Sentences with phrase «early efforts around»

But early efforts around augmented reality, including Google Glass and Microsoft's own predecessor to HoloLens called Kinect, have sputtered.

Not exact matches

After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

I'm going to repeat what I said earlier... this team actively pursued a policy to undermine the relationship between the fans and the best player on this team... for all intent and purposes this is a traitorous act... so instead of spending money, which all pundits and fans agreed was necessary in order to compete at the highest levels, this club was wasting time and money trying to turn fans against Sanchez long before the end of the season (the real concerted effort started around the time that Wenger benched him for the start of the Liverpool game)... for a team that pertains to be different, like a FAMILY, and constantly questions the tactics of it's opponents, to engage in such a treasonous act is deplorable

With no consistency and thus no solidity in their defensive efforts, the Timbers have been prone to shipping early goals and giving up the lead to their opponents: a game state that has not been kind to a team that is built around the idea of staying strong defensively, welcoming on the opposition, and grabbing a goal or three via their quick, decisive counters.

In the press release and communication efforts around the second report released early this year, the IPCC went to considerable lengths to portray the climate change challenge as one of «risk management».

The state labeled Hughes a «persistently low - achieving» school in early 2010 because of its low test scores, and despite an infusion of state funding and efforts to turn it around, it has not markedly improved, district Chief Academic Officer Laura Kelley said.

«Obasanjo is one of 18 global leaders, senior officials and experts on the high - level board created earlier this year to advise the Secretary - General on mediation and back those efforts around the world.

Former President Rawlings earlier in his address charged the citizenry to be responsible enough to protect wooden electric poles by employing a community effort to weed the shrubbery around such poles so they are not affected by bushfires with the attendant effect of collapsing the poles and disrupting power distribution.

DO NOT VOTE FOR ED BROUNSTEIN In an effort to mislead Jewish voters, his early posters had Jewish stars around the border.

In a recent New Yorker, Maria Konnikova returned to an explanation for these gut reactions that has been around at least since the early efforts at genetic engineering in the 1970s: The idea that fear and -LSB-...]

Modern conservation efforts tend to center around large animals — such as tigers, elephants, and wolves — and top predators in peril, while Roopnarine and Angielczyk show that small amniotes (reptiles and ancient mammal relatives) were most vulnerable during the early phase of this long - ago period of extinction.

Earlier points in the trailer suggest Dutch may not have the full backing of the female outlaw, or Bill Williamson, and it seems likely a main narrative thread could revolve around Morgan's efforts to keep Dutch's gang together in spite of his partner's increasing paranoia.

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.

Much of the public conversation around school improvement focuses on early childhood and the elementary years, in an effort to prevent or lessen inequitable outcomes for poor children.

At last week's presentation, «Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture: From Cambridge to Tajikistan Using Raspberry Pis and the Sneakernet,» Beary shared her experiences with Entrepreneurial Lab (eLab)-- an entrepreneurship education program for high - potential, disadvantaged young women between the ages of 12 and 15 around the world — both in an effort to capture the early stages of a startup and to share how the organization has used low - cost technology to reach young women living in remote parts of low - income countries.

Early in her career, Theresa focused her efforts around making a difference, firsthand, for students.

This initial conversation led to a commitment by this group to organize a Third Grade Reading Task Force to which met five times in 2014 to review key research, build on past community efforts and to define the goal, scope and pillars of a potential community - wide collective impact effort around early childhood literacy.

The Early Career Leadership Fellow (ECLF) initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Education Association (NEA) and CEC, which connects early career teacher leaders to union leadership, particularly around professional and social justice isEarly Career Leadership Fellow (ECLF) initiative is a collaborative effort between the National Education Association (NEA) and CEC, which connects early career teacher leaders to union leadership, particularly around professional and social justice isearly career teacher leaders to union leadership, particularly around professional and social justice issues.

My earliest and most enduring research efforts have revolved around improving the social side of schools — perhaps because, during my days as a social studies teacher, I was so much more interested in the adolescents I taught than the content that I taught them.

In large part due to the efforts of animal welfare groups and dog lovers around the country, the sport of Greyhound racing has been in a steady decline since it peaked in popularity in the early 1990's.

Talking to MCV about stock for the retailer, Gibbs praised Nintendo for its efforts in turning around early supply issues.

Earlier points in the trailer suggest Dutch may not have the full backing of the female outlaw, or Bill Williamson, and it seems likely a main narrative thread could revolve around Morgan's efforts to keep Dutch's gang together in spite of his partner's increasing paranoia.

Through this reference to the beginnings of struggle against exploitation and the early efforts towards self - organized education of workers, the exhibition «Really Useful Knowledge» looks into issues around education from contemporary perspective.

I'm all for such solutions and, just yesterday, had noticed a series of pieces Regan wrote about an earlier dispute over federally - owned resources in the West — around Tim DeChristopher «s effort to disrupt auctions of oil and gas leases.

Representatives from nearly 200 nations were meeting in that city to discuss the next steps in the halting international effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions that had commenced seventeen years earlier, right around the time Jim had told the Senate that global warming had arrived.

Within 20 days of receiving site access in early October, Bechtel had installed 16 miles of fence around unit one, the common area for the three units and the power block for unit two and working with BrightSource's biologists had swept every square foot of the 1,329 acre area of the 3,600 acre site as part of the rare plant and animal conservation and relocation effort.

Hydraulic fracturing — known as «fracking» — has been around since 1947, and initial efforts to adapt it to dense shale began in Texas in the early 1980's.

There are signs that its efforts are ramping up — it snagged Google's top AI executive, John Giannandrea, earlier this week, gaining experience in building a company around AI from the ground up.

As early as 2001, proof - of - concept exploits were floating around, and by 2005, the FBI gave a public demonstration (in an effort to increase awareness of WEP's weaknesses) where they cracked WEP passwords in minutes using freely available software.

Still, for early adopters who have various devices or connected outlet plugs around the house, this might be the answer they've been looking for to solidify their home automation efforts.

Around the back of the phone is its 1 - watt rear speaker, which LG touts as an improvement on earlier efforts.

With just a little bit of effort, new parents can preserve intimacy in the midst of early morning wake - ups, around - the - clock feedings, and at times overwhelming set of new responsibilities.

The early editions of what was then called Around the Network — in a publication then titled The Family Therapy Networker — reflected this magazine's efforts to grasp what the exciting new field of family therapy was all about.

The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program supports efforts around the country and it's in limbo because it is scheduled to expire Sept. 30.

And I want to thank the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center and the Office of Special Education Programs for sponsoring this, what we think is a very important webinar, a part of our efforts to elevate and shine a light on the issues around inclusion, especially in the preschool years.

This research will develop a core story of early childhood development and child mental health customized to the Australian cultural context, one that can be deployed to advance communications efforts around children's issues throughout the country.

Communities will focus their efforts around five key strands of work: 1) the integration of behavioral health into primary care; 2) mental health consultation in early care and education settings; 3) enhanced home visiting services; 4) family strengthening and parent education; and 5) screening and assessment.

Check out #ECEHealthEquity to keep up with the great work happening around early childhood health equity efforts convened by Affiliates and partners in North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana and New Mexico, with support from NAEYC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation!

While it may be too early to speculate on its appearance in local cities, the goal isn't too far removed from efforts around the country to provide more reliable and sustainable transport solutions.