"Until somebody ships a browser with better standards support, it's a moot point, " says Dave Wascha, product manager for the platforms marketing group.
The big question for ministers is this - how can they enforce better standards on new homes and how can they fix the poor insulation standards and heat loss from existing homes?
If Western consumers demand organic food among their imports, is that foisting an inappropriate standard upon growers in poor countries, or is it potentially helping to set better standards for farmers' health and welfare in the exporting country?
Students who are bored or inattentive or who put little effort to schoolwork are unlikely to benefit from better standards, curriculum, and instruction unless schools, teachers, and parents take steps to address their lack of motivation, the CEP papers conclude.
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They could also deny better living standards to hundreds of millions of people in the developing world.
Municipalities should adopt better accounting standards, dole out saner pensions and start rainy-day funds all of which might help in recessions yet to come.
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In the marketplace, even in politics, we recognize that competing interests in the long run produce a more fit economy and better livings standards, challenges in equitable distribution of benefits notwithstanding.
For the private sector it means better disclosure standards.
Ms. Raisanen, a groomer in Fairview Park, Ohio, helped found the Professional Cat Groomers Association of America in 2008 to establish better education standards for the animal specialists who trim, clip, style and fluff felines.
Not only is the population ageing as better medical standards help people to live longer, but the number of people over 60 years is expected to jump from 10% to 22% of the total worldwide by 2050, according to forecasts by the United Nations.
The results of these simulations make clear that given the choice between eliminating the state and local tax provisions solely for deficit reduction or doing so within the context of tax reform, the tax reform option produces the biggest bang for the economy, leading to more growth, higher wages, and better living standards for all Americans.
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With respect to the euro, which is now trading at a 14 month low vs. the U.S. Dollar, perhaps this is an opportunity for the euro to pare down some of its weaker country components and implement stricter debt and spending standards (or perhaps better enforce their existing standards).
But, he added, IE7 was better at respecting standards and IE8 is expected to go further.
Better vehicle emissions standards, reforestation and a developed carbon trading market would all help.
But since new entrants to the field will be better-educated, the standards of the profession will rise over time and consumers will get better care, she says.
Other standards were better, and more specifically attuned to the devices and services they served.
Supporters say Common Core prepares students for college and for global competition better than earlier state standards.
Now, even with stronger standards, better assessments, outstanding teachers, some schools will still be difficult to turn around.
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SEC's chief accountant, has conceded that not everyone thinks American standards are better.
Design for quality by creating better education programs, standards, and curriculum and exams, while leaving lesson plans up to teachers.
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Ministers say modernising Scotland's unique children's hearing system would lead to more consistent standards and better support for vulnerable young people.
The first measure is whether a state is committed to setting higher standards and better assessments that prepare our children to succeed in the 21st century.
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The report has made 10 recommendations, including robust psychiatric emergency plans, protocols and standards, better transport and escort arrangements, as well as the establishment of the Mental Health Network.
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"We need to see whether a new model of schooling, sharing across sectors, could help us achieve higher standards, better facilities and a better use of resources, " said Mr Hain.
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Just a few weeks ago, thanks to the hard work of so many of you, Lisa and I was able to announce new common-sense standards to better protect the air we breathe from mercury and other harmful air pollution.
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"The modest increase in the apprenticeship rate is unlikely to negatively affect apprenticeship recruitment and of much greater importance is the raising of apprenticeships standards, better information and advice to students and ensuring that apprenticeships are truly employer-led and employer-driven, " the EEF said.
One fast-growing grassroots organisation is Working America, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO which links union members and non-union workers to campaign for better jobs, higher standards in education and, above all, health-care reform. (Any progress on this front under the Obama administration will be claimed as a success by both AFL-CIO and the breakaway coalition led by Mr Stern.) Moreover, grassroots union activism in several swing states helped Mr Obama to victory.
Investors achieve returns by planting the seed capital that sprouts into new companies, better goods and rising living standards.
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Even better would be higher fuel standards for conventional cars.
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And I want to commend all of you for acting collectively through the National Governors Association to develop common academic standards that will better position our students for success.
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