Sentences with phrase «changes in our assessments of»

But one month on, while Labour and Lib Dem voters have barely changed in their assessment of the government's performance, satisfaction among Conservatives has fallen sixteen points to 50 %.

We can not expect major improvements in education without major changes in our assessments of both student and faculty performance.

Azar, C. and H. Dowlatabadi, 1999: A review of technical change in assessment of climate policy.

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But it's difficult to see how any of the modifications would significantly change the agency's initial assessment that tens of millions of people would lose health coverage compared with if Obamacare remains in place.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

But if climate change isn't stabilized soon, the authors wrote,» [t] he large - scale loss of functionally diverse corals is a harbinger of further radical shifts in the condition and dynamics of all ecosystems, reinforcing the need for risk assessment of ecosystem collapse.»

The Montreal - based company said in December that it didn't expect to feel the brunt of September's hurricanes, but its assessment has changed.

This Update should have provided the Government's assessment of the impact of the change in demographics.

Vanguard CEO William McNabb's frank assessment of industry change, new regulations and the future of fees captivated the crowd at the Morningstar conference in Chicago on Wednesday.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Inc., to review our existing executive compensation program and to assist us in evaluating potential changes to our program following an assessment of the compensation plans used by a peer group of publicly traded commercial airlines and transportation companies.

The main factor influencing financial markets in recent months has been changing assessments of the timing of the first interest rate increase by the US Fed.

The changes to the forecasts for inflation over the years to June 2000 and June 2001 (excluding the effect of the GST) appear to reflect current and prospective developments in oil and tobacco prices as well as a modest increase in the assessment of underlying inflationary pressures.

Nothing in your assessment of BofI changes?

So, Ryan, if indeed we get strong readings in the PCE and other indexes, does it change your assessment of what the Fed is going to do or do you think the Fed would reassess?

A good week in the market is unlikely to change our assessment unless it produces a material improvement in our measures of market internals.

From 1990 to 2005, he was Director Fiscal Policy Division Department of Finance, responsible for overall preparation of the federal budget; preparation and assessment of medium - and long - term projections of federal revenues and expenses and implications for fiscal policy; analysis of fiscal conditions at both the federal and provincial levels; evaluation of various budget proposals; preparation of monthly Fiscal Monitor; with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG), assessing and evaluating accounting standards proposed by the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) of the CICA and recommending changes in government accounting policies; with the OCG, responsible for implementation of accrual accounting for the federal budget and the government's financial statements.

This is exactly Douthat's (and my) assessment of the spiritual meaning of the German bishops» call for change in church discipline concerning divorce and remarriage.

During the process of making the behavioral assessment, the therapist decided tentatively on several therapeutic tools that he could use in helping her change her painful behavior and feelings.

It is hard to imagine how a population planner would have arrived at an accurate assessment of the present value of a birth in Korea in 1955, much less make confident assertions about the ways in which the present value of that birth would be changed through alterations in the contemporary Korean birthrate.

Change, to keep the church alive in the 21st century (in the UK at least where churchgoing is about as normal as ferret juggling) needs to be far, far more radical than that, and based on an assessment of what real people's real needs are, rather than a thirst for novelty.

Crisis books usually follow a predictable pattern: first a searing depiction of the problem at hand, then some broad and sweeping assessments of how great changes in attitude might begin to address the issue, and then some piddling and timid policy proposals that clearly won't begin to meet the challenge.

One is the assessment of their claims made of situations of radical change in behavior

There is a clear recognition of the possibility of a critique of modernity together with an intelligent assessment of how the culture of modernity interacts with the community of the Church which can itself be analysed in terms of its own changes of culture.

The Cooney Committee recommendation resulted in legislative change in 1992, returning the test to one of «substantial lessening of competition» and introducing a non-exhaustive list of matters the Court must consider in making this assessment (s 50 (3)-RRB-

in 22 months since the spending gloves were taken off is clearly Wenger's best assessment as to the optimum rate of change.

Cousins» brutal assessment of one facet of his team's business is revealing, as he told ESPN reporter Adam Schefter in a recent podcast when asked if he doubts he will be with the team this season: «Well, I think you never know in the sense that, in this league, things change so fast and players can get blindsided all the time with decisions.

Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual conferences and work with our coaches to make positive changes in curriculum and assessment, homework policies, the daily school schedule, and health and wellness programs.

In this course, you will learn the essentials of strategic planning — from baseline program assessment to defining your program's mission, vision, values and goals, and developing a multi-year strategic plan to meet your goals for change.

If borne out in future research, the long - term persistence of these [white matter] changes would mean that athletes returning to play the following season would be at risk for expanded RHI - related WM changes, undetectable by conventional assessments.

In other instances, an external assessment of your school food program may be the next logical step to support your plans for change.

Regular visits will help your child remain cavity - free and allow for ongoing assessment of changes in your child's oral health.

Shoot, I think the changes in assessment are more in the direction of being able to find more subtle risk indicators.

This assessment of the changing role of fathers delivers an in - depth portrait of America's working fathers, revealing that today's dads associate being a good father just as much with the role of effective caregiver as the traditional role of «breadwinner.»

Apparently labour introduced an increase of pension age to 65 in 1995 but failed to inform the women of the 50's who would be most directly affected, the government failed its legal duty to inform all women personally of this change, they tried to get away with this by stating they didn't have any current details, except they forget that they have all details from PAYE, us women still received all our NI demands and self - assessments as well as any tax or child benefit details, so they do have out details, they just failed to carry out this legal action.

Overall assessment of Cameron's negotiations strategy: «If true, Cameron may well have severely underplayed the UK's hand, missing the opportunity to get real concessions in return for treaty change.

There is a certain pointlessness to any assessment of party fortunes in the general election campaign, simply because what has happened since May 6th has changed the rules of the game so completely.

«Two days of testing is a natural next step, as long as the assessments continue to cover the material needed to truly measure every student's strengths and challenges, and the changes are implemented carefully and with the input of educators and communities,» High Achievement New York, which advocates for higher standards, said in a statement.

In updates of congressional race assessments announced Thursday morning, Sabato's Crystal Ball changed its rating of Murphy's Florida's 7th Congressional District from «Leans Democratic» to «Likely Democratic,» and changed Buchanan's Florida's 16th Congressional District from «Safe Republican» to «Likely Republican.»

In March 2005, Home Secretary Charles Clarke asked the advisory council on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) to examine new evidence on the harmfulness of cannabis and consider whether this changed their assessment of cannabis as a class C drug.

no change in full - value assessment is probably not very common, especially since the real - estate market crash of» 08.

A Commons debate on the need for a cumulative impact assessment of welfare reforms saw MPs from across the country sharing stories of how the changes affected people in their constituencies.

Commenting on the primary school performance tables released today by the DfE, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The NASUWT has consistently highlighted to Government the serious problems with the reforms to primary assessment, particularly the impossibility of comparing data for last year with previous years due to changes introduced to the testing system.

David Miliband, in Mountain Ash to deliver the annual Keir Hardie lecture, said he agreed with Mr Brown's assessment of the need for change in 2007, but the promised renewal failed to happen.

Proposed laws include allowing local governments to enact their own restrictions on offenders, changing the legal definition of a school to include pre-K and kindergarten, and holding risk assessment hearings before an individual is allowed in a community.

This increased certainty is starkly reflected in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the fourth in a series of assessments of the state of knowledge on the topic, written and reviewed by hundreds of scientists worldwide.

That's the message from an analysis conducted for New Scientist showing how new discoveries in genetics change the assessments by personal genomics firms of an individual's health risks.

The physical science assessment focuses on four topics: drivers of climate change, changes observed in the climate system, understanding cause - and - effect relationships, and projection of future changes.

And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a few years ago in its fourth assessment in 2007, said to the Europeans — but it could have been to the Americans for that matter in a different context — Europeans if you care for your songbirds, as Europeans really do, look to Africa and how African habitats are doing: 84 percent of the migratory birds in the world are vulnerable to climate cChange, a few years ago in its fourth assessment in 2007, said to the Europeans — but it could have been to the Americans for that matter in a different context — Europeans if you care for your songbirds, as Europeans really do, look to Africa and how African habitats are doing: 84 percent of the migratory birds in the world are vulnerable to climate changechange.

Because of that, they haven't allowed an accurate assessment of the effects of climate change on carbon in the region.