At shift change, they introduced our next midwife.
I had a job on my hands explaining this to staff
at every shift change on the six different wards that I visited.
Workers leave Oscar Mayer's headquarters and plant
at the shift change Wednesday after hearing that parent company Kraft Heinz will close Madison operations by early 2017.
Not exact matches
While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into
changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude
shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.
When the pressure's on in the workplace, the Alignment Express can go off the rails: shrinking budgets, org
changes, and
shifting strategies force teams to do whatever it takes to keep trains on time... often
at the expense of culture and values.
Many factors mean that Japan is
changing in a structural way and this is not a short term
shift,» said John Vail, chief global strategist
at Nikko Asset Management.
«Our customers have told us that Twitter helps them uncover early trends, breaking news, and sentiment
shifts, which may be indicative of
changing market conditions,» said Ben Macdonald, Global Head of Product
at Bloomberg, in a statement..
It does mean that entrepreneurs have to look
at a
shifting landscape that could
change the way they create and grow companies.
Barring that, the Star paywall will likely act like paywalls before it: as a significant but not transformational
shift, the kind of thing that makes a lot of noise, but in the end doesn't
change very much
at all.
In his book The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future, Laurence Smith, a professor of geography and earth and space sciences
at UCLA, argues that we're about to see a productivity and culture boom in the north, driven by climate
change,
shifting demographics, globalization and the hunt for natural resources.
I think probably the important thing that we see that is
changing,
shifting at a very dynamic rate is that consumers no longer want to be talked to by companies that make products, that they actually want to have a dialogue with consumers.
«The
change is indicative of a culture
shift,» says Ned Staebler, vice president for economic development
at Wayne State University.
At the same time, the rate of self - employment has barely budged so it seems clear that much of this big
shift has been tax - motivated rather than reflecting
changes in actual economic activity.
If you look
at examples like RIM / BlackBerry though, which resisted the
shift toward smartphone apps, you can see that unwillingness to
change can be a costly mistake.
On the downside, hitting the
shift key doesn't
change the letters
at all — they're in a permanently capped state, which frequently threw me off.
We do not expect the
changes at the oil ministry or Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (SAMA) to herald any
shift in the Kingdom's long standing FX regime or its stance on oil supply.
A key component of the package is a requirement that fast food restaurants schedule their workers
at least two weeks in advance or pay extra for
shift changes.
Fun Fact: Spear and Hasson sold the first 1,000 sets of scrubs out of their car outside of Cedars Sinai hospital during the
shift change at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
That is
changing, and helping fuel this
shift at the top.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated
shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or
at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to
changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
Buxton says the study's results point to a need for a culture
shift in organizations toward a provision for greater flexibility and a
change in mentality from a focus on congratulating those who burn the candle
at both ends to an appreciation of the benefits of sleep.
It recognizes that people are prone to stress whenever they experience
shifts in routines, relationships and roles, and
changes that can happen
at home,
at work and
at school.
However,
at nearly 63 times current earnings - a whopping p / e ratio, to be sure - even if the firm were to grow its profit to the level of Berkshire - $ 8.5 billion - it would still lack the liquid assets and marketable securities the house that Warren Buffett built has, and it would not have a diversified income stream, making it far more vulnerable to
changes in the competitive landscape; a major concern when you contemplate that Google operates in an industry where dramatic
shifts consumer behavior can happen overnight.
As I said
at last year's Forum, the emergence of Asia as a major force in the global economy has
shifted world relative prices and this underlies many of the
changes that are occurring in the Australian economy.
«That's a key
change from the past seven years, when weakness in
at least one major region offset strength elsewhere and created fragility that made the global economy more sensitive to
shifts in growth
at the margins.»
In his keynote
at Modern Customer Experience, Shashi Seth, SVP of Oracle Marketing Cloud, said that
shift to revenue goals reflects the
changed world we live in — a cord - cut world where users spend more time on technology, more time in their social spaces, more time seeking instant gratification.
While Trump could initiate some
changes to the visa program with executive action, significant
shifts would likely need to go through a lengthy formal rulemaking process, said Stephen Yale - Loehr, an immigration expert
at Cornell Law School.
Some say a technological
shift at companies like HP and IBM away from traditional manufacturing, which requires large investments in buildings and equipment, and toward data - based products is also
changing the calculation of how much investment is needed in innovation.
: I believe the nature of the
change that I discussed
at the outset — the
shift from a reliance on monetary policy to fiscal policy — will engender
shifts in market states on a more regular basis.
But if the
change in fiscal policy is expected to be «permanent» (or
at least be wound down slowly enough that this effect can be ignored) the BP curve will not
shift up.
It reduced the cap on borrowing subject to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) from $ 1 million to $ 750,000, and capped deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes,
at $ 10,000.1 These
changes, in combination with a doubling of the standard deduction, mean that many homeowners will experience a loss of tax benefits associated with homeownership, and the
changes represent a significant
shift in the federal government's willingness to promote and subsidize homeownership.
But as Marcus Treacher, Global Head, e-Commerce
at HSBC explains, a combination of technology, infrastructure and
shifting attitudes / behaviour is
changing this.
Most traders consider an inner trend line as a good indicator that momentum and sentiment can
shift at any time under rapidly
changing conditions.
Although the less disciplined
change their tack in hopes of coaxing along a success, we
at Harris Associates continue to look to the horizon and stay the course, even when the winds
shift or the gusts blow.
Shifting credit card balances from an existing card to another will not
change the credit utilization ratio, as it looks
at the total amount of debt outstanding divided by your total credit card limits.
To do this they can choose from a range of potential tactics such as: more transparent reporting;
shifts in R&D or asset reorganisation to capture expected future opportunities or to shed perceived liabilities;
changes in regulatory approach; and,
at an industry level, development and deployment of voluntary standards of behaviour.
The conference was seen
at the time as something of a diplomatic triumph for the Rudd government, with Rudd highlighting Australia's new approach to climate
change by formally ratifying the Kyoto protocol, personally handing the document to UN secretary general Ban Ki - moon, and using the conference to signal a new diplomatic
shift towards Asia.
His long - term policy preferences haven't
changed, but he needs to pretend they have
shifted (and he might even need to carry out policies he disagrees with) in order to move policy in his direction
at all.
One of the most dramatic
changes in my own denomination is the
shift away from the adult midnight service on Christmas Eve to a wildly popular «family» service
at an earlier hour, which by its very nature can not offer much in the way of a sermon or more challenging music.
The upcoming
changes at Fuller Theological Seminary, expected to go into place in 2019, hint
at the
shifting landscape for Christian higher education.
I believe that we are
at a crossroads as a global Church,
shifting and
changing, just as we have done for centuries — from a pragmatic side of «what» we do and also a theological side of «why» we do it.
Thomas Kuhn's work on paradigm
shifts in the history of science presents the idea that
changes or increases in our understanding not only fill out gaps in previous knowledge, but
at times bring about a reorganisation of the structure of the theories or paradigms by which previous ideas were organised and understood.
It's something of a heart condition, an internal
shift that
changes the way we look
at ourselves first, and then others.
Here's my best rough guess: Bernard Lonergan famously characterized the sea
change of cognitional strategy which occurred
at the dawning of modernity as a
shift from the pedagogy of the quaestio to the pedagogy of the thesis: from inquiry to assertion.
not sure if these people r right or wrong I do know that the usa is having more Earthquakes that are more than normal, look down in Missouri
at the New Madrid fault, in Pennsylvania up in Maine in Canada the problem is that the crust of the earth is
shifting if you believe this or not it may not be the end of the world as we see it but it will
change a lot in the next few months.
We are now
at the threshold of a second major
shift in theological reflection during this century, a
shift in which the main issue will be not only how we can
change the world but how we can save it from deterioration and its species from extinction.
And when
at the next general convention the scene
shifts to rural missions, the same enthusiasm, now supplied with a
changed terminology and directed toward a
changed goal, is sent out on the road from general headquarters.
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Shifting Membership in a
Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1974).
If we really stop and look
at the dramatic
changes going on all over the world and in the US (demographics, ethnic population
shifts, a new era in how people under 50 look
at the world, etc.) it points to a need to focus more than ever on the centrality of Christ Jesus.