Sentences with phrase «common base year»

We use three methods to adjust the data to a common base year (2011).

For developed countries, this process should be straightforward and it's already possible to start filling in some of the required detail — like a common base year of 1990; that the commitment will be an economy - wide absolute reduction and so on.

Not exact matches

Phoenix, Arizona - based Freeport said its quarterly profit attributable to common stock was $ 692 million, or 47 cents per share, compared with $ 228 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier.

The backstory: Illinois - based Marathon Pharmaceuticals won U.S. FDA approval of deflazacort, a common steroid that you can order for less than $ 1 per pill from abroad through online pharmacies, under the brand name Emflaza for a topline price of $ 89,000 for a year's treatment.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

In the past two years, they have sought to develop a way to build «compelling wearable hardware» and software - based experiences, using a common architecture.

For example, it's currently taking 70 years for highly skilled Indian citizens to get a green card under the most common employment - based visa category.

Our BEV reflected a non-marketability discount of 27 %, which was allocated to the common stock on a non-controlling interest basis, based on a liquidity event expected to occur within approximately two years.

They also have another thing in common: both companies used crowdfunding platforms to take pre-orders for their first products and, in the process, raised their first serious capital as well — US$ 10.3 - million for Palo Alto - based Pebble in 2012, $ 3.7 - million for Waterloo's Thalmic Labs earlier this year.

Scotiabank said it would pay for the 63 - year - old, Montreal - based management firm «primarily» by issuing common shares

Stock options and stock appreciation rights with respect to no more than 8,000,000 shares of our common stock may be granted to any one individual in any one calendar year and the maximum «performance - based award» payable to any one individual under the 2014 Plan is 8,000,000 shares of stock or $ 5 million in the case of cash - based awards.

Based on 25 + years of experience working with bestselling authors that include Steven Pressfield, Bill Murray, David Mamet, Robert Crais, Scott Patterson, Robert McKee, Michael Connelly, James Bamford, Ian Rankin, Mo Hayder and scores mores, the Story Grid reveals what bestselling books share in common and how professional writers write.

In recognition of these achievements and to create incentives for future success, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved a grant to Mr. Musk of 10,067,960 options to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $ 2.21 per share representing 4 % of our fully - diluted share base as of December 4, 2009, with 1 / 4th of the shares subject to the option vesting immediately, and 1 / 48th of the shares subject to the option scheduled to vest each month thereafter over the next three years, assuming Mr. Musk's continued service to us through each vesting date.

We have identified the most common questions based on emails received from home buyers over a five - year period.

In this year's letter to shareholders, Buffett writes that, «Charlie [Munger] and I view the marketable common stocks that Berkshire owns as interests in businesses, not as ticker symbols to be bought or sold based on their «chart» patterns, the «target» prices of analysts or the opinions of media pundits.

Rising rates are not good for indebted governments, companies and individuals and not good for equities based on common sense backed by 55 years of data analysed objectively.

In recent years, inflation's been pretty low, averaging 1.26 percent in 2016, based on the year - over-year change in the Consumer Price Index, which tracks prices for common items from gas to ground beef.

Other performance - based compensation plans should not be overlooked, as executive pay tied to performance objectives has become common practice over the years.

Due to the lower price volatility of the Australian market during the past seven years, whether measured on local - currency or common - currency terms, the Australian market has outperformed the US market on a risk - adjusted basis.

The universe is 13.7 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism The earth is 4.5 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism Life emerged from non-life (Biogenesis theory... cause and process unknown)- nothing to do with Atheism Life spread and diversified through evolution (best available explanation)- nothing to do with Atheism Man evolved from common ape ancestor (evolution science)- nothing to do with Atheism Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Emotions, memories and intelligence are functions of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Morals are emergent qualities of social animals (natural science)- nothing to do with Atheism

This year will undoubtedly bring final approval by the Episcopal General Convention of the Book of Common Prayer on the basis of the Proposed Book of 1976.

Local religious independence and political independence on a national basis, were again being actively intertwined and this progress, laced with the duplicity and corruption common to such affairs, was at the heart of local and international politics during the coming twelve years.

I'd rather see a President who makes decisions based on common sense and education rather than off of what some thousand - year - old fairy tale says he or she should do.

It has been many years since I tasted non-vegan mayo but, based on my best recollection, I would suggest that Vegenaise perhaps has more in common with Hellman's mayonnaise while Nayonaise with a sandwich spread like Miracle Whip.

Coconut oil is a common dietary oil in South India, so the researchers wanted to compare the common refined copra - based coconut oil found in the market place with the less - refined «virgin» coconut oil which has become more readily available in recent years.

Lynette Kucsma, founder and CMO of Barcelona - based Natural Machines, believes that in 10 to 15 years, 3D food printers will be a common kitchen appliance, like ovens or microwaves are today.

These players were in a team coached by THE most successful side (s) in British Football History.Their Manager DEMANDED and EXPECTED nothing less than TOTAL SUCESS.His players had drummed into them that nothing but winning would be acceptable.It was common to hear of all Manure players taking control of their team and with this brought years of domination of the EPL and contention in the CL on a regular basis.

Also its just basic common sense we have the 5th largest fan base World wide, made it to the knock out stages in 2012/13 season where as city didn't, we have a bigger stadium and charge more money, city's newest sponsorship deal is worth around 12mill per year ffs how could they have greater revenue than us.

For 2011 and subsequent years, the budget proposes a new non-refundable tax credit based on eligible expenses paid for the cost of registration or membership of your or your spouse's or common - law partner's child in a prescribed program of artistic, cultural, recreational or developmental activity (eligible program).

During the first year of your new baby's life, there will be times when your baby suffers from common ailments on what feels like a regular basis.

Niccoli, a town supervisor in Palatine, said last year she and her husband decided with their daughter she would not take a round of standardized testing in math and English language arts based on the Common Core standards.

Lawmakers last year agreed to linking Common Core - based testing to the results of teacher performance evaluations, a measure that was sought by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and linked to a boost in school aid.

The party was initially formed as a «Stop Common Core» ballot line — an issue - based ballot line that was added to the ballot last year as Cuomo's re-election campaign installed the Women's Equality Party ballot line.

ALBANY — A deal is being negotiated to place a two - year moratorium on the use of student tests based on the Common Core for grade promotion in public schools.

The three - year review by Michigan - based Funston Advisory Services says the Common Retirement Fund's 2009 decision to ban paid placement agents used by other pension funds does not appear to have kept it from accessing qualified outside investment managers.

For over 45 years, and based on my early involvement with the issue in the Foreign Office, I have contested the issue of Britain's membership of what was the Common Market and then grew into the EU, and I have always been on the losing side.

A Regents panel voted to allow teachers and principals who could be fired based on poor student performance on Common Core exams this year or last year to defend themselves by citing the botched rollout of the tough new curriculum.

In the final days of the New York legislative session, which ended last week in Albany, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders reached an agreement on a two - year delay in the teacher assessments to be based on the Common Core testing.

By Paul Snyder Madison - based Common Wealth Development Inc. has a plan to raise $ 800,000 for badly needed for repairs to the 104 - year - old Garver Mill.

Teachers rated Ineffective or Developing based on state Common Core tests this year or next will not face negative consequences, according to changes to the evaluation system agreed to by the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 19 in the final hours of the legislative session.

Later that same day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Common Core task force released its recommendations, including a four - year moratorium on the use of state - provided growth scores based on state tests in evaluations.

The common name for this problem is a «combinatorial explosion,» and the solution to it, called «rule - based modeling,» was developed 12 years ago by VCell team member Michael Blinov and colleagues James Faeder and William Hlavacek, who all worked during that time at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

In recent years, buoy - based measurements, thought to be more accurate as buoy sensors are in direct contact with the ocean surface, have grown in frequency, while ship - based measurements have become less common.

Based on the mutation rate and assuming an average of 7 years between each generation, Wallner estimates the most recent common ancestor to 18 of the 21 modern breeds lived about 700 years ago.

With DNA evidence as solid as that used to convict criminals, researchers can trace the shared genetic lineage of life's different branches back to the very base of the tree, some 4 billion years ago, when the interaction between primordial bacteria and viruses culminated in the «mother cell,» the common ancestor of all life on Earth.

The results suggest that the last common ancestor of all modern birds — in other words, the species at the base of the evolutionary family tree that includes all living bird species — lived in West Gondwana, a landmass that included what are now fragments of South America and large portions of Antarctica, about 95 million years ago.

Based on their research from the Chorora, Kadabba and Ardi finds, the team says the common ancestor of chimps and humans lived earlier than had been evidenced by genetic and molecular studies, which placed the split about 5 million years ago.

The phrase «evidence - based» was the most common by far, appearing 125 times in the fiscal year 2017 request.

Commenting on the significance of the research, Dr Pilar Garrido, head of the Thoracic Tumour Section of the Medical Oncology Department at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, said: «Lung cancer is the most common cancer globally, but debate about the optimal screening strategy is ongoing and current selection criteria are based only on age and pack - years.

In the last few years we've also devoted considerable efforts to understanding the genetic basis of common diseases.