Sentences with phrase «scale action for»

SpeakUP is a template for large - scale action for Meaningful Student Involvement and student / adult partnerships.

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If, as Yeo said, a version of the technology is «already out there,» Theranos» innovation may be a lab that implements a new form of that technology in an elegant and efficient way, putting it into action on a commercial scale for the first time in history.

Check it out to see where you fall on the scale and to read Gino's tips for how to take action is you discover you are living and working far from the stress sweet spot.

Still, there is a case for some cautious optimism that, should things on Wall Street go too awry in reaction to the president's actions, he might scale back.

Except for large institutional investors, which may have large - scale individual damages, most investors» losses are not great enough to justify bringing an individual securities action.

But, if you are the one to offer the contrast for the other end of the scales (in picture form, of course), then you'll be speaking to the action - area of their brain: «If you're thinking you're busy — too busy to make it — then it's you this weekend is for.

Yet the scale of the air war has gone far beyond the UN authorization, as did the continuing escalation of the war aims so that by February 15 Pentagon projections were assuming the demand for unconditional surrender rather than withdrawal, and by February 25 flanking actions were undertaken to prevent withdrawal.

The action should generate around $ 1 million (more than # 600,000) in Fairtrade premiums for small - scale mining communities.

As Leslie Newbigin pointed out, the problems posed for missions by the rise of the younger churches, the end of colonialism, and the development of inter-church aid on a massive scale were questions about the forms and patterns of missionary action.

Evangelicals of a social - justice bent have mounted like - minded projects on a smaller scale, such as the Crossroads Program sponsored by Evangelicals for Social Action (seeded by Pew Trust money in 1992) and its ongoing series of publications on faith and public policy.

«This failure leads many to propose larger - scale government action, unlikely as the prospects for such are in the present and foreseeable political climate.

It is however a significant fact that those movements of our time which have shown the greatest power to inspire men to action on the grand scale, for good or evil, have taken the form of interpretations of history.

For instance a US Education department report concerning American public schools shows large scale contemporary abuse, with little action being taken against admitted offenders.

Recommendations for actions include: specific targets to reduce single - use plastic packaging; scaling up the use of reusable packaging; reviewing food cosmetic standards and labelling; greater investment in waste prevention systems; and looking at how market - based instruments like extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes can prompt behavioural change towards avoiding food and plastic waste.

The Church takes action against your membership in it for breaking their standards), but on the wide scale that can be quite the generalization.

No stranger to prop bets, I'd never really thought about them as being profitable long - term but beginning that spring, and for nearly three years since, I've scaled back my action on traditional game lines and totals.

Commercial producers are inspected by the FDA and the flocks are regularly tested for this and other kinds of Salmonella (if positive, appropriate action is taken — depopulate the flock, or send the eggs for pasteurization and sale to large - scale bakeries, etc).

I'm sure there are those that would rank high on the sociopath scale as they appear to love risk, have no fear and no empathy for the parents of dead children or guilt for their own actions.

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This book covers: - The need to advance exclusive breastfeeding - Obstacles and opportunities for exclusive breastfeeding during the reproductive health continuum - Findings related to the obstacles, opportunities, current interventions, and gaps at eight time periods during the reproductive health cycle - Suggestions for innovative implementation to advance exclusive breastfeeding - The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding - Monitoring, evaluation, and research needs - Considerations for expansion, replication, and scaling up of activities - Next steps

The caveats are that it was only successful under the following limitations: in an extremely small scale (either geographically - think a single village - e.g. Kibbutzes in Israel are, for all intents and purposes, an example of Communism in action;...

But whilst formulating that strategy is imperative, it isn't a precondition for urgently needed, concrete, and meaningful action that stands a reasonable chance of averting wide - scale and horrific civilian suffering.

in an extremely small scale (either geographically - think a single village - e.g. Kibbutzes in Israel are, for all intents and purposes, an example of Communism in action; or professionally - think FOSS and / or FSF as contained systems).

The MTA is doubling down on its statements made back in September that the agency would have to scale back on its $ 836 million emergency response action plan, if the city isn't willing to pay for half.

We are also calling for similar symbolic, small - scale actions across the country.

It's questionable as to whether large - scale potential customers, such as big labor groups and political organizations such as Organizing for Action would consider using Organizer if it served both sides.

«We will now join our colleagues from across the public sector to discuss the nuts and bolts of this fightback, which we fully expect will mean industrial action on a scale not seen for many, many years.

«President Buhari and other world leaders and participants will make presentations under four sub-themes namely: Scaling - up Finance for Climate Action; Greening Finance for Sustainable Business; Accelerating Local and Regional Climate Action; Strengthening Policies for Ecological and Inclusive Transition.

The government has since taken a number of actions including suspending the issuance of new licences for the small - scale mining in the country, and it has announced the retrieval of some illegal mining equipment, surrendered by the operators following the massive drive to clamp down on their activities.

The Governor's order empowers DEC and other state agencies to issue emergency individual permits for those larger - scale response actions that may be necessary.

The study does not rule out the possibility that large - scale organic operations eventually will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but, for now, McGee said, higher emissions are likely to continue unless actions are taken to correct course.

«This sort of side - by - side comparison of the long past and the long future has not been shown before, but is useful for seeing the geological scale to the consequences of carbon emissions since the dawn of industrialization until our actions today.»

We need action now to scale up the response,» said Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, today at a press conference after returning from a visit to affected countries in West Africa.

The scientists say these findings reinforce the need for assessing the risk of a wide - scale collapse of reef ecosystems, especially if global action on climate change fails to limit warming to 1.5?

Conversely, Dr Wallis said that wide - scale planting of trees to store carbon — as is planned for in the Abbott Government's Direct Action Plan — could potentially consume massive volumes of water.

«The gravity and scale of the situation now requires a level of international action unprecedented for health emergencies.

«Even in the least complex human societies, the scale of collective action is greater and presumably more critical for survival and reproduction than in most other mammalian societies,» Smith said.

And that is the scale of the action needed from the New York meeting tomorrow, when world leaders will gather for one day at the UN headquarters.

First, to deliver on existing commitments by promoting large - scale transformative projects to fill existing gaps between projects and funding; second, to act as a catalyst for more coordinated action.

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

Its time for pragmatic and large scale action to reduce emissions.

Robert Richardson's camera glides across the various flattened landscapes with purpose, and plunks down to provide widely scaled, conspicuously painterly compositions (and for once, the background action in a Tarantino film feels lively and detailed).

Normally the science fiction concept of time travel is reserved for big budget action films, but the idea itself can be much more interesting within the confines of an indie scale film.

Director Gareth Edwards has proven he knows scope and scale for action — he directed the under - appreciated 2014 Godzilla — and there's everything from big pretty explosions to street brawls, and all of it looks beautiful.

Wright orchestrates his action like it's being primed for a Technicolor musical, which is completely understandable given that he tagged performance artist, choreographer, and designer Ryan Heffington for the assist behind the scenes... Granted, there's always been a musicality to Wright's work, but it's never been to this scale and hardly at this volume.

«A street - racing blockbuster about traffic cops» is one of the more endearing action - film premises in recent memory, and in terms of conceptual scale alone it seems a refreshing rejoinder to the genre's rather exhausting penchant for maximalism.

Denzel Washington balances the scales of justice — and challenges Liam Neeson for a slice of the middle - aged action - hero pie — in «The Equalizer,» an ultraviolent update of the 1985 - 89 CBS drama series that featured Edward Woodward as a former government agent turned pro-bono avenging angel.

There have been a handful of solid WWII real - time strategy titles released for the PC in recent years, but none capture the action of the conflict on quite as grand a scale as the Sudden Strike series.

Neil Marshall, a director whose talent for epic, large - scale action sequences was proven several times over in the Game Of Thrones episodes «Blackwater» and «The Watchers On The Wall,» is planning something similarly ambitious, if slightly more intimate, for his next project.

Director John Crowley (Boy A, Intermission) does a very fine job with a good troupe of thespians, and while the film lacks a huge budget for large - scale action scenes, the more grounded developments definitely work in its favor in keeping a tenuous believability in what is mostly a story built on creative fantasy.