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In 1950, while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Fermi had a casual conversation while walking to lunch with colleagues Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller and Herbert York.
In August 2009, the Scheme Steering Committee which oversees the standardization process announced its intention to recommend splitting Scheme into two languages: a large modern programming language for programmers, and a subset of the large version retaining the minimalism praised by educators and casual implementors ; two working groups were created to work on these two new versions of Scheme.
Labour representatives criticized the bill for failing to impose fines on negligent employers and for limiting construction workers ' eligibility under the program to injuries sustained while working on buildings more than in height, as well as for its exemption of casual labourers.
The human rights organization states that as the forest has receded under logging activities, its original inhabitants have been pushed into populated areas to join the formal economy, working as casual laborers or on commercial farms and being exposed to new diseases.
' Some versions of the story claim that Walker replied by telling Crusoe, " oh, we're working on it "... although if anything existed at the time beyond casual dream-car sketches by members of the design staff, records of it have never come to light.
Many casual pet owners use their flyball time more as a way to relax and socialize with other dog owners than as a competition, and many champion flyball dogs are essentially pet dogs with a hobby, rather than dedicated sporting or working dogs.
The bulrush covered zōri that resemble tatami mats are not used with kimono, but are considered working wear or matched with casual Western or Japanese clothing, for example jinbei.
However, he dropped out in his first year, working in various casual jobs in retail and hospitality before returning to university to study medicine.
Flat caps were almost universally worn in the 19th century by working class men throughout Britain and Ireland, and versions in finer cloth were also considered to be suitable casual countryside wear for upper-class English men ( hence the contemporary alternative name golf cap ).
Valentine began working on a casual basis for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, then owned by Vincent J. McMahon, in November 1978.
It is considered a casual dress or working dress of physical labourers.
Many amateur gardeners also attain a high level of experience from extensive hours working in their own gardens, through casual study, serious study in Master Gardener Programs, or by joining gardening clubs.
They survive by working as farm and casual labour.
She was everything a girl could be ” Further to this, Tairrie cited Makaiwi as the one who led Tairrie to explore a more restrained vocal style to what she was used too ; “ Working with Melanie was a very cool influence because when we started working together it started as a very casual, experimental vibe.
" Writing in the early 1960s on economic inequality in America, Myrdal ’ s underclass refers to a “ class of unemployed, unemployables, and underemployed who are more and more hopelessly set apart from the nation at large and do not share in its life, its ambitions and its achievements .” However, this general conception of a class or category of people below the core of the working class has a long tradition in the social sciences, such as through the work of Henry Mayhew, whose London Labour and the London Poor sought to describe the hitherto invisible world of casual workers, prostitutes, and street-people.
One New Year's Eve Trotty, a " ticket-porter " or casual messenger, is filled with gloom at the reports of crime and immorality in the newspapers, and wonders whether the working classes are simply wicked by nature.
A title ruse is a practice by which a high-profile film or television series is given a fake working title to keep its production a secret, and to prevent price gouging by suppliers, casual theft and undesirable attention.
The houses fuse modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period working ranches to create a very informal and casual living style.
In addition to advocating withdrawal from working, personal or casual relationships with men, The Furies recommended that Lesbian Separatists relate " only ( with ) women who cut their ties to male privilege " and suggest that " as long as women still benefit from heterosexuality, receive its privileges and security, they will at some point have to betray their sisters, especially Lesbian sisters who do not receive those benefits.
By October 2003 Mazich decided to quit the day job in order to be able to concentrate on music while working as a freelance, " casual ", longshoreman in between Watt tours.
On January 12, 2011, it was announced that Buffett's MVB Holdings company is working with Coast casino veteran Tom Brosig and other investors to build the casual three-story, 68, 000-square-foot, $ 48 million " Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant " resort on the back bay at the old East Harrison County Industrial Park on 5th Street in Biloxi, MS.
In an organizational environment, where most wireless devices are " on the air " throughout the active working shift, MAC filtering provides only a false sense of security since it prevents only " casual " or unintended connections to the organizational infrastructure and does nothing to prevent a directed attack.

casual and methods
In the absence of any legal recognition, the slave community developed its own methods of distinguishing between committed and casual unions.
As its name implies, CA began with a focus on casual conversation, but its methods were subsequently adapted to embrace more task-and institution-centered interactions, such as those occurring in doctors ' offices, courts, law enforcement, helplines, educational settings, and the mass media.

casual and often
But more important, and the thing which the casual traveler and the blind sojourner often do not see, is that these places and activities are often the settings in which Persians exercise their extraordinary aesthetic sensibilities.
An amateur who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest, or who possesses a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge, is often referred to as a dilettante.
Badminton is also played outdoors as a casual recreational activity, often as a garden or beach game.
The researchers note that some of the best instances of usability adjustments can be made through casual conversation, and that often usability is bypassed by developers because these individuals never think to consult test users.
Many casual disc golfers often choose whether to play with the 2-meter rule at the beginning of a round.
Technically, rated ships with fewer than 28 guns could not be classed as frigates but as " post ships "; however, in common parlance most post ships were often described as " frigates ", the same casual misuse of the term being extended to smaller two-decked ships that were too small to stand in the line of battle.
Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the object ( s ) of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices ( a fandom ); this is what differentiates " fannish " ( fandom-affiliated ) fans from those with only a casual interest.
The one general exception to this is modern Chinese place names, personal names, and ( occasionally ) food names — these will often be written with kanji, and katakana used for the furigana ; in more casual writing these are simply written in katakana, as borrowed words.
As a child, he often sang in casual family settings but his primary focus was athletics.
Because game animations focus on dramatic rather than casual actions, the range of character emotions is often limited.
Dress shoes often have leather or resin rubber outsoles ; casual or work-oriented shoes have outsoles made of natural rubber or a synthetic material like Polyurethane.
* Slip-on shoe: a dress or casual shoe without laces ; often with tassels, buckles, or coin-holders ( penny loafers ).
Tolkien's prose is unpretentious and straightforward, taking as given the existence of his imaginary world and describing its details in a matter-of-fact way, while often introducing the new and fantastic in an almost casual manner.
These moves are often beyond the ability of a casual gamer and require a player to have both a strong memory and excellent timing.
In casual conversation, the word vagina is often used to refer to the vulva or to the female genitals in general.
Some ' sports ' are competed ( or simply enjoyed ) on a more casual basis, often by children:
While this error is often not obvious to casual observers, under the ISU Judging System, cheated jumps are heavily penalized, in many cases as much as or more than a fall on a fully rotated jump.
This latter technique is referred to by professionals as " compositing ", and in casual usage is often called " photoshopping ".
The Polanski house was often full of strangers, and Tate regarded the casual atmosphere as part of the " free spirit " of the times, saying that she did not mind who came into her home as her motto was " live and let live ".
" The film has often been cited as an allegory on the virtue of sexual purity and the danger of casual sex, although Carpenter has explained that this was not his intent: " It has been suggested that I was making some kind of moral statement.
Traditional-revival groups typically adopt very casual dress ; where traditional square dancing has survived as a community social dance, people often dress up a bit, though their clothing is not square-dance-specific.
This was a standard practice for many sculptors of the era — less visible parts of statues often were not so well finished since typically, they would be invisible to the casual observer.
As a result a great deal of copying of mechanical innovations and violation of patents went on, often through the reporting of casual conversations between engineers and practical observations of engine modifications.

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