Sentences with phrase «standard setting amounts»

To me, all this standard setting amounts to one thing: a more professional industry.

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In order to find out if you can or should deduct certain things from your taxes, remember this: 1 — You can take a deduction in two ways — a standard deduction, a set amount based on your filing status and itemized deductions, which...

Excess liability protection is usually in the form of combined single limits, which doesn't set aside a set amount for bodily injury or property damage that the standard auto policy does.

In the first place, no amount of prayer will take the place of right discernment of good and evil through standards set by the outlook of Jesus, of right calculation of the probable consequences of our acts, of right knowledge and judgment of the total situation in which our lives are set.

In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...

The Code lists the wording for allowed claims, sets out standards for manufacturing to be observed for each nutrient, and how much the actual nutrient content of the product may deviate from the labelled content (in percentage, ie beta - carotene must be within 80 — 150 % of the labelled amount).

• Salzburg's concession of just one goal in the group stage equalled another UEFA Europa League record, set by Standard Liège in 2011/12, although the seven goals they scored amounted to the lowest number registered by any of this season's 12 group winners.

However, Cooney added that even with the addition of a third gas station, the amount of emissions expected would not exceed air quality standards set by the state.

Researchers with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that any amount of ingestion of pesticide - laced lanolin by a newborn was unacceptable, and that standards and limits of pesticides shouldn't be arbitrarily set based on regulations used for food.

If I fucked up at work and my boss seriously went off on me, or if she told me I had to be separated from everyone else in the building for a while and told me where to go sit and that she would let me know when I could return and interact with other people, if she told me I had to accumulate a certain amount of «good» days or actions before I could get paid, if she had a certain set of rules and standards that applied to all the employees behavior but not to her own, and if she gave me the impression that she valued me as a human being only when I was following all the rules, I'm pretty sure I would tell her to go fuck herself.

To help the system deal with the increasing amount of people living longer the report suggests a set of universal standards the state guarantees to provide and a new payment system which will help more people die at home rather than in hospital.

Vanguard recalls that the House of Representatives, had on October 14 based on a motion promoted by Rep Solomon Ahwhinawi, PDP, Delta had set up the adhoc committee to probe contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of rail tracks, standard gauge, bridges, coaches, wagons and locomotives between 2010 and 2014 amounting to N1 trillion.

Next Steps Algae biofuels should benefit from recent changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, a set of regulations that require gasoline in the United States be blended with a certain amount of renewable fuel.

The Obama administration seems to agree, granting $ 786 million in 2009 for biofuels research and setting up the Biofuels Interagency Working Group to study how best to meet the renewable fuel standard mandated by Congress that will require increasing the amount of renewable fuels, such as ethanol, to 36 billion gallons by 2022.

In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.

If you start with a set of guidelines that set a standard for a healthy amount of time spent with the other person and engaging in other activities and soon find yourself breaking those guidelines and commitments, you might be laying the foundation for a codependent relationship.

-- Low Fat, Low Sodium, Light, or Reduced: While food labeled low fat (3 g of fat or less per serving) and / or low sodium (140 mg or less of sodium per serving) must meet a set standard to stamp this claim on packages, foods labeled as «reduced» or «light» simply has less than the original amount.

The glycemic index measures the effect on blood glucose of a given amount of carbohydrate from a particular food source, in comparison to the same amount of carbohydrate in white bread as the standard (set at 100).

FDA also noted that most people with celiac disease can tolerate foods with very small amounts of gluten, and the level is consistent with those set by other countries and international bodies that set food safety standards.

It's worth noting that the film takes a fair amount of time setting up this standard - issue «pompous but pathetic hero with delusions of grandeur» premise with all the standard - issue jokes that go with it.

«Sommersizing,» is the process all visual effects undergo in order meet the standards set by the director, and the huge amount of digital work in «Van Helsing» dominates the discussion between Sommers and co - producer / co-editor Bob Ducsay, making for a very narrow discussion.

The payments to commercial firms for standardized testing, standard setting, and accountability in year 2000 amounted to $ 234 million, less than 0.1 percent of K - 2 spending.

It's one thing if Congress goes along with such an approach — and if states are given a reasonable amount of time to demonstrate that their own standards are in fact set at a college - ready level.

School meals, which follow the nutritional standards set by the government are demonstrably better for children in the vast amount of cases in comparison to packed lunches that almost always miss nutritional targets.

But whatever you think about that issue, it is absolutely clear that states vary widely in the proficiency standards they set, i. e., the amount they expect a student to know before they deem the student proficient in that subject at a particular grade level.

[I] t's possible to set national goals and standards — even establish a national assessment program — and still leave a tremendous amount of flexibility for states and local school districts.»

The superintendent's HR office does most of the vetting and placing, but it is shackled by the contract, by state licensure practices (which may be set by an «independent» — and probably union and ed - school dominated — professional - standards board), by seniority rules that are probably enshrined in both contract and state law, and by uniform salary schedules that mean the new teacher (assuming similar «credentials») will be paid the same fixed amount whether the subject most needed at Lincoln is math or music.

However, using data to group and / or reteach content often presents challenges to high school content - area teachers, who are typically expected to accomplish a very set scope of standards in a very limited amount of time.

I'm specifically wondering if these amounts sound reasonable (about $ 455 to $ 600); if anyone has ideas on how to get a better price on the job; and whether with a standard set of tools (the kind that a very casual handyman would have) and whatever else could be rented or borrowed, we could do this ourselves and for cheaper.

Then again, the previous car didn't exactly set any new standards in quietness, as it was tuned for a certain amount of hush at freeway speed yet boomed, thrashed, and thumped whenever you asked anything else from it.

Certified pre-owned vehicles are held to a higher standard and must be within five recent model years and have less than a set amount of miles.

As in the standard «4WD» mode, the amount of torque sent to each wheel constantly varies depending on myriad factors, but in the Sport setting, much more is generally shoved to the those 285 - width Pirellis at the back during hard cornering.

Sport and S line models get lowered and stiffened suspension (although buyers can revert to the standard set - up before they take delivery at no extra cost), plus the steering is precise and well weighted, and there's a decent amount of grip.

So the lasting impact of the Acura NSX, beyond the handful of hundreds of buyers in the first year, is that it sets a standard other hot cars can aspire to: both for performance and for some amount of environmental concern.

Featured as standard, four - zone automatic air conditioning allows the driver, front passenger and rear passengers the ability to set the temperature, the amount and the distribution of air via the control unit on the climate control panel, individually for the right - and left - hand side of the car.

In the end who is anyone to say someone shouldn't publish if their book doesn't jump through some arbitrary set of standards and cost some arbitrary amount of money to be «properly whatevered».

Results are based on a standard repayment plan, where you pay a fixed amount every month for a set number of months, based on your loan term, the prepayment scenario you input above, and assumes:

Payments made under the Standard Repayment Plan for Direct Consolidation Loans would qualify for PSLF purposes only if the maximum repayment period was set at 10 years, and that would be the case only if the total amount of the consolidation loan and your other education loan debt was less than $ 7,500.

Standard deductions are often the easiest route to choose, because there is no need to make a calculation — the amount is already set and determined.

Excess liability protection is usually in the form of combined single limits, which doesn't set aside a set amount for bodily injury or property damage that the standard auto policy does.

The standard deduction is a set amount that the government allows you to subtract from your gross income to arrive at your AGI.

The Calculator gives you this precise number for your position size in standard lots, mini lots, micro lots, units or amount per pip - whichever setting you have chosen for each particular broker you work with.

The trustee sets the amount of payment by taking into account your total income, the standards issued by the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, and your personal and family situation.

This is especially true for individuals with surplus income, a threshold set by the government for the amount of income necessary for each household to maintain an acceptable standard of living.

Standard dollar deductibles require you to choose a set amount of money that must be paid before your insurer begins paying claims.

Reverse mortgages are different from standard or forward mortgages in that you don't apply for a set «loan amount», but you receive a benefit based on the HUD calculator and your specific circumstances as they relate to the program parameters.

The standard deduction is a flat amount set by the IRS for each filing status that you can deduct from your taxable income.

You can donate your car without itemizing, but you can't claim a deduction for your car and take the standard deduction, a set amount based on your filing status.

In particular, current Federal Housing Administration (FHA) underwriting standards set total debt at an amount not exceeding 43 percent of annual income, a standard that, as noted by a commenter, was adopted by the CFPB in recently published regulations, with housing debt comprising no more than 31 percent of that total income, leaving 12 percent for all other debt, including student loan debt, car loans, and all other consumer debt.

The government sets the standard deduction amount every year for each filing status.