Sentences with phrase «terms of capacity as»

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Cory Haik, who recently joined Mic as chief strategy officer after working in a similar capacity at the Washington Post, says a big part of what she and Mic's director of growth and editorial products, Marcus Moretti, are working on is an attempt to marry traditional measurements of reader activity with newer ways of determining if readers are getting long - term value from what the site is providing.

If you find yourself functioning in the world of startups, in really any capacity, you're probably about as sick and tired as I am with the litany of overused keywords and coined terms such as pivot, innovation and disruption — they've all but lost their luster and intended meanings.

«Our view is that General Electric's key challenge is in North America and it relates to the lack of robust demand for new gas - fired power capacity coupled with an installed fleet that is coming off Long Term Service Agreements that were put in place as far back as 2000,» Obin explained.

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The cash - and - stock deal marries operations that are broadly complementary in terms of geography as well as giving Marathon extra capacity in the U.S. light crude produced by a booming shale oil sector.

The terms - of - trade shock we are experiencing, which has already translated into an increase in excess capacity and downward pressure on inflation, has the potential to act as such a trigger, if left unaddressed.

Beyond the reasonably favourable outlook for the next few years, growth in productive capacity and exports in the resources sector over the longer term will depend on future mineral discoveries (though existing reserves could support production and exports of some commodities, such as coal, for a considerable time).

It shows that assertions questioning the capacity of the FEDERAL government to pay for programs, usually prefaced with the call for â $ ˜â $ ˜adult conversationsâ $ ™ â $ ™, and couched in terms such as fiscal sustainability, solvency, and unfunded liabilities, are red - herrings that will lead to needless reductions and privatizations of public programs in health care, elder care, pensions and so on.»

There is quite a strong argument that in spite of its deployment as a form of monetary inflation QE was empirically deflationary via numerous channels: by encouraging cash hoarding by savers in the absence of adequate income; by skewing wealth and income towards those most likely to hoard it; by an inter-temporal Ricardian equivalence; in your own Austrian terms by driving excess investment to the upper reaches of the production structure, creating excess capacity and malinvestment; by skewing the incentives of company directors towards short - term speculation; by perpetuating the survival of zombie entities; by encouraging investment in unproductive assets.

But, as the discussion above suggests, if Bill 12 were applied in such a way as to change the rules with respect to the batching of product on the TransMountain pipeline it would be necessary to examine very carefully if this created one of the two forms of prohibited conflict between provincial legislation and the terms of the National Energy Board Act (see the common carrier rules of s 71 (1)-RRB-, and any applicable Board decisions relating to the prorating of capacity on the TransMountain pipeline.

The number of people below the poverty line, measured in terms of minimum necessary nutritional standards, is said to be going down and yet malnutrition as well as severe physical debilities and destitution are on the increase, especially these affecting women and children, the simple physical capacity of the youngest generation to withstand the strains of living becoming ever more unstable and fragile.»

Now Professor of Sociology at both the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona, Greeley repeatedly asserts his dual identity as both priest and sociologist, and in the latter capacity he adamantly insists that he is a «scientist,» usually defining that term in an old - fashioned positivist manner.

But because this human life is shaped by human powers and capacities, it invites us to «think in terms of comparative degrees of human distinction or dignity — and of some as more dignified than others.»

So the death of Jesus has a definite contribution to make to God in terms of God's experience of the human capacity to receive as well as the divine capacity to be received, i.e., to have the gift that is offered actually received.

In this light, the aim of pastoral care needs reformulation in terms which speak of restoring persons» capacities to function as ministers within a community of faith and mission.

And as long as we can all come to terms with the fact the three little pigs» woes stemmed more from shoddy construction and being neighbors with a wolf blessed with extraordinary lung capacity than with their choice of materials, the preference for this environmentally and socially responsible building method should only continue to grow.

Jürgen Moltmann has pointed out that one amazing ramification of Christianity's peculiar doctrine of the Trinity is the way it transcends the patriarchalism implicit in Jewish monotheism as well as the matriarchalism implicit in pagan pantheism.49 Using sexual terms in a metasexual rather than a literal, genital, and bodily sense, the feminine dimension of personality refers to the receptive, passive, self - effacing, care - receiving capacity in us all that contrasts with the initiating, aggressive, self - assertive, self - sufficient traits we associate with the masculine dimension.

Therefore, a «need imposed by the environment» will be experienced by an occasion not merely as a «threat» to its own subjective fulfillment but also in terms of its capacity to disrupt the future which that occasion is able to affect by its aims.

On the other hand, if you appropriate the «Berlin» model's stress on Wissenschaft on the «Athens» model's terms (wissenschaftlich education as paideia - like «formation» in capacities for critical inquiry) do not suppose that you can omit the other pole of «professional» education, for as we have seen, Wissenschaft is theologically relevant only insofar as it is tied to church leadership roles.

Freedom is the capacity to choose wisely and to act well as a matter of habit — or, to use the old - fashioned term, as an outgrowth of virtue.

The focus generally has been on the individual as the basic unit of analysis, with human activity explained in terms of motives, personality, and social and cognitive traits and capacities.

Having Giroud in your team is like having dial up internet in 2015 (my apologies to anyone who still has, but it gets better as soon as you upgrade) and in case you're wondering how the analogy links to what I was saying overall in terms of ambition its simple, much like dial - up, Giroud functions at a limited capacity if you need to send an email its good (Score a goal), wanting to stream a movie is a stretch to far (Giroud doesn't win titles) and if, at the end of the day, showing ambition is showing an intent of doing better than before, taking risks and learning from your mistakes, and how not to repeat them again.

Some welcomed «the King» back in any capacity, while others saw it as a short - term fix chosen in favour of an actual signing.

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One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

The term «Gifted» is defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as Students, children, or youth who give evidence of high achievement capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, or leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields, and who need services and activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop those capabilities.

The chart below allows you to quickly compare the different big kid strollers in terms of parameters such as weight, weight capacity and my rating.

The results reinforce the sustainability of our business model and the capacity to deliver superior long - term return to shareholders, as the economic and business environment improve.»

In terms of capacity to be elected as President of Ghana, Nana Addo comes nowhere.

He explained, Nana Addo does not come close to President Mahama in terms of leadership, delivery, and capacity to work as President of the Republic.

I have enjoyed my association with the CWA union in various capacities and have served as vice president of the Greater Glens Falls Central Labor Council for multiple terms.

Prof. Abberton who spoke on behalf of IITA, said the partnership was important as it reflects the role the farm will play not only in terms of research addressing the needs of smallholder farmers but also in terms of training and capacity building.

«This is important as it reflects the role that this farm will play not only in terms of research addressing the needs of smallholder farmers but also in terms of training and capacity building.

Additional measures undertaken include «the reorganization of the commission's administrative structure; staff capacity building and professionalization; institutionalization of long - term planning processes; introduction of technology such as biometric registration and authentication processes (Permanent Voter Cards and Smart Card Readers), collation and results management as well as the tracking and monitoring of electoral activities».

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The data revealed nothing new about tobacco: As exposure to tobacco goes up, lung capacity in terms of the amount of air a smoker can exhale goes down.

For example, one respondent identified as «Director of Postdoctoral Studies» remarked «I am temporarily responsible, but it is more in my capacity to survey the postdocs rather than serve a long - term commitment.»

«Given the likelihood that the California sea lion population is approaching carrying capacity, density - dependent effects such as food limitation (and stranding) of pups may be a long - term consequence of a rebuilt sea lion population during periods of low abundance of high - quality forage,» the scientists wrote.

Another to be applied in the long term could be the possibility of adapting soccer to the physical capacity of women, as in other sports.

«Local and global shocks, such as economic and financial crises, political instability, and environmental disasters require strategies to increase our capacity for resilience,» says Kharrazi, «Policy and decision making should consider both the short and long term growth and resilience of growth based on inclusivity or exclusivity and intensity of trading partners from a network perspective.»

As a result, one of the most important forms of human activity, with a demonstrated capacity to affect our lives in profound ways, has become isolated from the kinds of con - siderations that together define the term «human».

«One reason why we organized this session in the first place was to encourage the sharing of such perspectives within the context of how geophysicists can build local capacity, not only for dealing with acute issues such as disasters, but also longer term challenges like building capacity for economic growth.»

All of the institutes and facilities of the Max Planck Society are largely autonomous in terms of organization and research, but as a rule have no legal capacity of their own.

-- The term «most vulnerable developing countries» means, as determined by the Administrator of USAID, developing countries that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, considering the approaches included in any international treaties and agreements.

Building capacity at the faculty level magnifies the effort as the faculty «pay it forward» to many students in the long - term,» said Holley - Bockelmann, who is also the Vanderbilt director of the Fisk - Vanderbilt Masters - to - Ph.

The Sequencing Unit manages a large park of last - generation sequencing systems, which positions the CNAG as one of the top European centers in terms of sequencing capacity.

During the Clinton administration, Dr. Holdren served as a member of PCAST through both terms and in that capacity chaired studies requested by President Clinton on preventing theft of nuclear materials, disposition of surplus weapon plutonium, the prospects of fusion energy, U.S. energy R&D strategy, and international cooperation on energy - technology innovation.

Often used interchangeably with the term muscular endurance, exercise capacity is more accurately defined as «the maximum amount of physical exertion an individual can sustain».

If you reduce your capacity for work, as you do in this type of exercise, you're reducing your long term health, no to mention a poor chance of burning fat.

From a health and performance standpoint, the body has a great capacity to adapt to the possibility of higher or lesser amounts of water loss in the short term, such as during a race — a reason some athletes appear to function well despite significant (~ 3 percent) water losses.