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Not exact matches
Startup LyteShot's goal is to create live -
action gaming that's more
practical than laser tag and more interactive than firing off Nerf guns
at each other.
He was willing to settle for what he called «
practical absolutes, «27 that is, visions of the mind or idealizations which,
at any given time, had the value of an ultimate directive in decision or
action, but which were clearly to be understood as being a piece with man's own nature and experience.
It is not that those principles are contradicted by the actual concrete economy — that is not the question
at the moment — but the formal abstract character of the principles is becoming increasingly evident, and so is the fact that a concrete model and a clear guide for
practical action can not be derived from them.
provided that physical science maintains its denial of «
action at a distance,» the safer guess is that direct objectification is practically negligible except for contiguous occasions; but that this
practical negligibility is a characteristic of the present cosmic epoch, without any metaphysical generality.
Provided that physical science maintains its denial of «
action at a distance,» the safer guess is that direct objectification is practically negligible except for contiguous occasions; but that this
practical negligibility is a characteristic of the present cosmic epoch, without any metaphysical generality (Process and Reality, An Essay in Cosmology 468 - 469).
A more accurate view would be that all human beings characteristically guide their
actions by
practical reason; the point is not that we should aim
at a maximum possible distance from other creatures regarding our ability to imagine how future contingencies will eventually be actualized.
At some point we need to gather ourselves and venture
practical judgments in favor of this or that course of
action.
At the same time, the other theologies that have contributed most to explicating and justifying the metaphysical implications of the Christian witness seem to have been typically preoccupied more with theoretical questions of belief and truth than with
practical issues of
action and justice, and so have contributed only indirectly to clarifying and answering our central question.
The UK's leading fuel poverty charity National Energy
Action (NEA), which is this week launching its Warm Homes Campaign with energy company E.ON, will be publishing a report illustrating «The Many Faces of Fuel Poverty», showing the range of people that are impacted by living in cold homes, and offering strong
practical information
at a community and neighbourhood level on where households can get advice and help, including how to access grants for free home insulation, reduced energy tariffs and special payments.
Finally, the
practical aspects are reviewed with illustrative case studies and advice on how doctors and other healthcare professionals can engage with patients to decide the best course of
action, on the understanding that this may be particularly difficult
at the end of life.
My friends
at Ultimate Bundles have created the Meal Planning Bootcamp, a 10 day challenge with daily meal planning tips plus an
action task (a very
practical one, might I add) that will take 20 minutes or less.
Unfortunately, it's also
at times these layers looked a bit fake as it sort felt obvious the cast was filming in front of a green screen, but to be honest, a lot of the
action sequences would have been too dangerous to perform in real life or to realistically recreate solely with
practical effects.
At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, Waugh and stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert talked about their longtime friendship and professional relationship, what it was like growing up together on the sets of «Smokey and the Bandit,» «Vanishing Point,» «The Blues Brothers» and «Bullitt,» why Waugh considers Gilbert one of the best stunt coordinators in the world, the challenges they faced pulling off
practical stunts and capturing amazing
action sequences realistically in - camera without CGI enhancement, and the entertaining Easter eggs they included as a homage to the classic car - culture movies of another era.
Practical teaching ideas were
at the heart of the new Resources Live Zone
at the show, which offered demonstrations of resources in
action, enabling teachers to take back inspirational ideas to use in the classroom.
The report also lists «essential elements» of high performing STEM programs aimed
at young people,
practical insights for programs seeking to target girls, and eight suggested
action points.
The Prudential grant will fund CISS's second Full - Service Schools Conference
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on March 26 - 27, 1999, drawing interdisciplinary teams of practitioners and policymakers from schools around the country to explore full - service and community school programs and develop
practical collaborative
action plans.
Its online resources are freely available, and cover a wide range of topics from the «secret» embedded water in the food we eat and the clothes we buy, to
practical actions to reduce water wastage
at home and
at school.
In the Fall 2014 issue of Education Next, Richard Epstein, a professor
at the New York University School of Law, criticized the
action of the two departments, averring that it «forces school districts to comply with a substantive rule of dubious legal validity and
practical soundness.»
The updated «Taking
Action» handout focuses on
practical strategies that education leaders can use
at school, with families, and in the community to help ease the transition into kindergarten and the early grades.
Other
practical effects
at the state and district level may not be known for some time, as the freeing effects of the bill will shift the
action to the state and local levels.
At a time when school leaders are trying to translate urgent calls for higher achievement into
actions that work, Align the Design provides expert guidance and
practical tools that will help educators work more purposefully together to create better schools for their students.
Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities
at Work, Third Edition (A
Practical Guide to
Action for PLC Teams and Leadership)
It builds upon a selection of relevant and
practical papers and presentations given
at the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development held in Washington DC in 2014 and includes perspectives from independent evaluations of the major international organisations supporting climate
action in developing countries, such as the Global Environment Facility.The first section of the book sets the stage and provides an overview of independent evaluations, carried out by multilateral development banks and development organisations.
During my time
at the charity's National Cat Centre in Sussex it was a pleasure to see many of the
practical methods of reducing stress for cats in rehoming centres in
action.
According to Dean Reed, «As we look more closely
at diversity and inclusion within the veterinary industry, Mr. Lewis provides a
practical «call to
action» for other entities across the veterinary / animal health industry to consider adopting as they face similar challenges.»
Any fan who trades in a Michael Vick t - shirt or jersey
at the box office will receive free admission to the game and a donation in their name will be made to Justin Rudd's Community
Action Team (C.A.T.), a 501c3 nonprofit that provides educational outreach and events to help inspire a better understanding of dogs, encourage responsible ownership practices, and offer
practical adoption and rescue opportunities.
A big thing for me when designing Klang's control scheme was that performing every
action in the game
at the same time be
practical.
In other words, of all folks, really, responsible ethicists and (
practical) moral philosophers should be doing whatever it takes,
at this point, to bring about ethically sound
ACTION.
Seeing as the Climate Change Committee is not expected to present a specific decarbonisation policy roadmap until December this year,
practical action under the Climate Change Act is unlikely to begin before 2010
at the earliest.
Morton offers less to such readers than to those ready to consider the possibility that the world is past the point
at which
practical accelerated mitigation and adaptation
action can adequately ameliorate the growing impacts of climate change.
A more
practical way to promote change within the sustainability movement would be to a) create narratives that portray and encourage the desired ideas and
actions as historical and current reality or as historical precedent in support of a nuanced evolution within the current orthodoxy, rather than to portray them as a significant change in belief or practice; b) to portray the desired ideas and
actions as long - held beliefs and practices of the most widely - admired leaders of the orthodoxy and as
actions and ideas typical of orthodox believers; or c) to shame believers into seeing the desired beliefs and
actions as acceptable means of atonement for past sustainability sin or as new «stones» that can be thrown
at non-believers.
The Tungu - Kabri micro hydro project in Kenya (pictured
at left), by
Practical Action is a good example of these sort of projects.
He / she argued that I, or we, are «
at least as negative and offended over the most
practical and valid green - minded
actions as [we] are over the top in your support for the most hair - brained bullshit ideas to be rendered into pixeldom.»
The line between the role of the courts and the preliminary identification of causes of
action ready for Online Dispute Resolution has been highlighted both in a speech by senior judge, Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton, and also in a very
practical way
at an innovative hackathon held last weekend.
With
practical advice on how to use specific tools and concrete
action steps to take, lawyers and law firms
at all levels will benefit from working together better.
Jeroen Plink, founder and former CEO of
Practical Law USA and guest editor
at Legal Innovation Central, notes «Legal Innovation Central delivers the information and insights you need to take
action to maximize margins and mitigate risks, with a disciplined approach that filters and categorizes developments to ensure relevancy.»
At the same event, he wondered out loud whether the OSC can «effectively enforce the Ontario Securities Act internationally,» reassuring the audience it would «do whatever is reasonable and
practical to investigate and take appropriate enforcement
action.»
I'm not yet prepared to say that all the
action is with the «profane» and none of it in the «sacred,» but the
practical is a vital source of learning that is still held
at too great an arm's length
at law school.
A strong strategist who is good on his or her feet, quickly grasps information and synthesizes it into tactical steps, is excellent
at reading people, can translate data into a
practical course of
action, and has an intuitive sense of the right case themes — are all more important than knowing the ins and outs of the courthouse.
That
practical consideration does not change the fact that it is hard to characterize the
actions of the lawyers
at litigation finance firms whose business model includes active investing rather than passive investing in a claim as anything other than the practice of law.
My colleague Dustin Dow and I contributed an article entitled The
Practical Approach: How the Roberts Court Has Enhanced Class
Action Procedure by Strategically Carving
at the Edges.
It is by far the most in - depth (
at near 600 pages) step - by - step
practical guide to everything you need in specific detail from
action verb keywords for specific industries and positions to exactly how to format in Word!
It is entirely reasonable to ask whether it is adequate that
at the end of a sustained ten year process of reconciliation the government has failed to provide a national response and detailed plan of
action for implementation of the recommendations of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and has instead dismissed them as being of largely symbolic rather than
practical application.