Sentences with phrase «done at the current level»

July 15, 2013 — Under elevated carbon dioxide levels, wetland plants can absorb up to 32 percent more carbon than they do at current levels, according to a 19 - year study published in Global Change Biology from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md..

Not exact matches

If Humana does not continue to earn and retain purchase discounts and volume rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers at current levels, Humana's gross margins may decline.

«While rising long - term rates will ultimately become a negative for profits and multiples, we do not see current levels as a reason to de-risk and sell equities,» Dubravko Lakos - Bujas, head of U.S. equity strategy at J.P. Morgan, said in a note Wednesday.

This lack of change in smoking cessation under such a dramatic tax increase accentuates the difficulty in improving quit rates at the population level.23 It does provide a reference point to evaluate the magnitude of change reported for the 2014 - 15 US Current Population Survey - Tobacco Use Supplement (CPS - TUS).

Even recent Fed cuts don't rule it out, because historically, sequential easings of monetary policy have occurred at an average S&P 500 P / E of about 11, not the current level of 27.

We don't expect the coin to re-test its lows, as several strong support levels are below the current price level, at $ 51, $ 44, and $ 38.

How long do you think the stock price would stay at its current level?»

3) The Hussman Strategic Growth Fund has gradually shifted from smaller to larger capitalization holdings in recent years, not out of any necessity due to Fund size (at the Fund's current asset level, we could easily populate the Fund with mid-caps if it was optimal to do so), but precisely because large stocks generally carry the best relative valuations.

Any investor can do the same, and according to some very bright minds, buying into gold at current levels isn't a bad idea.

Similarly, we don't presently observe a year - over-year decline in industrial production, but note that the current rate of growth is already below the level that prevailed at the beginning of prior U.S. economic recessions.

He adds that Transport Canada «will have to do more, just to keep the accident rate per revenue - generating passenger mile travelled in Canada at current levels.»

Given assumed actuarial return assumptions of the moment, that could be true, but certainly not at current nominal Treasury yield levels that don't even come close to these assumed return levels.

Yet at certain other points he did definitely lift the position of women to a considerably higher level than that current in Arabia before his own time.

As I write, the Coalition for Marriage petition against gay marriage has reached a total of 600,783 signatures and by the time this is in print, that total will be considerably higher - you can check its current level at http://c4m.org.uk/, and sign the petition while you are about it if you haven't already done so.

These forms of consciousness will of course be different for every person, based on personal experience... so that is where a personal God comes in... one that fits each person's current level of understanding... a living, hopefully growing perception as knowledge increases, instead of a fixed idol or icon... but if it provides a person a non-harmful useful comfort and positive function, then what genius has the right to deprive them of that, with ridicule that their understanding is different and better, when the person being ridiculed at the time, does not possess the knowledge required to have the same understanding of the person ridiculing.

Now, there's no exact science to figuring out which areas of the world God hates the most — though you're not quite at Toledo's level yet — however, I do think that Tuesday's earthquake suggests that God's current hatred for you — as in, the Northeast corridor between Richmond and Boston — is slightly greater than his hatred for say, whatever current spot of ground Vladimir Putin is standing on.

If they do so, they will have prices held at the current level of 22.72 ppl until May 31.

I merely say Monreal is IMO one to use in a current back three, since Merts is too slow, though has great positional sense, and Holding is very raw and I simply don't rate Chambers at our level at all.

During Enrique reign we could look to hire Adams as a Def coach, Vieira as Mid coach, DB10 to be Att coach... Enrique has the current experience at top level, he managed Barca and they did do very well all over the pitch with him.

At that point we watch the roster / asset shuffle start all over again, as I don't see them keeping many (if any) of the current «core» players.This is complicated by the fact that the talent level of those core players isn't high enough to make them valuable assets that can be used to make notable improvements in the near - term.

Did him skipping low - A stunt his development which lead to his current status or was it just his lack of talent being exposed at a more difficult level?

while I do nt think the current level is accetable I am very aware that its a long drop to the bottom and while I feel that AW is half the problem he is also at this point kind of half the solution as well.

Not at all.Most who want Wenger out recognise quite clearly the job thenewManager has is not easy.Wenger has allowed complete apathy to set in around the whole club so whoever is appointed will have work to do before we can even dream of being title contenders.You come across as a very typical Wenger lover who knows his time is up and is almost wanting the new Manager to fail.Guess what?The fanbase are not easily fooled but will accept a transition as long as we progress.We still have the core of very very good players who are more than capable of being competitive in this league and with the right additions we can be a force.But we need a Manager who MANAGES AND COACHES THE TEAM.This is clearly beyond Wenger and has been for too long now.It is quite clearly shown by our current league position of SIXTH.And yet you still continue to accept this.The Club needs to raise its expectation levels or else even mediocrity will be beyond us.

Express and Star claim West Brom turned down a bid of around # 12million for Evans, which does seem rather low in this current market for a player of his experience and pedigree at Premier League level.

The manager has done wonders for Southampton in recent years, and his current side are level on points with us in joint - sixth in the league at present.

If Abramovich decides enough is enough with his spendings for Chelsea, they can manage to run on the same level — City can't, they don't have the income to cover salary AND transfers and other expenditures at the same current level.

The season didn't start great for the development side as foreign players settled into life at Leeds and the local players adapted to a new way of doing things, but as everyone has got into their stride we have proved that there aren't going to be many teams that beat us at development level in our current group, a fourth straight win yesterday meant we are up to third in the standings.

Leicester City's Nigel Pearson revealed details concerning the current situation of his squad of players as he told the media: «People don't realize the difference in quality at this level.

That season did not go too well for United at U18 level, but the current season is looking so much better with the side second in the Premier League U18, a point behind leaders Manchester City, who have two games in hand themselves.

It doesn't come as a surprise to find out that Aguero is regularly being targeted by top clubs and managers that want to secure the services of the Argentinean player who appears to be able to perform at an extremely high level despite being in either the Spanish League with Athletic Madrid or in the English League, the Premier League with his current club Manchester City.

The impact a couple of decent results can have on a fan base is astonishing, but the current level isn't good enough and, regardless of the determination at some stage, a hard - fought point doesn't suffice.

found that the attitudes and behaviors of coaches of university - level teams in Canada may have discouraged athletes from reporting concussion symptoms at the time of injury, with a third of athletes admitting to have suffered a concussion saying that they did not reveal their symptoms out of fear that being diagnosed with a concussion would affect their standing with their current team or future teams and nearly one - fifth because they feared such a diagnosis would result in negative repercussions from the coach or coaching staff.

While I shouldn't have been surprised at his admission, given the lawsuits that have been filed against the league by former players, and the efforts by N.F.L. to protect the safety of current players, what impressed me the most was what the league and USA Football have done and were doing to improve health and safety of all who play football, from the pros down to the youth level, which fall into 6 general categories:

At age five, the current level of calcium intake for each child did not correlate with their bone mineral levels.

If testing is done, a 24 - hour pH probe study -LRB--RRB- is the current «gold standard» for reflux testing in babies; this is a procedure where a tube is placed down baby's throat to measure the acid level at the bottom of the esophagus.

Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.

I'm no expert, but in addition to the vast amount of research I did before my 2nd child (homebirth), my experience with an ob before I switched to a midwife with that same child, my experience with a medicated vaginal hospital birth w / my first child, my experience in talking to dozens of women that have had surgical births, in addition to all that anecdotal «wisdom», I have taken a graduate level Sociology of Medicine class that was an in depth look at our current medical system from a sociological perspective and we spent a couple of weeks talking about the medical model of birth and the alternatives.

The CTF doesn't cover even the cost of a term's worth of tuition fees at its current level.

There appears to be a current and very deliberate attempt to obfuscate what a VAT actually does (create a level field and back out taxes from exports, allowing recipient countries to impose their own taxes at consumption) and conflate it with protectionist measures such as straightforward tariffs or the proposed complex «border adjustability» tax, the latter explicitly prohibited under WTO rules precisely because it is not a level playing field (imports are taxed and exports are subsidized).

Since Russian Federation is not USSR and does not view US as its ideological enemy, nor does either country seek a complete destruction of the other, the current exchange between the countries is not at the level of hostilities, but more on the level of mutual spying.

«We need to have some very honest conversations with government about what we stop doing if we are to maintain frontline service delivery at current levels,» Mr Reed said.

Heaney: Where you are right now, can you operate the clerk's office at the current staffing levels or do you need more bodies?

«With over eighty percent of New Yorkers saying that doctors over-prescribing opioids and allowing patients access to too many pain pills are at least somewhat responsible for the current level of opioid abuse, it is concerning, but not surprising, that among those that were prescribed, a quarter admit that they were given too many pills and nearly two - thirds didn't take the entire prescription.

Sadly, it contains no changes to the current over-testing of our children and doesn't address the Gap Elimination Adjustment (state funds owed to our schools), nor does it address the fact that special needs children are being tested at their grade level rather than their developmental level.

So, sorry, whilst I don't as a matter of unconditional principal, deny that sometimes «devolution» can be inevitable (eg, Wales and Scotland), even desirable, but as with the very cynical, divide and rule, and destroy, motivation behind the regionalisation of the NHS, and the current «Northern Powerhouse» structures which draw Labour politicians into Austerity collaboration at an intimate local level, there is very little to be said in the favour of most «devolutionary» developments today from a radical socialist perspective.

Increased Retiree Health Insurance Premium - Sharing: While most employers — public and private — do not reimburse retirees for the cost of Medicare Part B premiums, New York State pays for the standard premium and the Income - Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts (IRMAA) levied on high - income retirees (couples with incomes in excess of $ 170,000 per year).13 Under the Governor's proposal, the State would cap the amount retirees are reimbursed at current levels and discontinue IRMAA reimbursements for those most able to afford the costs of health insurance.

Continued Spending Discipline in Agency Operations: While certain financial maneuvers artificially lower the rate of total spending growth from 4.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the Executive Budget does continue spending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to current levels.

Michelle de la Uz — appointed to the City Planning Commission by de Blasio when he was public advocate, and reappointed by current Public Advocate Letitia James — has become one of the de Blasio administration's most ardent critics, often voting against the city's housing and development proposals because she believes they do more harm than good and that the housing is not at the levels of affordability it should be.

«At the current world market prices and current level of production, we are getting about GH cents 1 billion annually, which will be enough to cover the Free SHS, but that will lead you no opportunity to do anything else; but funding Free SHS.

Others agree that the cannabis industry offers possibilities for scientists at all levels of training — which is particularly appealing given the current economy, «where we don't see a lot of growth in jobs for chemists,» says Ezra Pryor, a chemist who works for processing equipment manufacturer Heidolph North America, selling to companies in the cannabis industry.