Now we get to learn the inner workings of Big Bird, how Caroll Spinney
operates the controls in Big Bird's face with his arm extended over his head and how he moves around the set with only a tiny video monitor strapped to his chest to see his surroundings.
This is what makes the A8 feel like it's in another category from the touch - sensitive - control - cursed Cadillac CT6: The feedback you get from
operating any control in the A8 makes you feel justified in spending this much on a luxury car.
Not exact matches
A company called Industrial Training International recently unveiled a new VR rig that allows workers to
operate realistic crane
controls in an immersive VR simulation.
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.
The Aurora distribution center continued to
operate normally
in the midst of the federal investigation; during this period, it did not have its registration to distribute
controlled substances suspended or revoked as the government has done with other distributors.
And of course, all those robots and robotic
control systems will need people to
operate them, which could result
in more jobs.
Jones said ISIS - K has been so surprisingly resilient because it mostly
operates in parts of Nangarhar Province, particularly the Achin District, where neither the Taliban or the Afghan government have much
control.
The company, founded
in 2009, has developed a large clientele of academic research institutions, space agencies, mining firms and defence departments for its signature yellow - and - black products, thanks
in part to the fact that Clearpath robots don't need someone holding a remote
control to
operate them.
Tesla said on Feb. 7: «As we ramp production of both Model 3 and our energy products while keeping tight
control of
operating expenses, our quarterly
operating income should turn sustainably positive at some point
in 2018.»
Representatives of a $ 2.2 billion investment fund aimed specifically at drone infrastructure — such as air traffic
control technologies to allow drones to safely
operate alongside conventional aircraft
in U.S. airspace — weigh
in during the discussion.
ZTR
Control Systems Manufacturing London, ON Visit website» Founded
in 1987, ZTR
Control Systems
operates in two distinct divisions: Its railway operations help modernize aging locomotives, while
They
operate or
control nuclear reactors, move
control rods, start and stop equipment, monitor and adjust
controls, record data
in logs, and implement emergency procedures when needed.
In that case, most essential services — including mail services, national security and air traffic
controlling — would continue to
operate.
In July 2015, CASPERSEN opened a bank account under the name «PHG
Operating LLC,» which was
controlled by CASPERSEN for his own benefit and was unknown to Park Hill Group (the «Fake PHG Account»).
Activist investor Carl Icahn now
controls the parent company, which still
operates two Tropicana - branded resorts
in the States.
Both Amazon and Google are building out a new voice - powered
operating system that can
control everything
in your life — from your lights to your garage door to the music and video you stream.
Protagonist Aiden Pearce is a vigilante who can hack into the central
operating system that runs near - future Chicago, and
in doing so can
control much of the city itself and access information on its inhabitants.
The group also
operates mobile - phone stores and Superdrug and Savers
in the U.K., owns ports around the world and a
controlling stake
in Husky Energy Inc.
in Canada.
After a Zetas leader was assassinated by a Gulf Cartel leader
in 2010, the Zetas and Gulf Cartel allegedly separated, but
in reality the Zetas» structure had already grown to the extent that they could
operate independently and
control routes and plazas that were formerly headed by the Gulf Cartel.
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts («NAREIT») defines funds from operations («NAREIT FFO») as net income / (loss) attributable to common shareholders computed
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States («GAAP»), excluding gains or losses from sales of
operating real estate assets and change
in control of interests, plus (i) depreciation and amortization of
operating properties and (ii) impairment of depreciable real estate and
in substance real estate equity investments and (iii) after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures calculated to reflect NAREIT FFO on the same basis.
«With full
control over Triton Knoll, we will now develop the project further to final investment decision at our own discretion,» Hans Bunting, Innogy's chief
operating officer for renewables, said
in a statement.
He has been forced to
operate like a prime minister
in a coalition government, pleading for consensus from powerful ministers — such as combustible news head Matt Winkler and terminal boss Tom Secunda — who
control resources and decide whether they'll allow anything to get done.
As is
controlling the direction of a company that
operates in 192 countries.
The New York Times (nytab) has been criticized
in the past for remaining family -
controlled, and some have argued that the newspaper would be better off if it were run by a regular corporation rather than being
operated in the interests of a specific family.
Doctors, medical students, and the merely curious experienced the operation
in real time, with 360 - degree
control over their vantage points, as though they were actually
in the
operating room.
Hand
in hand with flexibility is a new kind of sustainability
in which employees
operate individually
controlled light and temperature settings.
The manufacturing company
operates in the Industrial, Aerospace and Climate and Industrial
Control business, creating motion and control - related products for its cus
Control business, creating motion and
control - related products for its cus
control - related products for its customers.
They are
operating,
in other words, within the limits of the set of conventions and legal protections that insist that we respect each other's entitlement to
control access to our stuff.
Van Dreunen says the challenge Nintendo faces is
in gaining vertical
control, where Miitomo
operates as a single point of entry for games played across mobile, console, and handheld devices.
Similarly, when CBS merged with Viacom
in 2000, the company's bylaws gave Mel Karmazin, who was president and chief
operating officer of the combined company reporting to Redstone, full
operating control.
«The Marriot incident shows that, for foreign companies, the price of
operating in China is succumbing to the Communist Party's thought
control,» Hamilton said.
Because we hold significant assets and liabilities
in currencies other than our Russian ruble
operating currency, and because foreign exchange fluctuations are outside of our operational
control, we believe that it is useful to present adjusted net income and related margin measures excluding these effects,
in order to provide greater clarity regarding our
operating performance.
These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes
in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes
in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to
operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success
in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes
in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and
in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's
control that may result
in unexpected adverse
operating results.
In 1925, Houdina Radio
Control navigated a driverless 1926 Chandler down traffic - filled Manhattan by
operating it with radio signals from a car following behind.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal
control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and
operating effectiveness of internal
control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary
in the circumstances.
Institutions have been instructed not to «use, hold, trade and / or transact
in anyway
in virtual currencies,» and to ensure that existing customers who are
operating exchanges «have effective AML / CFT
controls.»
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded
in 1997, is the largest third - party certifier of businesses owned,
controlled, and
operated by women
in the United States.
As Woolley told me, «One person
controlling a thousand bot accounts is able to not just affect the people
in their immediate circle but also potentially the algorithm of the site on which their
operating.»
Prior to the lawsuit, firms devoted 20 % of their
operating expenditures to R&D; during the years after the lawsuit, after
controlling for other factors, they reduced that spending by 3 % to 5 % of
operating expenditures, representing about a 19 % reduction
in relative R&D spending.
Control of the Weinstein Company now lies
in the hands of Bob Weinstein and chief
operating officer David Glasser.
This initiative creates a nationally recognized gold standard
in certification for veteran - owned businesses of all sizes and enables corporate America to proactively source and confidently utilize businesses that are at least 51 % owned,
operated and
controlled by U.S. military veterans.
Airport
operating companies are similar to utilities,
in that they enjoy a stable business model with monopolistic
controls on arrival and departure terminals
in various cities.
Given that online platforms
operate in markets where network effects and
control over data solidify early dominance, a company looking to compete
in these markets must seek to capture them.
WBENC is the largest third - party certifier of businesses owned,
controlled, and
operated by women
in the United States.
Although we will have a minority economic interest
in SSE Holdings, because we will be the sole managing member of SSE Holdings, we will
operate and
control all of the business and affairs of SSE Holdings and, through SSE Holdings and its subsidiaries, conduct our business.
In 1947, contrary to the 1942 plan, federal
control was extended to include succession duties as well, but Ontario and Québec opted out, choosing to
operate their own corporate income tax procedures.
Operating expenses for the year were $ 72.2 billion, a decrease of $ 4.7 billion, or 6.1 percent, compared to the prior year, although this net reduction was largely attributable to changes
in actuarially determined expenses outside of management's
control.
Fewer films, more
controlled budgets, but more selective releases allowed the fimled entertainment division to post a positive
operating profit of $ 7 million
in the quarter - a huge improvement from a staggering loss of - $ 114 million
in the prior Q2.
Help Scout
operates and
controls the Help Scout Service from its offices
in the United States.
After the completion of this offering, we will
operate and
control the business affairs of Desert Newco as its sole managing member, conduct our business through Desert Newco and its subsidiaries and include Desert Newco
in our consolidated financial statements.