Sentences with phrase «discusses current efforts»

Daniel Kammen of the University of California at Berkeley discusses current efforts in clean energy innovation and implementation, and what's coming next.

Not exact matches

After discussing the situation with senior colleagues, Swinburne said she enlisted the help of then - Chancellor George Osborne to produce a paper illustrating the benefit of the current financial setup, in a bid to defend London from Lagarde's efforts.

We know that the committee will take efforts to avoid conflicts of interest; many of the committee members have current or former financial ties to schools or conference that will be involved in the discussion, and those committee members will have to recuse themselves from discussing those teams.

In an effort to lay out where the county is headed, Latimer also plans to discuss the current financial situation after receiving a report from the state's comptroller.

Tomorrow: Quinn discusses what's wrong with current economic development efforts, what he thinks of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 1 billion plan to revitalize the regional economy and how he would invest the money.

He recommends «social reconnaissance,» making a conscious effort to learn about current events, the local area and local issues in order to have topics to discuss.

The goal of any symposium, such as this, is to inspire new projects, promote the application of new tools to existing efforts, and ignite collaborative efforts to further current work — Revive & Restore is discussing new projects with several attendees of the symposium.

In my talk I will discuss my group's efforts to address these analysis challenges through modeling the electric current signal, leading to software for improved consensus calling, SNP calling and detecting base modifications like 5 - methylcytosine.

Hear experts from the Global Coral Restoration Project provide an overview of coral restoration efforts around the world and discuss current obstacles and potential solutions.

Two papers published in Science, from scientists from the Universities of Washington and Oxford, discuss the role of uncertainty in current understanding of climate change, and our future efforts to tackle it.

We discuss your goals and create a plan that compliments your business and current efforts.

Join Laura Bornfreund, the deputy director of the Early Education Initiative for the New America Foundation, and Debi Mathias, the director of the QRIS National Learning Network, as they discuss current early - childhood policy, efforts underway to bolster preschool quality, and suggestions for improvements at the local, state, and federal levels.

The Fellowship began as a 17 - member group that met monthly to discuss wins and challenges in our classrooms and schools; now, we count more than 665 as members focused on several important issues: Directly supporting current and aspiring black male educators through recruitment and retention efforts; advocating (and agitating) for policies and practices that support and empower black men; and connecting and professionally developing black male educators through our convenings.

This brief outlines current efforts to align teacher professional development and credentialing programs to Linked Learning, discussing how teachers must be prepared to integrate core academic and career - related curricula, collaborate with teachers from other disciplines, and develop project or work - based learning opportunities for their students.

Using the Rubrics To guide your efforts in leading together, use the rubrics at the beginning of each chapter to analyze and discuss the current situation in your school.

This event discussed what a responsive system for all youth looks like based upon the current reform efforts in Massachusetts and New York City.

For many reasons, which we discuss below, current efforts of professional development featuring multicultural education in general, and specifically literacy as cultural practice, fall depressingly short.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

To get a sense of our current situation, we first debriefed to discuss our current and past efforts, as well as what did and didn't work.

In addition to contributions by the directors of the Museum Ludwig and ARoS — Yilmaz Dziewior and Erlend G. Høyersten — the authors include Tom Holert, distinguished German art historian, taking an in - depth look at Rosenquist's unique spatiality; Stephan Diederich, curator and specialist at Museum Ludwig, giving a review of the themes in the exhibition; Sarah Bancroft, art historian, curator, and Rosenquist expert who co-curated the 2003 Guggenheim Museum Rosenquist retrospective (and current head of the Rosenquist Foundation and the studio) illuminates Rosenquist's seminal source collages; Tino Grass, German designer and researcher, revealing new perspectives on Rosenquist's historic work F - 111; Isabel Gebhardt, Museum Ludwig conservator, outlining the intensive research efforts and conservation work recently undertaken on Horse Blinders; and Tim Griffin, former editor - in - chief of the esteemed American art journal Artforum, discussing the political potential of Pop art as exemplified by a work James Rosenquist created for one of the magazine's issues.

In discussing oil shale, Mr. Bush made a fresh effort to get Democrats in Congress to consider unlocking the vast deposits of the Green River Basin, saying the cost of production is low enough to make such supplies competitive at current prices.

Food Tank spoke with Fonseca to discuss his life experiences, his current efforts to improve access to nutrition education, and his hopes for the future of food policy.

This report discusses our current understanding of the mechanisms that link declines in Arctic sea ice cover, loss of high - latitude snow cover, changes in Arctic - region energy fluxes, atmospheric circulation patterns, and the occurrence of extreme weather events; possible implications of more severe loss of summer Arctic sea ice upon weather patterns at lower latitudes; major gaps in our understanding, and observational and / or modeling efforts that are needed to fill those gaps; and current opportunities and limitations for using Arctic sea ice predictions to assess the risk of temperature / precipitation anomalies and extreme weather events over northern continents.

What's emerged is a clear chronicle of the history of REDD — beginning with the very first experiments in the late 1980s, continuing through the evolution of rigorous methodologies, and culminating with the current jurisdictional proposals being discussed in Bonn and how they dovetail with emerging efforts to purge deforestation from corporate supply chains.

In «Keeping Current Can Be Hard to Do for Law Librarians» (May 30, 2007), Tricia Kasting discusses her efforts to keep current with new developments impacting her work, particularly the uses and impacts of various social software tools in her organization and the new features of subscription datCurrent Can Be Hard to Do for Law Librarians» (May 30, 2007), Tricia Kasting discusses her efforts to keep current with new developments impacting her work, particularly the uses and impacts of various social software tools in her organization and the new features of subscription datcurrent with new developments impacting her work, particularly the uses and impacts of various social software tools in her organization and the new features of subscription databases.

The event was oversubscribed, with more than 250 registered attendees present to discuss current capital markets trends, an update on pending legislative efforts to modernize the BDC model, best practices, and emerging regulatory issues.

Comprehensive Family Assessment Intake Baseline Study (PDF - 919 KB) Piescher, Snyder, LaLiberte, Nguyen, & Wells (2010) Ramsey County Community Human Services Department & University of Minnesota School of Social Work Discusses a study comparing current child welfare practice in Ramsey County, Minnesota, to the findings of the 2005 Child Family Service Review (CFSR) county report to provide a baseline for future improvement efforts.

In an effort to bridge this gap, this workshop led by Ian Kerner PhD, LMFT, will discuss the exponentially expanding science of sexuality, current tools for assessment and treatment of common sexual issues through a biopsychosocial inter-relational lens, dealing with the therapist's anxiety and counter-transference about sex, and understanding the unique issues in working with LGBTQ couples