This can be as blunt as Amazon's recommendation system (which has inherent flaws due to the history and size of Amazon) or a subtle personalisation system that surfaces some books
in preference to others without us even noticing, a very subtle form of hand - selling if you will.
Although in recent years John Paul II stressed, «the Church has no philosophy of her own nor does she canonise any one particular philosophy
in preference to others» -LCB- Fides et Ratio n. 49) nonetheless the Magisterium has undeniably accorded a privileged place to Thomas» philosophy.
Deutsch says, «In its crudest and simplest form, a «value» is a repetitive preference for a particular class of messages or data that is to be received, transmitted or acted upon
in preference to others» (NG 178).
I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines,
in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; and believing he never claimed any other.»
I am a Christian in the only sense in which He wished anyone to be: sincerely attached to His doctrines
in preference to all others.
George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law
in preference to others.
For His will, by which in loving He wishes good to someone, is the cause of that good possessed by
some in preference to others.
Predestination presupposes election in the order of reason; and election presupposes love... Whence the predestination of some to eternal salvation presupposes, in the order of reason, that God wills their salvation; and to this belong both election and love: — love, inasmuch as He wills them this particular good of eternal salvation; since to love is to wish well to anyone, as stated above: — election, inasmuch as He wills this good to
some in preference to others; since He reprobates some, as stated above.
The unanimous 1987 decision in Corporation of the Presiding Bishop v. Amos revised a lower court's holding that Congress violated the establishment clause when it permitted churches to hire their own members
in preference to others for nonreligious jobs, a form of religious discrimination prohibited for other private employers.
Though churches are entitled, unlike other private employers, to hire with their own money their own members
in preference to others, they are not entitled to do so with the public's money.
Every concrete decision stresses certain points
in preference to others, though these, too, might have been emphasized.
New definitions, such as those attempted here, serve to distinguish certain meanings of a term
in preference to others in the hope that these will be more consistent and more serviceable in creating a community of understanding than the term in its full ambiguity and vagueness was able to do.
the last couple contacts I had actually suggested short term bond funds
in preference to other options, since they are not subject to this strong down price pressure if this pressure or bubble is to blow.
Originally, it was expected that the ratio of quarks and antiquarks to be exactly equal to one, since neither would be expected to have been produced
in preference to the other.
In pursuit of these goals, I will examine the three approaches in respect to what direct, or external, evidence there may be to justify adopting any one of
them in preference to the other two.
In the US, for example, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, is a hub for HIV research, and its Vaccine Research Center continues to focus on HIV
in preference to other diseases.
These strategies are: (1) physical separation by temporarily converting the two enantiomers into two diastereomers (called resolution); (2) physical separation in a chiral chromatographic environment; (3) chemical discrimination in a chiral environment (using enzymes or other chiral platforms as chemical reagents); and (4) asymmetric synthesis of one enantiomer
in preference to the other.
With this economic struggle, people and school districts are looking to cut art programs
in preference to other subjects.
The only thing that really bothers me about Hugh Howey is that it would seem he is directing new / aspiring writers to Amazon and Amazon KDP Select
in preference to other platforms / venues.
The wire was eliminated
in preference to the other two varieties.
Most kittens will automatically use kitty litter
in preference to other surfaces, except perhaps the soil of a potted plant.
According to Kieran Fives, Bookassist Director, «the decision to use Bookassist
in preference to all other providers was largely based on the market - leading penetration of the Bookassist system in the Dublin region, where more hotels are online with Bookassist than with any other system».
He (McIntyre) was able to demonstrate that the way they had extracted the temperature signal from the tree ring records was biased so as to choose hockey - stick shaped graphs
in preference to other shapes... He also showed that the appearance of the graph was due solely to the use of an estimate of historic temperatures based on tree rings from bristlecone pines, a species that was known to be problematic for this kind of reconstruction.
The husband objected, and brought an appeal to the Court of Appeal, claiming that the judge's award was tantamount to re-distributing the husband's assets in favour of the wife and
in preference to his other creditors.
Under the Canadian Constitution Act 1982, land claim agreements and treaty rights have legislative protections without any derogation of these rights
in preference to other agreements or rights.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited
to, the following: 1) our ability
to continue
to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability
to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability
to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability
to achieve certain cost reductions with respect
to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability
to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer
preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability
to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or
other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence
to their announced schedules; 10) our ability
to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our
other customers; 11) our ability
to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties
to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and
other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability
to avoid or recover from cyber-based or
other security attacks, information technology failures, or
other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability
to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability
to obtain the debt
to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and
other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes
in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes
to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability
to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability
to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and
other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility
to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure
to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability
to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability
to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and
other cost savings; 32) our ability
to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes
to business relationships and
other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability
to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability
to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among
other things.
In other browsers, a majority of users either don't want, or fail
to adjust, their
preferences to block cookies and stop tracking.
From retail
to automotive, Indian investors are among those setting the standards,
preferences and new terms of commerce
in the world's
other fast - growth markets.
For instance, EmoVu could tap into a smart TV's camera
to monitor viewers, measure how viewers are responding
to content and learn their
preferences in order
to recommend
other programs
to watch.
In order
to be grateful for something someone has done for them, your children need
to be able
to understand the motivations and
preferences of
others.
If the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream had a protective mindset for incorporating
in the Netherlands, it would not have sought
to cancel existing Dutch
preference shares that allow certain shareholders a greater voice than
others, Dekkers said.
Among the factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and
other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and
other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer
preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations
in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due
to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and
other disasters and
other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and
other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and
other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and
other disruptions
to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur
in the legal and regulatory proceedings described
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
To help speed up the process, they may even use automatic check -
in tools like AirlineCheckins.com, created by the Lufthansa Innovation Hub, which records users» seating
preferences, frequent flier information, and identification documents, among
other things, so they can check
in with their airline online as soon as the window opens.
But several have said they want the freedom
to give
preference to certain kinds of internet traffic and some have already begun giving a leg up
to their own sites and services
in other ways.
Of course, matching the landscape
to your degree of extraversion is almost certainly going
to be far from your primary consideration when choosing where
to live, but these results suggest that if you're always had a hankering for living tucked away
in a mountain valley or next
to the wide open sky over the ocean, your personality very well may be behind the
preference — and if
other factors work out, you'll probably be happier indulging it.
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If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity, convertible debt securities, or
other securities convertible into equity, our existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution
in their percentage ownership of our company, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights,
preferences, and privileges senior
to those of holders of our Class A common stock.
No one type is necessarily better than any
other in all situations, it all boils down
to your personal
preferences and situation.
«Financing Conversion Securities» means securities with identical rights, privileges,
preferences and restrictions as the Qualified Financing Securities issued
to new investors
in a Qualified Financing,
other than (A) the per share liquidation
preference, which will be equal
to (i) the Note Conversion Price at which this Note is converted, multiplied by (ii) any liquidation
preference multiple granted
to the Qualified Financing Securities (i.e., 1X, 2X, etc. of the purchase price), (B) the conversion price for purposes of price - based anti-dilution protection, which will equal the Note Conversion Price, and (C) the basis for any dividend rights, which will be based on the Note Conversion Price.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those
in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited
to, increased competition; the Company's ability
to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability
to differentiate its products from
other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability
to predict, identify and interpret changes
in consumer
preferences and demand; the Company's ability
to drive revenue growth
in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or
other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility
in commodity, energy and
other input costs; changes
in the Company's management team or
other key personnel; the Company's inability
to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes
in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes
in laws and regulations; legal claims or
other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure
to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability
to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions
in the nations
in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility
in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions
in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability
to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events
in the locations
in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability
to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and
other factors.
For one, Amazon, like
other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling readers
to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform hands the company information about your reading habits and
preferences, data the company uses
to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock -
in becomes strong.
In other words, if market action improves enough
to deliver a positive shift, the inference would be that investors had developed a robust
preference for taking risk.
Following the Second World War global leaders, determined
to avoid future trade wars, came together
in 1947
to negotiate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), with the purpose of achieving a «substantial reduction of tariffs and
other trade barriers and the elimination of
preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis.»
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those
in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited
to, operating
in a highly competitive industry; changes
in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability
to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability
to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability
to predict, identify and interpret changes
in consumer
preferences and demand; the Company's ability
to drive revenue growth
in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or
other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility
in commodity, energy and
other input costs; changes
in the Company's management team or
other key personnel; the Company's ability
to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes
in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or
other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability
to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions
in the United States and
in various
other nations
in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility
in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability
to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events
in the locations
in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability
to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock
in the public markets; the Company's ability
to continue
to pay a regular dividend; changes
in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and
other factors.
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results
to differ materially from those
in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited
to, increased competition; the Company's ability
to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability
to differentiate its products from
other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability
to predict, identify and interpret changes
in consumer
preferences and demand; the Company's ability
to drive revenue growth
in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or
other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility
in commodity, energy and
other input costs; changes
in the Company's management team or
other key personnel; the Company's inability
to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes
in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes
in laws and regulations; legal claims or
other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure
to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company
in the expected time frame; the Company's ability
to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions
in the nations
in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility
in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability
to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events
in the locations
in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability
to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and
other factors.
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Facebook says it will utilize dating
preferences, things
in common and mutual friends for matching people together, showing the profiles of those who have opened themselves
to dating only
to other members who are using the feature.
The YC documents are probably fine
in situations where the investor (i) wishes
to purchase equity rather than convertible debt, (ii) is otherwise somewhat indifferent on terms
other than percentage ownership of the company, liquidation
preference and right of first offer
in future financings, (iii) is investing at a fairly low valuation (i.e. a couple of million dollars), and (iv) is only investing a small amount (i.e. a couple hundred thousand dollars or less).