Sentences with phrase «than the information environment»

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Restricted / Closed Defense sector (except weapons production) Traffic information systems (air, maritime, land) Alcoholic beverage production Marijuana cultivation Casinos Historical and sacred sites Chemical material industry that can damage the environment Pre-design and consulting services Architectural design services and architectural services Utilisation of natural coral for aquariums, souvenirs and accessories Small and medium enterprises Any business with investment value of less than 10 billion rupiahs

While less information is made publicly available by the Alberta Lobbyist Registry than its counterpart in BC, we do know that Kinder Morgan targeted the Department of Energy, the Premier's Office, and the Department of Environment in the past three months.

A solution the pope proposes for combating fake news on an individual basis: Listen to diverse sources instead of engaging with homogenous news environments: «Praiseworthy efforts are being made to create educational programs aimed at helping people to interpret and assess information provided by the media, and teaching them to take an active part in unmasking falsehoods, rather than unwittingly contributing to the spread of disinformation.»

This is to say that we believe the biological and accidental generalizations fail to support subjunctive conditionals because we believe we are unwarranted in extending these generalizations to environments for which we lack important information or to environments we believe to have importantly different features than the original environment.

For without the freedom that comes with an open information environment, human beings are pressed into fear and neurosis that makes them less than human, and makes our society less than it should be.

Improper public to private communication might seem trivial in an environment as open as bond markets but the truth is that private actors are poorly informed and, in more cases than expected, react to media reports rather than information from the Spanish government or other official sources.

As such, this book argues that much of the scholarly literature in the electoral domain has the wrong object in view in focusing on the outcomes of this work, rather than the processes that create information environments.

The findings suggest that attitudes toward wealth distribution stem from more than just an economic motivation to protect one's self - interest or a fiscally conservative political ideology — the information provided by our surrounding environment also plays an important role.

Short of passing a new tax or making larger changes to the eating environment, is there information that might be more effective than just the calorie counts?

More than 40 per cent of American companies provided information on how much they spend on the environment, compared with 23 per cent of British companies.

But so far, decoherence, a degradation of the delicate states caused by noise in the environment, has prevented researchers from storing more than a few bits of linked quantum information in a diamond crystal at a time.

OARE provides more than 3,200 institutions access to up to 11,000 journals, up to 22,000 e-books, and up to 55 other information resources in a wide range of disciplines contributing to our understanding of the natural environment, including environmental toxicology and pollution, zoology, botany, ecology, environmental chemistry, geology, hydrology, oceanography, meteorology, climatology, geography, environmental economics, environmental law and policy, conservation policy and planning, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, energy, and many other disciplines.

Plant - specific sensory systems are used to sample more than 20 different such parameters from a plant's environment and integrate the complex sensory information so that the plant can respond to the outside world via metabolic, physiological and behavioral adaptations essential for survival.

This is a place for discreet encounters, which means you don't have to be afraid of sharing your information because it will always be kept safe, and there is nothing better than having the chance to meet new and interesting people in a safe environment.

The audience is given very little information about the pair other than that they are engaged, clearly in love and seem to be seasoned travellers who enjoy exploring other cultures and environments without touristic comforts.

Positive attitude helps them focus and absorb information quicker and more effectively than any other technique, not only because it creates the right environment for enjoying the eLearning experience, but also because it increases motivation and achievement levels by making learners more productive, helping them to retain and recall more information.

In today's data - overload and «research findings du jour» world, it's more critical than ever to ensure that your school has access to valid and reliable information as well as the resources necessary to build a healthier school environment for students, staff and families.

Built on the premise that students learn better as creators of content rather than passive consumers of information, G Suite provides an environment for teachers and students to collaborate, create, and share using Google Tools including Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Classroom.

- Examine vehicle to determine if additional safety or service work is required - Advise Manager if additional work is needed - Document all work performed as soon as job is completed - Attend factory sponsored training classes and keep abreast of factory technical bulletins - Understand and follow federal, state and local regulations such as disposal of hazardous wastes - Ensure that vehicles are kept clean - Perform all other duties as assigned - Follow all company safety policies and procedures & immediately report any and all accidents to Manager or Supervisor REQUIREMENTS: - High School Diploma or equivalent - ASE Certification preferred - Automotive Technician - Minimum 2 years previous experience - Excellent driving record - Self - motivated with ability to perform quality work with efficiency - All applicants must be authorized to work in the USA - All applicants must have the ability to pass pre-employment testing to include background checks, MVR, drug test, and valid driver's license - All applicants must perform duties and responsibilities in a safe manner - Ability to read & comprehend instructions and information - Personal & Professional Integrity - Desire for long - term employment If you're looking to work in a progressive environment with a rapidly growing organization, than we have a position available for you.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

And, in such an environment, we give ourselves a better chance of reaching more objective and better decisions — which, rather than rushing to sell up, may well be to do nothing and wait for further information or even to buy more of the stock.

What DOES break immersion on a pretty consistent basis is the odd decision to use two dimensional flat cutscenes fairly frequently rather than relay most of the pertinent information within the virtual reality environment itself.

Visual cues communicate a wide variety of information and are clearly contrasted against the dark environments as well as icons used rather than a reliance on color.

Given inherent uncertainty in assessing new technologies this means that the risks to the environment and human health are much higher than were the case if more certain scientific information were required.

WFA's «Information Council for the Environment» that Gelbspan so widely touts as smoking gun evidence of a top - down industry directive «to reposition global warming as theory rather than fact «lasted just six months ** [See Author's 12/19/14 note below] in its entirety, with the actual PR tour being restricted to just three cities in May of 1991 and maybe a single 60 - second national radio ad on Rush Limbaugh's program at that time.

A particularly prominent one is Dossier # 5, where the UCS clearly loves (as I pointed out in my July 9 blog post) a document scan out of Greenpeace's old collection (click image below, to enlarge) of the Western Fuels Association's «Information Council for the Environment» (ICE) documents — the ones with the so - called «leaked strategy memo to reposition global warming as theory rather than fact».

Australian professor / lecturer Sharon Beder's site's «Information Council on [sic — incorrect word] the Environment» (ICE) section, which I showcased in my prior blog post, reveals the key clue of where the Gore - Gelbspan «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» phrase is found in its original context.

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Far and above all the other so - called evidence used in attempts to show that a sinister industry plot exists is what I term the core evidence: the set of leaked memos from way back in 1991 — supposedly from the Western Fuels Association's «Information Council for the Environment» (ICE) public relations campaign — containing the alleged strategy to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» where the targeted audience was «older, less educated males» and «younger, lower income women.»

That year, a group of utility and coal companies created the now - disbanded Information Council on the Environment and consulted a PR firm, which recommended that it «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.»

«We do know for certain that the natural environment is a net carbon sink, becuase the annual rise in atmospheric CO2 is always less than anthropogenic emissions is useless information.

I've already detailed the way Desmog's founder James Hoggan essentially torpedoes his site's entire existence with the way he first admits he knows nothing about climate science, but is certain that skeptic climate scientists are liars, the latter of which he derives entirely from Ross Gelbspan, the «Pulitzer - winning investigator» who Al Gore says discovered the supposedly leaked Western Fuels Association «Information Council for the Environment» (ICE) PR campaign's sinister strategy to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact.»

So, imagine you are just an ordinary citizen who might have seen a mention of disinformation campaigns rampant in the global warming issue, perhaps even seeing the «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» phrase spelled out in connection to the Information Council on the Environment.

When the information / feedback environment is not as conducive to evaluating agent success or failure, and / or when the people paying the bills (or giving status) rewards care about things other than accurate and useful predictions, then «skin in the game» is a bad thing for truth and usefulness, because the incentives may point in other directions.

The US and Europe have been communicating and sharing data since before the United States were united; the American Revolution, neither world wars, nor Max Schrem was able to stop the data transfers for more than a heartbeat as the free flow of information is too important in a global business environment.

I believe that Moore's Law and Metcalfe's Law and Gilder's Law have created an environment where it is finally possible to demonstrate the value of information technology in simple terms rather than by complex inferences and abstract arguments.

Rather than sending information to Bread's servers and then on to the bitcoin network, it connects users directly to the bitcoin network from within the app, allowing for transactions to be processed through a more decentralized environment and giving more privacy to users.

For the adventurous, rather than those just on the morning commute, the upper right TOOL button brings up information such as compass direction, air pressure and altitude, sunrise and sunset times, tide graphs, and activity graphs - providing real - time information about changes in the natural environment and activity levels.

Environment: Core Java Oracle DWR spring MVC Agitar Tomcat Glassfish ClearCase SAFR Description: SAFR provides information access and delivery capabilities with greater scale and performance than conventional methods through a unique blend of software and solutions.

That's the very essence of the international pre-employment screening environment and nobody knows it or does it better than the professionals at Accurate Information Systems.

That, is the very essence of the international pre-employment screening environment and nobody knows it better, or does it better than the professionals at Accurate Information Systems.

Confident, creative and highly qualified Information Technology and Project Management Leader with more than 15 years of demonstrated network support, communications, and technical teambuilding performance in a technology driven environment, passionate about aligning business and technology goals.

Network Administrator and Information Technology Support Professional with more than 15 years» experience supporting and maintaining Windows Server environments and leading technology operations within manufacturing environments.

People with two copies of one version of the serotonin transporter gene region 5 - HTTLPR (the long allele, in case you're into doing your own genetic testing) are less sensitive to emotional information in the environment than those with one or two copies of the short allele.

In this and other respects (described further below), VOW brokers operate more efficiently than traditional brokers who provide MLS information only by traditional methods, such as in a «bricks and mortar» environment.»

«The market, the competitive environment and the Internet has evolved, providing consumers and Realtors with access to more information than ever before,» Move CEO Steve Berkowitz said in 2010, after Move initiated negotiations to amend the operating agreement.