Sentences with phrase «on more recent efforts»

(On twitter, reporter Melissa Korn explained she was focusing on more recent efforts.)

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In recent years, however, Noise Solutions has adopted a much more targeted and directed approach to growth, a strategy that depends on a lot of advance work and then a direct sales effort.

«Macy's can be more malleable in its effort to meet the changing needs of the consumer and focus its effort on stores which are better gatekeepers of its brand image,» Moody's analysts wrote in a recent report.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

In the most recent assessment, the City has stated that they have redefined project boundaries to minimize impacts on the abandoned Mill Creek channel, but they haven't addressed the more important point — what about the impact of the project on potential efforts to re-animate the channel in the future?

Thanks in part to these efforts, in our most recent GFI staff survey, more than 70 % of GFI employees reported being able to focus on short - term objectives without losing sight of long - term goals all or most of the time.

In fact, the recent episcopal efforts in this regard have demonstrated more focus than we saw for years on the pro-life front, which was often buried in USCCB verbal snow or «seamless garment» discussion.

In the process, Barr exposes other foibles of more recent efforts to maintain that tradition of interpretation: a tendency toward specialization in historical and linguistic cognate fields that avoids theological issues and ironically reduces them to matters archaeological and historical; a style of «maximal conservativism» that approximates earlier positions taken on dogmatic grounds by a current process of selectively appropriating the most conservative elements of a variety of more critical positions; a surprising (and again ironic) tendency to offer «naturalistic» reinterpretations of the miraculous within the highly supernaturalistic inerrancy framework; and so on.

When the play was revived on Broadway in 1995 by Tony Randall's National Actors Theater, Randall — citing recent renewed efforts by the Tennessee state legislature to restrict the teaching of evolution — asserted that the play is «much more timely today than when it was written.»

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

That, in a nutshell, is precisely what I was arguing in my recent op - ed in the Houston Chronicle: If you introduce a more healthful entree on a day when pizza, nuggets or some other «safe» Kid Food is offered, you may as well scrap the effort before you even start.

While I do not dismiss the recent grassroots efforts that have gained significant strength via a petition to get pink slime out of school cafeterias, I worry that the focus on it detracts from bigger and more important food system issues, and provides the meat industry with a convenient distraction and an easily fixable problem that can effortlessly be spun into a public - relations success.

The group New York Unity PAC, an effort fueled in part by Republican activists who back same - sex marriage legalization, reported spending more than $ 210,000 on ads, direct mail and robocalls, in its recent 10 - day post primary filing.

«We are building on recent military and civilian gains, the result of joint efforts by the Afghan government and the international community, to ensure progress towards a more stable and secure Afghanistan in 2011,» Mr Hague added.

Decades of research on this autoimmune disorder opened a window into how the immune system and the CNS interact, but more recent research efforts have revealed the exceptionally broad scope of communication between the two.

Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.

A recent paper, on which CRI CEO Jill O'Donnell - Tormey, Ph.D., is a co-author, discusses these efforts in more detail.

Despite more gym memberships sold and a greater effort to engage in regular workouts in recent years, it seems they're not having much of an effect on our nation's collective weight loss — more than half of Australian adults are either overweight or obese, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

If you're looking for more tips on how to make your morning routine simpler, check out this recent post about looking polished every day with minimal effort.

The committed star pulls off the same magic trick to even more impressive effect than usual with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy's directorial debut after toiling away as a screenwriter on less pedigreed fare like Real Steel and Two for the Money as well as big brother Tony's most recent Bourne franchise effort.

But even from his humble roots, with movies like the drug parable Requiem for a Dream, through to his more recent efforts such as Black Swan and The Wrestler, he's continued to be a singular director who showcases the human psyche brilliantly on screen.

Despite Capcom's best efforts at making the series more approachable to newcomers in recent years (and I applaud them for it) there's still a long way to go, and a great need for more concise, useful information on the game's nuances.

Featuring a cast including Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Kevin Kline, and Morgan Freeman, there's a sleeper gem lying in wait there somewhere, but we'll see if Turtletaub can follow through more than on his recent rather schlocky efforts («National Treasure,» «The Sorceror's Apprentice»).

The success of this film over the other more recent depressing efforts of the big animation studios could be that it's based on a syndicated comic strip, though I doubt the original had quite the family - oriented focus about it.

They'll always be best known as an alt - country band, but on recent efforts the Old 97's have covered more territory than that restrictive label suggests.

«In 2004, I wrote about President Bush's changes of his own mind after September 11, 2001, and [former] Harvard President Summers» efforts to change the minds of faculty; in the preface to the paperback, I've incorporated more recent thoughts on these and other examples of mind changing,» Gardner said.

It is very clear that Jeff Mirel made no effort whatsoever to get data more recent than those on any of these programs.

She would undo most if not all of the «structural» reforms that have been put in place in recent years — mayoral control, performance - based pay, charter laws and other choice schemes, reliance on entrepreneurship and market incentives, federal efforts to incentivize and prod the system to change in constructive directions, testing - and results - based accountability and more.

More recent trends in philanthropic investment rely more on a change - oriented and data - driven approach, with increased focus on disrupting traditional institutions and structures and research and advocacy efforts to create policy environments supportive of refMore recent trends in philanthropic investment rely more on a change - oriented and data - driven approach, with increased focus on disrupting traditional institutions and structures and research and advocacy efforts to create policy environments supportive of refmore on a change - oriented and data - driven approach, with increased focus on disrupting traditional institutions and structures and research and advocacy efforts to create policy environments supportive of reform.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

Much recent effort in the UK has been on evaluating existing interventions (particularly by the Education Endowment Foundation), although they are now investing in more «grass roots» activity, for example Research Schools.

A more recent legislative effort, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, relied chiefly on block grants backed up by a detailed set of mandates and goals for teacher quality, curriculum, and student performance.

Based on more recent data, Russell Rumberger and Gregory Palardy speculated in 2005 that, because students across the income and ability spectrum can be shown to benefit from attending high - performing schools, aggressive efforts to homogenize schools» demographic profiles will likely hurt better - prepared students, with predicted declines for the highest - achieving students (who are now concentrated in high - income schools) exceeding the expected gains for low - income and minority students.

The document reads both like a primer on Indiana's efforts to overhaul education in recent years, and like a game plan for big changes to the state's education policy that are still to come — including a more aggressive timeline for state intervention in failing schools.

With the recent news that Chicago Public Schools is planning to close 54 schools, the city is embarking on an unprecedented effort to reallocate resources among its more than 680 schools.

The Madison Metropolitan School District has been ramping up professional development programs for teachers in recent years, but it may not be entirely coincidental the most visible part of that effort - the recent decision to shorten class time on Wednesdays for middle and high school students to give teachers more time to plan together - comes when Race to the Top dominates education news.

It is far more engaging then recent efforts to focus on celeberties and actors such as Jamie Foxx, Bill Hader, Jon Favreau, and Stephen Curry.

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Please keep in mind that the goodwill letter is more or less a «last ditch» effort to have a late payment (or other negative information) removed from your credit reports and they have a less than 20 % chance of working (based on more recent data from other people I've talked to).

The Association of Shelter Veterinarians» «Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters» (one of the most critical resources for shelter, rescue and sanctuary personnel to read and apply), for example, is premised on the Five Freedoms, and more recent efforts like the Million Cat Challenge cite them.

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.

Card issuers have become more adept in recent years at creating cards that appeal to different people, says Marc Bellanger, senior strategy director for financial services with Merkle Inc., which advises banks on marketing efforts.

Capcom have been making more of an effort to merge horror - survival, puzzle and action elements in their recent Resident Evil releases, but with them now deciding to focus more on releasing HD versions of the old games, it could be some time until we see another ground - breaking Resident Evil game.

Such attempts, whether undertaken from a feminist point of view, like the ambitious article on women artists which appeared in the 1858 Westminster Review, 2 or more recent scholarly studies on such artists as Angelica Kauffmann and Artemisia Gentileschi, 3 are certainly worth the effort, both in adding to our knowledge of women's achievement and of art history generally.

The Art Newspaper reports on the recent efforts of major museums to diversify their collections with more African American art

I've been criticized by some environmentalists in recent years for writing that the long - term picture (more CO2 = warmer world = less ice = higher seas and lots of climatic and ecological changes) is the only aspect of human - caused global warming that is solidly established, and that efforts to link dramatic weather - related events to the human influence on climate could backfire should nature wiggle the other way for awhile.

I think some his earlier stuff was nearly in a blue - sky vein and has now been disproved (and his more recent work on clouds seems to be in the process of suffering the same fate), but at least he has made a fair effort to fully develop his alternative hypotheses so that others have something to critique.

a) they don't believe the premise of man - made climate change: they don't think scientific data collected to date is adequate to prove conclusively that any type of man - made event can result in either the recent fluxuations in climate or the anticipated kinds of drastic climate change, therefore CO2 control would be ineffective at solving the problem b) they don't believe CO2 alone is responsible: they think other variables are as or more likely to be the catalysts or causes for the scientific data collected to date on climate change therefore CO2 control would be ineffective at solving the problem c) they believe government efforts to curb CO2 emissions will fail resulting in an unprecedented waste of money and worse economic conditions.

As Jim Yardley wrote over the weekend, the Vatican had been working on this papal letter for more than a year, with five translations undertaken in recent months and a choreographed rollout planned on Thursday, led by Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, who oversaw the drafting effort.

While recent headlines about the woes of U.N. - led efforts to assemble a comprehensive picture of the science have caused gleeful headlines on The Drudge Report and other skeptical media outlets, the vast weight of the evidence — from melting glaciers to warming oceans to satellite temperature readings, and much more — still points to a changing climate caused by human activity.