Sentences with phrase «numerical goals»

But that is exactly what he is doing with respect to energy, where we need objective numerical goals for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas reductions.
Setting numerical goals to remove discipline disparities doesn't get at the deeper issues.
While I think having specific numerical goals is helpful and necessary at times, when I'm setting blogging goals I would rather think about what it is I'm really looking for.
«Because it gives a quantifiable numerical goal, it's also good for people who find the term «eating in moderation» a little too vague,» adds Armul.
One is devised by Wall Street financiers and politicians who believe in rigidly defined numerical goals and return on investment; they blame lazy teachers and self - interested unions when test scores are low.
But, given the failure of decades of pledges and agreements aimed at curbing emissions, I suggested it was time to move away from a longstanding focus on numerical goals — such as 350 (parts per million of CO2), 80 percent (in emissions cuts) by 2050, a 2 - degree limit on warming — and toward the goal of maximizing the suite of traits I described in those eight words.
Thanks for visiting Dot Earth today and I hope you'll sift back for posts on enduring issues and concepts like the «population cluster bombs» that are the real peril from high fertility rates; evidence that humanity's amazing, sometimes - exasperating diversity is perhaps our species» most adaptive trait; and the idea that when numerical goals seem out of reach, there's much that can be accomplished by fostering traits in society that guarantee some progress.
Seeing the Whole Child also provides rankings for each indicator, suggests numerical goals to help bring Vermont to the number one spot, and makes policy recommendations for achieving this.
He said there would be more employment audits and investigations, though there is no numerical goal.
Some of Deming's points were revolutionary (e.g., to cultivate a single supplier for a resource, to eliminate management by objectives, numerical goals, and annual reviews of employees) while others have been adopted, albeit not always in the spirit in which Deming proposed them (e.g., team approaches, continuous improvement).
Having a numerical goal takes account of the importance of inflation expectations, and seeks to provide an anchoring point for them — which is a critical function of any monetary policy regime.
Such inducements may or may not, under the given circumstances, be successful in changing national fertility patterns, or in bringing birth trends more nearly into consonance with the numerical goals targeted by government planners.
We want to make sure we preserve the good that's in the agreement, so that every teacher can at least have a shot at a process that's designed to help them approve, as opposed to numerical goals that might not relate to strengths and weaknesses.»
The community's focus should be on saving as many lives as possible through positive outcomes (adoption, transfer to rescue groups, etc.), not solely on reducing the killing to achieve a numerical goal
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