Sentences with phrase «policies measure against»

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The jury's still out on whether these measures have been a success or not, but for now, it appears as if banks are hedging against their own policies.

Relying upon further macroprudential policy tools to contain housing risks in a timely manner is set against the mixed success of such measures to date.

On trade policy, he wanted tougher measures against China but faced opposition from National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs COO.

Fighting the unholy black pall of islam, a fight that would be won with such a policy, should be the only thing that matters.For those that will not support such a measure, you are not soldiers against islam.

Every policy should be measured against that goal, and the technical expertise of the nation, indeed of the world, should be directed to that end.

In concrete fashion the document advances three values against which energy policies and technologies may be measured for their consistency with the goal of ecological justice: sustainability, equity and participation.

Never did his insight paralyze effort: it simply guarded against presumption and kept a measure of flexibility in policies.

Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

The European Commission says it will increase its $ 60m Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget by a further $ 30m to ease market difficulties expected as a result of Russian measures against some European agricultural products.

The Rainforest Alliance will impose disciplinary measures against anyone who threatens or retaliates against a person for making a Complaint in good faith pursuant to this policy or for participating in an investigation.

The changes in Nestlé policies and practices that have been achieved are attributable to pressure from the boycott and concerted work around the world on monitoring companies against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and working for legislation to enforce these measure.

The score is a measure of how the UK is performing against the implementation of key policies and programmes to support mothers who want to breastfeed and the healthcare professionals who help them.

In response to the Government's consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), the Chartered Institute of Building has called on the Government to provide greater clarity for Local Authorities to understand what «Green» credentials they are being measured against.

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

Mark - Viverito said that the City Council is currently in the process of developing a full response, but said that they are making sure to take measures to protect the city against Trump's policies.

During a fundraiser for Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer's Senate campaign, Cuomo went on the offensive against state Senate Republicans, blaming them for blocking policy measures favored by liberals and calling for their ouster after two key special elections later this month.

On Tuesday, Cuomo went on the offensive against state Senate Republicans, blaming them for blocking policy measures favored by liberals and calling for their ouster after two key special elections later this month.

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

Mr Brown also called for a repricing of risk, greater action from governments» fiscal policy and a renewed commitment against protectionist measures.

Dramas from elections past - like the way Michael Foot was nearly sacked as Leader half way through the 1983 campaign, like Kinnock and Hattersley endlessly contradicting each other over Labour's tax plans in 1987, like Kinnock «s «take to the hills» defence policy against a potential Soviet invasion, like the tax bombshell, like Maggie Thatcher's «I want the doctor I want, on the day I want» rant in 1987, like John Major unleashing the soap box in 1992, like Neil Hamilton and Martin Bell slugging it out on Knutsford Heath in 1997, like the Prescott punch of 2001 - seem more vivid than the more measured and choreographed procession of 2010.

When it was voted upon in 2010, I voted against this measure, and I have been fighting hard to eliminate this unfair policy since that time.

At the same time, these powers will not give the Scottish parliament the power to defend itself against Westminster austerity measures, and certainly not the full control over macroeconomic policy it would need to tackle poverty, inequality and other significant social policy challenges.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

Policy - makers have been charged with taking appropriate measures against the looming threat of climate change.

A periodically administered survey of the postdoc population can provide accurate information that would help policy - makers establish priorities and also set a baseline against which changes in science postdocs» conditions can be measured.

He cautioned that policy responses must be measured to guard against making it more difficult for those who legitimately suffer from acute or chronic plain to get access to treatment.

Myriad Genetics refused to speak about the case, as did the USPTO, both noting their policies against commenting on pending litigation measures.

Instead, the plan is to potentially house several individuals as an insurance policy against extinction until Mexico implements more stringent measures to protect the animal from dying in nets.

The policy reopens the door to international arms - control measures against space weapons, reversing the 2006 policy of George W....

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The ACCC also conducted a sweep of dating sites, looking for «misleading offers, unclear pricing policies or consumer contracts with unfair terms», along with what measures dating sites had in place to protect consumers against scammers — the results of which are due in a month or two.

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The SAT is valuable for two main reasons: 1) It provides colleges with a common standard against which to evaluate students who attend high schools with varying grading policies and levels of rigor, and 2) it partially predicts students» grades during their freshman year of college, a measure of how prepared they are for higher education.

Even though United Nations (UN) independent expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina had warned that the introduction of a second austerity package could constitute a serious violation against the Greeks» human rights, this did not stop the government from going forward (OHCHR, 2011) A massive wave of protests and riots full of anger and desperation erupted within the country condemning Papandreou's policies and the austerity measures.

Rather than detaching from or merely arguing against state accountability policies, Superintendent Wauters met with state leaders to talk about the importance of having state assessments and accountability measures aligned with the new state focus.

In the same year, a policy report from the Brookings Institute, Evaluating Teachers: The Important Role of Value - Added suggested that VAM should not be measured against an abstract ideal, but rather should be compared to other teacher evaluation methods to determine its potential usefulness.

The Programme for International Student Assessment tests run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development have been seen as driving education policy and stirring education ministers to measure themselves against international standards.

Few of the model policies above explicitly refer to graded lessons — although Ofsted's Inspection Handbook has criteria against which the quality of teaching overall will be judged and the DfE gives an example of lesson quality as an absolute performance measure.

Teacher unions and other education advocates who favor the bill have been stressing that the Protect Our Schools Act serves as a preemptive measure against school privatization, particularly since Drumpf and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both advocates of charters and vouchers, now guide federal policy.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

Like a traditional homeowners insurance policy, condo insurance can provide you with a measure of protection against liability expenses.

Preventive Lost Dog Measures The best insurance policy against losing your dog is to make sure the dog doesn't get loose.

Aggressively against recent German immigration policy and the euro zone as it is currently known, AfD is mostly about preserving traditional German culture through measures such as immediate deportation for failed asylum - seekers.

Donald Trump's presidency has climate scientists concerned about the implications for U.S. environmental policies, the worldwide effort to curb the impacts of climate change, and the ability of scientists to freely to continue their research, which can be insidiously undermined through funding cuts, gag orders, or punitive measures and retaliatory attacks against scientists who publicly discuss their research.

This policy document illustrates how well - designed climate risk insurance — when applied in conjunction with other disaster risk management measures and strategies — can protect people against climate shocks by acting as a safety net and buffer shortly after an extreme weather event.

This project will work to develop a robust analytical and policy basis for reforming producer subsidies, developing new supply - constraining measures, and engaging international regimes to overcome long - standing implicit biases against supply - side climate policies.

It seems that instead, the trend you describe - which is frankly pretty subtle - was used to help tip the policy balance against taking prudent measures to manage the reality of Australian weather.

Patrick Michaels helped The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition develop a set of «five guiding scientific principles» aimed at «offering federal and state government a yardstick against which to measure science in public policy.»

The European Union's addiction to the precautionary principle — which says in effect that the risks of new technologies must be measured against perfection, not against the risks of existing technologies — has caused many perverse policy decisions.