Sentences with phrase «needed improvement to their system»

After years of wanting this feature, Smashwords launched (Dec. 2012) a much needed improvement to their system — Smashwords Direct allows the support of ebooks that «contain richer, more sophisticated formatting».

Not exact matches

An analysis of the new system published at the time suggested the current one doesn't meet Canada's needs and indicated that improvements could add millions to Canada's economy.

The Quantifeel System immediately pinpoints areas on the line that need to be addressed and confirms improvements.

Storing, sharing and delivering documents in the Cloud is just an incremental improvement over what you did yesterday; to really revolutionize your business — and realize the true promise of the Cloud — you need to turn your document - based tools and workflows into truly connected systems.

Or do we need to ask more fundamental questions about an economic system that, despite improvements here and there, continues to degrade the planet?

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.

That is not a back - line worth comparing to the likes of those remaining in the title race, and improvements will need to be made in order to move forward in that system.

Nevertheless, as the authors point out, a national food policy would shine a brighter spotlight on these conflicts and would also likely raise public awareness about and support for meaningful improvements to our food system — a much needed first step toward change.

According to a 2013 appraisal of the building, the club would need about $ 500,000 in maintenance improvements, projects that include replacement of the heating and air conditioning system as well as some of the pool's equipment.

Improvements need to be made in our home birth system.

The newly imposed 25 percent tax actually was established in 1994 to generate revenue to repair the Park District harbor system, but boaters protested and the improvements were made by privatizing the work, thus eliminating the need for the surtax, they said.

However, in the past few years we have seen some fantastic market improvements with newborn pockets and AIOs, for those parents who want or need a one piece system to go on and off their newborn.

«We need a lot of improvements to stabilize the system and most importantly reduce premiums,» he said.

Also at 3 p.m., Buffalo Assemblyman Sean Ryan will call for a long - term state capital improvement program to provide $ 100 million in funding over 5 years for urgently needed repairs to the NFTA - Metro Rail system, NFTA Delavan Station, corner of E. Delavan Avenue and Main Street, Buffalo.

Dinowitz's bill would, without raising any new taxes, provide a steady source of revenue for the struggling downstate transit system to make the necessary repairs and improvements it needs.

Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon sponsored a resolution calling for improvements to the nation's railway system, highlighting the need for regulations to replace outdated cars that carry hazardous materials and require them to reduce their speed in residential areas.

«Our nation's rail system needs improvements to ensure that we are properly shipping materials, such as oil and gas, which can be hazardous.

When Mr. Cuomo declared the transit system to be in a state of emergency in June, he pledged $ 1 billion for improvements and moved to make it easier to buy badly needed equipment.

The 12 - story development in Albany, built in 1974, is in need of major upgrades including building - wide systems, improvements to exterior and new kitchens and bathrooms.

«However, the latest Annual Report also confirms that without a clear focus on the need to support the capacity of the system to sustain these improvements, standards of education are being put at risk.

The City of Plattsburgh has also cited the need to make large - scale improvements to its water delivery system in order to avoid a deluge of broken pipes.

And he stressed the need to improve infrastructure in New York State, noting the need for federal input on many of the big projects he wants to get done such as improving LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports and the «dramatic improvement» needed for the subway system.

The approved capital allocation provides $ 250,000 to address mechanical, electrical and plumbing rehabilitation needs and $ 250,000 for Life Safety System improvements (primarily upgrading the fire alarm systems) in the 50 + year - old building.

«This plan will detail system needs, prioritize critical investments and enable us to begin shifting from reactive emergency repairs, to proactive system improvements,» she said.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

The alerts highlighted how some recent improvements to the system may help decrease the time needed to receive, detect and broadcast the alerts, but they also point to places where the system can improve in the future, said Gerardo Suárez, a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

The care provided by the U.S. military health care system to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression is good in some areas, but needs improvement in other realms, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

But the current VibWrite system needs improvements because users may need a few attempts to pass the system.

Separately, Goldberg is has dedicated much of his academic career to identifying processes and system improvements which can be made in order to make more organs available to those in need — whether for veterans or those specifically awaiting liver transplant in different geographic areas.

Bundorf said the study illustrates the need for improvement in both health - care systems; for example, physicians could be offered incentives to select the best drug for the condition and save money.

But the water - recovery system that will become part of NASA's Regenerative Environmental Control and Life Support System, or ECLSS, for the International Space Station (ISS), still needs a number of improvements if it is to support the space agency's ambitions of returning to the moon and pushing onward towardsystem that will become part of NASA's Regenerative Environmental Control and Life Support System, or ECLSS, for the International Space Station (ISS), still needs a number of improvements if it is to support the space agency's ambitions of returning to the moon and pushing onward towardSystem, or ECLSS, for the International Space Station (ISS), still needs a number of improvements if it is to support the space agency's ambitions of returning to the moon and pushing onward toward Mars.

Drs Tinetti and Basu identify priorities for MCC research, including further development of research methods, and improvement of treatment guidelines and of the health care system's ability to meet the needs of patients with MCC.

In an ideal world, transparency would suffice in prompting families to move their students to better schools and encourage the school system to make needed improvements to keep more families from exiting.

Yet we are focused on expansion at a time when the system still needs great improvement, including increased attention to generating high - quality, affordable models of early education and care.

His advice for further improvement in Poland and abroad — «We have to provide more support for the weakest students, while at the same time we need to better recognize different talents and find multiple ways to make them flourish within the comprehensive school system.»

Further, it is unlikely that district authorizers will move beyond the regulatory - driven, compliance - based accountability systems that are the hallmark of public education or the troubling hit - and - miss formation of new schools that is raising questions about the ability of charter schools to deliver improvement on the scale that our country needs.

«A friend told me about the therapy related to positivism, joie de vivre and well - being which leads to an improvement of the immune system, just the gift, I needed!

If the current law's minimum competency standard produces gains among students near the proficiency threshold but disadvantages others, the rules of the accountability system need to be modified, perhaps to reward improvements across the entire achievement distribution.

The reality is that we need both, and this debate shouldn't be allowed to sidetrack one of the most dramatic improvements in the nation's education system in the past decade.

«It's clear that the British public have some strong opinions with regards to the UK school system, highlighting that there may still be plenty of room for growth across the board — and these improvements may need to start right from the top.»

This prize will now allow us to introduce a monitoring and metering system to help inform us where we need to target further improvements going forward.

Taken together, we believe we have spelled out an approach to standardized testing grounded in the fact that assessments can gather critical information about our students» growth and our own teaching practice, while acknowledging that this potential will be lost if we ignore the need for improvements to our current system.

«This is a new era in early education,» says Lesaux, «and just as everyone is throwing their hat in the ring, we wanted to respond — to promote better, high - quality programming within a system that still needs great improvement at a time when we're focused on scaling.»

Two mayors and the city council gave these leaders the political cover, generous funding, and, perhaps most important, the time to make the improvements in people, systems, curriculum, and culture that are needed to turn around a failing institution.

Every school system needs to keep searching for improvement, and the MBAE is right to explore new ways of moving forward.

«Research clearly shows that no school improvement effort can succeed without effective leadership, and such leadership is needed at all levels - federal, state, district, and school - in our current systems and in the systems we will create in the future,» said M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation, which provided a $ 10 - million grant to support the effort.

With this system going to scale in the 2016 - 17 school year, TEA needs assistance to identify additional needs for system improvements that will support implementation fidelity.

A State Information System to Support Improvements in Productivity In this essay Marguerite Roza discusses the data needed to support districts and schools as they seek new, more productive solutions.

The National Funding Formula (NFF), the biggest improvement to the school funding system for decades, will ensure that for the first time funding is based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country.

They'll argue that dozens of new teacher - evaluation systems have delivered, never mind the growing piles of paperwork, dubious scoring systems, or lack of evidence that they've led to any changes in how many teachers are deemed effective or in need of improvement.