Sentences with phrase «most balanced state»

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Despite trade unions» stated commitment to their members» work - life balance, it is workplaces covered by collective agreements that are typically the most rigid about the time and place of work.

It's hard to dispute that citizens benefit from a balanced budget, and ensuring compliance with state withholding seems to get most states closer to that goal.

Most of the interviews were geographically distributed as follows within the United States: 50 % northeast, 20 % southeast, 10 % mid-west and the balance scattered across the country.

To most readers, this did not mean the dissolution of the CEIFB, especially when earlier on the same page, the Minister of Finance stated that «the CEIFB will continue to set the rate but the Government will limit rate increases to no more than 5 cents per year until the EI Operating Account is balanced».

The state survived the most recent economic problems better than many other states did, but many Rhode Island residents are still struggling to get their debt down and get credit card balances to zero.

Rachel admits that sometimes it's tough to do it all, stating «The most surprising challenge -LCB- about becoming an entrepreneur -RCB- is balancing all of the work and family life....

One of the most seriously troubling portions of the Synod Report is the omission from section 86 of the part of the paragraph from Familiaris Consortio 84, which states that the divorced and civilly divorced may not receive the Eucharist and balances an earlier portion of the same paragraph that calls for «discernment» about how the divorced and civilly «remarried» can participate in the Church.

Most religious writing about the environment, whether from traditional and mainstream religions or from some new consciousness, tends to treat nature as a steady «state paradise, a self «regulating harmony where balances temporarily upset are smoothly restored.

The local associations appeared to exert the greatest power and threat to congregational autonomy, so the Baptists gradually nullified the power of these groups, and thereby eliminated the most effective instrument for balancing the powers of the state and national conventions in their relations with the congregations.

The almond milk is very alkalising (most western diets are way to acid forming bringing our bodies PH level down below 7.0 which causes havoc on the body) drinking almond milk and eating lots of plant food helps balance that acid and bring the ph back to its prime alkaline state of 7.3.

Dr. Sloan has presented at a number of conferences dedicated to the promotion of natural childbirth in the United States and Canada, most recently at Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experiences and Interventions for Best Outcomes, organized by the Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health, in Vancouver, BC.

Excerpt:» [It's] not only about balancing a budget; it is also about making the wisest choice for state expenditures so our state dollars are maximized and are used in the most beneficial way.»

The Republican State Leadership Committee and its affiliated 501 (c)(4), the State Government Leadership Foundation, have made significant donations to New York political groups, including $ 10,000 to the Balance New York super PAC, most of whose funds in turn come from the Rent Stabilization Association PAC and the Neighborhood Preservation Political Action Fund.

In releasing his plan, Faso — who as a member of the Assembly cut spending and championed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — called it a smart way to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and align New York with most other states in the nation that don't pass their Medicaid expenses down to county taxpayers.

The state Democratic Committee, meanwhile, had a cash balance of $ 94,501, according to the party's most recent statement.

Balance New York, which has received most of its money from the D.C. - based Republican State Leadership Committee, has made $ 335,209 in expenditures since Monday.

Then - Governor George Pataki claimed most of the Empire conversion proceeds for state coffers, hiked taxes on health insurance, and used the money not just to balance the budget, but to increase pay and benefits for hospital and home - care workers.

The most significant change in partisan balance in the state Senate occurred after the 2000 redistricting process.

Gene Cilento of the state Department of Transportation said while the trucks may be a separate issue requiring additional consideration, he said the I - 81 project is a balancing act trying to benefit the most people while negatively impacting the fewest.

It is extremely difficult trying to balance a state budget at a time when the country as a whole is going through some of its most difficult economic hurdles in recent history.

As described in the state party's exquisitely detailed 41 - page selection plan, the slate will then be sorted by the delegates in each district who receive the most votes, alternating by gender down the list of top finishers to achieve male - female balance.

After four consecutive on - time balanced budgets, with 500,000 new jobs created and the most jobs in state history, New York's economy is on the move once again.»

«As the 2nd most conservative member of the New York State Assembly in rankings by the New York State Conservative Party and the # 1 Legislator in scoring by Unshackle Upstate, a New York reform organization, I know we need to slash federal spending, balance the budget, end the bailouts, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit and support repealing Obamacare.

Municipal finances - in Syracuse and most other cities - have fallen so far out of balance that no solution will be adequate without reform at the state level, Miner says.

Our sleep - wake cycle, or circadian rhythm, is the result of a complex balance between states of alertness and sleepiness regulated by a part of the brain called Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SNC); in puberty, shifts in our body clocks push optimal sleep later into the evening, making it extremely difficult for most teenagers to fall asleep before 11.00 pm.

The balance is impeccable — Vaitheeswaran generally lets the most forceful and effective exponents on different sides of the major issues state their case in their own words — but after ventilating the various positions he is not afraid to let the reader know where he comes out.

I think people make this way too complicated... If you are just to focus on a good balance between fats, carbs, and proteins, and make sure to eat only natural unprocessed organic foods (as close to their natural state as possible) instead of packaged, processed foods, a lot of the problems that most people have with cravings, a sweet tooth, overeating, blood sugar swings, etc all take care of themselves.

Therefore, instead of a balance of fed and fasted states, we spend most of our time in the insulin dominant state.

At the heart of her practice, Dr Molly most enjoys supporting women on the physical and emotional levels so they can move into a healthier state of being and balance.

Although Naturopath's are licensed to prescribe medications, most follow a «Therapeutic Order» which involves using therapeutic diet and lifestyle improvements along with other complimentary medicine modalities such as herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, and other low intervention therapeutics to help the body achieve a better state of balance.

We can most certainly consume foods that encourage a state of balance, increase healing and decrease inflammation, which is a by - product of hormonal imbalance.

So those two systems tend to be relatively more out of balance than most for most people, and of course most of the people that work with me are in the United States, I do have some folks in the international areas and on different continents, but this is very reflective of our society at large.

The Ofsted report states: «We will explore how we can attract more men into our workforce to create a more even gender balance, given that we have more women at most levels of our organisation.

The Smarter Balanced exams, meant to be taken online, are designed to measure how well students have mastered the Common Core standards in reading and math, which Washington and most states have agreed to use.

In most states, if a student scores a Level 2 (below standard) on their high school Smarter Balanced exam, they can be placed into a 12th grade transition course, developed in cooperation with K - 12 educators and higher education faculty.

Most of the 44 states that adopted the Core standards have divided into two consortia: Smarter Balanced (note the «d,» not the margarine) and PARCC.

While most state assessments test students» capacity for rote memorization and basic skills, PARCC and Smarter Balanced feature DOK level 3 and 4 questions that ask students to synthesize multiple Common Core skills and carry out intellectually rigorous tasks such as analysis, creation, and modification.

Most districts use Common Core for those subjects because they align with the Smarter Balanced test, which Wisconsin and 16 other states use to measure student progress on achieving the standards.

''... Plans for 2016 are still underway as the state talks with test makers and considers its options, but the testing turmoil most likely means that Michigan kids will end up taking three different tests in three years: the state's traditional MEAP in 2014, the Smarter Balanced - based M - Step in 2015 and a new, unknown M - Step in 2016...» read full article

After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one - quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.

Dr. Bloomquist has been a member of the Oregon State Assessment Advisory group since 2004 and has served on a number of state committees, including the most recent Oregon legislative work group around the implementation of the Smarter Balanced state assessState Assessment Advisory group since 2004 and has served on a number of state committees, including the most recent Oregon legislative work group around the implementation of the Smarter Balanced state assessstate committees, including the most recent Oregon legislative work group around the implementation of the Smarter Balanced state assessstate assessment.

When the Common Core standards were first adopted, the vision was that most states would adopt one of two sets of assessments: those developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium or those developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC.

It has had the nation's most venerable and strongest state law prohibiting racially segregated schooling and requiring racial balance in the schools whenever feasible.

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has provided its member states with most of the results from the spring's Common Core SBAC testing.

In most Smarter Balanced states, 90 percent of the scores are returned within two weeks.

In recent years Governor Dannel Malloy's appointees to the Connecticut State Board of Education have been among the most forceful proponents of the Common Core and the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing program.

(Most of the 44 Common Core - aligned states will begin using either the PARCC test or the Smarter Balanced test in the 2014 - 15 school year.)

The keys to accomplishing that, McQueen says, are the Common Core - aligned PARCC and Smarter Balanced standardized tests that most states will begin using next school year.

Beginning in the 2014 - 15 school year, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarted Balanced) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) will begin administering Common Core based assessments that will in most cases be replacing previously administered paper - pencil Scantron - based, state - required exams in over 40 states.

I attach a summary of our most recent proposal (see Attachment 6 — «PURE Proposal: Legislative Changes to Implement a Balanced State Assessment System for Illinois»).