split-half method | split-test method

split-half method [ split-halves method | split half method | split test method ]

fifty-fifty draw | 50/50 draw | 50-50 draw

time and a half

half width

half-and-half

One of the most important goals is to increase investment in human resources, to halve the number of 18 to 24 year olds with only lower-secondary level education who are not in further education and training by 2010, to turn schools and training centres - all linked to the Internet - into open learning centres, to provide support to each and every population group and to use the most appropriate methods to define new basic skills.

Whereas on average at least one third of food produced is wasted, and nearly half in some sectors, and whereas one of the most effective ways of meeting this anticipated demand, while not depleting scarce resources, is by harnessing technological solutions to increase production, improve the means of distribution and tackle food waste.

I. whereas the FV regime is part of the CAP and seeks, among other objectives, to restore balance in the food chain, promote FV, boost competitiveness and support innovation; whereas membership of producer organisations (POs) should be increased, including in those regions in which no operational funds have been available for some years and/or production methods are outdated, by making the system more attractive, in view of the fact that more than half of all EU growers still do not belong to a PO despite the Commission’s objective of an average rate of 60 % PO membership by 2013; whereas the low rate of organisation in some Member St ...[+++]ates has been partly caused by the suspension of POs, which creates uncertainty among producers; whereas, given that POs play a key role in enhancing the negotiating power of FV organisations, it is essential to prevent uncertainty among producers by clarifying European legislation on the recognition of POs;

L. whereas extortion, racketeering and usury are among the ways in which organised criminals infiltrate the legal economy, severely distorting any form of free market and curtailing the rights of citizens, entrepreneurs, workers and professionals; whereas, as was shown by the 2008 Commission-funded Transcrime study entitled ‘Study on Extortion Racketeering: the Need for an Instrument to Combat Activities of Organised Crime’, this phenomenon is assuming alarming proportions in at least half of the EU Member States and exists on a significant scale in the other half; whereas the spread of extortion racketeering stands in a direct relati ...[+++]onship to the extent of the control of a country and its economic/business and political activities exercised by organised criminals; whereas the first essential steps to take to combat extortion racketeering effectively are to encourage victims to report offences and to ensure that official authorities maintain a strong presence;