Sentences with phrase «think small independent»

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«I think in coffee, the small independent will always win out if it's doing a fantastic job.»

According to a survey released last week by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a strong majority (two - thirds) of small businesses think Capitol Hill politics are «at the heart of the country's economic problems» and 76 % believe the current regulatory environment doesn't favor someone looking to start or grow a business.

Beer has always been part of the onboard experience, but a decade ago, you would never have thought of enjoying a beer from a small and independent craft brewer at 30,000 feet.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

As you can see, statistics show that babies are actually getting a little smaller, and this is not thought to be due to more premature babies or other independent factors.

If you have this pain don't be independent like me and think you can do everything yourself because thinking back if I accepted the help I wouldn't be in as much pain, also people with small frames will suffer from this as they are not used to the weight and change.

The pledge to eventually close Rikers, a proposition once thought to be politically and practically unfeasible, came as an independent commission was about to release a 97 - page report that recommended replacing the jails on Rikers with a system of smaller, borough - based jails, at a cost of $ 10.6 billion.

There's the 800 lb gorillas of the High Street, the most popular gift list for charitable donations, a massively - popular website offering unusual products from a huge network of small, independent suppliers, and (we like to think), the UK's top wedding gift list service for your dream honeymoon.

When people think of independent web - series, they think small.

I suppose it's ironic that a film that a a series of films that explores the values of small - time business owners and independent thinking is just a package by major studio to cash in by trying to establish its own franchise.

It seems a passion project of everyone involved and we think it's important to show support for smaller independent movies like this.

As the year comes to a close and moviegoers start thinking of awards, there is no clear favorite for the Best Picture Oscar, but a general acknowledgement that 2013 has seen several first - rate films, from major studio releases (Gravity) to small independent movies (Nebraska).

As a detective picture about a private eye with flawed vision — in this case, a small - time independent dick and former football player named Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman), who'd like to think he's Sam Spade — it would make a great double bill with «Chinatown,» released the previous year.

They want to have these smaller games and I think that right now is a good opportunity to be an independent studio that has the potential to make those types of games.

Incorporated in 1997, TEAC was created with help from presidents of small, independent colleges who thought that NCATE's prescriptive standards favored larger schools and neglected program outputs.

THINK Literacy includes Reading Workshop (independent reading and small - group direct instruction); Guided Reading (students read more - challenging books, with help from teachers); Read Aloud (teachers read books aloud, and students discuss the major ideas); and Shared Text (close reading of short texts, emphasizing central meaning and literary techniques).

We are «supposed to do» quick writes, independent reading, notebook work, small group discussion, whole - class discussion, think - alouds, read - alouds, writing along with students, conferring, anchor charts, building writing stamina... the list goes on.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Learning to Listen Chapter 1: Noticing Smarter: Researching What We Don't Know Chapter 2: Deciding Smarter: Not Teaching — Yet Chapter 3: Teaching Smarter: Noticing and Naming Chapter 4: Teaching Smarter: Stepping Students Up to Do More Complex Thinking in Independent Reading Chapter 5: Teaching Smarter: Stepping Students Up to Do More Complex Thinking in Small Groups Chapter 6: Teaching Smarter: Stepping Students Up to Do More Complex Thinking in Read - Aloud and Shared Reading Conclusion: On Standards, Standardization, and Agency Appendixes 1 - 8 References Index

Based on my research, it quickly became apparent that in addition to following expert advice on financial sustainability, Maui's small independent school leaders had to think like entrepreneurs in order to survive the challenging economic environment of those years.

I value a short mini-lesson, grounded in content but focused on strategic thinking, followed by the majority of the block which can be used for independent conferring, small - group work, and the space and time for the children to navigate their own learning journeys.

INCLUDES: 24 Student Activity Books (4 copies of each title, 32 - pages each) 8 Answer Cases 1 Teacher Guide FEATURES: Flexibility for whole - class practice, small - group guided practice, independent or partner work, learning stations Clearly stated objective for each activity that allow you to differentiate Focus on foundational skills and concepts Engaging puzzle format for a fun challenge Immediate feedback for self - checking Level 5 Titles: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Expressions and Patterns Number and Operations: Whole Numbers and Decimals Fractions: Add and Subtract Measurement and Data: Convert and Interpret Geometric Measurement: Volume Geometry: Graphing and 2 - D Figures

I thought it was a little more to the point than the old subtitle, A Guide for the Small Press and Independent Self - Publisher.

I think the independent and small press sales that aren't reported would account for a good sized portion of that market loss.

As fickle and treacherous as the software business is, the independent creation of small applications that are sold directly to consumers correlates much more closely to what independent authors are trying to do than anything else I can think of.

She also told me that she couldn't afford the «help» from her publisher and I thought that was really unfair for self - published or even first - time authors at small, independent publishers.

No, I'm thinking only of a kind of crisis liaison, someone who might represent independent authors when major site actions affect their work as small business people.

As the big guys fight it out, this argument goes, the smaller publishers (and, I'm thinking, independent authors acting as publishers), are gaining a stronger foothold in potential sales (think about the whole question of whether books are substitutable goods).

I think in order to get something truly different from a bank or an insurance company, you need to consider a private investment company, which can range from small firms with a couple of partners to large independent companies with multiple offices across the country.

I know what you mean about independent travel, but for some people it is a daunting thought to travel independently and arrange everything themselves with a small window in their work schedule; so a group tour can be just perfect for some.

For every conversation where I was a jerk for having some small part of my brain thinking these were inferior geeks there was half - a-dozen conversations where I encountered people who had begun reading comics because of Marvel's Avengers movie, and were now into doing cosplay, checking out various anime that folk had recommended and were visiting the Con to check out smaller, independent comics.

Despite being handicapped by the budgetary constraints implied by the use of a smaller, independent studio and the fact that a much larger game has been condensed and compressed by file size limitations and hardware restraints, I personally think that Canadian developers Frima Studio have done quite a job here.

Well, Team Niche — a small five - person independent studio located in Switzerland — thinks it has found a way to make learning about genetics and species evolution a little bit more engaging.

I was hanging around with well, my Whitney ISP life turned into making Documents, which is a small magazine that I made with a group of friends, Chris Hoover, who was distributing independent film and video, Margaret Sundell, who is now I think at Creative Time in The Drawing Center, Miwon Kwon, who is at UCLA, and Jim Markovitz, who became a lawyer, left the art world.

I recently set up a small independent publishing company — mostly because I have long wanted to and mostly because I had finally found a book I was passionate about and thought had a reasonable chance of not losing me too much money (note the realistic goal here).

Where we have seen relatively small sums passed between energy companies and independent think tanks, it has drawn the ire of the likes of Bob Ward, policy and communications director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.

Who do you think is going to call the shots once Deloittes and PwC and E&Y and KPMG own BLG, Blakes, Osler's, Tory's, McCarthy's, McMillan, Gowlings, and a chain or two of formerly independent small firms, etc?

You are wrong if you think that Walmart law for personal injury or any litigation is going to be cheaper than going to any one of the large number of independent small firm litigation lawyers.

And frankly, also, I really looked at my own practice and thought that it would be a very good practice to have a small independent firm as opposed to trying to fit it into a larger firm, where sometimes, didn't fit all that smoothly.

I do think both Laura and Smashwords» Coker make a good point about the model when it comes to small and independent publishers, however: there is an argument to be made that giving the publisher (which in many cases means the author, as more become self - publishers) the ability to control pricing is better for them — and Coker's data suggests that it doesn't mean prices are artificially high.

But even as an agent and independent contractor who thought of myself as a small - business owner, I had a broker to answer to.