Sentences with phrase «more challenging periods»

Chances are the office environment will be tense during the more challenging periods within your business.

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«Customers who intend to adopt Azure strategically and migrate applications over a period of one year or more (finishing in 2016 or later) can begin to deploy some workloads now, but those with a broad range of immediate enterprise needs may encounter challenges.

The ice bucket challenge has raised more than $ 22 million over the past three weeks, compared to $ 1.9 million during the same period last year.

The stark responsiveness to the business cycle suggests that many college students, and especially female college students, have sufficient ability to complete more challenging majors, such as STEM fields, yet choose not to do so in periods with stronger labor market prospects.»

As I have written recently, I think the period going forward will be more challenging for central banks than the preceding few years.

A few months after the Boardlist launched, following a beta period, it touted more than five dozen active searches and one early success: The site facilitated Martin's appointment to the board of Challenged, an app that promotes social media challenges along the lines of the ALS ice - bucket phenomenon.

Farmers will be all the more disappointed as February milk volumes will be low because of challenging production conditions, and supporting farmers in this difficult period would not have been overly onerous on Glanbia.

THIS IS THE LINEUP FOR ARSENAL HAD WENGER BEEN MORE TACTICAL IN THE SUMMER («AGAINST BIG OPPOSITION») WELBECK GIROUD SANCHEZ DIABY CAVARLHO RAMSEY GIBBS KOSCIELNY MERTESACKER CHAMBERS FABIANSKI i have been thinking about it for a long period of time and with the pace and strength in mid maybe we could have a decent shout at the title challenge but as we all know Wenger would hate this line up and put 4 CAMS for them, i think it is better we concentrate on drawing against big opposition.

I can only imagine what Barca or Real or Bayern or Man U or Chelsea fans would act like if they had a manager who delivered no major titles for 10 years or more and who didn't even challenge seriously for the PL during that period.

They have won everything, whilst in the same period, we've won barely anything, and Arsenal can't even challenge for major trophies any more.

If Wenger can find suitable transfers in January, they are guaranteed to be MUCH more expensive than they would have been in the summer so it will be painful for Wenger to have to put his hands in the Arsenal coffers, but the fact is that if we are to sustain our title challenge we will need at least two reinforcements, and we will also have to pray that no more of our stars get injured over the festive period.

If you can not support a team during challenging periods and you rather pile more misery and pressure on coaches and players, then get away and find yourself a new winning club.

At a challenging and confusing period of life for both parents and college - bound students, there's nothing more disheartening than having «experts» add to the confusion.

How this relates to the comments above:» Paly... been a Challenge Success poster school for as long as I can remember: TA, block scheduling, pre-break finals, many class projects, homework free days, now homework time limits, a school climate coordinator, more de-laned subjects, fewer APs / student than peer high schools I've read, and a later start / no zero period that promotes sleep.

Many districts remain challenged by lunch periods that give children too little time to eat, and nearly half have used some strategies to expedite service, such as offering «grab and go» options, increasing the number of cashiers and adding more serving lines.

«The B - Mobile Stroller was inspired by our desire to create a more practical and durable version of the traditional umbrella stroller, but overcome the challenges parents run into when using those strollers for longer periods of time due to lack of storage and functionality.»

Many of the challenges of the recovery period can inadvertently be self - imposed and Serena and I hope to get the message out that it's ok to give yourself a break, to adjust expectations, to allow for gratitude in small things and to make room for more enjoyment.

Whereas Olds» work has focused on the challenges of becoming a parent (i.e. program limited to first - time parents), Webster - Stratton has targeted the late preschool period and the transition to formal schooling, when children's emotion regulation skills are becoming more stable and tested in the context of full - day school settings.6, 22 A central focus of Webster - Stratton's program is parent management training to promote child social competence and prevent the development of conduct problems.

As Russia emerged from the post-Cold War period and became more stable and affluent, the wealthier Russians began to mount challenges to Putin's rule.

Cuomo also announced something called the «MTA Genius Transit Challenge,» which, according to a press release, is intended to «reimagine the solutions to the systemic challenges with the system, all targeted on expanding the number of trains per hour at peak periods to relieve overcrowding and to enable more reliable service with fewer delays.»

«However, this strategy becomes more challenging to sustain over a long period of time because it involves increasingly difficult choices in areas that are subject to repeated cuts.

The changes also come amid a period of major consolidation and upheaval in the media industry as streaming services have presented new challenges to more established pay TV providers.

Many assume that the most taxing years for mothers are during their children's infancies, but the new research shows that far more challenging is the middle school period.

On the other hand, disconnecting for short periods of time in order to seek more challenging leisure opportunities is likely to be beneficial.»

America's energy prosperity contrasts with a more fraught period for energy - exporting countries where geopolitical challenges have been compounded by fiscal stress and rising domestic energy demand, the authors said.

I would go slower with more rest periods, but I actually lifted heavier weights so it was still challenging.

There's also some evidence regarding just doing a straight up fast where you don't eat at all, but I find that to be more challenging for people because I rarely hear a patient that can do a strict like water fast and do well with that because of the lack of calories, unless you're doing it something short term, like maybe a day here or there, or half a day, more of like an intermittent fasting application, and that's certainly something that I think people could benefit from experimenting with is by going into these periods where they do brief intermittent fasting.

The best way to strengthen the muscles that stabilize the spine, in Reif's view, is simply to hold a near - neutral spine for longer periods and in more challenging positions.

While, over time, practicing poses on that more challenging side twice or for longer periods, as suggested above, may help create more evenness from side to side, forcing one side of your body to do exactly what the other side is doing may cause strain.

While this success may not be possible for everyone, this should certainly offer a more sensible direction for us to pursue what may be more sensible than going through the challenging exercise of making gluten - free baked goods from substances like almond, potato, tapioca, and bean flours, which may or may not be necessary for a short period of time while you re-introduce your digestive tract to the high - vitamin, mineral, and fiber - endowed heritage grains such as einkorn, emmer, spelt and even some heritage organic whole wheat or one of our more modern organic whole wheat breeds that are grown without chemical treatments.

Shorter rest periods make the work intervals more challenging but the speed of the work will also drop quickly after a few intervals.

This cardio workout combines exercises with your own weight which makes it more challenging and you are likely to obtain higher intensity for a shorter period of time.

These classes can be challenging, even for the seasoned yogi, and require students to move more quickly and hold more complex poses for longer periods.

I can always do more but have found that changing this is still a real challenge, also considering that I just do so much computer work and sitting straight for that for long periods is a real challenge.

Tarantino's frequent use of the N - word will no doubt inspire both challenges and defenses — I'd argue that, as it was in «Django Unchained,» the term allows modern audiences to experience period racism that much more vividly — and there's also the matter of Jennifer Jason Leigh, who spends much of the movie getting punched in the face by various characters.

More generally, how can you begin to establish a productive and positive classroom culture — to communicate to students that you are well organized, have high expectations in terms of both learning and behavior, and aspire to make each class period stimulating, challenging, and enjoyable?»

LEARNING FROM OTHER SECTORS Professor John Howson, chair of the REC's Education Steering Group has argued that «the increase in pupil numbers and decline in trainee teacher numbers heralds a period when recruitment will become more of a challenge, especially in certain subjects and phases».

Teachers, we would argue, have a greater challenge than doctors in many ways: they see many more than one student simultaneously; they must mediate both group and individual learning; and they see students every day for protracted periods.

We don't know if the difficulty is that MAIN was simplified during this period, or whether LTT was made more challenging (though, as I said, the LTT test is designed especially to get a stable measure over time).

In a 10 - year period, Stevenson increased the number of students taking highly challenging AP exams more than eightfold while increasing the percentage of students passing.

Again, after a transition period, scores improved and officials worked to make the test more challenging.

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This bears out, clearly, that the NAHT Aspire / EdisonLearning partners started from a far more challenging position than was generally the case for the national group in the same period — which this Ofsted Report refers to as «a much stronger group than those inspected last year».

RIM's main challenge will be to attract more support from application developers as the company is going through a tough period, with considerable pressure on its smartphone business.

When dealing with overall debts of $ 100,000 or more, the challenge is to secure a deal that can see the debt repaid gradually over a given period of time — for example 10 years.

Joyce said that the key takeaway for investors is that it's not too late to take steps to shape your portfolio in preparation for a period where the markets will be more challenging than they have been over the past few years.

By that criterion, both the Telstra stock's and the Commonwealth bond's payback period is unacceptably long; and by this absolute, more challenging — and, to mainstream investors, virtually unknown — yardstick, neither of these securities are compelling.

Frankly, choosing brand - new stocks is often a real challenge — I usually have strong conviction, a medium - long term holding period, and see significant upside potential in my current holdings, so adding to them often makes just as much / more sense.

She's a pioneer in the field of shelter medicine, author or co-author of more than 100 journal articles and textbook chapters, and is a co-founder of the Million Cat Challenge., a shelter - based campaign to save the lives of one million cats in North America over a five - year period.)

The industry has weathered the economically challenged period since late 2008 and actually seems poised for another growth spurt as people are beginning to feel more comfortable with their finances.