Sentences with phrase «began focusing our efforts on»

I also began focusing our efforts on parts and service, using the Internet to market those areas.

He stopped spending time on tasks that weren't working for him and began focusing his efforts on writing the next book.

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The company expects sales to hit 20 million next year and will soon begin to focus on non-gamers in its marketing efforts.

Billed by many on Wall St. as a financially inviable acquisition and «bailout» of a company bleeding cash to survive, Tesla began shifting SolarCity's business model almost immediately following its acquisition — shifting previously focused efforts on door - to - door sales and long term leases to sales of products with the highest profit margin.

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Montgomery and Lowndes Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Montgomery and Lowndes Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

(CLARKSDALE, Miss.)-- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America's beverage companies announced today that work will begin in Coahoma, Panola, Quitman and Tunica Counties on the Balance Calories Community Initiative, a focused effort to help people reduce the calories and sugar they get from beverages.

The Working Families Party last week began a grassroots - focused effort on behalf of its endorsed gubernatorial ticket, Cynthia Nixon and Jumaane Williams.

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

Much of that frustration was focused on the State Senate, which failed to pass the act last week, prompting a last - minute effort to incorporate the legislation into this year's budget, which is due to be completed by April 1, the beginning of the fiscal year.

Clearly, Republicans are hoping to keep the focus on the spectacle surrounding Mr. Weiner, just as Democrats were beginning to gain some traction politically by focusing their attacks on Republican efforts to overhaul Medicare.

McLaughlin said she knew from the beginning she would have less money than other candidates, remarking that during her time as Albany County Democratic Committee chairwoman she focused her efforts on raising funds for the party, but now those she helped haven't returned the favor.

Unshackle Upstate has largely focused on regulation and tax issues, but last year began opposing the public financing effort as a mutli - million dollar effort has sprung up to push the issue.

«With the establishment of Land of the Leopard National Park, in conjunction with other conservation efforts, we can now start to focus on how to begin bringing them back.»

However, the question the researchers asked was this: Should conservation efforts be focused on areas where forest habitats have already been lost and species might be reaching a threshold, or on forests that are largely intact and are only just beginning to be affected by development?

During the summit, John Brooks announced that Joslin Diabetes Center has begun work on a new initiative at the Center that will focus on advancing translation strategies and efforts in the broader community.

Although bullying prevention efforts tend to focus on middle schools and high schools, bullying behavior begins at much younger ages.

Any statement that begins with «at least» should be reconsidered, as efforts to focus on the good can minimize the student's (or family's) experience.

That's where most people have begun because all of our efforts have tended to be focused on students.

Caroline Middle School (CMS) students and staff began a school wide focus on promoting kindness in an effort to decrease student conflict and bullying behavior.

Further evidence comes from a school district in southern Minnesota that implemented full - day kindergarten in an effort to focus on providing foundational supports, building students» confidence, and paving the way for success before students began to fail (Raskin & Haar, 2009).

Sanger Unified School District began its reform journey in 2004 when district leaders launched an effort to focus deliberately on student data.

, we examined the activities created for the technology project and then focused on examining the efforts of one student who began to use the TI - 83 devices at his field placement site.

St. Charles began its efforts to improve minority participation in gifted and talented programs in much the same way as countless other districts, focusing on how to remove one of two potential roadblocks in the way of qualified minority students — biased teachers or biased tests.

The Fellowship began as a 17 - member group that met monthly to discuss wins and challenges in our classrooms and schools; now, we count more than 665 as members focused on several important issues: Directly supporting current and aspiring black male educators through recruitment and retention efforts; advocating (and agitating) for policies and practices that support and empower black men; and connecting and professionally developing black male educators through our convenings.

The authors suggest that the literacy coach begin by connecting a new initiative to current practice to validate teachers» prior efforts, choose generative practices that raise important questions about teaching, establish teaching credentials by spending significant amounts of time teaching in the classroom, focus teacher training on student learning, use a repertoire of coaching strategies, and get into the habit of regularly videotaping and reviewing lessons and demonstrations.

Efforts to reform Chicago schools have been undertaken in two phases, the first focused on elementary schools, the second, beginning in 1995, on high schools (Allensworth and Miller, 2002).

The Bookseller's announcement that it will begin next month previewing self - published work from the Nook Press platform prompted our #FutureChat focus on efforts to «open... Read more

The company has been focused on reconfiguring its sales mix to focus on high - margin opportunities, and those efforts have begun to produce results.

We need to be focusing our efforts — in both time and financial — to solving the problem with real solutions to the lack of enforcement issues in the state... not on creating laws that make us feel good but don't begin to actually deal with the problems we actually face.

However, as of the beginning of 2013 I've had to accept that I'm never going to make enough money from these sites to warrant the time and effort I'm investing in them, and I've had to make the tough decision to stop wasting time on them and to rather focus on my real businesses (and what I enjoy) again.

Charity began at the Crissy Field Center in 2001 as the Urban Ecology Specialist and has since become the Associate Director, Education where she focuses her efforts on staff and curriculum development for the Center.

While continuing our efforts in Upstate New York, in 2006 NM began presenting arts events in Brooklyn establishing the first apartment gallery in Bushwick.Now, NM serves the New York City Metro area with a focus on East New York, Brooklyn, our new local neighborhood.

Basquiat formed the band Gray, spread graffiti under the group alias SAMO ©, made TV appearances on a local cable access show popular among that crowd, and began painting and drawing with more focused effort.

In the 1950s, Ossorio created dynamic abstract expressionist works and in 1960 he began to focus his efforts on assemblages of found objects such as glass eyes and bones which he called «Congregations».

Beginning in 1938, Philip Simmons focused his efforts on ornamental ironwork and created hundreds of gates, fences, balconies, and window grills throughout the city of Charleston.

This exhibition focuses exclusively on her pioneering efforts in metal beginning with her debut at the famed Spoleto exhibition in 1962 through major recent efforts.

This iteration began with a series of public programs that focused on ways in which grassroots efforts can come together to make a positive impact on environmental stewardship.

These and many subsequent advocacy and technical activities focused on the now - successful effort to get auto manufacturers to begin mass producing plug - in vehicles.

Dane initially focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to ever - increasing «solar obscuration» caused from the aircraft spraying in his area.

As a result, I suggest beginning by focusing your efforts on those sites you are most familiar with.

He began his career as a prosecutor, but in recent years has focused his professional efforts on matters including medical / professional liability defense, corporate / commercial litigation, construction / real estate litigation and civil rights litigation.

We're beginning to see more firms outsource these types of processes in order to focus their efforts on the more strategic legal work.

«As we begin this next phase in our company's history,» he added, «our efforts to build out strong corporate leadership will bring a new focus to Faraday Future and deliver on our commitments to employees, investors, suppliers, and future users, who have shown exceptional patience and resilience through the company's difficult times.»

At the launch, Japan announced a five - year, $ 5 billion effort dedicated to maternal, newborn and child health, which will focus on the continuum of care ensuring that mothers and children have quality health coverage beginning at pregnancy and continuing on through the life of the child.

Since joining the Connected Beginnings team Mary has focused her efforts on developing curriculum, planning trainings, as well as training, coaching and mentoring groups across the Commonwealth.

The Buddha began his teachings on our enlightened nature with a simply profound observation: In our search for genuine peace and happiness, it is ultimately futile to focus our efforts on trying to avoid suffering.

But, with redoubled effort and a focus on what brought customers to the company to begin with, an old, familiar name can continue to make good.

Focused on adding value to under - served neighborhoods, Mainstay originally began redevelopment efforts in residential neighborhoods, flipping over 150 homes since 2013.

While searching for internships, I was surprised to come across so many opportunities in the healthcare real estate space and began to focus my efforts on seniors housing real estate positions, at which point I found NIC's Internship Program.