Sentences with phrase «examples of such efforts»

«Wood's choice to leave Microsoft to found an organization to promote literacy instruction is a very positive successful example of such efforts.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a prominent example of such an effort, but it is only the continuation of a steady trend toward greater test - based accountability in education that has been going on for decades.

Adidas isn't the only clothing design company that unsuccessfully tried entering the wearable segment on its own, with Nike being another high - profile example of such efforts.

Not exact matches

One example of this difference in outlook might be found at a tech company whose profits are lagging: A manager at such a company will likely be concerned with increasing marketing efforts for an existing product.

Such wrongdoing certainly doesn't, for example, justify vigilante efforts on the part of private citizens to cover the spikes with fresh cement.

For example, anonymous social apps such as Whisper, which have faced pressure to step up content policing efforts, rely on TaskUs employees to manually flag inappropriate messages — nude photos, threats of violence, etc. — and keep them off its networks.

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 (NYEW).

He can be very disillusioned if he has observed such a law (that of burial of the dead in the earth, for example), perhaps at the cost of considerable moral efforts and personal sacrifices, and now suddenly has to see that things — if we may so express it — are all at once much easier.

Thus did Origen, for example, speak of theologia as the effort of the individual to «make sense» out of Scripture but he immediately asserted the tentative nature of any such interpretational In Gregory of Nazianzus the element of indirectness, of being one step removed from the original data, is identified with the word theologia and Pseudo-Dionysius employed it as a synonym for mysticisms

The recent meeting in Madrid was one example of the Catholic group's continuing creative efforts; one hopes that the number of such internationally focused events will increase.

For example, people reading this exchange with a view to assessing the validity of Madden's criticisms of my position and the soundness of my rebuttal are acting on one of practical reason's per se nota first principles» namely, that intellectual understanding of matters such as those under discussion is something worth having and expending time and effort to achieve.

The history of scientific efforts to explain human behavior provides many examples, and some aspects of cosmology, such as its Anthropic Principle, invite the label «cosmo - theology.»

They mean to report in such terms, for example, as Ezekiel employs in summing up his effort to convey the experience from within his own powerfully penetrated and now devastated shell - «Such [he has thus far used similes in profusion] was the appearance [this is only how it looked and felt to me] of the likeness [I do not pretend to speak of the concrete reality but only of its effect] of the glory [this is the quality, not the substance, of the Invader] of the LORD» (Esuch terms, for example, as Ezekiel employs in summing up his effort to convey the experience from within his own powerfully penetrated and now devastated shell - «Such [he has thus far used similes in profusion] was the appearance [this is only how it looked and felt to me] of the likeness [I do not pretend to speak of the concrete reality but only of its effect] of the glory [this is the quality, not the substance, of the Invader] of the LORD» (ESuch [he has thus far used similes in profusion] was the appearance [this is only how it looked and felt to me] of the likeness [I do not pretend to speak of the concrete reality but only of its effect] of the glory [this is the quality, not the substance, of the Invader] of the LORD» (Ezek.

Arturo Carlo Jemolo, with his ceaseless struggle to defend religious liberty, critically, polemically, and legally, is such an example.42 So is Danilo Dolci, with his effort to find, outside of any religious or ideological orthodoxy, forms of social participation that will be neither impersonally bureaucratic nor boss dominated.43 Nor should the achievements of many such men, working through parties and independently, be underestimated.

Another troubling example has involved the unbending efforts of liberal Jewish organizations to keep religious symbols, such as the crèche and menorah, outside the public arena.

The efforts made by individuals, business, organisations, educational institutions and governing bodies to promote the observance of an anti-slavery day each year would represent one of the many examples of an ongoing commitment in the UK to raise awareness of human trafficking and to oppose such trafficking actively.»

[1]- There were earlier attempts and ideas to create a nation - state - for example, I would consider Alexander the Great's efforts to be such, since he tried to unify the culture of his empire (and definitely succeeded doing so in the scope of Greek Peninsula itself).

Now, the politics show signs of shifting, and a renewed effort is underway to push the Legislature to overhaul state discovery rules, following the example of traditionally more conservative states such as North Carolina and Texas.

By highlighting and celebrating successful examples of public engagement, AAAS and our partners aim to communicate the importance of such efforts and create models for other scientists and engineers.

But even a university's efforts to communicate such policies can be perceived as dismissive of low - SES students» needs when the message also emphasizes, for example, that «only half of our students require financial aid,» as the authors found.

Using livestock to combat desertification and restore grasslands is one example, and the ongoing efforts of people in places such as Madagascar and Haida Gwaii to find win - win solutions that restore and enhance marine biodiversity and support local food security is another.

This was a super easy way for us to make a tiny effort to celebrate those women and mother's who have been such stalwart examples of love and kindness over the last couple of months.

It is in no way a bad film and it is, moreover, one of the better action films of recent cinematic efforts, far outstripping anything such as the Jason Statham release, Safe, for example; that film was just a rehash of multiple other action pictures but delivered with one tenth of the quality.

Certainly, the history of school accountability and efforts to improve low - performing schools under IASA would justify such suspicions, and some examples of what schools are doing in response to NCLB restructuring sound very feeble.

The work in Illinois serves as an example of coalition - building done well, strategic deal - making, compromise, and bipartisanship; as such, there is plenty for the education reform community to analyze and incorporate into future efforts.

For example, within the context of time - and - effort reporting, interested education leaders and stakeholders may wish to offer suggestions that will improve the quality and content of the information reported, such as demonstrating the valuable impact federally funded positions have on improving student achievement, school services and community involvement in education.

In the world of digital reading, for example, we can look to such events as this month's Books in Browsers conference in San Francisco for its ongoing exploration of «the networked book» and efforts to put reading into a digital context.

For example, if invited, will self - publishers — many of whom are attracted to the low cost of publishing digitally — be willing to invest the time, money and effort it takes to make a strong professional presentation at such events?

So, for example, if despite your efforts your nest egg isn't growing at an acceptable pace, you can consider ways to boost your savings such as signing up for an auto - increase option that automatically boosts the percentage of pay that goes into your 401 (k) plan each year.

In an effort to lead by example, the Sunnyside Pet Healthcare Center will strive to practice pain medicine in accordance with scientific principles and the latest evidence - based research in order to give animals a better chance at living pain - free and happy lives, even in the face of serious illnesses such as cancer.

With the continuation of such determined conservation efforts, hopefully the island fox will one day serve as an example of how critically endangered species can be pulled back from the brink of extinction.

Wedgwood then detailed the levels of effort Splash Damage go to during development, as an example of why he believes publisher help is crucial to a firm such as his.

The new president will be expected to knowledgeably encourage and embody that leadership both internally, for example, helping to investigate innovative and future - oriented higher education delivery models, and externally, raising Pratt's profile by engaging in critical design and cultural issues of the day, such as ongoing efforts to diversify the professional fields.

«Territories and Fictions: Thinking a New Way of the World» at Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and «Manipulate the World» at Stockholm's Moderna Museet were two such examples of institutional efforts to buoy artists» re-territorialization of authoritative narratives and stories of dispossession.

Recognized in Germany for his historical early collaborations with Georg Baselitz (examples of which were on view), Schönebeck arguably did his strongest work after their joint efforts ended in» 62, with paintings, such as the two in the show, that forced confrontation with repressed postwar feelings.

In recent years, for example, we've commented on disinformation efforts by industry front groups such as the «Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and a personal favorite, The Heartland Institute, and by industry - friendly institutions such as the Wall Street Journal editorial board, and other media outlets that assist in the manufacture and distribution of climate change disinformation.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Since the government banned the use of shark fins in government banquets, for example, and celebrity - fronted campaigns such as Wild Aid's effort with Yao Ming, it appears that demand for shark fins has dropped.

There may well be other datasets exhibiting such variations, for example satellite data, the Argo data slowly coming to hand, etc. but my particular effort has the extremely narrow goal of describing low - frequency components of HadCRUT3 by exhibiting and describing them.

Apart from efforts in generating reliable data products (for example, data assimilation), models need to be refined to incorporate key processes of drought such as land - atmosphere interaction, temperature, soil moisture, and human activities.

For example, the agreement includes phrases such as,»... shall use their best efforts...,» and «Implementation of this Agreement shall be subject to the availability of relevant resources.»

I was going to write something about the misguided effort by California voters to attempt to recall Judge Aaron Persky in response to his light sentence on convicted sexual assaulter Brock Turner, arguing that anyone supporting such efforts can not complain when state judges are removed or non-retained in response to, for example, pro-LGBTQ rulings (e.g., three members of the Supreme Court of Iowa in 2010).

Innovations such as the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of M&A diligence efforts and the use of workflow and data analytics to drive contract remediation for large scale events like GDPR and Brexit are examples at play today.

For example, there may be individuals who maintain one or more Facebook accounts in violation of our terms of service, despite our efforts to detect and suppress such behavior.»

For example, a sense of achievement is an intrinsic factor, but extrinsic mechanisms such as your performance management process influence an employee's view of their success and how their efforts are viewed within the organisation.

Executive Management Duties & Responsibilities Provide effective solutions to complex issues such as cost budgeting, pricing strategies, vendor negotiations, revenue projections, purchasing and sales negotiations, business development tactics and industry competition Identify and develop talent among team members with targeted recruitment, focused training efforts and the promotion of a performance - based work environment that leverages individual talents for group benefit Utilize needs - and situation - based assessments to manage costs and capital outlays and determine potential ROI Participate heavily in all marketing, branding, public relations and communications activities Develop leadership team and support staff to aid in efficient business operations, sales and marketing functions, and client service execution, delegating important tasks and assignments while monitoring for effective resolution Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while performing sales presentations, overseeing market operation and business development, creating new revenue channels and managing key vendor and client relationships Collaborate in all phases of strategic planning with senior - level management, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective acquisition strategies, pricing, market trends, and operational structures Assess and expand key markets and potential business ventures while ensuring operational efficiency and solid execution of corporate mission Create and implement marketing and sales strategies while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge of the products, services and respective marketplace, including pricing and regulatory trends, competitor strategies, general economic conditions and other business metrics Act as a liaison between staff, clients, and other management members to resolve issues in a timely manner

For example, evaluation of subsidized guardianship and licensed (i.e. paid) kinship care in Illinois has suggested that such efforts can reduce racial disproportionality (Testa, 2001).

Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

Family Leadership and Perspectives National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2011) Links to resources such as State and local examples of parent leader development and recognition efforts as well as PowerPoint presentations, bibliographies, and related websites.

The efforts of some regions, such as the ACEs screening with expectant parents and families with young infants, serve as powerful examples of local capacity building.