Sentences with phrase «taken on this task in»

We thank Abby, the owner of Bark of the town, for taking on the task in grooming all the seniors that enter this program!

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The registration total, announced on Wednesday during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, include both hobbyists and businesses that use drones for tasks like inspecting rooftops for damage or taking pictures of farmland.

Interestingly, the study says that while it takes an average 11 minutes for people to get distracted from a task, a good 25 minutes are consumed in focusing on the task even after getting back to it.

Levy reported that in a 2004 study of suburban rail commuters taking the train from New Jersey to Manhattan, «Wener and his coauthor Gary Evans found that the longer their test subjects» journey was, the higher the levels of cortisol (the primary stress hormone) in their saliva, and the more difficult they found to focus on the task of proofreading assigned them at the end of their commute.»

The study found that those who have taken part in mindfulness training were able to remain focused for longer periods of time on visual and listening tasks.

«We underestimate how long it takes to recover from interruptions and get back on - task,» Alex Soojung - Kim Pang, author of The Distraction Addiction, wrote in an email to HuffPost.

However, if you strategize, envision the end result, deliberately manage your time, take on your hardest tasks first and stay in alignment, you can continuously keep your eyes on your goal, and eventually achieve it.

She drew on that experience a few years later when, as a junior at Harvard in 2011, she was taking an engineering class for non-engineers and was tasked with inventing a product that served a social good.

They don't worry so much about square corners, neat piles and getting everything done exactly on time and to a T — they're focused on paying attention to what's most important for the business in the moment and that always taking precedence even if other tasks get left undone.

«This book takes the position that mastering the ability to focus on a demanding task all the way through — without allowing yourself to get distracted — helps you more effectively process complex information and deliver better results in less time.

According to a Pew Research study, nearly one in five Americans has earned money in the last year by selling something online, and nearly one in 10 has earned money in the last year using digital platforms to take on a job or task.

«We've watched this happen to director Lexi Alexander and screenwriter Julie Bush when they published their respective exposes on sexism in the film business,» they added, referring to blog posts by Alexander and Bush that risked backlash (and blacklisting) by taking the entertainment industry to task.

Start asking yourself regularly before you take on a new task or release a new product or service, «What is the value for my customers in this product?»

On the weekend Redford was taken to task by Progressive Conservative party executive in a closed - door meeting.

Aside from asking for more government assistance, the overseers of U.S. corporations can do more to address the jobs crisis in the U.S. And there's reason to believe that some are willing to take on the task.

Tim Hortons has brewed up controversy for its decision to yank ads by pipeline giant Enbridge from its in - store screens and Calgary Conservative MPs Jason Kenney, Michelle Rempel and Joan Crockatt took the chain to task on Twitter.

Arianna Huffington talks about how she's shaking things up at Uber, we meet the woman tasked with building Apple's China business — and you share your take on reporting around the backlash against women in tech.

To help you disconnect at night, and to reinforce that you are making progress, try this exercise: For five days in a row, take time at the end of the day to write a list of tasks you worked on and of lessons you learned along the way for each day.

Make your bed Starting your morning with even a small accomplishment will increase your endorphin level and help you take on the bigger tasks later in the day.

In a study, a group of researchers found that by taking a 40 - second break and simply looking at a computerized image of a green roof, employees» focus on a particular task improved.

Day - to - day tasks are not where you should be spending your energy; any project that takes time away from your focus on strategy and growth should probably be delegated, except in special circumstances.

In today's fast - paced business environment, employees at all levels find themselves being asked to handle more tasks, meet more deadlines, take on more responsibilities, and adapt to more change.

What I tried to do was come up with common characters we face at work — like the «manterrupter» who interrupts you in a meeting, or the office mom who ends up taking on the mother lode of menial tasks — as well as some of the internal barriers, like the feeling of being an imposter, and then digging through the research to find out how you can push back against these things.

About this course: In today's fast - paced business environment, employees at all levels find themselves being asked to handle more tasks, meet more deadlines, take on more responsibilities, and adapt to more change.

Israel's state comptroller took military and political leaders to task for their failure to prepare adequately for the threat of attack tunnels ahead of the 2014 war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in a pair of long - awaited, highly critical reports published on Tuesday.

In the light of the recent US election, one of the more interesting findings from the Global Opportunity Report 2016 was a lack of trust from North American businesses in the political system to take on the task of pursuing sustainable goalIn the light of the recent US election, one of the more interesting findings from the Global Opportunity Report 2016 was a lack of trust from North American businesses in the political system to take on the task of pursuing sustainable goalin the political system to take on the task of pursuing sustainable goals.

You will take on the task of investigating and determining why customers are delinquent on lease agreements and will carry out responsibilities in the following functional areas of collections and customer service.

In a letter to the board, he took the directors to task for their failure to do (in his words) «what you are paid $ 400,000 per year to do on behalf of the Company's owners.&raquIn a letter to the board, he took the directors to task for their failure to do (in his words) «what you are paid $ 400,000 per year to do on behalf of the Company's owners.&raquin his words) «what you are paid $ 400,000 per year to do on behalf of the Company's owners.»

Generally, experienced utility crews take on the daunting task of repairing power grids in most US disaster zones.

In her upcoming book, Work Is Not a Place, Linda takes on the daunting task of explaining the future of work.

While organisations such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors take the lead in setting global standards, we contribute to global regulatory initiatives by participating in their task forces and committees to work on implementing financial regulatory reforms, enhancing standards and facilitating market development.

Frei joined the company as SVP of leadership and strategy, taking on the task of training Uber managers how to be managers in the wake of the Holder report.

Senator Doug Black is pleased that the National Finance Committee has taken on the task of reviewing the Government's proposed tax changes, as he called for in August.

When others began to take Tony to task for this all - too - familiar behavior on his part, Tony became increasingly defensive and condescending, and so others began to join in the discussion to wonder at Tony's rapid return to his old form after what was meant to be something of a restorative sabbatical from the internet.

Eve accepts and responds to Adam and in so doing, shows all of humanity its essential task: to welcome and take on the other.

If it was John Milton's task in Paradise Lost to «justify the ways of God to men,» Dante before him had taken on the responsibility of showing that all that is found in this world and in the next is measured by justice.

Let's be honest, keeping our minds constantly on Christ is a bit of a daunting task, but I think we can take steps in that direction by remembering who God is and what He has done for us.

Religion Can Make You Poor In her review of Lisa A. Keister's Faith and Money: How Religion Contributes to Wealth and Poverty (February), Naomi Schaefer Riley takes the author to task for the superficiality of her analysis of her study's findings regarding religion's effect on socioeconomic status.

But he also has his rights in regard to married couples - which means that, in marrying, a man and a woman also take on special duties towards God: duties to marry so as to create a home, duties to accept generously the children God wishes to give them, 6 duties to maintain a united marriage and a united home that will both keep the spouses engaged in the task of learning to love, and help the children grow in the reflection of their parents» and of God's love.

In order to take on this task we must take a moment to reflect, discern, and pursue.

One thing I can say with certainty is that whilst, of course, the task of the Catholic teacher in a Catholic school is to take seriously his / her part in passing on the Faith, this can not be done successfully solely by telling.

Thomas added that the sentence was «clearly issued on a punitive rather than on a legal basis» and said: «The constant harassment of members of the Christian community ought not to be occurring in a country where the constitution not only recognises Christianity, but also states that no - one should be molested or taken to task simply for holding a religious belief.

In this task the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro serves as a model for some of us (for the reason that I have already given) since, in reflecting on Japanese culture, he turned to Western conceptualities to enable a dialogue between the two to take placIn this task the Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro serves as a model for some of us (for the reason that I have already given) since, in reflecting on Japanese culture, he turned to Western conceptualities to enable a dialogue between the two to take placin reflecting on Japanese culture, he turned to Western conceptualities to enable a dialogue between the two to take place.

Within weeks of ISIS» lightning - fast advance in Iraq and Syria last summer, the world's top Islamic scholars issued an open letter to al - Baghdadi, taking him to task on the poor Islamic theology that was dictating the horror he was inflicting upon the world.

In the same issue that Reno reappraised Michael Novak's classic defense of capitalism («The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism,» October), he also took Antonio Spadaro and Marcelo Figueroa to task for the «shrill, exaggerated, Manichean, and manipulative tone» of their essay on «Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism.»

Now David I'm afraid I must take you to task on on a couple of points, To start, according to the Sacred Carol, «Away in a Manger» the baby Jesus didn't cry you know, so expect the traditionalists to come down on you.

In the face of that kind of argument, buttressed by an expectation that, problems or not, the research on life extension will go on anyway, those whom Ronald Bailey has called «the mortalists» must especially be taken to task for standing in the way of progresIn the face of that kind of argument, buttressed by an expectation that, problems or not, the research on life extension will go on anyway, those whom Ronald Bailey has called «the mortalists» must especially be taken to task for standing in the way of progresin the way of progress.

In his critique of my essay on abortion («Abortion Facts and Feelings,» April), Hadley Arkes takes me to task, not for my specific proposals, but for my basing these proposals on sentiments rather than principles.

Taking this insight seriously, we return to Cyprian's letter to find that he is engaged in the process of discourse, which, for him, is also an activity of disclosure, disclosure of that which on the one hand is implicit, and, on the other, involves the theological task of making clear and explaining the matter through a process of attribution, attributing and exposing meaning and disclosing links and connections in the service of truth.

This grand vision in turn required not only that Whitehead's original line of thought, unredacted by Hartshorne, Christian, Leclerc and Cobb, be recovered (a task Lewis shared with Jorge Nobo), but also that the problems that Whitehead faced, as Whitehead envisioned them, and his various attempts at solution (ending presumably in the views published and taken by most of us as the last word on the subject) be likewise exposed and rethought.