Sentences with phrase «about existing efforts»

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The R&D tax credit is not only about rewarding companies that seek to create a new product (including when the company's efforts fail) or improving an existing one.

It also helps cost - effectively scale content marketing efforts by identifying existing content written about you that you can amplify, reducing the time / money needed to produce additional content.

If half your inbound leads from online efforts actually come via the phone, but you only acknowledge «completed web forms,» etc., you are kidding yourself about existing conversion rates, and probably using the wrong data to optimize your spending.

Contract sales were also affected by fewer sales to new customers in the third and fourth quarters of 2010 as the sales force continued to focus on efforts to educate existing owners about the benefits of the new product.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

Something about this «effort to exist and desire to be» forces us to have recourse to the symbols.

The study also included an effort to determine how much agreement exists between individual members» views and the official theological positions of the church, first by interviewing theologians to determine what the official positions were, then by surveying pastors to see if these positions were taught, and finally by surveying members about their own beliefs.

Australian economist and ecological thinker H. C. Coombs (1990) has said: «There is nothing divinely ordained about the economic system: it is the product of human ingenuity, effort and capacity to organize and, therefore, can be properly questioned, criticized and, if a better alternative exist, rejected» (p. 143).

Finally, the attendees talked about the power of and need for partnerships to solve the many reasons for food waste, including sharing stories of existing efforts like the three companies in the Midwest who are splitting the cost and use of an anaerobic digester, which turns food scraps into energy, and several food donation groups who highlighted the effectiveness of successful partnerships.

Support existing efforts across the state to better inform farmers about funding and financing options.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

Lawyers talk about intellectual skill and effort and that is what we look for to see if copyright exists.

I appreciate that you have taken the time and made the effort to educate yourself (and others via your blog) about facts and reality that exist and have to be considered.

And there exist various efforts to organize new referendums about the return of the U.K. to the EU, separation of London and Scotland, and several other things, so things could be a bit ambiguous for a while.

There were also questions about whether the money would supplement existing anti-addiction programs or start new efforts to fight the opioid abuse epidemic sweeping New York and other states.

She also told Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh and his team about efforts her ministry is putting in place to get the two existing Public Procurement Act (Act 663) and Public Procurement (Amended) Act (Act 914) harmonized for easy reading and referencing.

AAAS is engaged in a three - part effort to expand existing knowledge about the social responsibilities of scientists and engineers.

Currently no national move exists to curb PPI overuse, but «there are many efforts, mostly specific to institutions, to raise awareness about this issue and to try to limit nonjudicious PPI use,» Heidelbaugh says.

They tapped into existing polling efforts to ask questions about an individual's friends alongside the traditional questions about themselves.

«The grant will fund setting up infrastructure [for efforts to] connect groups and junior scientists around the country with our group and each other; helping local groups organize meetings and workshops by providing full - time logistical support; and beginning to look through the data that exists about the scientific enterprise [so that] we can... advocate for change,» McDowell tells Science Careers by email.

Initially, my efforts were focused on learning about the medical writing industry; defining the parameters of the company and developing a business plan; identifying government regulations and legal considerations; locating sources of professional, financial, and emotional support; finding other individuals with complementary skills and expertise (graphic designers, photographers, translators) that could work under the umbrella of my company as needed; and learning new skills or improving existing ones.

Partnerships with existing anti-cyberbullying efforts and online «influencers» (e.g. celebrity figures), could be used to reach social media users with messages about the harmful effects negative comments can have on those who are struggling with their weight.

West Des Moines, Iowa About Blog IALF is a coordinated, statewide approach by business, education and the agriculture industry that is designed by augment and aggregate existing agriculture education efforts that promote agriculture literacy in Iowa schools.

What's most important to understand about the digital textbook effort is that it's an opportunity to open up a large amount of existing public money that has been locked into use by a very small and closed set of publishers.

If you are thinking of augmenting your existing customer training efforts, then guess what: Northpass already thought about it for...

by Victoria Boyd, which reviews the existing literature on the factors that can affect efforts to bring about change in schools.

These efforts, well - intentioned as they may be, fail to (1) challenge existing mindsets about children of color, (2) add substantively to teacher knowledge, or (3) develop new and equitable structures.

«This brief is intended to serve as a tangible resource for practitioners seeking to ensure that their efforts — are based in research and targeted in ways that will produce the most positive outcomes for students — particularly given limited program resources,» said IHEP President Michelle Asha Cooper, Ph.D. «With the prevalence and positive impact of mentoring generating a large body of social science research, IHEP and NCAN believe it's important to make meaningfully contributions to the existing conversation about mentoring to help support students along the high school - to - college continuum, and ultimately improve student outcomes and completion rates.»

This document contains a brief, tailored overview of The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-- the 114th Congress's effort to update the antiquated NCLB — for school board members with key information (e.g., effective date of existing waiver terminations) about how Congress has overhauled the law in favor of restoring local governance and community leadership in public education.

Teacher leadership is about increasing pathways and opportunities for teachers to exercise leadership, elevating teacher voice to inform and develop policy and practice and expanding existing efforts to steer systemic improvements to benefit student learning.

Traditional efforts to advance global education have typically come from within existing pedagogical approaches and current thinking about the field.

While it might put existing Harlequin authors at ease about their effort being watered down, I still see no evidence they cut mention of it from their rejection letters and they're still working with AuthorHouse «Solutions».

Early marketing efforts should focus on the author's existing fan base, as these readers are not only easier to convince to read a book, but more likely to become emissaries for that book: recommending it to their friends, blogging about it, and adding it to Goodreads lists.

Those existing today are bred in captivity as part of a conservation effort to preserve the breed, which genetically seems to have stemmed from dogs brought with human travelers from China (the oldest remains of a New Guinea singing dog is a tooth dated to about 5,500 years ago).

ABOUT OLD FELLA BURKE COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE: Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue, Inc. exists to improve the quality of life of forsaken companion animals by giving them medical care, food, water, shelter, and love via a foster home network and through efforts to find suitable forever homes.

The way they talk about it, it's like they won't dedicate effort to creating new genres for the existing audience.

One of my favorite things about director Gary Tinterow's tenure is how he's made efforts to expand art's footprint in the museum's existing floor space, most notably in the Law Building entrance, where nowadays you encounter art as soon as you set foot inside.

Some effort (and funding) should be made to do this and reanalyze existing data (instead of just whining about data).

On the energy / emissions trends, we're about the only publication I know of that has given sustained, in - depth coverage to the glaring lack of energy research, the limits of current efforts (including the existing renewables markets), and the real - world choices that faces a species heading toward 9 billion people, all of whom would love the gifts that come with ample energy.

For the IPCC both the MWP (Medieval Warm Period) and the LIA (Little Ice Age) existed before the «hockey stick,» so viewing the situation objectively — after the IPCC participated in the rewriting of history by showcasing the «hockey stick as a part of the Left's efforts to manufacture a supposed consensus about climate change — the IPCC condoned a fraud that federal climatists to this very day persist in perpetrating on the public.

But if it exists, what does that say about the failure and incompetence of the Obama EPA efforts to reduce it?

A report published online by World Climate Report for the science and public policity institute says there exist historic observations, as well as currently active research efforts, that strongly indicate that there was a large sea - ice extent decline from about the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s.

The chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has led recent efforts to question the existing climate change science, reflecting some skepticism within the U.S. government about the scale of the challenge.

Clean Energy Technologies Can Return CO2 to Safe Levels This Century Though current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of about 385 parts per million are already above the revised safe level of 350ppm being promoted by scientists, Kharecha said that it is still possible to return them to safe levels by the end of this century if we engage in «Herculean» efforts to shift towards renewable energy sources, increase the use of nuclear power, and apply carbon sequestration technologies on existing coal power plants.

Installation of the device is said to be fairly simple to do (when replacing an existing controller), and the WiFi connected system allows you to use your smartphone or tablet to set up scheduling, to manually control watering of zones, or to get access to analytics about your water use to track your efforts to conserve water in the yard.

If true, this means that we should immediately make big efforts to make sure that our existing natural gas infrastructure is as leak - proof as possible (something that is no doubt already done because it makes financial sense, but it can't hurt to be extra diligent), and we should be very careful about switching more transportation to natural gas.

While survey results show that Canadian law firms intend to begin seeking feedback from clients or increase their existing efforts, in order to make those efforts worthwhile, firms will need to improve their internal communication about and response to the information they receive from clients.

It was initiated because the ERA impedes efforts by lawyers in the federal public service to address long existing concerns about salary.

Slaw readers are more aware than the average legal professional about the roles of existing major legal information suppliers (let's call them Dominos and Pizza Hut) and the efforts of upstarts to do law differently and offer tailored solutions to legal research needs.

We are building on the existing momentum to educate the public about the risks of distracted driving; a combined effort to encourage change.