Sentences with phrase «as first efforts»

As far as first efforts at making truly wireless earbuds go, this is one of the best, even if that's because many others have been utter failures.

First, KIPP's focus on building fifth - through eighth - grade middle schools seems to be shifting toward an emphasis on starting elementary schools, as its first efforts in that direction bear fruit.

Although not as strong or as memorable as his first effort, this album will grow on the listener, and its melodies and ideas are intriguing enough to merit repeat listens.

Still as the first effort by a small independent team, the game is highly polished and offers an enjoyable experience on the Nintendo Switch.

As a first effort to look at syllabi of required courses, our research represents a beginning.

As the first effort of its kind, New Hampshire's example demonstrates both the power and limitations of statewide competency - based education policy.

I'm trying my second run at the free thing this weekend and won't know for several days whether it will have similar (paid) results as my first effort, which was extremely satisfying.

I wouldn't necessarily use it on its own as a first effort service, but it can help keep a slow trickle of interest and purchases for a long time to keep your ranking high.

The translation process could certainly be smoothed out in the future, but as a first effort, it's a promising start.

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Experts say efforts have been made recently to convey North Korea as a normal state, presenting Ri and Kim as a more traditional «first couple.»

When Trump announced the first round of tariffs on China, it was seen as a declaration of a trade war — a progressive effort by the two nations to damage each other economically, mainly through taxes and trade restrictions.

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

Burnout was first identified in the 1970s in studies of overworked, overstressed «helping professions,» such as health workers and teachers, who found all their efforts never slowed the flow of pain and despair.

Ether was first launched as a fundraising effort to develop the platform.

In the wake of a historic and deadly hurricane season, an app called Zello Walkie Talkie has become the communication tool of choice for both people working to help in cleanup and first responder efforts, such as the Cajun Navy in Houston, and those affected and displaced by these storms.

One of the main lessons Becker has learned about being a first - time entrepreneur is that nobody cares about your business as much as you do — so it's you who needs to put all the extra effort in.

McDonald's often touts itself as the best first job for Americans — and the move to Snapchat appears to be an effort to better connect with younger, tech - savvy prospective employees.

Besides flashy screens and efforts at community building, the flagship mega-stores — such as the first, an 80,000 - foot space in the West Edmonton Mall — are also geared toward product performance and customization.

Japan this year became the first country to regulate exchanges at the national level, part of a government effort to exploit financial technology as a means of stimulating the economy.

While Macy's rode the strong consumer spending wave that helped retail spending soar during the holidays, the season brought the first signs that Gennette's efforts to turn what is the largest U.S. department store operator around, as detailed in a recent Fortune feature, may be working.

One of the first references that popped up after the deal was announced — other than the obvious comparison to the disastrous Time Warner - AOL merger — was to Verizon's recent attempt to create its own tech - news site, a short - lived effort known as SugarString.

As part of 3M's continuing effort to improve the alignment of its businesses around markets and customers, the Company made the following changes, effective in the first quarter of 2018, and other revisions impacting business segment reporting:

I personally think this is awesome (as far as I know, she's our first transperson), but I'm wondering if I should reach out to her and make the extra effort to be welcoming, or if this is creepy and invasive.

For consumers who are concerned about their data getting swept up as part of blanket surveillance, the best efforts are probably devices that encrypt your data or avoid putting them in the cloud in the first place.

As a first step, we brought together various consumer hardware - related efforts and established a single hardware organization within the company.

As part of its effort to bring self - driving vehicles to market, GM has claimed today that their autonomous driving division has produced «the first real self - driving car (really).»

That's why I'm supporting Coastal First Nations and WWF as they say «No» to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and I will be supporting their efforts to secure a more sustainable future for the Great Bear region.

They key, as a marketer, is to create these landing pages in the first place, and make it easy for potential customers to find them in your various marketing efforts.

According to a recent Morgan Stanley Research report, these POC efforts, which test Blockchain's viability as a settlement and payment alternative, are the first critical step toward adopting the technology, followed by broader socialization within the industry and regulatory scrutiny.

As part of the acquisition, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick put Otto co-founder — and one of the first employees of Google's self - driving car project — Anthony Levandowski at the head of all of its autonomous technology efforts.

Some streams take much more initial effort to start, such as saving enough to buy your first rental property.

Inside the FBI, which Trump has attacked as part of his effort to undercut Mueller's investigation throughout his first year in office, the feeling is that the Nunes fight could provide a small victory — at least for now.

First, here is the most recent tax cut talk from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: â $ œI can assure you that our government is by no means finished in our efforts to improve our tax system for the benefit of Canadian -LSB-...]

Those efforts are bearing fruit, as corporate market share grew every quarter this year and as the carrier added 16,000 small and midsize corporate accounts during the first three quarters.

Business and Beer was first introduced as part of the outreach efforts leading up to the 2017 Miller Lite Tap the Future competition series.

As an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWAs an example, First Round Capital's office is new to town as we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWas we continue to see the NYC entrepreneurial ecosystem becoming stronger and more solidified each day through the efforts of angels, super angels, venture capitalists and our events such as Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEWas Entrepreneurs Roundtable, Ultra Light Start - ups and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW).

When we create content at IDC to support our clients» content - based marketing efforts, we first indentify our clients» target audience (buying persona) plus buyer cycle stage (i.e., general awareness / education, preference, purchase and post-purchase; within each stage there are specific tasks or «jobs» you prospects / customers need to accomplish such as, short list creation, business case development, final recommendation and decision, etc.) We also consider our clients ideal outcome or action they want their target prospect / customer to take once they interact with the content or messaging.

Around the same time Otto was formed in February 2016, Uber hired Levandowski as a consultant for its self - driving efforts, Recode first reported.

Saudi Arabia opened its air space for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel last month, which an Israeli official hailed as historic following two years of efforts.

Sales and marketing expenses for the first six months of 2017 were $ 47,468, compared to $ 28,846 in the same period in 2016, an increase of 68 %, as the company increased its sales efforts.

As a result, the first focus of our advocacy efforts was on getting financial planners to acknowledge a fiduciary duty to their customers throughout the planning process, including during implementation of their recommendations.

He is currently active as the Co-Founder & COO of Vietnam's first & leading Digital Asset Exchange & has been leading the efforts of the organization to implement Blockchain - based Remittance payments with the goal to provide faster processing times and lower transaction fees.

As more B2B sales organizations of all sizes and industries are realizing the importance of aligning their sales and marketing efforts, one of the first initiatives that gets focused on is delivering the company's message to the context of who their customers are, and where they find themselves in their buying journey.

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While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.

On Monday, the Alibaba Group - owned company signed agreements with four U.S. travel agencies and tour operators as one of the first steps in that effort.

Given the author's remarkable learning, most readers are likely to learn a great deal, especially when he uses Augustine's sermons as source material; but the captious tone and prosecutorial zeal of the effort starts to grate as early as the first chapter.

Yet for the next several years, through my baptism, my church wedding (yes, to the Christian who gives gifts of underwear), through my continued efforts to write poetry, and even during my first bout of seminary education, I went about my life tense with the secret that I did not know how to pray as I ought.

You have ignored them thus far and summarily dismissed them without so much as a hint of effort made to make your case in the first place.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)