Sentences with phrase «using standard effort»

D698 Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12 400 ft - lbf / ft3 (600 kN - m / m3)-RRB-

Not exact matches

Tesla did not disclose its «first pass yields» to CNBC.This number indicates what portion of a manufacturer's new cars were created using standard processes, not requiring the extra effort and expense of rework.

An article in MarketWatch quoted University of Denver law professor Jay Brown, saying «FASB says it's just a clarification... There's no way this can not be seen as an effort to reduce disclosure» and University of Tennessee accounting professor Joe Carcello saying this would put us behind standards used in the «rest of the world.»

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

Following standard practices and maximizing the use of tools on your marketplace platform can save you a lot of time and efforts so you can focus on other things.

However, the use of these standards and the exchange of intelligence often is still very much a conscious effort and not yet a default modus operandi — like recycling, a practice that was once ignored and then slowly adopted, is now commonplace and assumed.

The internal company theme for 2010 is «The Campaign for Consistency» which will take a look at the best practices and marketing efforts used in each store and try to create operational standards based on its findings.

The campaign was part of a larger salt reduction effort, which also included front - of - pack labelling (see «N — Nutrition label standards and regulations on the use of claims and implied claims on food») and reformulation (see «I — Improve nutritional quality of the whole food supply»).

Further complicating efforts to move towards adoption of the PPE Monograph as a national standard is the recent issuance by the National Athletic Trainers» Association of a position statement (Conley KM, et al. 2014) recommending the use of its own version of the PPE.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Strict standards ensure the freshness of the produce and the meat and an effort is made to use cheeses and other products that are local to the region.

He criticized Cuomo's efforts to improve the implementation of the standards during this legislative session, which included new laws that prevent Common Core - aligned tests from being used for students» permanent records or in promotion decisions.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

At the Climate Action Tracker, Hare and fellow researchers are using more than 40 studies on effort - sharing to help set a standard for what is and isn't fair.

Through a wide variety of projects, SRHRL has shown its commitment to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical and legal issues related to science and technology, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, and furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights.

The 2015 NOAA study «used flawed data, was rushed to publication in an effort to support the president's climate change agenda, and ignored NOAA's own standards for scientific study,» Smith said in a statement.

Efforts to drastically slash automobile emissions and fuel use within 40 years don't stand a chance without subsidies, technology improvements and more stringent government standards, according to a report by a panel of experts released Monday.

Efforts to tag endogenous genes for proteins in these compartments using CRISPR systems should strongly consider using moxFPs over standard FPs for the reasons listed above.

Once priority standards have been selected, using their judgment allows teachers to focus their efforts on designing projects to target them.

Aided by a highly misleading New York Times article, the anti-Common Core crowd is pushing the narrative that Massachusetts's recent testing decision (to use a blend of PARCC and its own assessment rather than go with PARCC alone) spells the end for the common standards effort.

The International Technology Education Association announced last week that it will head an effort to set national standards for students to understand, use, and control technology.

To minimize effort, use maintenance and optimization utilities that have passed certification standards for your operating system.

In the development of the community - campus AfterZone model, the Providence After School Alliance led the community in a rigorous effort to define the standards it would use to build a successful after - school learning network.

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

More teachers are actively using performance assessments in the classroom in an effort to evaluate important content standards.

Support this effort through a range of tiered incentives, such as providing states with greater flexibility in the use of existing federal funds, supporting a revised state accountability structure, and offering financial support for states to implement the standards.

With the nationwide efforts to raise graduation standards and the increasing use of standardized testing, the idea of basing promotion and graduation decisions on portfolios of students» work has fallen out of fashion as swiftly as slide rules gave way to calculators.

As I considered these questions I was struck by the importance of having standards or goals that were focusing students» effort and thus a way to use feedback to identify progress and / or how to proceed.

• Committing the state to using a set of national learning standards now under development (48 states have signed on to that effort);

In this workshop, a collaborative effort of the National Literacy Project (NLP), Seminole County (FL) Public Schools, and the National Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC), teachers, district and school administrators, and instructional coaches learned to use the LDC Framework to help students meet career - and college - readiness standards.

Look at the vignettes that describe a variety of efforts to use standards to better influence student learning.

Obama's Department of Education prefers a more carrot - based approach to education, using incentive - based competitions in an effort to get states to revise their own education standards.

These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school around,» drastic action is required.

Through bipartisan efforts, many people oppose Common Core of its high standards, lack of appropriate funding, and use of teacher evaluations.

All of his major proposals, except the economic stimulus financial windfall, have met with bipartisan resistance, including efforts to promote common standards and tests, teacher evaluations using student test scores and charter schools.

Teacher preparation programs should use the standards to reassess their curriculum and to develop new course offerings, since efforts to boost racial awareness will be particularly impactful during teacher pre-service training.49 Will, M. (2016, May 10).

In 1991, Lamar Alexander, the first President Bush's secretary of education, made her an assistant secretary, a post she used to lead a federal effort to promote the creation of state and national academic standards.

The Framework is the basis of CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal, a minimum performance standard that CCSA developed and uses as part of its advocacy efforts for charter schools seeking a renewal of their petition.

It provides the basis for CCSA's Minimum Criteria for Renewal, a minimum performance standard that CCSA developed and uses as part of its advocacy efforts for charter schools seeking a renewal of their petition.

From the outset, CCSS leaders designed the effort to differ from the process most states had used to set their standards.

That doesn't mean that drivers who are looking for savings on a used car, and are willing to put in the effort to bring the car up to a standard can't purchase them.

All Chevrolet vehicles equipped with the Teen Driver feature also come with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard equipment, in an effort to curtail mobile phone use by teen drivers.

VW has the right idea use standard high volumne models and incorporate hybrid technology in an effort to keep these vehicles affordability and economically attractive to consumers.

It will appeal to many different customers: people who are tired of driving sports cars that require too much effort; people who want to move up from more standard convertibles; and people who want to make a statement about what they drive, yet still own a car that they can use every day of the year.»

Each car dealership presented as an Accredited Dealer has pledged to use its best efforts towards detailed customer service in compliance with NewCars standards.

While some of the newer student loan companies have a lower threshold for approval in an effort to make their products appeal to a wider customer base, Raise uses a more standard approval criteria.

The partnership will see collaborative efforts between the institutions take shape, work that will include the development of standards for using blockchain technology within the broader financial industry.

However, if your income is insufficient to both repay the debt using income - based repayment and provide for a minimal standard of living (e.g., you are living below 150 % of the poverty line), this situation is expected to persist for most of the term of the loan and you made a good faith effort to repay the debt, you may be able to get an undue hardship discharge.

It is recommended that the Olde English Bulldogge breed standard be used by today's Olde breeders in an effort to maintain the high standards that the breeders of the past and the IOEBA have set fourth.