Sentences with phrase «on actual practices»

The text then offers some suggestions for reconceiving knowledge and education based on the actual practices of women.

A more promising line of thought is Mouw's focus on the actual practice of worship and the religious life in general among Latter - day Saints.

The time that may be saved through the use of a VLO may allow the traditional firm to continue to generate revenue while the members may focus more on the actual practice of law rather than dealing with administrative and rote functions of the business of law.

Not exact matches

«The process forces employees to reflect and to jot out a forward - looking plan for getting stuff done, all while requiring a minimal disruption in the employee's actual work,» writes Chen, who adds that as employees can compose their Snippets on their own schedule, the practice is maker friendly, i.e., it doesn't break up long blocks on concentrated work.

Virtual reality provides medical and dental students a safe and controlled environment to practice surgeries and procedures, allowing them to make mistakes without having any impact on an actual patient, and prepare for any unexpected situations.

So right now, they focus on other applications, such as building precise three - dimensional models, drawn from CT scans, of actual patient organs and tissues that surgeons can use for pre-operative practice and training in the case of difficult surgeries.

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on «validated learning,» rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

Taking a association or individual's word on their firmness formed on what they write about themselves on paper is not a arguable way to establish the ethics of their actual practices, though.

Soft Patriarchs, New Men by W. Bradford Wilcox, a young sociologist of religion at the University of Virginia, is a study of the actual surveyed attitudes and practices of the married men of the so - called «religious right» that turns this stereotype on its head.

Rather, the proposal is that study of every subject matter that is selected for study (using whatever academic disciplines are appropriate) be shaped and guided by an interest in the question: What is that subject matter's bearing on, or role in, the practices that constitute actual enactments, in specific concrete circumstances, of various construals of the Christian thing in and as Christian congregations?

They've got the right idea, but they're practicing it on a fall guy instead of the actual perps.

Since her conversion is ostensibly based on morality, I do hope she takes a close look at the actual morality of her new friends and her new church so she can see whether or not it is superior in practice.

Since God, on this view, is contemporary with every finite actual entity, being neither in the past nor in the future of any other actual entity, God, on the principle in question, would be able neither to prehend nor to he prehended by any other actual entity, a conclusion more radically at variance with religious experience and practice than the doctrine Whitehead was invoked to repair.

In this, her second book on marriage during a career in Adult Religious Education in the Diocese of East Anglia, Anita Dowsing seeks to bite a very big bullet indeed: the gap between the Church's teaching on key aspects of marriage and the actual beliefs and practice of many lay Catholics today.

It is possible, for example, that the fundamental Catholic theoretical doctrine of the primacy may continue to exist as ground for division between Christian denominations but that at the same time the historical situation will impose on the Catholic Church, with the quiet inevitability of an inescapable environment, an actual practice of the primacy to which non-Catholics themselves will scarcely be able to raise objection.

Most states still have punitive legislation on their books, though in actual practice enforcement is varied and often unpredictable.

Abraham is better on the Reformers because of his awareness that their actual theological practice is often superior to their sola scriptura polemical excesses, but even here he at times sounds more like a prosecuting attorney than a well - informed and fair - minded scholar.

Yet in both labor unions and churches, the official group pronouncements are on a higher level of insight than the actual practices of great numbers of their membership.

Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms of international law or codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion of it.

Save practice time that would be wasted on kick returns and work on the actual gameplan.

However in actual practice this is a virtual impossibility for almost every book on the planet meaning the lines you see on the betting board don't and won't attract split action.

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.

The question that is raised in the documentary (and of course in the actual literature) is whether or not a general disregard for the impact of modern medical practices on the microbiome is responsible to some degree for the increase in noncommunicable disease.

This week, new research supported what moms sick of parent shaming have long suspected: people often judge how dangerous a given parenting practice is based on their sense of how moral it is, not based on a reasoned assessment of actual danger to the child.

Originally, it was supposed to be for Bean to sleep on and still be next to me; in actual practice, my husband usually takes the twin bed while Bean and I stretch out on the queen mattress.

Thankfully, I have not experienced ppd, but for mothers that have, I think holistic practices should really be taken under consideration more often... or even if just for a new mother's recovery and general health So many people have made negative comments about consuming their own placenta and comparing it to animals eating other dead animals and feces, but don't think twice about consuming food products produced using actual animals... cow's milk, goat milk, cheeses, burgers, bacon (pigs are considered one of the filthiest animals on the planet — they defacate where they sleep, roll around in it, eat rotted food, yet no one seems to think twice about eating any part of them).

In practice, the actual expenses are likely to give a more preferable result so the business pays tax on its actual profits in full with no benefit from the rent - a-room limit.

«This set of reforms helps to move the criminal «justice» system closer to actual justice and away from an overreliance on arrests, prosecution and jail for low - level offenses,» said Tina Luongo, the attorney in charge of the criminal defense practice at the Legal Aid Society.

«Developing standards based on physicians» actual experience and practices is the home - grown approach needed now to improve health care and lower costs of care,» says Makary.

The training begins with sedentary mindfulness practice, where participants are instructed to focus on experiences like eating and breathing, but gradually more and more movement is incorporated, culminating in a sport - specific meditation in which athletes or coaches apply a mindful style of attention to their actual sport performance.

«Based on actual industry practices, diesel fuel use has already been effectively phased out of hydraulic fracturing operations,» Fuller said.

Although these economic models have provided a strong and unifying foundation for the development of theory about decision - making, several decades of research on these topics has produced a wealth of evidence demonstrating that, in practice, these models do not provide a satisfactory description of actual human behavior.

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a report on the land use requirements of solar power plants based on actual land - use practices from existing solar facilities.

Actual informative tips on the practice of yoga — for that you will need to head to one of her classes.

On any given day, these players would spend an hour in the weight room, 30 - 45 minutes performing mobility drills, 20 - 30 minutes engaged in recovery protocols, and then 2 - 3 additional hours of actual practice.

For some, the intention to focus on breathing is not enough to inspire actual practice.

During the deload week, you are going to reduce the load by practicing with a progression that is easier by 2 - 3 steps (depending on the actual progressions you used) than the one you practiced during the last week.

Casting light on the inherent contradictions between the public claims of Scientology as an applied philosophy and its actual practices, the film gives voice to these peoples» stories by inserting them as recurring reference points throughout the film, from its opening credits to its closing shot.

Based on an actual incendiary legal case that was a sensation in Ethiopia a decade ago, «Difret» not only deals with an abhorrent practice that is still going on, it provides a dramatic yet nuanced window into a culture we almost never see.

I'm not suggesting that Mann had some obligation to practice affirmative - action casting, especially when telling a story based on actual events, but «The Insider» inadvertently makes clear just how white and male the upper echelons of business and media remain in this country.

In practice this means you need to try to cover their entire movement range rather than zero in on their actual placement.

The boys create a monster truck for Candace to practice driving, but soon her trial run turns into a massive racing rally; Doofenshmirtz tries to find investors for his line of monster trucks that are actual monsters; the boys set out on a high - seas advent (more...) The boys create a monster truck for Candace to practice driving, but soon her trial run turns into a massive racing rally; Doofenshmirtz tries to find investors for his line of monster trucks that are actual monsters; the boys set out on a high - seas adventure after learning about a mysterious pirate from their grandpa; Candace spies Perry and Dr. Doofenschmirtz up to their old tricks.

A few minutes before I, Tonya is about to begin inside the theater, Robbie finally spots someone on the red carpet's fringes, and her smile changes from a practiced, placid paparazzi pose to a wide, goofy, actual grin.

Even if the practices of FGM were grounded on actual and commonly accepted religious or cultural basis, this could certainly not be used as a form of excuse or justification for this custom's (FGM's) acceptance and integration in a society.

Others like application simulation training programs will opt for the fully online model (supported by practice sessions on the actual tool).

The new SPEC has yet to publish actual numbers on what the Grade 9 - 1 will look like in practice and we will be waiting till 2018 before knowing the boundaries.

The tricky research question is how to measure the impact of that professional learning on actual classroom practice and, as a result, on student learning.

In sum, clear majorities of uninformed respondents want their districts to spend more, but when respondents are told current expenditure levels, they take those amounts into account — an indication that public thinking on expenditures would change if residents were better informed about actual fiscal practices in their schools.

If inspectors are able to evaluate actual practices and instructional quality at the school, both before and after an inspection, then inspections may well have a mitigating effect on such unintended responses.