Sentences with phrase «practice of placing»

institutionalization The practice of placing children or youth in hospitals, residential treatment, institutions, or orphanages.

The practice of placing perfume counters close to the front of department stores started with department store pioneer Harry Selfridge; he placed the counter at the front to better entice customers into buying perfume and it had the added benefit of masking the smell of manure and exhaust coming in from the street.

Overall, the lesson these cases provide is that, at least in contested sentencing matters, the Crown is moving towards a practice of placing extensive factual records of all potentially aggravating factors before the courts.

In contested sentencing hearings (where the Crown and defence make separate submissions and arguments before the court), the Crown is moving towards a practice of placing extensive factual records of all potentially aggravating factors before the courts.

Eit (Gaelic, noun): The practice of placing shiny stones in streams so that they sparkle in moonlight and attract salmon in the late summer and autumn.

Eit: In Gaelic, a word that refers to the practice of placing quartz stones in streams so that they sparkle in moonlight and thereby attract salmon in the late summer and autumn.

Such a gesture could be read as an extension of Stockholder's ongoing practice of placing formal elements in dialogue with materials not traditionally valued by high culture (e.g., trash, industrial objects, the presentational apparatus itself)-- only here this tactic (itself fairly shaky in the face of the near - evaporation of high / low distinctions) was expanded to encompass a dialogue between the artworks themselves.

In his book A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future, David Hancocks, an architect and former director of acclaimed zoos in Seattle and Tucson, assails the common practice of placing pink flamingos at entrances to dazzle visitors with an immediate «splash of color and exotica.»

Interpositioning: A prohibited practice of placing another firm between a broker / dealer and the best available market for a security, denying the customer the best available price.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Although Syracuse officials were warned in 2009 that it's illegal, Mayor Stephanie Miner has continued the decades - old practice of placing certain city workers — many of whom are politically connected — on a shadow city payroll beyond the reach of state civil service rules.

Last summer, City Councilman Robert Jackson said that he supported the Castle Bridge plan, which he said would have great benefits to the Upper Manhattan community, but remains wary of the DOE's practice of placing new schools at existing schools.

Council Majority Leader Tom Hoffay (D - Ward 2) said he had no problem with any of Gallo's appointments, or what he called the routine practice of placing campaign supporters in city jobs.

A study of infants in England indicated that supine sleeping is not associated with an increase in significant morbidity outcomes, and the risk of respiratory problems was reduced compared with that of prone sleepers.17 In Asian countries, aspiration is not a problem despite the traditional practice of placing newborns to sleep in the supine position.18 The review by Malloy19 of US vital statistics mortality files for the years 1991 to 1996 showed no significant increase in the proportion of postneonatal mortality rate associated with aspiration, asphyxia, or respiratory failure.

Timeout is the practice of placing a child in a corner or on a timeout bench for a set number of minutes.

Also, the practice of placing infants skin - to - skin after C - sections is NOT the norm in maternity care for my county, which has three hospitals.

BPA staff did not enforce the practice of placing your towel to lay claim to a chair.

Use of the word «spike» originates from the antiquated practice of placing paper trade order slips on a metal spike upon completion.

Intentional tummy time is necessary in our culture, because of the controversial yet popular «Back to Sleep» campaign and modern practices of placing babies in swings / seats / car seat carriers / jumpers for long periods of time.

Not exact matches

Bombardier sold the C Series to Delta at a significant discount, standard practice in the aviation business, because Delta was one of the first to place a big order.

However, sustained engagement on issues of equity and inclusion, activities that place participants in the situations that oppressed people experience (what I call «addressing the empathy gap»), and setting goals — much like the one Starbucks envisioned a decade ago regarding pay equity — are some examples of evidence - based best practices.

The practice places emphasis on you to direct your own time and cultivate rich rhythms and rituals of work.

For example, with CMO.com (disclosure: owned by Adobe), which provides strategies and best practices to digital marketers, there is a single place where content is managed and then delivered to the web and mobile devices through a combination of responsive design and mobile - app development capabilities.

Along the way, we make sure that we're on the right path by using a practice called a «HIPA sprint,» which takes place at different stages of the development process.

Many of these practices were in place when researchers began an eight - month pretest at Gap to study the effects of more stable schedules for retail workers in three of the chain's stores.

China can not claim the moral high ground on trade matters; in fact, there is a strong case to be made that American voters» resentment of China's unfair trade practices is what put Trump in the White House in the first place.

Another Reddit user responded: «I understand that some people genuinely have to limit their salt intake as much as possible (McDonald's isn't really the best place to practice that sort of diet, but hey, not my life) but for me, at least, it's easy to tell who genuinely needs it salt free and who's just trying to get the freshest fries they can.»

The long season is an endless routine of repetitive workouts and practices interspersed with long hours spent on buses and planes and in hotel rooms in places like Salt Lake City and Milwaukee.

However, the company responded to comments to that effect on its Facebook page, writing, «Audi has diverse hiring practices to ensure equality across our staff and we pledge to put aggressive hiring and development strategies in place to increase the number of women in our workforce, at all levels.»

For Hettiarachchi, his Toastmasters group provided a place to grow as a speaker, but he says any kind of similar forum is suitable, because like any skill, you must practice public speaking to become and then stay great at it.

But make a regular practice of letting other employees work from home, or some other place they can get the job done.

Walmart's practice of letting people populate many of its parking lots has made the retail giant's stores a reliable, if somewhat improvised, destination and a place where an informal culture emerges before and after dark.

Hoping to utilize the Internet to practice yoga and fitness, she became frustrated with the lack of high - quality content available and the difficulty finding it aggregated in one place.

The company uses a «punch approach» to secure its place in a new market, as Thilo Koslowski, vice president and automotive practice leader of research firm Gartner, once told the Los Angeles Times.

Even today, he runs his practice out of the Zuckerberg family home at 2 Russell Place in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

And if the corporation failed to measure up — because of problems like unfair labor practices, environmental damage, unsavory tax practices — and rehabilitation failed, the government would place the company in «moral bankruptcy.»

«There is a revolution taking place in the practice of medicine, particularly cancer therapy, and most of that innovation is taking place in the biotech companies,» said Chris Sassouni, health care specialist and co-portfolio manager of the mid-cap growth investment team at Eagle Asset Management.

«If in fact IRS persons engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous and there's no place for it,» Obama said.

The shooting took place as a GOP congressional baseball team was practicing in Alexandria, Virginia, ahead of a charity game between Republicans and Democrats scheduled for Thursday.

«We have a lot of information that leads us to believe that bad business practices are taking place,» Gascon said in a recent interview.

At the heart of the matter for Netflix is «usage - based billing,» or limiting the amount subscribers can download per month, a practice some Canadian ISPs put into place at roughly the same time that Netflix was preparing its move into the Canadian market.

Jeanne appears frequently on CNBC Power Lunch, Fox Business, CNN, WPIX, New York, and NPR Market Place sharing best practices on how companies can best prepare for the future of work.

It should not be difficult for companies to extend EU practices and policies elsewhere because they already have systems in place, said Nicole Ozer, director of technology and civil liberties at the American Civil Liberties Union of California.

For an understanding of the agency - based model in practice, there is no better place to look than an activist campaign.

In determining the recently released annual Best Workplaces in Canada list, «the judging panel is the employees, and the rest of the results are based on a company's human resource practices,» says Jose Tolovi Neto, director of the Great Place to Work Institute Canada.

An earlier filing might have been a telltale sign about the financial problems to come: Tesla disclosed that it had begun reimbursing Mr. Musk for his use of his private plane, justifying the cost by saying, «By paying only the variable expenses of Mr. Musk's private airplane, consistent with the reimbursement policy in place, we will recognize a cost saving as compared to the customary practice for an initial public offering road show.»

«As we sit here, quite a few people are doing something wrong at Berkshire, but when it gets to some sales practice like was taking place at Wells Fargo, you can see the kind of damage it will do.»

It was the unanimous opinion of this hearing panel that forcing a regional bank engaging in safe and sound banking and lending practices with $ 50 billion in assets to undergo stress tests and other regulatory rigors as a systemically important financial institution placed in the same league as a $ 2.5 trillion bank like JPMorgan, is nonsense.

According to a recent survey from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, investors appear to place a premium on sustainability: Nearly three quarters (72 %) of those surveyed believe that companies with good environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices can achieve higher profitability and are better long - term investments.

By Downgrading Daddy, Moody's will have something to point to when the next round of congressional hearings into the practice of pay - for - play ratings agencies takes place (which better be soon).

However, discretionary spending is one place where lawmakers can practice fiscal responsibility without running afoul of the courts.