Sentences with phrase «on standards for»

The threshold for quality for lawyers is malpractice, based mainly on standards for competence and negligence.
«on standards for the qualification of third - country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted.»
on standards for legislation and opinion metadata lately, I was surprised to bump into a side - issue, «side» at least in this context, on whether the US Bluebook can have copyright in its citation styles.
Robin Cover, Director of Information Services at OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), has released version 2 of his annotated bibliography on standards for legal citation.
The bottleneck in that multi-player universe is deciding on the standards for the multi-player universe and developing the tools needed for world - building and iterating on them.
Mr Duncan criticised budget cuts for education and the lack of attention on standards for the majority of pupils in US state schools.
Common Core began taking shape in April 2009, when the NGA and the CCSSO collaborated to create the Common Core State Standards (CCSS, not to be confused with the CCSSO), and, in June 2009, work groups and feedback groups comprising educators and researchers were created to begin working on standards for mathematics and ELA.
When grounded in agreed - on standards for teaching — such as the recently revised Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) Model Core Teaching Standards — and developed in ways that overcome the challenges cited, evaluation can be an effective lever for state and local policy.
It focuses mostly on standards for accountability and transparency, and vastly increases the amount of information states will be required to share in annual «school report cards,» which will give parents better data on school performance and help guide where federal education money is most needed.
I think actually the problems that we have with issues of civility and bullying on social media platforms flow from the fact that we're doing insufficient in - person work on the standards for healthy bridging interactions.
Currently, the state has tests that are based on its standards for reading in grades 4, 6, and 9 and on its math standards in grades 5 and 8.
In addition, the Common Core Standards include significant attention to language development for the overall school population, with a section focused exclusively on standards for EL learners.
The first path toward interoperability evolves when industry leaders meet to agree on standards for new technologies.
She set up her business precisely to help schools improve by raising teaching standards and therefore welcomes the recent DfE guidance on standards for teachers» professional development.
The FDA is finally getting in on standards for the labeling of foods that are gluten - free, but oftentimes a lot of foods that DO have gluten aren't properly labeled as such.
And in the end, it is to be hoped, sequence data accompanied by agreed - on standards for metadata will mean the same thing to everyone who wants to use it.
The present version of the guidelines is not the last word on standards for openness in science, according to the report.
Visit the asthma & allergy friendly ® Certification Program site for more details on the standards for each product type.
As a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.
As a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, I had the privilege of voting on a proposed helmet standard, in this case a new standard developed for headgear in women's lacrosse.
But I really enjoyed this, which is either a comment on my standards for beer or desire to be able to grow facial hair.
This is one of our most difficult tasks because not everyone agrees on the standards for evaluation.
«Eventually, the tech industry will likely need to embrace some sort of standards if voice is going to become ubiquitous, just as we had to settle on standards for the Web,» Tom Mainelli, an analyst at IDC, says.
Many companies are working on standards for household automation and it's an almost bewildering melee.
It's the same 5 - Megapixel rear - facing camera as the Note 10.1 minus the LED Flash but it seems like Samsung can't decide on a standard for the front - facing camera dropping from 1.9 on the biggest Note to 1.3 Megapixel.
The other aspect that was addressed is sorting out the publishing companies with their ambiguous copyright on digital ownership and agreeing on a standard for ebooks.
It's been over two years, but the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) seems like it's about to agree on a standard for charging electric cars and plug - in hybrids.
Automakers are expected to vote this week on a standard for cables and plugs that will be used to charge plug - in hybrid and electric cars.
The Society of Automotive Engineers plans to vote on a standard for equipment to charge plug - in hybrid and all - electric cars this week, a move that would make it easier for consumers to refuel cars.
It can make sense to insist on the Standard for some purposes, as does the Canada Revenue Agency for the maintenance of scanned business records for excise tax purposes.
17 As a result of this asymmetry, the court that makes the most authoritative pronouncements on the standard for granting summary judgment — the Court of Appeal — tends to do so in cases where the motions court has denied the complainant her day in court.
«Approximately 8 million people across the country depend on The Standard for financial products and services to help them confidently pursue their dreams.
The developer who created the core technology behind thousands of initial coin offerings is now focusing on a standard for identity.

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Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).
Single - design displays are still the standard for many event promotions and on table tops at eateries.
Compared with standard commercial loan products, the underwriting examines cash flow closely as a basis for approvals and decisions on loan rates.
It's all based on my plan to build a computerized vehicle valuation platform, as well as a national network, which quickly became the de facto standard for the entire insurance industry.
PR professionals appear to be divided on the validity of the standard release, though it remains an excellent tool for making first - time contact with media professionals on newsworthy topics.
WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans.
The company did not mention the price on either new plan, but $ 9.99 per month has become the industry standard for the full on - demand experience.
Many of those companies rely on middle - and low - income shoppers for the bulk of their sales, and changes to individual taxes — such as doubling the standard deduction — will increase discretionary income.
And yes, the shimmery, glimmery cranberry sauce I crave each November for precisely two meals a year — Thanksgiving dinner and the ritual post-Thanksgiving 10 p.m. white bread - turkey - cranberry sandwich — is composed of things that are almost surely antithetical to human health: Two of the four ingredients on most of the cans I've seen are high - fructose corn syrup and (plain old standard) corn syrup.
SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, representatives of 25 countries met in Tokyo to work on setting international standards for the blockchain, the technology that was introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin and has ignited intense interest in corporate and government circles.
Jersey Standard photographers cover certain routine assignments such as official dinners and tanker launchings, but for the most part they work on «picture essays» — a detailed coverage of the Gloucester fishing fleet, for example, or lumbering in the Northwest, or river transportation.
For gifts, a standard plaque that hangs on a wall or crystal that collects dust in the china cabinet is not ideal.
Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association says the effort to get more big - ticket listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange by allowing dual - class shares has more cons than pros and could set a standard for other countries.
The controversial British commentator has been on a commercial speaking tour in Australia, and it's standard procedure for police to bill organisers at commercial events, where their presence is required, from pop concerts to sporting events.
Technically, we calculated z - scores for each state on each measure, which rescales each variable based on its average and standard deviation.
Apple is doubling down in wireless charging technology, through the all - glass backs on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Through third - party accessories that support the Qi charging standard and their own AirPower mat accessory, users will now be able to charge their iPhone, Apple Watch Series 3, and AirPods without plugging in individual cables — a challenge many users have been hoping for a solution to for a long time.
It may seem like the standard recipe for professional success depends on long hours in the office and little time away from your phone and emails.
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