Sentences with phrase «leading presence at»

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Since arriving at the chain in September 2014, Shelagh Stoneham, Shoppers» senior vice-president of marketing, said her team has been engaged in market research and strategic planning that has led to a bigger marketing spend, an increased television presence, more online video and new partnerships with Women of Influence and the entertainment show ET Canada.

David Cole, lead analyst at DFC Intelligence, says, «Having that retail presence is still a very important part of driving consumers to the product, and really getting them to rush out to the store to get the latest title as it comes out, that's almost become like an event.

«We are leveraging a robust set of analytic tools to optimize our media allocation, leading to a reduction in print advertising in order to increase targeted digital advertising and expand our social media presence,» said Mr. McDermott at the conference.

Finally, the prime minister's presence at APEC (and that of John Baird and Ed Fast at the lead - up ministerial sessions) reinforces the government's message, and that of the Canadian business community, that Canada is serious about re-engaging with the Asia - Pacific.

That could lead the company to invest more resources aimed at growing its brand presence in India sooner.

After several companies followed Tesla's lead in its initiative to establish a presence at the Tahoe - Reno Industrial Center, the massive 105,000 - acre industrial park...

What catalyzed the circumstances at Vanderbilt was the leading presence of a resourceful and ambitious administrator who saw clearly that the church was a hindrance, not a help, in the pursuit of all the academic goals he set before himself.

The royals» numerous visits to the community since the fire formed a thread which has led to their presence at the service, he said, adding: «That is wonderful that there is recognition at that level, and as I said it was one of the only unifying forces and at these times I guess we are more thankful we have a royal family and its place within our society.»

In the utterly tragic figure of old Eli and in the loss of the ark, the symbol of God's presence, from the central sanctuary at Shiloh (probably destroyed by the Philistines in this time), we are further prepared for the establishment of monarchy in Israel: it was Philistine aggression, far too powerful to be checked by the resources of a loose tribal confederation, which precipitated the chain of events leading through Saul and David to a unified and extensive, if short - lived, Israelite kingdom.

The point at hand is that the Spirit's presence as Counselor (Paraclete) solves the problem to faith of the vacancy left by the departure of the Jesus who had led in discipleship, and shifts the life of faith into another mode than «following.»

Pastors who know how to lead laity into ministry have at least two leadership characteristics in common: They talk about the presence of God in the ordinary situations of daily life, and they are able to structure the life of a congregation so that members are encouraged and able to give ministry to one another.

In the call of Abraham to leave the home of his ancestors, in Moses» leading his people away from acquiescence in Egyptian slavery, in the prophetic protests against any localizing or naturalizing domestication of Yahweh's presence, in the apocalyptic rebellions against the status quo, in Jesus» idealizing of homelessness, in the Evangelists» turning our attention toward the Risen Lord and in St. Paul's relentless call to freedom from the slavery of legalism, we have a constant chorus of discontent at the idea that we can find our fulfillment in what nature apart from history has given us.

To Pastor FedEx we may not all agree about the subject at hand (Hell) but the Bible, which is my final authority in leading my life, says that there is a final judgment to come and unless you believe you will be eternally separated from the presence of God and the Bible does say we are to repent

Since 2011, he has led the strategic direction of Laureate's culinary arts programs worldwide while maintaining a strong presence at Kendall.

Advanced Dynamics Ltd, one of the leading filling and labelling systems suppliers in the UK, is expanding its presence at the PPMA Exhibition to show off even more machinery that can help boost production and reduce labour costs.

A very good order situation, a dynamic order intake, especially from the USA and the pharmaceutical sector, as well as a highly successful presence at the world - leading interpack trade fair, all point towards a favourable -LSB-...]

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

Clint Irwin was given the nod over Alex Bono in goal and his presence was justified with a massive one - on - one save in the 50th minute, which preserved TFC's two - goal lead at that time.

Rumored to be a future board member, Josh Kroenke, son of majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, has assumed an increased, active role at the club, having been at the club's offices and training ground much more frequently as of late, leading to increased speculation that his presence - very much outside the norm for the Kroenke's - is not without reason.

The Portuguese defender has led by example time and again for the Saints with his calm presence at the back of the formation.

Subsequently, by virtue of defining that an adult and infant are unable to safely sleep on the same surface together, such as what occurs during bedsharing, even when all known adverse bedsharing risk factors are absent and safe bedsharing practices involving breastfeeding mothers are followed, an infant that dies while sharing a sleeping surface with his / her mother is labeled a SUID, and not SIDS.26 In this way the infant death statistics increasingly supplement the idea that bedsharing is inherently and always hazardous and lend credence, artificially, to the belief that under no circumstance can a mother, breastfeeding or not, safely care for, or protect her infant if asleep together in a bed.27 The legitimacy of such a sweeping inference is highly problematic, we argue, in light of the fact that when careful and complete examination of death scenes, the results revealed that 99 % of bedsharing deaths could be explained by the presence of at least one and usually multiple independent risk factors for SIDS such as maternal smoking, prone infant sleep, use of alcohol and / or drugs by the bedsharing adults.28 Moreover, this new ideology is especially troubling because it leads to condemnations of bedsharing parents that border on charges of being neglectful and / or abusive.

This has equally led to heavy security presence at the Aba Area Command Headquarters and other Police Divisions in the commercial city.

On Saturday, Turner said, he met with Sinagra to discuss a plan to install a regular police presence at all district schools for the entire week leading up to winter break.

The presence of the civil rights leader who has led national marches against police brutality for decades and is seen by critics as reflexively anti-police rekindled a debate about his track record on public safety at a time when his ally, Mayor Bill de Blasio, is seeking to burnish his bonds with police officers, large numbers of whom turned their backs on him at two police funerals last December.

Walsh's presence at the illegal card game led to an investigation by the Suffolk Police Department and District Attorney Spota, according to a source informed of the investigations.

A team led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Harvard Medical School has discovered a link between the presence of two mutant proteins IDH1 and IDH2 and cancer.

«In June last year, using a simple 28 - cm telescope belonging to the Aula EspaZio Gela (Space Lecture Room), we discovered the presence of a white spot on Saturn «s equator that was moving at speeds of 1,600 km / h, a speed that had not been observed on Saturn since 1980,» said Agustín Sánchez - Lavega, lead author of the work and also director of the Aula EspaZio Gela and Planetary Sciences Group of the UPV / EHU - University of the Basque Country.

When the frightened creatures froze in place and covered the cavity leading to the gills with their tentacles, the voltage in the water nearby dropped by about 80 %, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Subsequent lab tests on two types of sharks revealed that the tactic works beautifully: When the researchers generated voltages to simulate the presence of a resting cuttlefish, the sharks could detect the electronic equipment from a distance of 20 centimeters and struck at it 62 % of the time.

At present, the long - term recovery of the Ozone Layer from the effects of CFCs is still on track, but the presence of increasing dichloromethane will lead to uncertainty in our future predictions of ozone and climate.»

Its presence has been confirmed in Florida, and the critters could spread to other southern states, says Brittany Campbell, a graduate student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who led a new study that tracked down the pests.

«Some have argued that the more armed citizens there are, the lower the firearm homicide rate will be, because the feared or actual presence of armed citizens may deter violent crime,» said lead author Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at BUSPH.

University Professor of Applied Physics Stephen Arnold and his team at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering have made a discovery that could lead to Star Trek - like biosensor devices capable of flagging the barest presence in blood of a specific virus or antibody, or protein marker for a specific cancer; or sniffing out airborne chemical warfare agents while they are still far below toxic levels.

Five years ago, a team led by Richard Smalley at Rice University in Houston came up with a new production method that blasts a graphite target with lasers in the presence of catalytic metal particles.

So a team led by Paul Overgaauw at Utrecht University set out to determine the presence of four zoonotic bacteria and two parasite species in commercial RMBDs, available in most pet shops and supermarkets.

This logic was affirmed in 2007 when Scott Creel, an ecologist at Montana State University, published a study suggesting that the presence of wolves stressed the elk, leading to poor female health and fewer pregnancies.

«Our study provides the earliest directly dated evidence for the presence of chickens in Africa and points to the significance of Red Sea and East African trade routes in the introduction of the chicken,» said Helina Woldekiros, lead author and a postdoctoral anthropology researcher in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.

«We detected the frequent presence of hazardous elements, such as bromine, cadmium, mercury and lead, in very high concentrations in some cases,» says Dr. Andrew Turner, co-author of the study, based at the University of Plymouth, UK.

To do so, they will need to change the fabrication process they now use to create the material, as that process leads to the presence of water — which tends to bubble or evaporate at high temperatures.

These new data, in combination with the known presence of ULVZs below Samoa and Hawaii, led the authors to propose that a specific class of large ULVZs form at the roots of broad plumes that feed active hotspots.

To investigate, a team led by Gerburg Wulf, MD, PhD, a physician scientist in the Hematology / Oncology Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, cultured breast cells called primary mammary epithelial cells (MECs) in the presence of EBV.

Kim Cecil, a chemist and professor of radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and an expert on the impact of lead on the brain, has found that whereas the language - function region of the brain's left hemisphere is perturbed by chronic lead exposure, corresponding regions in its right hemisphere show increased activation in the presence of blood lead levels above current levels of concern.

«Imaging is essential for identifying the presence and the severity of the structural changes induced by the infection, especially in the central nervous system,» said the report's lead author, Fernanda Tovar - Moll, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of the D'Or Institute for Research and Education and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Suspecting that the moss may be getting help from a microbe, a team led by Jaap Damsté and Marc Strous, microbiologists at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in Den Burg, respectively, gave moss plants a vigorous washing and then probed them for the presence of bacterial RNA.

«The new maps allow us to analyze the excess and test whether more conventional explanations, such as the presence of undiscovered pulsars or cosmic - ray collisions on gas clouds, can account for it,» said Dan Hooper, an astrophysicist at Fermilab in Batavia, Ill., and a lead author of the study.

An ordinary, unperturbed orbit will bring the planet around at regular intervals, but the presence of an additional unseen planet can disrupt an exoplanet's orbit, leading to slight variations in the timing of its transit.

A research team, led by Chao Cheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, used gene expression data from breast cancer patients to computationally infer the presence of different types of immune cells.

According to Maria Cristina De Sanctis, lead author of the new study, at the National Institute of Astrophysics in Rome: «The presence of ammonia - bearing species suggests that Ceres is composed of material accreted in an environment where ammonia and nitrogen were abundant.

In 2006, a small team of astronomers led by Franck Marchis, astronomer at the Carl Sagan center of the SETI Institute, detected the presence of a small 12 km diameter moon around the large Trojan asteroid (624) Hektor.

However, the constant presence of HIV in the body, even at very low levels, causes the immune system to remain activated continuously, leading to long - term inflammation and depletion of T cells that help the body fight infection.

«We have developed compelling evidence that one of the major mechanisms leading to progressive myocardial dysfunction in patients with heart failure is the presence of persistent and inappropriate inflammation,» said Stephen Epstein, director of Translational and Vascular Biology Research at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute (DC, USA).