Sentences with phrase «said changes to the standards»

Lawmakers said changes to the standards will be dealt with in the state budget, due Monday, in order to pre-empt the coming round of testing set for next month.

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Fils - Aime says changes in the development process are helping to resolve that problem, but the company is still laser focused on not releasing a key title until it's one that has lived up to high internal quality standards.

The change, meant to address lingering concerns about pilot fatigue, has been welcomed by pilots» unions and others who say safety standards in Canada have fallen behind many other countries around the world.

Real estate closings are a «standard process,» he said, and it would be unusual for those details to change.

Restaurant Brands said it changed its accounting standards at the start of the year to reflect a change in the timing of franchise fee revenue and other items.

For example, despite requests for more plus - size clothing options, she says she would prefer to convince existing Fashioning Change brands to create a new line than accept products that don't meet the standards.

Amazon plans to keep the natural grocer's high standards, Whole Foods Chief Executive John Mackey said, adding, «They're not stupid enough to go change that.»

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

By today's standards, it's safe to say that none of these spaces was intentionally designed to increase innovation and creativity, yet somehow they became the perfect breeding ground for ideas that went on to change the world.

If the Fiduciary Standard is applied to brokers as well as financial advisors as has been discussed, there will for sure be lots of change, but to announce the death knell of the advice business is as ludicrous as saying there will no longer be a demand for teachers or doctors.

With roughly 2.9 million of the nation's workers employed through temporary agencies, the board said its previous joint employer standard had failed to keep pace with changes in the modern workplace.

The new Department of Labor fiduciary standard represents «the most dramatic regulatory change in a number of decades, suffice to say,» explained Scott Curtis, head of Raymond James» independent advisor channel, in an interview on Tuesday.

Given the «significant changes to retirement saving since the passage of ERISA,» the Coalition said, «it is entirely appropriate for the DOL to reevaluate the 40 year - old - rule defining the fiduciary standard for those financial professionals providing investment advice to retirement savers,» adding that the Coalition urges OMB to complete its review of the rule «in a timely fashion.»

«Given the significant changes to retirement saving since the passage of ERISA, it is entirely appropriate for the DOL to reevaluate the 40 - year - old rule defining the fiduciary standard for those financial professionals providing investment advice to retirement savers,» the FPC said in a statement.

Perdue made the comments a day after Trump hosted a meeting with Cabinet officials and senators to discuss potential changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard to help refiners who say they are struggling under the program.

They say the weakening changes were tailor made for polluters like Georgia Pacific, just as were earlier and failed efforts to reduce water quality standards on the Lower St. Johns.»

«A particularly strong factor in deciding to publish this new edition was driven by the continuous change in terms of the standards of practice required not only of agents and brokers, but also of lawyers, mortgage brokers, lenders, financial advisors, appraisers and other involved parties,» says Rumack.

He said gains to workers from a corporate rate cut would have a far greater impact on their living standards than the framework's proposed changes to the individual income tax code, such as doubling the size of the standard deduction.

A memo, obtained recently by CNN, says Mr. Trump intends to propose changes to the treaty on issues such as currency manipulation, lumber, country - of - origin labelling for meat as well as environmental and safety standards.

If someone can not further explain an answer without being accused of attempting to change their «wrong» answer (in your view) without admitting mistake then I guess you hold people to an impossibly high standard and as you say «one that you can not keep yourself.»

Even in gay loving relationships which by the way are a mere quarter of 1 percent of the US people are we giving in and changing the definition of marriage for all and allowing these who define marriage by their own rules and ways rather than saying you need to live up to this standard.

This explains why some large coffee companies have said that they would be 100 % fair trade in five years — not because they are changing their business practices, but because they managed to get the standards lowered.

Even though I. Kunik's products change from time to time, the company says it continues to strive for the same standards of quality, service and honesty that its founder handed down to its current leaders.

Chief certification officer Michael Baker, says the change would bring Australia into line with international organic standards, make Australian organic producers more competitive on the international market and give producers converting to organic a market to sell In Conversion produce.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Thing is, something needs to change, Wenger leaving or Kroenke leaving, if Wenger leaves and we finish lets say 10th than Kroenke will sell, and Usmanov would take over and re build whole team, so its a win win situation, this constant loop we witness every year is boring, predictible even by Wenger standards, what would you choose, every year same 4th place and Wenger, or new Manager and mabye disaster but ending with Usmanov take over and rebuilding team, i know what would i take.

«Youth football needs to establish a medical standard of care, and while it would be most desirable for such a standard to be established through culture change and «buy - in» from all stakeholders, sometimes a legislative remedy is necessary to effect change,» Rehberg said.

* Schools say tough to buy different portion sizes * Move follows complaints that rule left some students hungry * Change won't undermine overall healthier standards - advocates By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters)- U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.

When Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D - Fla., asked House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Robert Aderholt, R - Ala., during the markup whether the majority intended to change the nutrition standards permanently, Aderholt said, «Not in this bill.»

Sal Valenza of the West New York School District in New Jersey, which also serves primarily Latino students who overwhelmingly receive free and reduced lunch, has also had positive feedback from the students and administrators, and says changes to nutritional standards nationwide could have a big impact.

These have the effect of preventing any changes to a machine from its standard specification which, given the independence and individuality of owners, is an anathema to many motorcyclists say the BMF.

«You have to look at the overall effect of all of the changes if the standards, deductions are being increased, if there's other benefits from a simplification of taxes, if the alternative minimum tax is changed,» he said.

But green groups haven't hesitated to take aim at Trump online, with the Natural Resources Defense Council criticizing his recent move to rescind climate standards for federal infrastructure and the League of Conservation Voters praising Miami's Republican mayor, Tomás Regalado, for saying it is time to talk about climate change.

By Jesse McKinley ALBANY — For the second time in two weeks, New York State Department of Health officials sought to blame the Environmental Protection Agency for a contaminated water crisis in upstate New York, saying on Wednesday that they were confused and hamstrung by changing federal standards on perfluorooctanoic acid, a toxic chemical known as PFOA.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said that people were relying on Labour to tackle NHS waiting times and zero - hours contracts, and to get the deficit down in a fair way while delivering real change and rising living standards.

The bill, set up to raise standards, is said to be one of the most radical changes in education in 50 years.

«Two days of testing is a natural next step, as long as the assessments continue to cover the material needed to truly measure every student's strengths and challenges, and the changes are implemented carefully and with the input of educators and communities,» High Achievement New York, which advocates for higher standards, said in a statement.

The New York State Education Department has released its proposed changes to the controversial Common Core standards and wants the public to have its say on the proposal.

«These new standards will reduce pollution, further encourage the development of renewable resources and support this state's efforts to combat climate change,» the governor said in a statement.

The two say the change «lowers standards and will allow inexperienced and unqualified individuals to teach those children that are most in need - students of color, those who are economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.»

The legislation's supporters say the loss of the tax break will be offset by changes to tax rates and increases in the minimum standard deduction.

It called for responsibility for driving through changes to be clarified, said minimum quality standards based on clinical evidence are needed and suggested removing the secretary of state from the reconfiguration process to «depoliticise» it.

«The Governor has led the nation in combating climate change from banning fracking to one of the most aggressive clean energy standards in the country to closing down dangerous Indian Point to the single largest procurement of renewable energy in our nation's history and the first multi-state cap and trade system to lower carbon pollution,» said Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer.

The Cuomo administration issued a response to Nixon's comments, saying, «The Governor has led the nation in combating climate change from banning fracking to one of the most aggressive clean energy standards in the country.»

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he would consider «legislative changes» to address parents» concerns about the rigorous Common Core standards, on which New York schools started testing some students last April.

Summarizing changes during his tenure as supervisor, Mr. Schneiderman said Town Hall is in better shape than when he took office and that the town has a AAA rating from Moody's, in addition to Standard & Poor's, which it had before he became supervisor.

«It's important to emphasize that the changes in scores do not mean that schools have taught less or that students have learned less, but rather reflect this new standard, the Common Core adopted by 46 states because these standards represent the trajectory to college and career success,» King said, on a conference call.

Regent's Chancellor Emeritus Robert Bennett echoed King saying the state will continue to tweak the standards as necessary and advise the legislature about changes to the teacher evaluation law.

As for the changes to the teacher evaluation system, testing and standards, Elia said state education officials will continue their review and work with the Legislature to make changes accordingly.

He said if weak governance and weak teaching was not tackled, «just [by] changing the name badge we can't expect to get the same increase in standards.»