Sentences with phrase «by outdated standards»

Let's be honest: for far too long, adoption agencies have been known for taking over peoples» lives, judging them by outdated standards and depriving folks of control over their own destinies.

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Be a leader and set the new standard by changing an outdated status quo in your life.
Experts recommend states should replace outdated voting machines and implement tighter cybersecurity standards to thwart possible attempts by hackers to infiltrate US voter systems and manipulate vote counts.
Barbara grew up in a big family, meager means, made to believe she was deficient according to the standards of a grossly outdated education system, betrayed by a boyfriend and then went on to become a BOSS in real estate.
As a result, there are many religious laws which seem outdated by today's standards (for example, stoning an adulterous wife to death).
The main disadvantage with the outdated R44 regulations was the way that child seats are sized; with i - Size, seats are sized by the child's height rather than weight, meaning that they progress to a larger size at the appropriate rate for their body, ensuring the highest safety standards are provided at all times.
Its 2D side scrolling gameplay evokes the classic gameplay we grew up with, while its science - fiction story is tired and outdated by today's standards.
While fans of the franchise could place their nostalgia goggles on high, the clunky controls, outdated graphics, and confusing level design was unacceptable even by 2014 standards.
Where the Pilot shows its age is with the five - speed automatic transmission, which seems outdated by today's standards.
For 2008, Ford's Sync system became available, although it was sullied somewhat by the Fusion's outdated standard stereo head unit.
Shifting is accomplished by a 5 - speed manual transmission, which by today's standards would appear outdated, however the ratios are very well spaced — 60 mph in top gear only requires 2500 rpm, and the 0 - 60 mph sprint requires only one gearchange, while most cars require two.
The funny thing about it is the first Kindle Fire tablet is majorly outdated by today's standards — the new Fire tablets have much better hardware, especially better screens and processors.
On» all of these tablets issued by Amazon, Kobo and Barnes and Noble are woefully outdated by current standards
That's pretty outdated by today's standards and can cause issues because it's incompatible with a number of apps.
There tech is a bit outdated by today's standards, but they have hundreds of deals with government, military, and Chinese smartphone and tablet companies.
Amazon claims there's no room for a standard 3.5 mm audio jack, and while I'm no electrical engineer, judging by the fact that the only port on the device is a outdated micro USB jack, I have to at least wonder.
This is great news for Nintendo fans but doesn't come at all as a surprise considering the Xbox 360 is nearly seven years old and has by many standards become outdated along with its rival console from Sony.
Its 2D side scrolling gameplay evokes the classic gameplay we grew up with, while its science - fiction story is tired and outdated by today's standards.
Is not talking about games hes taking about hardware evolution!And thats something that in consoles is already outdated by today standards!
Players will be hard pressed to notice that this is a PS4 game as the visuals are incredibly outdated by modern console standards.
Not to mention visually the game still looks very outdated by modern day gaming standards.
By using an originally 16 mm film Ani Schulze evokes outdated standards of technique and bygone times.
There is also the continued lack of certainty associated with lower discount rates quantified by their high average standard deviations, as was the case with the outdated Roe — Baker distribution.
[19] Tables 5 — 8 show estimates of the average SCC as well as the average standard deviation across all five scenarios for two more recent choices of ECS distributions compared to the outdated Roe — Baker distribution used by the IWG.
They further note the EnerGuide R - 2000 standard — which forms the basis for both the training of Built Green builders and the bar above which Built Green platinum homes must rise — was drafted 30 years ago by the federal government, and represents a narrow and outdated definition of green building.
Perhaps it is 5 years old and fairly outdated by today's standards.
However, not even Apple will refute the fact that the iPhone 5s» specs are really outdated by smartphone standards.
Each test was made generation - fair for G2 by replacing outdated words such as «muslin» with words of comparable difficulty.5 For each generation, scores from these tests were standardized to a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, summed to create a total score representing overall cognitive ability at 8 years, then re-standardized.
The proposed amendments are intended to improve organization, clarify regulatory requirements, rescind unnecessary or outdated requirements, and implement a standard for lead poisoning and a blood lead level of concern used by the CDC and most states.
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