Sentences with phrase «act by most standards»

Committing suicide is not a rational act by most standards especially since suicide in and of itself is considered an irrational act.

Not exact matches

His acceptance of the outcasts — one of his most radical acts — pointed to an identity defined by one's relationship to God rather than by cultural standards of performance.

Heavily endorsed by first lady Michelle Obama, the so - called Smart Snacks in School program is the latest and most wide - reaching phase yet of nutritional standards set forth by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010.

A real - time electronic poll of members attending the Conference found that: 55 % said that national standards for supply agencies would most help to secure better employment conditions for supply teachers; 83 % said supply agencies do not fully disclose all fees and charges they make for their services; 61 % said supply agencies do not act to ensure their safety, health and wellbeing at work; Nearly a quarter (24 %) said their supply agency does not make them fully aware of how much they will be paid for each assignment and the same number said they were not paid promptly and accurately by their agency; A third said their agency did not make them fully aware of the type of work they were expected to undertake; 15 % said that their supply agency prevents them from seeking work from other sources; 65 % said supply agencies do not respect and develop their professional skills; Nearly a third (32 %) said they would not recommend their main supply agency to other teachers.

None of them materialize as substantial characters, but they still get more screen time than most of the musical acts, save for the Dead Boys, the badly behaved (even by punk standards) outfit that Kristal ill - advisedly decides to manage.

Based on a long line of court decisions and guidance handed down by the federal Office for Civil Rights, which administers both nondiscrimination statutes — the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 — a court would most likely defer to educational experts, uphold standards supported by evidence of the SAT's validity, reliability, and technical underpinnings, and find flagging not to be unlawful discrimination.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

All employees should have access to a minimum standard of at least seven paid sickdays per year, and most teachers are covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides up to 12 weeks of job - protected leave to care for a new child, a seriously ill family member, or to recover from one's own serious illness.

Introduced today by Senators John Hoeven (R - ND) and Angus King (I - Maine), the Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act offers school districts relief in meeting some of the most onerous requirements of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 — specifically the whole grain products and sodium standards requirements — while ensuring that students receive healthy, nutritious school meals.

As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related, objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate measures».

The most recent version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was passed by Congress in 2015, requires states to adopt challenging academic content standards for mathematics, reading or language arts, and science.

Establish standards for care that are no more stringent than United States Department of Agriculture specifications for the humane handling, care, and treatment of dogs and cats; (this means USDA rules are the maximum in standards, as opposed to the present Act where USDA rules are the minimum in standards) How many ways do we need to explain to you that means the Dept. of Ag will not be able to write rules in excess of USDA standards which by most reputable breeders are absolute minimum standards by which they exceed?

By today's standards, Lost Odyssey «s story unfolds at a painfully slow pace for such a simple plot and it could be a tremendous turn off for most players, and it certainly doesn't help that the voice acting can be grating at times.

He wants to subvert the standards of judgment integral to our understanding of abstract painting, while being committed to the act of making... He is interested in — to use his own words — perversely cultivating the tenuous relationship between «creative seeing» and the randomness of nature without becoming explicit... By finding ways to foreground his conflicts about painting, while also expanding its definition, Burckhardt has become one of the most interesting artists of his generation.»

Most of earth's atmosphere is temperate because other black body objects absorb the enery at ground and sea surfaces, then act as thermal masses kenetically transferring the heat to the air by standard dissapation in thermodynamic transition.

Medical malpractice is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

Most pertinently, although the tribunal found that the first appellant had acted dishonesty by the standards of an honest and competent solicitor, it did not make any finding or even any suggestion that the first appellant was aware that by those standards he was acting dishonestly.

Under the current Employment Standards Act, a claim for unpaid wages by an employee is limited in two ways: • There is a six - month time limit imposed on most wage claims (increased to 12 months for repeat violations and claims for unpaid vacation pay); and • There is a $ 10,000 cap imposed on the amount an employment standards officer or the Ontario Labour Relations Board can award in a wage order.

Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient, with most cases involving medical error.

«The government has compounded these by rejecting most of the UN's recommendations for improvement, including a commitment to retain the standards laid down in the Human Rights Act, and restrictions on the detention of children to bring the UK into line with its international obligations.»

By obtaining a brush area insurance policy, this also acts as a standard home insurance policy in most cases.

By Ramsey's own admission it won't affect most advisors, because most advisors are already acting under a fiduciary standard.