Sentences with phrase «years mandated by»

It's just turned rancid and hardened to rock over the 2000 - 10000 years mandated by creationism....

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It solidified that mandate in June of this year by buying out FipkeCo's 10 % interests in the mine, bringing Dominion's stake to 90 % of Ekati's core and 68.8 % of the so - called «buffer zone» surrounding it.

By the end of this year the federal government must renew the BoC's mandate, which it does every five years.

Those looking to gain a hiring and retention advantage with generous paid personal leave programs are already light years ahead of companies that would simply abide by a federal mandate, says Lisa Horn, SHRM's director of congressional affairs.

In effect, the BCA set caps mandating that discretionary outlays rise a couple of points a year from a low baseline established by the deep cuts between 2011 and 2013.

Instead of viewing regulations like those mandated by OSHA as a nuisance (NAM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for years fought against implementation of the original OSHA legislation and continue to lobby against efforts to expand the legislation), Keller came to see them as a blueprint for improvement.

Solar power is on pace for the first time this year to contribute more new electricity to the grid than will any other form of energy — a feat driven more by economics than green mandates.

U.S. Senate Republicans» version of a tax cut bill will delay corporate rate cuts by one year to take effect in 2019, and will not include a repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate, Republican Senate Finance Committee member Bill Cassidy said ahead of the plan's release later on Thursday.

The U.S. and Papua New Guinea are the only countries among 185 nations and territories that hadn't imposed government - mandated laws requiring employers to pay mothers while on leave with their babies, according to a study released last year by the United Nations» International Labor Organization.

The group, known as Dilbit Committee, had been mandated by Congress last year to look at bitumen and spill risks and review pipeline safety regulations if necessary.

Only 15 percent knew that rates on government student loans are set by Congress, which has mandated that those rates be tied to yields on 10 - year Treasury notes.

(Reuters)- Solar power is on pace for the first time this year to contribute more new electricity to the grid than will any other form of energy — a feat driven more by economics than green mandates.

The bill permanently eliminates the individual mandate that penalizes people for not having health insurance, raising $ 338 billion over 10 years by causing about 13 million fewer people, according to the Congressional Budget Office, to enroll in Medicaid or private insurance.

An analysis by Fortune estimates that they have more than accomplished their simple but often difficult mandate to beat the S&P 500, the benchmark their pay is tied to over a three year period.

Beginning early next year, Morningstar will offer a way for broker - dealers to offload the fiduciary responsibility of managing 401 (k) plans, which is mandated by the DOL rule that starts to take effect in April.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

According to gold - demand trends in first quarter 2017, published by the World Gold Council, the mandate for the precious metal dropped at an annual pace of 18 percent to 1,034.5 tons in the first quarter of 2017, from 1,260 tons a year earlier.

The nationwide analysis, released Thursday by California's insurance exchange, said repeal of the Affordable Care Act's «individual mandate» to hold insurance is the main driver, jacking up rates by 7 percent to 15 percent in 2019 and up to 10 percent in the following two years, as younger and / or healthier people decide not to get coverage.

A study commissioned by Marketing Week last year found that 62 % of staff feel the biggest barrier to digital transformation is not having a leadership mandate.

The end of Yellen's mandate is near as the current Fed Chair is going to be replaced next year by Jerome Pow...

While the SEC is well passed the Congressionally mandated deadline of July for Title II, many in the industry are cautiously optimistic that we'll see action by the end of this year, or early next.

While the SEC is well pass their Congressionally mandated deadline of July — hmm, still trying to figure this one out — many in the industry are cautiously optimistic that we'll see action by the end of this year.

The religious freedom policy mandated by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act has now been in operation for fifteen years.

Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is well over halfway through its statutory four - year mandate, and the prime minister continues to cause controversy by imposing his contestable interpretation of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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

Northern Illinois» selection for last year's Orange Bowl, mandated by a rule meant to allow mid-major champions into the process but applied here to the detriment of four SEC teams in the final top 10, made the Huskies the lowest - ranked BCS at - large team ever.

The debate over whether helmets should be mandated in girl's lacrosse, which has been raging for several years, reached a new level of ferocity recently with the publication of a blistering piece in the New York Times reporting on the backlash generated by the controversial decision by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to mandate a soft form of headgear for everyone in a girls» lacrosse game beginning this spring season.

Contrary to what you may have been reading, however, the exercise by municipalities of the power of the permit to require private sports programs to comply with state - mandated concussion safety laws, or impose additional conditions beyond those required by state law, isn't an isolated or new phenomenon: it's been a growing trend for years.

A legal contract covering use of parkland for the fair was mandated last year by a master agreement between the city, state and Fair Authority.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

This year, NASCAR has mandated baseline cognitive testing for its drivers — a move applauded by some (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) and questioned by others (Brad Keselowski).

The need to ease up on mandates isn't lost on Cuomo's team, whose members point to a proposal by the governor - elect to put a two - year sunset, or expiration date, on mandates.

After the city's almost year - long refusal to contribute funding was finally resolved by the state legislature's mandate earlier this month, we can now finally take all of the aggressive steps outlined.»

The first mandate approved by the Assembly this year, dubbed the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2017, passed by a vote of 103 - 43 on January 17, just six days after it was proposed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The machines mandated by the federal HAVA law debuted last year as part of a pilot project in some select local races, but this is the first time they've been deployed statewide.

«To say the 87 - page report dropped late Tuesday by the New York State Mandate Relief Redesign Team was a disappointment would be like saying this year's Oscars were a little boring,» Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy wrote in a Post OpEd.

Otumfuo says elections in the country have over the years been characterized by chaos because police, who are mandated to maintain peace and order failed to apply sanctions against perpetrators of such violation.

«I have done one term in office, and part of that term was taken by court litigation; And even then we have executed our mandate satisfactorily and am certain that, Ghanaians will give me the second term to make eight years (8) as required by the constitution.»

«John Faso's idea would finally end the inequitable system — in place for 50 years since the Rockefeller Administration — which has county governments and the City of New York paying for a local share of Medicaid benefits mandated by Albany,» said William Cherry, Schoharie County Treasurer.

By securing 61.8 % of all votes cast, Corbyn has increased his mandate from last year's election, where he won by 59.5 By securing 61.8 % of all votes cast, Corbyn has increased his mandate from last year's election, where he won by 59.5 by 59.5 %.

He also rejected a plan advanced by NYRA's board and the state Legislature to put NYRA back in private hands, despite mandating such action almost four years ago.

«Our fiscal mandate is to achieve a cyclically - adjusted current balance by the end of the rolling five year forecast period — which is currently 2015 - 16.

Cuomo convened the mandate relief council in 2011, and during his first three years in office has helped localities by capturing cost increases in the Medicaid program and taking over its administration from counties, giving school districts more flexibility in how they set up bus transportation and imposing a less - generous pension plan for newly hired workers.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

If the proposal to mandate season shutdowns starting next year were truly meant to cripple Indian Point, it would represent the boldest assertion of political muscle by Cuomo in the service of that goal at least since his first year as governor, when his aides reportedly informed Entergy that the administration intended to work toward the plant's closure.

Cuomo made no mention of what localities have been pressing Albany to address for years: the rising number of unfunded services mandated by the state but paid for by local governments.

«We showed in an audit that it takes an average of 370 days, more than a year, to fix safety violations mandated by the Fire Department, Department of Buildings, and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,» said Stringer.

Aside from lowering the voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.

The annual comprehensive report from Cuomo's main economic development apparatus was mandated last year by the Legislature amid increased criticism of the governor's efforts to boost business across the state, especially in distressed upstate areas.