Sentences with phrase «better as a lever»

One of the great advantages of our more rigid foot is that it works much better as a lever during upright walking and running (as it also does in monkeys).

He summons the spectre of Marx in programming the reading of all four volumes of Das Kapital — explicitly an analysis of historical and 19th century labour and market conditions that, some economists would argue (c.f. Thomas Piketty), no longer apply to today's intrisically networked structures of global capital — and in the show's accompanying statement, Enwezor invokes Walter Benjamin's hallucinatory description of Paul Klee's Angelus Novus, a painting Benjamin owned, as justification for his historical methodology as well as the lever to illuminate «both the current «state of things» and the «appearance of things»».

Not exact matches

In joining a monetary union, you very explicitly give up that lever, but the quid pro quo is that you better have a quite flexible economy so you can adjust to inevitable changes in relative competitiveness, and that you can do it through productivity, flexible wages, people moving across borders as necessary.

There was a shared sentiment that Alberta must be careful not to try to «boil the ocean» but instead focus on a few important levers: best - in - continent carbon pricing with a trigger mechanism linked to oil prices, energy efficiency measures and infrastructure were identified as good areas to focus on.

Good managements add value, they have lots of levers they can pull, they can buy back stock when it's under - valued, they can use the stock as currency when its over-valued.

For anyone looking for a technical signal that the moment had come to unwind a levered VIX trade, that time was as good a time as any.

He is certainly educated enough to know better, but uses the Devil as a lever on ignorant people that do not have his education level.

To affirm this distinction is not to claim that Jews are better than gentiles, or that Jesus - believing Jews have an intrinsically better relationship to Jesus than gentile Christians, as Levering argues.

Still, it is good to remember that history, even salvation history, as Levering seems to suggest, is never more than an instrument to eschatological purpose.

I wanted Wenger to leave for the past 4 years, but now he is taking the club to a lever where I would want him dead than retire, as even if he retires he would take up a position in the board and would not let anyone do a better job than him.

In Episode 27 of Edit Your Life, Asha and I turn this idea upside down and discuss why embracing and modeling imperfection is a good thing and offer 8 tips for how to model imperfection, handle perfectionist kids, and use imperfect moments as communication levers.

Their pincer movement is pretty good now, so toys with moving parts, such as wheels, levers, or doors that open and close will be a big hit.

Alain E. Kaloyeros resigned as president of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute on Tuesday, marking not only the fall of one of the state's most powerful and best - paid employees, but also a very public pratfall for a university system that has been a ready lever of power for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

New York State used a different voting process than Florida, but the law found that lever machines were prone to several glitches and problems and required them, as well as all paper - punch systems like Florida's, to be replaced with either optical scanners or touch - screen machines.

«Beyond that, your fingertips tell your brain what they're feeling when they push, so you need to have not just a lever in the device but a receptor as well.»

Lee and Cate's research hints that this secret lever, which triggers translation of only a special subset of mRNAs — perhaps only 500 out of some 10,000 mRNAs produced by a cell — will be found to play a critical role in other diseases besides cancer, as well as in plants and animals.

zQ175 and BAC HD mice were further trained on a version of the task in which a second lever was introduced and reinforced on a FI45 schedule to assess performance on a second interval as well as with both 20 s and 45 s peak trials in the same session.

So here's a simple piece of advice: If your aim is to move as much weight as possible while deadlifting, the sumo - style deadlift where the feet are outside of the hands is a better choice because it keeps the lever shorter and the distance the bar travels vertically is decreased.

If you'd like to reap some great strength gains while fixing all of your posture issues as well, try to superset the shank lever with farmer's walks at the end of your session — for optimal results, perform three rounds of 5 shank levers or shank lever rows followed by a farmer's walk.

It spikes up our insulin levers replenishing our glycogen as fast as possible, as well as helping with transferring nutrients (this is where the protein kicks in) to the muscle tissues.

Best of all, Conan finds a legal workaround for bringing back the beloved «Walker, Texas Ranger» lever as the «Chuck Norris Rural Policeman Handle.»

Understanding the centrality of that relationship, as well as other emerging findings about the science of resilience, gives policymakers a key lever to assess whether current programs designed to help disadvantaged kids are working.

«You, as leaders, will have to be better, or as good as you are today, about convincing schools to join you because regional schools commissioners and I do not have the levers to insist a good school joins a MAT,» he said.

«Intuitively, I had not expected this to be an important policy lever, but there are a lot of indicators that things are not going well for students in the middle school grades in the United States,» says West, who serves as executive editor of Education Next.

With early education universally identified as a critical lever in student success, the Bezos Family Foundation is well aware that children who start behind in school are too often the same children who stay behind in school.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

The design concept comes from Rosenstock's experience as a former teacher and headmaster in Boston as well as from his experience as director of the federal New Urban High Schools project, which studied urban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school reform.

My research explores how equity - focused school leadership can be used as a lever to improve Black children and youth's academic achievement and socio - emotional well - being across a range of K - 12 educational settings.

The public wants better schools, and they see teacher education as an important lever for school improvement.

«Harnessing technology to build the capacity of teachers and instructional coaches, as well as to effectively engage families in their children's learning, is an important lever for improving America's public schools.»

In this training course we will be including a good focus on how you as a teacher can cover different STEM areas such as Gears, Pulleys, Levers, Wheels and Axles.

We will review and reflect on studies that show the principal as major lever in raising student achievement, and we will identify skills and best practices that effective leaders utilize to initiate strategic leadership.

In short, just as athletes have relied on video for decades to improve their practice, we believe that video is a powerful lever that can help all educators be better at their jobs.

At the end of each day their are structured opportunities to share good practice, review the evidence gathered to demonstrate various «levers», as well as begin planning for how this practice might impact on their home schools.

Specific Levers in ESSA: We encourage the Department to consider these implementation standards, particularly as you develop and refine your guidelines for successful grant applications, including the Full - Service Community Schools grant, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Promise Neighborhoods, as well as other opportunities that call for integrated and collaborative partnerships between schools, community organizations, and public agencies.

The Oakland Reads 2020 Baseline Report, written by Urban Strategies Council, focuses on third grade reading success as well as the four Oakland Reads levers: school readiness, school attendance, summer learning, and family engagement.

The Live Stream will offer key insights and lessons learned at the state and district level, particularly on family engagement as a lever for better alignment between the early childhood education and K - 12 and implications for Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.

Nice interior touches include brushed - metal accents on the gauge surrounds, the door handles, and the shift lever, as well as soft - touch plastic everywhere, including the lower door panels.

By changing the e-brake and moving the shift lever forward and left toward the driver, engineers were able to open up considerable usable space in the console, for cupholders as well as the myriad phones, eyeglasses and other carry - on items that seem to be growing larger all the time, Wong says.

Optional leather of good quality covers the small but comfortable seats and doors, with premium plastics on the instrument panel and real metal trim on many bits that the driver touches, such as the shift lever.

Other cool gimmicks are a gearshift lever badge, floor mats with the RS6 + logo, a matching trunk mat as well as the fascinating integrated entrance light which casually projects the RS6 + logo onto the floor.

Other cool gimmicks are a gearshift lever badge, floor mats with the RS4 - R logo, a matching trunk mat as well as the fascinating integrated entrance light which casually projects the RS4 - R logo onto the floor.

The customisation continues inside where the Suzuki Vitara can be equipped with colour - coded dash inserts and cabin surrounds, as well as a choice of analogue clock design for the centre console, and the option to equip that over-the-top gear shift lever I mentioned earlier.

Individual seat covers and chrome adornments as well as leather - covered steering wheel, gear lever and parking brake lever add to a markedly high - class ambience in the interior of the BlueMotion.

The Sport and Sport Touring trims will receive more more horsepower and torque than the other models, as well as more features including a dual outlet exhaust, sport / racing pedals, and a leather - wrapped steering wheel and shift lever.

The newly designed steering wheel as well as gear and parking brake lever are trimmed in leather; contrasting colour seams enhance the high - value interior ambience that, like the new instrument cluster, has a two - colour scheme with a «tubes» look and applications in matt chrome.

There are several other convenience features for the passengers such as front and rear head restraints, a map pocket integrated in the front door, in - cabin theater dimming lights which also has a courtesy delay, luggage compartment light for easy access during the night, remote operated fuel tank lid, a responsive power steering, power windows for all doors, a rear defogger, remote central door locking, boot lid opener, a parcel shelf, a sporty gear shift lever knob in a silver finish, an instrument panel topper pad, a storage space in the center console, sun visors, a full carpet for the luggage compartment and a passenger side vanity mirror as well.

As you go up the trim tree, personalization options pop up as well as other features, including 17 - inch, 18 - inch or 19 - inch (on the R - Line model) alloy wheels, parking sensors front and rear, ambient lighting, leather - wrapped gearbox lever and steering wheel, adaptive cruise control, LED headlights, an active info display, heated front seats, 4Motion all - wheel drive and the DSG gearboAs you go up the trim tree, personalization options pop up as well as other features, including 17 - inch, 18 - inch or 19 - inch (on the R - Line model) alloy wheels, parking sensors front and rear, ambient lighting, leather - wrapped gearbox lever and steering wheel, adaptive cruise control, LED headlights, an active info display, heated front seats, 4Motion all - wheel drive and the DSG gearboas well as other features, including 17 - inch, 18 - inch or 19 - inch (on the R - Line model) alloy wheels, parking sensors front and rear, ambient lighting, leather - wrapped gearbox lever and steering wheel, adaptive cruise control, LED headlights, an active info display, heated front seats, 4Motion all - wheel drive and the DSG gearboas other features, including 17 - inch, 18 - inch or 19 - inch (on the R - Line model) alloy wheels, parking sensors front and rear, ambient lighting, leather - wrapped gearbox lever and steering wheel, adaptive cruise control, LED headlights, an active info display, heated front seats, 4Motion all - wheel drive and the DSG gearbox.

The good news is the plastics are well screwed together, and Dacia added better quality materials to areas passengers are most likely to touch, such as the steering wheel (which finally integrates the horn), the door armrests, and the chunky gear shift lever.