Sentences with phrase «decisions on concrete»

But when it comes to actual decisions on concrete matters, it's a different story.

The statutes define lobbying as only those activities clearly aimed at influencing decisions on concrete legislative action or proposals.

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Kindra's keynote will provide concrete ideas on maximizing storytelling techniques to ensure that the customer intelligence you get from your insight community makes a bigger impact as you share it with your stakeholders and decision - makers.

Take Away: Japan is unlikely to move ahead with any action on its own, it will consult with the US before any concrete decision.

A better approach to investing is to arrive at decisions based on concrete metrics that point to strong underlying businesses likely to stand the test of time.

But (for me) it's far wiser to stick to concrete consequences (like playing on the freeway, or choosing to play in a playground instead) rather than resorting to «eternal» punishments or rewards in order for people to make proper decisions.

Some decisions concern his concrete life on earth.

German Protestant theology had been dominated since the early 1920s by various theologies that had stressed and interwoven the concepts of revelation as foundational to theology and of the Word of God as a concrete address calling for a radical decision of faith or unfaith, with varying emphasis on whatever the address might actually say.

On the basis of these concrete thoughts and events, by analogy and by the listener's identification with what he hears, conclusions are reached, new perspectives are gained, decisions made.

Would you trust a police offer or a judge who based there decisions on anything other than concrete proof.

Thus the abstractions of genetic analysis, including talk of God's free primordial decision, must ontologically stand on their own feet, unsupported by reference to a concrete, finished actuality.

Even for the Catholic the road from the general principles of Christian ethics to concrete decision has become considerably longer than formerly, even when he is determined unconditionally to respect all those principles, and for a good part of the way, in the last decisive stages of the formation of the concrete moral imperative, he is therefore inevitably left by the Church's teaching and pastoral authority more than formerly to his own conscience, to form the concrete decision independently on his own responsibility.

If, however, the Catholic now sees that despite, and in addition to, his ethics based on essential natures, he must develop an individual ethics of concrete moral decision which goes beyond mere casuistry, and if the Protestant ethical theorist perhaps realizes that in the new and dangerous situation he must perhaps be less carefree in simply leaving the Christian to his «conscience», then perhaps the new situation will bring about a new climate in which, even theoretically, people will be compelled more readily to think towards one another rather than away from one another, and in which people will understand one another more easily and even gradually unite.

In conclusion, there is a saying of Jesus which perhaps can show how little it is possible to seek for an ethic of Jesus in the sense of an idealistic doctrine of duties and virtues, or in the sense of an ethic of goods or values; how, on the contrary, the responsibility for all concrete moral decisions is thrust upon man, and these decisions are bound up with the one Either - Or, obedience or disobedience.

God is not far from him, so that a technique is necessary to approach Him; on the contrary, God speaks to him in every concrete situation, for every concrete situation is a crisis of decision.

There has been a lot of gossip about Alexis Sanchez and his contract talks with Arsenal this season, which will continue as long as there is no concrete decision on his future.

And yet, while none of the decision - makers expected an immediate bounceback and stressed time was needed to cultivate new fans and demonstrate that NASCAR was a sport on the upswing, concrete evidence is lacking to suggest such a rejuvenation is afoot.

But now it appears that Martinez is stalling on completing the move as he is still considering other available options, and with more than two months left of the transfer window there is no reason to rush into making any concrete decisions yet.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has yet to make a concrete decision — at least publicly - on whether to make Campbell part of his first team next season.

This DEC action comes on the heels of a recent New York State appellate court decision that reinstated criminal indictments against another concrete company, Quality Concrete, also located on Newtowconcrete company, Quality Concrete, also located on NewtowConcrete, also located on Newtown Creek.

«That means that the Minister must make some quick decisions to enable us to go into recess with a sense of direction and concrete action on at least some of the issues that are being raised by house builders and those seeking to buy a home.»

His conviction was overturned on the basis of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled that those favors have to be in the form of concrete actions, such as filing a lawsuit or holding a hearing.

Based on that experience, he suggested that the government needed to «analyze every one of them [fuel stations] to see the legal basis for such decisions, and such directives» before any concrete action is taken in this regard.

He added that the party organs would meet soon and take concrete steps and decisions on the way forward.

He said, «In the course of further review of facts of this case, it transpired that the legal issues arising from the originating motion of the applicant are very recondite and novel as there have not been concrete apex court decisions on them and they also affect and will affect many criminal and civil cases all over Nigeria where the Administration of Criminal Justice Act is being applied.»

Sometimes, when making a decision such as choosing between two job offers, it's useful to examine the two positions based on the concrete facts you know about the jobs and not on speculation about what you expect it will be like to work at either place or the career advancement possibilities each job might open up.

So AI is already superior in repetitive and predictive tasks, tasks that hinge on computational power, classifying huge amounts of data and inputs, making decisions based on concrete rules — with fewer biases than humans, but still induced by algorithms and data sets chosen by humans.

The rapid growth of computer - based systems such as simulation models, databases, and artificial intelligence decision - support systems, is evidence of the impact of computer and information technologies on concrete science and technology.

We focus on actionable insights that help practitioners make concrete decisions about building new school models or adapting effective school models into new contexts.

And with all the work done in one software suite, the process becomes a constant on - going cycle using concrete evidence as the foundation for making decisions.

You need to gather concrete facts, study them well, analyze them, and base your investment decisions on them.

Parties also decided to accelerate activities under the workplan on enhancing mitigation ambition in accordance with decision 1 / CP.17, paragraphs 7 and 8, by, inter alia, intensifying, as from 2014, the technical examination of opportunities for actions with high mitigation potential, including those with adaptation and sustainable development co-benefits, with a focus on the implementation of policies, practices and technologies that are substantial, scalable and replicable, with a view to promoting voluntary cooperation on concrete actions in relation to identified mitigation opportunities in accordance with nationally defined development priorities.

«The Doha decision has delivered no real cuts in emissions, it has delivered no concrete finance, and it has not delivered on equity.»

How on earth can any sane person then say that it is a theory upon which concrete decisions must be based if governments and societies are to assess risks and plan ahead.

Climate modelling has a different problem: based on forecast and projection, it is by definition an inexact science, but one upon which concrete decisions must be based if governments and societies are to assess risks and plan ahead.

High ceilings and an open plan design also prompted the decision to lay blocks on the flat, giving a 215 mm concrete wall.

In the articles that follow, I will walk through, step by step, some concrete analytics and other means of measurement, that your firm can use to evaluate your marketing efforts and make more thoughtful decisions going forward on the strategies and tactics that you utilize.

On Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Spokeo v. Robins, which posed the question of whether Article III standing requires a plaintiff to have a concrete injury when alleging a statutory violation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act («FCRA»).

In that case, a central issue was whether the publication was communication of ideas, but the final appellate decision was that «The book directly and unmistakably urges concrete violations of the laws against murder and murder for hire and coldly instructs on the commission of these crimes.

Give him something concrete to work on so that the decision to call you in for an interview or hire you, becomes easier.