Sentences with phrase «instead of the number of years»

While merit pay can be defined in a variety of ways, it most commonly refers to paying teachers based on performance instead of the number of years spent in the classroom.

Not exact matches

Instead, sororities throw a number of joint parties, or «mixers,» with fraternities throughout the year, which make the two organizations codependent.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Instead, I'm referring to a series of ceremonies this year in which an unusually large number of U.S. veterans have been awarded the Medal of Honor.

Apple also reportedly considered a much larger content acquisition last year: A number of news outlets said the company made a takeover bid for content giant Time Warner, which owns HBO and CNN among other things, but the latter decided to accept an offer from telecom player AT&T instead.

Instead of a traditional format, this year's conference included a number of unique experiences for attendees, including rapid - fire sessions and fishbowl networking.

I was 5 years in on the 15 - yr mortgage and running the numbers showed I could pay off the house in 5 years instead of 7 years.

Let me show you a really simple technique that you can use with the previous technique i showed you about using individual keywords instead of pasting a bunch of keywords and its really a one - click technique to get even more great keywords from the Google Adwords Keyword tool so I've already gone ahead and done a search for «fishing tips» just a single keyword if you didn't see that previous video you want to watch that because that's a really good little tip there i'll put a link in this video so you can click through and see that video number two in this series but once you've done your search will simply go down here to keyword options click this little pencil icon here and you'll see this option to only show ideas closely related to my search terms now everybody knows about this this year but a lot of people don't take the time to actually use it so if you simply just click the toggle their turn it on and then hit save what it's going to do is going to only bring back keyword terms that are closely related to «fishing tips» and here's one more hot tip for you it is specific to singular and plural so for instance if my original see keyword was «fishing tips» and I've selected to only show closely related ideas my results are going to have the word tips plural in them so if I will just take a second and remove that s after i've downloaded the file for «fishing tips» let's do that again «fishing tips» i've downloaded the file all my terms have the word tips in them now come right back up here i remove the s so singular and i search again now i'm going to get back results that have the word tip instead of tips and then because i have only show closely related ideas now just to show you a sample what will happen when you do that you remember this is the file i showed you in the previous video and you'll remember from that video that our competitors because they're just pasting in a bunch of keywords and hitting search they're getting back 706 results for this sample test here so they would get 706 keywords and that's what they would take off with them and start to decide which what pages they want to make for seo or how they want to set the pay - per - click campaign ok we're using these other methods taking a few extra seconds to really understand how the Google Adwords Keyword tool works and with this new method of both using singular and plural but selecting only show closely related ideas we now have for the exact same keywords we have 2867 keywords we got back so we're walking away with 2867 keywords our competitor for the very saying input terms is only getting 706 we're getting four times as many keywords for the Google Adwords Keyword Tool you can take this information and you can use it to really grow your business because there's some really excellent keywords that your competitors are overlooking simply because they don't understand how to use the Google Adwords Keyword tool so this has been helpful for you once you've used the google keyword planner to find lots of new keyword ideas what do you do with all those keywords the biggest problem is that you can there's so many keyword tools out there you can get hundreds of thousands of keywords by spending a day using the different keyword tools but what you do with all that information the answer is a cool tool called keyword grouper pro and keyword grouper pro is completely free there's not even an opt - in you simply download the tool now at the top of this video there's a link if you click that i'll show you exactly how to use keyword grouper pro it doesn't matter where you got your keywords from i'm going to show you how to take those keywords group them into tight groups and then you can set up your campaigns know exactly which groups represent buyers and once you know where the buyers are at you can simply focus your marketing in that area to make more profit in your business

In general, I look at year - over-year performance instead of month over month to account for the varying number of days per month (e.g., it's easy for March numbers to surpass February's because March has two or three more days) and seasonality (e.g., our numbers always dip over the December holidays).

Instead I did a quick run of the numbers and realized that for $ 2500 per month over 5 years it adds up to $ 30,000 per year and $ 150,000 over the 5 years.

Because research looked at the years of 2008 - 2011, the Institute says that the falling numbers were not the result of recent abortion - restricting legislative measures; instead, they pointed to the overall falling birth rate and greater access to contraception.

Instead, I point to the huge number of articles in recent years in places like The Atlantic and elsewhere written by women anguishing over the problem of finding men to marry.

After making a number of batches, I attribute this bread's soft texture and rich flavor to the fact that, for the first time in years, instead of subbing in yogurt as I usually do, I went with full - fat ingredients.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

For one year, the NFL is using regular numbers instead of the numbers that some dead people used 2,000 years ago.

Both have been tipped to make headway into the transfer market in the year, but instead of paying through the nose for hyped up talent from overseas, there are a number of players right here in the Premier League that would be more than capable of doing a standup job for what would likely be half the cost.

Injuries clearly played their part in our downfall this term, but for me, Arsene Wenger should be well aware that we ALWAYS lose a number of players during the season, and should have used the summer window last year to bring in two or three outfield players (instead of 0).

NBH's recognized staff members have over 10 years of experience in sports recreation and support the philosophy of learning instead of just focusing on the numbers on the scoreboard.

The report also claims that one of the main reasons the 29 - year - old is yet to agree on a new deal with the Gunners is because he's fixated on being given Jack Wilshere's number 10 shirt instead of his current 11.

Just as his backpack designs have transformed from Clifford the Big Red Dog to Star Wars to plain black, someday I'll probably be seeing college applications instead of field trip permission forms and pink paper with a girl's phone number on it rather than torn notebook paper featuring sloppily penned strategy a fellow 11 - year - old has provided for an Xbox game they both love.

All four of my offspring saved me a huge number of hours» sleep over the years by clinging to their mother all night long, instead of needing me to pace the floor to comfort or feed them.

Between the 2012 - 2013 and 2014 - 2015 school years, OUSD reduced by 30 percent the number of meat and cheese items it served to students, instead offering more legumes and other plant - based proteins.

No matter where you stand in this whole issue, anyone who has a modicum of math ability and critical thinking should be shocked and appalled that MANA had the numbers for 5 years and sat on them, and then when they finally released them, bent and twisted and fibbed to make themselves look good instead of using this as a wake up call for action.

A quarter of all bras sold are a D cup or above, which is double the number sold three years ago, and the range of standard bra sizes now end at K instead of G.

The OBR had previously assumed that the eurozone would begin to recover in the second half of this year; instead, of course, it has continued to contract and that has hit our exports to these markets and the net trade numbers.

Mr. Espaillat cited a number of what he described as «irregularities» on Election Day, including an unusual lack of bilingual inspectors, the absence mailed notifications alerting voters to the new Election Day date this year, and Spanish language speakers being handed affidavit ballots instead of regular ones.

Instead, the centerpiece of the teachers union's interaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is paid parental leave, in which teachers would be guaranteed pay for a certain number of days each year if they have to take time off to care for children.

He uses political advocacy math instead of numbers, receiving $ 334 million more — not less — education aid than last year,» Azzopardi said in a statement.

Instead, Mr. Duane, 57, said that he had simply tired of ricocheting between the city and Albany, as he has for 14 years — a number he repeated at least a dozen times — and that he was eager to try something new.

Instead, only personal friends of the couple, along with a number of ordinary British citizens, will be present at Windsor Castle for the royal event of the year on May 19.

These two big personalities, both of whom have a reputation for rough play, could have chosen to go to war many times over any number of issues the last four years, but instead opted to work together.

But last year, the renewal of NY / NY became the casualty of yet another squabble between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio — with Mr. de Blasio asking Mr. Cuomo to increase the number of units to be built in the city, and with Mr. Cuomo demanding that Mr. de Blasio pick up more of the tab — calling for a 50/50 split of the cost instead of the state paying 80 percent, as it has done in the past.

This year's kindergarten enrollment numbers, however, are still in flux, and some of the wait - listed children will likely win spots as other families choose private school or gifted - and - talented programs instead.

She also called for the city not to bow to developers» desire to recover the entirety of their investment immediately, and instead let them accrue their massive profits over a number of years.

I hope they will aim to raise the initial tax threshold to the current subsistence level (even if over a few years), simplify the benefit system so that benefit claimants receive in effect a weekly wage or monthly salary instead of a number of dribs and drabs (all of which require horrendous forms), amalgamate NI with IT and then look at introducing a flat tax to cover the lot.

Mr. de Blasio said the jails could be closed in 10 years, providing the city could reduce the number of people who cycle through the city's system to 5,000; low enough, that is, for every inmate to be taken off the 400 - acre island and housed instead in jails elsewhere in the city.

While a typical galaxy contains billions of stars, a number of tiny galaxies have been found in recent years that do not fit the classic picture and instead resemble the groups of stars known as star clusters.

Instead, it looks increasingly like a number of ape - like creatures existed a few million years back and interbred to produce a messy collection of species, from which we eventually emerged.

Instead, the number of bison peaked about 30,000 years ago, then tanked spectacularly.

Instead of taking a certain number of turtles every year, let's take»em all out of the wild.

Instead, the number of pigeons had fluctuated by up to 1000-fold during multiple population shrinkages and growths over the previous million years.

In the meanwhile, a big number of studies have shown that consuming a moderate amount of full - fat diary products instead their low - fat versions can reduce the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, while in healthy people over 60 years of age, a higher cholesterol has been associated with a lower risk of mortality.

You can't get promoted to higher levels until you've been there a certain number of years, when instead it should be the quality of the work that is the dominant factor.

Instead of limiting the exclusivity of the Diamond club to a specific number of Sugar Daddies by location, we decided to price the product high, very high — at $ 1250.00 for a year.

Though the more futuristic stuff isn't too distracting considering Hollywood's current obsession with dystopian sci - fi films like «The Hunger Games,» the decision to cast a 24 - year - old actor in the lead role (playing a 16 - year - old instead of the 12 - year - old that appears in the book) feels wrong for a number of reasons.

Sense recalls Rampling's Oscar - nominated 45 Years in a number of ways, but it chooses to show us the past instead of merely telling us about it and lingering on its effects.

Instead are a number of foreign - born competition first - timers, like Bong Joon - ho, who previously was in Un Certain Regard (and even that was eight years ago).

Marielle Heller's Sundance hit landed on a surprising number of top ten lists at the end of the year, indicating that perhaps it should have won the Grand Jury Prize in Park City last year instead of «Me & Earl & the Dying Girl.»

It was also a very good year for film — the best, perhaps, since 2007 — so a number of movies that could have made the list in weaker years (Argo, The Dark Knight Rises, Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Skyfall, etc.) have instead been consigned to honorary mentions.

The number of students with good grades passing up the chance to go to university and instead opting for an apprenticeship increases every year.