Sentences with phrase «modeled his approach after»

One of the most closely followed value investors, Charles Brandes, who has modeled his approach after the legendary Benjamin Graham, told Advisor.Ca that active, rather than passive, investing strategies will make a comeback.

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At Thunderhill, teams tested two technological approaches: Systems based on so - called neural networks modeled after the human brain and those based on computer vision.

Uber launched UberCommute just a few weeks after that article; given that the economics of UberCommute are approaching those of self - driving cars, that means the company is ahead when it comes to figuring out the business model as well.

Our approach was and continues to be to take a long - term approach, modeled after the way we experimented and invested in a lot of things during the early years at Zappos (and made a lot of mistakes along the way), and then eventually scaled from almost no sales in 1999 to over $ 1 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2008 (9 years)-- and continuing to grow and scale afterwards.

The salient points are (I) inflation is below target and expected to remain well sub-target for the next 5 10 20 and 30 years; (II) it has been well below target and Fed forecasts for a decade suggesting great skepticism about models that predict acceleration (iii) the 2 percent target is supposed to be an average so inflation should sometimes exceed it especially after a long shortfall (iv) if the 9th year of expansion with unemployment approaching 4 percent is not the time for above target inflation when will that moment ever come?

After countless hours of reading and talking to anyone who wanted to I've decided to go with Lars» simple approach implemented as a bucket model — i.e. 3 buckets / pots / assets: -

Clergy and laypeople spend much of their time debating parochial questions of internal authority and power, conforming to a white evangelistic model of the church patterned after the approaches of Billy Graham, Robert Schuller or Oral Roberts.

After modeling a seeker - sensitive approach to church growth for three decades, Willow Creek Community Church now plans to gear its weekend services toward mature believers seeking to grow in their faith.

The team has a unique business model compared to everyone else on the grid in that it has to commercially bring a profit to its partners, an unchanged approach that allowed it to survive through era after era.

After years of complaints from critics about Bloomberg's top - down approach to governing, Quinn — who is typically seen as a close ally of the mayor — presented a different model, repeatedly stressing the need for outreach and collaboration.

He had set up a number of weather stations on the ridge after his first visit in the 1990s, and these indicated that the area was steadily approaching the «tipping point» established by his models.

Precursor species that form still earlier than ACC or liquid precursors — that is, directly after ion contact and before nucleation occurs — have been postulated (12) and suggested through modeling approaches (13).

In his new paper, Lovejoy applies the same approach to the 15 - year period after 1998, during which globally averaged temperatures remained high by historical standards, but were somewhat below most predictions generated by the complex computer models used by scientists to estimate the effects of greenhouse - gas emissions.

But one Wisconsin farmer has grown a uniquely science - themed crop; after being approached by geologists at the University of Wisconsin's Geology Museum in Madison, Angie Treinen modeled her maze after the state fossil, the long - extinct trilobite.

The researchers, who published their work in Cell today (April 12), designed their a neural network, a program modeled after the brain, using an approach called deep learning, which uses data to recognize patterns, form rules, and apply those rules to new information.

Among vertebrates, the fish model displays easy high density breeding (short generation time), favourable biological peculiarities (accessibility and transparency of the eggs, genome sequenced for both species used on the platform), original technological approaches (confocal and two - photon microscopy), as well as a wide accessibility to fully transparent larvae usable up to 5 days after fertilization.

Would original authors — whose approach was known good — agree with having someone else crank through their same procedure after the «datasets and / or calibrations and / or age models» were changed?

Its reputation as a hookup app came from the no - barriers approach, modeled after grindr, which made the best of two people who found each other attractive in close proximity to one another.

After a thorough evaluation, we have modified our approach to console gaming and will transition exclusively to a licensing model.

Immediately after, Ivanovich Sakharine (Daniel Craig) approaches Tintin with an offer to name his price for the model; our hero refuses to sell.

Using the hackathon model as an after - school club, you can train students in the real - world approaches and best practices required in creating websites for nonprofits.

After a dispiriting experience at the D.C. charter school, he moved back home in 2004, and that summer ran a summer program for children at his local food cooperative, telling parents that if they liked his approach, he'd homeschool them for free in the fall to test out his model.

While XQ maintains that every school must be able to produce XQ Learners: students endowed with knowledge, skills, and capacities to engage in the world after high school, it stops far short of proscribing any model or approach.

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The sprawling network of schools, museums, libraries, after - school programs, and businesses has become a national model for how to support STEM, STEAM, maker education, computer science, and other «modern learning» approaches.

Green Dot schools provide a high care, high structure, high expectations approach to learning; a personalized learning plan for students; a traditional school day with an early emphasis in proficiency in reading and math; and after - school programs complementing our mission and educational model.

To demonstrate the program's toll on students, Rella described an imaginary charter school, modeled after the Common Core standards, which would include «high levels of rigor» and «a totally test - centered approach to teaching.

After being in business for many years, we realize that Internet Value Pricing is by far the best approach for our customers.Reviews: * Solid acceleration with any of the engines, handsome cabin, ample feature content, top crash scores, conventional gasoline models offer impressive value, lengthy warranty.

After supposedly leaving the PC business in 2014, Samsung now finds itself approaching the market again with a handful of Windows 10 detachable tablet models.

This modeling approach definitely decreased the amount of time it took the puppy to catch the gist of what I wanted; after only a few repetitions, when it was the puppy's turn to perform he would independently respond correctly.

But a lot of companies have embraced the expansion model, with some even moving back to it after trying the smaller and faster approach (EVE Online springs to mind).

Panicked as he hears his master approaching, he accidentally spills paint and paint thinner over the model world, and flees after hastily cleaning up.

«After a thorough evaluation, we have modified our approach to console gaming and will transition exclusively to a licensing model.

The ongoing series, entitled Strangers In My Room, is where Lee spots potential models when she's out and about, approaching them if she feels an emotional connection and then, after a brief five minute chat, asking if they want to take part.

I am not suggesting that research on longterm climate should be discontinued, but with no change in consensus after 20 years of modeling, maybe it is time for a new approach?

Using similar values for winter precipitation and basal area reduction, our model simulated the runoff response to vary depending on years since treatment, from a high of 38 mm (1.5 inches) in the year immediately following treatments to a low approaching zero mm after six years (Figure 3c).

They are modeled after the strong scientific management approaches typified by the Manhattan Project, the Lincoln Lab at MIT, which developed radar, AT&T's Bell Laboratories, which developed the transistor, as well as the successful DOE Bioenergy Research Centers established during the Bush Administration to pioneer advanced techniques in biotechnology, including biofuels.

Whether speaking to her digital audience, or with fellow parishioners, Hayhoe's approach is patient and compassionate and modeled after conversations she had with her husband, a linguistics professor and pastor who once himself had doubts about climate change.

After all, even the EPA's own lawyers, non-scientist professional bureaucratic infighters that they are, seem to recognize that if Mother Nature could, in pre-industrial times, raise the earth's global mean temperature to levels approaching today's levels — but without the benefit of having that additional 100 ppm of atmospheric CO2 with which to force the increase — then key parts of current AGW theory can be called into question, even the climate prediction models.

Would original authors — whose approach was known good — agree with having someone else crank through their same procedure after the «datasets and / or calibrations and / or age models» were changed?

After about 50,000 time steps of ten minutes each, Manabe's model atmosphere would approach equilibrium.

The process is made more interesting because it has a game - like approach modeled after the app Fruit Ninja and the workers receive bonuses for finding an above - average amount of recyclables.

The noise model involves two complementary approaches: dynamic noise after orbital tuning (DYNOT) and lag - 1 autocorrelation coefficient (ρ1).

Walter Olson, author of «The Litigation Explosion» (1991), explained in his Overlawyered.com blog that Mr. Thiel's approach was predictable after maintenance «metamorphosed around the 1960s into what we now know as the public interest litigation model: foundation or wealthy individual A pays B to sue C.

Soon after, the newspaper published an article about his hardline approach signaling a shift in a second «tough on crime» wave, and the governor called him to compliment his service and indicate that he was the model for future bench appointments.

And if there are differences, it allows the students to discuss the merits of different approaches.117 Providing sample or model email responses for students to review after class can allow students to self - assess their work and to improve for future email tasks.118 But students may struggle to understand what separates the quality of their work from the quality reflected in the model.119 So giving students multiple, annotated responses that highlight the positive aspects of the model and giving students the chance to review the model answers in groups can maximize the chances that students can learn from model answers.120 And a checklist or grading rubric can be another useful tool — either for the professor to effectively and efficiently assess student learning outcomes or for students to self - assess their own learning.121

The firm says it is modeled after the medical school's resident approach.

Interestingly, in 2014, S&S will be moving toward a «slimmer» business learning model (similar to the Reed Smith approach) for the pre-trainee period but with the ability for students to get the full MBA over the 5 years immediately after completion of the MA.

After implementing the integrated approach of The DATA Model, teachers will see the fruits of their labor when they readminister the Skills Checklist and when they see how all of the children in their preschool class, including their students with ASD, thrive!

After years of working in the traditional gestalt model, we pursued further group therapy training at the Washington School of Psychiatry in Washington DC, and learned a great deal about approaching groups from a variety of perspectives: a Systems perspective, an Intersubjective / Self Psychololgical perspective, a Kleinian / Object Relations, a post-modern Lacanian perspective, Yalom's interpersonal approach and Bion's analytic orientation.