Sentences with phrase «lower standards of work»

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If your investments lose significant value as you are preparing to tap them, you may have to work longer than you had planned or accept a drastically lowered standard of living in retirement — or both.

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

Putting a chill on Canada's investment climate that threatens to lower living standards for everyone, putting some people out of work and preventing others from getting jobs in the first place?

Meanwhile, Petronas has a guarantee of low taxes, lower environmental standards, and the ability to bring their own people to work.

Taking a position with a lower income level e.g. to work on something he or her is passionate about would be perceived to be to the detriment of the «standard of living».

The venerable oil and gas giant lost its AAA rating from Standard and Poor in April 2016, which thought a symbolic loss (it shared the rating with Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson) indicated the damage wrought by years of low prices and some pretty terrible luck, notably Tillerson's lost $ 500 billion deal in Russia as the result of Western sanctions.

While in certain low - income communities institutional child care may be a virtual necessity, the church in all too many instances is merely subsidizing mothers who have convinced themselves that they «have to work» to maintain their unrealistic standard of living.

In one remarkably progressive instance, the New York Moral Reform Society (NYMRS) published an article in their newsletter — the Advocate of Moral Reform — calling out the double standard between men and women in terms of sex, mainly that men were allowed to have it whenever where - ever, but if a woman worked as a prostitute (pretty much her only option for many lower class impoverished women), then she was the lowest of the low.

What we have had in British political life under British common law is a procrustean class system, one of the most fixed in the world, confirming aristocratic and plutocratic class rule, rigidly preventing the overwhelming numbers of the lower class from gaining equality, representation in government, decent working conditions, the right to union organization, suffrage, and acceptable living standards until the end of the nineteenth century.

And because of our evaluating powers, we can discern between the higher and the lower, set standards and goals to work toward, and by God's help — if we are faithful stewards of his gifts — can succeed in some measure in making the world around us better.

Past experiments at CERN and elsewhere (but using lower energies) together with theoretical work linking the electromagnetic, weak and strong forces led to the «Standard Model» of particle physics, formulated in the 1970s.

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«Nor was there any relief for low and middle earners who, after years of falling living standards, have no spare cash to take advantage of the help for savers, and who now face year on year cuts in benefits for working families as the welfare cap bites.

If the EU and China can work closely together and adopt other common standards, even form a low - carbon trade bloc for example, we can become the standard setters for the rest of the world.

Report author Stewart Lansley said: «Up to a third of those of working age are facing a deepening livelihood crisis, one which has brought weakening job opportunities, low living standards and a range of new economic uncertainties compared with the immediate post-war decades.

«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.

It is the Wal - Mart's of the business world who are profiting most from the low minimum wage standard and also relying on taxpayer subsidies to keep their poverty wage workers fed, housed, and health enough to work for them because these minimum wage workers are paid so low they qualify for food stamps, Section 8 and public housing rent subsidies, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit,» Hawkins said.

«We can't simply say to the public you were wrong... We're not going to do blanket opposition because we've heard all around the country that whilst people have got concerns, particularly about the standard of living for low income families in work, they don't want just... blanket opposition to what the government are proposing on welfare.»

During the reign of Governor George Pataki, the Lower East Side liberal single - handedly carried the standard for the state's Democrats, working to steer millions to infrastructure and other projects in New York City while blocking Republican attempts to roll back rent regulations.

Based on complementary metal - oxide - semiconductor (COMS) technology — a standard low - cost, high - volume chip manufacturing technique used for most processors and chips today — a group of researchers from IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, together with a consortium working under the EU - funded project «ADDAPT,» have demonstrated a novel optical receiver (RX) that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gb / s through four optical fibers.

In elderly cancer patients like my father and aunt, who suffer from a variety of chronic health problems, physicians often modify standard treatment regimens — perhaps using two chemotherapy drugs instead of three or lowering standard dosages — in the hope that the revised treatment will work well enough.

Connecticut - based FuelCell Energy (FCE) has applied for a prospective pathway for California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for the production of hydrogen fuel produced from biogas derived from the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge at a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).

The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Project has released two major reports that synthesize its findings from the past several years of work: a Technical Analysis Report (TAR) and Policy Design Recommendations.

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

Cilantro also lowered blood pressure by acting as a diuretic — a substance that promotes urine production — in an animal study published in the January 2008 «Journal of Ethnopharmacology,» in which it worked in a similar, though milder, manner to furosemide, a standard diuretic drug.

The standard protocol in power training is to use a 1:6 work to rest ratio, so keep the swing repetitions low with plenty of recovery.

By that standard you pretty much say that those who use lower reps and longer rest are scared of hard work.

Whereas Warner Bros.» early DVD for Shaft contained just a vintage promo featurette, Superfly is given the deluxe treatment by the studio, sporting numerous featurettes on the cast, style, the loud and flashy clothes, and the film's stature as one of several key African - American film works that revitalized Hollywood's production arm when revenues from more standard fodder were once again ebbing low.

But Mr. Baker was encouraged by the work of directors like Lars von Trier, a founder of the avant - garde, low - tech Dogme 95 movement, who used standard - definition video with natural lighting to make the feature «The Idiots.»

First and foremost is the low standard of in game cutscenes and the lackluster voice work.

ESSA wisely eliminates cost - by - cost testing for SNS, a practice which discouraged schools from spending Title I funds on comprehensive services and perversely encouraged spending on add - ons (like pulling students out of academic classes to work with paraprofessionals) that met compliance standards but were not necessarily helpful in improving educational outcomes for low - income students.

For one, it works: test scores for America's lowest - performing students, including many low - income and minority children, rose significantly, at least in the early grades, after the advent of the standards, testing, and accountability movement.

He criticized low admissions standards; curriculums that «lack coherence and connections to the work that's actually done in the field»; clinical programs devoted to mere shadowing of practitioners, whether they are successful or not; «watered - down» dissertations with little connection to practice; and a pervasive race among teachers to acquire credit for leadership courses, and thus boost their salaries, without any interest in actually assuming positions of greater authority.

Because of the higher demands placed on the candidates and the host school, Merritt says it's now standard to expose teacher candidates to his school's improvement plan and work with them to develop high - impact strategies for target groups such as boys and students from low - income families.

Even if the curricula is aligned with the standards, the curricula won't work if teachers are not capable of improving student achievement, if school cultures damn some kids (notably those from poor and minority backgrounds) to low expectations, and if school operators aren't held to high expectations (as well as rewarded and punished accordingly).

'' «Withering on the vine» might work in the private sector but it is not an acceptable outcome for children... Struggling schools need rapid help to turn around, not a long drawn - out death of declining resources and numbers, condemning the remaining pupils to lower standards,» he added.

However, the vast number of schools and districts where the majority of students of color and low - income students aren't meeting standards tell us we've got a lot of work to do.

Teachers will perform a full range of duties, including but not limited to: + Preparing / implementing lesson plans that lead to student mastery of curriculum content, including English Language Development + Developing / implementing integrated curriculum units, differentiating and scaffolding as needed + Regularly assessing student progress to refine instruction and meet student needs + Participating regularly in professional development opportunities and collaborative meetings + Communicating frequently with students, students» families, colleagues and other stakeholders + Working closely with children and their families to promote personal growth and success + Maintaining regular, punctual attendance Applicants who possess the following skills will make the strongest candidates: + California Teaching Credential or equivalent, meeting all NCLB «highly qualified» standards + Social Science credential + CLAD / BCLAD certification (Spanish) + Demonstrated ability to implement varied classroom instructional strategies + Educational vision for and experience with low - income and / or minority students + Demonstrated track record with English language learners + Commitment to preserving the cultural heritage of students + Passion for working with children and their families + Bilingual (Spanish / English) To apply please send resume and letter of interest to: https://careers-caminonuevo.icims.com For more information www.caminonuevo.org and www.pueblonuevo.org * Camino Nuevo Charter Academy intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and proWorking closely with children and their families to promote personal growth and success + Maintaining regular, punctual attendance Applicants who possess the following skills will make the strongest candidates: + California Teaching Credential or equivalent, meeting all NCLB «highly qualified» standards + Social Science credential + CLAD / BCLAD certification (Spanish) + Demonstrated ability to implement varied classroom instructional strategies + Educational vision for and experience with low - income and / or minority students + Demonstrated track record with English language learners + Commitment to preserving the cultural heritage of students + Passion for working with children and their families + Bilingual (Spanish / English) To apply please send resume and letter of interest to: https://careers-caminonuevo.icims.com For more information www.caminonuevo.org and www.pueblonuevo.org * Camino Nuevo Charter Academy intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and proworking with children and their families + Bilingual (Spanish / English) To apply please send resume and letter of interest to: https://careers-caminonuevo.icims.com For more information www.caminonuevo.org and www.pueblonuevo.org * Camino Nuevo Charter Academy intends that all qualified persons shall have equal opportunities for employment and promotion.

With the low expectations in books keyed to the old, laundry - list - of - topics math standards, I have to accompany each night's assignment with a paragraph of my own instructions: link the question, the intermediate steps, and the answer in a complete mathematical sentence; accompany your math work with an area model; translate the problem by creating a proportion table with both rows and both columns meaningfully titled; give another equivalent form of the expression you've simplified; etc., etc..)

Duncan claimed states» low standards made «educators, administrators and especially politicians» look good but did not prepare students for the rigors of college work.

In a further challenge, the education minister in Wales has called for urgent talks over the «injustice» of grades, raising the prospect that pupils in Wales could have their GCSE results raised while their English counterparts would have a lower grade for the same standard of work.

Beneath the Velar's pretty skin is a modified version of the Jaguar F - Pace's mostly aluminum chassis that's been reinforced for off - road competence and is further bolstered by Land Rover's Terrain Response 2 system, which orchestrates goodies like an active rear locking differential, low traction launch system, hill descent control, and an available air suspension with adaptive shocks (standard on V - 6 models)-- all of which work in conjunction with stability control.

The improvement was due to the increasing availability of more efficient vehicles as automakers work to reach CAFE standards, while low fuel prices and improving economic conditions moved many shoppers to less efficient vehicle segments in 2015.

Many Land Cruiser vehicles are put to work as tow vehicles, thanks to a standard trailer towing package, 8,100 - lbs of towing capacity and an engine that produces low - end torque in abundance.

It works well with the standard seven - speed automatic gearbox, which is set up to make the most of the engine's low - down pulling power.

This transmission, called a CVT, is designed to have no discernible shift points; it uses a set of pulleys and a metal drive belt to go from low - to high - range, using a hydraulic system that works at twice the pressure of a standard automatic transmission.

Ready to work for the serious operator with work ready options not found on other units: Options: Air Suspension Hendrickson, Air Suspension Dump Valve Electric, Aluminum Wheels Outer / Steel Inner, Chrome Cold Package (Block Heater, Heated Mirrors, Air Dryer), Chrome Bumper w / 2 Hooks, Differential Lock w / Controls, Battery GR31x3, Air Horn, Sears Atlas 70 Vinyl Seat, Power Windows / Door Locks (Keyless), 95 Gal Fuel Tank, Synthetic Fluids Differential, Seat Belts Safety Orange, Blue Tooth Enabled Radio, Fire Extinguisher & Safety Triangles Equipment: Standard - duty 6 - Ton Low Profile XLP Steel Carrier, 22 Long x 102» Wide Steel Low Profile XLP Deck w / Tubular Removable Rails, Diamond Decking, 3/16» Thick, 1 - Piece, 36 KSI, Polished Aluminum Removable Rails ILO Standard Rails on Removable Rail Decks, Standard Keyslots (1 Pair @ Front, 3 Pair Along Rubrail, 4 Keyslots Across Rear), LED Marker Lights - 5 Pair Evenly Spaced in Outside Rubrail, Galvanized Sub-frame and any IRL Wheel Lift, Bolt - on Headboard, Work Lights on Headboard (Pair), Headboard - Jerr - Dan Gloss Black, 10,000 lb Worm Gear Winch ILO Standard, Manual Operated Remote Free Spool for 8K & 10K Winch (Standard), 5/8» Weld - on D - Rings Abreast of Winch (Pair), 3,500 lb IRL Wheel Lift w / Steel Tubular L - Arms, 2» Reese Receiver for Wheel Lift ILO Standard, Whelen 10 - Head LED Amber Light Bar, 5 Function In - Dash Compact Switch Panel, Rubber Work Lights at Rear of Sub-frame (Pair), Clutch Shift PTO ILO Standard, (2) 48» Long x 18» High x 18» Bawer Tool Boxex, Air Supply Disconnect at Rear of Sub-frame, Remote Control 1 Function Winch In and Out Differential Lock, DOT, Headache Rack, Tilt / Telescope, A / C: New, Cruise Control, Heated Mirrors, Power Locks, Power Windows: Both, Turbo;work for the serious operator with work ready options not found on other units: Options: Air Suspension Hendrickson, Air Suspension Dump Valve Electric, Aluminum Wheels Outer / Steel Inner, Chrome Cold Package (Block Heater, Heated Mirrors, Air Dryer), Chrome Bumper w / 2 Hooks, Differential Lock w / Controls, Battery GR31x3, Air Horn, Sears Atlas 70 Vinyl Seat, Power Windows / Door Locks (Keyless), 95 Gal Fuel Tank, Synthetic Fluids Differential, Seat Belts Safety Orange, Blue Tooth Enabled Radio, Fire Extinguisher & Safety Triangles Equipment: Standard - duty 6 - Ton Low Profile XLP Steel Carrier, 22 Long x 102» Wide Steel Low Profile XLP Deck w / Tubular Removable Rails, Diamond Decking, 3/16» Thick, 1 - Piece, 36 KSI, Polished Aluminum Removable Rails ILO Standard Rails on Removable Rail Decks, Standard Keyslots (1 Pair @ Front, 3 Pair Along Rubrail, 4 Keyslots Across Rear), LED Marker Lights - 5 Pair Evenly Spaced in Outside Rubrail, Galvanized Sub-frame and any IRL Wheel Lift, Bolt - on Headboard, Work Lights on Headboard (Pair), Headboard - Jerr - Dan Gloss Black, 10,000 lb Worm Gear Winch ILO Standard, Manual Operated Remote Free Spool for 8K & 10K Winch (Standard), 5/8» Weld - on D - Rings Abreast of Winch (Pair), 3,500 lb IRL Wheel Lift w / Steel Tubular L - Arms, 2» Reese Receiver for Wheel Lift ILO Standard, Whelen 10 - Head LED Amber Light Bar, 5 Function In - Dash Compact Switch Panel, Rubber Work Lights at Rear of Sub-frame (Pair), Clutch Shift PTO ILO Standard, (2) 48» Long x 18» High x 18» Bawer Tool Boxex, Air Supply Disconnect at Rear of Sub-frame, Remote Control 1 Function Winch In and Out Differential Lock, DOT, Headache Rack, Tilt / Telescope, A / C: New, Cruise Control, Heated Mirrors, Power Locks, Power Windows: Both, Turbo;work ready options not found on other units: Options: Air Suspension Hendrickson, Air Suspension Dump Valve Electric, Aluminum Wheels Outer / Steel Inner, Chrome Cold Package (Block Heater, Heated Mirrors, Air Dryer), Chrome Bumper w / 2 Hooks, Differential Lock w / Controls, Battery GR31x3, Air Horn, Sears Atlas 70 Vinyl Seat, Power Windows / Door Locks (Keyless), 95 Gal Fuel Tank, Synthetic Fluids Differential, Seat Belts Safety Orange, Blue Tooth Enabled Radio, Fire Extinguisher & Safety Triangles Equipment: Standard - duty 6 - Ton Low Profile XLP Steel Carrier, 22 Long x 102» Wide Steel Low Profile XLP Deck w / Tubular Removable Rails, Diamond Decking, 3/16» Thick, 1 - Piece, 36 KSI, Polished Aluminum Removable Rails ILO Standard Rails on Removable Rail Decks, Standard Keyslots (1 Pair @ Front, 3 Pair Along Rubrail, 4 Keyslots Across Rear), LED Marker Lights - 5 Pair Evenly Spaced in Outside Rubrail, Galvanized Sub-frame and any IRL Wheel Lift, Bolt - on Headboard, Work Lights on Headboard (Pair), Headboard - Jerr - Dan Gloss Black, 10,000 lb Worm Gear Winch ILO Standard, Manual Operated Remote Free Spool for 8K & 10K Winch (Standard), 5/8» Weld - on D - Rings Abreast of Winch (Pair), 3,500 lb IRL Wheel Lift w / Steel Tubular L - Arms, 2» Reese Receiver for Wheel Lift ILO Standard, Whelen 10 - Head LED Amber Light Bar, 5 Function In - Dash Compact Switch Panel, Rubber Work Lights at Rear of Sub-frame (Pair), Clutch Shift PTO ILO Standard, (2) 48» Long x 18» High x 18» Bawer Tool Boxex, Air Supply Disconnect at Rear of Sub-frame, Remote Control 1 Function Winch In and Out Differential Lock, DOT, Headache Rack, Tilt / Telescope, A / C: New, Cruise Control, Heated Mirrors, Power Locks, Power Windows: Both, Turbo;Work Lights on Headboard (Pair), Headboard - Jerr - Dan Gloss Black, 10,000 lb Worm Gear Winch ILO Standard, Manual Operated Remote Free Spool for 8K & 10K Winch (Standard), 5/8» Weld - on D - Rings Abreast of Winch (Pair), 3,500 lb IRL Wheel Lift w / Steel Tubular L - Arms, 2» Reese Receiver for Wheel Lift ILO Standard, Whelen 10 - Head LED Amber Light Bar, 5 Function In - Dash Compact Switch Panel, Rubber Work Lights at Rear of Sub-frame (Pair), Clutch Shift PTO ILO Standard, (2) 48» Long x 18» High x 18» Bawer Tool Boxex, Air Supply Disconnect at Rear of Sub-frame, Remote Control 1 Function Winch In and Out Differential Lock, DOT, Headache Rack, Tilt / Telescope, A / C: New, Cruise Control, Heated Mirrors, Power Locks, Power Windows: Both, Turbo;Work Lights at Rear of Sub-frame (Pair), Clutch Shift PTO ILO Standard, (2) 48» Long x 18» High x 18» Bawer Tool Boxex, Air Supply Disconnect at Rear of Sub-frame, Remote Control 1 Function Winch In and Out Differential Lock, DOT, Headache Rack, Tilt / Telescope, A / C: New, Cruise Control, Heated Mirrors, Power Locks, Power Windows: Both, Turbo; 4x2

They have to know that if they moved operations to somewhere like Arkansas, or Tennessee, they'd hugely lower their overhead while raising profits and also raising the standard of living of those who work for them (pay of say 50 000 bucks in New York is close to poverty level as I understand it, but in some other states that would be a pretty good living).

What makes one person accept low standards and another person to constantly raise them?Why does one person strive to build an international organization affecting the lives of millions of people, while another person is content working her entire life as a clerk?

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