Sentences with phrase «discussion about the assumptions»

Valuations are generally based on an idea of expected future income, so, having our fair share of aeronautical engineers, as well as a good American representation in the group, we have a great discussion about the assumptions underlying the valuation, the future of the air travel market, and the role of governments and other stakeholders in funding such large projects.

I entered into the discussions about the assumptions.

Not exact matches

Jill Mavro says the training has changed the tone of management discussions, empowering her to confront peers about assumptions that work to a woman's disadvantage.

Additional information about material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward - looking statements may be found under «Risk Factors» in our most recent Annual Information Form, under «Risk Management», «Risk Factors» and «Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies» in our most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis, in the «Risk Management» note to our most recent consolidated financial statements and elsewhere in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

One observation I've noticed about this discussion is that atheists are just as capable of making sweeping generalizations and faulty assumptions about Christian belief methodologies as Christians are of atheists.

I entered into the earlier long discussion on ontology and epistemology in preparation for submitting and testing the following assumption: Let us assume that the way we come to faith in God and come to develop symbolic expressions about relationship to Him is not fundamentally different from the way we come to have certitude about and develop symbolic specificity about our other relations.

pervades discussions about Nativity plays, sometimes accompanied by a sort of coy laugh, an assumption that, officially, we're all meant to be either atheists or adherents of some non-Christian religion now.

If there is a discussion it may include incorrect tacit assumptions by physician and parent about what the other really wants or means [63].

She joins Marti for this lively discussion about youth sports, questioning many assumptions, calling out unhelpful parental behavior and challenging us to step up and use proven approaches to help our children reap optimal benefits of organized sports.

Most ethical, policy and media discussions about synthetic biology start from the assumption that these aims have already been achieved: that biology has become easy to engineer for whatever ends we choose, that the toolbox is available to any student or potential terrorist, that dangerous organisms and powerful bioweapons are easy to make, and that no effective regulation is possible.

The Harvard University Press offering goes beyond the reflexive and often pessimistic assumptions that often imbue discussions about future prospects for U.S.

When introducing the teacher unions (NEA or AFT) into education discussions as an equal participant in the development of education policy, the assumption is that all unions are equal... which is the same WRONG assumption we are making about teachers and student learning.

If you go into a discussion of the Best Downloadable Game of 2010 thinking that Monday Night Combat should win, you're less likely to think about its flaws (e.g., limited maps, repetitive comments from the announcer) and more likely to remember its strengths (e.g., class balance, fun character design) relative to someone who didn't hold the same assumption.

The discussion examines how positivist assumptions about artistic productivity are intentionally frustrated in this new body of work currently on show as «The Inward Turn» at Jessica Silverman Gallery.

And that's why Charlie and I cited the actual underlying scientific report (chapter 6) along with a detailed discussion of the assumptions that drive those results (chapter 1) rather than citing the SPM — because chapters 6 and 1 tell us a lot more about the actual state of the research.

It's easy, though inadvisable, for those of us outside of the scientific community to make sweeping assumptions about discussions of complex data sets.

While I am not necessarily in agreement with all of your assumptions about climate change, I am FULLY in support of your right to engage n the discussion, free from any kind of censorship / interference by the Gov. LOVE the billboard concept!

What this discussion should be about is the IPCC hypothesis and whether the warming plateau in the surface temperature trend weakens its underlying assumptions and conclusions?

A nice thing about the Bayesian approach is that it encourages discussion of our assumptions (i.e. the prior)-- the conclusion of even a correctly constructed logical argument is only as valid as its premises.

You make assumptions about impacts that are far from certain — and always lead the discussion back to dogmatic assertions about your obsessions.

Today I link to «The Practice of Personal Attacking Global Warming Skeptics — Rather than Responding to Their Scientific Criticisms», a guest post at Tony Heller's blog by Dr William Gray, where Dr Gray offered this bit in a longer story: «Why are the warmers so afraid to have open and honest discussion about the basic nitty - gritty assumptions of their AGW hypothesis?

In a world where there is only one potential catastrophe waiting in the wings, the Precautionary Principle makes some sense, and most discussion about the PP and the Mann quote seems to precede with that assumption implicit.

The whole discussion is utterly dishonest — it starts from an assumption based on nothing at all but pulling it out of his arse and proceeds dishonestly to waffling about dredging and planting trees in windbreaks.

What seems to be so often neglected in discussions is an open admission that GCMs, from reconstructions and such are based upon guesses and assumptions that of themselves rely upon limited degrees of accurate observational evidence and further assumptions made about those observations.

Voluminous, defensively crafted guidelines signal mistrust between institutional clients and external counsel, but they can be addressed through: a) improved communication within firms to ensure that administrative departments understand implications and enable compliance through process improvements, and; b) checking assumptions by facilitating discussions with clients about factors influencing guideline development.

In my discussions with members of the profession about licensing, I hear certain repeated themes or assumptions.

For purposes of this discussion, when we talk about cash value life insurance for infinite banking, let's make the following assumptions about the ideal pool of companies and policy options that support the steps to creating your own personal bank:

A lack of discussion about sexual needs due (in part) to assumptions about the sexual roles of women and men.