Sentences with phrase «time measures rather»

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Currently the global steel industry is facing difficult times and over capacity, and countries need to work together to address the problem rather than resorting to protectionist measures, the Ministry statement said.

Success is measured not by how much time everyone spends in the office, but rather by «have I achieved my goals?»

Betting among veteran observers from banks and think tanks is that he will lean this time toward selective tax breaks and other measures designed to encourage companies to hire and invest, rather than another big round of direct spending.

Declines in this measure have presaged recession half of the time and uniformly been followed by rate reductions rather than rate increases.

Portugal now treats drug users as individuals who need care, rather than as criminals, Costa said — a measure that involved bolstering the country's health care system to offer treatment alternatives, rather than jail time, and which has earned plaudits from the United Nations.

Rather, at this time in history when many Jews are recognizing Jesus as their messiah, the Church should make room for them, remember her own Jewish heritage, and reach out in friendship to all Jews in hope of the messiah's «recognition by «all Israel»» and the day when «the people of God [will] achieve «the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ»» (CCC 674, Eph.

It is the first time the boy speaks of what he needs rather than of what he wants, suggesting that he has arrived at a measure of wisdom.

Through Lean manufacturing techniques, molds are easy to access and removal and installation times are measured in minutes, rather than hours.

The first pass through the machine yielded a quantity of juice but the pulp had rather large pieces of flesh, so I ran the pulp through a second time before measuring either the juice or the pulp.

I usually try out only half the a recipe if I'm making it for the first time and rather than measure out half an egg I just use a flax slurry egg replacer.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

It could be that in modern times the idea of player loyalty is no longer a reliable measure of the new generstion of footballer rather they have delusions of grandeur and are inclined toward being shamelessly mercenary regardless of any goodwill shown by their managers.

Maybe you function best in a world organized by measured amounts and exact times rather than emotional cues or gut instincts.

But time and time again, the suggestion of a bottom - up structure that focuses on specific policies and measures rather than overarching targets has been rejected.

David Cameron has belatedly realised that Michael Gove's ideological drive is no substitute for measured, pragmatic reform of the education system.Time after time he has chased newspaper headlines rather than engage with teachers.

It seems rather like those Council who spend their time persecuting greengrocers caught using imperial measures.

Rather than outline performance measures and other achievements — which we are eager to do at any time — please let me share just a few of these testimonials from real people whose lives are better because Erie County funds a Library System that makes a genuine difference to them and to their families:

Lehto's detailed chronology of «individual lift devices» is on the dry side, but you learn the sober truth about why these machines never took off: Flight times were measured in seconds rather than minutes; the devices often cost as much as a luxury car; and there was no elegant solution for a malfunctioning jetpack in midair.

It is no secret that human biology and education measure time in different ways; however, «our ability to function optimally [and learn], varies with biological time rather than conventional social times», explain the team leading the research.

One adaptation to this fortunate reality is that rather than using overall survival (OS) as the measure of a drug's success, many clinical trials now use a kind of midpoint, namely progression - free survival (PFS)-- the time that it takes for a tumor controlled by the trial's medicine to restart its growth.

This condition maintains that any real observer can only measure positive rather than negative energy, ruling out the types of theoretical time machines that involve travelling through black holes held open by exotic material with negative energy.

Large parts of the world have problems with salt causing agricultural land to be unusable, but the new sensors allow the level of salt to be measured in real time, rather than once every few months as was previously the case.

In the not - too - distant future broadband speeds will be measured in gigabits per second rather than megabits per second, the former being 1,000 times faster than the latter.

It's easy to forget that as we race through our busy days, measuring time with digital clocks rather than the achingly slow beat of rock.

«Rather than focusing on readmissions, preventable or otherwise, time may be better spent in developing quality measures of complex disease management across a patient's continuum of care,» they write.

The study showed that measuring MRD just twice during remission induction therapy — at day 19 and day 46 — rather than multiple times during the more than two years of treatment was sufficient to guide treatment of most pediatric ALL patients.

One of the strengths of the new study is that it directly measured sleep, rather than relying on a person's estimate of their sleep time.

And busy doctors may resort to the scale rather than take the time to use a tape measure correctly, Dr. Michos says.

By prioritizing strength gains as a measure of progress and applying the proper deload and intensity programs, you'll guarantee yourself PRs rather than just hoping to get stronger over time.

Black, purple, and red rice and their pigment compounds have been found in a variety of antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-heart disease, anti-diabetes, and anti-allergy activities, but these are all studies done in a lab; we don't yet have clinical studies, but they have everything that brown rice has, plus five times more antioxidants and all these extra goodies; so, that's why I cook red, black, or purple, or rather my rice cooker does, always with a handful of lentils or split peas thrown in for good measure.

But because today's education system was modeled after a factory, time rather than learning is the primary unit of measure.

Removing seat time from state regulations certainly stands to open up more opportunities for students to move at their own pace, and for educators to measure progress in terms of authentic learning rather than hours and minutes.

A shift to a focus on measuring outcomes will open the licensure process to high - quality alternative pathways into teaching and encourage innovation among higher education providers who wish to compete on cost and quality rather than on traditional curriculum and seat - time requirements.

Innovations in scheduling — be it tools or pedagogical approaches — will be one way that more schools can organize time around competency rather than around cohort - based courses measured in credit hours.

WGU pioneered competency - based education, which measures learning rather than time spent in class.

The report goes on to explain that the new budget uses borrowing, one - time revenues, and fund transfers to close budget deficits and cover operating expenses and reports that, «By relying on these measures, rather than recurring revenues to close the state's budget gap... state policymakers have opened up a larger revenue hole in future budget years.»

The most important characteristic of competency - based education is that it measures learning rather than time.

Measure student learning rather than time.

To cater to these students, the system is transforming to measure what students know and are able to do rather than how much time they spend in class.

With $ 360 million in additional Race to the Top money, it is backing work by states to design new testing systems that it says will measure student growth — rather than capture a snapshot of achievement — supply real - time feedback to teachers to guide instruction, and include performance - based items to gauge more types of learning.

Western Governors University was chartered in 1996 to use competencies rather than seat time as the measure of outcomes.

One statute requires that only reverse seniority to be considered in times of layoffs, rather that measures of teacher effectiveness that depend on student test scores.

Standardized tests like the Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence (SAGE) are ill equipped to measure students» knowledge, talent, and skills and often take a «snapshot» of students rather than measure learning over time.

For example, in order to address concerns about the fairness of using student test scores to evaluate teachers, Hillsborough County Public Schools, in Tampa, Florida, decided early on to focus on the growth in test scores between two points in time rather than a static achievement measure captured only once a year.

At the same time, we support a testing regime that measures wealth rather than providing a rich kaleidoscope of experience and knowledge to all.

I have wondered for a long time why the Shadow Stock Portfolio's compound annual average return is measured against the VTSMX, rather than the NAESX and the DFSCX like you do when reporting monthly and YTD performance?

Bosses in office environments might consider partially blocking Internet access to cut down on «time theft,» but another, less morale - deflating option is to focus on measuring what workers get done, rather than trying to monitor their every keystroke.

The program represents the idea that time shouldn't be measured in minutes, hours, days or even years... but rather moments - special moments that are shared between an owner and their dog.

If you pick a breed that's prone to packing on pounds, you'll need to limit treats, make sure he gets enough exercise, and measure out his daily kibble in regular meals rather than leaving food out all the time.

Keep your Standard Schnauzer in good shape by measuring his food and feeding him twice a day rather than leaving food out all the time.