Sentences with phrase «despite predictions of»

Despite predictions of a further decline in fundraising in 2017, there are also some factors that could bode well for more capital flowing into the sector this year.

MEXICO CITY, February 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com)- An eminent Mexican geophysicist says that despite predictions of global warming based on computer models, the world may be on the verge of an eighty - year cold period similar to the «little ice age» experienced by Europe from 1300 to 1800 A.D..

By Penny Starr In a June 20 interview with Spiegel Online, German climate scientist Hans von Storch said that despite predictions of a warming planet the temperature data for the past 15 years shows an increase of 0.06 or «very close to zero.»

Despite the predictions of coupled climate - carbon cycle models, no trend in the airborne fraction can be found.

No acknowledgement of uncertainties, lack of measurements globally, lack of basis for increased confidence in man causing increased temperatures since 1976 or even the almost 20 years of level temperatures despite all predictions of the models.

Last year, six states had to declare droughts despite predictions of a normal monsoon.

In addition, there is a smaller crater at Tilted Towers, which despite the predictions of many players were not completely obliterating by the comet.

SA: Despite predictions of a dip in equities amid slow global growth in 2010, stocks were clearly the better choice than bonds in 2010, especially in Q4 where bonds sold off almost across the board whereas stock returns remained robust.

For decades, the mass - market paperback has stubbornly held on, despite the predictions of its death since the 1980s, when retail chains that edged out independent bookstores successfully introduced discounts on hardcover versions of the same books.

Despite his predictions of an early spring last week, it became abundantly clear that Punxsutawney Phil (although unbelievably adorable) was mistaken about that when I woke up on Friday morning to 5 inches of snow.

The Conservatives shocked everyone by winning a small majority at the 2015 General Election, despite predictions of a hung parliament and the possibility of constitutional wrangling over who had legitimacy to form the next Government.

The 2015 election result took almost everyone by surprise, with the Conservatives winning a narrow majority despite predictions of another hung parliament or a minority government.

Despite predictions of immediate financial and economic danger since the referendum we have seen consumer confidence remain high, record numbers of jobs and economic growth that has has exceeded all expectations.

The focus of this chapter is a positive look into the future despite the predictions of doom.

But underlying weakness in the department store's sales figures — a symptom that's already reared its head in early releases from competitors J.C. Penney and Kohl's — signaled that despite predictions of a consumer rebound this Christmas, things still aren't easy for department stores.

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As its actions prove, the Fed is well aware of this despite its routinely over-optimistic and always incorrect predictions, which is why there is no taper.

After all, the stock — despite the recent selloff driven by disappointing sales of the new iPhone 8 — has surged 33 % this year, adding $ 200 billion in value, and prompting predictions that the Colossus of Cupertino will soon boast the world's first $ 1 trillion market cap.

Despite the previous gloomy predictions of altcoins prices falling with the pump of Bitcoin, they are steadily increasing.

BHP Billiton VP Huw McKay explains that, despite recent weakness, owing to slowing demand, and against most predictions, to date, the price of the steelmaking raw material is still up 31 %, having retreated from a surge of 52 %, after near - decade lows, in December last year.

The park exceeded expectations for visitors and delivered positive operating income in its first year of operations despite predictions that it would only just break even.

Policymakers maintained their prediction of three rate hikes in 2018, despite increasing their forecast for growth in the coming year from 2.1 % to 2.5 %, and lowering the predicted unemployment rate at the end of 2018 from 4.1 % to 3.9 %.

Despite the variance from analyst predictions, oil prices were little changed after the release of inventory data.

However, despite the similarity of prediction for the four «classic» tests, there are some differences between the two theories that can be exploited to disconfirm one or the other.

Buyer's Market Despite previous predictions of a global bulk wine shortage, it is currently a buyer's market.

Global Market Report, March 2017, by Ciatti Global Wine & Grape Brokers Buyer's Market Despite previous predictions of a global bulk wine shortage, it is currently a buyer's market.

I totally agree, I think it's younger fans who are prone to irrational outbursts and predictions of easy wins, despite history telling us these games are never easy.

So, despite the dire predictions of the two - platoonists a couple of years ago, Football is back again, bigger and better than ever.

Nevertheless despite the apparent predictability, Geoff and I will forecast the finishing positions of each team in the Premier League in the form of a friendly competition (see Geoff's prediction here.).

Probably not, but what we can expect from German team is to try to do the exact thing, carried by their first goalscorer Huntelaar and veteran Raul.After losing few games in La liga, and last week at Nou Camp against Barcelona, Bilbao players will try to bounce back and to find winning formula once again, despite having big advantage.Schalke, however have a mountain to climb in Spain, and they certainly want give up until the last 90 th minute.So, what we can expect is attacking football from both teams, and of course goals.So prediction for this match will be, both team to score.

Email effectively remains the «killer app» of online politics, despite constant predictions of its demise.

What's more, despite all the predictions that youth turnout would be down, voters 18 - 29 made up 19 % of last night's voting population — up from 18 % four years ago — and President Obama took 60 % from that group.

But despite endless predictions of its demise, political email thrives today — remember that essentially everyone I talked to for that C&E piece talked about the need for campaigns to build an email list as early as possible.

[94] Labour was less successful in Scotland than England and Wales, but retained control of Glasgow despite predictions it would not.

Email remains the «killer app» of online politics — particularly online fundraising — despite constant predictions of its demise.

Current predictions by Election Forecast are that it will hold Brighton Pavilions but not secure any more seats, despite possibly capturing 5 % of the overall vote.

If current predictions are correct, it's more than likely that a Labour government will be formed despite having failed to emerge as the largest party in either England or Scotland in terms of votes or seats.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's prediction that making New York City responsible for a larger share of Medicaid expenses «won't cost New York City a penny,» his sizable state funding cut appeared largely intact at a hearing yesterday in Albany.

He pledged «unbending determination» in maintaining low inflation and interest rates despite the global credit crunch, many analysts» predictions of a sustained economic slowdown in the coming 12 months.

Despite the large crowd and the presence of some Quinn critics protesting outside, predictions on social media and elsewhere that organized protests would erupt inside did not materialize.

Despite predictions in many quarters that 3 million people would find thsemvelves out of work as a result of the recession, the number claiming jobseeker's allowance is also down.

On June 29, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner sent a letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano that expressed concerns «over the recent indictments of six scientists and a government official» because they «failed to alert the population of L'Aquila of an impending earthquake» despite the fact that there is «no accepted scientific method for earthquake prediction that can be reliably used to warn citizens of impending disaster.»

One study that predicted shortages, written by Richard Atkinson and published in Science in 1990, has been repudiated, and is often passed around by postdocs to demonstrate this phenomenon of false prediction — and, some argue, the cynicism of those who continue to call for expansion despite evidence that today's scientists are widely underemployed.

Despite predictions decades ago of the baiji's decline, few efforts were made to preserve the animal outside its main habitat in a few reserves.

The study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, addresses a longstanding paradox between predictions of widespread extinctions of cold - water species and a general lack of evidence for those extinctions despite decades of recent climate change.

Despite decades of predictions that a fully electronic, paperless society is almost upon us, we still live in a world populated with printed documents.

In fact, temperature change offered a better prediction of impending conflict in the 40 countries surveyed than even changes in rainfall, despite the fact that agriculture in this region is largely dependent on such precipitation.

Note that, despite the different models of what happens «behind the curtain,» all these interpretations make exactly the same predictions about what will actually be measured.

Yet despite this, it is possible to use that torrent of information to make predictions about social and economic trends that affect us all.

Three of these quasiparticles, the Dirac, Majorana, and Weyl fermions, were discovered in such materials, despite the fact that the latter two had long been elusive in experiments, opening the path to simulate certain predictions of quantum field theory in relatively inexpensive and small - scale experiments carried out in these «condensed matter» crystals.

Despite this risk, very few studies actually verify the sex of individual sea turtles and then compare that data to predictions of sex ratios based on the incubation environment.