Sentences with phrase «act in a given environment»

Wikipedia defines it as «the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment.»

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The provincial government filed a reference case Thursday in the B.C. Court of Appeal asking whether amendments it is proposing to the Environmental Management Act are valid and if they give the province the authority to control the shipment of heavy oils based on the impact spills could have on the environment, human health or communities.

But given our very pluralistic environment, in which you're likely to come up against five different worldviews in the course of a day's encounters with the media, you need a way of thinking, imagining and acting that makes deep sense, and that allows you to adapt and improvise in relation to these diverse views.

Freedom is an indetermination in the potentialities for present action which are constituted by all the influences and stimuli, all «heredity and environment,» all past experiences, an indetermination removed only by the actuality (event, experience, act) itself, and always in such fashion that other acts of determination would have been possible in view of the given total conditions up to the moment of the act.

In 1987, Archy Kirkwood's Access to Personal Files Act was passed, giving the public access to manually held social work and housing records, which was followed by the Liberal MP's Access to Medical Reports Act in 1988, Chris Smith MP's Environment and Safety Information Act, giving the public access to environmental enforcement notices, and Doug Henderson MP's Access of Health Records Act 199In 1987, Archy Kirkwood's Access to Personal Files Act was passed, giving the public access to manually held social work and housing records, which was followed by the Liberal MP's Access to Medical Reports Act in 1988, Chris Smith MP's Environment and Safety Information Act, giving the public access to environmental enforcement notices, and Doug Henderson MP's Access of Health Records Act 199in 1988, Chris Smith MP's Environment and Safety Information Act, giving the public access to environmental enforcement notices, and Doug Henderson MP's Access of Health Records Act 1990.

Nokia and Wikgren found that, in addition to an external environment, a given neural state also can act as a context for learning.

«Given that PPARα may act as a sensor of milk lipids during the suckling period, it is likely that the suckling period provides a critical time window for PPARα - dependent Fgf21 demethylation in response to the maternal environment,» adds senior author Yoshihiro Ogawa.

When the flies are recaptured using bait traps, their microbiomes can be sequenced, giving clues to the type of bacteria they have encountered in the environment, thus acting as an early warning system.

The proximity hat measures the environment by integrated ultrasonic sensors and the user is given in - formation as to how far or near obstacles are located by pressure acting on his head.

Before stepping out into the world, I apply my Glow Face Balm, which acts like a barrier to the pollution in the environment and gives the skin a dewy look.

Worrying statistics are given about the growing problem of plastic in the ocean environment and a quote from Sir David Attenborough is displayed to highlight the need to act with some urgency before it is too late.

The cuts are particularly concerning given the need to fund new programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for FY17, such as the block grant in Title IV that supports a well - rounded education and safe and healthy school environments.

No doubt giving green lights to the diesel engines» defeat software was a fraudulent act that deserves prosecution and punishment, and an army of lawyers can't wait to sue for the damage Volkswagen has done to the environment, albeit in milligram quantities.

I further suggest that both humans and their dogs «are continually engaged in giving meaning to the world around them (for humor) occurs in a social environment in which participants act to make things humorous» (Mulkay, 1988, p. 106).

I've been backpacking solo since my teens and every single one of these tips resonates... I would also add: - don't act as though you're alone - I usually wear a wedding band and tell people my «husband» is over there in the next street / village / town - ignore untoward comments - the best encouragement you can give men is to say no or to ask them to leave - in many cultures this is actually seen as encouragement - don't accept medicine or drugs from strangers, and always keep your eye on your drink - keep your valuables in a money belt, not in a backpack (I learned this one the hard way)- above all, be alertand know your environment - the best safety net is to do your research properly before you travel and find out as much as you can about the culture's attitudes in general, and towards women in particular

So let's give Mr Justice Coulson an eight per cent over base increment in his salary for venturing into the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 (LPCD (I) A 1998) in Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2008] EWHC 730 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 191 (Apr) which involved the determination of 17 issues in the second round of preliminary issues in the case.

The BC Act says that QCs are «provincial officers», as does the Ontario Act (BC gives them a capital P.) That is a relatively rare term in Ontario statutes; most of its uses seem to apply to official inspectors, e.g. of farms or the environment.

Given the increasingly complex legal environment, employers in 2014 will be faced with the challenges of ensuring that a background screening provider utilizes best practices to be in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance for the use of criminal records, and applicable state laws as well as accuracy.

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