Sentences with phrase «not timed assessment»

First, let's note that the fidget spinner worksheet offers timed practice, not timed assessment, which Boaler mentions.

Not exact matches

«The FSB's initial assessment is that crypto - assets do not pose risks to global financial stability at this time,» board Chairman Mark Carney said in a letter on March 18.

The stakes are high for this assessment, not only because it will be a primary determinant of the timing of Federal Reserve policy tightening; the more one believes that current high long - term unemployment is cyclically (demand) driven rather than structurally (mismatch and demographic) driven, the more one believes workers can be brought back into employment through monetary (or other) stimulus.»

My assessment is that most of us don't think it's the time to fight.

Asked why the Congressman wasn't prepared to accept the intelligence community's assessment that Russia hacked and leaked the DNC emails, Grubbs replied: «Because over time he's learned that the intel community has not been completely reliable and that its «assessment» of the leaks was more of a subjective consensus than hard evidence.»

«Not having the time has forced me to make assessments and decisions at a higher view and move on them faster.»

Given the budget is inherently a financial document, specific details about immigration reform are unlikely to be in it, but it certainly would not hurt to see more financial resources allocated to speeding up the turnaround times on Labour Market Impact Assessments and other applications.

The Times reported the assessment teams concluded Iraqi troops had the ability to defend Baghdad but not necessarily to hold the entire city, particularly if faced with a major attack.

This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, or a guarantee of future results.

They get flooded with requests to take on inventions and don't have time to perform initial assessments on every product idea.

Yesterday, Reuters reported that a recent letter from the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) chairman, Mark Carney, to the G20 finance ministers and central bankers echoed Buch's sentiments: «The FSB initial assessment is that crypto - assets do not pose risks to global financial stability at this time.»

As the site noted in reference to the Green / Dunn petition, the authors wrote: «Absent a definitive commission statement identifying the essential elements, participants must attempt to discern what is lawful and what is problematic through assessments of enforcement orders, which are focused on a single entity at a time and may or may not be instructive.»

This material represents the portfolio manager's opinion and is an assessment of the market environment at a specific time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events or a guarantee of future results.

This material represents an assessment of the market environment at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, or a guarantee of future results.

Within the context of this broad strategic assessment, the Board judged at the time of the June meeting that the case for an easing was not sufficiently strong and, in the event, subsequent developments tended to weaken that case further, so that the cash rate was again held unchanged at the July and August meetings.

Time will tell whether this particular assessment stands true or not.

For comparison, a definite «discovery» would not be acceptable scientifically below a confidence levelof 5 σ, and so for the time being the CERN scientists are keen to downplay the results and look towards obtaining much more data in 2012 so as to make a more definitive assessment by the end of the year.

A balanced assessment of the work of Christopher Lasch will not be possible for some time.

In a thoughtful assessment of Berlin's achievement («A Dissent on Isaiah Berlin,» Commentary, February 1999), Norman Podhoretz has argued that, despite its important contribution in its time, Berlin's essay is at bottom intellectually unsatisfying: It does not propose a principled, but only a pragmatic, defense of pluralism, and it fails to grapple satisfactorily with a problem that Berlin notes but never seriously addresses — the problem of moral relativism.

The ACCC's assessment of Bega's proposal is not the first time it has weighed into the battle for WCB.

Sunderland boss Roy Keane has never been one to mince words; so when it came time to give his assessment of Arsenal's title chances this season, Gooners won't be happy with his response!

Honestly, assessment is that if OG isn't yet fit, Walcot is injury prone just a matter of time, and ox, we replaced wheelchair with well be back, it therefore means that we shall rely on midfielders.

Pretty meaningless assessment, other than begging the question if that's what it takes why haven't Stoke won the PL several times?

Sutton first savagely destroyed Cascarino stating that the flop striker's opinion didn't officially count just like his Tennents» Sixes triumph and then went on to further dish out a brutal assessment on Barton's time at Rangers labeling the latter as the worst signing in the Gers» history.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

Midwives are trained in guarding the normalcy of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, not disturbing it when all is well, knowing when to compassionately observe with loving support, and when and how to use holistic remedies, or medical intervention only when necessary as a last resort; they are also educated in prevention, assessment and treatment of complications, which most times can be managed simply and naturally, but sometimes involves consultation or referral to an obstetrician.

Although all new fathers, regardless of their youngest child's age, experienced a significant reduction in AM and / or PM T compared with nonfathers (Fig. 2 and Tables S5 and S6), fathers with newborns (1 mo old or less) at the time of follow - up hormone assessment showed significantly greater declines in AM (P = 0.023) and PM (P = 0.003) T compared with fathers whose youngest child was older than 1 y of age, which was not accounted for by reports of psychosocial stress, sleep quality, or involvement in caregiving (Tables S7 and S8).

The incidence of allergic disease, and not simply sensitization, must be assessed over time with clinical assessments, rather than the use of self - reported questionnaires.

At this time, FDA is not recommending that anyone discontinue using products that contain BPA while we continue our risk assessment process.

A couple of Occupational Therapists completed and published a research study that compared two groups of babies, one group spent 30 minutes minimum of tummy time per day and the other group did not, the tummy time group scored higher on developmental assessments, so perhaps 30 minutes in a good goal per day; most helpful if broken up into mini sessions throughout the day.

It is not the first time I have vocally opposed messages coming from The Alpha Parent and I agree with Amy West's assessment of TAP's «brand» of support.

They are frequently delayed due to missing pieces of paper, uncompleted assessments, omitted evidence and prisons not sending the right prisoner to the right court at the right time.

«I don't think we're going to find that it's an ideal situation, but at the same time, we need to see what's working and what's not, so we can make an honest assessment,» de Blasio told WNYC's Brian Lehrer last week.

The report shows the district experienced significant fiscal stress in 2013 - 14, but not for the last academic year in large part because of the timing of steps taken to finance the settlement of real estate tax assessment claims.

The next time I complete an ESA assessment form I may play them at their own game: State that I have one leg and see out of one eye, I will not bother to mention that I have another leg, or the fact that I see out of my other eye as well.

«In that debate and all the time since, the government has not only refused to publish any overall assessment of the impact of the policies on disabled people but it has also covered up what information it does hold,» he says.

Adjunct professors don't have time to meet with students or serve on committees, so more and more administrative, assessment and student support work, such as advising, gets put onto fewer and fewer people who are hired to teach full - time.

Impact assessments may not make for great sound bites or lurid tabloid headlines, but they do result in better policy, and at a time of severe cuts, there is a pressing need to ensure all public spending is as effective as possible.

«Too much time, energy and resources were spent in the past in my view, without a deliberate conscious assessment of the impact on jobs and whether or not we were spending wisely to improve the lives of the people, communities and businesses.

The changes made to the state's tests have made it difficult to compare student performance on the assessments over time — a fact that has not stopped the de Blasio administration from publicly celebrating rising scores.

Challenging tax assessments does not give a property owner the leeway to not pay taxes on time, Poloncarz said.

Three of them had not been published in full text at the time of the first assessment, and for another one, a more current analysis was available.

Franco believes that the new European legislation — which would require systematic evaluation of all research involving laboratory animals in all E.U. countries, with ethical considerations a big part of the assessment — makes now a good time «to assess what [researchers] think about using animals, what effect training can have not only about their knowledge of the three R's but also how it affects their attitudes.»

This did not reach statistical significance, in part, researchers believe, because follow - up time has been relatively short; 45 patients remain alive for further assessment.

People in this last group were nearly four times as likely to have died of cardiovascular disease and nearly three times as likely to have died from any cause as those who said they had not been distressed at any of the assessments.

If activists were to succeed in stopping TMT, it wouldn't be the first time: In 2002 a federal court blocked a NASA plan to build a half dozen 1.8 - meter telescopes on the mountain because it failed to do a comprehensive environmental assessment; NASA eventually abandoned the project.

Meanwhile, they argued that since the next version of the IPCC report won't be out until 2015, «the only available time frame for making scientific assessment of the mitigation efforts by all Parties is the post-2020 period.»

Then they used the stock assessments to not only calculate the overall fish populations, but also local fishing rates — how much of a fish population was being caught at a given time.