Sentences with phrase «good roll models»

Apple and to a lesser extent Google are not good roll models for software backwards compatibility.

to provide skills that makes me a good roll model for the younger employees and the professional skills to excel up the company ladder...

Not exact matches

Tesla has just rolled out the software update version 7.1 for its Model S and Model X cars, which allowed the owners to summon the automobiles to park themselves, just like a well - trained dog.

Tesla is rolling out new battery options for the Model S and Model X, and as a result, they get better range and acceleration and more speed on the road.

Cyrus played a character that was idolized by many preteen and teen girls and that could had been treated as a roll - model, since both Cyrus and Hannah Montana were famous girls that didn't let fame to change them and stayed normal, nice girls, that had good relationship with their families.

As well, he has this primitive model of sense - awareness, where you never, so to speak, find what is happening in the present awareness, only in the next one, because nature is always rolling on; but there is a printing and re-printing of pattern where the next one may or may not be the same as the first, and patterns may maturate — build up.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Even dough and modeling clay are writing tools — you can roll them out and form rope letters (this helps develop her motor skills as well).

Playing with modeling clay — pulling, kneading, and rolling the squishy stuff — is another good outlet.

This year, the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science used BOOST funds to benefit students in a variety of ways, including tutoring and professional development services, a class trip to Yale Model UN, parent meetings and family nights, a trip for the school's band to play at Madison Square Garden, as well as initiatives for honor roll students and those with perfect attendance.

A former model uses tales of sex, drugs and rock and roll in a book hitting stores on Monday to introduce the healing power of yoga sequences and demonstrate how the ancient practice of breath and meditation can fortify the mind as well as the body.

With its emergence in 2001, its attracted the best in the business, including actresses, starlets, models, porn stars, athletes, beauty queens, CEO's and investors, all of them high rollers.

Paul Rudd (Role Models, Knocked Up) and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) are «howlingly funny» (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) in «one of the funniest movies of the decade» (Steve Oldfield, «Fox - TV»), a story of a guy with no male friends who finds himself in need of a best man.

The race is close, and B - Rad is an embarrassment to his father's image, a white hip hop aficionado who tries his very best to model his life after the hip hop stars he idolizes, spitting his own game and rolling with his own posse of posh Malibu kids like him.

by Walter Chaw Justin Lin's feature debut caused something of a minor firestorm at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where it was charged that Asian - American stereotypes of the «model minority» were being indulged by Better Luck Tomorrow's tale of honor - roll gangsters amuck in SoCal.

He switched to using rolls of scotch tape and painter's tape as better models for wheels.

The ESA model also encourages parents to obtain the best value for their child's education dollars, as unspent money in one year can be rolled over to the next and even be spent on college costs.

As part of a plan to evaluate and pay all teachers according to how well they «grow» student achievement, the district had just rolled out its first - ever testing program in the visual arts, music, and physical education — a program that has since become a national model.

Because increasing collaboration can entail significant changes in teachers» practice, it's best to roll out a model slowly.

Recalls are being issued for a number of vehicles including the new Toyota Prius V, 2012 Toyota Tacoma, and Cam - Am Spyder as well as various BMWs and Rolls - Royce models using V - 8 and V - 12 engines.

Ludvigsen's London library — Tom Threlfall discovers Carl Ludvigsen's motoring reference library in deepest Pentonville / The Henry Royce Foundation — Jonathan Wood visited the Foundation's archives and museum at the Hunt House at Paulerspury / 1935 Armstrong Siddeley Special — Malcolm Robertson gives us his impressions of a pristine example of this sporting limousine / 1924 Standard — Ray Cattle writes with affection about his well - preserved V3 Kenilworth model / 1929 Rolls - Royce 20 — This month the Editor describes his encounter with a «small» Rolls - Royce / Sir Herbert Austin's letter — Some fascinating correspondence between Sir Herbert Austin and Henry Ford has been discovered by David G. Jones / Restoration techniques — Zoe Harrison reports on the course on vehicle restoration techniques run by the North Warwickshire College.

This engine offers good gas mileage with either the standard five - speed manual or available four - speed automatic — 25/34 mpg city / highway, regardless of the transmission — but Kia also offers a $ 600 Fuel Economy Package for automatic EX models that boosts gas mileage to 27/36 mpg, thanks to enhancements like a five - speed automatic instead of a four - speed, plus low - rolling - resistance tires and aerodynamic improvements.

The new Phantom has been five years in the making, and as Rolls - Royce officials acknowledge, it really needed to take a two - generation leap, given that the model it replaces is 14 years old — which may as well be 80 in car years.

The model acquired the «Ghost» moniker because of its quietness, while the overall quality led to the first description of Rolls - Royce as the maker of the best car in the world.

But toward the end of the company's British ownership, Rolls - Royce and sisters - under - the - skin Bentley models were rather like Gloria Swanson's aged character in «Sunset Boulevard» — still imperious but well past it, faded at the edges and threadbare.

F - 250 Super Duty models with this engine also add a new six - speed automatic transmission that Ford calls TorqShift - G, boasting a higher first - gear ratio, better fuel economy, and improved launches from a stop as well as improved rolling acceleration.

And: «The air suspension kept the body much more controlled than the outgoing model, thus roll in corners was reduced making it handle way better than any 5,000 - pound SUV has a right to...»

The company is proceeding with plans to roll out its first electric model, shown in concept form at the Frankfurt motor show earlier this year, and is currently looking for partnerships with other automakers to bring down the costs as well as solve the engineering challenges of building small electric cars.

The Coupes come with Magic Body Control to tilt you into a corner (up to 2.65 deg) countering body roll - and higher - up models get air suspension to absorb bumps and lumps better.

If you love the 1997 Mazda Miata - this week's test car - you better get one now, because the»98 model that rolls into showrooms in the fall is going to look different from the 1990 - 97 models.

Every year Jeep models roll onto our lot looking and performing better than they ever have before.

While it is unlikely that anyone in the market for a car boasting the sort of performance caliber of the 911 Turbo S places a great deal of emphasis on overall efficiency, the inclusion of new fuel - saving technology, including a new stop / start system that cuts the engine at 4 mph as you roll to a standstill, as well as the coasting function brought to other 911 models, has clearly improved its credentials in this area.

Kia has been doing a pretty good job lately of showing us some interesting concepts, but this hasn't carried over into actually rolling out new models in the way you expect.

Because of Royce's unflinching determination to build the best cars possible, Rolls - Royce models were extremely quiet and smooth running.

In various combinations specific to each model, EfficientDynamics technologies such as Brake Energy Regeneration, on - demand control of ancillaries such as the coolant pump, the fuel pump and the a / c compressor, as well as active air flap control and tires with minimum rolling resistance will be used.

The steering is better weighted than in rivals and feels more precise, while stiffer suspension on ST - Line models mean they don't roll as much in corners, either.

But that's probably the best way to go until Land Rover redefines its range as the all new models roll out over the next few years.

Land Rover's 2018 base - model Range Rover comes with the 3.0 - liter supercharged V6 good for 340 horsepower, 4 - wheel drive with a low - range transfer case and Land Rover's Terrain Response system, which has settings for different terrain including Sand and Snow, and roll - stability control.

Everyone on our staff is passionate about premium luxury and exotic vehicles, and we are well - versed in the models and brand names that roll onto our lot.

What would be better for a test scenario than to have all three models of the Panamera; the 2S, 4S and Turbo, all rolled off of a transport AT Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and driven directly to the pit lane.

If you love the 1997 Mazda Miata - this week's test car - you better get one now, because the»98 model that rolls into showrooms in the fall is going to look different from the 1990 - 97 models.Mazda officials are worried that their small roadster - which they claim triggered the current sports car craze - is in danger of being overshadowed by the Bmw Z3, Porsche Boxster, Mercedes - Slk and Plymouth Prowler.So Mazda's designers went back to the drawing board and came up with a new face and some other styling changes for the Miata.

Superb fit - and - finish and impressive ergonomics made these mid-sized four - door cars lovely places to spend long journeys in, and it's not uncommon to see used models with steep mileages that are as well screwed together on the inside as they were when they rolled off the production line.

Good news, captains of industry tired of seeing the same old Rolls - Royce models: The Anglo - Germanic automaker is planning more ultra-low-volume models, Britain's Autocar reports, citing design chief...

Even on the regular 2012 Civic, Honda is using tires that are five pounds lighter and are 10 percent better in rolling resistance compared to the 2011 model.

Starting with the GCV160 engine, Honda will introduce new Best - In - Class models on a rolling basis.

Prospective purchasers did recognise the well - proven power unit as a clear indication of the Rolls - Royce Corniche - presumably the very last model developed at the Crewe factory - having been designed in the true Rolls - Royce philosophy.

It is well worth noting that this engine - developed during the 1950s - is still performing under the bonnet of Rolls - Royce's modern models of the 90s though having been subject to the company's established policy of seeking improvements in design and manufacture.

SUPER FUEL ECONOMY (SFE) PACKAGE Available on autoshifted SE models, the SFE Package includes auto - articulated, aero - optimizing grille shutters — an unseen mileage - enhancing element also found on most other Focus models fitted with the PowerShift transmission — as well as low - rolling resistance tires, wind - cheating wheel covers and a tasteful rear spoiler that collectively bring the car's projected EPA highway figure up to 40 mpg.

Source: Scion Press Release is on Page 2 Sports Sedan that Shouts Success - All - New 2016 Scion iA Rolls Into New York With a Trunk Brand's first - ever sedan with dramatically sporty look and agile moves Estimated MSRP in the $ 16,000 - range for well - equipped mono - spec model High - spirited 1.5 - liter engine; estimated 42 MPG highway Choice of 6 - speed stick shift or 6 - speed automatic Standard Low - speed Pre-collision safety system Roomy cabin with premium amenities 7 - inch multimedia system with voice recognition NEW YORK, March 31, 2015 — Scion is expanding its line - up in more ways than one.

That might well become the case as further models are rolled out in coming months and years, but for now AMR doesn't stand for very much at all.