By making learning transparent, many schools are creating a strong sense of community while offering their students the opportunity to collaborate with
others on a global level.
Not exact matches
Other countries have argued that discussions and decisions
on this issue should be tackled at a
global level and with the help of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group that advises its 35 members
on tax policy.
Such risks, uncertainties and
other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates,
levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry,
levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among
other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and
levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the
level of
other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and
other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and
other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and
other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU,
on general market conditions,
global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted
on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among
other things import / export) and
other laws and regulations in the U.S. and
other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the
other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition
on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger
on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or
on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or
other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
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.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and
other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required
on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain
global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or
other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the
levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over
other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or
other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact
on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and
other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
The idea of China hitting peak coal around this time may come as a shock to some of us, but
others have anticipated something similar occurring
on a
global level around this time.
The governor's proposal to exempt sales tax
on jet fuel will
level the playing field with
other states, position Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport for continued growth and benefit companies throughout the state whose businesses depend
on global air service, all of which will keep Georgia competitive for the years ahead.»
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and
other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing
levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the
level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and
other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or
other disturbances to our information technology and
other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or
other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the
global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance
on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain
other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy
levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and
other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and
other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report
on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The ability of biology to detail the organisation and constitution of life - forms, not just
on a cellular
level, but now also
on a genetic and molecular
level, and its description of how such factors canaffect the
global behaviour of an organism, should be taken into account in the theological and philosophical discussion of free will, individual identity / personality, conscience, the soul, and
other areas concerning human behaviour, especially in regard to morality.
With high - hopes to share research, agricultural practices, farming experiences, and more importantly, build new relationships between the two countries, the continuing support organic farmers give each
other, can promote organic agriculture
on a
global level.
FAO can coordinate, at
global level, the initiatives, activities and projects
on food losses waste reduction by partnering with UN agencies,
other international organizations, and worldwide stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society.
At 2 p.m., de Blasio hosts elected officials and
other leaders for the first
Global Mayors Summit
on migration and refugee policy, Grand Hyatt New York, ballroom, lobby
level, 109 E. 42nd St., Manhattan.
Recent work by Paul Farmer and
others challenges bioethics to address urgent questions of
global health equity not only
on the
level of method but in the form of strategic partnerships with the most vulnerable populations.
The guideline complements ASCO's two
other global, resource - stratified guidelines
on cervical cancer, also stratified to these four
levels of resources.1, 2
It included graphs that appeared to show a remarkably close correlation between solar activity and terrestrial temperatures — suggesting that
other factors, such as carbon dioxide
levels, have little influence
on global temperatures.
On the
other hand, while sustained high oil prices could provide climate change mitigation efforts a mild boost, the study concludes that such market developments would be no substitute for concerted
global policy to limit climate change to below 2 °C above preindustrial
levels.
The researchers incorporated information
on soot produced by burning fossil fuels, wood and
other biofuels, along with that naturally produced by forest fires and then checked their model predictions against
global measurements of soot
levels in polar snow from Sweden to Alaska to Russia and in Antarctica as well as in nonpolar areas such as the Tibetan Plateau.
«There is evidence for
global warming
on a number of
levels, and the planet has been warming, the oceans have been taking up heat, sea
levels have been rising, land snow has been melting, glaciers are melting, and all these
other things, so the reality of
global warming is uncontroversial.»
Later
on,
other scientists suggested that it was a
global fall in sea
levels due to growing ice sheets that cut the sea off from the Atlantic Ocean.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from
Global Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge
on climate change, sea -
level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing
on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and
other issues.»
Since the 19th century, sea
level has shot up more than 2 millimeters per year
on average, far faster than
other periods of
global temperature change.
Such justification would then most likely center
on whether, under the introductory phrase of GATT Article XX, a US carbon duty, emission credit requirement or
other regulation
on imports is applied
on a variable scale that takes account of local conditions in foreign countries, including their own efforts to fight
global warming and the
level of economic development in developing countries.
Rea is involved with yoga
on a macro
level now, teaching
others to teach, to expand yoga's reach
on a
global level.
Showing few visible signs of the massive rewrites, reshoots and
other post-production patchwork that delayed its release from December 2012, this sleekly crafted, often nail - biting tale of
global zombiepocalypse clicks
on both visceral and emotional
levels, resulting in an unusually serious - minded summer entertainment whose ideal audience might be described as comicbook fanboys who also listen to «Democracy Now.»
RED, with its focus
on localized economies and ethical lifestyles, learning from each
other, would actually make the meaningful flow of ideas and innovations at
global levels much more possible than a situation where everything is dominated by finance and capital.
The Versa Sedan is a surprisingly spacious entry -
level 4 - door model, while the new 2014 Versa Note is a 5 - door hatchback based
on a
global vehicle that Nissan calls the Note in
other world markets.
On a
global level, KEI is working with the World Blind Union and
others to advocate for a WIPO treaty for persons who are blind or have
other reading disabilities.
Other Notable Features: 3 club -
level upgrades annually, $ 100 hotel credit, upgrade to gold status when you spend $ 10,000 annually, upgrade to platinum status when you spend $ 75,000 annually, $ 300 travel credit, $ 100 credit toward
Global Entry, worldwide airport lounge access, $ 100 discount
on select airfare, premier concierge, car rental insurance
Wyndham Rewards rolled out elite status
levels and improved benefits
on reward staysThat survey compared Wyndham Rewards to five
other global hotel loyalty programs and found that Wyndham's program gave customers an average reward payback of $ 13.60 for every $ 100 spent.
The European game development sector competes mainly
on a
global level with
other game developers worldwide.
This design seems counterproductive,
on the one side people who spend money
on lootcrates are restricted from progressing too fast by the
global level requirement,
on the
other site people who spend money will have a higher card
level which leads to them being able to upgrade cards faster.
There's also a detailed
global leaderboard for the solo
levels, with each playthrough of a completed episode available as a replay, meaning you can watch
other players» successful attempts for hints
on how to approach especially hairy gauntlets.
But Rappolt said Serota was not top of the list for particular shows, but for the Tate's activities
on a
global level, whether that was advising
other galleries
on their programmes or just the amount of income it received from private foreign sources.
I am very skeptical that
on a
global population
level, humans will bother to do anything
other than lip service when it comes to addressing climate change and the changes to our lifestyle required to significantly reduce our emissions, until it is far too late.
I think that the
level of chaos that is being alluded to, and increasingly expected as described by the CIA, DOD, Joint Forces Command, Army War College, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Center for Naval Analysis, etc. shows abuse to the human race
on a massive scale that has never before been considered seriously, by the human race (
other than in
global thermonuclear war or a
global plague), due to our own actions against ourselves.
On the
other hand, virtually nothing about it is really good «lecture material» at the lower high school (and below)
level, aside from perhaps showing a few powerpoint slides (like the Mauna Loa curve, the
global temperature time series, etc).
We collectively need to demand that there is no acceptable response to climate change
other than strong emission reductions, ensuring that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are returned to 350ppm
levels,
global temperature rise is kept (at the maximum) 2 °C and, even better, 1.5 °C — to do that, as was emphasized
on numerous occasions, we need a F.A.B. climate deal: Fair, Ambitious, and (perhaps most importantly) Binding.
It would be cool to see a wide collection of maps covering many different issues, not just climate and food production, but, for instance, poverty and wealth, arms production and war, clothing production and leisure time, education
levels, consumption, production, health, population growth and decline, movement of immigrants, human rights, animal populations, housing ownership, housing starts, anything basically which can be measured in a visual map... not just for the US but as
global maps, collected
on pages where you could drag them around to sit
on top of each
other and try and make sense of the various impacts...
The contribution from glaciers and ice caps (not including Greenland and Antarctica),
on the
other hand, is computed from a simple empirical formula linking
global mean temperature to mass loss (equivalent to a rate of sea
level rise), based
on observed data from 1963 to 2003.
A few degrees of
global warming has a huge impact
on ice sheets, sea
levels and
other aspects of climate.
Climate alarm depends
on several gloomy assumptions — about how fast emissions will increase, how fast atmospheric concentrations will rise, how much
global temperatures will rise, how warming will affect ice sheet dynamics and sea -
level rise, how warming will affect weather patterns, how the latter will affect agriculture and
other economic activities, and how all climate change impacts will affect public health and welfare.
On decadal and longer time scales,
global mean sea
level change results from two major processes, mostly related to recent climate change, that alter the volume of water in the
global ocean: i) thermal expansion (Section 5.5.3), and ii) the exchange of water between oceans and
other reservoirs (glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets,
other land water reservoirs - including through anthropogenic change in land hydrology, and the atmosphere; Section 5.5.5).
Scientific American: The high - tech mecca will have to focus its short attention span
on long - term planning for sea -
level rise and
other global warming impacts.
Other types of human activity, such as deforestation / reforestation, could also be having significant effects
on global sea
levels (either increases or decreases).
Does the United States really want to agree that
other nations can place tariffs
on US goods for as long as US GHG emissions
levels are greater than the US fair share of safe
global emissions?
Over the long - term, melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could yield as much as 10 to 14 feet of
global average sea
level rise, with local sea
level rise varying considerably depending
on land elevation trends, ocean currents and
other factors.
On the other hand; global warming has a number of significant effects on the environment; including the rising sea levels, melting ices, and lately being associated with possibility to cause stronger Hurrican
On the
other hand;
global warming has a number of significant effects
on the environment; including the rising sea levels, melting ices, and lately being associated with possibility to cause stronger Hurrican
on the environment; including the rising sea
levels, melting ices, and lately being associated with possibility to cause stronger Hurricane.
This technical document provides the following information: - An update of
global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based
on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission
levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and
other commitments; - An estimate of the
level of
global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in
other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.
Given the increased
levels of certainty regarding human - induced
global warming (from 90 to 95 %), more robust projections
on sea -
level rise and data
on melting of ice sheets, and the «carbon budget» for staying below the 2 °C target, the WGI conclusions together with
other AR5 component reports are likely to put more pressure
on the UNFCCC parties to deliver by 2015 an ambitious agreement that is capable of preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
On the global mean sea level rise during the last interglacial period (129,000 to 116,000 years ago), the UK, Austria, US, Germany and others supported providing a policy relevant context and linking paleoclimatic observations on sea level rise to temperatur
On the
global mean sea
level rise during the last interglacial period (129,000 to 116,000 years ago), the UK, Austria, US, Germany and
others supported providing a policy relevant context and linking paleoclimatic observations
on sea level rise to temperatur
on sea
level rise to temperature.