Sentences with phrase «span of time spent»

Not exact matches

The cost structure of print is becoming increasingly non-viable even for globe - spanning giants like the Times, and managing the decline of that business is something the paper is spending a lot of time on.

That's not including overhead costs for storage space files spanning years of business transactions or the time spent performing tasks that could be simplified or eliminated along with the paper.

Daniel Goleman, author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, suggests spending time in nature to help you reset your attention span and relax your mind.

As I'm not in school this semester, I've noticed myself spending more time playing Call of Duty and not having a strong enough attention span to continually read The Bible every day.

Making bread this way does span one day, but the total time spent isn't much and with no kneading, it doesn't make a big mess out of your kitchen.

I hope this will definitely help you to choose the right baby car seat for your baby spending a very short span of time.

He discovered over 50 candidates spent part of their time working in public affairs, although the job title can span a broad range of activities.

And while Cuomo has spent plenty of time touting big - ticket transportation projects in recent months — the opening of the Second Avenue Subway, the debut of the new span of the Kosciuszko Bridge — he's remained fairly silent on the rash of issues on the subway.

Spanning expertise in city planning, tourism, communication and sustainable design, as well as a science, engineering, and health disciplines, the inaugural group of ELISS fellows spent part of its time at the January workshop identifying which social problems they wanted to address.

It's probably not codified anywhere, but I think one good rule of thumb for movies would point out that it's misleading to refer to an «age» in your title if the movie itself barely spans three years (and spends half its running time dealing with matters of somewhat less than historical import, at that).

We spent a considerable amount of time trying to find a US - based opponent but only found one playable online match during that entire span.

Eight Hours Don't Make a Day — If I didn't have to be out of town this weekend, spending quality time with my children, I would be at the Film Center on Saturday watching this marathon screening of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's TV series, «a decades - spanning social history of postwar Germany as told through the life of a young toolmaker and his sprawling group of friends, coworkers, and family.»

We spend a tangent - driven span of time grading the homework assignments (criminal clowns) before diving into The Watch List: Wil Wheaton, Elliot Gould, Alain Delon, Brian DePalma, Michelangelo Antonioni, Billy Bob Thorton and Anna Faris!

At this stage, the teacher should spend a span of time looking at where his students spend most of the time and send them out pop - up surveys that don't exceed 5 questions, or maybe organize online focus groups with them to see what they are trending for.

The greater evil is learner attention span — expecting your learners to spend a lot of time on their mobile phones to learn something new is expecting way too much.

Sarah Bolme presents An Important Element in Publishing Nonfiction posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, «With decreased time spent reading, decreased attention span, and knowing that the majority of readers don't read a Christian nonfiction book in its entirety, every author should pay attention to this important element for nonfiction books.»

In an earlier blog post we talked about the importance of developmental editing and why the focus on big - picture stuff — structure, book - spanning issues like plot or organization, character development, dialogue, and that sort of thing — needs to come first, before you spend too much time worrying about the finer points of style and wording.

In fact, it's the extremely short span of time that it is spending there is what the story is all about.

Over these time spans, the dreamy miracle of compounding returns turns into a nightmare when it comes time to spend those returns on something in the real world.

Most of us (myself included) resolve to be better — to exercise more, lose weight, spend less time on our cell phones — and although our resolve is genuine, our willpower and attention span are, shall we say, less than perfect.

Nestled in the beach side town of Tamarindo, this place is perfect for enjoying amazing sunset, spending tranquil time on the large spans of white sand beach and enjoying the tropical breezes surround you.

The sign - up bonus isn't all that impressive on its own (30,000 Alaska miles for spending $ 1,000 in three months), but when you consider that you can potentially earn the sign - up bonus repeatedly in a relatively short span of time, and the fact that I value Alaska miles very highly (1.75 cents each), the card becomes a lot more interesting.

With nine main targets to kill across the span of the game, a lot of the time you spend in the Third Crusade is given over to information - gathering - eavesdropping on conversations, pick - pocketing messengers, interrogating, and tracking down informers - but despite Altair's fancy smock and bossy tone, he has to go and find them first, and to do this he climbs tall buildings.

But the question remains, though, once the school field trips come and go, and the novelty of the new wears off, will this museum with its $ 10 admission price be appealing to a public with a millisecond attention span more interested in snapping photos with their smartphones than actually spending a sustained time looking at the paintings as Still wanted?

But spend some time with the show — spanning 40 - plus years of the Los Angeles - based artist's career — and you'll find a sharp commentary on the African - American experience.

Life span and amount of time spent learning before adulthood may be limiting factors in developing a material culture... or maybe not.

For whatever reason, in the past year or so, my attention span has shrunk to the point that I now really dislike voice mail — I don't like to punch all of the keys on the phone; I don't like to wait for the voice mail robo - lady to tell me what to do; I don't like to listen for 30 seconds per message while the message - leavers collect their thoughts and ultimately say, «please call me back;» I don't like to spend time replaying the message if I missed the phone number or some key part of the message — and so on.

Pros: affectionate, family - friendly, patient, intelligent, loyal Cons: short life spans and shedders «Not only are they obedient and intelligent, they are also easily contented, whether playing outdoors or spending time with children indoors,» says Dr. Denise Petryk, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Business Administration.

It's crucial to prepare yourself for the long spans of time away from home and the long hours spent staring at the painted lines.

After spending hours Facebook - stalking Zuckerberg, Slate has determined that this is the longest span of time he's gone without posting anything on his page since at least the beginning of 2015.

Although we tend to think of U.S. Presidents in terms of their non-overlapping time spent in office, the actual life spans of the Presidents have surprising overlap; For example, when Barack Obama was born Herbert Hoover was still alive and when Dwight Eisenhower was born Rutherford B. Hayes was still alive.

Not really, because you have no time to spend on one resume in a small span of time.

The cover letter is your ONLY option to stand - out, be noticed, move on — within a time span of 7 seconds which is the defacto time a recruiter spends on a job application when first scanning it.

The only surefire way to come across that lasting connection is when the person you are meant to spend the rest of your life happens to be on the same site at the exact same span of time.

After sharing a lovely Christmas morning at home, my two sons left with their father, leaving me with a span of uninterrupted time, which I spent drinking tea and reading these cheery magazines.