Sentences with phrase «attempts at activities»

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Cory Haik, who recently joined Mic as chief strategy officer after working in a similar capacity at the Washington Post, says a big part of what she and Mic's director of growth and editorial products, Marcus Moretti, are working on is an attempt to marry traditional measurements of reader activity with newer ways of determining if readers are getting long - term value from what the site is providing.

Curtas, who has watched the city of Las Vegas attempt and fail at one redevelopment project after another, worries that Zappos will overwhelm the nascent pockets of urban activity, turning downtown into a glorified corporate campus.

In quick succession, Murdoch closed the 168 - year - old News of the World and abandoned his multibillion - pound attempt to take full control of the lucrative British Sky Broadcasting, while Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a judge to conduct a sweeping inquiry into criminal activity at the paper and in the British media.

In attempting to quantify all this, we will follow through the transmission process from interest rates to activity, and then look at the forces operating on prices — via activity, the exchange rate, and price expectations.

«Investing is an activity in which consumption today is foregone in an attempt to allow greater consumption at a later date.

But he intends also to attempt a little independent entrepreneurial activity, since he has always wanted to publish a newsletter aimed at those who can profit from his experience.

You attempt to cover the illegality of having any religious activity at all in a government setting by saying «let's include everyone in violating the law so then it will be okay!»

It is a long way from such an ideal of political activity to the actualities in which it is carried on; but it is essential to our human attempt to live together to see that the «game of politics» is not merely a necessary evil but that it has at its best a link with legitimate good.

Leclerc seems too hard on Leibniz at this point, for Leibniz attempted to demonstrate that the only activity of monads is mental from his view that transient action is impossible (M 7).

There is no binding mechanism at the global level to hold corporations accountable for violating these measures (although there are instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child that give them weight in international law and are being used to remind governments of their responsibilities, and there have also been some attempts at European Union level to hold corporations to account for activities in third countries, with little success due to lack of satisfactory reporting mechanism).

But the Chinese government, somewhat spooked by Zhang's activities, banned any further attempts at the process.

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

(C) An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States shall not be regarded as seeking an admission into the United States for purposes of the immigration laws unless the alien --(i) has abandoned or relinquished that status, (ii) has been absent from the United States for a continuous period in excess of 180 days, (iii) has engaged in illegal activity after having departed the United States, (iv) has departed from the United States while under legal process seeking removal of the alien from the United States, including removal proceedings under this chapter and extradition proceedings, (v) has committed an offense identified in section 1182 (a)(2) of this title, unless since such offense the alien has been granted relief under section 1182 (h) or 1229b (a) of this title, or (vi) is attempting to enter at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers or has not been admitted to the United States after inspection and authorization by an immigration officer.

Moreover, it is also clear that this activity has at various points been both partisan and institutional in nature, with select committee members from all parties attempting to block appointments.

The residents vowed to resist any attempt to site the facility near the market claiming a number of activities involving the use of fire take place at the...

He specifically said that the criminal activities of Fakorede were uncovered by the Inspector General of Police X Squad, Abuja, deployed in the state after the team busted the attempted kidnap of one Mr. Azumana Ifeanyi on September 11, 2017 at the GRA, Port Harcourt.

These kicks at the freshly defeated McCain - Palin ticket, as I write in early November, are an attempt to knock some sense back into the group of my fellow Americans who seem determined to ignore or even denigrate valuable scientific research because it's something outside the realm of Joe the Plumber's daily activities.

They decided to compare directly the leading types of exercises and measure people's brain activity before and after training; that had never been attempted before, according to Blacker, now a researcher at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Advancement of Military Medicine Inc..

«After repeated attempts, your brain gets better at recreating that pattern of neural activity, and you get better at the game.»

The bills also emphasize the value of having mission agencies like NASA continue to support training and public outreach activities — a jab at last year's failed attempt by the Obama administration to designate NSF, the Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM education.

Rajpaul praises the thorough work of Xavier Dumusque and the team at the Geneva Observatory, but notes that their attempts to filter stellar activity out of their data evidently boosted other periodic signals that had nothing to do with a planet.

I started looking at the video demonstrations and am certain my arms may be a bit weak for some of the activities (my attempt at the crab walk was hilariously not happening).

In fact, humans are the only creatures in nature that attempt to do «endurance» type physical activities such as running long distances at the exact same speed the whole time.

«We know that activity levels drop significantly as children reach adolescence, and so far attempts to increase this to an hour a day have proved fruitless,» said the study's led researcher Dr. Alan Barker, a pediatric exercise physiology professor at the U-Exeter, in a press release.

If you go for night time meals, movies at the theater or even theater or activities it will price you for sure and it happens even in the incident that you expose the price with your a while to attempt shape.

There is an absence of sexual activities, or at the very least an honest attempt to avoid them.

I like to be outside and am willing to attempt any activity at least once!

In this article we look at adult dating and swinger activities in the county and attempt to provide some interesting facts.

The gamesmanship continues in Abel's modest apartment, where the close attention paid to his earlier activities lends his attempts to hide that coded message an instinctive audience sympathy, even though he's spying on the good old U.S.A.. By observing a spy at the ground level (the camera swoops low around Abel's pursuers» feet, as if it's combing the apartment itself), Spielberg establishes the humanity so crucial to the rest of the film.

If one is going to make a movie that glorifies the aforementioned activities — which Project X is clearly attempting to do with director Nima Nourizadeh's implementation of a found - footage conceit to give the movie a «you are there» feel and screenwriters Matt Drake and Michael Bacall's complete and total whitewashing of whatever consequences might arise from a party that results in what is essentially a war zone in a sleepy subdivision of Pasadena, California — it should at least give a sense that the entire affair is fun.

The creators of the Saw series, director James Wan (The Conjuring, Dead Silence) and screenwriter Leigh Whannell (Saw II, Saw III), team up with Paranormal Activity's creator, Oren Peli, for a good - looking but pedestrian attempt at yet another haunted house / demon possession flick.

«There have been a few attempts to change Georgia's law to allow students attending a charter school to participate in an extracurricular activity of the district,» when the activity is not available at the charter school, according to Lewis.

Oppose any attempt to introduce or pass legislation aimed at discriminating against transgender students, including bills aimed at restricting the use of restrooms or locker rooms and participation in sports and other school activities that correspond with a student's gender identity.

They are the first RS models launched since Quattro GmbH was renamed Audi Sport at the beginning of 2017, an attempt to create a stronger perceptual link between Audi's motorsports activities and its performance - car range.

These symptoms will be of the sort that relate to your vehicle having to struggle to get the fuel that it needs, and will include such things as hard starting, rough running and idling, hesitation, particularly during an attempt at a hard or sharp acceleration, such as when trying to pass another vehicle, and a sense of reduced power, especially noticeable when going up a hill or during some other type of demanding activity.

I made the attempt a few months back at wearing it on my right arm as an activity tracker.

Textbooks and classroom activities are aimed at providing thorough exposure to different cultures and many teachers attempt to develop lessons addressing cultural diversity issue (Spring 2000).

In addition to documenting many of The Write Agenda's illegitimate activities, they are making some attempt at breaking through the group's anonymity to reveal the true scammer's sour grapes.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

A February 2016 invoice submitted to the Town of Ulster requests $ 135 for the «removal» of «one female tortoiseshell» cat («Although we made a total of four visits including the initial one to distribute letters to the neighbors indicating our activities, we only billed for two attempts at trapping.»)

Overdependent dogs often become anxious when left at home alone, and they attempt to adapt to the boredom and stress of solitary confinement by busying themselves with doggy activities — chewing, digging, barking — which soon become owner - absent behavior problems.

Rocky Fire Update - Expect increased activity today in Cache Creek Canyon in CAL Fire's attempt to contain the Rocky Fire at County Road 40.

Where once pirate ships used to drop anchor, Marigot Bay is now known as a yacht haven, welcoming spectacular vessels up to 160 ft.. This exquisite collage of activity and beauty reaches its pinnacle at sunset, when the entire scene is backlit with the sun's fiery colours, making their last attempt to paint the land before they disappear behind the ocean's edge.

We reserve the right to retract awarded miles if we suspect fraud, unauthorised stacking of bonuses, collecting multiple bonuses from the same hotel stay (defined as the same travelling party staying consecutive nights at the same hotel), technical errors, cancel / rebooking activity (defined by identical search criteria), or any other deceptive behaviour attempted to circumvent the limits expressed in these terms and conditions.

However, immersing the player completely in the shoes of the driver is what Developer Eden Games sought to accomplish with this open - world racer and their attempt at doing so creates plenty of new activities but in the end delivers a sub-par racing experience.

Earlier this week, we took a look at how Sony Bend is attempting to craft a different kind of open - world game with Days Gone, eschewing the activity - filled sandbox formula for a more focused and cohesive experience.

School life is just as important as magic however; a lot of time will be spent meeting and befriending the varied cast of characters, taking on quests, awkward attempts at dating and a host of side activities.»

In a talk at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1963, Mellon said his collecting activities were «part of a logical, deliberate attempt to say to ourselves and to the public, this is English art, not just the Duchess of Devonshire or the Age of Innocence; let's take it seriously, let's re-evaluate it, let's look at it, let's enjoy it.»

Focusing mainly on patterns, I reorganize motion in an attempt to look at time in spatial terms, using the pattern itself as the framework for temporally redistributing all of the surrounding activity.

The designation has no force of law, but is aimed at building and promoting a network of places where people are attempting to mesh human activity with biological and scenic assets.