Sentences with phrase «made modest changes»

On the software side, Kyocera has made some modest changes to the UI in terms of a new launcher and several tweaks targeted at mid-range users that are likely to buy ruggedized devices.

Florida lawmakers this spring made modest changes to the rules that govern the private schools that receive state scholarships, or vouchers.

Consequently, the Fed can no longer target the effective federal funds rate, and influence other short - term interest rates, just by making modest changes to the stock of bank reserves.

We have responded by regretting those teachings and making modest changes in behavior and doctrine.

Days after Gibbs met with Chen and other correspondents unhappy about limited access, the White House began making some modest changes.

That still holds us to a defensive position, but allows us to make modest changes in our hedges (shifting index put option strikes, for example) in a way that maintains a strong defense but reduces our vulnerability to blazing short - squeezes and other bursts of «risk - on» enthusiasm.

Not exact matches

He hoped his modest set of requirements would make a small impact, lead to more visibility for women in tech and, in turn, change the ratio.

The Bank of Japan has made modest adjustments to its quantitative easing program, although it has yet to change its policy guidelines.

Our portfolio managers are making fairly modest changes to the portfolio of ideas the analysts have researched that have survived the process of making our approved list of investments.

Don't fail to make the modest adjustment because the more dramatic change strikes you as too extreme a choice.

To accumulate the extra 3.6 years of life requires sticking to the veggie diet for 17 years, however, though even modest changes to the way we eat — such as joining Meat Free Monday — can make a big difference.

For years talented people have been modding the PC version of the NBA 2K games in order to change jerseys, add players, and even re-work the entire thing and put Space Jam in the game — so the possibility is there to mock up something and make people believe they're real.

The rest of the reshuffle saw Mrs May make only modest changes to her top team in the appointments.

Modest changes were made to the state's property tax cap law last year, but not as much as some local government leaders had sought.

«I am afraid it is obvious that, because they are understandably in a hurry, the preparations that the government have made for the introduction of this scale of change are very modest indeed,» former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf said.

«Although some of these changes represent modest improvements, we're very disappointed that after months of discussion the city fails to recognize that we can't create a stronger Midtown if we don't reliably invest in the transit system, predictably fund public space improvements, protect landmark worthy buildings, and make sure that New Yorkers have a real voice in the future of their skyline,» Lola Finkelstein, chairwoman of a multi-board task force comprised of Community Boards 1, 4, 5 and 6, said in a statement.

Finally, despite failing to obtain a more substantial salary increase, I was satisfied that I had made a significant effort to change my situation and had experienced a modest measure of success.

«However, our study has shown that even by making fairly modest changes in temperature we can activate our stem cells to form brown fat at a cellular level.

«Fairly modest changes» can make a difference The strongest hurricane winds on the coast can reach 180 mph.

Co-author Dr Alison Kay from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said: «Our hydrological modelling suggests that the increased likelihood of extreme rainfall arising from human - made climate change gives a more modest increase in extreme flows in the River Thames.

«If this works, and it remains to be proven, it would be like taking a modest car and making it go like a race car by just changing its spark plugs.

North Atlantic right whales - a highly endangered species making modest population gains in the past decade - may be imperiled by warming waters and insufficient international protection, according to a new Cornell University analysis published in Global Change Biology.

Mods: Changed the neckline from a turtle neck to a crew neck, made her own yoke chart, as well as lengthened into a tunic.

A key change has been made to the economy around these mods too.

The mod changes the damage values of the game's weapons to be more «accurate», makes the defense values of in - game armor more realistic, adds slower character progression in term's of the stats system, makes your hunger & thirst meters go down more rapidly and makes the shopkeepers in the game more shrewd about the prices they give for items that are bought or sold.

They're modest numbers, but with no lift to contend with VW has been able to make significant changes to the chassis balance.

There are changes made to the inside as well and the cabin receives a modest makeover as it has obsidian black leather upholstery with a printed helix design.

The mods don't all jump out at you at once, which is surprising considering how many subtle and not - so - subtle changes were made.

Comixology has had only modest success in real terms so far, but there is evidence that they are making some headway in changing minds around the industry.

The Tweaked Modded ROM is based off the Nook's official 1.2.1 firmware, and includes a long list of changes, including adding root, Busybox and init.d support, all rendering is done on the GPU to improve gaming and to make everything run smoother, image and text rendering has been improved, apps auto calibrate upon boot, Chainfire3D drivers were added, as well as Kick Ass Kernelizer, auto - zipalign and defragdb on boot, and a number of other tweaks and improvements that I don't know what they mean.

I just made a quick - cheap - and - dirty version for my Sony Touch (PRS - 600) with a few mods: 1) changed the orientation to «landscape» 2) made the «flap» cover the entire front, instead of only halfway 3) glued craft foam to the chipboard pieces for extra cushion

Mod note - this question was merged from this one as the OP lost access to the account that posted it and wanted to make changes.

Mods can make small changes to make titles more playable, but they can also be complex enough to create entirely new experiences within the original game.

In order to find the right path early, you may need to change the notion of what «success» means to you in your early projects - from making your dream game with flashy realistic graphics, to something more doable with more modest assets.

I have been modding games since the first Max Payne released where I replaced a good number of sounds to make the game more to my liking among other changes I made.

Since its original release, modders have figured out how to do more with CD Projekt's RED's tools, and the best Witcher 3 mods make some pretty drastic changes to combat, loot, graphics, and more.

The creator Dean Hall announced that he hoped to change that though and make the mod into a full standalone game using a «Minecraft - like model,» releasing the game while still developing it.

Making only modest changes to the gameplay and narratives of X and X-2, Square Enix has avoided butchering a once - great experience and instead makes it feel considerably enhanced.

While closely related to hacks, mods are, for the most part, made to change the gameplay experience, whereas hacks are designed to give players an unfair advantage over others.

Whether it's dock mods or awesome aesthetic changes, check out how the community is making the Switch better.

They're certainly no Turner Prize Winners, but they're not aiming to be — it's modest, yet no less important than any other art coming out of the city and makes for a refreshing change of pace and thought when touring the art of the Glasgow, reminding you of the rich variety of both art's producers and consumers.

Modest changes can make better use of the first floor as centerpiece rather than commute.

He gave a modest thumbs up to Dr. Schmidt but his overall reaction was that the commentators focusing on changing how the climate issue is «framed» were far too detached from the public to have a meaningful idea of how to make an impact.

Guardian: Oliver Tickell: Don't let the carbon market dieThe Copenhagen climate change conference achieved too little, but a modest global carbon tax would make amends.»

Guardian: Oliver Tickell: Don't let the carbon market dieThe Copenhagen climate change conference achieved too little, but a modest global carbon tax would make amends Some people have good reason to be shocked that banks have pulled out of the carbon market, not least recent economics graduates whose dissertations on carbon finance now qualify them only for unemployment.

Yet the relatively modest climate ambition and scope of the plan makes it even more critical to expand the President's larger plan to curtail climate change to include new measures that foster the development of carbon removal solutions today.

«Besides being a good summary of the massive controversy behind the scenes in the climate science research community about the causes of the past century's modest warming, Climate Change Reconsidered could make a good text book for university (and advanced senior high school classes) climate change courses as well since they do an easily understood and accurate review of the related basic science at the beginning of each of the topic - specific chapters.&Change Reconsidered could make a good text book for university (and advanced senior high school classes) climate change courses as well since they do an easily understood and accurate review of the related basic science at the beginning of each of the topic - specific chapters.&change courses as well since they do an easily understood and accurate review of the related basic science at the beginning of each of the topic - specific chapters.»

It defines ERF similarly to Hansen's Fs, but with no adjustment made for the change in land temperature (which is modest when SST is fixed), and notes that ERF can also be estimated by regression, as for Fs *.

He said that while climate change represents a «real but modest threat,» we don't have the technologies needed to make the shift off of fossil fuels, and should abandon mitigation in favor of building energy and climate resilience.

At its meeting on April 12 - 13, 2012, [40] the [Commission] decided not to propose changes to the ABA policy prohibiting nonlawyer ownership of law firms... The Commission considered the pros and cons, including thoughtful comments that the changes recommended in the [December 2, 2011 paper] were both too modest and too expansive, and concluded that the case had not been made for proceeding with even a form of nonlawyer ownership that is more limited than the D.C. model.