Sentences with phrase «point target rather»

These include the dual mandate specified in the goals, the emphasis on a (thick) point target rather than a band, and the specification of a horizon for the target.

Not exact matches

Rather than let your investments drift with market movements, it may make more sense to rebalance your holdings periodically (say, once or twice a year) or when your mix drifts a set amount from your target (you may allow your mix to fluctuate a maximum of 10 percentage points above or below the level you target).
However, the intent of this language is that the target is a «thick point» rather than a range, or in other words, the desirable rate of inflation for the Australian economy is «2 point something» (Stevens and Debelle 1995).
While recognising that in such an analysis, which targets both Christians and Muslims, we do not have the points for any kind of debate but rather are confronted with a diatribe, nevertheless, I believe that in such a forum as the Gurukul Summer Institute, where an honest spirit of inquiry prevails, and where there is a commitment to a rigorous process of theological exploration, we need to address some of the issues raised.
Make your pitch for better school food, but make sure your target understands that you are not asking (at this point) for a complete overhaul of school food, but rather for the one thing that your group decided upon — our hypothetical is «Fresh fruit instead of canned 3 days a week at lunch.»
Advocacy group Friends of 20th Street Park point to the unsuccessful condominium projects in West Chelsea along the High Line as potential targets for affordable housing, rather than existing open space.
Rather than relying on an opaque spot aligned with the target star, a vortex coronagraph shifts the phase of the incoming light waves so as to create a create a singularity, or a unique point, in the center of the image, where the starlight falls.
«With a virus, you have to go with prevention rather than a cure,» she said, pointing to her main target — wheat streak mosaic virus.
The study is investigator led and has therefore focused on clinical need, targeting patients with progressive multiple sclerosis in whom most disability is incurred... The study also reports a predominant effect on neurodegenerative rather than inflammatory outcomes, suggesting a novel mechanism of action that might be suitable as combination treatment with immunomodulatory treatments... Further phase 3 studies to measure the effect of simvastatin on sustained disability, particularly in patients with non-relapsing secondary progressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, are clearly needed, but this trial represents a promising point from which to develop trials of progressive disease.»
Rather than targeting a single point in the obesity cascade, we need multiple targets and treatments.
Remember, the whole point of doing the glute activation earlier was so that when it came to doing these exercises you would mainly be targeting your butt rather than thighs (even though they will also get a good workout too), so keep your focus on getting a good contraction on your butt muscles when doing these.
Performance managers should not set targets against all the points of the standards, but rather take a view of the development of their own school leaders in the context of continuous improvement and identify priority areas for the next stage, informed by the standards as a whole.
My point is not that other policies are therefore unimportant, but rather that the policies mentioned here have broad support, have moderate to strong research evidence of positive effects (except for the case of nonurban charters, which have strong evidence of neutral to negative effects), and could therefore be a prime target for ongoing bipartisan policy efforts.
Given the allure of the three - pointed star, the prestige of the E-Class badge, the mesmerizing hold SUVs have over buyers and the fact this niche filler will spend its life in leafy suburbs rather than forests, there's no reason to believe it won't hit that target.
You might be in a situation where your credit cards don't have the highest interest rates of all your debts so rather than paying them off target the other debt before your credit cards... which brings me to the point that paying off the highest interest rate credit cards first will make your celebration that much more satisfying.
At this point, I would rather take an active role than focus on target date funds, though admittedly it's a cost / benefit analysis that I haven't put time into.
Also, like I said earlier, I usually don't apply for many cards once I find the one that I like but since I'm on a roll, haha, I'm also looking at the United MileagePlus Chase or rather «waiting» for their targeted offer of 50K points after spending a certain amount.
They've periodically targeted people for sign - up bonuses in the form of points rather than free nights.
His running isn't controlled by the player — rather, he runs before taking cover, at which point the player taps on targets as they pop out, a la a shooting gallery.
In the only mode that I was aware of, the point isn't an all out brawl, or even team - based objectives, but rather to carry out the simple task of taking out your target before you yourself are assassinated.
It's very welcome that Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz is a return to a purer Super Monkey Ball game, although the rather clunky menus and the butchering of Monkey Target are sore points.
Rather than rely on Cubist precedent and correlate the figure to the ground, she doubles down on her targeted point of interest, the center, and then does all she can to demolish it via a wholesale effusion of solvents.
Rather, Strassel declared, «The real target is a broad array of conservative activist groups that are highly effective at mobilizing the grass - roots and countering liberal talking points
Despite being critical of Libertarians he manages to avoid using his Taxonomy to target individuals but rather the arguments they use to stifle the debating points of the «consensus».
Hone your brand message so it's both concise and perfectly targeted for your audience, rather than repeating previously popular but now unfounded tactics of focusing on how superior your lawyers are, how many big cases and settlements your firm was won, and over-generalizing to the saturation point.
The point must hit the target in a few sentences rather than drooling over same sentences again and again.
Also, we would be more persuaded if the «low» and «moderate» attractiveness targets were selected using percentiles (e.g., men and women between the 5th and 10th percentile on attractiveness) rather than numerical matching (e.g., men and women both scoring ~ 2.5 on a 7 - point scale).
First, rather than relying on short term reports of family or parental functioning in determining targets for intervention, clinicians would be wise to evaluate patterns of parent — child interaction over time with repeated assessments, as individual or family functioning at any one point in time may not be reflective of enduring patterns of behavioral or relational functioning.
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