Sentences with phrase «about measuring passing»

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The Alaska measure led by about 52 - 48 percent with all precincts reporting preliminary results early on Wednesday, and groups for and against the initiative said it had passed.

She also cited a measure that the House passed preventing employers from asking job candidates about their salary history.

If Judaism is about covenant, then it is in equal measure about consent to obligations not all of which could ever pass muster before the bar of the individual moral conscience however situated or expanded.

Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have come from such a distant land» the way you look suggests as much to us» that you're not weeping, even as you pass right through the suffering city, like that band of people who, it seems, don't understand a thing about the measure of its loss?

I also told you about a similar measure that failed to pass in Superior, Wisconsin.

This year, proposals to require the state parole board to post information about its appeals decisions online and order the state to develop a plan for delivering medicine to hospitals during emergencies were among the measures that passed unanimously, but were vetoed.

Now, as governor, Cuomo is trying to pass an ethics overhaul measure that may require legislators to reveal more details about their outside income and clients who do business with the state.

«The measure to overturn this tax was passed overwhelmingly by both houses, proving that the overall issue was never about protecting the environment.»

Assemblyman David Bouchwald OpEds about the need for a pension forfeiture measure to be passed in the Legislature after a deal on the issue was supposedly done last year.

Since Ferguson, 24 states have passed at least 40 new measures addressing such things as officer - worn cameras, training about racial bias, independent investigations when police use force and new limits on the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies.

In the weeks after politicians in Albany quickly passed the new gun control measures, fears in the plant's nearly 200 - year - old hometown of Ilion rose about the company closing or relocating.

ALBANY — An upstate investor who has targeted Senate Republicans for not passing a measure making it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice hasn't forgotten about the Assembly Democratic inaction on the issue this year.

ALBANY — If Republicans don't want to negotiate more about the language for pension forfeiture, Democrats who dominate the Assembly said, they'll follow Republicans and pass a measure that has drawn concerns from both sides of the aisle.

He prefers to talk about his newly passed, $ 153 billion budget, which he calls a progressive model for the nation, with a marquee tuition measure that covers the cost of state university tuition for students from families making up to $ 125,000.

«I'm kind of geeked up about it,» Representative Brian Baird (D — WA and Ph.D. in clinical psychology) told reporter David Rogers, who also notes that the measure passed 391 - 10, which makes you wonder who voted against pi.

Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins passed measures with solid margins, but a fourth community, Broomfield, about 12 miles east of Boulder, narrowly rejected a fracking moratorium.

Einstein's theory has passed all other tests with flying colors so far, so if there are deviations measured, it would certainly raise lots of questions about the nature of gravity!»

An asteroid measuring between 30 feet and 100 feet is set to pass Earth on October 12 at a distance of 27,000 miles — about an eighth of the distance to the Moon.

In a stellar occultation, a body such as a planet passes in front of a relatively bright star, and measuring the gradual dimming of starlight during such an event, scientists can amass a wide array of information about a planet, including its size, whether it has rings or if an atmosphere is present.

«I think the benefits of spending time outdoors can be felt more than they can be measured by our current instruments,» says holistic psychiatrist and one of mbg's trusted sleep and anxiety experts Ellen Vora, M.D. «There's something about the smell of fresh air, trees, and dirt; the impact the colors and views of nature have on our eyes; the ways our nervous system recalibrates when it hears the subtle sounds of birds and a breeze passing through leaves.

All women, whether you are lesbian or bisexual women have to know about the measures to protect yourself from getting perhaps or passed on sexually transmitted diseases.

Lincoln's Cabinet is dubious about his chances of getting the 13th Amendment through the House, but the president — who has already freed the slaves as a wartime measure in the Emancipation Proclamation — orders them to get it passed before the end of the bloody four - year war.

The national discussion about improving school safety evolving from the shootings in Newtown, Conn., reached a pivotal moment last week, as the U.S. Senate began consideration of a measure to strengthen school building security, and a Senate committee passed a measure that would bolster school - based mental - health services.

When these measures are met, traditions allow us to pass on what we know and what we care about.

The Department for Education (DfE) would not reveal further details about which performance measures would be used, but the education secretary has promised it will be open to consultation before any legislation passes through parliament.

The three Oakland housing affordability measures our Teacher Advisory Group members wrote about last week all passed with over 70 % of the vote!

Over the weekend, though, The New York Times released a similar piece about Sanders's passing, titled «The Little - Known Statistician Who Taught Us to Measure Teachers.»

If a measure to increase local parcel taxes for public schools were on the ballot, about half of likely voters (48 %) would vote yes — a level of support far short of the two - thirds majority needed to pass a local parcel tax.

Learn how the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nev., overcame significant barriers and opposition and was able to educate the public about its needs, such that a ballot measure for a tax increase to fund almost $ 800M in capital projects over 8 years passed with close to 57 % of the vote in 2016.

It was also the year before voters passed Proposition 30, the November 2012 measure that temporarily raised state taxes about $ 6 billion per year, with most of that going to K - 12 schools and community colleges.

Yes similar, except that it does not care about measuring how much passes through, only that the amount passing through is above a certain threshold.

For the characters in Christina Adam's Any Small Thing Can Save You, each animal that passes through their world reflects a measured truth about love — between a husband and wife, a child and a parent, a brother and sister, at a moment of danger or discovery.

Due to concerns about puppies coming from disreputable sources, many local jurisdictions have passed measures to ban or restrict the sale of commercially - bred dogs in pet stores, including several Illinois jurisdictions.

The algorithm measures about 20 data points, Pfeifer said, such as the influence of the bill's sponsor, likely roadblocks in the committees the bill must pass through, and the political parties of committee members.

Just as you think B.C. has every right to consult with British Columbians about Alberta bitumen and other petroleum shipments passing through B.C., we believe the Alberta government has every right to consult with Albertans on the best possible measures to protect our lands from the potential negative impact of B.C. forest products coming into Alberta.

What the letter writer hadn't bothered to find out was that the original expression wasn't about «taking a mile» instead of an inch but about the much more euphonious — and realistic — «ell,» a measure (roughly a cubit) that had passed out of use many years before.

Despite doubts all round about whether this measure will, if passed, have the effect hoped for, Scotland might take heart from a study published last month which, the authors say, is «the first empirical evaluation of the impact of minimum pricing as a public health measure designed to limit consumption.»

When the Ontario government passed Bill 127, the Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 («Bill 127») in May 2017, it introduced significant amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (the «WSIA»), which we initially wrote about in an earlier blog post.

Rochester private equity and investment funds partner Jeremy Wolk authored this column about the «Freelance Isn't Free» Act, which was passed by the New York City Council and is the country's first payment protection measure for freelance workers / non-employees.

Many students were specific about the measures they want to see lawmakers pass: stronger background checks, a ban on military - style weapons and an increase in the minimum age to purchase a firearm.

In an effort to close the gender pay gap, a growing number of U.S. cities, states, and territories have passed measures that bar employers from asking about a job candidate's compensation history.

So, whether you pass or you fail, you get a so - called competency passport, and that's a very valuable document or piece of information because it provides a very detailed feedback about your performance measured on the basis of the various competencies that EPSO looks at.

About 200 of the measures passed.

If measuring the property is about eliminating the opportunity for brokers to list properties outside thier board, then convince CREA to just pass a rule that all listings posted on the MLS must be through the local board.

The reform measures passed the House overwhelmingly last year by a 415 - 7 vote but got snagged in the Senate because some lawmakers expressed concern about the impact the changes could have on private lenders.