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The top 20 property insurers in Florida, as ranked by policy count, were served with 10,933 suits between Jan. 1 and March 31.

As Stephen Gordon often writes, in reality, economic policy has a larger impact on the quality and pay of jobs than on the raw head counts.

The Washington Post counts 37 high - level Trump aides or advisers who've resigned or been fired, including a chief of staff, multiple agency heads, and — importantly, given the administration's need to build a bench for its future — deputy directors of the National Economic Council, the National Security Council, and the Domestic Policy Council, as well as multiple deputy chiefs of staff.

Nevertheless, if I dare to criticize the president» on the policies, the passivity, the professorial condescension, the pea - eating lectures or on the general over-ratedness that I and many others counted, in 2008, as weaknesses rendering him unsuited to the Oval Office» my friend becomes «concerned» about me; my complaints «trouble» him in unspecified ways, but he no longer flings the cheap, easy and inaccurate epithet of «racist» my way, because he has learned that one can legitimately find Barack Obama underwhelming in the extreme, without any underlying motive.

As Blinder points out, some policies flunk on both counts.

If this policy tries to treat us equally by remembering that we each live out the life span, it still invites us to treat some of our days and years as if they counted for less than others, as if each moment were not lived before God.

Policy makers are calling on the food industry to reformulate products to adhere to the calorie count reduction, particularly in processed foods such as pizzas, ready meals, meat products and snacks.

It's most certain that the new policy is going to adversely affect American producers who already count mainland China as its key export market.

OT: My wishes: — Wenger to stop playing Mert ahead of Gab... this is a must — Wenger being ruthless and stop being stubbornness «big wish» — Wenger to change his transfer policy «big wish as well» — Not count on very injury prone players (Wilshere, Walcott, Ox, Welbeck), take them only as a bounce because they would never stay fit... It is a dilemma because they are all quality home grown players, so I can not say «get rid of them all» — Give our smart attacking players (Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil) what they need, a striker... that is a must — Strengthen the flank with another quality because all the sights now on Sanchez — Get rid of useless team players (Campbell, Flamini, yes they are useless) and replace them with better players (promote or buy good ones)-- Loan Chamber... 16M is too much to ruin

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

I am not counting the years from 2006 to 2012 as we had huge debt owing to new stadium.But in last five years we have not addressed the problems that we have and instead we have stuck with our policy of panic buying and then struggling to ship them out when they fail.

According to Peterson, NFL vice president of football operations Troy Vincent told the running back that his time on the list would count as «time served,» and that he wouldn't be subjected to the NFL's revamped domestic violence policy.

Let's keep that big picture in mind as we strive to take on the biggest political challenge of our (and possibly any) generation, because until enough people are aware of that, all the wonky policy detail about which «actions» are needed, will count for nothing.

Other policies can be highly local, for example, health coverage could easily be done on a state or even county level without an easy way for the policies to be circumvented - sure, people can move to a different state / county but what counts as a policy in this case is the obligation residents have to pay in to the system and what their benefits are from it, so moving from state to state would not subvert the policies, it just changes the number of people subject to these policies.

If, in a democratic system, every vote counted equally, everyone had an equal say as to how the country is run, then we the people would be able to participate and policies would develop to respond to all our diverse views.

Back in 2005, Tony Blair held a meeting with Tory MEPs in his role as holder of the Council presidency, during which he implored us to support his Government's policy because he couldn't count on his own party's representatives to do so.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said earlier this year that he could count on one hand the number of people who qualify as «agents of the city,» individuals who offer him policy advice but whose communications with City Hall are shielded from public view.

Does fairness count as a policy interest?

As a result we also share one simple aim — let's count the costs of the war on drugs and explore the alternatives, so we can base drug policy on evidence of what works.

And U.S. agencies should adopt standards for measuring, monitoring and verifying international forest activities that prevent double - counting and account for the potential for forest emissions to shift to other areas as a result of climate policy.

Another barrier is unclear journal policies: Does posting on a preprint server count as prior publication and therefore disqualify your manuscript from consideration by peer - reviewed journals?

The magnitudes of RPS requirements, and the definition of what counts as «renewable,» varies from state to state, but in most these policies have encouraged substantial investment in new energy forms.

With English - language learners as its special theme, Quality Counts 2009 for the first time details state policies to support this diverse group of students.

Can Trump be counted on as a rubber stamp for Congress on education policy?

However, to be democratic, it would be necessary, however, that the governance of these systems count on the active participation of the population and civil society organizations in formulating goals (performance standard) to be pursued, as well as in policy or decision rules seeking to correct deviations between what was planned and carried out.

Quality Counts 2010 is the 14th edition of Education Week's annual report card on American public education as viewed through the lens of the states» education policies and outcomes.

RttT and the waiver policies it engendered must therefore be counted as extraordinary political successes if only because they allowed the Obama administration to substitute its priorities for those of its predecessor.

The guidelines are unsurprisingly short on what could count as an important educational goal and what policies might be suitable alternatives.

Quality Counts 2011, the 15th edition of this annual report produced through the joint efforts of the Education Week newsroom and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, arrives at a time of continued fiscal anxiety and education policy ferment in the wake of what has been widely described as the «Great Recession» of 2007 - 09.

The important point about a finance lease is that it counts as borrowing — and the normal policy of the funding and regulatory agency is that academies should not be granted permission to borrow.

As a new political and policy era dawns in Washington, the status of the nation's schools remains stable, though still earning a grade of C from Quality Counts 2017, the 21st annual report card issued by the Education Week Research Center.

A growing consensus of research points to chronic absence — defined by the national policy group Attendance Counts as missing 10 percent of school or more — as one of the strongest and most often overlooked indicators of a student's risk of becoming disengaged, failing courses, and eventually dropping out of school.

States with particular high stakes policies tend to have higher discipline rates, defined as the unduplicated count of students removed from school by school personnel or hearing officers and students serving long - term suspensions.

It set clear baselines for what counted as persistently low - performing, set guidelines for family engagement around notification and then articulated a set of policy solutions to ensure dramatic action was taken.

I will engage in conversations with people all over the state involved in educational training, policy and support, and will count as an ally anyone who cares enough about schools to have an opinion.

The Fellowship began as a 17 - member group that met monthly to discuss wins and challenges in our classrooms and schools; now, we count more than 665 as members focused on several important issues: Directly supporting current and aspiring black male educators through recruitment and retention efforts; advocating (and agitating) for policies and practices that support and empower black men; and connecting and professionally developing black male educators through our convenings.

Science teachers need clarification on what counts as a «strong» and a «standard» pass in the combined science GCSE because they can not predict outcomes, policy experts have claimed...

These actions build upon requirements of earlier transportation authorizations, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA - LU), as well as administrative approaches through Executive Order (EO) 13604, Presidential Memoranda and the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) modernization efforts, and DOT initiatives (e.g. Every Day Counts, eNEPA, etc.).

We also have increased citizen participation on all fronts, including engaging the public on departmental policy and regulations and in local transportation decision - making through our Ladders of Opportunity efforts and initiatives such as the Every Place Counts challenge.

Not every life insurance policy type accumulates cash value that might count as an asset.

The cash value accumulates over time and earns tax - Only cash value life insurance policies will count as an asset in most cases.

If your life insurance policy states three different people as the owner, the insured, and the beneficiary, then the death benefit could count as a taxable gift.

Other than in terms of cash - type emergency funds (my general policy is to have enough cash to get home, however far from there I might be) I consider available credit + assets that can be liquidated reasonably quickly to count as emergency fund money.

Larger estates will oftentimes use an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust so the policy would not be counted as part of the gross estate.

It is also worth noting that some insurers have tightened their criteria and their cheapest policies now outline that you need to have been smoke - free for five years to count as a non-smoker.

Typically the decedent owns the life insurance policy on their own life and has the power to make changes to the policy which counts as an incident of ownership.

Many people forget about life insurance when calculating their assets, but depending on the type of life insurance and the value of the policy, it can count as an asset.

If the policy's face value is less than $ 1,500, then it won't count as an asset for Medicaid eligibility purposes.

Bonuses are not counted as covered income by most LTD policies.