Sentences with phrase «force changes at the top»

Several long - time Microsoft watchers have said privately that ValueAct's goal all along was to force changes at the top of Microsoft which, arguably it has already done.

Not exact matches

The result is a «wedge» that tops up the earnings replacement of those with middle incomes without forcing unnecessary changes on those at the bottom.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

The «force for change» in the club either has to persuade the current owner to enable the club to be truly competitive at the top level, or make way for someone who will.

Here, I recall some of my memories of his time at the top of Nestlé, particularly when I had the opportunity to put questions to him at shareholder meetings or helped Baby Milk Action put his unethical business practices into the spotlight and force changes.

If Cuomo were serious about «bringing effective change to State government» he'd be dismantling redundant Authorities and consolidating agencies while sending the parasitic top management bureaucrats who infest them out in the street to seek private sector employment, where they belong, forcing the sale of all those SUVs issued to bigwigs at the Office of Children and Family Services to get more money into the State's coffers, and implementing other radical cost - cutting measures.

Still, it is undeniable that a variety of 21st - century forces — a new generation in the military, a change in climate at the top levels of the Pentagon, pressure on the president from a critical interest group, even Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand's anticipated Democratic primary battle in New York — converged to begin repeal of a 1993 law that has led to the discharge of more than 13,000 gay men and lesbians, including desperately needed Arabic translators.

Shown at slow (top), medium (middle) and high impact speeds (bottom), the changing impact forces illuminated in each frame help explain why soil and sand get stronger when they are struck harder.

With the state of traditional publishing at the moment, with the slush out - sourced, with editors tied by sales force demands, with companies barely holding on and trying to make changes to electronic sales, very few high - quality books with top stories are getting through.

Although Amazon just changed the interface so free books no longer appear next to paid ones on any of the list — there's a little tab at the top that forces you to select one or the other.

«Radiative forcing Radiative forcing is the change in the net, downward minus upward, radiative flux (expressed in W m — 2) at the tropopause or top of atmosphere due to a change in an external driver of climate change, such as, for example, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide or the output of the Sun.»

Only in computer models using the «external forcing» wheeze of a step change in emitted radiation at the top of the model atmosphere can these factors be regarded as forcing agents.

JimD, dF, the change of forcing you are looking for is at the top of the atmosphere.

radiative forcing a change in average net radiation at the top of the troposphere resulting from a change in either solar or infrared radiation due to a change in atmospheric greenhouse gases concentrations; perturbance in the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation

As the climate warms, the Earth will emit more infrared radiation to space, but this change at the top of the atmosphere is a response to the forcing, and not a new forcing.

Already there's been tons of headlines about the tar sands and climate change, thanks in large part to the dozens of people taking action to force climate policies at the top of the agenda, and it's not even September yet.

Radiative forcing: A change in average net radiation at the top of the troposphere (known as the tropopause) because of a change in either incoming solar or exiting infrared radiation.

Global - annual mean adjusted radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere is, in general, a reliable metric relating the effects of various climate perturbations to global mean surface temperature change as computed in general circulation models (GCMs).

The limitations of OLS on data with a near unit root is well taken, but to claim that the temperature just changes stochastically, within bounds that are very far off what one would expect just from natural variability, is not convincing: Many parameters of the earth system are simultaneously showing signs of warming, plus there's still a positive radiation imbalance at the top of the atmosphere: The earth hasn't even warmed up yet to the full extent that the change in forcing implies.

The IATA's spokesman, Anthony Concil, made it clear that pressure from legislators is a major force in promoting climate change to the top of his concerns: «It's at the top of several policymakers» agendas.

«Fa», the adjusted forcing, is the flux change at the top of the atmosphere (and throughout the stratosphere) after the stratosphere is allowed to adjust radiatively to the presence of the forcing agent.

The concept of radiative forcing (RF) as the radiative imbalance (W m — 2) in the climate system at the top of the atmosphere caused by the addition of a greenhouse gas (or other change) was established at the time and summarised in Chapter 2 of the WGI FAR.

«Fs», the fixed SST forcing, is a combination of the flux change at the top of (and throughout) the atmosphere and of the global surface air temperature change after the forcing and with observed sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice (SI) held fixed.

Radiative Forcing A change in average net radiation (in W m - 2) at the top of the troposphere resulting from a change in either solar or infrared radiation due to a change in atmospheric greenhouse gases concentrations; perturbance in the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation.

«Law firms that do not put client needs at the top of their priority lists and align themselves with those needs misunderstand what is driving the forces of change in the legal market in 2013.»

Earlier this week Nomura Securities analyst Rick Sherlund pretty much predicted that the specter of activisim sparked by ValueAct could force major changes at the top.

In its «Change Agent» series, Rebekah Radice, Manager of Industry Engagement for Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate will be speaking with industry leaders about the driving force behind their business success and what keeps them at the top of their game.