Sentences with phrase «doing small improvements»

Doing the small improvements like this can really make difference.

For customers looking to upgrade a room in their home or do a small improvement project, Guaranty Bank will lend up to $ 7,500 with no home equity or other collateral.

My budget is small and saving to do small improvements is hard but in the end is so rewarding.

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«The numbers don't matter so much as the concept: Small improvements add up to massive differences.

There was a small improvement in self - reported medication adherence by the test group — those who downloaded and used the app — compared to the control group — those who didn't get the app.

Took advantage of the time being home to take care of some small home improvement projects around my Mom's new house that needed to get done before winter.

To do this, use as a basis what the NLP platforms offer (the Dialogflow small talk agent, or the Recast.ai small talk template), and plan to monitor your misunderstandings to find improvements to the small talk of your chatbot.

«We are always chatting about small things I can do to make little improvements.

It's a more straight - forward way of doing it and the names are a little small, but it's an improvement nevertheless.

Small - scale accounting changes also proposed last November, on which the parties do agree, could see improvements in transparency which could pave the way for more meaningful reform.

Board members did approve an $ 894 million budget for next year, reflecting increasing costs in charter school payments, the new Buffalo Teachers Federation contract and costs of Cash's plan for school improvements, the New Education Bargain, which includes adding some smaller classes in schools.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

However, if you're going on a long hiking or camping trip, or doing some small home improvement projects around the house, this knife will definitely be worth the weight!

«The findings are intriguing,» says Daniel Ansari, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, but he doesn't find the long - term improvements overwhelming, owing to the small number of volunteers who returned for testing.

There is much more future work to be done and further improvements are still needed, but this research represents one small step closer to a possible treatment for this devastating genetic disease.

From small changes, such as ensuring that a post-operative patient's bed is propped up so that he or she doesn't aspirate, to large process improvements, such as a major campaign to reduce renal failure in post-operative heart surgery patients, our cardiothoracic surgery team of exceptional clinicians and researchers ensure we deliver the best possible care to our patients.

The outcomes of this small sample did indicate an improvement while in one stage of sleep for those who have sleep apnea, yet it didn't show a general improvement in severity of the disorder.

Once I started focusing on what matters and what allows me to make steady and consistent progress in the gym, I not only saw huge improvements but I also stopped being stressed out over small things that don't really matter unless I'm stepping on the Olympia stage or competing in the next Olympics!

But a 2013 review of the literature concluded that the training did not curb anxiety or depression for I.B.S. patients and that improvements in quality of life and pain were small.

We take it that eating the low saturated fat diet in actual experiments doesn't really do anything beneficial compared with eating the standard diet (telling people to do nothing) except perhaps a small improvement for combined cardiovascular events but not mortality (however it needs to be noted that in most of these experiments consumption of cakes and biscuits went down, fish and veges went up, in the polyunsaturated fat groups, so what are we really seeing an effect of?).

a lot of people say it sucks but its pretty kickass you can do counter kill move were 50 will either break the guys neck slice him up with your knife or turn the guys gun on him (these are the coolest kind) all counter kills are in slowmotion and there are 25 different kilnds you can also take a guy hostage where you can either thrown him interriagate him (which isnt useful) or just kill him the game offers many cool guns from small pistols to large machine guns please pick it up or if your not sure about it rent it its a fun shooter although it could use some improvements its still fun.

The sequel to An Unexpected Journey does bring a number of small improvements to the table, teasing out a little more subtext from the novel and solving some of the tonal problems.

In just the D.C. district ANet schools, the increases were smaller — 4 percent in English and 6.6 percent in math — but still better than the improvement of less than 2 percent posted by district schools that didn't partner with ANet.

And your answer will always be the same - Do some ill - defined new fad with a vague social justice air to it - Let's call it differentiation this decade - And viola, find that there's no improvement at all and we couldn't possibly take him out of class to a smaller setting for specialist help because it might stunt his self - esteem.

Despite Huntington's thorough presentation of the evidence, I am not convinced that the research shows that the process of assimilation - in particular, the acquisition of language and improvements in student achievement - is proceeding any slower among second - and third - generation Mexican - Americans than it did among other immigrants from peasant and village and small - town backgrounds.

As a public school, Aviation High School receives basic state education funding, but, because the school is so small, that funding does not adequately cover all the necessary operating costs and capital improvements.

In Ohio, we have been working with more than 60 districts on a continuous improvement framework that helps districts and schools focus on doing a few small, but powerful, practices.

Federal School Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themselves.

The Manchester Central MP said Labour's sponsored academy programme did «a huge amount to transform a small number of failing schools in disadvantaged areas», but warned there was «no evidence» that the process of changing schools into academies «in and of itself» led to school improvement.

Schools That Lead continue to refine their Teacher and Principal Leadership Initiatives to incorporate the lessons they have learned from the past three years, including being clearer about the development of an aim statement and theory of action, acknowledging the need to make room to do the improvement work, explicitly examining culture, paying attention to student feedback, starting small and moving slow, collecting and analyzing evidence to build warrant, and actively sharing the work — specifically the processes, results, and what worked and what did not work.

According to a summary on charter schools from the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Analysis & Government Accountability: «Due to grade configurations and small enrollment, 124 out of 382 charter schools (32 %) did not earn a grade or school improvement rating as part of Florida's accountability system during the 2008 - 09 school year.

What power does a small leadership team have to guide school improvement?

The improvements that Acura made to the RDX are not only pronounced but they are very well - done and should go a long way toward getting it back on small luxury - ute buyers» lists.

We've discussed both the improvements in the B - car segment and Hyundai's rise ad nauseum, but it really is quite amazing to drive the Accent — very recently known as the cheapest new car in America — and realize that it is part of a whole group of really, really excellent small cars (Fiat Five Hundred, Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Mazda 2, and coming this fall, Chevrolet Sonic) that did not exist three years ago.

Sure, one could complain that Mercedes could have done more to improve the GLS, but the new nine - speed transmission and small revisions inside and out are indeed improvements to an already excellent luxury hauler of people and stuff.

Areas of improvement Rear windshield is small, No rear wiper, Front design could be better (it looks like a Tiago from front, which is not bad but expected somehing diffrent from this styleback), 1.2 petrol 3 cylinder Engine is okay for City use, have to strech my legs on a Highway to find out Highway performance which I am planning to do after my first car service.

When all is said and done, this year's SEMA Show will offer hundreds of improvements, large and small, that we hope will add up to a big difference.

Euro NCAP's Secretary General, Michiel van Ratingen, said, «The 500 is an old car by now and the small improvements that FIAT have made on the facelift don't hide that.

Its 360 - degree - rotating hinge is sturdy at any position or angle, the touchscreen felt fast and responsive (a nice improvement over the Yoga 13, actually), and the small three - pound device doesn't skimp on either trackpad or keyboard size.

As a former bookseller himself, he celebrated the launch of This Side of the River by giving 6 bookstores $ 250 grants for whatever improvements they needed... a helping hand on a little smaller scale than James Patterson, but doing his part!

Some users pointed out that in the small text of the update they noticed that the update was to address email enhancements, contacts, calendar and bridge improvements, but the update seems to have done more than just that.

While only a small update, this seems to have done a good amount for the overall performance of the BlackBerry PlayBook, and any improvement in performance should be warmly welcomed by everyone.

While some people may be cheered by a -21 % decline in their stock value as opposed to a -29 % decline, personally, I don't think I would be particularly soothed by this small «improvement», regardless of how mindfully I viewed the situation.

This involves security - checked individuals visiting elderly people's homes (though anyone over 50 can apply) to do small repairs, grab rail installments and security improvements to doors and windows.

Small dog owners have seen great improvements in their dog's health after switching to this brand and picky dogs don't seem to get tired of Organix Small Breed like they do with other dog food brands.

There is a small percentage of dogs with anxiety that does not show any improvement in their anxiety with the application of the ThunderShirt.

Using an EIN to apply for a card, build business credit — A small business can start building credit with a home improvement store credit card, but be sure you're doing it for the right reasons... (See EIN)

This is a truly impressive sequel that didn't just implement small improvements here and there.

Borderlands 2 doesn't really feature any huge improvements to the first game but it features tons of small improvements and that's been enough to make it into a game that I've been finding much more enjoyable than the first.

Still, given all the small tweaks and improvements that Codemasters have made to F1 2012 it's saddening to see that they didn't take the opportunity to fix some problems that have been plaguing the series since the first 2010 outing, namely the wildly inconsistent penalty system.