Sentences with phrase «ongoing difficulties for»

The poll results suggest there could be ongoing difficulties for advocates of the Common Core initiative as they face challenges to the standards across the country.

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'' (The ongoing standoff between the euro zone and Greece) also increases the chances of snap elections in Greece as after overplaying his hand and facing increasing difficulties in concluding the review, Tsipras may be tempted to cut his losses by calling early elections before Syriza (the ruling party) loses more support for adopting unpopular measures,» Piccoli said.

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.

The difficulties that small firms have securing H - 1B visas are well - documented, and have been ongoing for years.

The protest, which drew fewer than 100 people to Uber's driver outpost in Queens, further spotlighted Uber's ongoing difficulties in getting its message across — not only to the local governments and businesses it needs for support, but to its own customers.

Factors in our evaluation include fees, promotional and ongoing APRs, and sign - up bonuses; for rewards cards, we consider earning and redemption rates, redemption options and redemption difficulty.

Although the American Catholic community has been confronted with yet more difficulties — ranging from the redefinition of marriage to assaults on religious liberty — one of the reasons for hope, moving forward, is that John Paul II left behind a rich spiritual and intellectual infrastructure for Americans to draw upon, to deal with these ongoing challenges.

Cuomo's well - known difficulty in recruiting top - level replacement staffers for a second term is generally attributed to his obsessive penchant for micro-management, a legendary willingness to harshly berate those he believes haven't served him well, and to US Attorney Preet Bharara's ongoing criminal probe of his Moreland Commission meddling.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, chronic insomnia, which affects as many as 10 percent of adults, involves ongoing difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep — or regularly waking up earlier than desired — despite an adequate opportunity for sleep.

The need for ongoing care for hearing - related issues was acknowledged in September 2014 when One Fund Boston, the charity created to accept and distribute donations to help those affected by the bombings, created the One Fund Center, which will serve patients who have had difficulties with tinnitus and other hearing - related problems; mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety; and traumatic brain injury and its associated symptoms such as headache, cognitive symptoms and balance difficulties.

Given the difficulty of finding water for those 26,000 soldiers, it becomes easier to understand the severity of the ongoing and unsolved water crisis facing the five million to seven million residents of Darfur.

It's a shame, really, given the potential here for a fun horror - movie ride, with Johnson's ongoing difficulties in sustaining viewer's interest ultimately ensuring that The Wolfman comes off as a sporadically intriguing but mostly underwhelming piece of work.

I'm sure this is good news for anyone scorned by the ongoing PSN network difficulties that still have no end in sight.

While grammar schools, teacher workload and the pupil funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools.

While grammar schools, teacher workload and funding have dominated education headlines in recent months, the ongoing challenges in teacher recruitment and retention continue to provide difficulties for schools, writes Richard Sagar from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation

An ongoing challenge for educators is figuring out which students with reading difficulties have a true learning disability and which ones can develop effective reading skills as a result of different reading instruction.

Factors in our evaluation include fees, promotional and ongoing APRs, and sign - up bonuses; for rewards cards, we consider earning and redemption rates, redemption options and redemption difficulty.

Factors in our evaluation include fees, promotional and ongoing APRs, and sign - up bonuses; for rewards cards, we consider earning and redemption rates, redemption options and redemption difficulty.

It's an ongoing MMO RPG, so it would certainly be cool and newsworthy, if as a community, people got together and did what they could to even the playing field for those who were handed a tough difficulty.

Stephen Westfall: The difficulty in that question — and what's true for most veteran painters; I'm old enough now where veteran is a nice way to put it — is that we are not starting paintings, we're establishing an ongoing vocabulary that is sort of morphing.

But the events of 9/11 and the ongoing conflict in Palestine add an extra layer of difficulty for Arab lawyers.

A chapter 13 case presents greater difficulties than a chapter 7 case for separated spouses because of the ongoing obligation to make plan payments, the evolving goals of husband and wife during the bankruptcy and separation, and the ability of the husband or wife to discharge debts that are not domestic support obligations but that are related to divorce and separation.

One difficulty with this funding, however, is that even where funding is provided for an ongoing process rather than a specific negotiation, it is almost always provided where the state government wants a particular outcome (such as to increase the processing of exploration tenure, facilitate a particular industrial development, or expand residential areas).

Ongoing medical monitoring is needed to assess the efficacy of the medication and to check for possible side effects such as sleeping difficulties, decreased appetite, increased blood pressure and heart rate.

Preparation and practice help them use their coping skills and see that they can manage.If ongoing fear and worry make it hard for children to enjoy life or interfere with their ability to manage everyday activities at home, at school or socially, they may need help for an anxiety difficulty.

Falls are common for young children, particularly as they learn to walk, and generally do not lead to any ongoing difficulties.

If ongoing fear and worry make it hard for children to enjoy life or interfere with their ability to manage everyday activities at home, at school or socially, they may need help for an anxiety difficulty.

Scholars who have documented the increased rates of health problems, developmental delays, and mental health difficulties in foster children call for universal, ongoing screening and assessment for the «whole» child.80 In other words, foster children should be assessed for physical, developmental, and mental health problems at foster care entry and then periodically while they are in care.

[111] The difficulty of building a base for the court to draw inferences on the content of traditional laws and customs prior to sovereignty, their ongoing transmission from generation to generation by oral form and their present possession is, under these amendments, almost insurmountable.

This ongoing group is designed for mothers who have experienced the difficulties of postpartum symptoms.

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) notes, «While great diversity exists in children's adjustment to divorce, and a majority of children weather the transition and become competent adults, up to a quarter of children whose parents divorce experience ongoing emotional and behavior difficulties.»

When children are exposed to ongoing conflict between their parents, they are at significant risk for social, academic and mental health problems, and may experience more difficulty with their own intimate relationships in the long term.

Thus, extant research suggests that peer relationships may be either risks for or buffers against sleep difficulties in adolescence, and uncovering the processes underlying either of these is an important area for ongoing research.

Depressed patients with a disorganized attachment status reacted with a more pronounced hear rate acceleration than their organized counterparts, supporting the difficulty of this patient group in regulating emotions and supports the hypothesis of disorganized attachment being a risk factor for ongoing or a relapse to depression after being socially excluded.

This ongoing difficulty in obtaining financing, coupled with a grim prognosis for the retail sector, will help prolong the transaction stalemate in retail investment sales.