Sentences with phrase «systems as a means»

Ambedkar was very forthright in declaring the separateness of Dalits from the caste system as the means of their liberation.

It warns the government's use of the classification system as a means of «sending out signals» to potential users is at odds with the stated objectives of classifying drugs on the basis of harm.

For the first time the department is allowing principals to set aside a percentage of seats for low - income families, English - language learners or students engaged with the child welfare system as a means of creating greater diversity.

Both lawmakers expressed their support for such systems as a means to let home and building owners realize significant savings in monthly energy bills.

Corey brings a broader understanding of the Ashtanga yoga system as a means to heal physically, mentally and spiritually in order to live up to our full potential as humans.

There are a number of schools that have implemented biometric systems as a means of identifying staff and pupils.

If most your learners fall into this part of the engagement spectrum, there's a good chance that your learners view the Learning Management System as a means to an end, rather than something they need to engage with.

It is about decentralizing the public education system as a means to diminish the power of teacher unions.

DOT's Strategic Plan reimagines America's transportation system as the means by which we connect with one another, grow our economy, and protect the environment.

Crafted with the input of our leadership, our employees and our stakeholders, the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2012 — 2016 re-imagines America's transportation system as the means by which we connect with one another, grow our economy, and protect the environment.

In the race to pack in as many gadgets and features as possible on new vehicles, automakers are gravitating towards adaptive suspension systems as a means to bridge the gap between sporty handling and a comfortable ride.

I'm about halfway through this list and I've realized most of my Hot Game picks involve learning the game's systems as a means of enjoyment, and Brigador exemplifies this quality.

The contemporary artists included in Contingencies extend this effort, tapping into systems as a means of materializing, rerouting, or pausing their flow.

Through compulsive patterning, Jane subverts and queers logical systems as a means of ordering the universe.

Johnson's body of work spans many media, but he is most known for his intricate and complex collages, and his mail art project, The New York Correspondance [sic] School, a movement that utilized the postal system as a means of distribution outside of the commercial art world and that eventually reached international proportions.

In two posts in the last few days on Forbes.com, William Pentland, a writer who is also involved in a business developing such combined heat and power systems (he declares this interest up front), described the Co-op City storm response and, more generally, the merits of the gas distribution system as a means to creating a robust, distributed electricity supply:

The climate engineers are manipulating these systems as a means of power and control over populations.

They see our free enterprise system as a means to fund their Neo Socialism in it's Western guise.

As elected representatives they deal with a constituency who has significant financial incentives to retain (and sometimes «abuse») the current articling system as a means of cheap labour and recruitment / advancement through attrition.

Whether it's a problem of supply or a problem of demand, the articling system as a means to ensure practical competence of new lawyers is breaking down.

«We welcome any simplification of the current system as a means of putting an end to the blame game.

Promote a statewide competency or credentialing system as a means to build capacity and improve early childhood workforce development.

Not exact matches

Besides, as the stress on the system increases, the term universal health care is losing its meaning.

It came as a shock to many when, in September, Google admitted to the SEC that some of its most important systems «are not fully redundant» — meaning if something breaks, your data may be gone.

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

That means managing your time in a way that allows you to prioritize your action steps, removing as many distractions from your life as possible, allotting budgetary resources to your goals, breaking ties with people who discourage your efforts to change, and cultivating a strong support system of people who want you to succeed and will help hold you accountable to your goals.

That means helping clients automate important processes — such as a bank's loan approval system.

«Healthy carbs» (as opposed to «unhealthy carbs,» which include sugar and refined, heavily processed carbs like white bread) are typically from whole grains, meaning they include a hefty portion of fiber, which helps keep your digestive system running smoothly.

«EI benefits should have a more stringent means test as there are far too many abuses of the system,» wrote one.

This «new meteorology», as it was sometimes called, became culturally pervasive in the years following World War I. Not only did it lift the metaphors of trench warfare and place them in the air (the «weather front» taking its name directly from the battle fronts of the war), it also insisted that to speak of the weather meant to speak of a global system of energies opening, ever anew, onto different futures.

«That means being better organized with my digital paperwork and filing system, as well as organizing my e-mail, and even being vigilant about unsubscribing to anything that might tempt me to spend money I would otherwise not spend.»

And Congressional Republicans are touting their new finalized tax bill as a wage - boosting, job - creating boon to the middle class, as well as a means of simplifying the tax system.

As a result, the bank will need further capital, part of which will come from a government loan — meaning that taxpayers» money will be used once again to support the banking system.

It would mean that between the end of the year and around 2019, Tesla could have a level 4 autonomous system enabled in second generation cars — meaning the vehicles can drive themselves without a driver as backup, but not in all conditions or environment.

Besides, most child - care benefits in Canada are already means - tested, including municipally and provincially run child - care subsidy systems, as well as the federal government's Universal Child Care Benefit.

Under the 2010 Dodd - Frank Act, which toughened financial regulations in an effort to avoid a repeat of the 2008 crisis, the oversight panel had the power to designate non-bank institutions such as AIG as systemically important financial institutions, meaning that their failure could pose a risk to the entire financial system.

The Bitcoin Deutschland AG is acting as tied agent of the FIDOR Bank AG within the meaning of § 2 Section 10 of the Banking Act and provides the system or the completion of financial instruments in accordance with § 1 Section 1a Sentence 2 No. 1 of the Banking Act exclusively in the name and for the account of the FIDOR Bank AG.

First, here is the most recent tax cut talk from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as quoted by the Globe and Mail: â $ œI can assure you that our government is by no means finished in our efforts to improve our tax system for the benefit of Canadian -LSB-...]

«The radars they use are apparently meant for detecting moving objects (as typically used in adaptive cruise control systems), and seem to be not very good in detecting stationary objects,» he says.

Circling back to the mall / REIT ticking time - bomb, while the Fed can keep the stock market propped up as means of preventing an immediate nuclear melt - down in U.S. pensions (all of which are substantially «maxed - out» in their mandated equities allocation), the collapse of commercial mortgage - back securities (CMBS) will have the affect of launching a nuclear sub-missile directly into the side of the U.S. financial system.

Secondly, higher leverage means that negative shocks to income are more likely to be amplified as they work their way through the economic system.

The foregoing change is material, as it means that private / internal, centralized blockchains are given the same favorable status as public blockchains under the law, and may even leave a backdoor for legacy systems like encrypted Credit Card records stored multiple times to qualify as a «blockchain.»

This means, to return to iron, if you understood China as a growth «system», with its own logic, its liquidity channels, its institutional distortions, its balance sheets that embedded pro-cyclical or counter-cyclical tendencies, etc. you would have known that once the process started, rebalancing was going to cause iron ore prices (and prices of other hard commodities) to collapse, and I stressed, as I often do, that I did not think the word «collapse» was overly dramatic.

The B.C. personal income tax system remains mildly progressive, meaning, as household income rises, so too does the tax rate.

That means new features that rely on user data must be built by one of the two giants, or, as is always the case in a centrally - planned system relative to a market, not built at all.

... As the size of the balance sheet and the quantity of excess reserves in the system decline, the Federal Reserve will be able to return to its traditional means of making monetary policy — namely, by setting a target for the federal funds rate.

For example, in a multi-center system such as a coalition chain, upgrading the blockchain bottom by shutting down the system, or emergency intervention, rolling back data, etc., are available means when necessary, and these methods help to control risks and correct mistakes.»

These are non-trivial continuing compliance obligations which are of fundamental relevance for cryptocurrencies — keeping in mind that a blockchain is traditionally the back - end of a fully automatic system designed to facilitate the instantaneous peer - to - peer transfer of digital property (meaning it's likely to be classed as «interstate commerce»).

Icahn also called for the company's directors to be elected at the same time, as opposed to the current system, in which board elections are staggered, which means that it would take two years for Icahn to obtain a majority of the board.

Fred Wilson describes some of the work required to enable operational scalability in this way: «Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible.»