Sentences with phrase «shifted priorities»

But as the women began discussing the problems facing the neighborhood's residents, their organization, now known as the East Lubbock Special Angels (ELSA), quickly shifted its priorities.

UPDATE 5/19: John Tierney has an interesting piece up on his blog reviewing how non-governmental funding for agricultural research aiding poor countries dried up as foundations and international lenders shifted priorities away from boosting food production, partly due to rising pressure from green groups.

For Bruce, we used steak when first training him to hold his paw still for a nail trim but, now that he's good at it, we've shifted priorities and reserve the big guns for when we ask him to curb his prey drive.

However, as I've shifted my priorities and began to focus on what really matters in life, we've found it to be very exciting paying off debt and building up savings!

The Japanese company has shifted their priorities to tablets and now only does one e-ink release a year.

In addition to modifying our instructional approach, we have shifted our priorities to ensure that the basic needs of students are met.

He shifted his priorities to include adequate sleep and some leisure time.

«Sandy may have changed some of these plans, and shifted some priorities, but it will not take away from Staten Island's future,» he said.

That's all Kapler needed to know, and now he has shifted his priorities around to make this happen.

In regards to Arista, the company concentrates on scalable networking gear, but has also shifted priorities to focus on SDN.

Felix shifted priorities — he decided to backpack around the world with his girlfriend for over two years.

They shifted priorities between work, family, and school, wrestling with the reality that they couldn't always be perfect — or available.

The smaller the company, the more important it is that employees can think on their feet, adapt quickly to shifting priorities, and do whatever it takes, regardless of role or position, to get things done.

Trump's apparently shifting priorities aligned with a monthslong push from Trump that oftentimes seemed uncoordinated at best.

Telecommuting is already leading to shifting priorities in the housing market.

Even if they do, they might not be able to identify where team members could shift priorities to better complement each other's tasks.

Creating a log will help you identify what activities take the most time and will help you identify where you can cut back or shift priorities.

OneTask runs on a concept called «singletasking,» which calls for the worker to focus on one thing at a time rather than constantly shifting priorities and projects.

He develops a new agenda everyday, taking into consideration any new developments that ought to shift his priorities.

While the companies chalked it up to «shifting priorities,» the announcement comes on the heels of widespread urgings by animal activists.

«Pfizer's Research and Development organization periodically makes adjustments to its staffing mix to respond to shifting priorities in the portfolio and the need for the right pool of talent to deliver on these priorities,» the company said in a statement.

Unexpectedly, your well - crafted buyer personas may no longer apply, and now need to be updated to reflect these shifting priorities.

The move was widely seen as a further sign of the shifting priorities of the Chinese government, with more of a focus on stability and risk management, rather than on the creation of additional debt in order to sustain previous levels of growth.

An honest assessment of the successes and deficiencies of the Nicaraguan revolution would need to consider that the purpose of proinsurgency is to shift the priorities of governments disliked by the United States from revolutionary development into warfare.

It means shifting priorities.

This term is used to refer to the mother's ability to imagine herself as a mother and shift her priorities towards meeting the responsibilities of motherhood.

It is a tragedy like this that causes you to shift your priorities.

Published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows that testosterone production drops as males are forced to shift priorities, duties and mindset when they transition into fatherhood.

The study authors speculate that the drop in testosterone seems to be a biological adjustment that helps men shift their priorities when children come along.

Attorney Gloria Allred said Silver needs to «shift his priorities» on lawmakers who engage in sexual harassment.

In a sign, perhaps, of the Conservative party's shifting priorities, Gove's speech attracted more interest than the law and order session addressed by Theresa May, the home secretary, and Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary (see 12.32 pm).

In his letter, Rocco says the demands of caring for his aging parents, who live in Syracuse have forced him to shift his priorities.

In the last six months of 2015, two key education factions pulled back their advocacy efforts as imminent threats to unions subsided and charter groups dialed back their lobbying efforts in accordance with Cuomo's shifting priorities.

But in stressful conditions, cells must prevent the initiation of replication and instead shift their priorities to protective functions.

Budgets, shifting priorities and technological limitations can slow down space missions.

And in a painful irony, while the staff pull their own lives back together, they face the prospect that their professional careers in Puerto Rico may be about to end not because of a natural disaster, but because of shifting priorities.

Rising fuel costs and an emphasis on «greener» modes of transportation are shifting priorities in the U.S. Still, the proposed U.S. projects have their work cut out for them if they hope to match the speed and popularity of established high - speed rail systems in other parts of the world.

It was his exposure to Milner and other risk - embracing high - tech entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley, Worden says, that had motivated his departure as well as shifting priorities within the U.S. government.

«The drop in testosterone seems to be a biological adjustment that helps men shift their priorities when children come along,» Kuzawa says.

An analysis of various surfaces in hotel rooms might help housekeepers shift their priorities

While Sabeti's team had struggled to keep their samples from degrading at the height of the outbreak, during which travel restrictions and shifting priorities left the samples sitting in wait for weeks or months at a time, CDC had a collection and processing method that had been honed by their Viral Special Pathogens Branch over many years responding to Ebola outbreaks in Africa.

Over the course of a multiyear study, a district's shifting priorities may reduce alignment with the intervention being tested.

An illustrative list of HR services includes: Recruitment (finding, short listing and interviewing candidates fairly); appointing staff (making an offer and agreeing contracts); performance management (getting the best out of staff); pay and employment terms (meeting legal obligations and acting fairly); change management (coping with shifting priorities or a changing structure); grievances and disputes (handling this delicate area correctly); CRB checks (clearing staff through Criminal Records Bureau); payroll processing, and; occupational health (ensuring staff members stay healthy and happy).

With record gains being made in providing students with access to computers and the Internet, more schools are shifting their priorities toward other areas that have been simmering on the back burner — namely, figuring out how to integrate technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways.

But the rest of Global Village's initiatives — from health services to professional development — fell victim to the district's shifting priorities.

As a result, if districts choose to shift their priorities, parents will be left without with a safe, enriching place to send their children before and after school.

Explore structuring lessons, ideas for organizing teaching around student discourse, and recommendations for how to help teachers shift their priorities in teaching mathematics.

They show that while universal coverage would be the most expensive option, more targeted approaches will shift priorities to different parts of the city, and would require higher effort — and additional resources — to ensure that all children and youth in the target group can participate in these programs.

Register for ASCD's Leadership Institute for Legislative Advocacy (LILA), to be held January 22 — 24, 2012, in Washington, D.C., to learn about the education developments that could shift priorities in your state and help you plan for the coming year.

He added that OECD research shows that the only way a country can afford to dramatically increase teacher pay is by shifting its priorities — perhaps away from class size.