Sentences with phrase «directing my efforts at»

But what of more direct efforts at civic education, such as the civics courses that most states require public schools to teach?

The task force will direct its efforts at «current threats to weaken our judiciary.»

Not exact matches

«Our goal is to use this investment to enhance the viewing experience with the addition of new content and development of key features directed at sports fans, and to greatly increase our marketing efforts,» David Gandler, fuboTV co-founder and CEO, told Fortune by email.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

I've seen that once the entrepreneurs become acclimatized to accepting that the successful outcome is at least in part a direct result of their efforts, the syndrome dematerializes.

At work, though, one has a direct influence on results by way of individual effort.

Japan will urge its G20 counterparts at a meeting next week to beef up efforts to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money laundering, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said.

At least two top - 10 Yahoo Inc shareholders are so unhappy with Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts that they are making a direct plea to AOL Inc CEO Tim Armstrong to explore a merger and run the combined company.

Clients may not provide specific analytics, Fox says, but they should be able to at least tell you if they saw a positive impact on their search ranking, especially in conversions and in gaining an audience, as a direct result of the consultant's efforts.

Historically, certain industry sectors have benefited from concerted efforts at cluster development though indirect incentives and in some cases direct, e.g., the aerospace, the automotive and the petroleum products sectors.

Sheri Vandermause, CMIT Solutions head of franchise development states: «We attribute our strong growth to the strength of our business model, the space in the market that we are in, and the fact that many talented executives are interested in having something of their own at this stage in their career — that allows them to see the direct benefits of their efforts.

Pruitt's Press: A staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency shopped negative stories about Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to multiple news outlets in an attempt to divert attention away from Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to two sources with direct knowledge of these efforts.

Zillow has invested heavily in its industry development team to entice MLSs to send the portal direct listing feeds and the effort seems to have paid off, at least in this instance.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- At least two top - 10 Yahoo Inc YHOO.O shareholders are so unhappy with Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's turnaround efforts that they are making a direct plea to AOL Inc AOL.N CEO Tim Armstrong to explore a merger and run the combined company.

However, I think the awareness - raising effort is primarily directed at the public, and in particular those who can, by way of investment choices (whether as a shareholder or a tourist), put economic pressure on those decision - makers.

East Wenatchee City Councilman Tim Detering joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about road construction projects getting underway, with delays and closures starting today on North Baker Avenue, provide an update on the Gateway Project going in next year at 9th St. and Valley Mall Parkway, efforts to get direct flights from...

Rafael and the Ministry of Defense's main sales effort is directed at South Korea, which is threatened by its northern neighbor.

I agree with L.Nielsen's sentiment that you are «almost there» — close to realising that this is the only life you have and that all your effort should be directed at living it well for it's own sake, close to realising that you are strong enough as an individual to face the world without the psychological crutch you call god, close to realising that you are a good human being in your own right, close to realising that your own successes, failures, loves and fears are yours and yours alone, not attibutable to an imaginary creator.

Another surprise event at this year's convention was the decision to reject the effort by some to change the auxiliary status of the Woman's Missionary Union, a missions - support group, and bring it under the direct control of the convention.

Billions of dollars and hours wasted on imaginary sky gods, when that time and effort and money could be directed at reality.

I've really appreciated the effort here at this blog to not dismiss the direct testimony of people when speaking their truth (yourself foremost among them!)

The roots of this distinction lie in Augustine's thought: the service of private ends by private persons manifests cupiditas — wrongly directed, self - centered love or motivation — while efforts by those at the head of communities to serve the good of those communities show the effect of a concern for justice informed by caritas, rightly directed love.

The stepping back is not at the point of conviction and principle, but at that of direct effort to bring about the starting base from which reconciling processes might proceed.

We can not completely ignore this effort, to the extent that it is directed at the progress of humanity.

He directs it chiefly at medical specialists who look upon disease and death as enemies to be conquered and who carry attempts to overcome them to the point of giving the patient false hopes of recovery, disregarding his suffering in futile efforts to score a medical triumph.

When we are lazy about our words, we are telling those at whom our vulgarity is directed that they are so far beneath us that they are not worth the effort of stopping to think how best to insult them; we prefer, animal - like, to make the first sound that comes to mind.

Stable income is something that of course is very dependent on personal effort in the Direct Sales industry, but you might wish to take a look at NYR Organic — it's the best skincare I have ever used.

Quezon City — A House Resolution directing an inquiry on the controversial Golden Rice has been filed at the House of Representatives today, as an effort to stem the imminent re-introduction of the genetically modified (GM) crop in the country.

There, he focused his efforts on the direct sales and marketing of grass - fed beef to many of Chicago's finest restaurants and grocers, in addition to participating in the horseback ranching and pasture management at Q7 Ranch.

Your efforts would be so much more effective directed at the club, the owner, Gazidis, demanding more spending, more ambition.....

Our issue is with the board and Wenger and our efforts should be directed at them.

Hence efforts to «change» policies and laws need not be only directed at the national level.

Donohue has been very outspoken during this budget battle, issuing some memorable zingers directed at Gov. David Paterson in response to the governor's efforts to get the public employee unions to agree to concessions such as furloughs or a wage freeze that he says would help close the budget deficit.

Direct TV and Dish Network recently combined efforts to launch a new platform to simplify addressable ad buying aimed directly at the rapidly growing campaign market [Ed.

Not in this year, when all of the effort of all of us concerned with the future of life on earth, should be directed in one direction: at securing a reasonable outcome to the Copenhagen summit in December.

The efforts of the government on this issue will be directed in the coming months at achieving that greater degree of consensus so that a programme motion can be passed in the autumn sitting.

There is growing pressure for international efforts to be directed at ensuring peace negotiations in Geneva.

If we are to make any meaningful change in the lives of the people, our efforts must be directed at this sector.

Generally speaking, the Assembly's proposal, which allows for the cap to be overridden by a 60 percent majority of a local school district and is directed particularly at areas with crushing property taxes like Long Island and Westchester County, is similar to that of the Governor, who said today that he applauded their efforts.

THE army of laid - off downtown «dot - commers» wants to get back into action, so there's a ground swell of support for a lobbying effort directed at Sens. Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer to establish what they're calling e-WPA — a 21st century version of the agency that created jobs in the Great Depression.

Those questions included whether the mayor thinks recent criticism directed at him, on the driving flap and other actions, is fair, whether he thinks the speeding flap will negatively impact his efforts at implementing the Vision Zero plan, whether the mayor has discretion to direct how the NYPD drives him and whether his NYPD detail thought they were being followed by WCBS - TV news.

It does not need to be overstated that Nigeria can ill afford the reputation of a lawless destination at a time the President Buhari Administration is almost recording a breakthrough in its valiant effort to attract foreign direct investment into the country.

According to Mr. Portuphy, several efforts directed at the leadership of the NPP to call its members to order have failed hence his charge.

In his effort to ensure a secure, peaceful and hitch - free nation - wide New Year celebration, the IGP, Solomon Arase has directed all Zonal AIGs and State Command Commissioners of Police to ensure an effective and efficient deployment of all operational manpower and tools at the disposal of their respective Commands.

To build on the expanded flu vaccination efforts at the local level, Governor Cuomo previously directed the New York State Department of Health to authorize enhanced reimbursement for counties statewide.

When I asked whether he supports efforts to end cash bail, at least for certain offenses, Massey again avoided a direct answer only offering that it needs to be looked at and improvements made.

He similarly did not give a direct response on City Council efforts at creating a bail fund financed by the City.

Katko, R - Camillus, chairman of a House subcommittee on transportation security, has been concerned about terrorist efforts to compromise security at last - point - of - departure airports overseas with direct flights to the United States.

«As the payment industry expands, efforts by fintechs should be directed at innovative financial products that provide efficiency gains and cost savings compared with the traditional payment methods.

A paid digital ad effort directed at voters will start following Cuomo's budget address on Tuesday, a source with the campaign said.