Sentences with phrase «against the measure during»

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called the DREAM Act a nonstarter in his house, and with good reason — politically speaking — considering the fact that a number of his new members actively campaigned against the measure during the 2014 elections and were successful at the ballot box as a result of their opposition.

Not exact matches

Think of it this way — while your income ledger may tell you that your business brought in a lot of money during the year, you may have no way of knowing whether you turned a profit without measuring your income against your total expenses.

This repeated counting is not an issue, since the objective of the analysis is to measure the number of mini flash crashes in the test window against the number of mini flash crashes in each window of similar duration during the control period.

In a 51 - 49 vote following party lines, the Senate approved its version of the tax reform bill during a marathon session, with only one Republican, Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, voting against the measure.

Further measures are likely during the year as the authorities grapple with slowing growth, adverse balance of payments flows, and the desire to maintain a stable currency against a basket.

Recently Pope Benedict said to our Bishops, during their five - yearly visit to him, that the measures enshrined in the Government's equality legislation partly go against the «natural law».

Powered by billions of earthworms working rapidly in concert with beneficial microbes, the BIDA ® System will begin processing Fetzer Vineyards» wastewater during the 2016 harvest season, accruing energy savings up to 85 % over current wastewater treatment technologies and optimizing water conservation measures in support of the fight against climate change.

That's because their legs are curled up against their torso during the first half of pregnancy, so they're hard to measure.

The campaign against the law was first announced in January by Cuomo during the State of the State address, part of a multi-sided effort to oppose the measure.

Cuomo says his measure would authorize, under state law, the issuance of administrative subpoenas by the state police superintendent during active investigations into internet crimes against children.

During a fundraiser for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer's Senate campaign, Cuomo went on the offensive against state Senate Republicans, blaming them for blocking policy measures favored by liberals and calling for their ouster after two key special elections later this month.

During a news conference in August, he invited opponents to measure their «record of achievement on behalf of the people of this city» against his.

Including the measure in the budget could provide more leverage against Senate Republicans, who have blocked passage of the bill for a dozen years, by allowing it to be tied to issues the GOP is seeking during the budget talks.

The bandits attacked the area after some members of the community held a meeting to discuss measures to be taken against the bandits during the 2018 farming season.

During the early 1690s Harley became a leader, second only to Paul Foley, of the «Old Whigs» who were willing to co-operate with Tories in pursuing «Country Party» measures against the ministerial or court Whigs in office, the so - called Whig Junto.

Powers started at UNC and, during her second year, heard Cohen give a talk about using antiretroviral drugs as a population - level preventative measure against HIV transmission.

These scenarios assumed that Zika transmission would not decrease during the winter months, that preventive measures to protect against mosquito bites would not be taken, that anyone who was infected with Zika would have symptoms when they returned to their home countries, that people who were infected would return home immediately and that the home countries would not use precautions to prevent mosquito bites in their home countries.

Efficacy against malaria infection of PfSPZ Vaccine administered to infants 5 - 12 months of age in 3 doses by passive and active surveillance for naturally acquired Pf infection, measured by blood smear microscopy, during 6 months following the last vaccine dose.

Secondary outcome measures include serum antibody levels and activity of anti - FMP 2.1 measured against recombinant 3D7 AMA1 at baseline and at specified times during and after immunization.

During follow - up visits, the study team also will take blood samples for lab testing to measure whether the vaccine is prompting an immune response sufficient to protect humans against Zika, the NIAID statement said.

Taking a measured, understated docu - drama approach was clearly the right one (particularly when placed against Oliver Stone's ill - judged «World Trade Center»)-- it paid true tribute to the heroes of United 93, while still enabling Greengrass to heighten the tension to almost unbearable levels (we vividly remember several people fleeing our screening while hyperventilating during its final sections).

The SAT is valuable for two main reasons: 1) It provides colleges with a common standard against which to evaluate students who attend high schools with varying grading policies and levels of rigor, and 2) it partially predicts students» grades during their freshman year of college, a measure of how prepared they are for higher education.

During this time, only Title 1 schools (who receive federal funds for low - income students) and the D and F schools were measured against AYP.

The recommendation is based on aggregate evaluation data generated during the application process, considering the following key elements: (1) the quality of the proposed program as measured against the criteria contained in the charter school application; (2) the substantive issues surrounding the overall feasibility and reasonableness of the application in terms of the likelihood of the opening and operation of a successful, high quality public school; (3) the degree of public support for the proposed school; and (4) the CSDE's recommendation that the SBE give preference to the applicant due to its commitment to: (a) serving students who receive free or reduced price lunch; (b) partnering with FamilyUrban Schools of Excellence, Inc., an organization with a record of operating high - quality public schools in Connecticut; (c) serving students from the Dixwell / Newhallville community, an underserved, high - need area of New Haven; and (d) operating in New Haven, a Priority School District.

There is a great weight of responsibility on the shoulders of Motorola's 10.1 - inch tablet: people are using it as a yardstick by which to measure the success of Android tablets against the Apple iPad, a comparison that isn't completely fair (not that you care about ethics when handling over your cash) and one that is likely to shift dramatically during the Xoom's life.

During the vote, Commissioner Bob Solari said that he had received more feedback from constituents on this single issue than on any other during his time as a Commissioner, and cited the thousands of emails he received from cat and dog lovers against the meDuring the vote, Commissioner Bob Solari said that he had received more feedback from constituents on this single issue than on any other during his time as a Commissioner, and cited the thousands of emails he received from cat and dog lovers against the meduring his time as a Commissioner, and cited the thousands of emails he received from cat and dog lovers against the measure:

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

Ryman himself contributed to the design of the 1988 exhibition, setting the model for measuring galleries against his paintings and letting natural light filter through windows and skylights during daytime.

This type of program can be invaluable when making decisions during panel consolidation, yet law firm performance management - measuring success against a defined set of criteria - is formalized by only 64 % of participants.

As we have seen, Article 28 (3) of Directive 2004/38 constitutes the highest level of protection against expulsion, the most important, because it benefits the Union citizen who has resided on the territory of the host Member State during the 10 years preceding the expulsion measure.

Investing in cancer insurance is a crucial preventive measure against unplanned financial burdens during medical emergencies.

During the Term of this Agreement, IEC shall establish, implement and maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical and technical measures that are designed to protect the security and integrity of Customer Data that is provided to IEC by Customer, and that are reasonably appropriate to the risks represented by the processing and nature of the provided Customer Data to be protected, and designed to guard against the accidental or unauthorized access, use, loss or disclosure of Customer Data while it is on IEC's network and systems.

SOPA was «a Draconian measure created during what some might suggest were the dark ages of media, when it basically went to war against viewers,» he told the E-Commerce Times.

Its Gold Investor Index measuring the number of buyers as set against sellers edged a bit higher to 54.6 during October whereas its silver buying fell from 52.3 to 51.6.

«While the capped whitelist sale will continue for several days as a security measure against hoarding, we believe our bonus structure will provide strong value for those customers who purchase during the open whitelist phase, or after the sale opens to the general public.»