Sentences with phrase «of common sense measures»

In the end, there are a lot of common sense measures you can take to get savings and discounts on your renters insurance.

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In the end, most of this is common sense with a little law thrown in for good measure.
On behalf of our 312 member companies, we will continue to work with New York legislators and lawmakers to develop common sense consumer protection measures to ensure that the millions of New Yorkers who play fantasy sports regularly can continue to enjoy the games they love.
Rather, they said the policy is an expression of «common - sense measures that would help prevent firearms from getting into the wrong hands.»
Shame I wasn't on the jury to add a measure of common sense to their feeble / incomplete interpretation of the law.
You would like to think that people would have some measure of compassion and common sense.
And this is the problem: the measures he proposes would and could only be enforced at the cost of massive violations of human rights, and by dismantling the fragile but promising structures of technological know - how, international law, trade, and communication by which we are building up a still - feeble sense of what it means to be a single humanity on a single globe, under God and responsible for a common world.
To start with, everybody who's thinking about riding scooters should respect certain simple and common sense safety measures that will go a long way in case of an unwanted situation.
A return to fault - based divorce is almost certainly out of the question as a political matter, but some plausible common - sense reforms could nonetheless inject a measure of sanity into our nation's divorce laws.
«We can not measure the influence that one artist or another has on the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sight of life...» ~ Charlotte Mason, Original Homeschooling Series, Volume 1, Home Education
Tucked within an Orwellian press release touting its efforts to «combat child obesity,» the Texas Department of Agriculture has made official its lifting of a decade - old ban on deep fat fryers in Texas schools, as well as rolling back other common sense school nutrition measures.
Some common signs include sensing fetal movement earlier in pregnancy, measuring larger for gestational age, rapid weight gain, extreme experience of common symptoms like morning sickness or fatigue.
Our common sense measure seeks to shine a much - needed light and, make no mistake, the only people to oppose us are those who are guilty of this political fraud.»
The package of common sense gun control measures put forward by NYLGVP, including my bill closing the bump stock loophole, will reaffirm New York as a leader in the fight against gun violence and save lives.
«Including e-cigarettes in New York's Clean Indoor Air Law is a common sense measure that will protect the health of our children and our hospitality workers,» said Julie Hart, New York Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
He calls the new rule a «common sense measure» that will «hopefully» give parents peace of mind.
Walsh — like others — pointed out that many of the additional recommendations in the report were common sense measures that could generate cost savings.
It is a common sense measure to restrict the campaign contributions of businesses doing business with the state.
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, whose credentials as a reformer will likely be debated in an approaching race to fill a Senate vacancy, said that «Cuomo's common sense reform proposals today include what I believe are essential measures to stem the tide of corruption in our state.»
«Anti-Semites, racists, and far - right conspiracy theorists have for years opposed common - sense gun control measures by invoking the name of Adolf Hitler.
«On multiple occasions, they have expressed their support for this common sense measure that could create thousands of jobs and raise hundreds of millions for schools and hospitals without raising taxes,» Rabinowitz said.
In addition to the overwhelming popularity of the common sense proposal, the measure continues to be broadly supported by New Yorkers from every part of the state and every ideological group.
«Dan Donovan has proposed a pension fund reform agenda, which calls for common sense measures to increase the integrity of the pension fund, prevent fraud and increase transparency.»
Cuomo, himself the owner of a Remington rifle, says the bills represent «common sense» measures in response to recent gun violence, including the Newtown, Connecticut shootings one month ago.
What's truly distasteful is that when Todd Kaminsky was running for the assembly, he pledged to block the passage of common sense legislation requiring equal pay for women unless a radical measure was first passed jeopardizing women's health by allowing non doctors to perform abortions,» his spokesman said.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Governor Cuomo, himself the owner of a Remington rifle, says the bills represent «common sense» measures in response to recent gun violence, including the Newton Connecticut shootings one month ago.
He accused those who voted «no» on this «common sense measure» of listening to the «special interests instead of the 100 mayors and 83 police chiefs and law enforcement organizations across New York State who supported it.»
«We look forward to working with Governor Cuomo to push a number of issues that are important to him but have been blocked by the Senate Republicans including raising the minimum wage, real campaign finance reform and passing common sense gun control measures like microstamping,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.
«I'm proud to announce that today, the House passed both of my common sense, bipartisan measures to bolster security and productivity at our nation's airports,» Katko, R - Camillus, said.
So hopefully, this common sense measure that everyone would benefit from, would be one of the highest priorities for this Congress.»
Common sense says the object is either wave - like or particle - like, independent of how we measure it.
Farmers are seeing the same trend in voluntary FDA and Agriculture Department standards called «good agricultural practices,» which include several common - sense measures such as hand - washing but can dock farms points if they sit within 2 miles of livestock.
Building on related studies in a number of field sites, we will develop and utilize a novel integration of several established remote - sensing methods to quantify behavior and biopsy sampling to measure stress hormone levels in three delphinid species that are common and frequently exposed to Navy mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) off California.
Therefore, most of what I can recommend involves common - sense measures you can take to ease your tiredness while your body is recovering:
It does mean that no matter which type of site you choose, you have to practice some common sense safety measures, such as not giving out any personal information and not assuming you know anything about the other person until you've been in contact for a long time.
What is so amazing is that such a simple common - sense approach is often far from the norm in many organizations when it comes to Learning and Development; not because of a lack of desire, but because tools and systems haven't made it easy to access and correlate data in order to measure.
However, common sense suggests that the weight assigned to ELL measures should vary based on the percentage of a school's students who are classified as ELL.
It's time that policy caught up to common sense and put proficiency - rates - as - school - measures out of their misery once and for all.
But whether the proposed changes are common - sense measures that would better and more reliably identify needy schools or attempts to duck accountability is largely in the eye of the beholder.
Fire safety, in my experience, is not a dark art and anyone with a modicum of common sense should be able to identify hazards and put in place appropriate measures to reduce risk from fire.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that school choice works, opponents of parental choice have increasingly stepped up their efforts to defeat these common - sense educational reform measures.
Legislators should support the passage of the Charter School Students with Special Needs Act, as well as other common - sense measures to expand how many students they are able to serve.
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Rockman et al conducted an evaluation to help Common Sense Media (CSM) review existing instruments and evaluation methodologies in the Parent Media Education program and to measure the outcomes of CSM's educational programs in terms of parent and teacher satisfaction and implementation.
That is driving, you know — pushing back on that kind of resistance and getting us back to the common sense, let's use suspension as a measure of last resort.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is reiterating his call for state lawmakers to pass a series of what he calls «common sense» gun control measures.
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Simple, common sense measures are in order, including the avoidance of contact with ill animals (and if your dog is ill, avoid contact with other dogs until your dog has fully recovered) and cleaning up after your pet passes stool.
Since many of the diseases on the above list are transmitted through contact with your cat's feces, several measures can be taken to ensure that you remain safe, and most involve simple hygiene and common sense.
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