Sentences with phrase «button issues of our time»

What will be the hot - button issues of our time?

The following resources help teachers provide their students with deep knowledge of the institutions of government, the ability to wade into the hot buttons issues of the times, and the tools to directly participate in American politics.

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The meeting touched on a number of hot - button issues the commission is likely to consider, including term limits, which were extended before the last election under a one - time bid by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Early - career researchers in neuroscience and other biological fields are not adequately aware of the issue, Button writes in her e-mail: «Research methods and statistical inference are key to the current model of bioscience research but their importance is not reflected in the time dedicated to their teaching in undergraduate courses.»

In performance trials with 50 hardcore gamers who spend an average of two hours a day playing video games, players reached similar scores with both techniques, with no difference in response times — a critical issue for fast - paced games where any lag adds crucial milliseconds between pressing the «shoot» button and killing the enemy, for example.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

Skander Halim's script is a real mouthful; at times delightfully bitchy, it touches on a wide swath of hot - button issues and topics, and like, say, Donnie Darko, hearteningly shows the cruel underbelly of adolescent life in a way that mainstream studio films do not, and also the way that teens craftily exploit one another's obliviousness.

... Public education •... Coming into the 2013 Legislature, lawmakers are set to tackle a number of hot - button issues, including a proposal by Sen. Aaron Osmond, R - South Jordan, to create a state - funded preschool program for at - risk kids; a resolution, SJR5, by Sen. Stuart Reid, R - Ogden, to give the governor and Senate control over the employment of the state superintendent; and, yes, even a bill, SB39, touching on sex education, except this time for parents rather than kids, also sponsored by Reid.

As with the 599 we tested in issue 101, to execute a standing start with the aim of nailing the best time rather than the most drama, you won't be needing the launch control button (the one marked LC) on the centre console.

43000 km on this baby & under warranty, took to the dealer shop, they refused to look into because I wasn't having an issue now, but they did do the upgrades on computer for free (which they apparently charge for), also have chronic problems of locking the van, I have to push down on the button 3 or 4 times & had it check out but they never find anything wrong.

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during SP mission Nightshift • Fixed issue with last mission not listed in REPLAY MISSIONS list • Fixed issue on the SP mission Night Shift where three of the marines that repel down from the Osprey at the start of the level have PLR models instead of the right marine models • Has been made harder to fail missions due to zero tolerance friendly fire • Fixed MG nest objective on Operation Guillotine • Fix for music climax on mission «Fear No Evil» • Fixed issues that occurred if user were backtracking after fight at elevator on SP mission «Comrades» • Adding a back button to SP campaign select difficulty screen • Removed slomo from jump into train on SP mission «The Great Destroyer» • Fixed glitches in subway Quick Time Events in mission «The Great Destroyer» • Increased quality of the loading screen images • Fixed glitch that made it possible to reach Solomon train QTE with the wrong weapon equipped in mission «Semper Fidelis» • Fixed final sound fade out on SP mission «Thunder Run» • Removed sound fade on convoy ride in mission «Operation Guillotine» • Fixed squad mates coming through wall after intro on SP mission «Operation Guillotine» • SP mission, «The Great Destroyer»: moved Campaign Cleared achievement until after the Dima outro • Fixed soldiers inside of terrain at start of level in «OPERATION GUILLOTINE» • SP mission, «The Great Destroyer»: Fixed streaming issue which could lead to out of memory when streaming in Subway ride • Improved music and music fade on tank encounter in mission «Operation Guillotine» • Sound on Operation Guillotine: Fixed trading floor crash camera shake and rumble • Fade later when driving in to tunnel on «OPERATION GUILLOTINE» • Hide cross hair during Solomon intro & climb out scene on «Operation Swordbreaker» • Fixes on «OPERATION SWORDBREAKER»: Skip VO urging the player to move forward if the player has already moved.

If you were to play NES or SNES games with that controller it would be an issue, but with most GC games the D - pad was used as a set of auxiliary buttons to do things like change your weapon and stuff like that, so it didn't see heavy use most of the time and therefore it wasn't a big deal.

Nine times out of ten you don't need to go into those complicated internet settings, the best way we found to resolve the issue was to hold down the power button until it comes up with power options and click restart or power off.

Aveline's sensitive role within the hot - button racial issues of the time is fascinating, but without a strong, coherent narrative, much of that potential is wasted.

Samsung's handling of the issue is particularly galling because after months of outcry, they walked things back halfway by allowing you to disable the Bixby button so its digital assistant wouldn't chirp up every time you hit the button by accident.

These capacitive buttons light up when pressed, and the light in the center of the unit also lights up any time a command is issued or Assistant is speaking.

As you begin to prepare for the holidays by filling up your freezer full of turkey and pies, it is also wise to prepare ahead of time for the hot - button issues you expect will come right along with the tinsel and tree lights.