Sentences with phrase «despite better averages»

Despite better averages, coaches didn't trust Harris enough to give him Jennings» job.

Not exact matches

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

Despite that high GDP and growth, the state's November 2015 average weekly wage of $ 756 was well below the national average of $ 871.

• What the Liberals need now is nerve, a more detailed defence of their policy and faith that average Canadians will stand with them, despite the noise coming from a well - heeled minority, and their well - paid lobbyists, who are loudly protesting this unexpected attack on their long - standing privileges.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

People who've followed our recent exchange know: 1) I'm eager to advertise the fees at my BTM because they are well below average, at 5 % 2) There is certainly a basis for a consumer to use a BTM despite the cost.

Despite the blue - chip Dow Jones Industrial Average ($ DJI) falling 0.8 % and closing well below key support of its 50 - day moving average yesterday (September 30), the -LAverage ($ DJI) falling 0.8 % and closing well below key support of its 50 - day moving average yesterday (September 30), the -Laverage yesterday (September 30), the -LSB-...]

Despite the exchange rate appreciation, prices in Australian dollar terms have also increased significantly over the year to be well above the average level of the past decade.

While real estate Vancouver is doing pretty well in June, Toronto on the other hand sinks deeper into the red: — Home sales in GTA plunge in June Greater Toronto Area home sales plunge 37.3 % in June despite a jump in listings The average price of a home sold in the Greater Toronto Area was... Read More

People bucket housing as a different mental, I think, capacity than they do say dollar cost averaging into stocks, despite the fact stocks will do better, probably, over time.

Giroud has not proven himself and has failed each year despite his goals as we must analyze a player in every aspect and also some very average players have scored some couple of goals due to their very creative midfield.Giroud is not good.

They've had to deal with another awful season from Prince Fielder — one that also ended in neck surgery — while somehow scoring runs despite a lineup with a gaping hole where a catcher should be and only one lineup position with a well above - average player.

Yet, despite over a century of mediocre - at - best results, ISU ranked 34th in average attendance per game (56,519) in 2015.

Despite only playing 23 minutes a night with the Lakers (they wanted to go small ball with Randle at Center), he averaged 1.3 blocks per game which is good for 15th in the NBA.

Arsenal is not a serious team at all as we hold on to too many average players and treat them like the best that's ever happened to us.Wenger clearly doesn't have the grit to make certain decisions regarding players.I just hope Lacazette is given the centre stage like Welbeck and Giroud who have failed greatly.I really feel for Giroud because he's criticized heavily yet people forget it's the coach who bought him and decided to use him this way in the first place despite him never being good enough.

Aaron Judge has a better fWAR and better hitting statistics in most categories other than batting average despite his lengthy second half slump (Judge 2nd half OPS was still.939, Altuve's was.944.)

Despite some of our players being good to average, my main gripe with our team is that Wenger doesn't set them up to get the best out the sum total of the parts.

Pros: Good body control, creates a good catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packGood body control, creates a good catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packgood catch radius despite an average frame and snags the ball away from his body, uses body to shield defenders from ball Understands how to find the holes and sit down against zone coverage Nuanced route runner, uses head fakes at the stem and on release where he also uses feet well to beat press Has special teams experience (though I never thought of him as a standout from the broadcast) Has experience running full route tree, from multiple alignments with multiple personnel packages

For those who don't remember Chicharito; despite his slightly average size for a centre - forward at 5ft 9in was well renowned for his ariel presence as well as presenting a real «fox in the box» mentality which really excelled during his time at Bayer Leverkusen.

He's improved, his receivers have improved (Patrick Edwards is averaging 20.9 yards per catch over 61 catches this year, which is absurd despite the level of competition), and the Houston offense is clicking as well in 2011 as it probably ever will.

That's still well above average despite being older than literally everyone else in the top 30 in WAR for first basemen.

With a.271 average, Thomas had been one of the better players on the team despite holding religious convictions that caused him to miss games between sundown Friday and sundown Saturday.

Due to his average ball - handling his best NBA position is probably power forward, despite the fact he's built more like a two - guard.

So, in my eyes despite the recent supposed good form, and a few» results» against average to poor teams, an a win against Leicester, you still SICKEN ME!

This would mean that Matic is perhaps significantly better at positioning himself around the pitch compared to Wanyama because despite having a lower defensive workload he is still averaging more interceptions and blocks p / 90.

Big Sam» has become somewhat of a relegation expert when it comes to avoiding the drop with average sides, and Allardyce will be well aware of the importance of gaining all three points from Saturday's trip to Blackpool in what is shaping up to be one of their more generous away fixtures of the season, this despite Blackpool's impressive start to life in the Premier League.

A mid-table finish would appear the likely destination of Fulham at the end of the season, with the Cottagers neither here nor there with regards to standard of their performances, while early results would indicate that Mark Hughes, despite doing his best to retain Fulham's dogged qualities which were instilled by former boss Roy Hodgson, who was undoubtedly the most successful manager the club ever had in the Premier League, that Fulham will struggle to win matches this season let alone the hearts of the entire nation as they did last season when Hodgson guided an average English team to the finals of the Europa League to the amazement of a nation and a continent.

Syrian children fare a little better than average but still, despite the well documented atrocities in their home country, only 39 % received asylum this year.

Schools have felt forced to meet floor targets by pushing the average pupils to Level 4 and have not always had the resources, despite hard work and the best intentions, to sufficiently support pupils requiring additional help in basic skills who may never reach Level 4.

Three of the four forecasting models with vote shares are expecting the Tories to underperform their polling averages, despite the party's historical tendency to do better the polls suggest.

Despite the relationship between these brain structure alterations and fine particle exposure, the average residential levels of fine particles in the study were well below the current acceptable limit set by the EU — only 0.5 percent of the pregnant women in the study were exposed to levels considered unsafe.

Despite the sheer volume of Tweets produced by bots, humans still have better quality and more engaging tweets — tweets by human accounts receive on average 19 times more likes and 10 times more retweets than tweets by bot accounts.

And no, this does NOT mean you have to use turkey or chicken to make the chili... actually certain types of red meat are typically MUCH healthier (since most of the chicken and turkey farms in the US raise unhealthy birds fed the wrong types of feed), so grass - fed beef or bison are many times a better choice than turkey or chicken, despite the average person thinking that chicken or turkey are healthier.

The intake of dietary fiber among people living in Western countries remains low, and according to the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), it averages 17 g per day in the United States.24 Although patients with diabetes are advised to increase their intake of dietary fiber, in the NHANES study, their average daily intake was found to be only 16 g. 24 Why the intake of dietary fiber in patients with diabetes remains low — despite its well - documented effect of lowering plasma cholesterol concentrations — remains unexplained.

Despite its good moments - and there really are a handful of them, largely thanks to the presence of Woody Allen -, this average comedy is so harmless in many ways that even its sweet message about loneliness and connection gets diluted by how perfunctory the plot is.

Despite all of those well - reviewed films, however, the studio's overall average score dropped nearly six points from 2010, while its box office grosses declined slightly.

It's a testament to the addictive gameplay and perfect control of Colin McRae Rally 2.0 that, despite its dated graphics and average - at - best sounds, it still manages to become the best rally racer on PSX.

Average score: 70.25 Total value: $ 93.69 Skinny: Despite the low money and Metacritic totals, Dishonored makes this one of the best months for PS Plus.

The widespread assessment also appears to be that it's been a better than average movie year thus far, despite the assumption that most studios tend to release their weaker films in the first half of the year.

Regardless, Stone paid tribute to the band with his average biopic The Doors in 1991; a film that, despite a career - best performance by Val Kilmer, eventually degraded into a sloppy and sluggish affair.

Despite this, the Selective report shows that the average proportion of disadvantaged pupils in the best schools is up to 9.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent in 2013.

At the other end of the scale, children with Chinese as their first language perform well, averaging between a B and a C at GCSE in Attainment 8 — despite having also entered secondary school in Year 9.

And Massachusetts's charter schools do this much better than its district schools, where achievement gaps still yawn, despite the commonwealth's strong average achievement.

It also found that 7.9 per cent of UK pupils were anxious about tests, despite being well - prepared, in comparison to 55 per cent of students on average across developed Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.

Despite a teacher pay freeze for the first three years of the Coalition Government, followed by just a one per cent rise after this, when taken as a whole education jobs have fared better than average overall.

Despite working an average of 65 hours per work, I must not be doing enough or doing it well enough.

Then ask Randi why — despite making roughly 10 times what the Department of Education reports the average public schoolteacher makes — she opposes reforms that would give the best teachers more money.

Despite receiving millions in additional funds from CPS and private entities that regular public schools do not get access to, AUSL «results» are little better than — and in some cases lag behind — district averages.

And rather than Warrington schools being rewarded for doing well, despite already receiving less than average funding, they are being penalised even more.

2 - 2:50 p.m. SESSION 5: Keys to Building Instructional Leadership Teams Despite best efforts, the majority of initiatives in schools today fail — 70 % on average — and don't result in the intended outcomes.