Sentences with phrase «focus of a great deal»

Not only was the religious life the focus of a great deal of activity in such societies (the cathedral was central to the life of every major city, for example), but political society was closely linked to it, the king being regarded as a manifestation of God's will on earth.

And while there were plenty of more important issues discussed — the struggles of small businesses, recovery from Hurricane Sandy — how the mayor ate his pizza became the focus of a great deal of attention.

Spokesmen for the company said the device — which was the focus of a great deal of attention this month at the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference in Monterey, Calif. — is still in development and many years away from commercial availability.

The immunologic mechanisms involved in the development of atopic dermatitis are the focus of a great deal of study.

Developing plain language documents for SRLs — for example the recent Can Lll Primer, now being translated into French — is also the focus of a great deal of NSRLP time and resources (see the present collection at https://representingyourselfcanada.com/ under «NSRLP publications» and note that these are all open source access materials).

Banking has been, for the last few years, and remains today, the focus of a great deal of attention, scrutiny and criticism, and is central not just to the British economy but to the global economy.

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The stats I'm seeing paint an interesting picture of how marketers are focusing on top - level funnel content, with a great deal of emphasis on social and blogs.

«I'd also have everybody kind of get focused on a similar mission and drive a culture to improve health care costs by lowering them, drive greater levels of effectiveness overall and making sure that we are driving a great deal of consumer satisfaction.»

One of the greatest flaws in the annual performance review model is that it only focuses on major achievements — closing a big deal, completing a major project, etc..

Given the great deal of attention the so - called iPod tax has received, it is not surprising that Liberal MP Scott Brison made it the focus of a question.

Local IT company Synergy Equities Group has reached a settlement to dispose of the last of its mining assets in a deal it says will allow for a greater focus on its core technology business.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

This publication focuses on the end of a cycle like no other; with history's greatest monetary experiment coming to a close, markets must deal with harsh late - cycle realities.

Yet they were able to achieve a great deal with focus and discipline, and by allying themselves with an unusually talented generation of writers and scholars.»

If there is no interventionist God, in any directions, than its all focused on what we Do know, not what we struggle to make fit into the Real World — namely an Interventionist God who does so with a great deal of whimsy.

A great deal of attention has focused recently on the difficulties and brokenness that we experience in our most intimate relationships with each other.

Beyond this, we can readily make a great deal of headway toward understanding the social influences on religious organizations by focusing on familiar attributes of the national society.

Whether religious or not, the teachings of Christ have a great deal of truth and that should be focus of the church.

For this reason, I teamed up with a group of amazing bloggers and our great sponsors to bring you this delicious Thanksgiving Potluck, as well as focus your attention to a serious issue that we must deal with, and help.

Not to discount his accomplishments or overly objectify the man, but a great deal of the national attention on Kingsbury focuses on his status as an exceptionally good - looking bachelor and the most style - conscious coach Texas has seen since Tom Landry, albeit with Dri - FIT and Frogskins instead of a Stetson fedora.

While most fans will focus on the field of 68 in the NCAA Tournament, conference tourneys have already begun and can offer a great deal of value for sharp bettors.

PPD research and awareness has focused a great deal on the mother; however, researchers are recognizing that fathers too, are victims of postpartum depression.

These important monitoring duties, when handled by a trained guard, can take a great deal of responsibility off the shoulders of the business owner or manager and employees, allowing them to focus more on their specific job duties.

For my daughter, simply using her fingers in a controlled manner takes a great deal of focus, and my fingers... [Read more...]

She put a great deal of time and effort into getting to know us well ahead of our due date, and made us feel like we were her sole focus in the days leading up to our birth.

One of our central findings in that book was that we could understand a great deal about China's (and America's) levels of behavioural consistency with global order norms by focussing on the domestic saliency of the global norm in question, and then the extent to which domestic norms aligned with those at the global level.

In theory, there was not a great deal in this with which Liberal Democrats could disagree, but at the time some in the party feared a new direction focused on reducing the size of the state, rather than relocating it through devolution.

The slush fund scandal indicates to Mr. Lander that «we don't have a vital local democracy,» and sees the scandal as a function of a system whereby the City Council focuses a great deal of energy and attention to the 1 % of the City budget that is allocated to Member items.

Labour does not offer a great deal more, focused primarily on low - cost initiatives and on changing mindsets, although the party does also offer a National Refuge Fund and wider access to Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence.

There has been a great deal of local media focus on homelessness in the city, and the growing «tent city» in the centre of Manchester in particular, and so it was no surprise that Andy Burnham highlighted the issue in his campaign launch speech this week.

Mr. Ruland has run a low - key campaign, focusing on his record of public service, a great deal of which he has done without compensation as a school board member.

The Health Commissioner and Mental Health Commissioner have spent a great deal of time putting together options for the county to focus on prevention, education and treatment.

With a great deal of focus on improving graduation rates in the city of Buffalo, a program is underway at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo that is allowing teenage inmates to reach high school graduation.

The ongoing Brexit debate has focused a great deal of attention recently on the House of Lords.

The Syracuse City School District is putting together a task force this fall that will focus on one of the issues that has spurred a great deal of community discussion — safe transportation of children to school.

But there has been a great deal of focus elsewhere in politics recently.

The book also focuses a great deal of attention on the medicinal uses of plants — particularly herbs.

There was a great deal of focus on Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder as a cause of hyperactivity.

Explains Ross Grossman, human resources vice president, «We've focused a great deal of energy on retaining a true biotech culture --[stressing] innovation and great science — as we've grown and matured as a company.

But there's a great deal of overlap: For example, CRISPR Therapeutics and Editas have both made sickle cell disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy a priority, and Intellia and Editas both have programs targeting the liver disease α - 1 antitrypsin deficiency and collaborations that focus on engineering T cells to fight cancer.

While there is a great deal of excitement about the pope's historic address to Congress tomorrow morning, the visit has also focused attention on how the American Catholic Church has handled the message that the pope brings, especially his strong views on climate change.

«There's been a great deal of focus on developing medicines to prevent dementia, including Alzheimer's disease,» says commission member and AAIC presenter Lon Schneider, MD, professor of psychiatry and the behavioral sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

The USA is gradually switching from coal to gas as low gas prices make it favourable to burn, and it could make stronger use of particularly cheap gas since a great deal is produced within the country, but political will at present is still focused on retaining the use of coal.

Because cancer cells acquire mutations in oncogenes — genes that can transform cells into cancer cells — to support their growth and survival, a great deal of research has focused on identifying oncogenes that could be targeted by cancer drugs.

To master the deadlift, you have to really focus on your form to do it safely and effectively and battle your poor postural habits and that takes a great deal of effort, but when it comes to building muscles and strength, this exercise rules them all.

That's the gist of it but it's a training practice that requires a great deal of mental focus when you're first learning it.

Until this point, there has been a great deal of focus in mental health care on artificially correcting potential biochemical imbalances in the brain.

The one - arm barbell press requires a great deal of focus, control and strictness and therefore it can teach your muscles to give their 100 % and perform better as a well - coordinated team.

This compound unilateral exercise — that's sports talk for a multi-joint movement that focuses on one side of the body at a time — demands a great deal of mobility, balance and core strength all at once.

Humans now primarily focus on eating a lot of muscle meat, which has a great deal of protein, but little else.