Sentences with phrase «poor efforts at»

My argument extends their initial claims, maintaining that poor efforts at preservation and redistribution bar videogames from serious consideration in the literary and visual arts.

John Cook's piss poor effort at proving a consensus has hurt the reputation of James Cook University due to his embarrassing paper (IMO).

Not exact matches

«When executives tell me that flattery doesn't work and that people can see through strategic efforts to garner their support, I cite extensive evidence showing that we are generally quite poor at discerning deception,» Pfeffer explains.

The company is also at the forefront of efforts to change the oilsands» poor environmental image, investing in the $ 1.35 - billion Quest project, which captures carbon emissions from oilsands operations and buries them beneath the surface.

Dissatisfied with the results of most organizations helping the urban poor in the mid-1990s, Canada launched an experiment, an effort to reach all the kids in a 24 - block zone of New York City — he called it the Harlem Children's Zone — and give them education, social, and medical help starting at birth.

I spend a lot of time with people who work at Tumblr, but I make a very poor effort to hang out with other people in my life.

Tang said the wealth gap was actually widening at a slower pace compared with a rise of 0.004 between 2006 and 2011, thanks to the government's increased efforts to help the impoverished, including an increase of over 40 per cent in welfare spending on public housing and medical benefits for the poor.

«Mitigation» and control efforts that have been proposed will enrich a favored few with good political ties — at the expense of the great majority of mankind, including especially the poor and the citizens of developing nations.

Is my memory deceiving me, or do I remember a priest from Ireland presiding at the grave and calling Bobby Kennedy a saint for his efforts for the poor and downtrodden?

Raising embarrassing questions at a party celebrating the widely professed concern for the poor of the world is economist William Easterly in The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good (Penguin).

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Jack was poor for the majority of the 2013 - 2014 campaign in his preferred position, was then played out of position wide in an effort to be played into form (at the expense of the team mind you) and that's okay.

The Potters might have a poor record against us at home but they will be up for it and Mark Hughes will not stand for anything less than full effort.

No matter how much blame you allocate to Arsene Wenger for the poor performances of Arsenal this season in big games like the home defeat by Watford, the limp display away to Chelsea and most obviously the complete battering at the hands of Bayern Munich, you must realise that the manager does not send the side out with instructions to play poorly or not put much effort in.

Irving had a poor shooting game at a sub-41 percent clip in Game 5, but he hit some incredibly tough layups and capped off an incredible Finals series with a big - time effort in Cleveland's final game.

Often relievers having big years are maxing out both their effort and ability, making them poor bets to repeat at that level.

As a Spartan, I'm well aware of the poor effort he showed at times and the other stuff like the ATV accident.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

When you think matters just can't get any worse they generally do and that's certainly the case for poor old Avram Grant, whom is rapidly becoming a fan favourite down at Fratton Park after his valiant yet in vein efforts to salvage a club on the cliff tops of Premiership death.

If you've spent your life making poor health choices and your kids have watched, it may take some time and convincing to show them the way, but the extra effort is worth it — keep at it!

In fact, because of citizen science efforts at Mass Audubon, the eastern whip - poor - will, one of the inaugural Birds to Watch, was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts, affording it more protection.

Home birth families are generally quite aware that hospitals are full of germs, sick people, and put them at risk for poor outcomes simply because they walked through the door, but there isn't much discussion about going beyond birthing in your own to germs, to making a concerted effort to birth in a green environment.

Cuomo's remarks in Philadelphia at a labor council meeting highlighted his own efforts to push for a $ 15 minimum wage as an acknowledgement of the issues facing the working poor.

On Tuesday, during a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News, she delivered some harsh criticism against the Bloomberg administration's effort to close poor - performing schools, saying it had led the city to «warehouse» struggling students in schools where they «don't have a shot» at succeeding.

Several studies have linked voluntary and excessive online use to depression, poor school performance, increased irritability and more impulsiveness to go online (confounding addicts» efforts, if they want to at all, to stop pouring excessive time into online games).

A scientist at Health Canada has sued his boss, the Ottawa Citizen reports, claiming that his effort to modify the label of testosterone drugs led her to call him mentally unstable and give him poor performance reviews.

What was found was that much of the natural areas were on the road to recovery, and that China's $ 17 million effort at replanting native trees and bamboo were helping in areas handicapped by poor soil and growing conditions.

In explaining the increasingly important role that the science community will play in determining the progress of international efforts toward sustainable development and climate stability, Lovász pointed out that the majestically ornate Hungarian Academy of Sciences neo-Renaissance palace in which the WSF was held was built entirely with public donations 150 years ago, «which illustrates the trust that Hungarian society from the nobility to poor farmworkers had in science at that time.»

So one of the reasons that I was at Davis is to continue efforts that the Foundation has had going on that talk to private enterprise about what are the conditions they need to tell their shareholders or their owners that they can make a living doing product development for the poor.

In an effort to prop up the scheme, a handful of European countries have already pledged at least $ 135 million to pay above - market rates to projects in the world's poorest nations while offering technical support to help emerging economies such as Brazil and China cut their emissions.

The legacy of poor environmental management and protection efforts during the Soviet period and the lack of financial resources and legal enforcement programs to support and direct clean - up effort in Post-Soviet Russia combine to allow continued use of high radiation homes and water pollution spreading at an alarming rate.

Some of the world's leading experts on rice science convene this week at the Philippine headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to review research efforts toward making rice systems work better for the poor.

I vividly remember, during my own youth, my mother and father talking at the kitchen table and discarding wannabe babysitters for such reasons as lack of intelligence, possible drinking problem, ugliness and poor hygiene, but all that effort still didn't stop one hired hand from encouraging me to jump as far as I could off the back of the couch.

What makes «Year of the Rat» so vital is how, incidentally or not, it goes from denouncing the auteur theory (through not only the typically insecure observations of actors, but also the deflective statements of Morgan and long - time creative partner Wong) to validating it: In a coda, we see that the movie's poor box - office showing has shaken Morgan and only Morgan to the core; call filmmaking a «collaborative effort» to your heart's content, but as William Shatner, of all people, opines on the recent Star Trek V discs, at the end of the day no one on the set has as much emotionally invested in the picture's success as the person at its helm.

Our new assembly will help your class understand the effects of climate change on people in rich countries and poor, as world leaders prepare to renew efforts to build a sustainable future at the Rio +20 summit in June.

He is the co-founder of Educar y Crecer (EyC), an initiative that offers remedial education in math and reading to children in slums in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and of Enseñá por Argentina (EpA), an effort to recruit the country's best and brightest college graduates to teach in schools serving the poor for at least two years.

At the end of the day, no matter how well - researched your courses, poor presentation would require learners to exert more effort.

At the same time, the federal government lacks the capacity to design an accountability system that is appropriate to the needs of each state, and has a poor track record when attempting to dictate the required elements of efforts to improve under - performing schools.

«Seek out the poor, the disadvantaged, the disruptive, the dropout, and take them in, educate them and then ask society for fair recompense for your efforts,» Mr. Bennett said in a speech at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Educational Association here.

But it called for a «step change» in increasing efforts to prevent poorer pupils from losing out at school.

IDRA has been at the forefront in supporting legislative and litigation efforts to address the insufficient funding for education ELLs in Texas and the poor monitoring and implementation of programs serving ELLs at the secondary level.

It is incredibly telling that Stefan Pryor, the co-founder of Achievement First, couldn't find anyone more capable of managing the Malloy administration's ongoing effort to «help» the state's thirty poorest school districts than someone whose only experience was at Achievement First, Inc..

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

Minority teachers are being driven out of schools by poor working conditions at rates higher than their non-minority colleagues, which only undermines years of recruitment efforts that have targeted minority teachers.

The Madison teachers union is cited for its role in helping organize last spring's massive protests at the state Capitol in response to Walker's efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public workers, as well as other legislation including strict voter ID requirements that are likely to limit voting by college students, the elderly, the poor and immigrants.

This particular effort at proficiency down is contradictory to Common Core's ultimate goal of ending the soft bigotry of low expectations against poor and minority children.

In fact, the ten poorest counties tax themselves at a much higher rate than the ten wealthiest counties in an effort to keep up, but simply can't because the amount of revenue that can be generated is substantially lower due to the small tax bases.»

As an organization that fights for equality and justice, the ACLU of Pennsylvania supports efforts to make sure that every Pennsylvania student, rich or poor, has an equal shot at a quality education.

The ESEA pours billions of federal dollars each year into schools that serve low - income kids, Johnson's best effort at leveling the playing field for poor students.

At last, grueling effort has translated into test score gains at a school serving poor, minority students and a continually increasing number of children with learning and emotional disabilitieAt last, grueling effort has translated into test score gains at a school serving poor, minority students and a continually increasing number of children with learning and emotional disabilitieat a school serving poor, minority students and a continually increasing number of children with learning and emotional disabilities.