Sentences with phrase «runoff as»

Particularly if you are going to continue to act as a trustee / attorney and apply under Exemption (h), you may want to consider purchasing the Increased Runoff as it can cover the work done as trustee after you retire.

Temperature directly influences mountain snow pack, which provides natural storage of precipitation during cold winter months until it melts and provides water in the form of runoff as temperatures warm.

Model studies show that land - use changes have a small effect on annual runoff as compared to climate change in the Rhine basin (Pfister et al., 2004), south - east Michigan (Barlage et al., 2002), Pennsylvania (Chang, 2003), and central Ethiopia (Legesse et al., 2003).

«We identified meltwater runoff as the major contributor to these ice fields» mass loss in recent years.

These shifts to wetter summers correspond with periods on enhanced continental runoff as expressed by the abundance of freshwater indicators such as the algae Pediastrum and the dinocyst taxon Bosedinia and areconsistent with enhanced hydrological cycling prior to, and during the PETM interval.The marked increase in WMMT and WMMP puts a new perspective on environ - 15 mental precursors to the injection of carbon during the PETM.

Freshwater flux from Greenland is composed of melt runoff from ice and tundra runoff as well as ice discharge («calving» of icebergs).

«The really clear thing is the importance of precision agriculture, in which agrochemicals are used as efficiently as possible, with as little runoff as possible.»

Specifically, they have found unnaturally high levels of antibiotic resistance genes in sediments where the river comes into contact with treated municipal wastewater effluent and farm irrigation runoff as it flows 126 miles from Rocky Mountain National Park through Fort Collins and across Colorado's eastern plain, home to some of the country's most densely packed livestock operations.

«Certainly, things have moved around, and I'm heading into the runoff as someone who's in a fight,» she said.

The presidential election in Liberia is set for a runoff as none of the candidates will be able to score 50 per...

Former four - term Gov. Edwin Edwards, a father of a 1 - year - old son at age 87, headed for a Dec. 6 runoff as a distinct long - shot to win a GOP - held seat.

Trump attendance at the private fundraiser for Handel is his first such endeavor for a congressional hopeful since he took office and confirmation that the GOP sees Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff as a barometer of the 2018 midterm elections.

Obama dubbed Sunday's presidential runoff as «very important» for the future of France but also to the entire world.

Not exact matches

MillerCoors is giving out about $ 700,000 to landowners in the Trinity River Basin that use strategies that reduce erosion and runoff, such as restoring native plants and rotating cattle grazing, according to Trinity Waters, a non-profit conservation group.

Gonzalez was on the ballot as a candidate for the 2016 Robstown Municipal Utility Board runoff election.

This means $ 800 billion to $ 1 trillion in excess Treasury debt in each of the next five years, as a result of Federal Reserve portfolio runoffs and the tax - cut package making its way through Congress, he says.

They harvest honey from a beehive, selling it as Bonton Honey, and they have a nifty aquaponics system that supports dozens of tilapia in a fifty - gallon drum and recycles the nutrient - rich runoff to fertilize trays of sprouting vegetables.

How has it come to pass that movements of young and politically active Catholics such as the Sens Commun were able to openly mobilize center - right voters to support the forthright Catholic Fillon against the self - described catholique agnostique Juppé during the primary runoff?

The state Republican Party has a week to certify the vote but Moore and his campaign are proceeding as if there will not be a runoff.

Although I've never had the issue myself, (I would describe the batter as creamy), my best recommendation to avoid the release of oil is to make sure that whatever nut butter you are working with has been fully stirred for complete integration of oil and ground nut (the oil naturally separates and if it is not completely mixed it remains that way and I suspect may runoff more easily in this state).

What this ancient salt has — all of the trace minerals nature intended — is just as important as what it doesn't have — the runoff, the radiation, the pollution and man - made compounds.

Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

«Better knowledge will also provide an understanding how pressures such as invasive species, polluted runoff and reduced vegetation cover affect the ongoing health of water - dependent ecosystems in the Basin.

Losses of N occur as a result of organic matter mineralization and release of NH4 and then NO3 that can be leached to groundwater or leave in surface runoff.

They fell apart a little bit as I loaded them into the baked pie crust, but not too much, and the finished pie had just the right amount of moisture without any liquid runoff.

Biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and severe impacts on ecosystem services — which refer to nature's support of wildlife habitat, crop pollination, soil health and other benefits — have not only accompanied conventional farming systems, but have often extended well beyond the boundaries of their fields, such as fertilizer runoff into rivers.

The potatoes had acted as sponges for god - knows - how - much salt runoff from that bird.

However, if the passer throws to No. 66 (and there is no one eligible in the area) and he drops it, the clock stops by illegal means (as No. 66 is ineligible)-- The offense will be penalized and the defense will have the option of a 10 - second runoff.

Mind you, that's just the rule as it pertains to injury timeouts, but it offers the general sentiment of the larger set of rules governing these runoffs.

Currently, BPA - contaminated water such as industrial waste or landfill runoff may or may not be treated before it's released into the environment or to wastewater treatment plants.

In contrast, single member districts systemically underrepresent diffuse, politically extreme ideological factions which are minorities almost everywhere which tends to moderate the political system as a whole (something that instant runoff voting also does).

Even so, some systems (such as winner - take - all) are more heavily impacted by tactical voting than others (such as instant - runoff).

The instant runoff system is considered a very good voting system when choosing between multiple options because it avoids the spoiler effect (e.g. two similar options stealing each other votes so a 3rd candidate who is actually less popular than them wins), doesn't discourage votes for options perceived as underdogs and leads to a compromise most people can agree to.

Let's try the instant runoff system, also known as alternative vote, transferable vote, ranked choice voting, or preferential voting

Note that fundraising driven by Daily Kos — which has been supporting progressive Democratic candidates at least since 2003 — played a big role in establishing Jon Ossoff as a credible candidate in the Georgia special election now headed to a runoff.

Instant - runoff voting (or AV as it's known in the UK) is precisely that; instead of having further runoff elections it's done instantly on the basis of collecting your preferences.

Republicans were served another reminder of President Donald Trump's unpopularity as Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly captured a House seat in a region that for decades has been a conservative stronghold, though he fell just short of the percent needed to avoid a runoff.

That means that each count after the first should be treated as a runoff, and thus be independent of the counts before it.

As a result of the primary, Reese and Tavio advanced to a primary runoff election.

The personal - injury lawyer has a smaller fundraising base, plans to eschew negative advertising during the runoff and is seen by operatives as too focused on his social conservatism in a district where fiscal conservatism is paramount.

Moser was viewed as an unelectable candidate but received a boost in fundraising after the intervention, and advanced to a May 22 runoff.

The pressure on New York City mayoral contender Bill Thompson to end his candidacy to avoid a divisive Democratic runoff is mounting as former supporters of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn announce their support for the frontrunner, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

But the gush of online money has slowed, and it didn't translate into long - term financial edge, as Fletcher entered the runoff with four times more campaign cash on hand than Moser.

STV is the system of choice of groups such as the Proportional Representation Society of Australia (which calls it quota - preferential proportional representation), [2] the Electoral Reform Society in the United Kingdom [3] and FairVote in the USA (which refers to both STV and instant - runoff voting as ranked - choice voting, [4] although there are other preferential voting methods that use ranked - choice ballots).

Conventional wisdom, Muzzio has said, is that, as the only black candidate in the race, Thompson has an automatic base of 25 to 30 percent, which at least guarantees that he makes it into a runoff.

In the race for Public Advocate, technically the President of the City Council, the refreshing Bill deBlasio, who bravely chose not to pursue a third term as Council Member, has led the field to the runoff against the wretched has - been Mark Green.

It's interesting that Schumer chose to use Cruz as an example, since he called the tea Party upstart senator's runoff victory «a disaster for (Senate Minority Leader) Mitch McConnell, the Republicans and America» last August.

The NYC Council has identified instant runoff voting — and the end of citywide runoff election — as one of several dozen budget and legislative priorities in Albany.

The system prevents what can be costly and labor - intensive runoff elections, such as the one held in the 2013 primary election for public advocate.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.