Sentences with phrase «begin by estimating»

Rather, they begin by estimating the dollars needed to continue existing programs and meet existing commitments, including new expenditures driven by employees» contractual wage increases and inflation in big programs, such as health care.

For a startup business, begin by estimating what type of realistic profit you'd like to see in the coming year.

The simulation begins by estimating the climate before the smash - up.

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With the FDA estimating that 500 million smartphone users worldwide will be using health care - related apps by 2015, apps like Spruce are only the beginning.

Two consumer groups, the Consumer Federation of America and Public Knowledge, sent a letter to the FCC at the beginning of this year with an estimate that subscribers were overpaying by $ 6 billion to $ 14 billion annually through the payment of these fees.

According to estimates provided by the Liberal Party, these two initiatives would cost $ 7 billion annually (beginning in 2016) over the next five years.

According to estimates provided by the Liberal Party, these two initiatives would cost $ 7 billion annually (beginning in 2016).

'' [The BDC] really had from the beginning an idea that there would be economic benefits to doing something like this,» Tillett says, citing an early economic impact projection the BDC made at the time of the ETC's founding that estimated 120 jobs would be created by ETC startups over five years.

If you're determined to choose PNC for your mortgage because you're already a customer with existing checking or savings accounts, you should begin by requesting a formal home loan estimate.

Last August, at the time of the announcement of the sale of the Washington Post, I noted that Washington Post Co. shares had proved a mediocre investment over the past two decades, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 2.5 percentage points on an annualized investment (although starting at the time Buffett began accumulating shares, in 1973, the performance was much better, with an estimated annual return of 11.5 %).

The Internet - of - Things is beginning to make an impact on the tech industry, and it is estimated that it will be worth $ 270 billion by 2020.

Under current House rules, Main Estimates must be tabled on or before March 1st in order for the Government to receive interim supply (a spending authority) for the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to late June, when the Main Estimates are formally approved by Parliament.

Having launched the latest round of drilling in August, 2017, Garibaldi is targeting known nickel - copper - rich mineralized zones and a VTEM conductor estimated to begin within 20 to 40 metres below the deepest hole (122 metres) drilled in the 1960s by a company called Silver Standard.

Then, in 2024, Canadian employees will begin contributing four per cent on an additional range of earnings up to an estimated $ 79,400 — an increase of 14 per cent by 2025.

The reduction in spending on the environment began before the budget of 2012, and will continue after 2015 according to the latest budgetary estimates provided by the departments and agencies concerned.

Our analysis shows that wage growth, as estimated by our composite measure of wage pressures, is beginning to accelerate; we also show that labor market indicators most closely correlated with wage growth, such as the quit rate, continue to improve.

Surprisingly, the Department of Finance estimates that the economy began to operate below potential in 2008, notwithstanding statements by the Prime Minister and the Minister to the contrary.

Last year we estimated that they could use $ 500,000 — $ 1 million more than their 2016 budget of $ 2.5 million, primarily to be used to establish an operating reserve1 and to begin some of their additional planned expansion.2 This year they are attempting to exceed that additional funding estimate, with a fundraising goal of $ 4.66 million.3 This includes the second half of their $ 1 million grant4 awarded by The Open Philanthropy Project (Open Phil) in 2016.5

This is likely just the beginning of what promises to be a burgeoning asset class, as governments and other entities will need to invest an estimated $ 90 trillion in infrastructure over the next 15 years to achieve goals outlined by the Global Commission on Economy and Climate.

By Niebuhr's own estimate, it bore the marks of immaturity; he was but 23 when he began recording his observations on parish life.

I don't know how or when I discovered your blog (my best estimate is 2009), but I have read every single post since I began and I am constantly influenced by your style and sensibility.

Only by performing an occult statistical manipulation called «ordered probit estimates» do the authors manage to tease out any trend at all, and it is a tiny one: «Women were one percentage point less likely than men to say they were not too happy at the beginning of the sample [1972]; by 2006 women were one percentage more likely to report being in this category.»

The day began by performing a complete walk - through of the home and providing our customers with a detailed, itemized estimate.

So as I said in the beginning there is no conclusive figure but from the above figures we can roughly estimate that about 10 million people in the US are watching RT as more and more people want to hear other alternatives which is not controlled by the US media outlets.

What began a few years ago as a niche experiment is rapidly becoming widely available: by the end of 2014, it was estimated that 50 million households (or about 45 % of American households with televisions) would be able to receive addressable ads.

Mr. Cuomo began the year by unveiling a pledge to cover the cost of tuition at state colleges for families making up to $ 125,000 a year, a plan that his administration estimated would cost $ 163 million a year by 2019 — a mere «rounding error» in the education budget, the governor said on Tuesday, but that experts have warned could ultimately cost far more.

The increase, which will impact an estimated 200,000 workers, was endorsed by a state wage board last month and is set to be phased in beginning at the end of the year, pending formal approval by Cuomo's labor commissioner.

She estimated Buffalo schools would be owed more than $ 100 million in aid from the state, had Albany followed the decision that came out of a landmark school funding lawsuit won by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a group Nixon got involved with when her oldest teenager began as a kindergarten student in a New York City public school.

To develop the model, the team began with an estimate of hypothetical food intake by food group.

Earlier surveys and applied research conducted by WCS and the South Sudan Wildlife Service estimated an elephant population of some 2,300 in the country prior to the civil war, which began in December 2013, down from an estimated 79,000 in the 1970's.

By the beginning of the first millennium A.D., the levee system had been extended much farther up river, lining the banks for several hundred miles, he estimated.

Electrification of bus traffic has already begun, and by 2020 the estimate is for more than 100 electric buses in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The team from AWI, meanwhile, will soon begin a $ 5 million project off Palau in the west Pacific, funded by the European Union, to take more measurements of atmospheric chemicals that will help it estimate OH levels better.

In the everyday macroscopic world we inhabit, the exact position a thing occupies in space can be estimated with remarkable accuracy but, in the subatomic world, this reality begins to unravel, giving way to what's commonly called «quantum weirdness» by befuddled scientists.

But ancient - DNA sequencing is beginning to shed some light on the issue.11 For example, by comparing a human HAR sequence with the HAR sequence of an archaic hominin, researchers can estimate if the HAR mutated before, after, or during the time period of our common ancestor.12 This approach has revealed that the rate at which HAR mutations emerged was slightly higher before we split from Neanderthals and Denisovans.3, 13 As a result, most HAR mutations are millions of years old and shared with these extinct hominins (but not with chimpanzees).

Do this by beginning each exercise with two warm - ups of lighter weight for 2 - 5 reps and then estimate the weight you can most likely do for two reps of that exercise.

The Zika outbreak has already begun in Puerto Rico, and the CDC estimates that 20 % of the population could be infected by the end of 2016.

Selling a range of mid-tier brands such as Banana Republic, Anthropologie, Aéropostale and BCBG Max Azria alongside high - end offerings from Dolce & Gabbana, Chloé, Prada, Miu Miu and Fendi, Xiu began attracting a growing consumer base looking for more affordable fashion and by August 2013 counted an estimated three million registered users.

We are walking on sunshine Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of these large mammals, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century.

When the culture of a society is weak on women, the amount of masculinity required of a man to thrive in all areas must be Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of these large mammals, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century.

Many are lucky, finding life - long love or at least some exciting escapades Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of these large mammals, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century.

Austria's far - right looks set to be part of the country's next government, with polls showing it on course to hold the balance of power ahead of Austria said on Thursday it has begun organising the repatriation of an estimated 5,000 passengers stranded by the grounding of the airline Niki, a unit of

Mr. Romero began by talking about the ease of working with Italian Producer Dario Argento and also how his 1978 masterpiece was made on a relatively modest budget estimated at $ 650,000.

From its humble beginnings a few decades ago, to its estimated 110 billion dollar revenue in 2015, eLearning not only has taken the enterprise training world by storm, but the LMSs have also changed how we approach education in general.

For a better sense of the magnitude of these estimates, consider a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile and is assigned to a top - quartile teacher as measured by the Overall Classroom Practices score; by the end of the school year, that student, on average, will score about three percentile points higher in reading and about two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

We estimate the impact of tracking on student achievement by comparing the postintervention (18 months after the experiment began) test scores of students in the tracking and nontracking schools.

The new estimate does not reflect progress by a $ 15 - million credit recovery program begun last fall that puts students in specials classes after school and during breaks to help them pass classes they previously failed.

To estimate the total per pupil spending in DC area private schools, I began by entering the tuition data from the Washingtonian's 2007 - 08 Guide to Private Schools into a spreadsheet, eliminating boarding - only and pre-school-only institutions.

We begin by examining school technology needs and then estimate the cost of making upgrades; we conclude by offering policy recommendations to improve school technology infrastructure.

(1) The Secretary shall, prior to the beginning of each calendar quarter or other period prescribed by him, estimate the amount to be paid to each State under the provisions of such subsection for such period, such estimate to be based on such records of the State and information furnished by it, and such other investigation, as the Secretary may find necessary.