Sentences with phrase «visible efforts of»

The paper, «Turning Off the Lights: Consumers» Environmental Efforts Depend on Visible Efforts of Firms,» was co-authored by Brent McFerran, associate professor at SFU's Beedie School of Business; University of Michigan marketing professor Aradhna Krishna; and Wenbo Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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It does mean, however, making a visible, viable effort to keep the firms the province has left, while fighting Ontario, Quebec and the rest of the world for the ones still looking for potential homes.

«It's not part of our mainstream marketing effort,» says chairman J. Paul Grayson, «but it adds value to our positioning and makes our brand more visible.

McDonald's confirmed it will be expanding those efforts in a variety of ways — the most immediately visible of which will be mobile ordering kiosks appearing in a greater variety of locations.

While both Google and Ford have been working steadily on self - driving cars for a few years now, the former's efforts have been more visible than that of the latter.

That effort was especially visible in the collective agricultural life of the kibbutz and in the Hagana, the «official» Jewish defense arm.

Jensen succeeds in her efforts because she understands that, in baptism, «visible images and actions, along with verbal recitation of ancient stories, prayers, hymns, all contributed to making an invisible presence more palpably sensed» (Jensen, Baptismal Image 3).

«In the face of those who no longer see the full, visible unity of the Church as an achievable goal,» he said to a delegation of Finnish Lutherans visiting Rome this past Friday, «we are invited not to give up our ecumenical efforts, faithful to that which the Lord Jesus asked of the Father, «that they may be one.

He spent most of his efforts denouncing the invisible sins of good people, and seldom wrote about rascals or the visible sins of the publicly wicked.

Since then our efforts to become part of the establishment have made us less visible, almost incapable of being persecuted.

The beverage industry's voluntary commitment to make calories more visible and useful to consumers supports First Lady Michelle Obama's efforts to help families make informed choices as part of an active, healthy lifestyle.

The #WASTENOT appeal asks supermarkets to «take responsibility for the waste that they cause in the supply chain» and to «relax their cosmetic standards for produce and to stop changing orders at the last moment», as well as making «strenuous and visible efforts to redistribute all their surplus good food to those who are in need, instead of sending it to anaerobic digestion».

Ozil has been carried by his fellow Gunners teammates in the past couple of outings, and it appears that his career is on a downfall following his visible lack of effort on the playing field.

Because our study was a purely observational study, spitting up was defined as the presence of any visible regurgitation in the oropharynx of formula accompanied by evidence of increased respiratory effort (including coughing or sputtering) that was clinically worrisome to the caregiver.

In particular, the concentration of reform efforts on the revenue side allowed the government to make visible improvements at the top while leaving the expenditure side essentially unreformed and indeed shifting much patronage downwards.

The underlying logic of this stance is articulated with characteristic clarity by Larry Bartels, who has written: «In a world where most campaigners make reasonably effective use of reasonably similar resources and technologies most of the time, much of their effort will necessarily be without visible impact, simply because every campaigner's efforts are balanced against more or less equally effective efforts to produce the opposite effect.»

Motorists can expect a «highly visible» police presence on New York roads this weekend as part of an effort to crack down on drunken driving, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.

Opponents of a ban have been increasingly visible, mounting a significant public relations efforts and raising some uncertainty about the prospects of an expected City Council bill.

Trump's backers appear to have mounted the most organized primary campaign effort in the state, with supporters of other prominent candidates including Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush, either barely visible or nonexistent, GOP insiders said.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat and the most visible champion of congestion pricing after reviving it last summer, and his aides, as well as lobbyists and advocates, focused their efforts on winning over the Assembly in hopes that they could present a united front and put pressure on the Senate, according to those familiar with their strategy.

In solidarity with the gun violence awareness efforts, the front exterior of the Queens Museum will be illuminated in orange every night from now through June 30 in «The World's Borough» and will be visible by all motorists along the stretch of the Grand Central Parkway in front of the Museum (approximately 168,000 motorists daily on average).

This fun, interactive campaign is — by design — an important part of the overall efforts to restore this National Treasure into a visible icon befitting the «World's Borough» for generations of families and visitors to enjoy.»

One of the more visible supporters of the ballot question — the League of Women Voters — this week reported spending $ 1,269.86 on its yes vote efforts.

His current work involves writing software to help detect whales in the ocean as part of an effort to make whales more «visible» to humans, partly so that people will be invested in saving whales from boat traffic and other dangers.

Major efforts have been made to improve titania's absorption of visible light or develop visible - light sensitive materials in general.

The collaborative effort found that the quantum dots, which have a unique core - shell design, efficiently produced low - energy photons in the visible spectrum when energized with a beam of electrons.

Enhanced central communication, efforts to expand and diversify the leadership of the VPA (including committees focused on outreach, communication, and diversity), and the development of a VPA website in 2016, have helped make our organization more visible to postdocs on campus.

To aid the process of obtaining additional observations, the MPC produces a list that is generally available of objects that need further observations and are currently visible so that observers with telescope time can make a special effort to observe these objects, thus ensuring that the elements of the orbit are secure.

Toning up essentially revolves around shedding enough body fat so that the definition and shape of your muscles becomes visible, given that you've put some effort into increasing their size.

«It is always very tough at the beginning when the progress is hardly visible, but if you keep working you will see the results of your effort soon» - Lukáš Obršál Name: Lukáš Obršál Start age: 15 Current age: 21 Start weight: 54 — End oftransformationweight: 80,5 kg Height: 186 cm Total weight gain: 26,5 kg Read More...

If a free dating websites isn't putting any effort into improving the face of their site, just imagine the other, less visible areas that they might also slacking off.

It was a two year project and the efforts are visible in every frame of this reclamation; the difference between Kino's previous DVD and this stunning new restoration is night and day.

Sometimes the two types of performances exist side by side: It's easy to sneer at Sandler getting in drag to play the braying, Bronx - born Jill in Jack And Jill, but there's visible effort (and sometimes startling, sweaty detail) in that character, as opposed to the surly, condescending version of a straight man that the Jack character lazily embodies.

Additionally, Spaulding sought to make the School's research faculty more visible, fostered cooperative efforts within Harvard University, and shifted some of the School's focus from teacher preparation to administrative training.

To help in that exploratory effort, Hubble recently took the first visible - light photograph of a planet outside our solar system.

Perhaps the most notable feature of the Your Environment program, however, is the extensive and highly visible community involvement in the character education effort.

It is your schools most visible reward for the efforts and hard work of every student and the entire school community.

ONE members were highly visible during efforts to end Ohio's Resident Educator Summative Assessment (RESA), a punitive assessment that determined whether a teacher could continue to teach in his or her third year of teaching.

«The departure of two of the most visible break - the - china leaders is important and it raises the question of staying power — whether successors can build on these efforts, or whether they'll reverse course and opt for something more conventional, is going to be a big story over the next two years,» Hess said.

She was a member of the team that won a federal Race to the Top grant for the city, and was instrumental in one of the nation's most visible education reform efforts.

Polly Williams gave the program legitimacy as an effort to empower poor (primarily African - American) parents, and Michael Joyce provided millions of dollars to help keep the program visible and the public - policy pot boiling.

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.

Perhaps in an effort to play that down, where the previous Ridgeline had unusual flying buttresses between the back of the cab and (odd - looking) tapering box sides, the new model looks much more conventional, right down to having a visible parting line between the box and cab.

You can sell a lot of books with very little effort if you're already visible (if you're already a # 1 bestseller).

The current effort to make library resources more readily visible to patrons is a product of BLUEcloud Visibility, a tool created by the WLS's software provider, SirsiDynix.

With the original GlowLight, the LED lights tucked along the upper and lower edges of the display were visible (and had a greenish hue) if you looked at the tablet at an angle, while subsequent models from Amazon and Kobo bettered B&N's efforts, with lighting that looked more even and brighter.

Unlike the classical portrait of what writers are expected to become — a mysterious legend that lives in isolation and writes one masterpiece a year — author 2.0 needs to mobilize their social media effort to remain visible and accessible for public.

Despite our best efforts to locate as many cats as possible, many groups of cats only became visible through hunger after the departure of their food source, either via humans or edible factory waste.

Toward that end, the ASPCA supports efforts to maximize accessible and affordable spay / neuter services; practice TNR of feral cats; promote the adoption of homeless animals; educate potential guardians on pet selection, the use of microchips and visible ID tags; and provide ongoing expert training and behavior assistance to guardians so that they may live successfully with their companion animals.

Be a part of the Lakeshore Veterinary Specialists effort to make this vital, life - saving service a more visible resource in our local community.