.

With Presidential initiatives shining a light on several industries — among them healthcare, alternative energy, education and construction — Pongo has seen a trend of users focusing their resume - building efforts on those industries.

Event Planning and Entertainment Management — Duties & Responsibilities Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, performing event administration functions, overseeing client management operations and ensuring both efficient organizational communications and processes Collaborate in all phases of strategic planning with other members of management team and third - party vendors, including resource management, logistics, contract negotiations, marketing and public relations, issue resolution and client services Demonstrate leadership with respect to event direction, artist and talent development, and strategic marketing campaigns Provide continuous assessment of key considerations, potential issues, and resources utilization, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective policies and procedures, process management and participation trends Perform needs - based and situational assessments of policies and procedures, utilizing several tools, to evaluate event effectiveness, improve operational efficiency, manage and reduce costs, and promote both employee and client satisfaction Identify and utilize talent among team members with focused training efforts, targeted professional recruitment, and the promotion of a performance - based work environment that leverages individual talents for group benefit Develop and supervise support staff to aid in effective marketing, relations, administration, and event operations, delegating important tasks and assignments while providing timely follow - up to ensure task completion Promote the effective execution of all administrative and financial aspects of event and client management, while analyzing and presenting important information to executive staff, client representatives, stakeholders, and other relevant parties Address key client and management queries and resolve them in an expedited manner, promoting sustained client growth through retention, word - of - mouth marketing and the attainment of talent engagements Create and implement client marketing and operational strategies while tracking performance versus internal and external benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge of related products, services, techniques and relevant tools

Among several other honors, Hroub was awarded the Global Education Prize for her efforts to integrate play therapy in her classroom.

Among the several lobbying efforts undertaken this year, OREA says its Government Relations Committee focused on:

When selling a house, homeowners can employ several strategies in an effort to drum up interest among potential buyers.