Sentences with phrase «low standards these days»

Low, low standards these days.

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U.S. stocks were expected to open modestly lower after two days of gains — Dow futures fell 0.2 percent to 11,003 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures fell 0.1 percent to 1,164.

Standard & Poor's lowered its rating by one notch Thursday, two days after Fitch downgraded it to one step above speculative grade.

U.S. stock futures fell, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index poised for a third day of losses, as a government crackdown on tax - saving mergers sent drugmakers with pending cross-border deals lower.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

Such a character obviously has to resist strong present - day pressures, which to a frightening degree are lowering the level of this nation's ethical standards.

Together, households in the 4th and 5th quintile account for only 10 % of the total sample, yet consume 40 % of the total volume of alcohol, with an average apparent consumption above the recommended level for low - risk of harm over the lifetime (i.e. no more than 2 standard drinks / day over the lifetime).

when are u gonna ever troll cheLski or manure et al... And prove to em we are better... In this modern day, we may be able to convince ourselves that we are tougher than the spuds... Why do we then stoop so low as to make the spuds our measuring standard?

Why do we have to keep lowering our standards each passing day.

(In defense of the engineers, let us point out that 19th century science, like 19th century medicine, was held to a lower standard: do your best and try not to drink on the job every day.)

Despite the standard Wenger false talks of how everything is great and a parody of an AGM that showed just how little the owner and the board care about the club apart from making money, things at the club reach a new low every day.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

The 1914/5 season, even playing in the lower standard, did not start well with the first victory not coming until Boxing day.

Lower your cleaning standards dramatically and try to spread the house cleaning over several days, tackling just one main job, such as the kitchen or bathroom per day.

City public and charter schools would have to meet the federal «gold standard» for lunches, which requires that a different fruit and vegetable be served every day and that only low - fat or non-fat milk and whole grains be offered.

«To me, the concept of a minimum wage should never be how low can you pay a person to get work done but rather what is the minimum standard that one needs in order to take care of their family for an honest day's work,» said 1199 SEIU President George Gresham.

Even by Albany standards, it was a new low: its two longtime legislative leaders convicted on corruption charges just days apart late last year.

He added: «Members of the public up and down this country will be appalled by what has happened and they will say British journalism, known for its high standards, known for its history, has had one of its lowest days with these revelations.

What's more, after 4 days of starting treatment on favipiravir, an influenza drug, 51 % of these patients had such low levels of the virus in their blood that the standard test could no longer detect it.

He follows the standard low - fat, low - calorie diet that doctors recommend for cardiac patients and also goes for a brisk walk every day.

The typical low - fat, «healthy whole grain» diet that is often recommended as the standard of health these days just isn't working anymore.

Also I don't agree with his calories consumption recommendation where he says that even though fruits are low in calories you should eat enough of them to make up for the well known caloric standard for the day.

Like skipping breakfast altogether, starting your day with a Standard American Diet breakfast high in carbohydrates (especially from breakfast cereals, bread, sweetened low - fat yogurt, and pastries) will raise your blood sugar levels and send your body off on the blood sugar roller coaster all day long.

In my VERY humble opinion, when referring to the Standard American Diet, or SAD, anything less than 100 grams of carbohydrate per day is pretty low carb.

Some research has found that 2,000 mg / day vitamin C daily lowers both glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels, the latter a standard marker of diabetic control.

As a high carb raw food diet is typically lower in calories per bite than a standard western diet, you have to make sure that you are eating enough calories every day.

It is important that you get adequate caloric intake though, so make sure you eat enough, matching the calories you burn over the course of the day, which can be a challenge to people new to the WFPB lifestyle as the food calorie density is much lower than the standard western diet.

Then look for the standard RDA - level (Recommended Dietary / Daily Allowance) which will be enough for most nutrients, except for perhaps vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for your bones and new research even suggest that some extra vitamin D (1,000 IU per day) can help lower the risk of colon and breast cancer.

Inclusion criteria were: 18 — 35 y old; BMI 18.5 — 24.9 kg / m2; habitual sleep time > 7 and < 9.25 h; low — moderate caffeine (< 500 mg / d); alcohol use (average fewer than two standard drinks per day per week and five or fewer drinks per day); no drug dependence; and nonsmokers.

In the U.S., low risk drinking is defined as one standard drink a day for women and two... Read More»

Second, in a world where 250 - 350 grams of carbohydrates per day is considered «normal» by USDA / MyPlate standards... 100 grams of carbohydrates should be defined as «low»... in fact anything less than 175 grams of carbohydrates should be considered low because a plurality of the those in Western Cultures consume more than 300 grams per day.

In the U.S., low risk drinking is defined as one standard drink a day for women and two drinks per day for men.

«Even with my admittedly low standards at the time, I wasn't happy with my situation at all,» he wrote about those early days.

In theory, the failings of a low comedy sequel should catch nobody by surprise these days, especially given the current standards for this material in the studio realm.

This review appears 2 - 3 days after most others have submitted... seeing an opportunity to gain clicks he scores the movie so low its not even in the standard deviation (and does nt even align to his own written assessment - he likes this movie).

We hold AMPAS to low standards every year, wildly praising any nominations that feel outside the box, like Marion Cotillard's surprising but fully deserved appearance on the rolls today for Two Days, One Night.

In the low - standards days, it was perfectly legitimate to call out schools that couldn't get all or most of their students to minimal levels of literacy and numeracy.

«Everybody wants appropriately high standards,» said state Assemblyman Steven Sanders, the chairman of the education committee in the legislature's lower house, «but what we're hearing is it is ultimately unfair and ultimately arbitrary... having every student in the state having their abilities defined by one particular exam on one particular day.»

By their low - end estimates of benefits (which total to just three standard deviations), each $ 100 spent on classroom coaches would be expected to yield at least a 0.25 standard deviations gain in achievement, very similar to the expected gain for full - day kindergarten.

In the bad old days, before statewide standards, affluent communities tended to ask their kids to shoot for the moon (or at least 3s, 4s, and 5s on a battery of Advanced Placement exams), while too many schools in low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracy.

By contrast, Early Head Start teachers do not even have to have a bachelor's degree, and the standards for caregivers at scores of unaffiliated day care centers across the country are typically low — with just a high school diploma and some short training courses considered sufficient.

Our students» days are jam - packed, their attention levels are low, and an abundance of standards need to be mastered.

Critics rightly point out that Perry, CPC, and Abecedarian were intensive programs with high standards, including allowing only teachers with bachelor's degrees, full - day services, low child - to - teacher ratios, parent engagement, and some social services for families.

For example, Bright from the Start has used stimulus funds to provide intensive training to low - performing day cares; define learning standards for the youngest children and Georgia Pre-K; and study the alignment of standards from birth through elementary school.

The optional heated seats up front (standard on the Limited trim) have high and low settings and can warm up your tush in short order on cold days.

While the engine remained relatively low - tech even by the standards of the day, it delivered a rorty note and great throttle response, allowing the SportKa to sprint to 62mph in 9.7 sec and finally crest 100mph, with a 108mph max.

Finding a standard Escort Cosworth is quite a challenge these days, and the degree to which an example is standard, original and low on miles hugely influences the price you should expect to pay.

If you've ever driven any American vehicles from the dawn of time to nearly present day, shifting away from the dash lowers the gear ratio, as in the standard PRNDL designation.

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