Sentences with phrase «at some alternative forms»

One of the criticisms often leveled at alternative forms of assessment — whether we call them performance, portfolio, authentic, real - world, or project - based, — is they're too time intensive, they're too expensive.

In this piece, our goal is to provide a look at some alternative forms of therapy that are available.

Not exact matches

«This is going to be an alternative form of e-commerce,» says Greg Fant, chief marketing officer at One Kings Lane, the design - centric home - decor web retailer.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

This is evident in a number of developments, including: increased demand for higher - risk assets; the increase in «carry trades» — a form of gearing where funds are borrowed short - term at low interest rates and invested in higher - yielding assets, often in other countries; growth in alternative investment vehicles such as hedge funds; and growth in alternative investment strategies such as selling embedded options (see Box A).

A pullback into the uptrend line could provide a buying opportunity in XHB, but a better alternative would be for XHB to hold support and form a reversal candle at the 20 - day EMA:

The alternatives available within socialism are only hinted at by the various forms it has taken in the Soviet Union, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia of the spring of 1968, and China.

One possible alternative view is that the Aristotelian causes at some level form some kind of hypercycle with a closed loop without needing a first cause.

I agree but add: God had no alternative to willing that there be some free creatures, first because (pace Alston) the idea of not creating at all could occur (if I may say so) only to a confused creature, second because, as Peirce, Bergson, and Whitehead have seen, by a «creature» we can consistently mean only a lesser form of the freedom or creativity which in eminent form is deity.

In a simple, unstructured environment oblique occasions will offer no significant alternatives to the aim presented by the dominant past entity and concrescence will be essentially reiteration of prior forms of definiteness experience will be at the level of what Whitehead calls, technically, physical purposes.

We live at a time when the taking of lifelong marriage vows is increasingly regarded as unnecessary, as a mere optional extra, while alternative forms of domestic arrangements are given official...

We live at a time when the taking of lifelong marriage vows is increasingly regarded as unnecessary, as a mere optional extra, while alternative forms of domestic arrangements are given official sanction, arrangements which enable couples to live together as «partners» under some mutilated or truncated «form» of traditional vows.

At least three of these alternative forms can be distinguished, although many scholars would deny that the term «Messiah» was generally applied to them in pre-Christian times: the Prophet, the Priest, and the «Son of Man.»

In summary, extending Whitehead's doctrine of eternal objects to include the idea that they form a dense continuum seems to raise at least two problems: (1) it requires that God consciously prehend a nondenumerable multitude of propositions regarding every past actual occasion and (2) it requires either that a new concrescence choose its subjective aim from a nondenumerable multitude of alternatives or that this multitude somehow be restricted before all these alternatives are prehended by the occasion.

The marriage of form and content at the abovementioned colleges, which neither specialize nor departmentalize nor ignore mathematics and science any more than literature and philosophy, is a promising alternative to the research university.

The process of separation, transition, and reintegration occurs in terms of the disruption of a steady state at or near equilibrium, which brings matter increasingly far from equilibrium to a point at which a «decision» is made between alternative possibilities randomly presented by its environment, resulting in its reorganization in novel emergent form.

If the search for truth requires that we move from vague totality toward clear definition, then we have no alternative but to fall back on forms of symbolic reference already at hand, or to create alternative forms that may increase our comprehension.

His form of taking action at Elysian Fields Sheep Farm is called the «Safe Alternative» method.

With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with milk alternative (1 tablespoon at a time), beginning and ending with flour mix, until all cookie ingredients are fully combined and begin to form a ball in center of bowl.

Use a different form of coconut for this candy alternative recipe: I buy at Winn Dixie, the Grace brand coconut cream (this has fine bits of coconut and smooth and creamy coconut cream sealed in a bag in a red box) or I use any virgin coconut oil.

A fine playmaker, Bayern Munich star Thiago Alcantara is in good form at the moment but could leave for the right price due to his injury record, with Manchester City eyeing him as a cheap alternative to Paul Pogba.

If you disagreed with the use of spanking, you were to sign a form attesting to that at the beginning of each school year, and then were typically required to meet with the school administrators to determine an alternative discipline.

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We used multiple regression to estimate the differences in total cost between the settings for birth and to adjust for potential confounders, including maternal age, parity, ethnicity, understanding of English, marital status, BMI, index of multiple deprivation score, parity, and gestational age at birth, which could each be associated with planned place of birth and with adverse outcomes.12 For the generalised linear model on costs, we selected a γ distribution and identity link function in preference to alternative distributional forms and link functions on the basis of its low Akaike's information criterion (AIC) statistic.

In our home, my children know that if they don't like what's being served for a meal there is always an alternative in the form of a PB&J or a reheat later if they just aren't hungry at mealtime, though if we're sitting down together I do expect them to sit with the family and chat with us while we eat.

Narrating memory in their own way, población dwellers produce an alternative form of belonging through activism, prioritising informal connections and working primarily at the neighbourhood level.

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

It calls for banning hydrofracking at both the state and federal levels and also urges further research in, and economic support for, alternative forms of «non-polluting» energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower.

A good example of this occurred at the end of June in the form of the so - called Alternative Queen's Speech, a raft of measures (why do measures always arrive on rafts?)

The Lib Dems, meanwhile, have long called for a more radical form of proportional representation than the alternative vote, which would have made comparatively little difference to the make - up of parliament at the last election.

In a continued effort to find a safer form of lithium, researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have discovered that lithium salicylate, an alternative salt form, might be the answer.

Children who weren't very good at math prior to the study received no particular benefit from the alternative instructional forms.

«Globally, twice as many emissions come from generating electricity than from all forms of transportation — planes, trains, cars and others,» says Carol Battershell, vice president for strategy and policy at the company's subsidiary, BP Alternative Energy.

An alternative scenario, proposed by Christopher Scotese of the University of Texas at Arlington, predicts that the Atlantic, not the Pacific, will close, reconnecting the east coast of North America to Africa to form «Pangea Proxima ``.

An alternative approach pioneered by Deepak Srivastava, MD, director of cardiovascular and stem cell research at Gladstone, used genes to convert scar - forming cells in the heart of animals into new muscle that improved the function of the heart.

While skipping meals is not advisable at all, some foods, like those listed above, are worth avoiding if there are better healthier alternatives — like fruits in their freshest forms.

Based on clinical studies made on stem cell therapy, this alternative form or treatment has been proven to have fewer complications or none at all because the procedure itself is non-invasive, meaning no aftermath of scars or wounds.

From the personal ads in a local magazine to dating online, all forms of modern dating are viable in our singles generation and I recommend that you look at all the alternatives on offer.

Our mission is to examine the flawed mindsets and behaviors which are at the root of our sustainability crises and offer alternatives that can form the foundation of a more sustainable world.

The TANs bring together a wide array of nongovernmental organizations, citizens associations, trade unions, communities and alternative media in forms of activism which target global level institutions and issues, while also attempting to use global level visibility to level changes at the national level.

At the same time, we don't want to lose sight of the fact that apprenticeships offer an alternative to staying on in sixth form or college after GCSEs.

In recent years, there has been explosion in the number of people accessing alternative forms of learning: Wide disparity in age groups, work experience levels, learners at different career stages has been constantly fluctuating.

As part of their study of genetics, students in Shannon Dziwanowskis seventh - grade science class at Csar Chvez Academy Middle School in Detroit, Michigan, spend the first minutes of class reviewing a worksheet on dominant and recessive alleles, which are alternative forms of genes.

I was spending the morning at an underperforming Boston school, participating in an alternative form of report card conferences.

Take the next step toward a better understanding of assessment by visiting Assessment: At a Glance, where you'll find articles and videos on alternative forms of assessment, interviews and opinion pieces by experts in the field, and a wealth of useful and informative resources, including an instructional module on building an evidence - based assessment.

Children who weren't very good at math prior to the study received no particular benefit from the alternative instructional forms.

School districts and nonpublic schools shall report the use of alternative testing procedures to the department on a form and at a time prescribed by the commissioner.

As a secondary educator with experience in a public school, I believe that alternative forms of education can be beneficial; however, not at the expense of quality educators.

Philadelphia, PA — November 20, 2014 Over 100 people came together at Arch St. Methodist Church to kick of a campaign for sustainable community schools as a transformative alternative to both privatization in the form of unaccountable charter schools and the resource - starved, test - driven neighborhood schools that are currently in Philadelphia.

«They are willing to put an alternative spot on the OneApp form for students at the current site to elect that they want to stay at the current site,» said Bennett.