Sentences with phrase «focus of the new session»

Gun control is also likely to be a major component of the speech, and a focus of the new session.

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People ask questions during evangelisation sessions - this new booklet focuses on some of the topics most frequently raised and offers answers.

Don't expect to be a master after one session, but if you practice shooting in this mode and making your own creative decisions about the amount of focus and light you want in your pictures before long you will be turning out some great shots and you will know exactly how you achieved them, and then you'll know it was worth the effort you took to learn this cool new skill!

«There's a lot of important work to accomplish during this final week of session, and I'm focused on getting things done for my constituents and the people of New York State,» Carlucci said in a statement.

«With Cuomo's end - of - session focus on marriage, major issues crucial to New York's fiscal and economic recovery wound up receiving at best cursory treatment.»

Morning education sessions will focus on the state of immigrants in New York and feature panelists from the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs as well as State Senator Jose Peralta.

«Senator Klein is focused on governing and getting things done for New Yorkers during the final two weeks of session, not on cutting political deals.

Spectrum News caught up with many lawmakers on the first day of the new session and asked them to discuss their legislative focus for 2018, what they expect from the budget process and what their conference's priorities will be.

Asked if dealing with gun control in a special session was preferable to waiting for the start of the new Legislature, Silver said, «It probably doesn't (matter), but it gives the opportunity to highlight it before we get into the state budget and other issues that may cloud the focus.»

At the New York Law School, Bratton also defended broken windows, which calls for a focus on small, so - called «quality of life offenses» to prevent larger crimes — and wouldn't even consider one attendee's calls during the question - answer - session to do away with the practice.

The steady drum beat of scandal after scandal in the New York State legislature has led many to wonder whether lawmakers can focus on passing any major bills by the end of the session, which is fast approaching.

While the legislative session still has six weeks to go, there is scant evidence that the governor and the state legislative leaders are focused on a package of meaningful measures that would reduce the risk of corruption in New York.

Spectrum News caught up with many lawmakers on the first day of the new session and asked them to discuss their legislative focus for 2018.

LaValle said in the remaining weeks of session, the Senate GOP will «focus» on issues including renewal of New York City's rent laws, and changes to the controversial Common Core learning standards and related standardized tests.

After weeks of mostly procedural activity to start its new four - year term, the New York City Council convened Wednesday afternoon for its first legislation - focused 2018 meeting, which included discussion and reintroduction of bills from the previous session that had not passed, as well as the introduction of new bilnew four - year term, the New York City Council convened Wednesday afternoon for its first legislation - focused 2018 meeting, which included discussion and reintroduction of bills from the previous session that had not passed, as well as the introduction of new bilNew York City Council convened Wednesday afternoon for its first legislation - focused 2018 meeting, which included discussion and reintroduction of bills from the previous session that had not passed, as well as the introduction of new bilnew bills.

My virtual archery session is part of The Journey to Wild Divine, a new interactive CD - ROM that turns your PC into a device for focusing your energy and reducing stress.

This session examined the biogeochemical processes that are likely to affect the evolution of the Earth system over the coming decades, with a focus on the dynamics of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and the development of improved understanding through (a) fieldwork and laboratory experiments, (b) development of new observational datasets, both modern and palaeo, and (c) simulations using numerical models.

Highlights of the annual meeting included a session focusing on the role of observations in climate change research and breakout sessions with topics ranging from current field campaigns to new instruments.

Grace received her Progressive Calisthenics Certification in the Spring of 2014 and since then has been practicing calisthenics, enjoying the freedom it gives her to be creative with her training, focusing on cultivating new skills each session rather than just mindless weightlifting.

Anna and Cassie will help your increase your health and happiness with a six week program guiding you through an energizing, challenging series of poses focusing each week on a new theme: Stress reduction Immune boosting Flexibility and Strength Stamina and Endurance Core strength and posture Hormonal and emotional balance Please note this session will NOT be hot yoga.

Now, he's on his own as the director of the new cinephilic documentary Hitchcock / Truffaut, which focuses on the legendary interview sessions between Alfred Hitchcock and critic / filmmaker François Truffaut in 1962 and Truffaut's subsequent book.

This inspirational CPD session is designed for new and developing teachers that would benefit from focused discussion, time to reflect on their own practice, and a chance consider effective strategies that will enable them to ensure ALL students are learning and making the progress they are capable of in their lessons.

The 14th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues of the United Nations (April 20 — May 1, 2015) in New York, brought together indigenous leaders around a table of intergenerational dialogue to exchange views and proposals regarding the priorities and the participation of indigenous people in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, highlighting challenges and creating strategies for strengthening the articulation in the consultation process of indigenous people on a development agenda whose innovative process focuses on the inclusion of everyone.

This session will focus on New Milford High School's journey to radically transform the learning culture through the formation of our own Academies.

The «new and improved» summer school program CPS proposes sounds a lot like hours and hours of computer test prep: «weekly acceleration / intervention sessions as part of the full school day; access to instructional tool that provides focused lessons based on individual needs,» which CPS calls «personalization» (slide 14 of CPS PowerPoint Presentation)

The C2 Initiative offers a series of teacher - led training sessions focused on the Common Core State Standards, to ensure a smooth transition to the new standards.

By the end of this session, participants gained new abilities focused on teaching 21st Century Skills, discovered new avenues to promote positive, powerful student behavior, and learned effective ways to integrate feedback from students into classroom activities.

The focus of this session is to consider long - held practices through the new filters of collaborative learning and the opportunities that technology offers to transform teaching and learning.

School libraries will be the focus the last two days of this yearly event, with sessions covering a wide array of topics such as school library / public library collaborations, innovative makerspaces and the latest in new book releases for K - 12 students.

Challenges encountered in the professional development sessions included getting teachers to focus on technology, issues, and pedagogy collectively in lieu of focusing simply on technology and the teachers» disposition toward new technology.

Those lessons were the subject of a recent briefing at the Department — the first of a new series of learning sessions the Secretary has launched, focused on effective, student - centered education.

This session focuses on new ways of thinking about why, when, and how to assess teaching practice.

A new «Builders» track is stacked with sessions on how participants can take advantage of a fast - growing industry segment focused on trucks, off - road vehicles, sports / compacts and restoration.

While talks about cutting - edge smartphones dominated last year's Digital Book Conference — the International Digital Publishing Forum's annual e-publishing conference in New York — the focus of the morning session this year was market feedback on the progress of devices like the Sony Reader and the introduction of new ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect -LSB-.New York — the focus of the morning session this year was market feedback on the progress of devices like the Sony Reader and the introduction of new ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect -LSB-.new ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect -LSB-...]

While talks about cutting - edge smartphones dominated last year's Digital Book Conference — the International Digital Publishing Forum's annual e-publishing conference in New York — the focus of the morning session this year was market feedback on the progress of devices like the Sony Reader and the introduction of new ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect to be introduced in the U.S. late this yeNew York — the focus of the morning session this year was market feedback on the progress of devices like the Sony Reader and the introduction of new ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect to be introduced in the U.S. late this yenew ones, such as Telecom Italia's pocket - sized Librofonio, which is expect to be introduced in the U.S. late this year.

Author U — Your Guide to Book Publishing focused on all things publishing today and new ways to target your reader market with author Dan Poynter who will present the opening session at the Extravaganza on Friday AM — you don't want to miss it... and make sure you listen to the radio show with him — an amazing array of info was delivered about eBooks.

At the recent IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference in New York earlier this summer, a panel of publishers offered to share their experiences and strategies during a session that focused on factors relating to in - sourcing and outsourcing of ebook production.

• A roundtable discussion between Petco's Jim Myers, Nestle - Purina's John Saguto and the American Pet Products Association's Bob Vetere, moderated by PIJAC CEO Mike Canning, this session focused on a variety of issues impacting pet product retailers, such as ensuring product safety, preventing the spread of disinformation by animal rights groups and new methods of engaging current and potential pet owners.

This session will focus on the use of your best skills and attitudes, along with new tools and techniques.

In his keynote session entitled: Developing Old School RPGs using New School Models: Kickstarter Development, Chris will focus on the next wave of old school RPGs, including inXile's Wasteland 2, Project: Eternity and Torment: Tides of Numenera.

This session focuses on the growth of cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and how developers can use this new phenomenon for their next game project.

This weekend session focuses on the challenges, considerations and potential pitfalls of commissioning and presenting new work in a variety of contexts.

The conference took place in Brussels and covered three main themes: the opening session «Coal and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions», followed by a panel discussion on «Creating new pathways to drive deployment of technologies to reduce GHG emissions» and finally the afternoon technology session focusing on «Coal in the global energy mix — pathways to reducing GHG emissions».

The World Urban Forum in February will be the first session to focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.

Our audience of expert practitioners will take you through the new legislative landscape of unexplained wealth orders, disclosure orders and civil recovery, in this practical session focused on ensuring client compliance.

With the Global Ethics Summit winding down in New York, one of the event's final sessions focused on board diversity.

New modules of education were added to the OCJ regional programs, such as a session organized by Justice Rebecca Shamai on systemic racism and sessions that focused on child protection issues.

In this session, we will discuss how to get started building a customer - focused innovation culture and present case studies of new ideas generated from such a culture.

New versions version of Firefox Focus — Mozilla's privacy - focused browser that clears your browsing history at the end of every session — and the Firefox mobile apps are also on the way.

Following an in - depth consultation session, one of our writers worked with Jeff to design an entirely new federal resume focused on senior level positions in the 0343 occupational series (management & program analysis).