Sentences with phrase «do direct efforts»

Sharing with others in significant projects often develops as a byproduct a deeper sense of Christian community than do direct efforts to create «fellowship.»

Not exact matches

Owners and managers do not have an adequate understanding of the ISO 9000 certification process or of the quality standards themselves — Some business owners have been known to direct their company's resources toward ISO 9000 registration, only to find that their incomplete understanding of the process and its requirements results in wasted time and effort.

«Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self - satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.»

We acknowledge that, despite making significant strides in the areas under our direct control, there is work to be done to reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain — and Apple has accepted its responsibility to lead that effort.

We are excited to receive this award, and others like it, as it's based on anonymous employee feedback and is a direct result of the ongoing efforts to create an environment where people can do their best work.

The Jenkins Panel promotes a higher proportion of direct funding support for innovation commercialization while retaining traditional tax credit based support for science and technology R&D efforts, more in keeping with what most other countries do.

On the other hand, if you have a coworking space in the direct vicinity of WeWork or in a relatively untapped market, their marketing efforts might do you more harm than good, as we saw last year when WeWork employees started to reach out to other workspace members in the hopes of getting them to sign a lease with WeWork.

The added effort to do direct investments is worth it because of the ability to create scale and tap into each other's expertise, Kalvoda said.

Father Driscoll discussed the shocking cost of shipping from Florida, and expounded on coconut palms, and fishtail palms, and tiger palms, and many other species of palms, and noted that as far as he could tell from his inquiries, Our Blessed Lord rode His donkey over the fronds of date palms, which is why our parish makes a strenuous effort every year to obtain date palms, for historical accuracy, but inasmuch as this year the cost of date palm fronds was prohibitively high, he was sure that the ladies would agree with him that the correct thing to do was to use local willow wands instead, and thus save money that could be directed to the poor and unfortunate of the parish.

Jules Might I suggest that the Christian Left could accomplish this by directing ALL of its charity efforts and funds towards actually helping the poor, as opposed to wasting them fighting the culture war against gays, women, and science like the Right does?

It's tougher in some ways to live well — to find humanly worthy happiness — in our time, when so much human effort is directed toward thinking through the «how» (technology) and so little directed toward thinking about the «who» and the «why» (who we are and what we're supposed to do).

And because the readers for such books do not form a denominational constituency, a denomination has few political incentives for directing its publishing efforts in that direction.

I understand that it doesn't say much negative about the companies, but the timing of its release coincides with the «Chick - fil - a» protest day and is a thinly veiled attempt to lump more Christian companies into the mix with Chick - fil - a (likely in an effort to direct some of the outrage toward others in addition to Chick - fil - a).

I'm glad I've done it, but for the time being I'm going to be selling the flour direct and concentrating my effort on creating more support for those of you who struggle to bake or get to grips with the gluten - free life.

In situations where a baby does not pink up and scream immediately, it is often a minute before the cord is clamped in any case since the main effort is directed toward getting the baby to breathe.

«We have an enormously popular governor committed to getting this done now, strong support from New Yorkers all around the state and a group of advocates who are highly coordinated,» said Brian Ellner, who is directing the Human Rights Campaign's efforts to legalize same - sex marriage in New York.

While the super PAC does not spend on advertising or mailers, it does look to share opposition research through news accounts and an online presence, which others can pick up on for their direct voter outreach efforts.

It does not need to be overstated that Nigeria can ill afford the reputation of a lawless destination at a time the President Buhari Administration is almost recording a breakthrough in its valiant effort to attract foreign direct investment into the country.

«The House directs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do a reminder on the compensation claims of Nigerians involved in the 2015 attacks, while efforts are sustained in quantifying subsequent destructions.

He similarly did not give a direct response on City Council efforts at creating a bail fund financed by the City.

When disaster strikes, like the heavy rainfall and floods in upstate New York in late June and early July, many people want to help their neighbors in need but don't know where to direct their volunteer efforts.

A course portfolio explains what you are planning to do in a course and why, organizes information about the course, and evaluates the course to inform and direct future efforts.

Scientists are usually reluctant to become involved in outreach activities if those efforts do not represent a direct benefit to their careers.

In addition to his public service at NIH, he did his postdoctoral training within the NIH - NIEHS Superfund Research Program Center at the University of Kentucky, where he directed the Center's graduate and postdoctoral transdisciplinary training efforts and translated the Center's ongoing environmental health - related research innovations to relevant stakeholders, including state and federal policymakers and regulators, industry partners for technology transfer, and at - risk populations across Kentucky.

The president issued a memorandum directing the CDC and other public - health agencies to conduct or sponsor research into the causes of gun violence and the ways to prevent it, doing an end - run around congressional moves for several years to muzzle such efforts

Lawmakers rejected the Administration's effort to strip Congressionally - directed projects from ARS's budget, but did give it the green light to close 12 of USDA's 100 + research centers, some of which began life as Congressional earmarks.

I think a consumer reports of various genetic test out there is a worthwhile effort and will likely emerge (DNA Direct I think does this now) the moment there is a market for it.

For me, March Forth doesn't have to be connected to New Year's Resolutions; it can be anything in our lives that we might have to remind and motivate ourselves to direct effort for desired change.

In this capacity, the FPAQ leads and directs the research efforts of the Réseau international d'innovation des produits d'érable du Canada.

Effective January 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 requires retailers and manufacturers doing business in California to disclose efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from its direct supply chain.

Expertly written and directed by John Maclean, this spartan story recounts the efforts of well - to - do young Scotsman Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit - McPhee), who travels to America — and westward, ho!

Not only does the Disney outfit's 19th feature, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina, emerge as Pixar's most original effort since Inside Out, it's also among its most emotionally resonant, touching on themes of belonging common to Finding Dory and the Unkrich - directed Toy Story 3.

The film does a great job at capturing the cold, evil nature of Ian Mckellen's character (who is well cast and gives a great performance) But considering that this is a film directed by Bryan Singer, you know right from the start that this isn't his strongest directorial effort.

Although you may wonder why he did not direct Monsters University, the prequel to his first directorial effort at the studio, the reasoning is that he was working on an ambitious original project called Inside Out.

And even if we suppose it was true that the Academy didn't appreciate Eastwood's work both in the directing and acting spheres, it's perfectly understandable his latest effort could not be simply ignored.

The film from Roar Uthaug, who directed the fantastic 2015 Norwegian disaster epic The Wave, doesn't smuggle the same genre - defying intelligence that his prior effort did — lots of Tomb Raider is numb, bumbling and ripped from better movies — but Uthaug and his production team make good work of bringing the world of Tomb Raider to life.

Even more impressive — this list is restricted to directing efforts only, not the countless works Spielberg has produced in his time, and does not account for inflation.

Richard Attenborough: an escaped lunatic in A Bridge Too Far (1977) John Carpenter: his longest cameo appearance was as Bennett in The Fog (1980) Terry Gilliam: directed himself in bit roles in Jabberwocky (1977), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); he also directed himself as a member of the Monty Python troupe in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and The Meaning of Life (1983) Ron Howard: small cameo roles in Night Shift (1982), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001) Lawrence Kasdan: Devo's (River Phoenix) lawyer in I Love You To Death (1990) Elia Kazan: Mortuary Assistant in Panic in the Streets (1950) Stephen King: in his lone directorial effort Maximum Overdrive (1986) Spike Lee: cameos (and some larger roles) in many of his own films, including: She's Got ta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo» Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), Summer of Sam (1999), and 3 A.M. (2001) Terrence Malick: an unexpected visitor at door, with blueprints, in Badlands (1973)- credited as «Caller at Rich Man's House» Robert Redford: the Narrator in A River Runs Through It (1992) Rob Reiner: a helicopter pilot in Misery (1990) M. Night Shyamalan: Dr. Hill at the hospital in The Sixth Sense (1999), a Stadium drug dealer in Unbreakable (2000), deadly driver Ray Reddy in Signs (2002), and Guard at Desk in The Village (2004) Steven Soderbergh: small cameo roles in Schizopolis (1996), Ocean's Eleven (2001) Oliver Stone: an officer with a phone in his hand in a US base's bunker when it is blown up by a suicide bomber in Platoon (1986)

Now in hindsight, I'm so glad I did direct this film, and made it my first effort.

The effort to look like a member of the middle class even though one is not middle class actually indicates the incredible violence embodied in the ostracizing gaze directed at those bodies that do not belong to the middle class in Turkey.

As a result, although they don't tackle the high cost of degrees directly, if edX and others like it create a new ecosystem that, for many, renders a «degree» as we've known it irrelevant, they may end up solving the spiraling costs of higher education better than those efforts that take direct aim at the problem.

1) Bringing every state up to the best state in the United States (Minnesota) 2) Bringing every state up to the best state in its region 3) Bringing all students in each state up to the NAEP basic achievement level 4) Bringing each state up to the best state, but assuming others do not make any gains at all, thereby isolating the direct impact of a state's efforts.

All this and more is a direct result of Commissioner Stefan Pryor's unending effort to do away with the State Department of Education's professional staff and replace them high - cost, out - of - state consultants.

As we deal with a District and State that border on being broke on purpose, as we take our fight to multiple levels in unprecedented ways for UTLA, as we prepare to be strike - ready in early 2018, and as we scratch and claw for all funding possible and to direct that to schools and classrooms, this can only truly be done as a team effort.

Doing so means involving families in decision making and being willing to embrace a participatory, democratic model of schooling in which stakeholders share power — a model that can be slower and messier than schools directing family partnership efforts, but ultimately more successful.

In their turn, proximal goals «provide immediate incentives and guides for performance, whereas distal goals are far too removed in time to effectively mobilize effort or direct what one does in the here and now» (Bandura & Schunk, 1981, p. 587).

The light - effort steering wheel does an okay job at directing the front wheels where to go, but don't expect a Corolla iM to be your track weapon.

Unfortunately, many have little to no understanding of the trade; most have no direct publishing experience, and the few who do, are frequently authors themselves who moved into agenting after seeing their own literary efforts fail to set the cash register ringing at the bookstores.

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Personally, I've settled on going direct with some of the big retailers (namely Amazon) and using a distributor for the remainder, where I don't get enough sales to worry about the missing cut or to make the time and effort of setting up a direct account worth it.