Sentences with phrase «measuring points on»

The new data, compiled from more than 3,000 measuring points on land and sea, was issued quietly on the internet, without any media fanfare, and, until today, it has not been reported.

It is normally determined by measuring points on opposite sides of a fault every few years, but that is hard to do along an entire fault or in difficult terrain.

Not exact matches

Simple measures such as building on e-commerce supported platforms and protecting your hardware and software with regular updates and sufficient anti-virus and firewall protection are basic principles that can be easily implemented to close the loopholes that hackers use as points of entry.

She points to a 2011 study by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which found that students who started school at 8:30 a.m. got almost an hour more sleep and performed better on tests measuring attention levels than peers who started at 7:30 a.m.

That means making them compete directly by putting their offers side by side, so that customers can choose on what really matters in this business — prices measured in rates and points.»

My hope is that every person gets the opportunity to have at least one great leader at some point in their professional career because the impact on their will be so great it's too hard to measure.

Instead, use these numbers as a jumping - off point to determine where you should begin engaging, but be sure to measure your performance on each site to see when and if you need to change course.

Add on the jumps in market - based measures of inflation expectations, the chances of more Federal Reserve hikes, and other macro-economic data points and the moves for the economy have been dramatic.

Volatility as measured by the VIX, which had surged on the recent downwards moves, dropped by 4 points to roughly 18.5, eversing all of its jump over the past week.

On their face, the added levies would boost inflation measures by one - tenth of a percentage point while reducing annual GDP growth by one or two tenths, Barclays said in a note that assumes the moves would not have massive repercussions from U.S. trading partners.

Since 2011, Fortuna has calculated a «buyback ROI,» or return on investment, which tracks post-buyback stock prices and other data points to measure the effectiveness of corporate repurchases.

Brand awareness is a notoriously difficult data point to measure, and there's no universally agreed - on way to measure it.

No doubt that will not discourage some readers from using their rulers to measure the graphs and focus on revisions down to the nearest 0.1 percentage point!

Much of the debate over Trump's trade policy seems to miss the point that the economic effects of any trade measure depend on how it affects capital.

From this point forward, even Ben Bernanke knows that aside from some extreme type of measure that the economic effects and the effects on equity markets and bond markets are going to be limited.

Strategists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch put a fine point on the paradox of how central banks created both a liquidity solution and problem with their historically aggressive measures while they and congressional legislators created a tighter regulatory environment.

The economic gains and market returns that emerged during the Reagan Administration began from a starting point of 10.8 % unemployment, a current account surplus, and market valuations that - on the most historically reliable measures - were less than one - quarter of present levels.

At this point, obscene equity valuations are already baked in the cake on valuation measures that are reliably correlated with actual subsequent stock market returns.

There could be several factors that had investors on edge — including news that North Korea had completed a fifth nuclear missile test and the European Central Bank had declined to announce additional measures to help stimulate Europe's sluggish economy — but many strategists pointed to a speech Friday morning by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren, in which he said that «a reasonable case can be made» for tightening interest rates in the U.S..

Even measured against this bull market's impressive results, technology stocks have been excellent investments, outpacing the 19.4 percent annualized return of Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index by four percentage points per year, on average, since...

The system processes 500,000,000 data points each day on indoor environmental quality, including comfort measures of temperature, humidity, noise, and light, and air pollutants like carbon dioxide and particulate matter.

The spread between the 2 - year note yield and the 10 - year note yield, a widely - watched measure of the yield curve, widened to 49 basis points, or 0.49 percentage point, from 41 basis points on Tuesday.

No details were immediately available on the measures, which are expected to include across - the - board tax hikes, including raising the rate of consumer tax by one percentage point to 24 percent and increasing taxes on fuel, coffee, alcohol, tobacco and hotel stays.

According to Bloomberg data, U.S. equities, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, barely budged; long - term U.S. Treasury rates are currently trading within 10 basis points (bps) of where they were on January 1; and, with the exception of the last two weeks of the year, the Federal Reserve (Fed) sat on its hands.

The return of the structured products available on Fidelity.com is measured based on two points: point A (initial or starting index level, which is typically the closing value of the index on the pricing date) and point B (final index level, which is typically the closing value of the index on a date specified in the offering document).

On average, the harmonised measure has been 3/4 of a percentage point below the retail series, although the differential between these measures has widened recently.

On either measure of real cash rates shown here, they are well below the average of the second half of the 1980s; they have declined since their most recent peak in 1995, but remain above the low point reached in 1993/94.

In contrast, between late - 2011 and mid-2014, T - bill yields averaged less than 5 basis points, and the majority of the intervening market gains overlapped the roughly one - third of that span when our present, adapted measures would encourage a constructive outlook (largely on the basis of favorable market internals).

It includes Systematic Equity Strategy factors to help managers measure sensitivities to potentially crowded trades as well as a comprehensive set of fundamental factors based on point - in - time data, essential for building and back testing investment strategies.

Here is an important detail: The starting point against which those gains will be measured isn't the fund's actual net asset value on March 31, but rather the deeply discounted price the new buyers are paying..

I think as long as interest rates rise on a measured basis, that's probably priced into the market at this point.

One of our few prior data points on this question comes from the (accidental) 2016 revelation that Zuckerberg covers his laptop's webcam with tape — a privacy measure that's not as paranoid as it might sound.

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

Situated on a prominent street corner in a prosperous part of town, Holy Communion has white columns and a graceful spire that point seekers toward heaven, and a genteel brick exterior and clear glass windows that represent a different southern tradition, one of measured and rational faith.

No doubt the church has been right in acknowledging the deity of Christ and the Incarnation as the fullest measure of the divine revelation of which human nature is capable; though it should be pointed out that the church as a rule undertook to stand fast and to hold the ground of the traditional, historical faith, enshrined in the New Testament, and — as the histories of dogma make clear - only took over metaphysical definitions which had already been hammered out on the anvils of logical and exegetical disputation.

And so he fastens on my examples of «moderate» positions and glides past the point: namely, that even measures far more modest than his can plant principles, or teachings, far more critical than anything his own, more ambitious plan, would impart.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

I suppose most of us would point to some measure of minimum functionality (viability), like having wheels and / or a motor, but some might insist on the need for windshield wipers or say it's not fully a car until it rolls out onto the street (is born).

At a later point it's worth ensuring your measuring spoons have metric and imperial measurements on them, such as 15mL / 1 Tablespoon.

I pointed this on weight watchers as well and to get down to 3 points a serving I had to show as the recipe makes a total of 14 servings — but I don't want to have to make it and measure out and divide by 14 before I can decide to make it!

CGF is urging all consumer goods companies to phase out harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) focusing on four key points; the installation of new refrigeration equipment in markets where viable, engagement with stakeholders to overcome barriers in markets where installation is not currently viable, reduction of the environmental impact of existing refrigeration systems and the development of individual targets and action plans to measure the first three points.

The cutoff point is debatable, but one measuring stick is that nanobreweries make beer on a three - barrel system or smaller.

Plant two feet and upwards in height, stocky and branching, the stem and branches often stained or clouded with purple; leaves large, on long stems, smaller, smoother, and less sharply pointed, than those of the Squash - pepper; flowers white, sometimes measuring - nearly an inch and a half in diameter.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

And shouldn't Severson, at this point in his career be measured against some other guys on other teams in the league who are in his age range and games played?

It was usually just a guy with a pocket watch measuring it to the nearest whole second, which meant the single point on offer for fastest lap was often shared.

An excellent article.The tipping point is when the Board of a club feel that drastic measures are required to improve the Club both on and off the pitch.

The first and most simple reason for benchmark sets is to give you a starting point of where you are with fitness, strength and speed in each, and give you a measure on which you will see improvement.

Also you have to question whether those that measure a player's value based solely on point productions and salary are actually paying attention to the entire game being played.

The hero of the day had a team - high 27 points on 10 - of - 16 shooting, nailing four threes and dishing six assists for good measure.