Sentences with phrase «adopt such a practice»

Today, it's still outside the mainstream, but top performers are adopting such practices in ever - rising numbers, and scientific research is catching up to these prescient predictions and cautions.

It's out of principle, then, that Dave avoids games that adopt such a practice.

One could certainly not be a picky eater, nor have serious allergies, to adopt such a practice.

A great example of a company adopting such practices is Amazon with its Amazon Web Services Status site along with its post-mortem of the services» high profile April 2011 outage.

Not exact matches

Your company benefits because you and your employees could learn how to adopt practices with a number of advantages (such as decreased stress or fewer people needing to take sick days).

Members of the cluster specialize in environmental issues such as recycling old airplane parts, decreasing the weight of planes so that they require less fuel, and encouraging the military to adopt these «green» aviation practices.

The crux of the act is simply this: illegal wage bias (based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability) occurs «when a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted, when a person becomes subject to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, or when a person is affected by application of a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid, resulting in whole or in part from such a decision or other practice.»

But even companies in fax - heavy industries are starting to look for alternatives, especially those adopting sustainable business practices such as reducing the office paper they use, Davidson says.

They also describe an increase in the number of institutional investors coming into the cryptocurrency market, and they predict that this will drive the trading platforms to adopt the types of best practices commonly seen in more established markets such as futures exchanges.

The authorities in the village are naturally quite eager to dissociate themselves from all such practices, but if they are to be successful in doing so they will have to adopt firmer policies.

As must now be evident, the charismatic orientation may be cloaked in the style of those groups which call themselves charismatic or Pentecostal, but it is important to note that the charismatic negotiation is primarily a structure and as such may give form to the world views of persons and groups that do not adopt any of the features or practices of what is conventionally called charismatic religion.

Outside of Jerusalem the church did not adopt such a radical practice of sharing communal resources, but the special concern for the poor was continued.

Maybe I really misjudged the book and need to reread it... but I got the distinct impression that they were saying that the way church is done today is wrong becuase it is pagan, and the only right way to do church is like a house church does it because such churches haven't adopted any pagan practices.

Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in conflict with generally accepted best practice, suppliers should adopt the highest standard applicable to their situation by reference to leading safety standards such as the Global Food Safety Initiative and Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source of origin regardless of whether or not this is legally required.

The organizations recommended to other youth soccer organizations not under their control that they adopt such ban, practice limitations, and substitution rules.

And even if it does show up in the final rule, it would still take serious commitment on the part of local school districts to adopt and enforce such language in actual practice.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

Goals such as debt reduction, home ownership, and prospering on one salary — not to mention attaining a less materialistic attitude — may be achieved by adopting some of the attitudes and practices creatively presented in this book based on a very successful homespun newsletter.

«There are more practical measures that he could and should adopt to combat this heinous crime - such as establishing a dedicated UK Border Police which would proactively detect and deter this evil practice.»

A number of the proposals the governor presented echoed mayor's ideas, including his $ 650 million life sciences initiative, voting reforms such as early voting and same - day registration, adopting salary history blind hiring practices and requiring state contracts to disclose data on gender, race and ethnicity of employees.

Such complicated arrangements incline me strongly to support adopting the practice of some countries, long backed by the Electoral Commission, the 2007 Councillors Commission and others, of a single four - yearly national or at least regional Local Elections Day for all councils — though not, as in Sweden, on the same day as parliamentary elections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like Denmark's.

Subsequent to this judgment, the B&ECPL continued the above established practices for this account and on May 18, 2006 adopted Resolution 2006 - 19, which provided the B&ECPL Director or designee the authority to periodically transfer balances from the Encore Editions bank account to the B&ECPL Trust Account on deposit with the Erie County Comptroller to earn interest until such time as they are needed for the uses identified above.

«Some fields that have already adopted rigorous replication practices and a more transparent stream of work, such as genetic epidemiology, have seen a dramatic improvement in the credibility of their claimed discoveries within a few years.»

Such policy changes could include regulations, financial incentives for farmers to adopt conservation practices, and technical assistance to help farmers incorporate the changes.

Resource - conserving cropping practices from WHEAT, such as more targeted use of nitrogen fertilizers or sowing wheat into untilled soils and crop residues, can raise wheat farmers» incomes while curbing greenhouse gas emissions, if widely adopted, he added.

For example, excessive stress that causes indigestion should be treated with adopting some healthy tips to control your stress level; such as, practicing yoga, this will solve your digestive problem as well.

Even the smallest behavior modifications, such as adopting these practices, can help optimize health.

As the work environment becomes more competitive day after day, any organization that wants to maximize its performance should adopt such learning practices.

Students work in teams and adopt roles that model professional design practice (creative, communications, finance) to respond to a real life brief set by leading designers such as Barber & Osgerby of Olympic Torch fame.

Current projects such as a senior school space will open for Year 11 and 12 students soon, adopting similar practices and principles but with a specific focus on supporting senior school students.

To illustrate one such practice they could all adopt with a hypothetical that occurs rather routinely, for students entering their schools at a fifth - grade age but reading at a second - grade level and where the district school where the student was formerly enrolled doesn't transfer the students» academic record, the schools could determine a protocol for pre-assessment as soon as a student enrolls so as to create sound individual growth metrics.

While many governing bodies have policies allowing staff members to transport students in specified circumstances, such as to and from sport practices or during specified medical emergencies, they would be safer, and wiser, to adopt rules preventing faculty and staff from transporting students in their own privately owned vehicles or those belonging to the boards.

Such a dataset would have many uses for research, but it could also be used in policy and practice to pair schools or districts adopting the same curricula for purposes of professional development or sharing resources.

In place of the practices above, states and districts can adopt strategies that foster efficiency at both the school and district level, such as adopting «activity - based cost» (ABC) accounting; empowering principals as school - level CEOs; adopting performance - based dollar distribution formulas and school - level financial budgeting; centralizing health insurance at the state level; and outsourcing operational services where proven to save money.

If teachers perceive a new practice as supporting test - preparation goals, such as teaching to the test, they are more likely to adopt the new practice.

This shift in discipline policy would eliminate or reduce more traditional punitive practices like suspension currently adopted by many schools to a restorative justice model that would employ techniques such as peer mediation, student justice pane...

This shift in discipline policy would eliminate or reduce more traditional punitive practices like suspension currently adopted by many schools to a restorative justice model that would employ techniques such as peer mediation, student justice panels, and «give back» resolutions to change student behavior.

In others, such as Canada and Australia, standards and curricula are adopted on a provincial or statewide basis, but most of these countries have fewer political divisions than our 50 states, so in practice there is a higher degree of coordination than in the U.S.

At best, the available evidence allows us to infer some broad goals that successful leadership will need to adopt, acknowledging that additional research will be needed to identify leadership practices that are successful in achieving such goals:

Adopt smart and supportive discipline practices, such as school - wide positive behavior supports, restorative practices and other positive approaches, that do not limit students» learning time or discriminate based on gender, race or disability status;

Critics of policies pushed by the Obama administration and many state policymakers — such as adopting the Common Core, revamping teacher evaluation and expanding charter schools — may seize on the latest NAEP results, but researchers warn against using national test scores to judge specific policies, a practice sometimes called «misNAEPery.»

The literacy curriculum one district adopted fostered mastery - oriented practices with learning - focused, formative assessments, such as readers» notebooks and conference logs.

With the country's publishing industry growing fast, adopting newer models, and aligning closer to practices from mature publishing markets, such interactions with experts would be akin to attending a master class.

The lenders are adopting a code of conduct that bans a variety of marketing practices, such as using logos or seals that look like federal emblems, providing incentives to induce students to borrow from the lender (e.g., gift cards, iPods, prizes and sweepstakes), providing false rebate checks, paying students referral fees to encourage friends to borrow, advertising interest rates and discounts that few borrowers will realize (including using such rates and loan terms in repayment examples and examples illustrating loan costs), misrepresenting the advantages of private loans over federal loans.

«Like other so - called socially responsible funds, it weeds out tobacco and weapons firms, but in addition, it favors businesses that take positive steps such as adopting environmentally friendly practices,» Janet wrote.

Adopting a shelter animal means you don't support such cruel practices.

Such practices should not be adopted merely to fulfill the stud dog's duty or to avoid the loss of a breeding season.

It is also a great way to teach our youngsters about adopting practices that are good for the environment and how such things can mathematically provide a long - term return on an initial investment.

It features gorgeous pixel art, destructible battlefields, environmental hazards you can shove enemies into, the ability to build bridges and barricades, and a ruleset that adopts best practices from such classic series as Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea.

The birth of the World Wide Web in 1989 provided a breeding ground for early user - based net art, with innovators such as Moscow - born Olia Lialina adopting the Internet as a medium, following earlier practices in performance and video.