Sentences with phrase «for obsolescence»

And lots of Texans are excited to see Michelle Ellsworth perform her own riff on the end of men in Preparation for the Obsolescence of the Y Chromosome at the Fusebox Festival, a co-presentation with Women and Their Work, on April 8 & 10 at Ground Floor Theatre, with an artist talk on April 9 at Women and Their Work.

This, combined with the shift in scale, plays on the recognizability of the font whose usage remains widespread in the encoding of checks, another technology destined for obsolescence.

There are various percentage handicaps which are applied to the working capital figure (to account for obsolescence of inventory and uncollectability in receivables as well as the nebulous benefit of some other current assets like pre-paid insurance and rent) to arrive at the sum used to deduct liabilities from and arrive at the proper current asset figure used in the equation.

E-readers are thus either destined for the obsolescence pile, or they'll be coming out of Kinder eggs soon enough.

Not exact matches

The 128 - year - old beauty company, known for products such as Skin - So - Soft and ANEW skincare, has been hit by a triple whammy: the rise in sales of low - priced beauty products at mass - market chains such as Walgreen (WAG) and Dollar General (DG), the apparent obsolescence of its direct - selling model for beauty items, and ill - advised forays into fashion, jewelry and pricier skincare products that alienated many customers.

This improves the in - stock position of a fast - moving product and prevents obsolescence for one that is not selling.

Arguing that the Quran incites violence, it insisted that «the verses of the Quran calling for murder and punishment of Jews, Christians, and nonbelievers be struck to obsolescence by religious authorities,» so that «no believer can refer to a sacred text to commit a crime.»

cost estimates for customer returns, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments, rework of component inventory with the contract manufacturer, legal fees and settlement costs, and write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment.

As a result of the product recall, the Company established reserves that include cost estimates for customer refunds, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments and rework of component inventory with the contract manufacturer, write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment, and legal settlement costs.

- Potential for technical disruption / obsolescence?

It's critical for owners to identify both economic and functional obsolescence in order to fight unfair property tax assessments.

Understanding both economic and functional obsolescence is essential to properly evaluate tax assessments for...

It is what I find the most ironic of the most strident biblical literalists: by attempting to fix the bible into one single, unalterable interpretation, instead of an ongoing conversation, they are sowing the seeds for its own obsolescence.

Year after year, decade after decade, we witness the spectacle of Detroit's efforts to sell ever - increasing numbers of cars designed for quick obsolescence, though it has been clear for some time now that considerations of both space and air quality dictate that we move toward some alternative transportation system.

It may not have been instant obsolescence, but for one afternoon Minnesota showed that plain old - fashioned football could blunt Kansas City's newfangled attack

What bothers me most is that, after all these years of women fighting for equality, with all our demands that we have an «equal partner,» why wouldn't we want to support men in their freedom, too — freedom to be stay - at - home dads, freedom to work part - time so they can maybe find the elusive work - live balance we women obsess about — instead of dooming them to obsolescence?

There are too many planned obsolescence features built into this product for me to recommend.

A larger drive to consumption with the explosion of advertisement (in order to create «percieved obsolescence» for instance, make people buy more stuff)

And the yes voters, 73 % of whom are apparently in the market for a second referendum within five years, might well reflect that all the commissions thus far — from the constitutional convention which delivered devolution through Labour's Calman commission updating the Scotland Act, to the latest Smith proposals, share one arresting component: all appear to have a built - in obsolescence — as the independence debate stubbornly refuses to shut down.

Angry librarians, who like the Postal Service face obsolescence as a result of the cyberspace revolution, argued that libraries are a better place for Internet links because they are open longer and their staff better able to provide help to users.

To dream of fighting to stay alive may reflect feelings of The High Line can thank Robert Hammond and Josh David, co-founders of Friends of the High Line, for rescuing it from obsolescence on a shared

We reached the thimble for a completely imaginary conversation about obsolescence.

The topic of old warhorses ritualistically revisiting their old stomping grounds to, at least for a moment, deny the passage of adolescent glory into mature obsolescence is ritualistically explored in the late Jason Miller's adaptation of his own Pulitzer prize - winning play, That Championship Season.

It's a movie about middle age and the fear of obsolescence — you know, for kids!

Besides allowing for another round of winks at the obsolescence of the Bond brand, this particular plot point permits Spectre to draw some curious ideological lines, condemning drone warfare and government surveillance while waxing nostalgic about the good ol' days of Cold War assassination plots.

Sorry if my questions seem burdensome, but for more clarity, do you think that adding technology would enable better performance in the schools, thereby leading to the obsolescence of the Title I moniker?

The education secretary at the time, Michael Gove, outlined the rationale for the changes in a speech last January: «ICT used to focus purely on computer literacy — teaching pupils, over and over again, how to word - process, how to work a spreadsheet, how to use programs already creaking into obsolescence; about as much use as teaching children to send a telex or travel in a zeppelin.

As Americans stare down what Tony Wagner terms the «global education gap» and contemplate the possibility that our entire K - 12 education system is slipping into obsolescence, many educators and families alike are searching for ways to improve learning by devoting more time to it.

Thus was born «planned obsolescence,» and we've been obsessively trading in perfectly good cars and trucks for the latest and greatest stuff ever since.

The styling of the 1949 Diamond T Model 201 pickup can be traced back to 1936 (Diamond T didn't go in for planned obsolescence).

The Velar is also going to come with Land Rover's new 2.0 litre Ingenium engines and the new in - line Ingenium sixes too (we hope JLR don't do what they did with the Discovery Sport and use the «old» engines for the first few months, building in obsolescence) and maybe, if the rumours are right, Land Rovers new BMW V8 and a plug - in hybrid.

The insatiable desire for ever more and ever newer forms of convenience that drives our global economy and our technological culture leaves a scattered trail of obsolescence in its wake.

As much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thing.

The move toward e-books seems strange for a business founded on shipping the physical product, but it's the companies who control their obsolescence who thrive.

I understand technology is ever changing and companies rely on planned obsolescence, but if I'm throwing down that kind of cash for a tablet I want it to be «the best» for more than a couple months.

The obsolescence of print has been talked about for a while, but the numbers still don't demonstrate this is the case.

A $ 499 Tablet that suffers from planned obsolescence every two to three years is too expensive for 95 % of the World's Population.

Pinnacle looks for firms with strong balance sheets since small firms have fewer buffers in a downturn than large ones do, management teams that do an outstanding job of allocating capital including their own, and understandable businesses which tends to keep him out of tech, bio-tech and other high obsolescence industries.

The health - care industries may be affected by technological obsolescence, changes in regulatory approval policies for drugs, medical devices or procedures, and changes in governmental and private payment systems.

One exception is some of the tech and pharmaceutical companies, where they will fight for new markets versus obsolescence of old markets.

The same principles that apply here, such as not paying up for growth, or buying businesses you can understand that are not subject to rapid technological change or obsolescence, apply internationally as well.

This is important when ascribing an intrinsic or long - term value to the operations, as the risk of obsolescence for the majority of the operations is considerably lower than other individual companies within the market.

As a property owner, you can write off «depreciation» of your asset to compensate for deterioration related to the wear and tear, aging or other structural obsolescence of the home.

That in itself is a novelty; I tend to stay away from technology related businesses because I can never really get my head around the products and services they offer, I don't feel I can fully evaluate their competitive advantages, the potential impact of obsolescence and the level capital expenditures necessary to maintain market position, not to speak of the fact that they rarely fit into my value profile for potential investments.

New technologies and obsolescence of older customers plants provide opportunities for substantial growth in developed nations.

For those of you actually following the Amiibo «craze» (because why wouldn't you love having your child like love for a bunch of corporate icons exploited through planned scarcity and iterative obsolescence) you might have seen that an exclusive Palutena Amiibo was set to go on sale on Amazon's web site this evening at 2 pm, Read more about This is Just Fucking Ridiculous -LSB-.For those of you actually following the Amiibo «craze» (because why wouldn't you love having your child like love for a bunch of corporate icons exploited through planned scarcity and iterative obsolescence) you might have seen that an exclusive Palutena Amiibo was set to go on sale on Amazon's web site this evening at 2 pm, Read more about This is Just Fucking Ridiculous -LSB-.for a bunch of corporate icons exploited through planned scarcity and iterative obsolescence) you might have seen that an exclusive Palutena Amiibo was set to go on sale on Amazon's web site this evening at 2 pm, Read more about This is Just Fucking Ridiculous -LSB-...]

I've got a pretty decent gaming laptop (which, admittedly, is rapidly approaching obsolescence) and it's amazing how anti-aliasing makes up for the lower resolution while allowing great performance on most titles.

Cory Arcangel is a leading exponent of technology - based art, drawn to video games and software for their ability to rapidly formulate new communities and traditions and, equally, their speed of obsolescence.

As for modern life, Mathew Cerletty's pellucid image of an edition of the Yellow Pages floating on swimming pool - blue water is incisive: It's a parable about obsolescence, a condition to which painting has yet to succumb and possibly never will as long as humans are around to do it.

«The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin» will go on view as part of a permanent collection reinstallation planned for 2018.