Sentences with phrase «major focus of our efforts»

For that reason, reducing chronic absenteeism should be a major focus of our efforts.

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He wants to see them do five things: «Initiate a focused approach to the claims of Islam; make a political and cultural analysis of the unique impact of the Islamic evangelization of black males; approach Islam on theological and evangelical levels; assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of Islam in Africa and South Asia, since the fortunes of black people in the U.S. are informed by what happens to blacks elsewhere In the world; and, mount a major effort to investigate the success of Islam in prisons.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

After years of setbacks and declining membership nationally, labor groups were seen as being on the offensive in the last year with successful efforts in some states to increase the minimum wage to $ 15 — a major union - led effort that initially began by focusing on fast food restaurants.

But the PM and his team have something else in their sights; by the end of 2013, there will be just 18 months before the next general election, so expect a major effort at Conservative Party HQ to start focusing on Ed Miliband's Labour operation.

Cuomo was also a major focus, since he has been running a cautious, Rose Garden - strategy effort for most of the last year, with limited access for reporters.

While he's been a major fundraiser for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his efforts in 2016 were almost entirely focused on helping Republicans retain control of the Senate.

Refuting this argument was a major focus of the Public Safety Committee hearing, and anti-sex trafficking activists were on hand to help in that effort.

Reed focused on the future, as Democrats from the state reveled in watching the implosion of the first major legislative effort of the Republican Congress under President Trump, a Republican.

Because of this extensive validation, in the Jimeno lab and elsewhere, the Wnt pathway has been a major focus of anti-cancer drug discovery efforts.

Unlike almost every other major group elsewhere, CQC2T's quantum computing effort is obsessively focused on creating solid - state devices in silicon, from which all of the world's computer chips are made.

As a result, even though the sense of smell has a major contribution to the flavors of foods, most efforts to increase food intake in kidney disease patients have focused on the sense of taste and direct appetite stimulation.

«Efforts to increase organ donor consent rates by all parties should be a major focus of the transplant community and the general public,» Goldberg said.

Efforts to contain or eliminate these risks are a major focus of Kamchatka - based groups including the Kamchatka League of Independent Experts (KLIE), and the Bystrinsky Nature Park staff.

Melanoma has long been considered a promising target for immunotherapy and has been a major focus of immunotherapy clinical development efforts.

I'm on a major spending freeze right now, focusing all of my efforts on updating everything in my financial life for the better.

With a promised 1,000 additional hours of content in 2017, a major focus this year and beyond is their ability to both penetrate the original film world, and receive recognition for their efforts from Academy members at the Oscars — something that Amazon can now boast about after Casey Affleck scored a Best Actor win for Manchester by the Sea.

That's why it's a major focus of our education efforts, and why we're looking forward to working with companies like BYJU's to get these tools into the hands of more students and teachers around the world,» he added.

Because research clearly shows that teacher expertise is the most significant school - based influence on student learning, one would think that investments in enhancing teacher expertise would be a major focus of school improvement efforts.

Learn more about our efforts to identify high - leverage practices and design curriculum materials and assessments focused on them, as well as about other major projects of this new organization.

In this age of widespread democracy, accountability is taken to mean a variety of things, and is a major focus of recent education reform efforts being made at national and state levels.

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

Focusing school improvement goals on student growth overcomes two major challenges often cited with the use of proficiency rates to judge school improvement efforts.

If you're book promotion campaign is focused on other parts of the country, then note that there's a heatwave in many major metro areas... and plan your book publicity efforts accordingly.

For Doctorow to describe Google as a «major competitor» to Amazon in ebooks is silly: Google may have digitized a lot of books, but it hasn't put near the amount of focus or effort into the e-reading experience that Amazon has.

The amazing team here at Smashwords: Our development team spends every day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our authors and publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting teams dedicate their days to supporting our authors, publishers and sales channels; our merchandising team works to promote our authors at major retailers and library platforms; our marketing team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our authors and publishers are paid on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.

In the world of animal advocacy, adoption efforts of «homeless» dogs in shelters and rescues is a major focus.

Based on our participation in numerous national coalitions focused on animal / shelter overpopulation issues; our work in shelter medicine, shelter research and as a major animal welfare grant maker; and our 100 + years as a direct service provider in New York City as well as our more recent direct participation in intensive, collaborative efforts with more than 10 ASPCA partner communities across the United States, the ASPCA has determined that a number of indicators should be tracked to understand progress in decreasing the number of animals at risk.

It's often recommended to choose an airline from each major alliance and focus most of your efforts on them.

There is a major focus on force powers, and LucasArts is making a lot of effort to make those powers even more enjoyable than they were in the original.

This Climate Plan focused on three major efforts: cut carbon pollution in America, prepare the Unites States for the impacts of climate change, and lead international efforts to combat global climate change.

Consequently, we need to focus efforts on the benefits / costs of «adaptation» compared to all other major global humanitarian projects.

Also Turkish government is now focused on some of the major economic reforms that has long been on their agenda which was disrupted with aforementioned events, and these efforts started to show its first signs of recovery increasing the growth rate to % 5 in the first half of 2017.

Going forward, focus on one or two key aspect of your firm's operations where minor success can produce major results while also creating momentum and support for similar efforts in the future.

I looked into what firms were some of the major players in the area, and focused my efforts on them — my first job was with one of the firms I targeted in my research.

As our society evolves into a new form of community where there is a larger focus on local efforts, major companies are starting to take note of this trend as well.

The California Supporting Fatherhood Involvement (SFI) project is currently a major focus of her intervention and research efforts.

The series constitutes one of UNICEF's major efforts to provide a set of child well - being monitoring instruments focused on rich economies.