Sentences with phrase «for items in the environment»

Not exact matches

Moving furniture, posting pictures and personal items in their office space, and making upgrades to their equipment is all perfectly acceptable — people work better in environments they've created, because most people understand what works for them.

In an environment that is increasingly digital, I find tremendous value in maintaining a notebook that is specifically for my open to - do itemIn an environment that is increasingly digital, I find tremendous value in maintaining a notebook that is specifically for my open to - do itemin maintaining a notebook that is specifically for my open to - do items.

«Caribou is known for its warm, friendly neighborhood environment and its best - in - class handcrafted beverages and delicious food items,» he says.

Similar to the introduction of the Marina Market & Café, a modernized coffee house that launched September 2013 in the property's Marina Tower, the addition of the Link@Sheraton Café will provide a warm environment for guests to enjoy freshly baked goods, Starbucks coffee drinks or grab - and - go items as they surf the Internet, connect with friends and family, research San Diego's must - see attractions or print boarding passes.

In addition to being better for the environment, crafting from items found around the house has the added benefit of being economical.

PeuroBaby curates the European market for the highest quality, multi-functional items manufactured in fair trade environments you can trust and feel good about.

By having the party in their own home, the parents were able to provide a safe environment for their children and friends and ensure the foods and snack items wouldn't be harmful to their kids.

Wash or wipe down new toys, furniture and accessories, and allow plenty of time for these items to air out in a well - ventilated space before introducing them to your nursery environment.

Babies spend 12 to 16 hours per day on their crib mattress, making the mattress the most prominent object in a child's environment for the first three years of their life and one of the most important items on your baby registry.

I thought something similar when I read, in Claire Dederer's recent novel Poser, her description of a north Seattle mom for whom «breast - feeding was simply the first item in a long, abstruse to - do list: Cook organic baby food, buy expensive wooden toys, create an enriching home environment, sleep with your child in your bed, ensure that your house was toxin free, use cloth diapers, carry your child in a sling, dress your child in organic fibers.»

If the staff member in charge becomes aware that an unsafe situation exists, s / he will either remove the unsafe items or ask for help to make the environment safe.

Disposable diapers are a nightmare for the environment: over 92 % end up in landfills, making them the third - largest consumer item that goes into landfills.

I just read a news item on Ghanaweb (February 27, 2016) about Pastor Mensa Otabil's demand for a change in the «poisonous» environment in Ghana.

The implementation of SAFE Act is not only going to cost NY state 36 million dollars a year, it has created a hostile environment for both in - state and out of state sports men and women and shooting enthusiasts who now risk committing felony crimes for the countless technical criminal violations created by the SAFE Act for possessing items which can be purchased over the counter in all our neighboring states.

The first tier contains items that many young scientists would expect from their supervisors: mentoring; communication; setting a direction and vision for the research group; providing opportunities to network with other scientists; providing funding for postdocs» research or giving them significant help in obtaining their own grants; training; creating a work culture and environment that encourages individuals to treat everybody with respect and encourages collaboration; creating an ambience that keeps group members satisfied and attracts talented scientists to the group; and offering postdocs opportunities to explore options for their careers once their fellowships have ended.

A line item that in a usual year would provide $ 7 million for the United Nations is expanded to $ 10 million for «U.N. Environment Programs.»

Of this, single - use packaging items account for almost 40 % and a not - insignificant portion could end up in the marine environment as litter, transported via wastewater flows, inland waterways, wind or tides.

As society has developed new uses for plastics, the variety and quantity of plastic items found in the marine environment has increased dramatically.

For those who want to delve more deeply, there's a Feb. 25, 2014 news item on Nanowerk describing some Swiss research into silver nanoparticles and ions in aquatic environments,

Another example would be chicken... Unhealthy chickens that are raised in factory chicken houses, never see an outdoor environment, and fed unnatural amounts of grains are going to produce a significantly less healthy chicken meat for your meals compared to a chicken that spent most of its time outdoors roaming fields and eating greens, seeds, bugs, worms, and other natural items that chickens like to eat.

From recycling plastic bottles to repurposing once - throwaway items elsewhere in the home, we all want to do our part for the environment.

When you're taking photos in your home, you have less of an outside environment to work with, so make it fun for yourself and bring in a few quirky items that will allow you to let loose and show off your personality and spirit.

The next layer will be the one that people see s when in a professional environment, just look for a nice shirt or blouse (or basically any other item that you won't mind other people looking at you in).

As I've discussed in my blog post on transitioning casual to business casual clothing options (read post here), there are a few factors that go into transitioning the same piece or substituting items to work for both environments.

Barry is astonished to learn of how humans have been using his kind in order to produce honey and live in artificial environments for the sole purpose of being an additive in items for human consumption.

In between battles, you can also visit towns and other safe zones, navigated in a first - person visual novel style perspective, to talk to NPCs and examine the environment for items or additional lore or to buy itemIn between battles, you can also visit towns and other safe zones, navigated in a first - person visual novel style perspective, to talk to NPCs and examine the environment for items or additional lore or to buy itemin a first - person visual novel style perspective, to talk to NPCs and examine the environment for items or additional lore or to buy items.

Nonetheless, this retro looking game on the XBox One is filled with some well - designed gaming environments as you platform your way through various stages in order to collect items for the nefarious Director like barrels, lotions and balloons.

In other spots — towns and fortresses — you can look around the environment from a first - person perspective, searching for other characters to talk to while panning around to find useful items and gear, almost like a hidden object puzzle.

During the game you can use special tracking senses (that often get lost in the graphics of the environment) to hunt for food and forage around for items to use for crafting.

The partnerships focused on: design and cabinet building project, media promotion of vaccinations, breeding tomatoes, design of a new confectionary item for children, contamination in laboratory environments, game design and robotics, and construction of a greenhouse to support a school garden.

What if it is tailored to help learners identify the items needed for use in a hazardous environment?

The U.S. Department of Education also recognizes that school climate data are vital to differentiate school performance.80 To support states and districts in this work, the department developed ED School Climate Surveys for students, parents, educators, and noninstructional staff that measure engagement, safety, and school environment.81 States can add their own items to the survey platform, and New York state is currently piloting the surveys in eight districts.82

Think Green is a teaching resource set that includes a creative writing worksheet on which students can write an essay about ways to help protect the environment or tips for recycling items that are used in their homes.

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Flea - and tick - control items that eschew chemicals in favor of natural ingredients are gaining sales because pet owners believe them to be safer for their pets and the environment.

Indoor - only cats feel an innate compulsion to scratch, but sometimes they do it in inconvenient places — like the leg of a chair or your favorite couch.They usually pick a small number of highly visible items in their environment to use for scratching.

It only takes a few items to create an exciting environment for them to be in.

They are also more interested in how well a green product functions — the item must not only be good for the environment, it must also be the best possible option for their pet.

In Fable III «s shop, Molyneux is proposing that items such as swords will be available for a nominal fee of around # 1, while access to new areas of the game environment — a notional «island» was discussed, bringing to mind Fable II «s DLC Knothole Island — could cost more.

No leveling, no stats, no upgrades, no in - game shop, no mini-games, no combing environments for items (no items!)

While the game does not tell you which items in the environment Ivo can interact with, it does allow for holding the space bar to give the players an overview of which items can with magnifying glass icons.

To build the item in question you'll need to scour the environment for «Lego Loot» like wood, crystals, food and cloth, and feed the required materials into the platform.

- as Captain Olimar is making his way home, an asteroid onslaught forces him to land on a nearby planet - Sparklium is the fuel for Olimar's Dolphin III ship - with the ship's fuel depleted, you have to find items on this planet which can be turned into fuel - collect everything from seeds to large scale treasures - you need 30,000 Sparklium to make your way home - you are eventually required to find a lost ship part at the end of the game - levels are more linear and puzzle based, and include specific goals / goodies to collect - move Captain Olimar with the Circle Pad, while all other interactions use the touchscreen - blow your whistle, throw Pikmin and also touch certain objects - worlds are called Sectors, with six areas altogether - find all the treasure and look for new passageways to complete a sector 100 % - passageways can grant you access to secret spots or additional levels highlighted with the letter X - the first world is called Brilliant Garden, which has lush forest environments - Yellow Pikmin can easily reach the upper screen, where you can sometimes collect goodies and pull down vines - there's a level where you use yellow Pikmin as a source to connect two wires - connecting the wires lets you see enemies and platforms that were hidden in the shadows - Winged Pikmin can be flung at high speeds, and they can pick up Olimar and help him descend down into new areas - in a later level, you need to use red Pikmin to stomp out fire and clear the way for you - Rock Pikmin are the strongest ones of the bunch and can break crystals - blue Pikmin can swim and fight well underwater - the maximum amount of Pikmin you can have in a stage is 20 - blow your whistle to call over the correct Pikmin for a task or puzzle - Ravaged Rustworks offers a unique industrial environment where you climb on pipes - Loney Tower has you climbing to the top of a tower without any help of Pikmin, and instead use pipes and Olimar's jetpack - Valley of the Breeze, found in the Leafswirl Lagoon sector, relies complete on Winged Pikmin - Barriers of Flame is in the Sweltering Parchlands sector - here you «lll be forced to improvise with Yellow and Rock Pikmin to get around fire - every world ends with a boss stage - one boss fight puts you up against a Fiery Blowhog, where you use Red Pikmin to pick up / feed bombs to the boss - beating bosses gives you treasures worth 1,000 Sparklium each - supports amiibo in the Splatoon, Super Mario and Animal Crossing lines - amiibo can be scanned in to grant you access to secret spots - these are one room puzzle challenges where you collect a statue - these bonus rooms will also get you 200 Sparklium every time - you are limited by how many amiibo you can summon to each secret spot - one of the treasures you will find is an NES cartridge for Ice Climbers, which carries the name «Revenge Fantasy».

Players will scan the area for clues and the items needed to progress through the various environments Glass finds herself in.

Full disclosure: I've never been much for collecting items in games, besides the basic «get coin» mechanic first realized in Mario and Sonic games, which basically force you to get coins by allowing you to do little else besides survive environment and enemy obstacles (not to mention get extra lives for coin collecting).

It's an exercise in patience and, oftentimes, frustration as you search through the same environments over and over, looking for that one item or that one interaction you missed the first ten times you were there.

Why couldn't I be solving all these puzzles and looking for important items while a hungry shoggoth was slithering around in the same environment, looking to do unspeakable things to poor Frank Gilman?

However, the game also offers an item that'll respawn all enemies in the environment to its initial state, even reinstating bosses, so, as always, there's a loophole for those who revel in the punishment the game dishes out.